The girl who walked towards the four people was Zheng Xiaowu, one of the most amazing and brilliant young people in the Zheng family, two years older than Zheng Yan, that is, she began to emerge in the past two years, it is said that she worked hard because she was agreed by the elders to marry Zheng Yan in the future when she was a child, just to prove that her value is at least Zhenguo, not to dedicate herself as a woman to maintain a certain relationship.

Zheng Yan naturally didn't have any thoughts about her, although she was a perfect girl no matter how she looked at it, and she had never had much contact with her, and she was not as familiar as Xingshuang, now that she had entered the family's key cultivation list, it should not have anything to do with it, but who would be the replacement? What about Zheng Shuwei, who had never met each other? Zheng Yan didn't understand at all, and originally wanted to come over to find his grandfather and them in advance, but he didn't expect to be delayed on the road for so much time.

Zheng Xiaowu saluted Zheng Nanzhu, and nodded to Zheng Yan and Xingshuang, it wasn't how warm or detached it was, but it was rude.

Grandpa Jin Chen, who was on the side, explained with a smile that the people in the house had been sent out to do things, and temporarily pulled Xiaowu over to help, and tonight's meal was made by Xiaowu, so that a few people must have a good taste. Zheng Yan couldn't help but start thinking wildly, could it be that this old man had already persuaded Xiaowu to agree to marry him! Xingshuang and Zheng Yan on the side looked at each other, and seemed to be a little gloating.

When I arrived at the house, I saw that the food was all held by the dishes, obviously it had taken some time to do it, Grandpa Jin Chen beckoned a few people to sit casually, because there was such a scene at noon, and the three of them did not eat, and Zheng Yan naturally consumed a lot because he wanted to recover from his injuries, and he was already hungry, and he was no longer polite when he heard the words, and was ready to sit down to eat, but as soon as he sat down, he was gently pulled up by a plain hand, Zheng Xiaowu gently reminded him to wash his hands first.

Zheng Yan's mood was really sad when he washed his hands, Zheng Xiaowu stood there with a towel on the side, his eyes seemed to be really gentle, no, Zheng Yan still denied this feeling with certainty, because Ying Yue would also pull herself to wash her hands when she was at home, but her mood was different.

Back at the dinner table, Grandpa Jin Chen smiled and sandwiched the dishes for Zheng Yan and Xingshuang, Zheng Yan couldn't help but glance at the old man, the old man's smile was bright and kind, it seemed to be more and more unfathomable, Xingshuang's foot under the table stepped on Zheng Yan lightly, probably to remind him not to show too much traces, Zheng Yan asked her thoughts with her eyes, and Zheng Xiaowu on the other side happened to look at it and smiled slightly.

At the dinner table, Grandpa Jin Chen seemed to talk casually, saying that Xiaowu would be eighteen years old after the New Year, and he would enter Taihua Mountain for three months after a while. Zheng Yan naturally knows this, it is originally a tradition of the Zheng family, a man can apply for a trial at the age of sixteen, no later than eighteen years old, a woman can be eighteen years old at the earliest, and at the latest is twenty-two years old, if you have a marriage contract with a foreign clan during this period, you don't have to participate, and the royal family can't violate the rules, Zheng Yan's brothers have already come back to participate in the trial,

Thinking of what the grandfather said before leaving, did he say that he was going to participate this time? Zheng Yan couldn't help but mutter, his realm is really faceless, there are not only wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in Taihua Mountain, but also vine spirits, tree monsters, and succubus demons, the spirits are better, and the monsters are completely unreasonable, the Taihua Mountains hide a lot of legendary monsters, which are said to be powerful creatures that flow over from the demon world and continue to reproduce and evolve, and now the Taihua Demon Clan is not moving?

Thinking of this, Zheng Yan glanced at Zheng Nanzhu, Zheng Nanzhu was just eating carefully, eating without saying a word, it was a rule that he couldn't move, Zheng Yan had to tell Grandpa Jinchen what he heard in Dunyang Mountain.

Grandpa Jin Chen said with a smile, "It's a good opportunity to practice, and by the way, I want to touch the bottom of the demon clan, the children of the Zheng family should have the courage and responsibility."

Zheng Yan glanced at Zheng Xiaowu and Xingshuang, who had a calm face, and had to smile and agree.

After eating, they chatted for a while, and agreed with Grandpa Jin Chen to go up the mountain at noon tomorrow, and then they all went back to rest, Zheng Xiaowu took Zheng Yan and Xingshuang to the house where they lived tonight, the girl on the road seemed to have some different enthusiasm, there were obvious changes in the house before, Zheng Yan had a good deal to deal with, I always felt that this meeting was familiar, Yu Guang observed Xingshuang's reaction, well, there was no reaction, and I paid attention to the surrounding courtyard, and really made Zheng Yan find something interesting, there was a figure hidden in the dark looking at the three of them。

Who?

It must be someone from the Zheng family who can appear here, but why are you hiding in the shadows? Zheng Shuwei? Or is it an admirer of Xiaowu and Xingshuang? Just like Zheng Yuan, Zheng Yan didn't have the idea of running over to check, Xiaowu had already taken the two of them to a small courtyard.

In the house, Xiaowu carefully introduced the placement of the things that Zheng Yan might use, Xingshuang had already returned to the next room, Xiaowu didn't mean to leave after the introduction, but sat down and looked at Zheng Yan with a smile,

Zheng Yan was a little embarrassed, then sat down and thought about it and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Xiaowu seemed to inadvertently glance in the direction of the window, and said softly, "Have you heard that I rejected our family?"

Zheng Yan nodded, and said thoughtfully, "I support your approach, if you don't want to do it in your heart, don't wronged yourself, women don't have as much room as men in this regard, after all,

Xiaowu lowered her head and smiled gently, and after a while, she raised her eyes and said seriously, "I do have my own ideas, and I feel right to refuse, but I feel sorry for you, Sister Lan and Grandpa Qi both said that you are not the kind of narrow-minded person, so let me not care too much,... Is there anything I can do for you?",

Zheng Yan shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not at all, didn't I say that I am broad-minded? If I ask for anything again, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? What's more, it doesn't make sense, if it is a husband and wife, it is natural to get along with each other, and the twisted melon is not sweet, in Luoyang, I have heard that the forced marriage at home has caused the relationship between husband and wife to be stiff, so it is not two people who are hurt."

Now that the words have been explained, Xiaowu didn't say anything more on this issue, thought about it and said softly, "I heard Grandpa Qi say that you will also participate in the trial this time, I don't know if you know clearly, the people who participate in the trial can go together, maybe the two of us can be together",

Zheng Yan was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile, "I'm thinking about how to find my grandfather to push this matter, it's really that my current realm is low, just refining and refining qi at a high level, and I will drag you back and don't say anything, in case there is a mistake, I'm afraid that I can't live at home."

Xiaowu looked at Zheng Yan's eyes seriously, as if he wanted to judge the truth of his words, and after a while, he came back to his senses and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry,... Are you afraid that Yingyue Xinluo will be worried? Indeed, with the two of them in front of Zhuyu, the women on our side really can't get into your eyes."

Zheng Yan was a little helpless, and she didn't know if she was joking or dissatisfied with the open-mindedness revealed by her rejection, women are really troublesome, and sometimes I feel that those creeds of Taifeng are really reasonable.

It's not early, Xiaowu left Zheng Yan's house, and saw that the lights in Xingshuang's room next to him had been turned off, and for some reason he was a little stunned when he looked at it, and when he came back to his senses, he laughed at himself and left the small courtyard, the girl's mind should be Nayun, who can know what they think.

Walking through a few corridors, a tall and slender figure suddenly appeared in front of him, Xiaowu smiled slightly, stepped forward and chuckled, "Did you hear it?"

The man suddenly hugged the girl in front of him into his arms, very tight and hard, the girl seemed to have some difficulty breathing, and the originally stiff hand finally hugged the man, and there was some happiness and peace on her pretty face.

There were two people standing in the corner not far away, Zheng Jinchen shook his head helplessly, and said with some emotion, "I thought that Xiaowu, this girl, was going to be ready to refuse with Zheng Wei, was it soft-hearted? Or is it the depth of true love? Just hugging it for so much and changing the decision that has been made? It seems a little strange for the two children to say this, right? Oh, when I didn't ask, why are you amazing guys not interested in male and female love?",

Zheng Nanzhu said calmly, "Aren't you also one of the best young talents in the family back then? Why didn't you marry a wife and have children in your life?"

Zheng Jinchen sighed and said helplessly, "Young and frivolous, not in his position, not in his politics, the angle and belief are different." I know that in your opinion, there are infinite mysteries in this world waiting for you to explore, because you are so good, so you can clearly see those mysteries, just like a person who is expected to be a marquis and worship the prime minister will never become a monk and do penance, in your opinion, his wife and children will only become a burden and a burden, so have you ever thought about it? It is precisely because of these burdens and ties that our family is more cohesive and can be endless."

Zheng Nanzhu's indifferent voice came from the darkness, "So you have been busy being an old man under the moon all these years?",

Zheng Jinchen said helplessly: "Don't you see that my hair is gray? How about it? I got married this time, right? I will raise you after giving birth to a child?"

Zheng Nanzhu looked at the mountain, and after a while, she whispered, "Are those children with foreign surnames that you have secretly adopted over the years just to integrate into the Zheng family in the future?"

Zheng Jinchen was a little surprised, thought for a while and asked, "Do you also think I have a plan?" Most of the intermarriage objects of our Zheng clan over the years are the children of their own clan and the children of those worldly families, so that the bloodline power is inevitably weak, especially in the past few hundred years, it has become more and more obvious, not to mention the understanding, the physique of the children in the clan is showing a significant downward trend, you see that there are no such problems on the royal family's side, and the children born are all excellent, they all say that it is because the royal family already occupies rich conditions, I don't think this is the case at all, why did Yujing Xingye suddenly rise in their generation? Because many of their parents have children that I brought back from outside the home a few years ago, and the Zongren Mansion has proven that this does work."

Zheng Nanzhu said calmly, "You know that I didn't ask this question", and after speaking, he turned his head and looked at the old man seriously,

Zheng Jinchen obviously wanted to fool the past with a sloppy eye, but Zheng Nanzhu had no intention of giving up at all, and finally the old man sighed lightly and said helplessly" I know you're worried about the two children you brought back last time, the forest will always be good and bad when they get older, some people are thinking of letting these children be slaves and maids for them to drive, our cherished arrogance has become arrogant to them, and the bearing and pattern have plummeted, it's really sad and lamentable, rest assured, I will never let this kind of thing happen, these children are all my thousands of choices of extraordinary qualifications, not to mention that I have invested so much effort to cultivate, how can I let those guys give disaster, if you are really not at ease, you might as well take it back and raise it yourself, just send it to the school on time”。

The next morning, Xiaowu sent breakfast to Zheng Yan and Xingshuang, Zheng Yan was going to sleep lazily, and then some clan elders and stewards from all over the place came, Zheng Yan politely chatted with a lot of gossip, and finally got to noon, and after lunch, the three of them said goodbye to everyone and went out of the city, and then it was a long mountain road.

Yiwang Mountain is a mountain range where the Taihua Mountains and the Arm Ridge meet, the radius is about three or five hundred miles, in fact, there is no exact statement, since the partition two thousand years ago, it has been owned by the Zheng family, and the Yiwangmen on the mountain settled here earlier than the Zheng family, so whether they want to or not, everyone has become neighbors, and there are also some scattered demon cultivators, in fact, the relationship is usually very good, at least there is no conflict.

Because of the barrier of Taihua and Jiling, the northwest wind Yanzhou and the northeast Yudan Zhou Shuofeng cold current can not blow the south foot of the mountain, so the Yiwangcheng at the foot of the mountain can not see a few heavy snowfalls a year, and the same is true for the villages on the mountainside, if the Yiwangcheng is located in a depression, it may be similar to the Ten Thousand Buddha Immortal Caves, and there is indeed such a place in the valley in the mountain.

Probably finally getting home, Xingshuang's face was also a little relaxed and smiling, and he told Zheng Yan with great interest about the changes that have taken place in the village in the past two years, in fact, needless to say, Zheng Yan can completely imagine what changes can be made in a village of fifty or sixty households, it is nothing more than whose wall collapsed and rebuilt a stone wall, whose roof tiles are old, and they are just replaced with the more popular glazed tiles,

Seeing that Zheng Yan didn't care, Xingshuangqiao's face was full of coquettishness, and a few times she was provoked by Zheng Yan's words, and directly pulled out the Xingben sword to duel with Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan teased her to quickly find a few more opponents, and she had to hand them over after she went back, and she might not be able to touch them again in the future, so there were laughter and laughter along the way, Zheng Nanzhu was silent as always, and the remaining two were accustomed to it and didn't care.

Zheng Yan's grandfather and Xingshuang's parents lived in a village, the village was two or three miles away from the ancestral ancestral hall, and as a guardian of the ancestral hall, there were almost seven such villages nearby, and most of the people who lived there were masters. According to the usual practice, Zheng Nanzhu and Xingshuang should take Zheng Yan to the ancestral hall first, Xingshuang also had to hand over the Xingben Sword back, Zheng Yan wanted to incense the ancestors, and would return to the village after the event.

When I was about to get to the ancestral hall, it was already dark, it was already early winter, and it would be completely dark after a while, and suddenly there was a burst of laughter behind the pine forest in front of me, listening to many boys and girls, sure enough, a group of young people turned out, the young man was handsome and upright, the girl was elegant and peerless, and the divine light was exquisite, like a hidden fairy child,

Among them, the two young men are the most conspicuous, the man is well-proportioned and tall, handsome with undisguised masculinity and openness, brilliant like the scorching sun, some scorching and some warm; In their opinion, a woman's delicate face is good-looking, but it is easy to get tired of looking at it, and it is unbearable to look at it, because the delicate face reduces the femininity.

The few young people behind the two are actually similar, but they are not as flamboyant as the two of them, Zheng Yan quickly swept them and barely knew each other.

Several people also saw the three people on the path, looking at Zheng Yan's eyes seemed to be a little complicated, looking at Zheng Nanzhu was completely scorching battle intent or close admiration and other eyes, and it was a kind of kindness to Xingshuang because of familiarity.

The two sides approached and stopped, the teenagers were eagerly greeting Zheng Nanzhu, most of the young people of the Zheng family revered and yearned for Zheng Nanzhu such a young master who was both amazing and brilliant and had a distinct personality, in fact, the original "Zheng Four Heroes" were indeed such existences, Zheng Tonggang, who was mighty and fierce and domineering, Zheng Kaiyuan, who was extremely affectionate and swordsmanlike, Zheng Nanzhu, who was handsome and uncast, and Zheng Zixiang, who was resourceful and gentle, but unfortunately Zheng Zixiang died young and died in the battle of sealing demons more than ten years ago.

There were also a few young people who stepped forward to chat with Xingshuang curiously about this outing, no one seemed to notice Zheng Yan standing on the side, Zheng Yan was quite comfortable, since the beginning of Baoyue City to now, he was fed up with the cumbersome human feelings, and he was really not in the mood to laugh with them, mainly because he was really unfamiliar, and he was probably a little unhappy when he was a child, and it seemed that they still cared about those things.

After the most dazzling young man said a few words to Zheng Nanzhu, he looked at Zheng Yan, looked up and down, nodded and said, "Xiao Yan's body is doing well, how many realms of martial arts are there?"

Zheng Yan grinned and said ashamedly, "The sword qi is not yet, it is not good to say a few realms",

Generally, martial arts cultivators who practice swords can mostly emit sword qi when they reach the three realms, and when they reach the five realms, they have almost mastered the sword gang, and when they form a sword heart, they can release the sword element.

Kenshin is a watershed for all swordsmen, some people are born with it, some people are congenital but they are wrapped in something like jade, it needs to be polished and stimulated, more people don't have such talent, but they can shape the acquired sword heart through the refinement of sword intent, such as Zheng Yan,

But Zheng Yan was made up by Qiu Qing that he couldn't produce a sword heart, and whether it was the eldest grandfather, Qiu Qing or his uncle Zheng Kaiyuan, who was far away at the border of Fengyan Continent, they didn't want Zheng Yan to polish his sword qi on the premise of not matching the sword's temperament, according to their statement, Zheng Yan should first cultivate a matching temperament, and then develop a suitable sword intent, and finally polish the sword qi Jian Gang Jian Yuan step by step according to the sword intent, and the cultivation should be orderly, so Zheng Yan doesn't know the sword qi now, or deliberately doesn't master it, as for the sword heart, he won't think about it first.

The young man nodded and encouraged Zheng Yan a few words, and left with everyone.

Xingshuang on the side frowned and said, "Are you planning to compete with Xingye for fists and feet, and for swordsmanship with Yukun?"

Zheng Yan smiled and said, "Why should I compare with them?",

Zheng Nanzhu had already walked forward, and said indifferently, "The same Zheng family, you should let them know what height is",

Zheng Yan followed up and said with a hippie smile, "Don't, if it was a sword or a fist before leaving Luoyang, I was really confident that I could win them, but now I can't, I don't have that heart, if I fight, I will definitely lose",

Zheng Nanzhu suddenly stopped, turned around and asked strangely, "Will you be affected by your heart when you shoot?"

Zheng Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, thought about it and reluctantly smiled, "There will be some some, and my current will can't fully control my body, that is to say, if I encounter something terrible, even if my will is firm and confident, my body may also react in fear, just like a conditioned reflex when a creature who has not opened his mind is faced with a threat of death."

Zheng Nanzhu looked at Zheng Yan's eyes very seriously, and said calmly after a while, "They are indeed far worse than you."