In the inner sanctum, there was silence, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was breathless.

Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Qing who was sitting beside him, the latter's usually majestic face was full of powerlessness and depression at this time, obviously, this incident back then was also a very big blow to him.

His own son was robbed of his luck and broken bones by the enemy in front of him, but he was powerless, and it is conceivable that it would be a shame for any father.

Zhou Yuan bit his lip tightly, he knew Zhou Qing's character, and thought that if it wasn't for the protection of the hundreds of millions of people in the Great Zhou at that time, I am afraid that he would really choose to burn with the Martial King Jade.

"It turns out that this is the root cause why my eight veins are always not visible and difficult to cultivate, this Martial King is really a vicious method." Zhou Yuan looked at the dark red that slowly squirmed in his palm, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

This martial king robbed him of his luck and ruined his holy dragon. The root still doesn't give up, obviously planning to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so that he will be forced to die little by little by this resentful dragon poison.

Moreover, what made Zhou Yuan most angry was that his mother was also greatly injured because of this, and there were less than ten years left in Shouyuan.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, slowly suppressed the surging anger in his heart, looked at Qin Yu, who had fallen asleep on the side, but his cheeks were pale, his heart was like a knife, and asked, "Father, what about the queen mother?" Her lifespan..."

Zhou Qing was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Between heaven and earth, there are heavenly and earthly treasures that increase lifespan, if you can get it, it can extend the life of your mother, but..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Qing smiled bitterly: "That kind of heavenly treasure, how rare, I have exhausted a lot of manpower in our Great Zhou to search, but it is still difficult to harvest." ”

"Our Da Zhou, after all, is not as good as it was back then, and now we are shrinking into a corner, and we can only barely protect ourselves."

Zhou Yuan's palms clenched, at this moment, he finally knew the benefits of having power, if he could have power, even if it was a dangerous desperate situation, he could go and explore, to find the kind of heaven and earth treasure that could increase his life.

However, the eight veins in his body that were not visible for a long time made him not even have the power to protect himself.

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Father, can't I really become a source master?" ”

His queen mother consumed her essence and blood for him, and sacrificed her life, as a son of man, how could she sit idly by? And... If the martial arts family didn't know what they did to Da Zhou and to him, now that they knew, then this debt can't be revealed so easily.

But all this must be based on the fact that he has enough strength.

And in this heaven and earth, the group of people who control the strongest power are naturally the source masters!

Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Zhou Qing's brows tightened, as if he was muttering something, and after a long time, he said softly: "You really don't want to give up?" ”

Zhou Yuan shook his head lightly, although he was tortured by all these years of suffering, it also made him have maturity and tenacity beyond this age.

He knew that when the martial artist rebelled and robbed him of his luck, there was no end to death between the two.

Now they can still survive in the Great Zhou, completely because of the ancestral oath made by the King of Wu back then, it is conceivable that once the hundred years are reached, the Wu Dynasty will definitely be the first to wash their Great Zhou blood to prevent future troubles.

Therefore, if he wants to change this result, he must have enough power for himself.

Zhou Qing was also a little pleased with Zhou Yuan's firmness, and after being slightly silent, he slapped Zhou Yuan's shoulder with his big hand and said, "Okay!" refuses to give up easily, worthy of my Zhou Qing's son! Since you have this wish, then your father will naturally help you! ”

"Father, has a way?" Hearing Zhou Qing's words, Zhou Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in surprise.

Zhou Qing nodded slightly, then smiled bitterly again, and said, "Don't be too happy, because even I can't be sure if this method has any effect." ”

"What's the solution?" Zhou Yuan couldn't wait, and finally had some youthful vitality.

"Three days later, it will be the ancestral sacrifice, and this time, you will go to the ancestral land with me."

Zhou Qing didn't elaborate, just smiled, and then his voice paused, and continued: "But I also have one condition. ”

"On what terms?" Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously.

Zhou Qing Zhengse said: "No matter whether you can open the pulse at that time, you must not give up the way of learning the source pattern, you must know that if your eight veins are still not opened, then cultivating the source pattern is your last way out, and the source pattern is cultivated to a high depth, it may not be impossible to suppress the resentful dragon poison in your body." ”

In this world, the source master is the mainstream, but it is not the only one, but a hundred flowers bloom on it, opening up many paths, such as the so-called source pattern, which is the most broad and profound.

During these times when the eight veins were not revealed, Zhou Yuan was instructed by Zhou Qing to practice this source pattern, after all, the so-called skills are not pressing, and many source masters will actually roughly learn some source patterns.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan nodded slightly, in fact, he understood the deep meaning of Zhou Qing's words, that is, he was worried that he would still not be able to show the eight veins at that time, and he would give up on himself and give up the last path after he could not become a source master.

Zhou Qing nodded, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

"You rest for a day first, and tomorrow you will still go to the Great Zhou Mansion to study, and in three days, I will take you to the ancestral land."

"Good!" The young man's voice was full of anticipation.

Zhou Qing smiled and touched Zhou Yuan's head, then picked up Qin Yu, who had fallen asleep, and walked out of the inner hall with Qin Shi on the side.

Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Qing's back, the majestic back on weekdays, but at this time, there was a sad powerlessness and twilight, he knew that his former father should also be ambitious, but he was consumed by the cruel reality little by little.

And the initiator of all this is the King of Warriors.

Zhou Yuan's lips were tightly pursed, but a touch of coldness appeared on his slightly weak and immature face.

"Martial family, martial king... These debts, we will settle them one by one in the future! ”

...

Following.

When the morning came, Zhou Yuan left the palace under the protection of a team of guards and went straight to the northwest area of the Great Zhou City, where the Great Zhou Mansion was located.

The so-called Great Zhou Mansion was created by Zhou Qing himself a few years ago, and at the same time mobilized military masters as mentors, and when the Great Zhou Mansion recruited students, regardless of status, even if it was a civilian, as long as he had talent, he could still be allowed to enter the Great Zhou Mansion to practice.

Over the years, the Great Zhou Mansion has cultivated a lot of talents for the Great Zhou, so its status is getting higher and higher in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so even His Royal Highness Zhou Yuan is studying here.

At the gate of the Great Zhou Mansion, the guards were heavily guarded, and the guards in armor strictly checked the identity cards of all entrants, but this procedure, Zhou Yuan was naturally exempted, in this Great Zhou City, I am afraid that no one does not know him as His Royal Highness.

"Meet Your Highness!"

So when Zhou Yuan appeared at the gate, those guards all bowed respectfully towards him.

"Your Highness." There were also many students from the Great Zhou Mansion who came and went, all of whom smiled at Zhou Yuan at this time, with a bit of respect in their expressions.

Zhou Yuan also smiled and hugged his fists in return, he knew that most of these students were civilians, so their respect for him was more because his father established the Great Zhou Mansion, so that these civilians also had the opportunity to improve their status and change their fate.

Great Zhou Mansion, West Garden.

In a spacious and bright church, desks are neatly placed, and in front of the desks, many teenagers and girls kneel and sit, and the atmosphere is quiet.

In front of a desk in the first row, Zhou Yuan also knelt peacefully, on his desk, there was a smooth jade board, and a dark red long pen lying flat on one side.

The whole body of this pen is like a ruby stone, and the hairs on the tip of the pen are made of the softest hair on the abdomen of the flame rat, and there is a little light in the slenderness, which is a source pattern pen.

If you want to say what is the most important thing to depict the source pattern, then everyone will say three words, the source pattern pen.

All the source patterns need the source pattern pen as the medium to be able to outline the mysterious and profound source patterns, so as to attract the source qi between heaven and earth, and exert great power.

Therefore, the importance of the source pattern pen is self-evident, without the source pattern pen, no matter how high your attainments on the source pattern, I am afraid that the power of the source pattern engraved will be discounted.

Zhou Yuan held the red jade source pattern pen in his hand, but his eyes were looking at the front, where a middle-aged man's lecturer was giving a lecture in a calm tone.

"The so-called source pattern, the soul is the guide, the tip of the pen is gathered, the source trace is outlined, and the soul is the ink with one stroke, so the source pattern depicted can attract the source qi of heaven and earth."

"You have to remember that when you paint the source pattern, you need to be like a stop water, not the slightest distraction, and turn the source pattern pen in your hand into a part of yourself, so that you can gather the spirit on the tip of the pen, so that the pen moves with your heart, in one go."

“......”

"Let's continue to practice the three source patterns I taught you a month ago, and I hope someone can successfully complete one of them today." After the lecturer finished explaining, he spoke.

As soon as these words came out, a wail suddenly sounded in the library, and many teenagers and girls looked bitter, just because practicing this source pattern seemed simple, but after every practice, it would make people's souls depleted and feel sleepy.

"Hmph, howl what, the three source patterns I taught you, the brute cow pattern, the light body pattern and the iron skin pattern, are just entry-level." Hearing these wails, the middle-aged lecturer also reprimanded sternly and angrily, his voice full of hatred that iron does not make steel.

Many teenagers and girls saw that the lecturer was angry, and they also shrank their necks, not daring to make a sound, and then they all picked up the source pen and began to carve it on the jade plate in front of them.

Zhou Yuan also smiled slightly, holding the source pattern pen in his hand, his mind was fixed, the noisy sounds around him were suddenly shielded cleanly, his heart was as quiet as a secluded pool, he stared at the smooth jade plate, and there was a faint light between his eyebrows, and then there was a faint red light flashing at the tip of the nose of the source pattern pen.

Zhou Yuan put down the pen, and the tip of the pen slowly crossed the jade board, leaving a complex source trace, these traces like antelope hanging horns, exuding a certain charm, and when they are completely combined, they seem to have a magical power.

Generally speaking, the more source marks a source pattern has, the stronger its grade and power.

And what Zhou Yuan is painting now is one of the three source patterns, the iron skin pattern, which is only an entry-level source pattern, with hundreds of source marks, but if you want to depict these hundreds of complex source marks perfectly, it obviously takes a lot of practice.

Zhou Yuan's pen tip is like a stream of water, flowing quietly, without the slightest stagnation, with a sense of beauty like flowing water.

In this year, because the eight veins in his body were not revealed, almost all of his time was spent learning the source pattern, so in this regard, his foundation was far deeper than that of other students.

Of course, the most important thing is that he can feel that his divine soul should also be better than ordinary people. The root was damaged, but fortunately, it didn't hurt his soul, thinking that he was too young at the time, and his soul had not yet condensed, so he escaped.

The tip of the pen flowed, and a few minutes later, with Zhou Yuan's slender palm gently slashing down, on the jade plate in front of him, a flash of light suddenly bloomed, and I saw that above, a complex and full of charm of the source pattern, slowly formed.

"Good, yes, the pattern is complete, but there is a god in the pen, and this iron skin pattern should be regarded as a successful masterpiece." And at the moment when Zhou Yuan finished, an admiring laugh also came from his side.

Zhou Yuan looked up, only to see that the lecturer didn't know when he stood beside him, looking at the source pattern on his jade plate with an admiring smile.

The other teenagers and girls in the church all raised their heads and looked at Zhou Yuan, with some amazement in their eyes, some of them didn't even put pen to paper here, but Zhou Yuan had already succeeded.

The lecturer was also in a much better mood, and sighed to many students: "It would be great if you could all have such learning efficiency." ”

When many teenagers and girls heard this, they all smiled and shook their heads, His Royal Highness Zhou Yuan is obviously quite talented in this, how can he ask everyone to have this kind of efficiency?

However, among the many laughter, a strange laughter sounded suddenly.

"Hehe, the lecturer's words are wrong, our main mind is more on opening the pulse, naturally we can't devote ourselves to the study of the source pattern as wholeheartedly as His Royal Highness Zhou Yuan, otherwise, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?"

This laughter, slightly harsh, suddenly made the church silent, and many eyes looked at it.

Zhou Yuan also raised his eyebrows slightly, cast his eyes, and then saw that not far away, a young man in brocade was looking at him with a smile, and he turned the source pen in his hand lazily.

The smile at the corner of his mouth was slightly mocking.