Zhou Chen doesn't care if you are a prince or an emperor, as long as you promise him benefits, you must honor them, otherwise you will be ready to be on his blacklist.

"Brother Xing, this is not the place to talk about things, why don't we enter the box and talk in detail, Yun Lao, this person will be left to your care." Pang Qingyan bowed his hand to Zhou Chen, then turned his head and pointed to the white butler and said to Yun Lao, although Yun Lao was not in good condition, but there was no problem in taking care of a white butler who had his feet cut off and was tied into a twist, although Pang Qingyan was also poisoned, but as long as he did not use his true qi, he would not break out, and there was no way to solve it on Yunzhou for the time being, so he could only wait until the next town.

"Yes, Your Highness." After taking the next detoxification pill, although Yun Lao couldn't completely remove the toxins, his complexion improved slightly, but he saw that his Royal Highness was so polite to Zhou Chen, and Zhou Chen was so rude to his Royal Highness, his face was a little displeased.

Zhou Chen followed Pang Qingyan into a luxurious box in Yunzhou, this box was not the room where Pang Qingyan lived before, but a new one, this box was at least ten times larger than the box where Zhou Chen lived, and the furnishings inside were not complete, there were all kinds of spiritual food, spiritual tea, and sandalwood on the table, and the air was filled with a refreshing aroma.

"Brother Xing, please sit down, don't be restrained." Pang Qingyan sat at the tea table, smiled and stretched out his hand.

"That, my surname is not Xing, I just teased that bandit." Zhou Chen waved his hand and sat down, and said with a smile, he didn't have a good impression of this surname, he just dealt with Xia Lan Xiong casually, and by the way, he pitted the Xing family.

"That brother ......" Pang Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and then said.

"Zhou Chen." Zhou Chen picked up the spiritual food on the table and put it in his mouth, and said very simply.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou is really wise and brave." Pang Qingyan probably guessed a little why Zhou Chen hid it from Lan Xiong, and also had a little appreciation for his wit and non-pedantic style.

"Eh, I think you're too restrained, feel free, you don't have to be so polite, let's talk about the benefits first."

Zhou Chen felt that such a crepe speech was very tiring, and waved his hand casually and said, Zhou Chen didn't mean to be disrespectful to his status as a prince, but Zhou Chen's personality is like this, if everyone is going to be a friend, then don't put the identity of the prince in front of him, otherwise there is no need to sit down and talk about anything, anyway, everyone has nothing to do, but just a few words Pang Qingyan put his posture very low, which made Zhou Chen have a slight impression of this prince.

As soon as Pang Qingyan heard it, he understood that Zhou Chen is the kind of person who likes to be unrestrained, speaks straightforwardly, and doesn't like this slightly polite way of speaking, and this feeling of getting along is more like a friend, rather than the hypocrisy of flattery, for him, it is more comfortable, in fact, Zhou Chen has also stayed with Lie Tianzun for a long time, and his speaking style and style are becoming more and more similar.

"Brother Zhou, I've heard of the battle of the Hundred Kingdoms." This time, Pang Qingyan's speech became direct.

"The Battle of the Hundred Nations? I haven't heard of it, what's wrong? "Zhou Chen really hasn't heard of it, after all, he has been in Tianyuan Sect and hasn't seen much of the world.

"Brother Zhou should know that the place we are in is called the Northern Region of the Qingxuan Continent."

"I know this, there are hundreds of countries in the northern region of the Qingxuan Continent, and we are in the Shenyun Empire."

"That's right, there are hundreds of countries in the Northern Regions, and a Hundred Nations War will be held every ten years, and the same is true for the other three Border Regions, this Hundred Nations War is not organized by the countries of the Border Region, but is held by the super forces in the Seven Realms of the Central Continent in turn, with the purpose of selecting outstanding young geniuses from the Border Regions to join the forces of the Seven Realms, and our Northern Regions are close to the Red Flame Realm and the Yunlan Realm in the Seven Realms, so the young geniuses who stand out in the Hundred Nations War in the Northern Regions will have the opportunity to join the forces in these two realms, The quota for participating in the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms is recommended by the royal families of various countries, and the Shenyun Empire has a total of thirty places except for the princes, because about ten princes of our Shenyun Empire are eligible, and each prince has three recommended places. ”

"The benefit you said is this slot?" Zhou Chen took a sip of spiritual tea and said lightly.

"I understand what Brother Zhou meant, this place seems to be precious, and there are only three in the entire Shenyun Empire, but if it is worthless for people who don't want to participate, it is not as good as some treasures and pills, but I think it is the most suitable for Brother Zhou, with Brother Zhou's talent, this Shenyun Empire must not be your upper limit, your heaven and earth should be in the Central Continent, and entering the Central Continent, through the battle of the Hundred Nations is the best way, and probably the only way."

Zhou Chen was silent, is this Pang Qingyan really so optimistic that he is still touting himself? However, Zhou Chen didn't care what kind of mentality he had, Zhou Chen was actually quite interested in this battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, he could use it as a springboard to enter the Central Continent, go to the Central Continent earlier, and find a solution to the curse earlier.

"When will this Battle of the Hundred Nations be held?" Zhou Chen asked after dusting off the spiritual food fragments in his hand.

"Half a year later, in fact, my trip this time is also to travel to all sides, make friends with talents, and prepare for the battle of the Hundred Nations in half a year, and not only me, but other princes are also acting."

"You are the prince, the purpose is to inherit the throne of this Shenyun Empire, it should make no difference whether the forces of the Seven Realms look down on you or not, your prince is so active about it, does this battle of the Hundred Kingdoms have other meaning for you?"

"Brother Zhou's acumen is really admirable, as just said, a total of ten princes of the Shenyun Empire who meet the conditions for participation, there is no prince at present, the emperor has a will, this Hundred Kingdoms War, the best of the ten princes is established as the prince, and the Hundred Kingdoms War will have a large number of resource rewards, which has a significant impact on the development of the country, and the performance of the team led by the prince will get the corresponding points, and the points will determine the ranking of the country, the ranking of different rankings, the number of resources rewarded varies greatly, and the better the performance of the prince team, It also reflects the prince's vision and connections, as well as the ability of the commander, so why the emperor attaches so much importance to the performance of the prince. ”

Zhou Chen nodded, to be able to become the emperor of a country requires a variety of talents, unlike monks, you can do things with your own heart, everything is respected by strength, the wicked will do evil with your heart, and the good person will do good with your heart, the world that you expect and yearn for in your heart should be like an empire, establish a system of social management, have constraints, have a system, or do whatever you want like a cultivator's free world, only pursue immortality and strength, Zhou Chen closed his eyes and stared at his heart, he was asking his own heart, What should the ideal world be in his own heart, the world of the jungle, everything is as you like, if one day he is not strong enough, what if the safety of his relatives is threatened? In a world of order and management, power arises because of the system, and people's desires become more complex, greedy for power, controlling the world, and then greedy for the wealth, glory, and status brought by power, such a society will also breed darkness and be full of unfairness, Zhou Chen asked himself, what is his cultivation for? For immortality? To be strong? Or is it to stand on top of the world and look down on the world? And after that?

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Zhou Chen had already entered the mixed yuan bead at this time, and the whole person had entered a magical state, with no true yuan fluctuations in his body, as if the old monk had settled down, Pang Qingyan looked at Zhou Chen in front of him with his eyes closed, he was a little overwhelmed, in his opinion, Zhou Chen should have entered a peculiar state, but this came too inexplicably, there was no warning at all, Pang Qingyan looked at Zhou Chen blankly, his mouth opened slightly, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

Pang Qingyan felt that Zhou Chen had a unique trait, different from all kinds of young geniuses he had seen before, he himself was nineteen years old this year, at the peak of the foundation building realm, and was expected to break through to the cave heaven realm within half a year, this kind of cultivation talent could be said to be a genius level within the entire Shenyun Empire, although Zhou Chen was only in the early stage of foundation building now, but he had a feeling that his talent was not worth mentioning at all in front of Zhou Chen.

"He must not be allowed to have an accident, at least not for half a year." Pang Qingyan is not selfish when he thinks so, his thinking is also very reasonable, after all, everyone is generally a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship, and he has a hunch that Zhou Chen will become the key to his struggle for the position of crown prince.

"What's going on with this kid?" Although Lie Tianzun knew that Zhou Chen was enlightening, he didn't know what Zhou Chen was enlightening, it hadn't been long since he entered enlightenment last time, and this time it was even more inexplicable, which made him speechless.

Xiao Hei also stayed quietly aside, not daring to make a sound, staring at Zhou Chen tightly.

A stick of incense time has passed......

Zhou Chen just sat like this, motionless, as if he was not a real person, but a statue, and he couldn't feel any breath fluctuations on his body, Pang Qingyan opened the isolation formation of the room to avoid disturbing the people outside, and waited quietly.

Airplanes!

Suddenly, Zhou Chen's body erupted with a majestic sword intent, and the entire room was covered with a vast sword intent, all kinds of calligraphy and paintings, and porcelain were shattered by the knife, making a crackling sound, Pang Qingyan had a true yuan body around him, these swords could not hurt him, but this terrifying scene made him frightened.

The same was the case in the Mixed Yuan Bead, Lie Tianzun looked at Zhou Chen, who was getting stronger and stronger, with a smile on his face.

"Knife Heart, this guy has gone one step further." Lie Tianzun muttered to himself.

Bang!

Zhou Chen's body suddenly erupted with a strong fluctuation, and this aura made Pang Qingyan startled.

"It's ...... In the middle of the foundation realm? Pang Qingyan felt that his brain was a little insufficient, the sword intent just now had shocked him, and now he had suddenly broken through to the middle stage of the foundation building realm, which made him stunned.

Half an hour later......

The momentum on Zhou Chen's body slowly converged, and the knife intent in the room gradually dissipated, and the ground was full of debris and sundries that had been chopped by the knife, everything returned to calm, Zhou Chen had withdrawn from enlightenment, but he was not in a hurry to open his eyes, but looked at his dantian, only to see that above his dantian, there was a silver knife hanging above, and the blade had complex lines flowing, blooming with a faint silver glow, slowly rotating.

Zhou Chen smiled in his heart, this is his knife heart, he understands his own knife, understands his own way, his knife is just a weapon, the existence of weapons is only for killing, weapons have no good and evil, the difference between good and evil is the heart, and the knife repair is to cultivate the heart, to be the container, to be the way, the strongest knife is the way of the heart, there is no thought in the heart, the knife has nowhere to go, there is a thought in the heart, the knife has no extreme.

Zhou Chen knows why his knife wants to become stronger, no matter what the situation, no matter what kind of world he is in, what things he meets in the future, who he meets, the key to everything is strength, only strong strength can be guarded, and his heart is the heart of protection.

"I'm sorry, but I suddenly realized when I chatted." Zhou Chen smiled at Pang Qingyan and said, everything Pang Qingyan did next to him just now was in his eyes, and Zhou Chen also trusted him a little more.

"Brother Zhou is too shocking, I'm afraid my evaluation of you just now is still low." Pang Qingyan shook his head and said with a smile.

"Tens of thousands of people in the Hundred Nations War are bleeding from their heads, missing arms and legs, just to make those forces in the Central Continent look at it? No personal benefit? Zhou Chen didn't answer his words, but continued to talk about the battle of the Hundred Kingdoms.

"Of course there are, in addition to the national rankings, there are also individual rankings, and the specific rewards are different for each session, but the items rewarded are definitely top-notch."

"I don't know what year Brother Zhou is?" Pang Qingyan said.

"Sixteen."

Hiss! It's just that the voice in Pang Qingyan's heart, on the surface, is still unfazed, the sixteen-year-old Sword Dao Grandmaster, in the middle of the foundation building realm, can fight beyond the third order, this is the information that Pang Qingyan knows, it has shocked him very much, and even Zhou Chen is stronger than the surface.

"In fact, there is a threshold for this hundred-year battle, that is, the age must be between fifteen and twenty years old, and the realm must reach the peak of the foundation building realm, so if Brother Zhou's age is not a problem, but the realm must reach the peak of the foundation building realm within half a year." Pang Qingyan exhaled and calmed his heart.

Zhou Chen nodded and said: "This is no problem, but there is still half a year to go, let's talk about whether to participate or not, now I am still a little anxious to go back to Qingyang City to deal with it." ”

"Brother Zhou, is there any trouble in Qingyang City?" Pang Qingyan was a very smart and keen person, and from Zhou Chen's words, he sensed that Zhou Chen should have some trouble in Qingyang City.

"It's just a family matter, and this time I went back to solve these troubles." Zhou Chen replied perfunctorily.

"If Brother Zhou needs help, just tell me." Pang Qingyan's sentence is true, he has already decided, one of the places in the three hundred kingdom battles has been determined for Zhou Chen, and before that, he must ensure that Zhou Chen has no accidents.

"I understand it, I can solve it myself." Zhou Chen didn't want to receive this favor, even if he agreed to go to the Hundred Nations to fight, he and Pang Qingyan were only in a cooperative relationship at present.

"Brother Zhou, this cloud boat will go to Thundercloud City to dock and repair first, you rest first, and I'll go out to deal with things." Pang Qingyan said to Zhou Chen with a smile.

Zhou Chen nodded and entered the Mixed Yuan Bead alone.

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