9. The beginning of troubled times

Choosing such a big problem is definitely a big test for six-year-old Zhang Zeshan, but due to the restrictions of the Yanhuang clan, Zhang Tieyi and his wife are also powerless, in this universe, the exercises of any race will not be easily passed on, because this is related to the strength and life and death of his race, so Zhang Tieyi is also forced to do this.

Zhang Zeshan is a smart person, after five days of thinking, he finally decided to join the Yanhuang clan, under the flame dragon iron blood flag, in front of the portrait of the seven generations of patriarchs of the Yanhuang clan, Zhang Zeshan issued a soul oath, swore to join the Yanhuang clan, and was accepted as an apprentice by Zhang Tieyi, the reason why he was only accepted as an apprentice, not as a son, according to Zhang Tieyi's words: "In my Yanhuang clan, sometimes, the master-apprentice relationship is more important than the blood relationship, because we all have the possibility of becoming immortal, The existence of immortality, therefore, the master-apprentice relationship is more stable. Zhang Tieyi also let Zhang Zeshan be surnamed Zhang, and each was Zeshan.

Since then, Zhang Zeshan worshiped under Zhang Tieyi's door and began to practice the "Earth Divine Formula", I have to say, it seems that Zhang Zeshan was born to cultivate the "Earth Divine Formula", the speed of cultivation is very fast, for the earth system avenue, Zhang Zeshan seems to have a natural perception in it, no matter how difficult to understand the exercises and mysterious truths, Zhang Zeshan can be clear into the ears and three points, this talent is really amazing to Zhang Tieyi, for this apprentice, he can be said to love in his bones, and he will teach what he has learned in his life.

Lu Lumei, as a master, of course, will not hide her secrets, and will also teach all kinds of mysteries in the "Aoki Divine Yuan Jue" that she has learned, but Zhang Zeshan, as the attribute of the pure earth system, does not have much understanding of the wood system, but also benefits a lot, it can be said that under the cultivation of Zhang Tieyi and his wife, Zhang Zeshan can be said to have made rapid progress, and he has cultivated to the middle stage of Jindan in just fifteen years, of course, it is also indispensable to the effect of the magic pill of the Yanhuang clan.

It's just that not all races' exercises are cultivated as quickly as possible, at least, the exercises of the Yanhuang clan are not like this, because the exercises of the Yanhuang clan pay special attention to laying the foundation, if the foundation is not firm, the achievements after the most Lu are very limited, and Zhang Zeshan's cultivation speed is already a little too fast, Zhang Tieyi has to spend a lot of effort to help Zhang Zeshan consolidate the cultivation of the Yuan Shen, let his cultivation speed slow down, and lay a good foundation. Otherwise, if it continues like this, I am afraid that Zhang Zeshan will be abolished, and for this precious apprentice, Zhang Tieyi doesn't want him to practice and scrap.

For the people of the Yanhuang clan, basically, if they are people who grew up in the clan since childhood, they have been taught by the elders of the clan since they were young, and they are very familiar with everything in the Yanhuang clan, and they can easily improve the cultivation of the Yuan Shen to a relatively high height, at least, it is not a problem to cultivate to the super god level, but for a non-bloodline clan like Zhang Zeshan, the promotion of the Yuan Shen is a bit difficult, so Zhang Tieyi felt very distressed, and he really understood that the exercises of the Yan and Huang clans should not be passed on lightly, and the exercises of the Yan and Huang clans are very powerful, but the requirements for the Yuan Shen are too high, and the cultivation of foreign clans is too highWithout the corresponding Yuan Shen and the practice and growth environment, if the sages of the Yanhuang clan do not understand much, it will be easy to go mad, and it is also for the good of people of other races to pass on the exercises, otherwise, I am afraid that after ten foreigners have practiced the exercises of the Yanhuang tribe, they will be tempted by the powerful exercises and practice desperately, and in the end, I am afraid that nine of them will go crazy, either die or become evil demons, and bring disaster to the world.

Zhang Zeshan was also very distressed about his own question, and asked Zhang Tieyi: "Master, why is this happening?" "Zeshan, there is nothing strange about this, the reason why my Yanhuang clan is strong is not only because of the strength of the exercises, but more importantly, the countless sages in my clan have comprehended the way of heaven, I have already said that the strength of a race lies in the number of comprehensions of the way of heaven, and whether there is a way to do things, but the sages have a lot of comprehension of the way of heaven. It is impossible to learn completely after a long period of study. It's just that the cultivation of the Yuan Shen is focused on enlightenment, reading books is just to accumulate knowledge, learn some theories, as long as your accumulation is enough, to the future once you have an epiphany, your Yuan Shen will have a leap, but the epiphany can be met but not sought, when there is this opportunity to your creation. Let's read more books. ”

Of course, Zhang Zeshan believes in Zhang Tieyi's words, and in addition to practicing every day, he also reads more poetry and books, as his own accumulation, but this kind of accumulation cannot be completed overnight, it can only accumulate a small amount and gather sand into a tower.

In addition to free time every day, Zhang Zeshan often goes to the following cities and villages and towns to walk, which is also Zhang Tieyi's words: "Zeshan, cultivation can't be done behind closed doors, you must go around and walk around more, and understand the various states of life, which is very effective for you to comprehend the way of heaven." Therefore, he often went down to walk around to learn about the living conditions of his blood compatriots.

"Those nobles don't treat us slaves as human beings at all, they only treat us like pigs and dogs, they usually let us work, and when they are unhappy, they kill us for fun, and my daughter was treated as a prostitute by the nobles because she was beautiful (the courtesan is the courtesan in the nobleman's house, and the nobles used to entertain other nobles' maids, and the status is very low, even much lower than that of prostitutes), and my eldest son was killed by the nobles because he retorted two sentences. My wife was crazy because of her children, and if it weren't for the fact that we were sent to the Yanhuang Principality, we would have died early in the morning. ”

"We slaves are so miserable, we have to do more than fifteen hours a day, we can't eat enough, we can't wear warm clothes, many of my companions are tired to death, and after they die, they are thrown into the wild to feed the monsters, and the nobles either scold or beat us, at least it is a leather whip, and at worst it is directly killed. ”

"We slaves, we are not human beings, worse than pigs and dogs, one horse can be exchanged for three slaves, we eat worse than pigs, but we do heavier work than oxen, I have a companion, who was taken by those minions and tortured to death, they hung him up, and cut dozens of small wounds on his body with a knife, and watched my companion's blood flow downward, drop by drop, until the blood of the wound coagulated, and no longer bleed, and then cut another knife on the wound, until my companion's blood dried up and died. They just watched my companion scream in pain, while they laughed and bet on how long it would take for my companion to die. Woooooooo ”

After participating in some slaves' grievance meetings, Zhang Zeshan only felt that his heart was seized by something, and he was very uncomfortable, extremely uncomfortable, for what? For what is it? For what kind of sin, the same human beings, and the same compatriots who shed the same blood, would suffer this kind of crime? Did they commit any crime? Did they make some big mistake? Otherwise, why should they be subjected to such inhuman torture? He was very incomprehensible, so he went to ask Zhang Tieyi, hoping that the master could give him an answer.

Zhang Tieyi said: "Zeshan, slave is a product of the development of human civilization, strictly speaking, it is a product of the development of the civilization of an intelligent life race, basically all races will go through the stage of slavery in the process of civilization development, a branch race of my Yanhuang tribe has also experienced slavery, but, fortunately, this system is not long, only about a thousand years or so, which is also the luck of our race." And this history has also been recorded by the sages of my clan, so I understand the tragic situation of the slaves, but, Zeshan, although I understand their miserable situation, but for various reasons, I can't help them, and this is not something that I can change their fate alone. You better take a look at it, and ask me if you don't understand anything. ”

"We live well here in the Yanhuang Principality, there is food, there is clothing, as long as you are willing to work hard, you don't have to worry about starving to death, we have our own land, and there are people who come to teach us to read, so that we can master knowledge, you don't know the way, my youngest son, now graduated from high school, last month, has passed the civil service examination of the principality, and has become a glorious civil servant of the principality. There is hope for my days. ”

"The Yanhuang Principality is good, if I can see my former companions at this time, they will definitely envy to death, I was originally a person, now, I have become a family, and I have three children, they are all studying in school, even if they can't get into the civil service in the future, it doesn't matter, as long as they study well, it is not a problem to find a job in the principality, now, I am just worried that I am old, I will not live that long, and I will not see my children become talents." However, I will try very hard to live, and keep my eyes open to see how those nobles die, and they will definitely have retribution. ”

Zhang Zeshan learned a lot, not only about the past and present of those slaves, but also about the operating system of the Yanhuang Principality, and then compared it with other countries in the Western Continent, the more he knew, the more he understood, and he understood a lot of the truth in the book, he had also been to other principalities, kingdoms, The empire has learned some things, although he has not had a deep understanding, but he has already known what he wants to know, and for the first time in his life, he feels that the life of his compatriots is really living in hell and heaven, heaven is of course in the Yanhuang Principality, and hell is the area other than the Yanhuang Principality.

Under Zhang Tieyi's teaching, Zhang Zeshan profoundly understood the root of the development of a civilized society, but this could not fully explain his doubts, he asked: "Master, how did the slavery of our clan end?" "There are two reasons, one is the resistance of the slaves, and the other is the result of social development. Zhang Tieyi also taught him what is the knowledge of productive forces determining production relations, and Zhang Zeshan had a deeper understanding of these, but he asked: "Master, why don't my compatriots resist for it? Why don't they rise up and resist like the sages in my clan?" It's very simple, because they don't have the ability to resist, because the power of the nobles is too strong, because the power of the two temples is too strong, strong enough to suppress all the slaves' will to resist, so the slaves died of the heart of resistance, without the will to resist, if no one takes the lead in leading them to resist, no one succeeds in making examples, if they don't teach them knowledge and teach them how to obtain strong strength, even if they resist, they will not succeed, they will only sacrifice their lives in vain。 ”

Zhang Zeshan finally understood, and he finally had a trace of consciousness in his heart: "If no one takes the lead, can I come and take the lead? I can't watch my compatriots go on like this." Of course, at the age of eighteen, he only has a trace of consciousness for the time being, and has not yet developed into a seed, and it is up to him to decide when he will develop into a seed or if he will extinguish this consciousness.