Xia Houen said very confidently: "Uncle Shi, I can use the aura now, and I should be able to formally learn the Bewitching Immortal Art next, right?"

Zhang Yao felt that this news was not bad, and he didn't waste a piece of his hard work, but he didn't want Xia Houen to have the idea of ascending to the sky in one step, and said: "If you want to learn immortal arts, you can't learn it if you have aura, you have to wait until you are proficient, let me see now what level your aura has reached." [Ran^Text^Library] []”

It is not a problem to see Xia Houen's aura, but Xia Houen has just had his aura now, and he must be completely free of distractions and undisturbed, which is not so easy to do, because Xia Houen saw that Zhang Jiao was nervous, how could his heart calm down, and exude aura according to the original method, but there was no reaction, which couldn't help but make Xia Houen even more flustered, if Zhang Jiao knew that this was the result, he would be dead.

Zhang Yao had been looking at Xia Houen expectantly on the side, but seeing that he had tried a few times, but there was not even a trace of aura emanation, he felt that he should use any method, Xia Houen also began to doubt himself, and felt that he was not a failure, right? So he turned his head to look at Zhang Xiao, not knowing what Zhang Xiao would say.

Zhang Xiao was still waiting for Xia Houen to show his aura, but he didn't see any reaction for a long time, understanding that he was not in a quiet state of mind at this time, probably because of Zhang Yao's presence, it seems that he still has to continue to step up his practice, until Zhang Xiao looked at himself, Zhang Xiao realized that it was not a way to go on like this, and he had to let Xia Houen prove himself as soon as possible, otherwise Zhang Xiao would say that he was misleading.

Zhang Xiao walked to the anxious Xia Houen and whispered: "Don't you calm down now, don't think too much, concentrate." ”

Xia Houen replied in a somewhat helpless whisper: "I want to too, but I was nervous when Uncle Shi was present, I couldn't calm down at all, and my head was in chaos." ”

As he thought, Zhang Xiao felt that if Xia Houen continued in this way, there would be no result, so he thought of a way and said: "Do you remember some of the Taoist moves I taught you? ”

With Zhang Xiao's encouragement, Xia Houen felt a lot more relieved and decided to give it a try, so he tried to gather the aura in his hands and read: "I use the red fire to guard the **, and leave the fire talisman." ”

Xia Houen closed his eyes tightly, and he tried his best to maintain it, and he didn't know if he had done it, and then he heard Zhang Yao's voice of agreement, and said: "Yes, it seems that you do have aura, and you can also use aura, it seems that the previous cultivation was not in vain, but it is only this level of aura, and you will have to strengthen your cultivation in the future." ”

Xia Houen heard Zhang Yao's praise, and was about to faint with joy, but now he couldn't relax, slowly opened his eyes, and couldn't believe that the fire talisman formed by the aura in his hand was only the size of a hummingbird, and if he didn't look carefully, he thought it was a worm, it was really too weak.

Xia Houen panicked, the hummingbird disappeared, the aura was cut off, and the whole person seemed to have lost his strength, standing weakly, thinking of what Zhang Jiao just said about strengthening cultivation, he even wanted to die.

Su Layer also watched Xia Houen grow up all the way, and was very happy to see that he already had aura, knowing that he would definitely have a hard time these days, so he said to Zhang Yao: "Don't always pressure others to cultivate, now he is already a formal immortal cultivator, and more importantly, the state of mind, the pressure is too great, and it is not something he can compete with in the future." ”

Zhang Jiao looked at Su Layer with some surprise, and was nervous when he mentioned the inner demon, and suddenly thought about it, and felt that what Su Layer said made sense, if there was a mental demon, it was indeed an extremely troublesome thing, just like himself, he directly made a plan, and in the future, Xia Houen and Gao Zhan's cultivation could not be too strict.

Since Zhang Xiao came back from the artificial city, he has maintained a very good relationship with Su Layer, and the two often meet, but the key thing is that Su Layer mainly came to see the lamb, which inevitably made Zhang Xiao a little embarrassed, so he watched Su Layer play with the lamb.

Zhang Xiao saw that Su Layer was also coming, and asked, "Miss Jialan, you won't come to find Xiaoyang again today, right?"

Su Layer is not always so idle, listening to Zhang Xiao's question, he got down to business, and said: "Today I came with a mission, my family has an important batch of tea that needs to be transported to Yangzhou, and it may have to pass through the Jingzhou border on the way, so I want to ask you how the war is now, if it goes well, we will pass directly, if it is another situation, we will have to divert it." ”

Yuan Li knew this matter best, and immediately replied: "I heard that this southern expedition was defeated, and General Xiahou lost a large number of soldiers and horses, you should change the route, I believe that war will break out there in the near future." ”

Zhang Jiao and Su Layer still just came, they were stunned when they heard the news, they didn't expect the first battle of the Han army to go south to end with such a result, Su Layer said with some embarrassment: "Then I'll tell my father to change the route later, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, you don't have to worry too much, the Han Dynasty is now strong, what is the loss this time?"

Listening to Yuan Li's unhesitating words about the defeat, Xia Houen was very unhappy, and Zhang Yao was even more unhappy, there is no definite news to prove that the Southern Expeditionary Army has been defeated, Yuan Li began to spread rumors like this, it is simply eating inside and out, Zhang Yao feels that he is even more annoying.

Just when everyone was still arguing about the southern expedition, Xia Houen's subordinate Hao Zhong rushed over, and immediately reported to Xia Houen out of breath: "Report to the captain, General Xiahou was ambushed by Liu Bei's rebels in the area of Bowangpo, suffered heavy losses, and has now returned. ”

When everyone heard Hao Zhong's news, they immediately quieted down, and looked at him in disbelief, but they didn't expect that the most unwilling thing to happen still happened, and the Southern Expeditionary Army was really defeated.

And the most difficult to accept among the crowd are Zhang Yao and Xia Houen, who originally relied on everyone's expectations, but the result was like this, Zhang Yao ran to Hao Zhong and said angrily: "What the hell is going on, you make it clear." ”

Hao Zhong still maintained a soldier's posture, and said solemnly: "I heard the soldiers who came back say that General Xiahou fell for the enemy's general Zhao Yun's trick to lure the enemy, and as a result, he was ambushed and defeated. ”

This result is simply a slap in the face of Xia Houen, the quarrel with Yuan Li just now also said that the news of the defeat was a fake news sent by Xia Houdun in order to lure the enemy, but he didn't expect that he fell for the other party's plan to lure the enemy, and immediately remembered the name Zhao Yun.

Zhang Yao has been joining the imperial court for a while, and he also knows the names of the generals of various forces, but he has never heard of the name Zhao Yun, so he asked: "Who is this Zhao Yun? Liu Bei has only a few people, and I have never heard of this person, is it a person from Jingzhou?"

Hao Zhong explained: "This person was originally a subordinate of Gongsun Zan of Liaodong, and he has been following Liu Bei since then, and he is also famous, but he has no military deeds. ”

Xia Houen didn't have time to stay here now, since Cao Cao held a meeting in the palace, it meant that the situation was urgent, and there would definitely be a big move next, so he said to Zhang Xiao: "Master, the prime minister has held a meeting, I have to go over immediately, and I will leave first." ”

Zhang Xiao didn't say anything, just nodded, guessing that Cao Cao would definitely avenge this defeat, and he should soon be on the battlefield, and it was finally time to take the Qingyu Sword away.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Xiao, Xia Houen immediately quickened his pace and walked in the direction of the palace, followed by Gao Zhan and Hao Zhong, and soon left the school grounds.

Seeing that Xia Houen and the three had left, Yuan Li also said goodbye to everyone and said: "The Southern Expeditionary Army has really failed, then I will also take the first step, I believe that there will be a big battle soon, and I have to prepare well." ”

Zhang Yao immediately understood what Yuan Li's words meant, and said unhappily: "You still want to restore the country, now that the people's lives are so stable, what are you going to do to cause a war? ”

Yuan Li didn't dare to provoke Zhang Yao, it would definitely not be good to provoke her, so he said perfunctorily: "I will think about it, but I have to appease those people under me now, so I will go all the way and leave." ”