Yan Ming was surprised. At the beginning, his strength was not as good as that of Bai Zhantang, but later he gradually surpassed him, and he had a good feel for Bai Zhantang's level.
Bai Zhantang has been trapped in the master realm for a long time, and has never been able to break through this final step.
It seems that the distance is very close, but in fact it is not that easy to cross this threshold. As the saying goes, a slightest step can make a difference of a thousand miles.
Bai Zhantang does not have the blessing of a plug-in like himself. Even though he has excellent talent, in a relatively stable environment like Tongfu Inn, there is no other opportunity. If he wants to break through to the master realm, it will take a few years at the fastest just by accumulation. .
But I didn't expect that Bai Zhantang would actually complete a qualitative change after being out for just a few days!
Yan Ming made a guess and immediately thought of the secret book that Xun Liang had given to Bai Zhantang when he arrived at Qixia Town.
Bai Zhantang was originally from the Sunflower Sect, and his kung fu was inseparable from the Sunflower Sect, so it was most likely that he was helped by the secret book to achieve his breakthrough.
In fact, Yan Ming's guess is close to ten.
That secret book recorded the deeper essence of the Sunflower Sect's martial arts, as well as the insights summarized by many Sunflower Sect's seniors. It was a priceless treasure to Bai Zhantang.
His own strength had accumulated to a certain level, and with help, he successfully broke through to the Grandmaster realm in just a few days in one night.
It's just that in Qixia Town, there were very few people who could tell, or they didn't pay special attention. Hua Manlou, who came to eat from time to time, noticed it, but didn't announce it to the outside world.
Until now, Yan Ming noticed the great improvement in Bai Zhantang's strength as soon as they met.
Bai Zhantang had just welcomed a guest in. When he turned around, he saw Yan Ming.
Bai Zhantang looked carefully and immediately recognized Yan Ming himself.
Ling Tengyun's disguise couldn't fool Hua Manlou, and naturally he couldn't fool Bai Zhantang, who was experienced and had greatly improved his strength.
After breaking through the master realm, Bai Zhantang recognized the replacement of Yan Baotou in the town.
At the beginning, Bai Zhantang was still very nervous, thinking that something had happened or that some conspiracy was involved.
But later I discovered the iron hand hiding in the secret, and then I felt relieved and roughly guessed the cause of the matter.
However, after Bai Zhantang recognized him, he had been avoiding Ling Tengyun intentionally or unintentionally, because the other party gave him a very bad feeling, as if he had something to do with him.
Now that Yan Ming reappeared, Bai Zhantang finally let out a long breath.
Yan Ming came over and after getting closer to Bai Zhantang, he suddenly took action, and a burst of true energy followed the acupuncture seal's technique and went towards Bai Zhantang's acupuncture points.
"Um?"
Bai Zhantang also reacted very quickly. He pointed with his backhand, the unique technique of Sunflower's acupuncture hand, and the powerful Sunflower energy.
The two of them remained motionless, a few fingers flew around, and they exchanged moves with each other. In the blink of an eye, they fought several times with unique acupuncture techniques.
Bai Zhantang realized that Yan Ming was not hostile and was just sparring with him, also controlling his strength.
Sure enough, Bai Zhantang not only broke through to the Grandmaster realm, but also had profound martial arts skills and strong Qi. His strength was no longer the same as before.
The power of Sunflower's acupuncture hand can even surpass the subtlety of his own acupuncture seal.
This is easy to understand. After all, Bai Zhantang specializes in the study of Sunflower Acupuncture. He has been immersed in this method for many years, and his foundation is far deeper than his own.
The acupuncture seal is just one of his many methods. After reaching the master level, it is normal to be at a disadvantage.
Yan Ming made some adjustments and used the technique taught to him by Elder Xi, which was derived from the Duan family's one-yang finger technique in Dali.
In an instant, the strength on his fingers became much stronger, and when the two of them worked together, his finger strength became extremely powerful, and he was evenly matched with Bai Zhantang's sunflower acupoint hand.
Bai Zhantang raised his eyebrows, looking surprised at first, and then his expression changed drastically.
He grew up in the Sunflower Sect, so he was naturally very familiar with Elder Xi's Yiyangzhi, and he recognized it immediately.
Even though he had broken through to the master realm, Bai Zhantang still had a deep-rooted fear of the Sunflower Sect, and for a moment he thought the Sunflower Sect was coming again.
"Uh-huh!"
The two fingers crossed each other, and Bai Zhantang's sunflower finger brushed against Yan Ming, opening a hole in the ground not far away, sending brick fragments flying everywhere.
And Yan Ming's Yiyang finger force also passed through the broom placed against the door at the back, drilling an extremely smooth and very regular round hole in it, and penetrated the broom.
The two immediately stopped and clicked to the end.
Bai Zhantang's face showed a bit of surprise, and he was thinking about how Yan Baotou was related to the Sunflower Sect?
Just now, Guo Furong came back, picked up the broom and prepared to sweep the floor. When she took a closer look at the round holes on it, she was startled at first, and then showed suspicion.
I remembered correctly, why is there an extra hole on the top of this broom? It looks like it was drilled out with a tool.
But this is good, it will be convenient to hang on the wall in the future...
Guo Furong was wondering when Yan Ming had already given up and raised her hand to Bai Zhantang.
"Congratulations to Brother Bai, congratulations to Brother Bai."
Of course, Bai Zhantang knew that he was congratulating himself on breaking through to the master realm, and immediately waved his hand.
"Stop talking about it, Capt. Yan. Anyway, I have withdrawn from the world, so don't let everyone know about this. By the way, Capt. Yan, you..."
Just as Bai Zhantang was about to continue asking, Sai Diaochan had already run out with Xiaocui from the Yihong Building diagonally across the street.
"Oh, Mr. Yan, look, why didn't you come to my place today? Did I say something wrong just now that made Mr. Yan angry?"
Xiaocui: "I'm angry!"
"I'm going to explain it to Mr. Yan first. The rice on the table just now is not to Mr. Yan's taste. I've already changed it. Mr. Yan, come here and try it again. Let the chef of Yihong House check it!"
Xiaocui: "Check it!"
Saying that, Sai Diaochan wanted to drag Yan Ming towards Yihong Building.
She had never had any dealings with Tongfu Inn, and had been thinking about how to disrupt it and make her Yihong House the dominant one in Qixia Town.
In recent days, it was hard for Yan Ming to be willing to come to her place. She was eager to take this opportunity to get close to Yan Ming. When she saw that Yan Ming was going to the Tongfu Inn opposite, she immediately ran out to stop him.
How did Sai Diaochan know that the person who went to Yihong Mansion these days was just Ling Tengyun in disguise.
"Um?"
At this moment, Sai Diaochan wanted to stop Yan Ming's arm out of habit, but before her fingertips even touched, she heard Yan Ming's slightly majestic voice, and her finger movements immediately stopped.
Looking up again, Yan Baotou seemed different today from the past few days. His expression was much colder and he was no longer so easy to talk to.
"Shopkeeper Sai, I have no interest in tasting food, but if you want to invite me to Yihong Building, you can take out the accounts and check them. Recently, the superiors have ordered that the tax items of each merchant should be checked in the coming time. If there are any tax evaders, they will be severely punished!"
"ah!"
Sai Diaochan stopped laughing immediately, and the expression on her face froze.
When she heard the word tax, she naturally felt guilty.
Because she knew in her heart how much tax she had owed and missed, and she couldn't stand the investigation at all.
It's just that Qixia Town Louzhi County has always been relatively loose in its management of this aspect, and has not sent anyone to check specifically, so it has always turned a blind eye and nothing happened.
"Um, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so I won't disturb Yan Baotou. Xiaocui, let's go quickly."
Sai Diaochan forced out a sentence, turned around and ran away.
Sure enough, if you want Sai Diaochan not to pester you, it is most useful to directly raise taxes with her.
Yan Ming was amused.
But having said that, Yihonglou has been open in Qixia Town for a long time. In addition, it happened to catch up with the wave of dividends as Qixia Town became more and more lively. Yihonglou must have made a lot of money, saying that Rijin A fight for gold is not an exaggeration at all.
Presumably given Sai Diaochan's character, the tax arrears must be a large amount.
If she is smart, she will consciously pay up the taxes after this beating.
After watching Sai Diaochan leave, Yan Mingcai and Bai Zhantang walked in.
"Brother Bai, I have been very busy recently. Let's take this opportunity to have a few drinks."
Yan Ming sat down and poured wine with Bai Zhantang.
Qixia Town has gone through a busy day as usual. After nightfall, the main street in the town is brightly lit and the night market is still lively. However, the outside of Qixia Town gradually becomes quiet and is swallowed up by the night.
These days, Qixia Town has been like this, and everyone is used to it.
Outside Qixia Town, near the remnants of Cuiwei Mountain in the north, lights were lit in the small courtyard house.
Di Yun had just come back from outside, pushed open the fence of the yard, and walked in.
He had just sent his confidante back to Orion's home, and their relationship had become much closer recently. The girl would stay until evening before going back.
Uncle Orion was also very kind to him and did not dislike Di Yun's disability at all, which moved him very much.
It was also the first time that Di Yun felt warm and at ease after experiencing various tragedies, and he gradually came out of the despair of losing his little junior sister.
Thinking of how she had escorted the girl back just now, she wrapped up a few snacks she had made by herself before leaving, carefully handed them over to herself, and told herself to be careful on the way back.
All these details made Di Yun feel warm in his heart, and he unconsciously had a bit of a silly smile on his face.
Although Di Yun had been with the other party for so long, he had always been polite to him and never thought of asking him to stay with the excuse that it was too late.
Di Yun himself didn't think much about this, he just got along with others in the most simple way.
He reached out and touched the snacks in his arms, and was just about to go inside to taste it, when suddenly he seemed to see the light in his room flicker from the corner of his eye.
"Um?"
Di Yun has been practicing the Shenzhao Sutra recently. He has settled down and his hidden illness has been cured by Yan Ming. With his body and mind relaxed, the solid foundation laid by Ding Dian has shown its power. The progress of the Shenzhao Sutra is very fast. It already has considerable power.
Correspondingly, Di Yun's sensory sensitivity has also increased to several levels. Although the light only flickered slightly, it was still not hidden from his eyes.
Di Yun was most afraid that something might happen to the oil lamp in the house and cause a fire while he was away.
He immediately stepped forward quickly and pushed open the door.
"call!"
As soon as he walked into the house, Di Yun suddenly heard a strong wind coming from behind.
This was obviously someone waving at the back of his head.
"Uh-huh!"
The person behind him hit the back of Di Yun's neck with his knife, but there was no feeling of contact with flesh and blood. Instead, it fell directly into the air.
Before this person could figure out what happened, Di Yun rushed forward again.
Just now, he had narrowly avoided the opponent's sneak attack. This was completely beyond the reaction speed that a farmer could achieve!
As he rushed over again, a strong internal force directly collided with the opponent.
"boom!"
The man broke the door panel behind him and stumbled backwards.
"Old Ba, why are you so useless that you can't even catch a peasant? If you make such a big noise again, you might alert the grandson of Eagle Claw!"
Several figures came out from all around. Seeing this situation, they were all stunned, and one of them complained.
However, when they took a closer look, they were suddenly a little dumbfounded.
I saw the man barely straightening up, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"ah?"
Several people around were shocked and immediately drew their weapons.
Di Yun had already walked out of the house.
He looked at a few people nearby, and then his eyes stopped on one of them.
The rest of them were all dressed in the attire of warriors in the martial arts world, but this man's bald head shone brightly in the moonlight, and the monk's robes were a darker dark red, which was very different from ordinary monks.
The mark of a bloody knife was faintly revealed on his clothes rolled up by the wind.
Di Yun's sharp eyes recognized him immediately, the Blood Knife Sect!
When he and Ding Dian were in Jingzhou Prison before, he had seen monks from the Blood Knife Sect come to look for trouble, but Ding Dian got rid of them.
He had just escaped from Jingzhou Prison, and he had encountered Monk Baoxiang on the way, and was chased by him all the way, but he barely escaped.
After such a long time, Di Yun had almost forgotten all of this. He didn't expect to see someone from the Blood Knife Sect here again!
"What are they going to do? Have their identities been exposed? Are they here for the Divine Light Sutra or Liancheng Jue?"
Di Yun's thoughts changed rapidly.
However, the other party's next words made Di Yun feel relieved.
"How could an ordinary farmer have such strong internal strength? Who is this person? How could there be such a farmer who can fight?"
The other party's tone was also full of surprise.
It seems that they are not here for me...
The monk from the Blood Knife Sect stared at Di Yun: "Don't care who he is, we can't let this kid run away, otherwise we will miss Xingzang, so we must deal with him first."
After saying that, the monk from the Blood Knife Sect took the lead and rushed forward.
Several other warriors followed closely.
As soon as he made a move, with Di Yun's current strength, he could see that they were all in the Qi and Blood realm and were far inferior to him.
Nowadays, Di Yun has the inner strength of Shenzhao Sutra. Even if he encounters the original Monk Baoxiang, he will still be able to fight.
Before they could rush in front of them, Di Yun suddenly attacked first.
Soon, several powerful warriors flew backwards, and the evil monk from the Blood Knife Sect was suppressed by Di Yun.
The other side of Qixia Town...
"Canglang!"
The long sword was sheathed, Lin Pingzhi stretched out his ring finger, wiped off a trace of blood on his face, and looked around.
On the ground under the moonlight, several corpses were already lying in confusion, all of whom died under Lin Pingzhi's sword.
Lin Pingzhi was practicing his sword just now when he suddenly noticed that there were warriors approaching Qixia Town in a sneaky way, and even wanted to break into several nearby houses to commit murder and occupy the magpie's nest.
Lin Pingzhi took decisive action and completely eliminated them.
But at this moment, Lin Pingzhi showed a worried look on his face.
These guys are not good people. They are obviously coming to Seven Heroes Town. Could it be...
"We need to notify Head Yan immediately!"
Such thoughts emerged in Lin Pingzhi's mind.
(End of chapter)
