Shen Wujiu left in a hurry with the news about Zhang Yan. As Zhang Yan said just now, Xiyuan County has made many changes under the arrangement of the Ministry of War Yamen. The emperor even once again dispatched 5,000 imperial troops to Xiyuan County to take control, and they are almost here now.
The opinions given by Zhang Yan now can definitely make Nanyuan Kingdom's preparations in all aspects less hasty based on the existing basis. It can make more leisurely reading, find out the omissions and make up for them. More importantly, casualties can be reduced to a great extent.
Those black spots who died in the army of Xiyuan County are a existence that scares many people. They are more frightening than the monsters fighting.
As soon as Shen Wujiu left, Zhang Yan did not stay in the study any longer. When he came back, he stayed with his family, talked, and understood the situation. The time he spent with his family was actually very short in the monk's long journey of practice, and he didn't want to pass it by in such a perfunctory way.
Later, Zhang Yan conducted a test on the three apprentices in the main room as if chatting.
Now the three apprentices have officially entered the Mysterious Vein Realm. The one with the highest cultivation level is Wang Nian. He is in the barrier position of the early to middle stage of the Xuan Vein Realm. He can break through immediately if there is no chance. Liu Rui and Yang Rui are both new to the Mysterious Vein Realm and need some time to accumulate spiritual energy.
To be honest, Zhang Yan didn't feel very clearly about things like talent when he was practicing. In addition, he has a large amount of meritorious spiritual energy injected into him, so his cultivation path has always been smooth and unimpeded for him. He can only know from the description in the Taoist book that his cultivation speed is extremely fast.
But now that he has three more apprentices, the mystery of his talent becomes even more magical before Zhang Yan's eyes.
Just like Liu Rui, her talent is almost the same as Zhang Yan, and she is the highest among the three apprentices. Therefore, with similar resources, understanding, and diligence, the progress has been catching up. Now it is not only equal to Yang Rui, but it is even vaguely about catching up compared to half a year ago. Based on this prediction, if nothing unexpected happens, Liu Rui will be able to leave Yang Rui behind within one to two years.
The most interesting thing, and what Zhang Yan least expected, was Wang Nian.
Among Zhang Yan's three apprentices, Wang Nian is the most out-of-touch, the least talented, and in a sense the laziest. I thought that even if he was the first to start and lay the foundation, he would be quickly overtaken by Liu Rui and Yang Rui, but this was not the case. Not only was he not overtaken, but on the contrary, he gradually widened the gap between himself and his two junior brothers and sisters.
Was Wang Nian's talent test wrong? not at all. It's because Wang Nian's talent is not just cultivation talent, he also has special talents that Liu Rui and Yang Rui don't have. For example, he is particularly paranoid about the five elements, and he only focuses on the fire attribute. This made Wang Nian become more and more narrow-minded in terms of spells and spiritual energy intake. But it also makes the spiritual energy in the body become more and more pure.
Coupled with Wang Nian's simple thoughts and simplistic understanding of things, it is much easier for him to break through realm barriers than his junior brothers and sisters.
This is like Liu Rui and Yang Rui running faster than Wang Nian on the road, but whenever they have to hurdle, they will always spend nearly double or even more time than Wang Nian. After the increases and decreases on both sides are offset, You will find that Wang Nian not only did not slow down, but gradually ran further and further away.
This fully demonstrates the essence of talent. It’s not that you don’t work hard enough, it’s that some people are born with a much easier path than you.
Moreover, Wang Nian's talent is not only in cultivation and enlightenment. Out of his paranoia about the fire attribute of the five elements, he already had his own opinions on the control and understanding of fire. He could even ask Zhang Yan a question about anything. The place where its performance stands out is in alchemy.
If Yang Rui is "incompatible" with alchemy, Wang Nian and alchemy can be called a "natural match". Liu Rui, on the other hand, took a middle value of "less than above, more than below".
Wang Nian's performance was very eye-catching when he taught his three apprentices how to make alchemy for the first time. It only took less than six batches of medicinal materials to be used to successfully refine the bone-strengthening elixir. Later, the highest number of medicinal materials in one batch could be turned into four elixirs!
Now I am getting started with Bi Qing Dan. Although I haven't completed the elixir yet, I heard that I have found the key to the elixir. As long as I can practice more with a new elixir furnace, it should be almost done. And this guy has already destroyed three alchemy furnaces.
Of course, even though Wang Nian's practice performance was outstanding, he was still often punished. Because this kid is so out-of-the-box, he can do things he is interested in day and night, but if he is not so interested in things, he will forget them in an instant, making it impossible to learn or make progress in many necessary methods. Can't keep up.
Just like right now. Wang Nian wore a gold hoop and accepted the punishment with a pale face. Because his homework seemed to be completed, but there was obviously a lot of superficial work in it, and it did not meet Zhang Yan's requirements at all.
"The application methods of Yin Qi have been asking you to practice more intensively since last year, but now even the most basic body protection of condensed Yin Qi requires three breaths to complete. Three breaths, this time is enough to kill you when you are in danger. Three or five times!”
"I know my mistake! Master, please spare me this time!" Wang Nian knelt on the ground and kowtowed unequivocally. Another characteristic of this guy is that he "admits his mistakes quickly and makes them again next time." He is the kind of person who only cares about eating and not fighting.
Zhang Yan is well aware of the nature of this skinny monkey. With the word "ding", he was frozen in place and was not allowed to speak. At the same time, he continued to accept the punishment of the golden hoop. It took less than half an hour for Wang Nian to make up his mind. This time, we must let the other party remember it for a long time. Yin Qi related methods are no joke.
Turning to look at Liu Rui and Yang Rui, who wanted to ask for mercy but were a little scared, Zhang Yan continued with a straight face: "You two should also kneel down and accompany him."
The two of them were startled and quickly knelt down beside Wang Nian who was immobilized. His head hung down, feeling terrified.
"You three are brothers and sisters from the same sect, not blood relatives but better than blood relatives. Helping each other is an indispensable help for your future cultivation. You two know that Wang Nian is lazy but don't correct him, do you think it's inappropriate? ? If I stay in seclusion for a little longer, or if something happens and I can’t take care of you, will you just look at Wang Nian or do nothing to save each other?"
"Disciple, I know my mistake!" After hearing this, Liu Rui and Yang Rui realized where they were wrong, their heads were pounding, and they regretted not pointing out Brother Shitou's problem forcefully before. Now that Master is saying this, it is really inappropriate.
"As brothers and sisters, supporting each other and moving forward is called relying on each other. Nothing should be taken lightly. You must remember this!" Zhang Yan did not mean to punish these two people, but verbal warnings were still needed.
"After Wang Nian is punished, the two of you will urge him to catch up as soon as possible on the homework he missed regarding Yin Qi methods. If he dares to play tricks, this golden hoop will be given to you, so you can let him know how powerful he is."
(End of chapter)
