Lingzhang

Chapter 152 Breaking the Kung Fu
When the young man suddenly opened his mouth.

Yue Hanzhang finally understood why he felt so strongly touched the moment he looked at him.

It's not just because of some kind of resonance between the monsters of the same kind.

Moreover, it was because a certain temperament that Yue Hanzhang was very familiar with was infinitely magnified in this young man.

Yue Hanzhang had seen this kind of temperament in Lu Qinghua.

Later, I saw it on myself.

It was something that could stand still and find the best picture sense of the live broadcast equipment and create the most attractive pose with just a glance or a slight movement.

Force the king's temperament!

Especially at this moment, when he was questioning Tian Shouli in an aggressive manner.

That burst of momentum even instantly overwhelmed Tian Shouli, who had just shown his prowess on the long street.

Teacher Tian stood there with a very speechless and embarrassed expression.

He rarely showed a sense of helplessness.

It seemed as if the mere appearance of this young man made him feel unsure of how to deal with it.

And the young man's words seemed to catch Tian Shouli off guard.

In a split second, Tian Shouli defended himself almost instinctively.

"Jiang Ziran, don't be angry. I have made thorough preparations for this plan. This is a foolproof plan.

She won’t be at any risk. Moreover, I gave her this precious medicine to help her on her cultivation journey. I…”

After making such excuses, Tian Shouli suddenly became speechless and fell silent.

"Yes, I violated the taboo."

He stopped making excuses and accepted Jiang Ziran's accusation.

And Jiang Ziran seemed to have already anticipated all of Tian Shouli's reactions.

At this moment he spoke very calmly.

“The Tian family should give the Jiang family an explanation for this matter, but this is not the reason why I came to you.

I came to see him.”

As he spoke, Jiang Ziran was already facing Yue Hanzhang.

And in the original place, in just a few words, Yue Hanzhang gradually understood the various entanglements behind it.

The Donghua Tian family is a prominent family in Qizhou, the owner of the Donghua Taoist Temple, and the leader of all forces in the entire state.

The importance of its status is self-evident.

But the Tian family was not always so prosperous.

In fact, the Tian family had only been in power for a few decades.

It is a very "young" force among the Zhenzhou families.

Before them, the aristocratic family that once governed Qizhou was the Shouyang Jiang family.

At that time, the name of the Taoist temple was not Donghua Taoist Temple, but Shouyang Taoist Temple.

This story happened decades ago. What exactly happened between the Jiang family and the Tian family? To this day, there are few words circulating in the market.

The truth of that year still seems extremely obscure.

However, Yue Hanzhang, who was familiar with the history books of previous lives, could guess the truth even if he didn't know it.

In this process of power transfer that is almost like a "change of dynasty", there is no warmth or affection at all.

That was destined to be a process accompanied by turmoil and bloodshed.

This was probably enough to explain Tian Shouli's sudden awkwardness when he saw Jiang Ziran, as well as the "taboo" between the two people's argument.

It has some meaning of "kings not meeting kings", but also probably some kind of "agreement" and "tacit understanding" formed in the final power transfer process.

but.

Jiang family, Jiang family, Jiang nature.

When these words flowed through Yue Hanzhang's mind, he did not feel any excitement at all about Jiang Lingxiu's family coming to his house.

It is true that her surname is Jiang, and it is true that she should be a member of the Shouyang Jiang family in theory.

However, the person who left her this surname was a member of the Beiting Tiandu Taoist Temple in the past.

As a "remnant of Tiandu" who is the most orthodox in terms of bloodline and martial arts inheritance, the Shouyang Jiang family has never acknowledged Jiang Lingxiu as a member of their family since the day his parents unfortunately passed away.

Perhaps the only role this surname had played was to protect the property on the second floor of the underground city that was left to her by Jiang's father, from being coveted by any miscellaneous people.

If this can be considered as the remaining benefit of the Shouyang Jiang family, then it is a bit too cheap.

It was Madam Wei from the Taiyin Yueshi lineage of Tiandu Taoist Temple who actually adopted and taught Jiang Lingxiu.

This was also the extremely complex emotion that Jiang Lingxiu felt when Madam Wei died, which was not just the venting of hatred.

Mixed in with that is the loneliness and anxiety of the last loved one passing away.

Even though he had hated them for many, many years, those were the "relatives" that Jiang Lingxiu recognized.

Ten or twenty years of indifference, and now the confident questioning standing in front of Tian Shouli.

What is going on?
Yue Hanzhang couldn't say he was angry, but when he thought of this, a scornful laugh flashed through his heart.

So when Jiang Ziran looked at him with the same coercive gaze.

Different from Tian Shouli's slightly awkward response.

Yue Hanzhang looked at him calmly.

Even though that gaze seemed to have the power to see through the human spirit and reach the essence.

Yue Hanzhang did not move his eyes away either.

If this look was really so sharp, it would surely be able to see the contempt that still remained in my heart.

"What about her?"

This question has no beginning or end.

But Yue Hanzhang could understand what he meant. However, speaking in this way inevitably made Jiang Ziran seem too self-centered.

Perhaps it aroused some emotion in Yue Hanzhang.

So when he spoke, Yue Hanzhang spoke in a very "yellow-haired" and "ghost-fire boy" tone.

"She must be a little tired after playing on the journey. She is now sleeping and resting in the carriage."

This was probably a response that Jiang Ziran had never expected.

And under Yue Hanzhang's gaze, he clearly saw the change in Jiang Ziran's expression at this moment, and veins were already bulging on his forehead.

You don't have the temperament of a king anymore? You don't have the bearing of a master anymore?
Even that aggressive posture within calm could no longer be maintained.

Tian Shouli standing by even turned his head away, looking as if he was trying to hold back his laughter.

So, after taking a deep breath, it was obvious.

When he spoke again, Jiang Ziran's voice was no longer as natural, and it sounded a little exasperated.

"How dare you talk like that! You should know who I am!"

Hearing this, Yue Hanzhang tilted his head slightly, as if to express his confusion.

"Uncle? Yue is so shameless to call me that, but if I dare to call you that, do you dare to agree?"

In frivolity and playfulness.

Yue Hanzhang suddenly removed a layer of hypocritical cover, and then presented the bloody facts and some irreconcilable contradictions to the surface.

You neither recognized Jiang Lingxiu nor were willing to recognize Jiang Lingxiu, and it seemed that you were afraid to recognize Jiang Lingxiu.

How dare you come here and question me?
There was a moment on the spot, with the blue veins on his forehead completely bulging, and Jiang Ziran's face seemed to reveal an extremely wonderful and complex expression.

But soon, he took another deep breath, and a bright yellow light flashed between his brows.

Although he never revealed his Taoist crown, he was able to suppress the turbulent thoughts in his mind at this moment.

In a state of extreme self-control and calmness, Jiang Ziran spoke calmly, as if he was expounding some truth.

"I understand what you mean, and in fact you do have the truth, but I think you probably also understand that not everything in this world can be solved by reasoning.

If this were the case, you and I would be standing in Shouyang Taoist Temple and saying these words.

My surname is Jiang, her surname is Jiang, and the surname "Jiang" is the most unreasonable point in this matter.

Yes, her family has never acknowledged her, but seeing how I came here today, you should understand that someone in the family has always been keeping an eye on her.

The past ten years or so were all fine, especially now that Mrs. Wei has unfortunately passed away, and Qin Linhui has interpreted the third powerful path of the Zhuxiang School.

He ran off to the Iron Scale Army, and in fact, he pushed you to the forefront of the turmoil in the huge city of his provincial capital.

I might as well be more blunt and say that at this juncture, the mere fact that her last name is Jiang is enough to stir up a lot of trouble and be the subject of too many articles.

Many of these families are those who do not want to see the Jiang family rise again, and they would like to take advantage of this blood connection and embark on the road to the revival of the various schools.

Even over the past few decades, the Zhu families owed the Jiang family too much. Since they could not pay it back, they simply used this as an excuse to completely kill the half-dead Jiang family.

All of this is possible.

Of course, we may not take advantage of the bargain, but we also don’t want to get involved in the trouble.

And she is the source of the trouble, so anyone who tries to shelter her or protect her is bound to be scrutinized by the Jiang family.

The one who had sheltered her before was Madam Wei from the Taiyin Yueshi lineage, a prodigy of the Tiandu Taoist Academy who had survived the violent turmoil. The reputation she had earned amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood was enough to reassure the Jiang family.

But you...what you have achieved now is far from enough in the eyes of the Jiang family. Far from enough!

Therefore, there will definitely be various tests from the Jiang family to make sure that you can protect her from the storm, and to make sure that you can become an effective presence to isolate the Jiang family from the source of trouble.

This is not making sense, I'm just informing you.

This is what you have to face when you go to the state capital and avoid the storm in the county town. This is the price you have to pay. Do you understand what I am saying? "

There is no logic in what you said.

But Yue Hanzhang understood.

This is the rule governing everything in this huge city dominated by aristocratic families.

Even Jiang Ziran could have done without this advance warning.

Moreover, many of Jiang Ziran's words also offended the "taboos" of the Tian and Jiang families.

Yue Hanzhang could clearly see the conflicted expression on Tian Shouli's face as he seemed to want to say something but hesitated several times.

It was in this slightly depressing atmosphere that Yue Hanzhang nodded calmly.

"If I was afraid to face the storm, I would not have chosen to come to the provincial capital. It would have been much better for me to follow Teacher Tan to the Iron Scale Army.

But the test must be justified and should be carried out within the rules. I will not recognize any tricks outside the rules.

Of course, I won’t fight with Taoist monks even if they ask me to do so.”

As he spoke, Yue Hanzhang stared at the bright yellow light emanating from between Jiang Ziran's brows, as if he was hinting at something.

And Jiang Ziran nodded calmly.

“Of course it has to be within the rules. Only in this way can the test convince everyone.

I won't take advantage of you. You can just continue with the public duel in the next few days. But after three days——

Is that Zhu Tingxiu? Go on stage and fight him.

This is the test I give you, and it is also the first test of the Jiang family! "

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanzhang hadn't said anything.

Zhu Tingxiu, who was standing by, changed his expression first.

"Brother, I... I am preparing to break through the realm of transcendence. I need to maintain my physical and mental peak condition right now. To perform on stage, I..."

In a hurry, Zhu Tingxiu even seemed to have difficulty speaking clearly.

But on the spot, Jiang Ziran nodded calmly.

"I know, of course I know that you are preparing for a breakthrough, and you bought the elixir for calming the mind from the Jiang family's shop.

But one thing is for sure, you are trying to use me as a tool, so you should have been aware of this when you came to me."

(End of this chapter)