Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 26 Zhang Yuan, Late Xiantian Realm
"The rest of us are just in name only. Although he's nicknamed the Hawk in the Clouds, he's only good at some decent agility. It only took us three or five moves to capture him." Zhang Yuan placed the whistle on the table and took out a stack of paper rolls from the bag at his waist.

"This is Bai Choushan's confession of all the evil he has done over the years, along with some land deeds and banknotes."

The currency of the Qin Dynasty was mainly gold, silver and copper, and large-denomination silver coins included government silver notes.

Silver notes come in three types, depending on their face value: gold, red, silver, white, and copper green. They all have dark patterns and marks. Anyone who dares to forge them will have their entire family exterminated.

Master Tao nodded, coughed twice, and began to count the banknotes in his hand.

"The financier paid a deposit of one thousand taels, and there will be another three thousand taels after the deal is done."

"Here's a total of 1,360 taels. The land deeds are hard to sell, so I need to go to the black market. I think I can get a 70% discount. This evidence..."

Before he could finish his words, the sound of a bell was heard in the front yard.

"Why didn't Chen Wu come today? These guys are still waiting for him to teach the evening class." Master Tao took a few scrolls covered with black words in his hand and spoke with a frown.

Yulin Academy has morning and evening classes. The morning class is a literature class, taught by Master Tao and his cousin Tao Hong, who the children call Mr. Tao.

The evening class is martial arts, teaching boxing, and Chen Wu from the Wuwei Yamen teaches it.

"I asked him to go to the Osmanthus Boat with his colleagues for a drink." Zhang Yuan smiled and told Master Feng about the matter he had entrusted to him. Then he said, "I'll go to the evening class. I was also the one who taught Chen Wu the Iron Armor Fist."

"By the way, Mr. Zheng has passed away. Let's go to Zheng's Manor tomorrow."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out.

Watching Zhang Yuan walk out the door, Master Tao's eyes fell on the whistle on the table.

"A Xiantian realm master who has been famous for many years can only last three or five moves in front of you. Your martial arts combat power is so strong..." Master Tao whispered while slowly sorting out the banknotes, land deeds and other things, with a complicated and envious look on his face.

After returning from Toyota County, although he saved his life, his martial arts path was cut off and he could only work as a teacher in a college.

On the contrary, Zhang Yuan has shown unimaginable talent in cultivation since the bloody battle in Toyota.

After returning, his martial arts skills and combat techniques improved by leaps and bounds.

Even if there is no opportunity to practice martial arts, it will not affect their understanding and comprehension of practice.

Outsiders don’t know, but Master Tao and Hu Qingniu know clearly that Zhang Yuan entered the Xiantian realm four years ago.

Those who have not reached the Xiantian realm before the age of eighteen are probably rare, not to mention the unique territory of Luyang Prefecture, even in the entire Qin Dynasty.

He took out the roll of linen covered with words from his arms, unfolded it carefully, and placed his hand on Zheng Qiang's name.

"The brothers' accounts are almost settled, and the shackles that bind you will soon be removed..."

There was a flash of pain in Master Tao's eyes. He covered his mouth and coughed violently several times until his face turned red.

"Don't worry, I will fight to the death to help you get back the five years you spent."

Martial arts practice is the accumulation of qi and blood, and the refinement of true essence.

For elites, the younger they are, the faster they need to improve. Otherwise, it will be difficult to improve once their Qi and blood are stable.

However, Zhang Yuan wasted his best time to make rapid progress in the small frontier town of Luyang Prefecture, just to realize the merits of his comrades.

"Tao Hong." Master Tao called out in a low voice, and a young man in a Confucian robe walked in quickly from outside the door.

"Brother Yulin." Tao Hong lowered his voice and bowed slightly.

Master Tao took out an iron plate and placed it on the table.

"The remaining layers of Baichou Mountain have been removed. Go and help Zhang Yuan exchange his merits, and then go to the black market to deal with these land deeds."

After a pause, Master Tao tapped his fingers lightly on the table. "The final payment has been collected from the financier who commissioned the killing of Yu Ceng. Black Tiger only needed twenty moves to kill Yu Ceng, and he will be ranked in the top 100 on the elite list."

"Once he ranks in the top 100, I'm afraid Zhang Yuan's identity won't be hidden for long."

Looking up at Tao Hong, Master Tao said in a deep voice: "The Black Ice Platform must find a way to divert speculation about Black Tiger's identity to other places."

Black Ice Terrace.

The legendary Black Ice Platform of the Qin Dynasty that has disappeared.

"Yes." Tao Hong clasped his fists and collected all the items that Master Tao had placed on the table. Then he bowed and stepped back.

Outsiders would not understand why he was so respectful to his elder brother.

Outsiders would not know that he was not a member of the Tao family at all.

He is a secret agent of the Black Ice Platform, and his direct superior is Mr. Tao who is sitting in front of him.

His and Master Tao's mission was to help Zhang Yuan deal with all the finishing touches.

There are spies, secret guards, and black-armored cavalry on the Black Ice Platform.

The mission of the secret guards and spies is to help Black Armor gather information, collect data, and handle the final matters.

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Zhang Yuan, who had taught boxing, had dinner at the academy and made an appointment with Master Tao to leave the city the next morning. He then returned to the courtyard of Dingjia Lane, carrying his whistle stick. At the entrance of the lane, many neighbors greeted him with smiles.

The children of the past have now grown up into teenagers.

Many middle-aged people now have gray hair on their temples.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of my yard, I heard several surprised calls.

"Master Zhang is back."

"Master Zhang."

"Has Master Zhang had dinner yet?"

Zhang Yuan's courtyard is not uninhabited.

On the contrary, there were two families in the yard who were civilians who had fled from Toyota County.

The gatekeeper was called Guo Da. His mother had passed away and his home in Toyota County was destroyed, so he stayed in Zhang Yuan's yard to help him look after the house.

There are also four people in the Xu family. The old couple are old, so the young couple helps Zhang Yuan run errands and cook, and they don’t go back to Toyota County.

Although the Yan army has withdrawn from Toyota County, no one knows when the next battle will take place.

The battle five years ago made too many people unwilling to return to Toyota Prefecture.

Seeing that the old man Xu and his wife were in good health, Zhang Yuan went straight to the backyard of the wing room.

Guo Da and the others quickly retreated.

Standing in the yard, Zhang Yuan put down his whistle stick and put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

“Clang—”

Two long swords were unsheathed at the same time.

The knife in his left hand was three feet long, with a narrow blade and a handle more than one foot long. The knife in his right hand was four and a half feet long, with a thick blade and a blood groove that was faintly red.

"Om-"

Above the two long swords, there was a resounding sound and clear flowing light floated.

Sword energy.

The sword energy looks thin, but it feels solid.

It seemed as if the sword energy was about to turn into substance and condense into a part of the blade.

With two swords in hand, Zhang Yuan took a step forward, holding the sword in his left hand horizontally and slashing diagonally, while holding the sword in his right hand upside down and pulling it horizontally.

The man follows the knife, and the knife follows the man, and the two swords turn into a ball of bright snow-white light.

There are not many sword techniques, but they are both agile and powerful.

After walking three times, he put away the heavy sword in his right hand and reached out to grasp the whistle stick.

"Click——"

The whistle stick was twisted onto the handle of the narrow sword in the left hand, turning it into a nine-foot-long sword.

With a long sword in hand, a shadow like a mountain appeared behind Zhang Yuan.

"kill--"

With a low shout, he slashed down with his sword.

The howling gale, with its shrill screams, is breathtaking.

Every time the sword was slashed, it was as if mountains collapsed and rivers surged.

After walking three times, Zhang Yuan sheathed his two swords, held the whistle stick in his hand, and walked into the wing room.

In his mind, a green shadow slowly dissipated, and a golden light curtain condensed.

【Zhang Yuan】

Identity: Zhang Yuan, the eighth-rank official in charge of Luyang Prefecture, the Black Tiger, the Black Armored Captain of the Black Ice Platform, the bounty hunter Black Tiger, the leader of the Red Fox Caravan, and Zhang Erhe, the leader of the Eighteen Villages of Qingshan.
Cultivation: Late Xiantian Realm, upgrading requires 850 Qi and Blood Pearls, 360 Zhen Yuan Pearls, Grandmaster Tribulation, and Heavenly Opportunity
Martial Arts Practice: Great Perfection of Moving Mountains and Rivers

Battle Formation: Wolf Formation Great Perfection, Tiger Formation Great Perfection

Chaos Space: 3,540 Qi and Blood Beads, 732 Perception Beads, 562 True Essence Beads, and 221 Demonic Energy Beads

Chaos Support: Not enabled

No one in the world knew that Zhang Yuan's cultivation had already reached the Xiantian realm, and he was only one step away from becoming the world's top master.

Even Master Tao and Hu Chunniu only thought he was in the early stage of the Xiantian realm.

(End of this chapter)