There was silence in the inner hall, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it made people breathless.
Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Qing, who was sitting next to him. The latter's usually majestic face was full of powerlessness and decadence at this moment. Obviously, this incident that year was also a very big blow to him.
His biological son was robbed of his luck and broken by his enemies in front of him, but he was powerless. As you can imagine, that would be a shame for any father.
Zhou Yuan bit his lips tightly. He knew Zhou Qing's character well. If he hadn't wanted to protect the hundreds of millions of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he might have chosen to die together with King Wu.
"It turns out that this is the reason why my eight meridians have never been revealed and it is difficult to cultivate. This Martial King is really cruel." Zhou Yuan looked at the dark red mass slowly squirming in his palm, with a hint of anger in his eyes.
This Martial King would not give up even after taking away his luck and destroying his holy dragon roots. Apparently, he also planned to eradicate the roots, so that he would be driven to death bit by bit by the resentful dragon poison.
Moreover, what made Zhou Yuan most furious was that his mother's vitality was severely damaged due to this, and her life span was less than ten years.
Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and slowly suppressed the surging anger in his heart. He looked at Qin Yu who had fallen asleep but had pale cheeks. His heart was as sharp as a knife and he asked: "Father, what about the Queen Mother? She?" lifespan..."
Zhou Qing was silent for a moment and said slowly: "There are treasures in heaven and earth that can extend lifespan. If you can get it, it can extend your mother's lifespan, but..."
Speaking of this, Zhou Qing smiled bitterly and said: "That kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure is so rare. I have spent all our manpower searching for it, but it is still difficult to find anything."
"After all, our Great Zhou is not as good as it was back then. Now we are in a corner and can only barely protect ourselves."
Zhou Yuan clenched his palms tightly. At this moment, he finally understood the benefits of having power. If he could have power, he could explore no matter how dangerous the situation was, to find the kind of heaven and earth that could extend his lifespan. precious.
However, the eight meridians that had not yet appeared in his body left him unable to even protect himself.
Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Father, can I really not become a Source Master?"
His mother had sacrificed her essence and blood and shortened her life for him. As a son of a human being, how could he just sit back and watch? And... It would be fine if the Wu family didn't know what they did to their Great Zhou and to him. Now that they know it, this debt cannot be repaid so easily.
But all this must be based on his sufficient strength.
And in this world, the group of people who control the most powerful power are naturally the Source Masters!
After hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Zhou Qing frowned, as if he was pondering something. After a long while, he softly said: "Are you really unwilling to give up?"
Zhou Yuan shook his head gently. Although these years of suffering had made him tortured, it had also given him maturity and tenacity beyond his age.
He knew that when the Wu family rebelled and took away his luck, there was already a fight to the death between the two.
Today they are still able to survive in the Great Zhou Dynasty entirely because of the ancestral oath made by King Wu back then. It is conceivable that once a hundred years are reached, the Wu Dynasty will be the first to kill them in the Great Zhou Dynasty to avoid future troubles.
Therefore, if he wants to change this result, he himself must have enough power.
Zhou Qing was also a little pleased with Zhou Yuan's determination. After a slight silence, he patted Zhou Yuan's shoulder heavily with his big hand and said: "Okay! If you refuse to give up easily, you are worthy of being my son, Zhou Qing! Since you If you have this wish, then your father will naturally do his best to help you!"
"Father, do you have any idea?" After hearing Zhou Qing's words, Zhou Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up and he said in surprise.
Zhou Qing nodded slightly, then smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be too happy, because even I can't be sure whether this method is effective or not."
"What can I do?" Zhou Yuan looked impatient, finally showing some youthful energy.
"In three days, it will be the ancestral sacrifice. This time, you will go with me to the ancestral land."
Zhou Qing didn't elaborate, just smiled, and then he paused and continued: "But I also have a condition."
"What conditions?" Zhou Yuan was stunned and asked doubtfully.
Zhou Qing said seriously: "No matter whether you can open the meridians by then, you must not give up learning the way of the source pattern. You must know that if your eight meridians still cannot be opened, then practicing the source pattern is your last way out, and If you cultivate the source pattern to a high level, it may not be able to suppress the Resentful Dragon Poison in your body."
In this world, Source Master is the mainstream, but he is not the only one. Instead, hundreds of flowers bloom here, opening up many paths, such as the so-called Source Pattern, which is the most profound and profound.
During the time when the eight meridians were not manifested, Zhou Yuan practiced this source pattern under Zhou Qing's instruction. After all, many source masters would actually learn some source patterns roughly.
Hearing this, Zhou Yuan nodded slightly. In fact, he understood the deep meaning of Zhou Qing's words, which was that he was worried that he would still not show his eight meridians by then, and would give up on himself and give up the last path after failing to become a source master.
Zhou Qing nodded, with a happy smile on his face.
"You have a day off first, and you will still go to Dazhou Mansion tomorrow to study. Three days later, I will take you to the ancestral land."
"Okay!" The young man's voice was full of expectation.
Zhou Qing smiled and touched Zhou Yuan's head, then picked up the sleeping Qin Yu and walked out of the inner hall with Master Qin beside him.
Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Qing's back. The usually majestic back now revealed a sad feeling of powerlessness and twilight. He knew that his former father should also have great ambitions, but he was bitten by the cruel reality. of wasted away.
And the initiator of all this was King Wu.
Zhou Yuan pursed his lips tightly, but a hint of coldness appeared on his slightly frail and young face.
"Wu family, King Wu... we will settle these debts one by one in the future!"
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The next day.
When morning came, Zhou Yuan left the palace under the protection of a team of guards and headed straight to the northwest area of Great Zhou City, where the Great Zhou Mansion was located.
The so-called Great Zhou Mansion was created by Zhou Qing's personal order a few years ago, and at the same time he mobilized military masters as mentors. When the Great Zhou Mansion recruits students, they do not distinguish between high and low status. Even civilians, as long as they have talents, can still Can be allowed to enter the Great Zhou Mansion to practice.
Over the years, the Great Zhou Mansion has trained many talents for the Great Zhou Dynasty, so their status has become higher and higher in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so even His Highness Zhou Yuan studied here.
The gate of the Great Zhou Mansion is heavily guarded. Armored guards strictly check the identity tags of all entrants. However, Zhou Yuan is naturally exempted from this procedure. There is probably no one in the Great Zhou City who does not know him. This is your Highness.
"Greetings to Your Highness!"
So when Zhou Yuan appeared at the gate, the guards all bowed respectfully towards him.
"Your Highness." There were many students from the Great Zhou Mansion coming and going, and they all smiled at Zhou Yuan at this moment, with a hint of respect in their expressions.
Zhou Yuan also smiled and clasped his fists in return. He knew that most of these students were civilians, so their respect for him was more because his father established the Great Zhou Mansion, which allowed them, civilians, to have An opportunity to improve your status and change your destiny.
Dazhou Mansion, Xiyuan.
In a spacious and bright church, desks are arranged neatly. In front of the desks, many boys and girls sit on their knees, and the atmosphere is quiet.
In front of a desk in the first row, Zhou Yuan was also sitting peacefully on his knees. On his desk, there was a smooth jade board with a long dark red pen lying flat on one side.
The entire body of this pen is made of ruby. The vellus hair on the tip of the pen is made of the softest hair from the belly of the Flame Rat. It is slender and shimmering with light. It is an Origin Pattern pen.
If you want to say what is the most important thing in carving the source pattern, then everyone will say three words, the source pattern pen.
All source patterns require the source pattern pen as a medium to outline the mysterious and profound source patterns, thereby stimulating the source energy between heaven and earth and exerting great power.
Therefore, the importance of the Origin Pattern Pen is self-evident. Without the Origin Pattern Pen, no matter how high your attainments in the Origin Patterns are, the power of the Origin Patterns you can inscribe will be somewhat compromised.
Zhou Yuan held the red jade source pattern pen in his hand, but his eyes were looking to the front, where a middle-aged man lecturer was giving a lecture in a calm tone.
"The so-called source pattern, the soul is the guide, the tip of the pen is gathered to outline the source mark, every stroke, the soul is used as the ink, so the carved source pattern can activate the source energy of heaven and earth."
"You must remember that when inscribing the source pattern, you need to be calm and not have any distracting thoughts. Turn the source pattern pen in your hand into a part of yourself. Only in this way can the soul be concentrated on the tip of the pen, so that the pen can follow the heart and complete the work in one go."
"..."
"Next, continue to practice the three Origin Patterns I taught you a month ago. I hope someone can successfully complete one of them today." After the lecturer finished explaining, he said.
As soon as these words came out, there was a wailing sound in the book garden, and many boys and girls looked bitter, just because practicing this source pattern seems simple, but after every practice, it will make people feel exhausted and sleepy. feel.
"Huh, what are you howling? The three source patterns I taught you, the barbarian cow pattern, the light body pattern and the iron skin pattern, are just entry-level." Hearing these wailing sounds, the middle-aged lecturer was also stern. He scolded angrily, his voice full of hatred.
When many young girls saw the lecturer getting angry, they also shrank their necks and did not dare to speak out. Then they all took their tattoo pens and began to carve on the jade tablet in front of them.
Zhou Yuan also smiled slightly, holding the Origin Pattern Pen in his hand, his mind calm. The noisy sounds around him were immediately blocked, and his heart was as quiet as a deep pool. He stared at the smooth jade plate, and there was a faint light emerging between his eyebrows. Immediately afterwards, a faint red light flashed at the tip of the Origin Pattern Pen's nose.
Zhou Yuan started writing, and the tip of his pen slowly scratched across the jade board, leaving behind a series of complicated traces. These traces were like antelope hanging horns, exuding a certain charm, and when they were completely combined, It seems to have a magical power.
Each source pattern is formed by a combination of more or less source marks. Generally speaking, the more source marks a source pattern has, the stronger its grade and power will be.
What Zhou Yuan is drawing now is the Iron Skin Pattern, one of the three Origin Patterns. This is just an entry-level Origin Pattern, with hundreds of Origin Marks. However, if he wants to perfect these hundreds of complex Origin Marks, It obviously requires a lot of practice to portray.
Zhou Yuan's pen tip is like water, flowing quietly without any stagnation, with a beauty like flowing clouds and flowing water.
During this year, because the eight meridians in his body were not revealed, he spent almost all his time studying the Origin Patterns, so his foundation in this was much deeper than that of other students.
Of course, the most important point is that he can feel that his soul should be better than ordinary people. It seems that although his luck was taken away and the holy dragon root was damaged, fortunately, it did not hurt him. His soul, I think he was too young at the time and his soul had not yet condensed, so he escaped a disaster.
The tip of the pen flowed, and a few minutes later, as Zhou Yuan's slender palm gently stroked downwards, the jade plate in front of him suddenly bloomed with a ray of light, and on it, a complex and full of charm source pattern was seen, slowly. Slow shaping.
"Okay, that's right. The marks are perfect and the writing is full of energy. This iron-skinned mark can be regarded as a successful masterpiece." And the moment Zhou Yuan finished it, a burst of admiring laughter came from beside him.
Zhou Yuan raised his head and saw the lecturer standing beside him at some point, looking at the origin pattern on his jade plate with an appreciative smile.
The other boys and girls in the church all raised their heads and looked at Zhou Yuan with some amazement in their eyes. Some of them had not even written yet, but Zhou Yuan had already succeeded.
The lecturer was also in a much better mood and sighed to the many students: "It would be great if you could all have such learning efficiency."
Hearing this, many boys and girls all smiled and shook their heads. His Highness Zhou Yuan is obviously very talented in this field. How can he expect everyone to be so efficient
However, among the many laughters, a strange laughter suddenly sounded.
"Haha, what the lecturer said is wrong. Our main thoughts are more on opening the meridians. Naturally, we cannot devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the study of Origin Patterns like His Highness Zhou Yuan. Otherwise, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?"
This laughter, slightly harsh, immediately silenced the church, and many eyes followed.
Zhou Yuan also raised his eyebrows slightly, looked away, and then saw, not far away, a young man in brocade clothes, looking at him with a smile but not a smile, lazily turning the Origin Pattern pen in his hand.
The smile on his lips was slightly mocking.