The church was quiet for a moment because of the sudden interruption of the young man in brocade clothes. Many boys and girls glanced at the former and silently looked back, because the identity of the person who spoke was not ordinary.
The young man in brocade is named Xu Lin, and his father is the governor of Zhenxi County of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Of course, in terms of status, he is naturally far inferior to Zhou Yuan, His Highness of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but everyone knows that this Xu Lin is the person behind , is Qi Yue, the young prince of Qi Palace.
Zhou Yuan glanced at Xu Lin, tapped the table with his finger, and then looked away casually. This guy really did anything to please Qi Yue.
"Xu Lin pleases Qi Yue so much... then his father must have joined King Qi's camp..."
Zhou Yuan's eyes became darker. He once heard his father Zhou Qing say that this King of Qi was supported by the Dawu Dynasty. Therefore, he had been secretly making trouble in the Dawu Dynasty over the years. Obviously, he did not intend to let them have peace in the Zhou Dynasty. .
And because he was afraid of Da Wu and gave them an excuse to deal with the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Qing could not directly attack the king of Qi openly, but secretly, there was naturally a fight between them.
Because of this relationship, Qi Yue, who also studied in the Great Zhou Mansion, naturally had friction with Zhou Yuan.
When Xu Lin saw that Zhou Yuan remained silent, the mocking at the corner of his mouth became even more intense. He was about to continue speaking, but the lecturer suddenly glared at him so sharply that he had no choice but to shut his mouth.
In this Great Zhou Mansion, if he was expelled, it would be a great loss to him.
As the two of them became quiet, the atmosphere in the lecture hall gradually recovered, and the lecturer continued to explain the three source patterns until after two sticks of incense, the bell rang.
"Okay, that's it for today. Let's continue tomorrow." The lecturer packed up his things and walked out of the church.
As the lecturer left, the tense atmosphere in the lecture hall suddenly relaxed. Many boys and girls gathered together and burst into energetic laughter.
Zhou Yuan also tidied up the table in a haphazard manner and prepared to leave.
"Your Highness."
In his tidying room, a soft voice suddenly sounded. Zhou Yuan looked up and saw a girl beside his desk looking at him with a smile.
The girl was wearing the uniform of a student from the Dazhou Mansion. Although it was a little loose, it still outlined her well-developed curves. The simple trousers highlighted her slender and straight legs.
Her skin is white and tender, her nose is straight, her eyebrows are apricot, and she is a rare beauty. Especially, there is a tear mole in the corner of her eye, which adds a bit of flavor to the girl.
Her red little mouth was pursed gently. Although she didn't have any expensive jewelry on her body and looked a bit plain, she showed some strength. Her long hair was pulled into a ponytail, and she was beating with vitality.
She just stood here gracefully and gracefully, attracting the eyes of many young people in the church to peek at her.
Zhou Yuan looked at the bright and charming girl in front of him, and a smile appeared on his slightly bookish face: "It's Youwei."
The girl's surname is Su and her given name is Youwei.
Looking into Zhou Yuan's eyes, the pretty girl named Su Youwei blushed slightly, then turned away and looked at Zhou Yuan's messy table, then knelt down, pursed her lips and said, "Your Highness, it's still me. Come and help you clean up."
Zhou Yuan smiled and did not refuse. After all, the relationship between the two was indeed unusual.
So the girl got busy at Zhou Yuan's desk, helping him tidy up all the messy things, attracting the eyes of many young people in the church, all staring at Zhou Yuan with burning jealousy. gushes out.
"Is your grandpa's illness cured?" Zhou Yuan asked, holding his chin with his palm as he looked at the busy girl.
Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Su Youwei raised her pretty face and held up a strand of black hair falling in front of her eyes with her jade hands. Immediately, a smile appeared on her cheeks.
"Everything is ready. Grandpa said that if he has time, he would like to invite Your Highness to come to his home, but the home is too dilapidated. I'm afraid..."
"Okay, I'll go there during the next holiday." Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
Hearing Zhou Yuan's unhesitating answer, Su Youwei bit her red lips gently with her teeth, looked at him, the water in her eyes flashed for a moment, and then she quickly lowered her head for fear of being noticed.
She still remembered the day she met Zhou Yuan a year ago.
That may be her most despair, but it also begins to usher in a day of hope.
That day, her grandfather, who she had been dependent on since childhood, was seriously ill, and the broken family suddenly collapsed. She braved the heavy rain and carried her grandfather with her small body. Because of lack of money, she could only kneel in that room in the heavy rain. In front of the medicine shop, she kept crying and begging, hoping that the doctor there would save her grandfather.
At that time, she was covered in mud and water and extremely embarrassed.
In the end, all the pharmacies were closed coldly. Under the heavy rain, she felt that the whole sky was darkened, and her heart was as cold as ice.
Just when she was so desperate that she was almost numb, she felt someone walk up to her, put an umbrella in her hand, and then, with her unfocused eyes, stepped forward and took the umbrella with one kick. The closed door of the pharmacy was kicked open arbitrarily.
At that time, there seemed to be a cold voice coming from there.
"Open the door and save people!"
The one who kicked open the door of the medicine shop was naturally Zhou Yuan. At that time, Su Youwei stared at his back in confusion. In the past, she hated this kind of dandy the most, but at that time, she felt that this The back of the young man who kicked open the door may be something she will never forget until her death...
From that day on, she met Zhou Yuan, and later learned his identity as His Highness of the Zhou Dynasty.
Later, by chance, Zhou Yuan noticed that she had a talent for cultivation, so he recommended her to the Great Zhou Mansion. From then on, she began to undergo an earth-shaking transformation...
In just the first month after entering the Great Zhou Mansion, she successfully opened up her first meridian and became the fastest person to open her meridian since the founding of the Great Zhou Mansion. She thus became a so-called genius among the people in the Great Zhou Mansion.
Su Youwei felt a little uncomfortable when she suddenly went from being unnoticed to being the center of attention. Sometimes, there would be people who couldn't understand her relationship with Zhou Yuan, and would secretly say that Zhou Yuan only helped her because he liked her. Just her beauty.
But Su Youwei just laughed it off, because only she knew what a dirty, skinny little girl she was when she met Zhou Yuan...
"Hey, how high do you want to stack my books?" Zhou Yuan looked helplessly at Su Youwei. The latter was obviously a little lost in thought at this time, so he stacked the books on his desk like a pile of Arhats.
"Ah?" Su Youwei also came back to her senses, looked at her masterpiece in front of her, her face turned red immediately, and she quickly put it down: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I'll clean it up again!"
She looked even cuter in this appearance, so when the eyes around her looked at Zhou Yuan, they immediately became much more fierce. I guess if they weren't afraid of Zhou Yuan's status as His Highness, they would have come out to save the goddess long ago.
"Now that you are so beautiful, I don't even dare to call you around." Sensing those glances, Zhou Yuan could only shake his head and whispered.
When Su Youwei heard this, she also smiled lowly and said, "Then I will put some paint on my face to make me look uglier?"
Zhou Yuan could only roll his eyes at this.
"By the way..." Zhou Yuan pointed his finger on the table and said, "How many pulses do you have now?"
Su Youwei was startled, glanced at Zhou Yuan, and then said cautiously: "It's the third pulse."
She knew that Zhou Yuan seemed to have been unable to practice pulse opening for some reasons, so when the two of them got along, she never took the initiative to mention the matter of opening pulses, and she never showed off her progress, for fear that speaking out would irritate Zhou Yuan. Sensitive areas.
"It's the third channel. According to this speed, all eight channels will be opened in one or two years." Zhou Yuan admired. Su Youwei's talent in cultivation is obviously extremely outstanding. It has only taken less than a year. , it has achieved what others have achieved in several years.
This made him extremely proud. It seemed that he had accidentally picked up a treasure.
"This year's exam will be held in two months. You work hard, try to open the fourth channel, and then enter the top ten in the exam. Your quota was obtained by me after a lot of effort. As long as you enter the top ten, When the time comes, you will receive personal guidance from the palace masters, which will be of great benefit to you." Zhou Yuan said.
Su Youwei's little hands clearing the table froze slightly, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Zhou Yuan.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuan was a little confused when he noticed her change.
Su Youwei almost buried her face in her chest. She whispered: "I, I don't have that quota."
Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "What's going on?"
His tone was not serious, but it made Su Youwei's heart beat faster. She bit her red lips tightly and was speechless for a long time. However, a girl on the side who had a good relationship with Su Youwei intervened: "That's not it. Xu Lin, he spoke ill of you everywhere in the house a few days ago. Youwei argued with him and asked him to apologize. The guy said that as long as Youwei fights him and wins, he will apologize, but if he loses, he will I want to give him her big exam spot."
Zhou Yuan frowned and said: "Then Xu Lin has only opened two meridians, so he shouldn't be able to beat Youwei, right?"
The girl curled her lips and said: "It was these geniuses who opened up the third meridian for Youwei, but Xu Lin was so shameless that he was lucky enough to win against Youwei by relying on the power of his source soldiers."
Zhou Yuan's expression was not very good. He stared at Su Youwei, who had his head lowered, and said reproachfully: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Su Youwei wrung her jade hands together and whispered: "I'm useless. I don't want to cause more trouble to His Highness."
Seeing her look like this, Zhou Yuan also felt a little distressed. This girl, sometimes being stubborn, also gave people a headache, so he looked at the church with a cold gaze, looking towards the church with a smile. Xu Lin.
"You are really good at setting up a trap to bully a girl, Xu Lin, aren't you?" Zhou Yuan sneered. This guy was obviously interested in Su Youwei's big exam quota, so he deliberately set up a trap to anger Su Youwei and use the quota to compete with him. Competition.
Xu Lin said lazily: "I don't know what His Highness said. So many people have seen it. I won the spot with my strength, so even if Your Highness asks for it personally, I will not give it back."
Zhou Yuan said calmly: "Do you dare to fight again?"
Xu Lin chuckled and said, "Not interested."
He was just lucky last time, but now that Su Youwei has opened three meridians, he will never be his opponent.
Zhou Yuan glanced at Xu Lin and sneered: "I didn't let you fight with Youwei, I mean, I let you fight with me!"
As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant that shone with faint light from his arms, placed it on the desk, and said, "If you win, this Juyuan Jade will be yours."
In the church, there were some exclamations immediately, and many eyes looked at the jade pendant with covetousness. This kind of Juyuan Jade is very good for practice. Wearing it for a long time can speed up the opening of the eight meridians. It is quite valuable. expensive.
"Your Highness!" Su Youwei was also very anxious.
She was not because of the Juyuan Jade, but because Zhou Yuan wanted to fight Xu Lin personally, but Zhou Yuan didn't even have one meridian opened, how could he be the opponent of Xu Lin who had two open meridians
Zhou Yuan waved his hand at Su Youwei, played with the jade pendant, and smiled at Xu Lin with a sarcastic smile.
"Do you dare now?"
Xu Lin stared at the Juyuan Jade with slightly fiery eyes, licked his lips, and then sneered at Zhou Yuan and said: "Since His Highness insists on giving this Juyuan Jade to me, I will be disrespectful."
"But fists and feet have no eyes. If you hurt His Highness later, don't blame me."
Although he was surprised by Zhou Yuan's behavior, Xu Lin didn't think that someone who had two of his meridians opened would not be able to defeat someone without one!
"I hope you have this ability." Zhou Yuan was noncommittal.
Xu Lin laughed loudly, thinking it was Zhou Yuan's harsh words, swung his sleeves and robes, and walked outside. His low laughter, with a touch of amusement and teasing, came back from afar.
"Okay, I'm waiting for His Highness at the martial arts arena. I want to see how His Highness can win back his spot today?!"
Chapter 4 The power of source patterns
Da Zhou Mansion, martial arts arena.
Martial arts performance stages stand one after another, with many young people shouting and fighting on them. Their fists and kicks are fierce, and their momentum is not weak. Under the stage, there are many onlookers, and some cheers burst out from time to time, including some. The young and beautiful girl, with her beautiful eyes looking forward to her, aroused the enthusiasm of the young people on the stage, who tried their best to show off and stand out.
In this great Zhou mansion, the popularity of the martial arts arena is obviously quite strong.
When Xu Lin slowly boarded a martial arts stage, the news that he would fight Zhou Yuan had spread directly to the entire martial arts arena under his secret control.
"What? His Highness Zhou Yuan wants to fight Xu Lin?!"
"How is that possible! His Highness Zhou Yuan has not yet opened one of his veins, but Xu Lin has already opened two of them!"
"This Xu Lin is really a bully. He must have used some despicable means to force His Highness Zhou Yuan."
"..."
When many students heard the news, they immediately burst into unbelievable exclamations. Some civilian students even complained about Zhou Yuan's injustice, just because this kind of confrontation was really unfair.
Anyone whose meridians are opened will improve their physical fitness every time a meridian is opened. Their strength, speed, reaction, etc. are far superior to those who have not yet opened their meridians. It can be said without hesitation that a person who has opened one meridian can easily Song defeated dozens of people who had no pulse.
Xu Lin stood on the stage and just smiled faintly when he heard these voices. No matter what others said, after today, the news of Zhou Yuan being beaten up by him will definitely spread throughout the Great Zhou Mansion, and this will undoubtedly have a great impact on The latter's fame caused some damage and became a laughing matter among the public.
As Xu Lin's malicious thoughts surged, the dark crowd surrounding his performance stage suddenly split apart, and only a thin young man was seen strolling over.
The young man looks slightly thin, has a bookish look on his face, and has a gentle and elegant temperament. He looks like a frail scholar.
Of course it was Zhou Yuan.
Amid the different looks around him, Zhou Yuan headed directly towards the martial arts stage where Xu Lin was.
"Your Highness." Behind him, Su Youwei followed anxiously with a pretty face, obviously wanting Zhou Yuan to give up the idea of fighting Xu Lin.
"At this time, we can't retreat. Otherwise, I will have to become Your Highness who ran away from the battle." Zhou Yuan smiled at Su You and said.
Su Youwei stopped and bit her red lips tightly. She knew that if Zhou Yuan was burdened with such a reputation, it would have a huge blow to his reputation.
Su Youwei raised her pretty face and looked at Xu Lin on the martial arts stage. At that moment, her eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a faint hint of fierceness.
"Your Highness, I didn't do a good job this time and caused trouble for Your Highness. I will never be careless or merciful again." Su Youwei said softly.
She would lose at the hands of Xu Lin before. In fact, the big reason was because she didn't act cruelly, otherwise Xu Lin wouldn't even have the chance to use the source weapon. But this time the lesson made her understand that it is better to fight the snake than to fight. Seven inches away, he was bitten by a snake.
Zhou Yuan was startled, blinked at Su Youwei, and said: "We are friends, and it is natural for us to solve some troubles for our friends."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped onto the martial arts stage.
Su Youwei looked at his back and smiled, with a hint of warmth flowing in her heart. Then she lowered her eyes slightly and made up her mind. As long as Xu Lin dared to hurt Zhou Yuan, she would have to let him know. What is a little girl's grudge and revenge.
"Oh, Your Highness actually dared to come. I thought you would sneak back to the palace." Xu Lin looked at Zhou Yuan who walked up to him with a smile and said jokingly.
"It seems that you are very confident in yourself." Zhou Yuan gently adjusted his sleeves and said.
"I didn't expect that even His Highness would be so angry at a beauty. It's just a little irrational." Xu Lin shrugged, obviously taking Zhou Yuan's impulsive behavior as an attempt to please Su Youwei.
"Let's get started." Zhou Yuan didn't mean to talk nonsense with him. He stretched out his legs like an old tree grasping the earth. Then he waved to Xu Lin and said, "I want you to attack first."
As soon as these words came out, many boys and girls around the martial arts stage looked at each other in confusion. They really couldn't understand what Zhou Yuan was thinking. He was obviously on the weaker side, but he was still so unscrupulous.
"Since Your Highness wants to be embarrassed quickly, I won't be polite." Being so despised by Zhou Yuan, Xu Lin's heart also surged with anger. With a sneer, he stepped on the ground with the sole of his foot, and his figure looked like He shot out like a sharp arrow, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and swung his fist towards Zhou Yuan.
His punch was filled with airflow and was so powerful that even a stone would be hit with a crack.
Looking at the heavy punch, Zhou Yuan did not dodge, but crossed his arms in front of him in a defensive posture.
However, his posture made everyone below him look intolerable. With Xu Lin's physical ability to open up two meridians, this punch might be able to directly break Zhou Yuan's bones.
Under the gaze of many nervous eyes, Xu Lin was like a tiger descending from the mountain. That powerful punch hit Zhou Yuan's arms without any hesitation.
Boom!
A low voice sounded, and then everyone saw as expected, Zhou Yuan's feet directly left traces of several meters on the ground, and he managed to stabilize his body.
ah!
A scream broke out.
However, it was not Zhou Yuan who sent the punch, but Xu Lin who had previously punched him fiercely.
Everyone stared at this scene in stunned silence. Xu Lin held his fists and kept screaming. His whole fist was red, as if it had been hit on fine steel.
"You! What are you hiding in your sleeves?! Despicable!" Xu Lin roared at Zhou Yuan with tears in his eyes.
The surrounding eyes also looked at Zhou Yuan in shock. Could it be that His Highness is still using tricks
Among the many muttering eyes, Zhou Yuan slowly lifted up his sleeves and robe, and then everyone saw that there was a complex light pattern on his arms, and the light pattern radiated. The faint black light spread and finally covered Zhou Yuan's arms. It looked as if the skin had turned into a piece of black iron, extremely hard.
"this... "
Many students looked at the complex light pattern in shock, and finally someone exclaimed: "That's the iron skin pattern that the lecturer taught before!"
Everyone suddenly realized that it was the source pattern!
Su Youwei's tense heart was relieved at this moment. She breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily: "It turns out that His Highness has been able to carve the source pattern onto the body."
"You, you actually carved the Origin Patterns on your body?!" Xu Lin also came to his senses. He looked at the black Origin Patterns on Zhou Yuan's arms and said in disbelief.
Although he had seen Zhou Yuan carve the iron skin pattern in the church before, it was only on a jade tablet. If he wanted to carve it on the body, he would have to be proficient in the location of human acupuncture points and even meridians. It can avoid being hurt by the source pattern on the body, so it is far more difficult to carve the source pattern on the body than on a jade plate.
However, just when they couldn't even draw the source pattern on the jade plate, Zhou Yuan had already begun to apply what they had learned... The difference between this was really not a small difference.
"Do you really think that because I didn't open my pulse, I just don't have the power to restrain a chicken?" Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
Xu Lin's face was livid, and he felt as if he was being teased. He immediately said in a cold voice: "Do you really think you can win me today with an iron skin pattern?"
"Now let me show you the difference between those who have opened their pulses and those who have not!"
"Open the pulse!"
As Xu Lin drank violently and fell, a subtle stream of light suddenly appeared around him, the dust under his feet was swept away, and the origin energy between heaven and earth flowed into his body along with his breathing.
Huh.
All his robes started to flutter and make a hunting sound at this moment.
On the surface of his skin, there was a faint light emerging, and everyone could feel that Xu Lin's momentum surged at this time.
The expressions of many students changed slightly. At this time, Xu Lin had Origin Qi flowing in his body, and the Origin Qi flowing along his meridians would undoubtedly increase Xu Lin's strength and speed.
Under the solemn gazes of many students, Zhou Yuan also stared at Xu Lin and muttered to himself: "Open the two meridians..."
"I asked you to attack before, so this time, it's me."
The moment the voice fell, Zhou Yuan stepped on the ball of his foot and rushed towards Xu Lin.
"Arrogant, your speed, strength and physical fitness are less than one-tenth of mine, yet you still dare to attack?" Xu Lin saw Zhou Yuan charging towards him and sneered.
"Is it?"
Zhou Yuan's mouth seemed to be smiling.
The next moment, a faint light suddenly appeared on his feet, and faint lines of light could be seen spreading out.
Uh-huh!
Zhou Yuan's body seemed to become much lighter at this time, and his speed surged, rushing out like a cheetah.
"That's... that's a light body pattern!" Someone with sharp eyes saw the light pattern on Zhou Yuan's feet and screamed immediately.
While they were screaming, Zhou Yuan, who was very close to Xu Lin, suddenly shook his shoulders, and a faint light emanated from under his clothes. Although they could not see clearly, everyone could clearly feel it. At this moment, Zhou Yuan's fist was filled with a sense of arrogant power.
"Barbarian cow pattern!" screamed again.
Iron-skinned lines, light-body lines, and bull-like lines!
At this time, even Su Youwei couldn't help but cover her mouth, her pretty face full of disbelief, because in just a few breaths, Zhou Yuan activated three source patterns in succession.
In other words, Zhou Yuan had already learned all the three Origin Patterns taught by the lecturer, and even used them on himself.
Bang!
Under the gaze of many eyes, Zhou Yuan activated three Origin Patterns one after another. The fist containing tyrannical power struck Xu Lin's body with great speed and heavy force in Xu Lin's horrified eyes.
Boom!
With the assistance of those three source patterns, Zhou Yuan at this time was obviously not weaker than Xu Lin in terms of speed, strength or physical fitness. Therefore, when the punch fell, Xu Lin felt A huge force surged in, and then, his body flew out directly and landed heavily on the ground outside the martial arts stage.
Outside the martial arts performance stage, the original noise became silent at this time. Many boys and girls stared at Zhou Yuan on the stage with incredulous eyes.
No one expected that this fight would have such an outcome.
On the martial arts stage, Zhou Yuan slowly retracted his fist, and the light pattern on his arm seemed to have been exhausted and quickly disappeared.
He rubbed his wrist, then jumped off the martial arts stage, reached out and took out a jade plaque from Xu Lin's arms, which represented the quota for the big exam.
"You can't even defeat someone who has not yet opened his pulse, so you'd better not go to the big exam to embarrass yourself." Zhou Yuan smiled at Xu Lin, who was staring at him, and said.
When Xu Lin heard these words and felt the mocking eyes around him, his heart suddenly became clogged. A mouthful of blood finally spurted out uncontrollably, and then his vision went black and he fainted.
He knew that probably starting from tomorrow, he would become a fresh joke in the mouths of many students in Dazhou Mansion...