Chapter Forty-six A Distant Glimpse

  Half a month later, Tianyun City fell.

  Shi Yan and Han Zhong led a group of Shi family guards, escorting goods purchased from Youji Town, taking advantage of the Dragon's Rest to enter the city at a steady pace.

  Shi Yan and Han Zhong walked at the front of the team, whispering to each other along the way.

  "Lao Han, it's getting late today, let's head back home tomorrow? After entering the city later, how about finding a place to rest for a while?" Shi Yan said calmly.

  "Where is Brother Yan going to rest?" Han Zhong smiled slyly, a ambiguous expression floating on his face. "Tianyun City is the largest city in the Merchant Alliance, with a population of millions. There are many places to have fun, and it's much more upscale than those small cities we passed through on the road."

  "Old Han, since you're familiar with it, just lead the way."

  "I'm afraid I don't have enough crystal coins on me, oh dear, some places can be quite expensive."

  "Lao Han, are you trying to cheat me again? Last time at 'An Xiang Ge', after drinking, you pretended to be drunk and I ended up paying the bill. How can you still try to use the same trick?"

  "Cough cough, I was really drunk that time, you've wronged me to death!"

  "This I don't care about, anyway this time you'd better come out with some blood, or else when we get back, I'll go find Han Fengbo to reason it out."

  "No! Brother Yan, I'm treating! Doesn't my treat count?!" Han Zhong said with a sorrowful face, sighing: "You're not unaware of my big brother's temper. If he finds out about those things of mine, he'll surely beat me to death. Alas, it's not easy for me to come out on this trip! I work hard for the family and can't even get enough money for entertainment..."

  "That's settled then, you're treating tonight." Shi Yan turned around and shouted to the Stone family warriors behind him: "Did you all hear that, brothers?"

  "I heard it!"

  Seven warriors of the Ishi family shouted loudly together, their faces filled with excitement.

  "See you later."

  ……

  In just half a month, Shi Yan had become fast friends with Han Zhong and those Stone family warriors.

  Shi Yan doesn't have the airs of a young master, usually with a big appetite for wine and meat, he's good at everything related to eating, drinking and having fun, and when it comes to women, there are no taboos. In the brothels, he's never timid, sometimes when he sees a pretty girl, he's even more open-minded than the notorious playboy Han Zhong.

  The two of them traveled together, visiting many pleasure grounds. Each time, either Shi Yan spent lavishly or Han Zhong was taken advantage of, never allowing the guards to follow and spend money.

  In a short time, Shi Yan won the recognition of Han Zhong and these guards.

  Han Zhong felt that he and Shi Yan had a similar smell, and repeatedly praised Shi Yan for being enlightened. With the improvement of his realm, he was completely different from before.

  On the road, Shi Yan concealed most of his experiences in the dark forest, only saying that in the ancient cave he explored, he discovered a crimson fruit. After eating three of those fruits, he obtained the essence and awakened the petrified martial spirit of the Shi family.

  He omitted everything about the Blood Pool, the Undying Martial Soul, and the Mysterious Martial Soul. He didn't even mention his encounter with Mo Yu Yu or his entanglement with Mu Yu Die, omitting all that could be omitted.

  Han Zhong was surprised by Shi Yan's encounter, but he didn't ask any further questions, only thinking that this kid had really good luck, and after eating the fruit, even his brain opened up.

  In half a month, Shi Yan finally got a thorough understanding of the situation in the Shi family through Han Zhong.

  The owner of this body left him with many memories, but most of these memories were related to the ancient relics and texts that he studied.

  Shi Jia didn't get much memory from this piece, fortunately, Han Zhong was not on guard against him at all. Several times when they went to the brothel together, he told Shi Yan everything he wanted to know.

  After hanging out with Shi Yan several times, Han Zhong felt more and more that Shi Yan was not a threat to him. Not only did he clearly explain the distribution of the Shi family's business and power, but he also told Shi Yan many common sense things about martial arts cultivation without reservation, letting Shi Yan know a lot of previously unclear knowledge about martial arts.

  For example, after a martial artist suddenly reaches the state of Nirvana, they can form a "Sea of Consciousness". Once the "Sea of Consciousness" is formed, the martial artist can establish a mysterious connection with their Martial Soul through it. They can then combine their Essence and Martial Soul to perform secret techniques, achieving even more unimaginable effects.

  For example, the characteristics and weaknesses of various martial souls, the various martial souls that appeared in Shengong Empire, Lihuo Empire, and Tiangou Empire, which martial soul is the most powerful, what are its weaknesses, and how to restrain it.

  Han Zhong is indeed lustful by nature, but when it comes to martial arts training, he is very serious.

  For various warriors, the news was also known as a finger palm. From his narration, Shi Yan finally had a more comprehensive understanding of the powerful existence of warriors in his heart for the first time, and he also understood the differences between various realms before the hundred calamities.

  Han Zhong himself only has the cultivation of the Hundred Calamities Realm, and after that, the subtleties of various realms, he can't explain clearly either. So he directly avoids them and only brings out the knowledge that he thinks he can make clear.

  And this is exactly what Shiyan needs most at present.

  ……

  The soul is entwined with the dream, lingering in the building.

  Shi Yan and Han Zhong, accompanied by four martial artists from the Shi family, were drinking and having a good time in a large hall on the third floor.

  In the center of the ancient-style room, a one-meter-high square table was placed, with fine wines and delicacies on display. Under the square table, a soft carpet was laid out.

  Shi Yan and Han Zhong sat on the mats, with cool-clad girls in their arms, shouting loudly and playing dice, having a great time.

  "Old Han, drink!" Shi Yan shouted.

  Han Zhong hung his head in defeat, willing to admit defeat, and drained the cup of wine in one gulp. Taking advantage of the situation, he rubbed a handful on the plump and tender chest of the girl in his arms. Only then did he pick up the dice again, humming: "This hand is lucky, I'm sure to win this round."

  "Haha, if this is what you call being lucky, then both of my hands are filled with luck." Shi Yan smiled slyly and inserted both of his hands into the collar of Qiu Xiang's clothes, smiling as he said: "Qiu Xiang, since your chest is so big, do you think I will always be bigger than him?"

  Qiu Xiang's skin was as white as snow, her breasts were full and plump, a pair of watery eyes overflowing with spring feelings, she blushed and said: "Young Master Yan is so bad, always bullying me like this."

  "You can also bully me." Shi Yan smiled, took a sip of strong liquor, and urged: "Old Han, what are you hesitating about? Why haven't you rolled the dice yet?"

  "...Yin Kui and Jiushan are nearby, the two of them have too much yin energy on their bodies, at such a close distance, I can even feel it." Han Zhong furrowed his brow, pushed the girl in his arms away, and quietly came to the window of the side room.

  He opened the window a bit and took a look outside with the help of the big red lantern, saying: "It's indeed Beiming Ce who has arrived. Yin Kui and Jiumountain never leave Beiming Ce, if they are here, then Beiming Ce must also be here."

  As soon as he heard that Bei Ming was nearby, Shi Yan's heart stirred, and he immediately thought of Mu Yu Die and Di Ya Lan.

  He hesitated for a moment, then also leaned against the window and opened it a bit more, coldly watching the procession on the street.

  This is a team of about thirty people. At the front of the team, Beiming Ce rides on a snow-white Lingxiao horse, with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, talking to someone in the sedan chair on the back of the earth dragon.

  The curtain in the sedan chair would occasionally lift, revealing Mu Yu Die's ethereal and breathtakingly beautiful face, which would suddenly appear like a startled swan.

  Diya Lan rode a warhorse covered in black armor, her fiery figure gently rising and falling with the horse's footsteps. Her eyebrows had a hint of faint worry, somewhat listless.

  Only when Beiming Ce asked her questions did she force a smile, and it seemed that she didn't have much interest in talking either.

  Two old men, one fat and one thin, with extremely heavy yin energy on their bodies, rode black armored war horses, silently following Beiming Ce's back, their eyes slightly closed, as if meditating.

  Shi Yan pushed open the window a bit and gazed at that piece from tens of meters away, when these two old men suddenly became alert and turned their heads to look over here.

  Two cold and gloomy auras seemed to emanate from the eyes of these two old men, and even though they were tens of meters apart, Shi Yan felt a chill run down his spine, his heart filled with trepidation.

  Those two old men seemed to know Han Zhong. When they found Han Zhong at the window, the two of them slightly nodded their heads, and the coldness in their eyes was reduced a little.

  Under the gaze of the two elderly men, Han Zhongping's usual smiling face was gone, his expression solemn, he stood at the window and bowed with a fist in hand, paying respects as a junior.

  The two old men nodded again, and immediately ignored Han Zhong, turning their heads to continue meditating with their eyes closed. Their slightly narrowed eyes were both staring at the back of Beiming Ce.

  The team of Beiming's family didn't stop and continued to move forward on the street at a steady pace.

  Not spacious streets, there are also warriors who come to seek pleasure, but when they find the team coming face to face, it is from the North Ming family, and they proactively give way with a respectful face, not daring to have a word of complaint.

  The streets, which should have been crowded, were instead cleared by the crowd's voluntary yielding, making way for the North Ming family's procession to pass through unimpeded.

  ……;