Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 239 Voluntary
At this time, Jiang Xuan recognized Yan Zhen, but Yan Zhen was not familiar with his identity as Ling Honghe.

Originally, Jiang Xuan wanted to be polite to him under Ling Honghe's identity and improve the relationship between Yan Zhen and Ling Honghe, but he didn't expect that this idea would fall through, and there was no way to start the topic about Yingzhou.

Facing Yan Zhen's lack of interest, Jiang Xuan had no idea what was going on.

Is Yan Zhen really not interested?
Did it delay Yan Zhen’s cultivation?

Or did Yan Zhen feel that he was not close to her and it would be a bit presumptuous of him to come here without warning?

Jiang Xuan didn't know why, but he felt that Yan Zhen's attitude towards Ling Honghe was far inferior to Yan Zhen's attitude towards Jiang Xuan.

Even when he met Yan Zhen at Mi Cui Peak last time as Ling Honghe, Jiang Xuan felt that Yan Zhen's enthusiasm was not as great as Yan Zhen's enthusiasm for his identity as Jiang Xuan.

Although he is the counterpart of both identities, Jiang Xuan still feels a little disappointed at this moment.

"I wonder why Senior Brother Ling came to see me today?"

Jiang Xuan naturally did not expect Yan Zhen to be enthusiastic about his transformation into Ling Honghe. He came to Yan Zhen today, naturally for his own considerations.

"Junior Brother Yan, I don't know many people in Qizhou, so I have to trouble you today. I hope you can forgive me."

Jiang Xuan stood up again, clasped his fists towards Yan Zhenyi, and spoke with a sincere attitude.

Yan Zhen was naturally not a mean person. Seeing Ling Honghe's attitude, he naturally re-recognized this senior brother Ling who had shined at the Five States Martial Arts Show.

"Brother Ling, you are too kind. Since we call each other brothers, we are destined to be brothers. Brother Ling, if you have anything to say, please feel free to speak up."

Yan Zhen also stood up and clasped his fists, then made way for Jiang Xuan to sit down.

"I'm here this time to look for someone. I've met Senior Brother Gao and Senior Brother Cheng from Qizhou before, and we even had a conversation at the Five States Martial Arts Show. However, they are both guards of the Gao family, so..."

Jiang Xuan then told Yan Zhen somewhat awkwardly the reason why he came to find him.

To put it simply, it is inconvenient to look for guards from other people, so I came to the Qizhou Martial Arts School to find you, Yan Zhen.

"Senior Brother Ling, this was a blessing in disguise. If that's the case, it would have been right not to look for Senior Brothers Gao and Cheng." Yan Zhen said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Xuan was a little confused.

"Could the Senior Brothers Gao and Cheng that Senior Brother Ling mentioned be the two Senior Brothers Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong from the Gao family branch?"

As the core disciple of Qizhou Martial Arts School and the son of the school's director, Yan Zhen speaks directly in the school.

Jiang Xuan thought he didn't know anything about the big and small things in Qizhou City. Although he knew that Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong were in the branch of the Gao family, he was still embarrassed to tell the truth.

But Yan Zhen was different. He bluntly said that Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong were from a branch of the Gao family.

"That's right." Jiang Xuan said with a smile.

"Senior brothers Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong have already left Qizhou City." Yan Zhen reminded.

Jiang Xuan looked at Yan Zhen's expression, searched his memory briefly, and came to some conclusion.

Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong both finished in the top three of the Five States Martial Arts Competition's peak group. According to the Five States Martial Arts Competition's rewards, they would be eligible to train at the Daoist academy before the Jade Cultivation Passage Trial. "Two Qizhou warriors simultaneously placing in the top three of the peak group, with a high probability of becoming cultivators, is truly a blessing for Qizhou," Jiang Xuan exclaimed.

Yan Zhen was from Qizhou, so he was naturally very happy that Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong went to the Taoist temple to study. Now that he saw that Ling Honghe was also so happy for them, his impression of Ling Honghe became a little better.

"In the same Five States Martial Arts Competition, two of the top three are from the same state. This is truly rare."

"What's even more coincidental is that Senior Brothers Gao Rubang and Cheng Xiuyong are both guards for the Gao family branch. They are guards from the same family."

"Although the Gao family branch can be considered a part of the Gao family's power, it is definitely not the main branch of the Gao family. In this way, the entire Gao family has gained face, but the main branch of the Gao family has lost some face."

"Now, not only are the other branches of the Gao family ready to make a move, but even some branches of the Wu family and even branches of other larger families have begun to pay attention to the selection of guards."

Yan Zhen concluded, "Now, in Qizhou City, and even throughout the entire Qizhou region, every family has become a sect, and they have all begun a series of selections."

Jiang Xuan had heard what Yan Zhen said after he came to Qizhou City. Even on the streets, there were many young low-level warriors clamoring to try their luck in various houses.

"Did Senior Brother Gao and Senior Brother Cheng go to Qixi Taoist Temple together?" Jiang Xuan asked.

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhen also smiled and said, "It has always been like this in previous years, but there are some changes this year."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Xuan asked.

"After this Five States Martial Arts Show, not only did the Qixi Taoist Temple, which had previously participated, send monks, but even the Dianlin Taoist Temple sent monks."

"Dianlin Taoist Temple?"

When it comes to the Dianlin Taoist Temple, Jiang Xuan is indeed more familiar with it than the people of Qizhou.

Yingzhou is located to the east of Qizhou, and Yingzhou borders Dianzhou, which is even further east. Qingxi Town to the east of Yingzhou is right next to a corner of the Dian Forest, which is closely connected with Dianzhou.

In general, the biggest difference between Dianlin Taoist Temple and Qixi Taoist Temple is that if Qixi Taoist Temple is a stable and developing Taoist temple, then Dianlin Taoist Temple is a declining Taoist temple.

If Jiang Xuan, as a Yingzhou native, knew anything more about Dianlin Taoist Temple, it would be the extremely difficult martial arts techniques to practice in Dianlin Taoist Temple.

There are very few top-level warriors in Yingzhou, and their understanding of cultivators and Taoist temples is even more superficial.

According to many rumors in Yingzhou, the main reason why the Dianlin Taoist Temple's martial arts is difficult to practice is that it was created by the first dean of the Dianlin Taoist Temple.

Therefore, that technique is only suitable for the first dean of Dianlin Taoist Temple, and it is extremely difficult for other cultivators to practice.

"Senior Brother Cheng went to Qixi Taoist Temple, but Senior Brother Gao went to Dianlin Taoist Temple." Yan Zhen said.

"Dianlin Taoist Temple actually snatched away a top warrior from the Five States Martial Arts Show?" Jiang Xuan's face showed a hint of surprise.

He originally thought that the Dianlin Taoist Temple was just here to interfere in the Wuzhou martial arts performance, but he didn't expect that they would snatch away Gao Rubang, who was ranked first in the peak group.

"The Dianlin Taoist Temple not only took away Senior Brother Gao, but also the Dianzhou warrior, who also followed the cultivator back to the Dianlin Taoist Temple." Yan Zhen said calmly.

Amid Jiang Xuan's surprise, Yan Zhen added, "Also, Senior Brother Gao wasn't kidnapped; he went to Dianlin Taoist Temple of his own accord."

(End of this chapter)