Upstairs.
Han Ying looked toward the black-clad youth whose bearing was anything but ordinary, as though he had been born into the household of a master among Jiangyin Prefecture's Thirty-Six Trades. A strange light flickered in his eyes.
So this is the disciple Duan Chenzhou took in at Anning County?
What golden muscle and jade bone. Even with a floor between us, I can sense the heavy power beneath those taut muscles, knotted like pythons, flood dragons, and horned dragons.
Yang Yan had been trained by his father for over a decade. His bone conditioning was already quite refined; among the younger generation of five-hundred-li Anning County, he would absolutely rank among the best.
Yet in just a few exchanges, he was utterly outclassed.
At this age... even in the prefecture city, he would count as outstanding. He might have a chance to enter the Prefecture Academy and contend for a place.
Just as these thoughts passed through his mind,
the pocket beneath Han Ying's robes at his left ribs suddenly grew faintly hot.
His pupils contracted, and he could not help touching the jade talisman.
Wait. Why is this Immortal Jade Scroll reacting to this boy?
His gaze flickered, and at last he was moved.
Involuntarily, he recalled how he had stolen this talisman, crossed seas and mountains, and entered this Five Hundred Li Mountain Road. He had used every conceivable method along the way, yet it had remained like a stone sunk into the sea, unable to stir even the slightest response from the jade talisman.
For a moment, the ravine of desire within his heart could not be filled.
That shouldn't be possible. Why would an inheritance item of the Extraterritorial Heretical Path resonate with some ordinary mortal?
At this moment,
Ji Xiu helped Zhang Qing up.