Chapter 117: Yellow Leaf Town

  "Xia Yan Ge. Xia Yan He. Xia Yan, who was walking on the path leading to the scripture hall in the front yard, suddenly heard someone calling his name and turned around involuntarily."

  As soon as he focused his gaze, Xia Yan saw two robust young men from the Xia family sprinting towards him. These two people should be collateral descendants of the Xia family.

  Because among the more than 50 direct descendants of the Xia family, Xia Yan had never seen these two people.

  "Call"

  The two of them ran up to Xia Yan's side and stopped there, panting continuously for several breaths.

  "Are you looking for me?" Xia Yan asked in confusion, as he had never seen the two before.

  In general, only some direct descendants of the Xia family would look for Xia Yan. The collateral descendants, due to the large difference in status, mostly do not have direct contact with Xia Yan.

  The two of them heard Xia Yan's question and exchanged a glance, looking slightly embarrassed. The taller boy suddenly shifted his gaze and said to Xia Yan: "Brother Xia Yan, I've already opened up 28 meridians. But I feel like there's something wrong with my cultivation method - it's been three whole months and I haven't made any progress at all."

  At this point, the young man furrowed his brow, looking somewhat anxious. At the same time, there was a hint of unease in his eyes, as if he was worried that Xia Yan would ignore them.

  Xia Yan smiled and said, "Then what martial skill are you practicing?"

  Xīn fǎ dǎ tōng wǔ dào jīng mài. ér xīn fǎ bú guò shì wǔ jì zhōng de fù dài pǐn. Jué dà duō shù de xīn fǎ, dōu méi yǒu míng xiǎn de qū bié. ér měi yī zhǒng mì diǎn mì jí de pǐn jí gāo dī qū fēn, qí shì zhǔ yào jiù zài wǔ jì shàng.

  It can be said that the difference between a popular manual and an unpopular one lies in martial skills, not mental methods. Even if it's a divine-level manual, it may not have a unique mental method, but the martial skills are absolutely unique.

  But the young man said that there had been no progress in three months, so the problem should be with his martial skills, not his mental state. In fact, martial skills and mental state are interdependent, if there is a problem with martial skills, then using mental state to open up the meridians may also be affected.

  The young man's face lit up with excitement as he heard Xia Yan's inquiry, and he hastily said to Xia Yan: "I'm practicing the 'Frenzied Wind Blade' technique. Brother Xia Yan, want me to demonstrate it for you?"

  "Wind Blade", in the unconventional secret manual, is just an ordinary secret recipe.

  Xia Yan furrowed his brow, then let out a quiet sigh. This was also an unavoidable situation. Even among the children of the Xia family, not everyone could cultivate the superior martial skills in the secret manual like Xia Liu and Xia Zixing. Resources were limited. They could only allocate more resources to those with higher innate talent. As for those with average talent, they could only be left to develop on their own.

  Nodding, Xia Yan said in a low voice to the young man: "Alright, you can practice here."

  And the other boy, who was slightly shorter than him, also had piercing eyes and could speak directly to Xiaoyan Ge, which was also exciting.

  It's already known to everyone in the Xia family that Xia Yan is now the most likely candidate for the next head of the family. In fact, among all the direct descendants, no one can compare to his status. Many people say that within twenty years, Xia Yan will become a spiritual master! In the future, unless something unexpected happens, Xia Yan will definitely become the head of the family.

  The tall and sturdy youth suddenly drew his sword, his eyes becoming serious, both hands gripping the long knife tightly, and then his feet began to move in the starting posture recorded in the martial arts.

  "Here"

  The blade formed two knife shadows in the air, quickly slashing towards two directions. The boy's body also rapidly rotated, a burst of urgent breaking wind sound spread out with the boy as the center. A layer of dust on the ground flew up.

  One move and one style, the young man practiced extremely well. When performing martial arts in front of Xia Yan, he didn't dare to be slightly careless.

  After a while, the young man finished his martial arts practice and put away his long knife, looking at Xia Yan with expectant eyes.

  But Xia Yan furrowed his brow, his expression somewhat solemn.

  Seeing Xia Yan's expression, the tall boy became even more uneasy in his heart, but he didn't dare ask out loud.

  After a while, Xia Yan stretched out his hand and said to the young man, "Give me your knife!"

  The tall youth was slightly stunned. Then he hastily stepped forward two steps and handed the Golden Long Knife to Xia Yan's hand with a "Ah".

  Xia Yan weighed the long knife slightly, first adapting to its weight a bit, before standing with her feet apart and holding the knife in front of her chest.

  "Take a closer look, I saw you practicing your martial skills earlier and memorized some of the more useful moves. Hopefully, it'll be helpful to you!" Xia Yan's eyes flashed, his gaze becoming sharp.

  The tall boy hadn't even had time to speak when Xia Yan was already in motion.

  The long knife, suddenly brought up a whirlwind from bottom to top with one stab. Although it was just a knife, this one stab also had an aura of ten thousand, and afterwards, Xia Yan again followed the momentum and fiercely chopped down.

  This sword unleashes an aura that looks down on the world. Although simple, it gives people a suffocating feeling that makes them unable to breathe.

  The two Xia family youths were both staring in shock!

  "Is this... 'Kaze no Yaiba'?" The tall youth thought, his heart shaken.

  At first glance, it seems different from "The Wind Blade", but after careful consideration, it is indeed the same as "

  The tall young man stared intently! The more he looked, the more frightened his heart became.

  Whoosh

  Xia Yan didn't use internal force to dance with the knife. So although the speed was extremely fast, it didn't produce any explosive sounds. However, the momentum was still enough to make people retreat.

  In the time it took for a dozen or so breaths, Xia Yan had already finished practicing "Frenzied Wind Blade" and returned the long sword to that tall youth.

  "Are you clear?" Xia Yan asked with a smile.

  Because this young man had already memorized all the moves of "Fengfeng Knife", after Xia Yan practiced, he could also remember most of them. After thinking about it in his mind, the young man was suddenly overjoyed.

  "Xiaoyan ge, I remember, thank you Xiaoyan ge!" The tall young man said excitedly with a red face.

  He was just a collateral descendant of the Xia family, yet Xia Yan spent time specifically teaching him martial skills, making him extremely excited and thrilled. Moreover, although Xia Yan had only re-practiced "Crazy Wind Knife" once, the tall youth knew about the huge changes within it.

  "Hehe, cultivate well!" Xia Yan waved his hand and said, "I still have to go to the Jing Pavilion, so I won't say much more to you all."

  As she spoke, Xia Yan turned around and continued walking towards Jing Ge.

  "Xiaoyan ge, zaijian!" The two young men shouted loudly behind Xiaoyan.

  "Xiaoyan Ge, you're really easy to talk to!" The shorter boy looked at the taller boy with envy. He regretted not asking Xiaoyan first earlier.

  The tall young man was still pondering the martial skills that Xiaoyan had just practiced, when he heard his good friend say with a sour tone: "There will be many more opportunities in the future, haha, don't rush. Brother Xiaoyan is not like others."

  "Hmm!"

  Actually, before this, the two of them were just tentatively seeking advice from Xia Yan and didn't have much hope. But unexpectedly, Xia Yan directly pointed out their mistakes. If this news gets out, Xia Yan will probably be very busy from now on.

  "Autumn Leaf Sword"

  " Bright Moon and Starlight Sword "

  "Endless River of Sorrowful Blade"

  "Tiansha Palm"

  Xia Yan was flipping through various ancient books in the pavilion. Of course, they were all unpopular books.

  While browsing, Xia Yan has already begun to rehearse in his mind and then absorb the essence of it into Ling Luo Sword. Although these unorthodox secret books are no longer of much help to Xia Yan now, he doesn't mind either.

  Absorb these unconventional secret books. Xia Yan has become very proficient!

  As for the human-level secret book "Tian Feng Lei Quan" that is being condensed and absorbed, progress has already reached 40%. The current Ling Luo Sword, combined with Xia Yan's inner power, can now reach a martial arts power of 140 degrees. Such terrifying power, under the spiritual master, it's hard to find a second person. Of course, Xia Yan has already stepped into the realm of the spiritual master with one foot.

  "It's just that my internal energy is converting into spiritual power too slowly, and I'm still unable to use spiritual power to bring out the might of martial techniques. Otherwise,"

  Xia Yan's eyes lit up, and he shook his head with a sigh.

  In Xia Jia's pavilion, there were over a hundred rare and obscure books that would be enough for Xia Yan to read for several days.

  "When I arrive at the Zi Ye Academy, I won't have to worry about lacking a secret manual. If I can find a Heaven-grade secret manual and condense it... Xia Yan's body shook, then recovered its calmness, "However, with my current spiritual power's tenacity, even condensing a Human-grade secret manual is still difficult. As for a Heaven-grade secret manual, that's probably..."

  "Hehe, with Holy Emperor Grandfather around, there must be a way!" Xia Yan hehe smiled, his eyes shining brightly as he muttered to himself.

  "Good words!"

  At this time, a hoarse voice came from outside the palace, it was the Guardian Elder.

  Xia Yan put down the secret book in his hand and looked towards the door outside the pavilion. He lifted his feet and walked quickly over.

  A grey figure flashed by and the guard had already walked in.

  "Summer words, Huang Ye Town has been invaded by wild beasts, the tribe leader wants you to see him quickly!" The old man of the Hu Ge tribe hurriedly said, his eyes fixed on Summer words.

  "Huang Ye Town?" Xia Yan furrowed his brow, "Isn't that where our Xia family's manor is concentrated?"

  Huang Ye Town is the central location of Xia's farmland, where there are several large manors of the Xia family. The food and other daily necessities used by the Xia family are all transported from Huang Ye Town. And in Huang Ye Town, a hundred-man guard team of the Xia family is also stationed. In general, this hundred-man guard team can cope with various situations.

  "Yes, that's right. Now Huang Ye Town has appeared a very ferocious beast." The Guardian Elder said with an extremely solemn expression and a hoarse voice.

  Xia Yan's body shook, and he hastily nodded: "I'll go see the clan leader right away!"

  After a cup of tea, Xia Yan led another team of one hundred Summer family guards to rush towards Huang Ye Town.

  From Yushui Castle to Huangye Town, a fast horse would take about a day. Originally, this matter didn't require Xia Yan to go, but Xia Feilong intentionally wanted to cultivate Xia Yan as the next clan leader, so this was also a pre-training exercise for Xia Yan's ability to handle emergency affairs.

  " Gnawing and pounding"

  Under Xia Yan's lead, a hundred guards rode swift horses and charged out of the south gate of Yushui City!

  On the official road, the dust and yellow sand filled the sky behind the horse team that had just passed by.