The Collection of The End

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"The more powerful a person is, the more arrogant he becomes, and the more arrogant he is, the more powerful he becomes. When others destroy his arrogance, the so-called 'power' will also collapse."

This is what Tong Yuan usually said most often, but Zhao Yun, who is now ten years old and quite precocious, still can't understand it.

"So, whose arrogance is Master going to destroy?" He asked curiously, looking at Tong Yuan who was preparing weapons and armor.

"I hope so," Tong Yuan responded: "It is also possible that the 'arrogance' of being a teacher has been destroyed."

"That means the master may not be able to defeat the opponent?" Zhao Yun blinked: "Then wouldn't it be okay if we don't go?"

"Haha... The reason why I have to go is also because of my teacher's 'arrogance'." Tong Yuankong touched Zhao Yun's little head with his hand, shook his head and sighed: "My teacher happened to be teaching apprentices in Jizhou, but 'he' happened to Being 'promoted' nearby is simply destiny."

"..." Zhao Yun couldn't understand it at all now, but he resisted blurting out the sentence "I don't understand."

According to Tong Yuan's teachings over the past few years, he can "ask if you don't understand", but he is not allowed to say "don't understand" or "can't understand" which are meaningless words to both the professor and the professor. At least he must say " I don’t understand anything.”

However, Zhao Yun happened to be in a state of "not understanding anything" at this time, and could only continue to stare at Tong Yuan in a daze as he prepared.

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This is the Changshan Kingdom, the fiefdom of a certain Han clan clan member in the west of Jizhou.

Changshan was originally named Hengshan, but because the emperors of the Han Dynasty liked the meaning of the word "Heng", at least two emperors named their sons after it, and one used it as an emperor's name. At this time, the word "Heng" was It had to be changed to the word "Chang" with a similar meaning, and in the end it was simply not changed back, unless there was another emperor named "Liu Chang". As for "Emperor Chang"? He was so applauded without fear of being laughed at by the world.

Since the royal family cared about nothing except taxation, the ministers he appointed also followed the example and placed the responsibility for maintaining the basic operations of the fief on county officials everywhere. This also led to the influence of the aristocratic families here being unchecked. Restricted land expansion, and the Zhao family is one of them.

Zhao Yun's father, the current head of the Zhao family, is called... Zhao Ba.

Because the Zhao family was originally the descendant of Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue in the early Han Dynasty, it was natural that he would not be able to name himself. When Zhao Ba became an adult, he tried to change his name to Zhao Xin, but was scolded by his father Zhao Dian for not being allowed to do so, so he named himself "Liang Fu". ”, never address him by his name in front of others.

This Zhao Ba... Zhao Liangfu felt deeply that he had suffered the consequences of his name. After his wife became pregnant, he named the unborn children Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun. He originally thought that if the boy was a boy, he would be named Feng and the girl would be named Yun. Unexpectedly, he gave birth to a child named Zhao Ba. Twin baby boys.

When the two children became sensible and learned this allusion, Zhao Feng teased Zhao Yun and called him "Sister Yun". Although Zhao Yun was not angry, there was nothing he could do to his elder brother because he was tall and strong.

So, when "Magic Spear" Tong Yuan passed by and took a fancy to Zhao Yun's qualifications and wanted to take him on as his disciple, he agreed immediately.

Tong Yuan noticed the vague contradiction between the Zhao brothers and did not tell them. He just paid a visit and took Zhao Feng in and taught them together using the same method.

As a result, although they were born from the same mother, Zhao Yun's progress in martial arts was hundreds of times faster than that of Zhao Feng. When Zhao Feng was just able to stumble through all the marksmanship, Zhao Yun could already use a cork stick to fly away those who were waiting for him. The servants have weapons in their hands.

In the end, Zhao Feng took the initiative to find Tong Yuan and asked him to change to a more practical set of rough and shallow sword techniques. Only then did he take advantage of his strength and physical strength. Although it was not a problem to deal with more than a dozen thieves, his strength did not stop there. .

At this point, Zhao Yun's idea of ​​"learning his skills and teaching his brother a lesson" was finally silenced. After all, if he challenged him again now, it would be a complete bully.

Tong Yuan received a good apprentice,

By the way, he also helped him resolve family conflicts, so he was naturally satisfied and ignored the remaining minor problems.

For example - Zhao Yun only wanted to regain his identity as "younger brother" because Zhao Feng was always called Yunmei Yunmei, but he never thought that since they were both twins, he could actually compete for the title of "elder brother".

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The place where Tong Yuan taught Zhao Yun's martial arts was a strange forest clearing in the Changshan Mountains. Deep in the jungle obscured by layers of tree trunks, branches and shrubs, there was a sudden place with very flat and clean ground. An "empty space" with nothing.

Judging from the remaining ground traces, stream paths and pond shapes, there should have been a small village here that was half farming, half hunting, and raising fish, but it suddenly disappeared, as if someone used "immortal means" It's like moving them entirely to other places.

Tong Yuan naturally didn't care about this, and Zhao Yun's eyesight was not yet sharp enough to detect those traces.

The surrounding trees seemed to want to invade the open space, but they could only extend around the open space, and sadly served as targets for the master and apprentice to verify the power of their moves.

Tong Yuan's special marksmanship is called [Hundred Birds Chao Feng Qiang]. It is said to be created by imitating the movements of birds, and consists of many verses, although they are all limericks, such as "Two orioles sing green willows, the moon falls and crows fall." The sky is filled with cry of frost; several early orioles are vying for warmth in the trees, and it seems that they have seen each other before the swallows return." There are a total of one hundred and one styles, and the last one is the only one that is not a poem, "a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix".

As a "magic gun", Tong Yuan's marksmanship has long been freed from the restriction of one move and one move. If you want to, it is not a good idea to make a "gun mark" like the "Sky Mark" created by "Sword Master" Wang Yue a few years ago. No problem, but for the sake of balancing the power between the court and the people, it is best for the two of them not to do anything that can be compared.

Although there is no need to use fixed moves, Tong Yuan taught Zhao Yun and when he returned to his original nature and used the "Hundred Birds Chaotic Phoenix Spear" again, every move was in line with the nature of the world, just like a real "Hundred Birds", which amazed Zhao Yun, and He has expressed many times that he wants to create his own gun technique, named after the dragon, and call it "Seven Exploration Panlong Gun".

In response, Tong Yuan just smiled and did not comment.

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"Here we come." In the forest clearing, Tong Yuan adjusted his armor at last, then raised his silver spear and looked at the sky.

boom--

The trees and branches that originally blocked the open space retreated one after another under the force of Tong Yuan's directional burst of momentum, revealing the vast sky.

"What's coming?" Zhao Yun, who was not surprised by his master's strength, also raised his head, but found nothing except the blue sky, scattered clouds and the roaring wind.

"A guy who has just stepped into the realm where the master is, arrogantly thinks that he is invincible in the world." Tong Yuan clenched the gun barrel and looked at the sky: "There are at least five 'people' who can stop him, but where the master is It just happens to be the closest location.”

"Master," Zhao Yun put aside questions such as "what realm" and "which guy" and blinked: "If there are only five people with the same strength as him, then he is indeed invincible, right?"

"..." Tong Yuan was dumbfounded, and then forcibly changed the subject: "You should have heard of this person. He is Zhang Jiao, the Taiping Taoist who became famous in Jizhou. Because he was an alchemist, his fighting style is different from that of his master. You You can hide at the edge of the open space and watch, and gain experience for future battles with those who have similar 'unparalleled abilities.'"

After saying that, Tong Yuan didn't wait for Zhao Yun to ask any more questions, looked at the sky, squatted down slightly, and silver flames suddenly shot up around him, completely covering his figure.

At the same time, a howling wind swept from far to near from east to west, even shattering all the clouds along the way.

Tong Yuan suddenly straightened his body and pointed his silver spear straight into the sky.

At this moment, the traces of many birds that Zhao Yun had seen from the moves taught by Tong Yuan had completely disappeared. At this moment, the moves drawn by this "magic gun" were not white cranes with bright wings, flying water herons, The wild goose returning south was an extremely angry one because its airspace was invaded by outsiders - the phoenix!

The silver flame turned into the king of birds in fantasy and legend as if it were real, and flashed with dazzling multi-colored light. With Tong Yuan's action of raising the gun, it pointed straight into the sky with a silver blazing beam of light that penetrated the sky and the earth.

"What a pity..." Zhao Yun subconsciously said what he was thinking.

Because this "Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" was completely missed, and it happened to be stopped right in front of the "wind", but there were no more results.

"What a pity? If he really hits me, I will feel unworthy of waiting for him in such a big way." The white flames and colorful phoenix shadows on Tong Yuan's body are gradually disappearing, but the threatening meaning of the silver gun is becoming more and more serious. It was so thick that in Zhao Yun's opinion, it was like a bonfire in the dark night. It was extremely difficult to ignore it.

"Who are you? Why do you want to block the way for the poor?" The "wind" sweeping in the sky finally could not seriously ignore the shadow of the gun, so it whistled and lowered its height, and transformed into a medium in front of Tong Yuan and Zhao Yun. The appearance of a young Taoist.

While the master was talking to him, Zhao Yun carefully observed the man named "Zhang Jiao". He was wearing a light yellow Taoist robe and a strange crown. He seemed to have no power to restrain a chicken, and even his posture It was like a person who had no martial arts at all. As for the staff...it was more like a crutch. Only those eyes showed the confident light that Master Tong Yuan would show when he occasionally mentioned his own martial arts.

"'Sacred Spear' Tong Yuan, please!" Without saying a few words, Tong Yuan took the initiative to attack with "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix".

This blow, which Zhao Yun thought was a sure hit, missed again. Zhang Jiao turned into a phantom and disappeared, and then appeared on the side of Tong Yuan. The long staff in his hand was brewing some kind of almost completed spell. He seemed to be He laughed, and seemed to be talking to himself: "I have said long ago that there are limits to people's talents."