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- This dinner was the only reunion dinner that Zhang Tie had in the past three years. His parents were very happy. During the meal, several little ones from the next generation of the Zhang family were running around the table. The atmosphere was extremely lively, regardless of whether Regardless of their personal relationship, the sisters-in-law were at least on good terms in person, so everyone was happy with the meal.
After the meal, Zhang Tie¡¯s sister-in-law found an opportunity to talk to Zhang Tie about Black Flame City. She asked Zhang Tie about the current situation of Black Flame City. She heard Zhang Tie mention that Black Flame City had been destroyed due to a demonic disaster. After the Man Empire was abandoned and most of the residents of the city had moved away, my sister-in-law was shocked.
Not only the sister-in-law was shocked, but the parents who were listening on the side were also in tears.
When the elder sister-in-law was talking to him about the affairs of Black Flame City, the other two sisters-in-law couldn't get a word in. They could only listen quietly and obediently. The elder sister-in-law looked as usual, and the two sisters-in-law also had smiles on their faces. There was nothing unusual about it. , but Zhang Tie still felt the subtle relationship between the three women.
The eldest sister-in-law's family background is very ordinary. She only opened a tailor shop at home. Her parents are ordinary people. However, the two sisters-in-law that Zhang Tie married later are from big families. Their families are either rich or noble. The second sister-in-law Lu Shiyun She is a prominent family in Jinhaicheng. Her family runs a very large-scale offshore fishing company. Because she had business dealings with the Jinwu Business Group, she was later married to her eldest brother through her family.
Although the third sister-in-law and the eldest sister-in-law are both surnamed Wang, one king is not the other. The third sister-in-law was born in the Shudetang Wang family, one of the six major families in Jinyun Kingdom. Although her status in the Wang family is not considered noble, she is also a direct descendant of the Wang family. His family was wealthy and knowledgeable, and most of his father and elder brothers held public offices in Tianxi City, which was part of Wangjiafeng County.
Under such circumstances, the elder sister-in-law has a sense of crisis and needs to always look for opportunities to consolidate her position in the Zhang family. Zhang Tie can understand this and is quite cooperative with this brother who follows him in Black Flame City. Moreover, Zhang Tie respects her rather virtuous sister-in-law.
The family chatted for a while, and when they saw that it was almost time, Zhang Yang asked a few women and children to rest first. Zhang Tie's parents also knew that brothers Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang had not seen each other for several years, and there must be many things going on. If you want to talk, you won¡¯t talk to Zhang Tie anymore. After a few words of explanation, he went back to his room.
Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang also moved from the living room at home to Zhang Yang's study.
When he came to his brother's study, looking at the thick carpets in the study and the rows of books on the bookshelves in the room, Zhang Tie nodded secretly. At this time, this family finally had some atmosphere.
Zhang Tie found a comfortable sofa and sat down casually. Zhang Yang got two cups of tea over there, sat next to Zhang Tie, and handed a cup of tea to Zhang Tie.
The special scent of the tea cup and the green glass-like liquid in the tea cup gave Zhang Tie a feeling of d¨¦j¨¤ vu, and it reminded Zhang Tie of many things.
"The best wild spring in the Eastern Continent!"
"You can actually drink it!" Zhang Yang glanced at Zhang Tie in surprise, and then seemed to be relieved, "It seems that you have been living well outside in the past few years!"
"I met him once with the family elders!" Zhang Tie smiled and didn't want to say anything more. Instead, he naturally added two pieces of sugar to the tea cup from the sugar cup on the table and stirred it gently.
"This is the first time I've seen such a wasteful way of drinking the best wild spring. I'll try it too!" Looking at Zhang Tie's actions, Zhang Yang laughed dumbly and followed Zhang Tie's lead in picking up two pieces of candy and putting them in the teacup. Zhang Tie also laughed. After four years, he could finally add his favorite sugar to the top-quality Yechun tea at home.
What is progress? This is progress. The small cup of tea brought by the elder brother also represents the strength and status of the Zhang family today.
"I know you have a lot of questions to ask, why don't you? I'll talk after you finish" Zhang Tie's brother smacked his lips after taking a sip of Yechun with a hint of sweetness. Look at Zhang Tie.
"Where are the people I brought from Black Flame City?"
"Knowing that you did not come back with those people, I then sent a few experts to Black Flame City to pick you up. When the people I sent arrived at Black Flame City, there were rumors everywhere in Black Flame City that Master Abian was assassinated. The news. The entire castle of Master Abian has disappeared. No one knows what happened. You also disappeared without any news. Then, the Holy War broke out. Those people waited for you in Huaiyuan County for a year. Here they Life was a bit unaccustomed, mainly due to the language barrier. Later, many of them thought that you were dead or had an accident, and they could no longer stay in Huaiyuan County with peace of mind, so I sent them away from the Weiyi subcontinent! "
"Where have they gone?"
"Eastern Continent!"
I heard that the guys from the Divine Grace Brotherhood and the girls from the Rose Club have gone to the EastMainland, Zhang Tie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This is good. When the flames of the holy war have been ignited, it may not be a blessing to have a stable and stable place to live. Regarding their own problems, maybe they Some of them think that they will never see them again, and they can only wait until they have the opportunity to see those people in the future. Let's just misunderstand.
But in this way, Zhang Tie knew that when he had the opportunity to meet those Rose Club girls again in the future, I am afraid that most of those girls had already had their own lives and were already wives and mothers. He and those Rose Club girls The absurdity of the girls is finally over.
Zhang Tie shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't know what day it was. First, Teacher Dinah, and then the girls from the Rose Club. When he came back this time, it seemed that he came here specifically to say goodbye to the past. There were more and more sisters-in-law around him. The women around him left one by one. Some of the girls in the Rose Club may never have the chance to see each other again. I just hope that they will all live happily in the future and start their own new lives after leaving this continent. Life.
Seeing Zhang Tie's wry smile, Zhang Yang also laughed, "Haha, don't be like this. In fact, apart from Teacher Dinah who stayed because she wanted to treat her brother, there are three other women who have stayed in Huaiyuan County and said they want to Await your return."
"There are three more?" Zhang Tie blinked, and a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart.
"Well, one is named Linda, one is named Beverly, and the other is Fiona. When I picked you up today, I wanted to call all three of them, but I was worried that my parents would accept it all at once. No, so I didn¡¯t notify them. I¡¯ll just wait for you to come back and give them a surprise!¡±
"Where are they?"
"In Yiyang City, a few women learned Chinese very quickly, and they even opened a clothing store together. The business was not bad. The three of them lived together and took care of each other. Beverly and Fiona's families "I have sent them to the Eastern Continent to settle down," Zhang Yang said, patting Zhang Tie on the shoulder, "Well, these women are good!"
Zhang Tie took a deep breath, suppressed the idea of ??rushing to find them immediately, and asked Zhang Yang another question. "The others who were sent to the Eastern Continent are not used to the language. I guess many of them don't speak Chinese yet. Is there no problem in sending them to the Eastern Continent?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "The area of ??the Eastern Continent is thousands of times that of the Hawaiian subcontinent. Although it is dominated by Chinese people, there are also several ethnic groups in the edge areas of the Eastern Continent that mainly speak Spanish. Ethnic minority areas. Any ethnic minority area has a population of several million, so there shouldn¡¯t be any problem for them to go there.¡±
Hearing what his elder brother said, Zhang Tie realized that as he grew up, except for reading a travelogue about the Eastern Continent written by a foreigner when he was in Black Flame City, his knowledge of the Eastern Continent was actually very limited. . Zhang Tie couldn't help but feel slightly ashamed.
"What's the Eastern Continent like? Brother, can you tell me about it? I'm ashamed to say that, as a Chinese, I know very little about that continent."
"Okay, my understanding of the Eastern Continent is what I have been doing business in the past few years. I have gradually learned a little bit more after contacting more people. I will tell you about it!" Zhang Yang raised his head slightly, with longing flashing in his eyes. "There is only one Chinese-dominated country in the entire Eastern Continent. It's called Taixia. The entire Taixia is extremely prosperous, with countless Chinese people and infinitely vast land. It has nine divine states and thirty-six upper states. There are seventy-two major states and countless other small and medium-sized states and counties. It is the peak place of human civilization today. The ruling center of Taixia is also the holy land of the Chinese people. It is called Xuanyuan Hill. Legend has it that Xuanyuan Hill is an artifact of the ancient Chinese people. It is a treasure discovered by the Chinese people from the underground world after the great cataclysm.¡±
"Ah, isn't Xuanyuan Hill a place? Why was it excavated from the underground world?"
"Xuanyuan Hill is a place that was excavated from the underground world. I have never seen it, but I heard people say that Xuanyuan Hill is a huge and mysterious cube, with a length, width and height of nearly a hundred kilometers each. Most of It¡¯s still underground!¡±
Zhang Tie was stunned when he heard this, "What about the Eastern Continent now? Is it still at war?"
"The flames of the Holy War have not yet reached the Eastern Continent. If the flames of the Holy War have reached the center of human civilization, then places like the Weiyi subcontinent would have been crushed to ashes by the demons. Where are we two brothers? Can you still sit here and drink tea?¡±
Zhang Tie thought about it. Although the Weiyi subcontinent was turned upside down at the moment, but in terms of the geographical location of the Weiyi subcontinent and the power of this place in the human camp, the war that took place here can only be said to be a holy war. ?It's just the prologue to the beginning.
But even this prologue has made Zhang Tie feel heavy pressure and have some worries about the future. Especially after seeing the power of the demon army on the front line, Zhang Tie knew very well that the Weiyi subcontinent would not be able to win this time. The Holy War has persisted for too long, and it has only been fought for three years now. A quarter of the land in the Wei subcontinent has been occupied, countless lives have been devastated, and the countries on the continent are in ruins. Who knows what this place will look like in ten years, and whether the human race can be here. After ten years of persistence, Zhang Tie had no confidence at all.
Zhang Tie told Zhang Yang what he had seen and heard in the Cernes war zone and his judgment, and then looked at his brother seriously, "Our family's future and foundation cannot be built here no matter what. Sooner or later, Wei The Yi subcontinent will be completely occupied. It is better to leave early than to leave late. So from now on, I hope you, brother, will quickly prepare to move to the Eastern Continent and take your parents, sisters-in-law, and children away from here as soon as possible. You can¡¯t make enough money, even if you lose a little money, it doesn¡¯t matter!¡±
"Of course I understand this. I started preparing for this a few years ago. In the past few years, the Golden Crow Merchant Group has made more than 10 million gold coins through the full-effect potion business, and has also made a lot of money from other businesses. With this capital, you can start over wherever you go!¡±
¡°Brother, it¡¯s best if you think about it this way. As long as our brothers are here, as long as everyone in the family is here. In the future, we can earn ten times or a hundred times more than we do now. It won¡¯t be a problem!¡±
¡°I¡¯ve noticed that in the past few years since I¡¯ve seen you, you¡¯ve become much more confident than before!¡±
"Haha, how can you be so confident, brother? In just a few years, you have doubled the number of people in your family. In another twenty years, when those little guys become parents, our family will have It¡¯s like a family,¡± Zhang Tie joked.
Zhang Yang glared at Zhang Tie fiercely, "And he said, if my parents weren't too worried about you, why would I be in such a hurry to give birth to so many children? You didn't see my mother, only her face when she was surrounded by those guys. Just smile a little and divert your attention, otherwise I will shed tears every time I think of you!"
Only then did Zhang Tie realize that there was such a purpose behind my brother¡¯s crazy creation of people in the past few years.
"Some accidents happened this time, I promise it won't happen again in the future!" Zhang Tie said with some guilt.
Zhang Yang stood up. He went directly to the drawer in the study and took out a silver box, then came back and placed the box in front of Zhang Tie.
"What is this?" Zhang Tie asked Zhang Yang.
¡°You¡¯ll know it just by looking at it!¡±
Zhang Tie opened the box and found that there were two strangely used rhombus-shaped crystal pillars in the box. Each one was about the same size as three fingers put together. They were wrapped in a metal structure with runes and shone with a blurry brilliance. At a glance, It looks a bit like an hourglass. "Ah, twin mirror crystals"
"Since you disappeared, I started to prepare this thing. Later, I got such a set from the Eastern Continent through the Changfeng Merchant Group. This set is considered the best in remote sensing communication equipment. It is very small. Things are considered scarce resources, but they are not complicated to use. You can take one and learn how to use it. No matter how far you go, you can keep in touch with me at any time and respond to me at any time. Let mom worry!"
Even in the Norman Empire's army, this thing was only assigned to the division level, which facilitated the division's contact with the higher ups. Zhang Tie didn't expect that his brother actually got one for himself. Zhang Tie never liked luxury, but this time , as long as this thing can contact his family at any time, no matter how luxurious it is, Zhang Tie thinks it is worth it.
Zhang Tie picked up one of them and found that there was a thin and strong metal chain on it, which could be easily hung around the neck or tied around the waist. Zhang Tie looked at it and hung it around his neck. . Zhang Yang also took the other one and hung it around his neck.
"How much does a pair of these cost?"
"A pair of these small-sized top-quality goods costs more than 300,000 gold coins, and they are only available in the Eastern Continent!" Zhang Yang said, handing a booklet in the box to Zhang Tie, "This is this kind of remote sensing communication device Please take a look at how to use it. In order to make it easier for the two of us to communicate in the future, and to prevent this thing from being used as a counterfeit if it is accidentally lost, we'd better discuss a set that only the two of us can communicate with each time. Only then can we distinguish between true and false key information or passwords to identify each other!¡±
In the next ten minutes, the two brothers discussed it carefully and solved the problem.
After having the means to contact them at any time in the future, both Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang felt relieved.
I heard that before the cataclysm, humans had manyAs a means of long-distance communication, one type of communication device called a mobile phone. Calculated according to today's value, it only costs more than ten silver coins for everyone to have one. Zhang Tie thought about the thing worth more than ten silver coins and the thing hanging around his neck. This necklace worth two hundred thousand gold coins is simply incomparable.
"By the way, brother, what level are you at now?"
"I have just reached the sixth level. Brother, my cultivation talent is not very good. In the past few years, my main focus has been on business, and I don't have much time to practice, so I will not make much progress naturally. I will really get to the point where gold coins will not work. At this time, this family has to rely on you!" Zhang Yang said to Zhang Tie earnestly.
A sixth-level warrior, maybe in a place like Black Flame City, if there was no holy war and the Zhang family could still live the same life as before, Zhang Yang of this level would have a job in the city guards of Black Flame City. The job of a small officer can indeed make the family proud and satisfied, but at this moment, an ordinary sixth-level soldier who has not awakened the blood of his ancestors has nothing to show off and comfort.
Zhang Tie knows that in order to truly support the Zhang family and keep the Zhang family standing even if he falls, he must be more than a wealthy businessman. Having another, more powerful and awe-inspiring identity can ensure that no matter where and at any time, there will be someone in this family who can protect others and shoulder the burdens and responsibilities of the entire family.
This is also the main reason why Zhang Tie returned to Huaiyuan County this time.
"Brother, you gave me a remote sensing crystal today. Then let me think about it, I will give you something too, but brother, you are not allowed to look at it when I take it. You must turn around!" Zhang Tieyong joked. said in a tone of voice.
"Haha, you are still doing this with me. What else do you have on your body now? Why can't I see it?" Zhang Yang laughed haha, thinking that Zhang Tie still had a childish heart and liked to joke with him just like he did when he was a child. .
¡°I¡¯m going to do a magic trick, brother, can you turn it around and let me keep a little bit of a mystery?¡±
Seeing the serious look in Zhang Tie's eyes, Zhang Yang turned around without taking it seriously, admonishing Zhang Tie while turning around. "Let me say it first, little brother, don't deliberately make a toad, a snake or the like to scare me like you did when you were a child. I am now the father of several children. Such childish games Just stop playing!¡±
Hearing his brother talk about his childhood, Zhang Tie smiled and saw that his brother had completely turned around. As soon as he was alert, a crystal clear red fruit that was much smaller than an apple suddenly appeared in his hand - the fruit of plunder! The reward Xiaoshu gave Zhang Tie after he killed Master Abian.
Holding the fruit in Zhang Tie¡¯s hand, it looked a little bigger than a plum. There seemed to be a layer of mysterious brilliance flowing inside the fruit, making people unable to take their eyes away when they saw it.
"Okay, brother, the magic is over. You can turn around!" Zhang Tie said in a calm tone.
Zhang Yang turned around and saw the fruit with a layer of mysterious brilliance like crystal in Zhang Tie's palm. He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. "Ha, you still have something hidden on your body. Is this the gift you want to give me? It looks quite beautiful. Is it made of crystal?"
¡°This is an edible fruit, I¡¯ll bring it to you, brother!¡±
"Eat, ah, do you think this is a fruit? This is the first time I have seen such a strange fruit. Did you find this in the wild? It can't be poisonous!" Zhang Yang took the plundered fruit. He looked at it with his hands, but there was no look of surprise on his face, and he even made a little joke with Zhang Tie.
"Before you eat it, brother, can you promise me two things? The first is not to ask me what this fruit is and where it comes from, because I don't want to lie to you, but it will be difficult to talk about it. It's very complicated. It may not be a good thing for this family if you know it. Just treat it as my secret. Secondly, don't tell anyone that you have eaten such a thing!" Zhang Tie looked at Zhang Yang very seriously and said.
"Ha, that's quite serious. Okay, I promise you, I won't ask you where this fruit comes from, and I won't tell anyone, not even your sisters-in-law. Is that okay?" Zhang Yang was still very relaxed at this moment.
Zhang Tie nodded seriously.
"Then let me try it?"
¡°It¡¯s best to swallow it in one gulp without exposing even a drop of juice!¡±
Zhang Yang smiled and had no doubt that Zhang Tie would give him something bad to eat, so he swallowed the fruit in one bite, chewed it a few times with his mouth bulging, and swallowed the fruit in one go. In the belly.
"Well, the taste is a bit strange" Zhang Yang smacked his mouth, "It seems a little bit like"
It's a bit like something. Zhang Yang didn't say anything. His eyes suddenly widened and his whole body slowly started to tremble. At this moment, he felt that a lot of things began to emerge in his mind. It was just like him, but suddenly the memory became clear - the names of various herbs and plants, the medicinal properties of various animals, the refining methods of various strange liquids and powders, various A kind of operation process that made him feel extremely skilled, various gene sequences, various formulas, the production of various potions and elixirs, the treatment methods of many diseases, the assessment standards for elixir masters at all levels
Zhang Yang was breathing heavily, his eyes were upward, his eyelids were trembling, and his whole body spasmed from time to time. He stayed in this state for almost an hour before he slowly recovered
He looked at Zhang Tie, then looked at his hands in shock, and then said to himself in a trembling and incredible tone, "Ah what's going on I now now feel I seem to be a I became an orange-robed elixir master, and I suddenly knew a lot of things, and I learned a lot of potion making methods at once"
Zhang Tie took a deep breath, "Brother, you are indeed an orange-robed alchemist now. You have mastered all the knowledge and skills that an orange-robed alchemist should master. With this identity, This should make you more capable of protecting this family"
"That fruit" Zhang Yang stared at Zhang Tie with his eyes wide open, as if he understood all of a sudden. All the shock accumulated from birth to today, Zhang Yang felt that it was not even 100% what he was now. One strong
Zhang Tie only nodded slightly.
Zhang Yang was completely shocked and speechless. He wanted to ask Zhang Tie what kind of fruit it was and where it came from. Then he thought of what he promised Zhang Tie, so he stopped suddenly.
The room had been quiet for three minutes, and Zhang Yang, who was panting heavily, calmed down slightly. Due to nervousness, his voice was already slightly trembling and hoarse at this time, "In a few days I will go to the Alchemist Guild." Completing the Herbal Apprentice Certification, this should not be noticeable"
"Well, I will first be certified as an herbalist apprentice, and then before leaving here, I will upgrade to another level and be certified as a backpack herbalist. The rest will be completed in the Eastern Continent. The time will be longer and controlled within five to ten years. I think even if you complete the certification of Orange Robe Alchemist in ten years, you will already be considered a genius among geniuses in the eyes of others. It would be bad if you did it too quickly!" Zhang Tie said calmly.
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Two hours later, it was past eleven o'clock at night. Zhang Tie stood in front of the door on the third floor of an apartment building in a high-end community with very good security in Yiyang City, and rang the doorbell three times in a row. .
"Fiona, go see who it is" A gentle voice that was familiar to Zhang Tie came from inside the door.
"Ah, I see" Then there was a sound of slippers scraping against the floor from inside the door, "It's really annoying. We have been tired all day, and now we are looking for someone. My favorite grass jam is not yet available. It's done"
Hearing the footsteps approaching from inside the door, Zhang Tie took a step back, adjusted his clothes, and faced the peephole inside the door with a smile on his face.
A few seconds later, Zhang Tie saw that the cover of the peephole in the door was opened, and then - with a bang, a disk in the room fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Ah, Fiona, what happened!" Linda's voice came from the house, and then she walked towards the foyer.
The door opened, and Fiona, who was wearing pajamas, burst into tears. Without saying anything, she immediately threw herself into Zhang Tie's arms and hugged him tightly. Linda turned out of a room. When she saw Zhang Tie, her whole body suddenly froze. She covered her mouth with her hands and looked at the scene in front of her in disbelief, and her tears suddenly burst out.
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