Chapter 94 Shangguan Hongyan

  A month's time is not long, especially in cultivation, it's almost a blink of an eye that has passed. Zhang Fang spent half a month to refine and successfully break through the foundation period, his cultivation increased greatly, and he also seemed more confident.

  Later, Zhang Cheng passed on his newly researched "Earth-Shaking Fist" to him. However, with Zhang Fang's talent, in these few days, he only grasped less than 20% of this fist technique and could only achieve a semblance of the form, still far from mastering its essence.

  However, although he only grasped 20%, Zhang Fang also sensed the difference between this boxing technique and the Earth-Shattering Fist, or rather, he could no longer see any similarities between the two.

  Zhang Cheng couldn't see the value in it, but Zhang Fang was wise and gave this set of fist techniques a name called "Earth-Shaking Divine Fist", then included it as one of the top-level fist techniques of the Zhang family. Later, he ordered someone to compile it into a book and store it in the family's secret library, with Zhang Cheng's name listed as the author.

  Zhang Cheng had no major opinions on this, and during the compilation process, he also assisted on the side. Afterwards, he even wrote a few pages of his own practice experience and put it at the back of this skill manual, sparing no effort in enhancing the Zhang family's strength.

  Then, Zhang Cheng went out with Ouyang Qianyun and the kitten for a few days, eating all kinds of delicious food, until today when Ouyang Tianhong sent someone to pick them up, this peaceful life finally came to an end.

  Zhang Cheng and Ouyang Qianyun were in a hurry to have fun in Yanjing, so they didn't take a horse-drawn carriage. Instead, they flew directly to Yanjing with Zhang Fang on the flying sword, crossing thousands of miles from Shaoyang City in less than a minute. They landed quietly outside the city.

  This was Zhang Cheng's first time coming to Yanjing City, and at first glance, he noticed the difference between here and Shaoyang City.

  The city wall of Shaoyang City is high, but it appears a bit thin. However, the city wall here is more than twice as high as that of Shaoyang City and also appears thicker.

  Moreover, on the city wall, there are watchtowers every five steps and sentry posts every ten steps, which are very dense, giving people a feeling of being under surveillance at all times.

  In addition, the city gate of Yancheng is extremely large, almost as high as the city wall. Standing underneath it makes one feel very small. Moreover, there are also soldiers standing in front of the city gate, which is something that Shaoyang City can't compare to.

  Zhang Cheng, who had just arrived in Yanjing City, found everything novel and looked around without any disguise, which caused many people to despise him. After all, Zhang Cheng's appearance was exactly the same as that of a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

  However, Ou Yang Qian Yun didn't think there was anything wrong with it and instead found it quite amusing. Moreover, she unhesitantly grabbed Zhang Cheng's hand and followed behind him.

  Unlike in Shaoyang City, she seems to be enjoying this attention at the moment.

  "I told you to be more honest, don't be like a country bumpkin for every little thing. Can't you see how others are looking at us?" Ouyang Qianyun didn't feel anything, but Zhang Fang was uncomfortable all over from being stared at by others. If this weren't the Yanjing University campus, if it weren't their own turf, he would have blown up already.

  "Oh!" Zhang Cheng responded with a sound, then gathered his thoughts and said: "Dad, why don't you go to Mr. Ouyang's house first, and I'll take Qianyun out for a stroll around?"

  "Hmm, it's fine this way, but don't go causing trouble for Old Man Ouyang, got it?" Zhang Fang said after some thought.

  "Don't worry, I'm that kind of person who likes to look for trouble!" Zhang Cheng said with a bad tone, then rushed towards Zhang Fang and said: "Let's go!"

  "Go on, don't play too late, finish your stroll early and then head back to Old Master Ouyang's place!" Zhang Fang reminded.

  "I understand!" With that, Zhang Cheng pulled Ouyang Qianyun and disappeared into the crowd.

  Watching their departing figures, Zhang Fang sighed and nodded, then headed directly to the Ouyang family. He wasn't worried about their safety, because with Zhang Cheng's current cultivation level, in the entire Huaxia country, except for those few late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, there were almost none who could harm Zhang Cheng.

  Because Zhang Cheng was here for the first time, he found everything novel and had not seen some things before, so he bought a lot. On the other hand, Ouyang Qianyun didn't buy anything, but followed behind him, watching Zhang Cheng with a smile on his face, feeling very amused, because she had never seen such an adorable side of Zhang Cheng before.

  "Hey, doesn't this hairpin look great?" Zhang Cheng suddenly spotted a golden hairpin with a golden butterfly on it at a stall, and thought it looked really good, so he picked it up and asked.

  "Ah, it looks good!" Ouyang Qianyun looked at the hairpin and then nodded slightly with a faint blush.

  "Old man, how much is this?" Zhang Cheng didn't ask Ouyang Qianyun if she wanted it or not, and directly asked the old vendor the price.

  However, the old man had not yet replied when Zhang Cheng heard a clear voice coming from behind him: "I've taken a liking to this hairpin. Old man, how much is it? I'll buy it for ten times the price."

  Then he saw a pair of white and flawless small hands coming over to grab the hairpin in his hand.

  Zhang Cheng got a bit angry at this point, where would he let her have her way? He dodged the snatching of the small hands and directly inserted them into Ouyang Qianyun's hair, saying: "Girl, this hairpin really suits you!"

  "...It was a young girl in a red long dress, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with rosy lips and white teeth, who looked no less beautiful than Ouyang Qianyun, who rushed to snatch the hairpin from Zhang Cheng's hand."

  However, although she is slightly older, she appears more immature than Ouyang Qianyun.

  At this moment, she was staring at Zhang Cheng with her big eyes wide open, obviously very angry about what he had done.

  "Old man, how much is this hairpin?" Zhang Cheng didn't even bother to look at her, and instead directly asked the old vendor.

  "This... one gold coin!" The old man seemed to have not expected the young man to do this, and was curious about his identity, then subconsciously reported the price.

  "A gold coin, it's not expensive, here you are!" Zhang Cheng said, and then he took out a gold coin and handed it to the old man. After that, he pulled Ouyang Qianyun and was about to leave this place.

  "Don't go!" The woman was enraged by Zhang Cheng's straightforward words and saw that they were about to leave, so she directly walked in front of them and blocked their way.

  "Ah!" Zhang Cheng finally saw his opponent's appearance clearly and felt a sense of clarity in front of him.

  This woman's appearance was on par with Ouyang Qianyun, and her figure was also quite good. However, Zhang Cheng extremely disliked her overbearing personality, so he raised an eyebrow and asked, "May I ask, miss, do you know who I am?"

  "How did I come to know you!" The other party seemed to have not expected Zhang Cheng to ask such a sentence, and was somewhat at a loss as to what it meant.

  "Since Miss doesn't know me, I don't know you either. What right do you have to stop me?" Zhang Cheng's face turned cold as he questioned.

  "This..." Seeing Zhang Cheng's gradually cold expression, the woman subconsciously retreated a step back, because she felt a strong sense of oppression.

  "Little boy, do you know who she is? She's the only daughter of the head of the Shangguan family, the first great family of the Tianlong Empire. Shangguan Hongyan, you'd better hand over that hairpin if you know what's good for you, or we won't let you leave!" Just then, a group of men walked up behind Shangguan Hongyan and looked at Zhang Cheng with disdain.

  However, when they saw Ouyang Qianyun, their eyes also lit up, and a thread of greed flashed at the bottom of their eyes.

  Seeing her helper arrive, Shangguan Hongyan also gained some confidence, looking at Zhang Cheng with a "you don't give it to me, I'll make you look good" expression.

  "Tianlong Empire, the Shangguan family?" Zhang Cheng raised an eyebrow and said: "I've never heard of a Shangguan family. As for this hairpin, I've already bought it, so it's mine. You want me to give it up? Wouldn't that make me lose face?"

  "I don't care about your dignity, if you don't teach me, then don't think about leaving here today!" The man said angrily.

  "Chen Li, don't waste your breath on them, just grab it for me!" However, Shangguan Hongyan wasn't actually taken with the hairpin, but rather was shocked that Ouyang Qianyun's appearance was almost on par with hers, which dealt a huge blow to her self-esteem as someone who had always thought of herself as the most beautiful woman in the world.

  So she wanted to surpass Ouyang Qianyun in every way, which led to that previous scene.

  "I advise you not to take action!" Zhang Cheng's face turned even colder, and a hint of murderous intent flowed out from his eyes.

  He can tolerate others' insults to him, but he will never allow anyone to have any ill intentions towards Ouyang Qianyun by his side. Chen Li has clearly had such intentions at this moment, so his fate is doomed to be tragic.