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Seeing Tao Zhe holding his breath, waiting for his next words, Zhao Baiyi didn't directly answer him. Instead, he asked, "Do you know about the Light Wind Palace?"
Tao Zhe nodded his head, "Yes, yes. It's the place that has two of the top ten sword ranking in Jianghu. And what are the names of the two youths on the Young Hero Board?"
Chu Zhenye facepalmed, "How can you not know this? The sixth place 'Light Wind Sword' and the seventh place 'Floating Life Sword' were currently in the hands of the top rank of the Young Hero Ranking, Ran Xingchen, and the ninth place, Ran Hao, respectively. The Light Wind Sword and the Light Wind Sword, how can you not know? "
Tao Zhe nodded seriously, and then frowned: "Ran Hao? Why does it feel so familiar? " His gaze moved, falling on Ran Hao at the side, stunned for a moment.
Zhao Qingyan said lightly, "It's just a rebranding. He's not the same person."
Ran Hao remained expressionless, but Zhao Boyi and the others were finally able to hold back their laughter, and did not say anything.
Tao Zhe let out an "oh", clearly believing him. He then looked at Zhao Boyi: "Continue?"
Zhao Baiyi asked, "Then do you know of the Light Wind Palace, or the Ran Tong Pavilion?"
Tao Zhe blankly shook his head, "His surname is Ran too?"
Chu Zhenye knocked on Tao Zhe's head again, "Nonsense, he is the former palace lord of the Light Wind Palace, of course his surname is Ran!"
Seeing that Tao Zhe obviously didn't understand, Zhao Qingyan added a simple and concise introduction: "He's the father of the Ran Star Dust."
Tao Zhe was suddenly enlightened: "I understand!"
Zhao Qingyan asked casually, "What do you know?"
Tao Zhe seriously replied: "I know he's Ran Star Dust's father."
"Stupid!" Chu Zhentian raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, "Palace Head Ran is much more famous than the Ran Palace Mistress! "It's much more powerful!"
Tao Zhe dodged to the side, moving closer to Zhao Qingyan, "Is there any difference between Palace Master Ran and Palace Master Ran?"
Zhao Qingyan smiled as he stopped Chu Zhenye who was about to chase after him, "That's enough, he doesn't know that you just have to patiently tell him. "Before we left, Thirteenth Uncle even specifically reminded you to teach him not to get angry. Are you angry just like that?"
Hearing Zhao Qingyan's words, Chu Zhenye had no choice but to stop as he muttered in a low voice: "He should have been beaten up anyway."
Zhao Qingyan turned her head to look at Tao Zhe. Seeing that this foolish child had forgotten that there was still Chu Zhenye who wanted to hit him, she stared blankly at the pastries on the table and passed a plate to him. "Do you want to eat? Take a few pieces and eat them. "
Tao Zhe nodded and reached for it. Chu Zhenye saw this from the side and raised his eyebrows in anger, "If the lord gives it to you, eat it. Is there a rule?"
"Chu Zhenye." Zhao Qingyan frowned with a slightly dissatisfied tone, but he was not strict with it. "We were just playing anyway. What rules are there?"
Zhao Baiyi agreed, "Exactly, Seventh Brother has no rules."
Zhao Qingyan's eyebrows twitched as he said helplessly, "Second Brother …" Are you praising me or mocking me? "
Zhao Baiyi threw up his hands, "Just the truth."
On the other side, Zhao Qingyan was preparing to argue with Zhao Baiyi. On the other side, Chu Zhenye was once again staring at Tao Zhe, who was eating his cake. Han Yan, who had been silent all this while, finally spoke, "Alright, you can rest. Let me teach him." He reached out to push Chu Zhentian aside, and waved his finger in front of Tao Zhe's eyes, signalling him to pay attention: "The Ran Tong Xuan Palace Mistress that they are talking about, is the teacher that young prince is talking about. This Palace Master Ran had been at the top of the Young Hero Ranking in the martial arts world for the past twenty years. What was not inferior to his martial arts was his talent. Of course, there was no ranking for this talent. However, there was once a saying of 'Fourth Young Master' in the martial arts world. He was called the Fourth Young Master, and he was also called the Four Elites. These four people were similar in age, and could be considered to have made a name for themselves in the martial arts world. The four of them are exceptionally outstanding people, and they also have extremely low profile. "
Pausing, Han Yan continued, "How can we describe such an outstanding talent? Beautiful appearance, gentle, refined, cultured, and capable. In other words, they were among the top ten list of beauties in the martial arts world and the list of young heroes. These four people... The Light Wind Palace's Palace Master Ran Tong Xuan, the Puppet Palace's Master Mo Huaijin, the Valley Master Xiao Zhiyu, and the Palace Master Bai Yutang all belonged to forces that were at the peak of their power at that time. Of course, they are still one of the stronger powers now. However, compared to before, they have lost all color. "
Some of them knew it, some didn't. They were all listening intently, lost in their own thoughts. A moment later, Tao Zhe came back to his senses. "Who is the Whitehead Towers?"
Bai Zhen, who was standing off to the side, suddenly replied, "My father." Then he stopped talking again.
Han Yan waited for a while, and seeing that they seemed to still be waiting for him to speak, he continued: "Twenty two years ago, the Light Wind Palace relied on their top martial arts skills and the Light Wind Sword in their hands, and won the reputation of being the best in the world's sword techniques. In that new ranking, Mo Huaijin had used his lightweight skill and the 13 blueprints he had created to propose to his father, the previous master of the Puppet Palace, to become the new master of the Puppet Palace, making him famous instantly. The secret competition between the Tang Sect and the Puppet Palace over the mechanisms had thus ended. As a result, the status of the Puppet Palace was firmly established. This year, the Ran Tong Pavilion was 22 years old, and Mo Huaijin was 20 years old. Based on how long it had been since then, Xiao Zhiyu should have been eighteen years old at the time, and Baiyadan was twenty-six. "
"Xiao Zhiyu became famous late. Four years later, he suddenly appeared in the martial arts world, and in less than half a year, he became known as the 'Godly Doctor'. On the other hand, Bai Yutang was the most famous among the four of them. At the age of sixteen, he had already become a student of the Beijing Trials and had also been accepted as a disciple by Prime Minister Yan. His rank was not high, but his reputation was very high. At the age of sixteen, not only had he obtained the eye of the first scorer of the imperial examinations, he had also obtained the fourth rank of the Young Hero Board half a year later. The other rankings were held every five years, and ten years later, Bai Chaotang won the floral exploration of that year. This year, it will be the famous' Three Nobility Guilds' of the time. The Ran Tong Pavilion will be ranked first, while Mo Huaijin will be ranked seventh. "
Han Yan paused for a second, then spent more time to add, "The Young Hero Rankings is a contest of individual strength, not individual strength. Bai Ran and Bai Ran both used swords. After losing to the Ran Tong Pavilion, Bai Yutang had given up on sparring with the one who had obtained the top spot. Thus, he was ranked third. "It can be said that his brilliance was completely overshadowed by the Ran Tong Pavilion. In fact, he even lost to them because of not fighting, which caused the people of the martial world to complain a little."
He stealthily glanced at Bai Zhen and noticed that his expression remained the same. He did not seem to care about him and continued, "Back then, other than the Ran Tong Pavilion who had single-handedly defeated six experts on the leaderboards, the most eye-catching person was Mo Huaijin. The young master of the Puppet Palace, who was famous for his large scale traps, had relied on a hidden weapon to make it into the top ten, then defeated four people in a row. As for the two of them, they relied on their reputations to rope in a large number of experts for their own sect, causing their strength to rise greatly. "
"Just now, you said that you were meeting three gentlemen for the first time. This is something that will happen many years later. But the three of them did talk to each other, and they became close friends. Bai Yaotang was not a person who liked to compete with others. Thus, his path to government office was constantly thwarted. However, under the guidance of Yan Cheng, he became the teacher for the three princes' princes. During his years as a teacher, the Puppet Palace had experienced frequent internal strife. Finally, during his seven years as a teacher, the year before his resignation from the capital, his subordinates from the Puppet Palace had usurped the throne, and Zhu Yanyu had appeared in the martial arts world at the same time. In the end, both Tang Xiao and Mo Huaijin's death and Tang Xiao's severe injuries ended. Back then, the reason why the Ran Tong Pavilion was there was to save Mo Huaijin. When Bai Yan Tang learned of this matter, he was a step too late. When he arrived, he saw the Ran Tong Pavilion carrying the young prince, who was already unconscious and had a high fever, in his arms. It could be said that the reason the Ran Tong Pavilion had saved the young prince was entirely because of Bai Yutang. Bai Yutang returned to the capital with them and informed Prince Qi of the whole story. After that, the Ran Tong Pavilion remained at the Qi King Manor, and was treated by the best imperial physician in the palace. "
Han Yan looked at the attentive crowd and let out a light breath, "At that time, he had never been on good terms with San Yu, but after hearing their reputations, he did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to Di Liang to personally diagnose and treat the Ran Tong Pavilion. It was already a year later, and the young prince's relationship with the Ran Tong Pavilion had also reached a very high level. During the process of healing the Ran Tong Pavilion, Xiao Zhiyu had also taken the young prince as his' half disciple '. "
"The great illness of the Ran Tong Pavilion has been cured, but my body is still weak and I am unable to execute martial arts. After much deliberation, the two went in search of the antidote from Tang Xiao. Avoiding the martial arts world and hiding in the imperial court, it was certain that he would not be able to return to the imperial court. Thus, he decided to resign. The act of moving the family away was also seen as proof that the four gentlemen were good friends. In fact, the fourth young master's story only appeared after Mo Huaijin's death. However, over ten years have passed, and this is what everyone has called them, and they have obtained the title of "Fourth Young Master". "
Finally, Han Yan concluded, "This is where the young prince's teachers came from."
Bai Zhen seemed to be deep in thought as well. "My father has always kept his mouth shut about the past. As his son, I actually don't know much about these matters."
Zhao Baiyi nodded in agreement. "That's right. Who would have thought that an old-fashioned and long-winded teacher would have such a great and genuine personality?"
"How long-winded …" Bai Zhen was momentarily stunned before smiling bitterly. "It has been many years since I last saw my father nagging."
Jiang Wuyan looked at Han Yan with a dark expression, "I'm curious, how do you know so many things?"
Zhao Qingyan drank a few mouthfuls of water to suppress the emotions in his heart. He smiled and said, "You will slowly find out in the future. Han Yan is an outstanding person who knows hundreds of things. He …"
"Young Marquis!" An exceptionally mournful cry sounded out. A deep red thing pounced on Zhao Qingyan, knocking him down. The water in the cup that Zhao Qingyan had not put down splashed onto his body.
"Don't attack!" Zhao Qingyan, who had been pushed down by the attack, hurriedly warned. The guards, who had been pointing their fingers towards their weapons, stopped, realizing that Zhao Qingyan was not talking to them.
At this moment, most of the people were still immersed in the story of Han Yan, so the person's movements were too sudden, causing only three people to react. In his hand was a shining white sword that was as thin as a cicada's wing. The sword tip was close to the side of the black shadow's neck. The cup of water in Jiang Wuyan's hand smashed onto the back of the black shadow, hitting one of his major acupoints. Three more Lancets appeared between his fingers. The two of them moved at almost the same time and reacted the fastest they could. As for Bai Zhen, who was standing a little further away, he slowly drew the short saber at his waist. His reaction was slightly inferior to that of Jiang and Ran, but he was faster than the carefully chosen guards.
"It's our people. Everyone stop." Zhao Qingyan repeated herself again. After Ran Hao had removed his sword and Jiang Wuyan had cleared her acupuncture points, he pushed the person lying on top of him away. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, "Do you want to die?"