Chapter 18 Is my brother really a genius?

On the second day of March, a gentle breeze blows to Yujing Mountain, so it is a good time to return home.

"The eldest master has returned home!"

The servant who was waiting for news at the pavilion outside the city rode back to Zhou's mansion as soon as he saw Zhou Tiege's convoy.

Today, the main gate of Zhou Mansion is open. Freshly picked flowers are placed under the heavy red-painted golden nanmu pillars, and the glazed plaque on the main door has been polished to a shine as if it were new.

The servants of the Zhou residence lined the streets to greet them, with joyful faces.

Although the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards was only a sixth-rank "minor official", he was a close minister to the emperor. In addition, Zhou Tiege was only twenty-two years old, so he was definitely promoted!

As the younger brother, Zhou Tieyi stood at the gate waiting at daybreak. This ancient patriarchal ritual was so old-fashioned and outdated that it made him feel as painful as being dragged up to do morning exercises.

Following the servant's report, within ten breaths, a team of more than thirty cavalrymen were seen riding horses. Because they were in the city, the cavalrymen were not marching fast, but each knight was wearing a solemn full-body fish-scale black armor and a silver helmet with a swan tail that half covered his face.

The leader was wearing an imperially bestowed armor with tiger patterns. The dragon horse under him had two horns. The knight had a nose like a hanging gall bladder, reaching up to his forehead. His eyebrows were like phoenix tails, and parted to his temples. He was truly a rare talent.

"stop!"

Arriving at the door of his own house, Zhou Tiege clenched his fist in the air and ordered the entire cavalry, both men and horses, to obey his orders.

"So handsome!"

Zhou Tieyi secretly praised that he would also return home like this in the future. The patriarchal ritual also has its advanced nature.

"Congratulations, big brother, on your promotion to deputy commander of the Imperial Guards."

As a younger brother, Zhou Tieyi stepped forward and saluted.

Zhou Tiege jumped off the horse swiftly and placed his strong palm on Zhou Tieyi's shoulder.

This caused Zhou Tieyi's left shoulder to sink slightly, but just when he was about to collapse, the strength disappeared out of thin air.

Zhou Tiege looked at his brother with a little surprise. Because of the rumors, he had planned to teach his brother a lesson when he returned home this time, but now it seems that his brother is not as bad as he imagined.

"Practicing martial arts?"

Zhou Tieyi looked at Zhou Tiege, who looked 80% similar to him, but had a bit more of the spirit of a soldier. "Mother agreed."

"Practicing martial arts is a good thing."

Zhou Tiege was not worried at all that his brother's martial arts training might affect the power distribution in the family. Instead, he said, "Originally, when I came back this time, I was going to persuade mother to give up the idea of ​​letting you learn literature."

"Let's go in first, pay our respects to mother, and then we brothers can have a good chat."

Entering the main hall, there were eight armchairs on both sides. Zhou's mother sat in the middle, with a picture of a tiger descending the mountain hanging behind her.

"I am an unfilial child. I have not served my mother for several years."

Zhou Tiege pushed the golden mountain and bowed down to the jade pillar. He left home to join the army at the age of sixteen and started as a small soldier at Luori Pass. He had not returned home for six years.

Zhou's mother was happy, but unlike ordinary women, she said sternly, "How can you be unfilial to guard the pass for the country? You have been favored by the emperor and transferred to the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. As a man of the country, you should pay more attention to the country's affairs. Don't say such childish words anymore."

Zhou Tieyi secretly clicked his tongue, his mother's speaking skills were indeed worthy of being a great cultivator who had hoped to reach the third rank!

"That's what my mother taught me."

Zhou Tiege stood up and sat down.

Then Zhou's mother asked in detail about Zhou Tiege's recent situation over the years. Although she knew everything about Zhou Tiege through correspondence in the army, it was not as good as hearing it from her own son himself.

Zhou Tieyi listened quietly at the side and was also very curious about the situation of his biological brother. Having completely inherited Zhou Tieyi's memory, he naturally inherited Zhou Tieyi's emotions as well. He felt a spontaneous feeling of joy at his brother's return.

The most important thing Zhou Tiege talked about was that Yuan Meng had started to collect money from the poor again last year.

The so-called "autumn wind" means that the nomadic countries in the north have severe cold winters and there is not enough food for the people to survive the winter, so they go south to plunder.

It was only twenty-five years ago that in the Battle of Sunset Pass, Your Majesty, who was still a prince at the time, was like a flying dragon. He launched a surprise attack over a thousand miles away and defeated the Yuanmeng royal tent in front of the Dark Valley. He then outflanked it from behind and killed Ri Khan in front of Sunset Pass. Since then, the Yuanmeng tribes had been scattered and had been unable to move south for more than twenty years.

Last autumn, Yuanmeng began to send elite tribes to the south to collect autumn wind, and this time both sides won and lost. Zhou Tiege also killed more than a thousand enemies in this battle and was promoted to the fifth rank. After talking about his own recent situation, Zhou Tiege looked at Zhou Tieyi again. On the way back from Liting, he had heard the servants talk about Zhou Tieyi's nine-day breaking of the sea of ​​qi.

But even for him, his first reaction was disbelief, thinking it was a hype created by his family.

But after testing it just now, it seemed that his younger brother was much better than expected. At least his strength was much better than that of an ordinary ninth-grade warrior.

However, I still need to test my younger brother's talent and ability myself.

"Come on, follow me to the training ground."

······
In the military camp, Zhou Tieyi said to his brother, "Brother, you don't want to test my martial arts, do you? Let me make it clear first, although I have opened up my Qi Sea, I haven't had time to practice the art of fighting."

To open up the Qi Sea, Zhou Tieyi can rely on his physique and supernatural powers, but the art of fighting requires a lot of practical experience.

Now Zhou Tieyi can only rely on his half-immortal body and powerful qi and blood power to exchange injuries for lives with others.

"Did you really open up the Qi Sea in just nine days?"

Zhou Tiege looked at his brother curiously.

Zhou Tieyi scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and said with a smile, "How can that be possible?"

Zhou Tiege nodded secretly, this is reasonable...

“My family thought it was too exaggerated, so they announced to the public that it took me nine days to break through the Qi Sea, but in fact it only took me six days.”

Even with Zhou Tiege's temperament, he was stunned for a moment after hearing these words.

Seeing that Zhou Tiege was silent, Zhou Tieyi patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "Actually, I'm not that talented. I just have a little more luck than others."

As he spoke, Zhou Tieyi gestured slightly with his fingers.

"loquacious!"

On the one hand, Zhou Tiege felt friendly towards the smooth-talking Zhou Tieyi, but on the other hand, he wanted to act like an elder brother who was like a father to him.

"Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. Whether you are a true genius or not depends on whether you can pass my test!"

The two men had already arrived at the training ground. Zhou Tiege blew a whistle, and a dragon horse came galloping over. The dragon horse was as black as ink, with flying mane and two curved horns on its forehead.

Behind Longma was a half-grown foal. Although it was not yet an adult, it was nearly two meters tall.

However, the foal was very wild. When it ran over, it suddenly galloped towards the guards lined up on both sides, apparently trying to drive away the crowd.

"come over!"

Zhou Tiege stretched out his hand, and the blood of his guards surged, condensing into a giant palm over ten feet in size, which grabbed the wild horse and pulled it in front of him.

The foal neighed and looked at Zhou Tiege with dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Zhou Tiege said to Zhou Tieyi, "This fierce horse is the offspring of my Tayun and Bo beast. It won't yield to me. If you can subdue it in nine days, you have some talent."

The moment Zhou Tieyi saw the horse, his eyes lit up. This was no less than the top supercar in his previous life.

This brother is so good!

"Let me try."

Zhou Tieyi walked forward and put his palm on the colt's neck, "Understand? Follow me, and you will have a good life in the future! Otherwise, I will have horse meat in a copper pot tonight!"

The foal born from the dragon horse and the beast looked confused at first, then looked at Zhou Tieyi seriously and snorted.

It's much more intelligent than a squirrel. It seems that the magical power of [driving away wild animals] is not as useless as I thought.

Zhou Tieyi climbed onto the horse and said to his brother from above, "Brother, it seems that I still have a little bit of talent."

Zhou Tiege: Is my brother really an extraordinary genius?
(End of this chapter)