I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 111 Mini Dragon Ball
Zhang Chen didn't know what the Jiaozhu was used for. He only knew that the Jiaozhu was a big trouble, and he had to find ways to get rid of it. Otherwise, after Zhang Shicheng survived his fate, he would come looking for trouble with him.

"But how can we conceal the aura of the dragon pearl?"

Zhang Chen looked at the fragment of the dragon bead, but who knew that the next moment the dragon energy in his body surged and came out from his wrist directly, turning into a real dragon. It opened its tiny mouth towards the dragon bead, only to see the dragon bead turned into a mist, which poured into the mouth of the real dragon. In just over thirty breaths, the dragon bead had been completely absorbed and disappeared without a trace.

"This..." Zhang Chen's expression changed when he saw this scene. He thought to himself and looked inside his dragon energy. He felt that there was something unusual about his dragon energy. He saw that the dragon energy was playing around in his soul world. A grain of golden light the size of a rice grain was constantly swallowed and spit out from his mouth, just like a real dragon playing with a pearl.

Dragon Ball!

Seeing the rice-sized ball of light, Zhang Chen suddenly had an idea. An idea emerged in his mind, and then a piece of information appeared in his mind the next moment:

[Dragon Ball: can double the amount of water under control]

"Have you mastered the water flow to a hundred meters?" There was a hint of surprise in Zhang Chen's eyes. He seemed to be getting closer and closer to turning into a real dragon.

Moreover, after Zhang Chen saw the definition of the golden light on the Golden Finger page, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter, because what the other party defined was the [Dragon Ball], not the [Jiao Ball] of the fake dragon.

Although this dragon ball is very small, Zhang Chen is extremely happy. A dragon ball is a dragon ball, and a dragon ball is a dragon ball. The difference between the two is like the difference between gold and iron, which is simply insurmountable.

As the dragon ball moved through his body, Zhang Chen suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. He seemed to have established a strange connection with the lake water under his feet.

"This dragon ball is very magical. If it can be cultivated in the future, it will definitely be of great use." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, looking at Xie Xuan's departing back. The next moment, the river water under his feet froze into ice, carrying Zhang Chen, and was about to swim deeper into the underground river.

But before he had gone far, Xie Xuan suddenly screamed, "Zhang Shicheng! Are you crazy, old man? You are chasing me when you are halfway through your tribulation. If you want to die, don't drag me down with you."

"You destroyed my Jiaozhu. I, your ancestor, will fight to the death with you. I must kill you before I reincarnate and take over another body to vent my anger." Zhang Shicheng's angry roar sounded.

Zhang Chen was startled and quickly turned into an oval-shaped ice. He was swallowed by a giant snake and swam towards the deeper part of the lake.

He didn't care about Xie Xuan's life or death. As a member of the imperial court, Xie Xuan must have ways to protect himself that he didn't know about. Xie Xuan should just wish him good luck.

The cooldown time of his soul-catching skill was getting shorter and shorter, and he didn't want to be targeted by Zhang Shicheng. If Xie Xuan and the other two were targeted, they would still have a chance to escape thanks to the speed of Yang Shen, but if he was targeted, there would be only one way out.

But Zhang Chen was seen sneaking in the water. Suddenly, there was an earthquake. The earth kept breaking into hideous holes, and the lake water kept pouring back. The big snake that Zhang Chen was living in also lost control in the surging flood and could only go with the flow.

At this time, the Crystal Palace collapsed, the cave began to collapse, the underground lake water overflowed, and the underground magma also flowed out, stirring up the entire underground world into a haze.

The giant python accidentally touched the lava and fled quickly, fearing that it would be cooked by the lava if it fled too slowly.

Zhang Chen was in the python's belly, using the water vapor to sense the outside world, his face was extremely gloomy: "Damn it, this is a big trouble! The underground world is collapsing, please don't trap me to death here."

At this time, the magma was surging, and the entire underground world was bright. There was a raging flame burning in the water, which continued to spread underwater. The giant python was so frightened that it could only escape along the cracked ravines underground.

As the two men fought, the ground cracked into gullies. The giant python was in a panic and would take advantage of any opportunity it saw.

As for Zhang Chen? He didn't know the way either. He stopped controlling the python's direction and let it flee in the underground river, wherever it went.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a dragon roar sounded in the underground world, and the dragon roar continued to echo in the underground world: "You little bastard, you damned mortal dared to tamper with my soul, I will never forgive you! I know you are still hiding in the underground world, you come out!"

The magma in the underground world was boiling hot, accompanied by the sound of thunder, and Zhang Shicheng's painful wails echoed throughout the cave.

"It seems that Xie Xuan is in trouble? Could it be that Elder Wu is also in trouble? Otherwise, how would Zhang Shicheng have time to find me?" Zhang Chen's mind flashed with thoughts.

However, Zhang Shicheng was just shouting in the underground world, but he didn't catch up, which showed that the other party could not find his trace. Zhang Chen simply fell into a state of visualization, making his spiritual world fall into silence, and completely blocked all his energy that might expose his identity.

In a daze, Zhang Chen looked at the scroll in his mind and actually saw something different.

Perhaps it was because Zhang Chen's mind was constantly tense before, or perhaps it was because Zhang Chen was particularly focused under the pressure from the outside world. At this moment, Zhang Chen looked at the visualization picture and fell into a strange state.

Then the snake fled instinctively. It didn't know how long it had been running. Suddenly, everything seemed to be quiet. Zhang Chen activated the water control technique to sense the outside world. He was stunned: "Hey, where is the underground lake?"

After Zhang Chen sensed the outside world, he discovered that the underground lake water had disappeared.

He quickly used the beast taming technique to control the giant python to release himself. Then he saw a big sun shining down from the sky, reflecting through the ice into Zhang Chen's eyes.

Looking through the ice at the blurry sun in the sky, Zhang Chen had two thoughts in his mind. The first thought was:

"Out?"

Then the second thought was: "How can I get out? Did that old bastard Zhang Shicheng find me? And then he fished me out?"

The third thought: "What should I do? Should I run away immediately?"

Zhang Chen muttered to himself in a flash, and finally he melted through the ice and came out. Then he looked around with a look of astonishment.

It is surrounded by barren mountains and wilderness, with withered and lifeless grass and trees, and looks very desolate.

The giant python lay in the sun, basking in the sun, as if it had been frozen by the huge ice block in its stomach and was now absorbing the energy from the sun.

There was no sign of human habitation in the wild mountains and ridges. Zhang Chen stared at the sun above his head, his eyes filled with astonishment: "Where am I? Where did this giant python crawl out from?"

At this moment, an indescribable feeling of hunger rose in his stomach. Zhang Chen's body was shaking with hunger. It felt as if he had not eaten for seven or eight days. He was dizzy with hunger. If there was a cow here, he was afraid he could eat it.

Zhang Chen looked at the python, and the next moment he stepped forward without hesitation and put his palm on the python's body, then sucked the python's blood dry. As the snake's blood was sucked dry, a stream of warm blood flowed out from the crystal core silk cocoon, nourishing Zhang Chen's body. However, Zhang Chen was still very hungry at this time, extremely hungry.

"I'm very hungry! I must have spent many days in the python's belly. I haven't eaten for a long time." Zhang Chen made a judgment in his heart, so he looked at the python, but for some reason, he felt an indescribable feeling of disgust in his heart, as if it was devouring his own kind. Zhang Chen resisted the hunger, looked away, and shuttled through the deep mountains and old forests. He believed that with his hunting skills, as long as there were still living things in the mountains, he could find food.

After walking for only an hour, Zhang Chen looked at the abandoned traps in the mountains and couldn't help but frown.

The most important thing is that after I walked past, I used my animal taming skills to sense, and found that apart from ants and other small animals, there was not even a mouse in the mountain, as if all the animals had disappeared.

The birds in the mountains were nowhere to be seen, and the entire forest was dead silent. Apart from the sound of wind blowing through the leaves in the mountains, there was no other sound, which was creepy.

Looking at the bones of birds on the ground, Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "The Pingbian Palace has committed a sin. Because of the dragon-transforming dragon, countless birds have died of thirst. This is truly a heinous crime."

All the larger animals on the mountain have turned into bones and become mummies under the scorching sun.

However, Zhang Chen did not give up the search. He was very hungry, extremely hungry, and he had to find something to eat, otherwise he was afraid that he would not die from the conspiracy of others, but would starve to death.

Zhang Chen wandered aimlessly in the mountains and forests. He felt his hands and feet were weak from hunger, and his muscles were aching.

"Maybe I was frozen in the ice for too long and it hurt my skin." Zhang Chen said to himself.

"How much time did I spend in the ice? After all, in my senses, it only took a few moments for me to visualize the scroll." Zhang Chen said to himself.

Just when Zhang Chen was feeling extremely hungry and seeing stars, his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw a Taoist temple among the mountains in the distance.

"There's food!" When Zhang Chen saw the Taoist temple, his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurried towards the temple.

At that time, you can not only ask for food, but also ask for directions, to see where this place is and which direction is home.

Zhang Chen climbed all the way through the barren mountains, his clothes being torn by the scratches of dead trees and thorns in the mountains. Finally, he found a path into the mountain and arrived at the gate.

What disappointed Zhang Chen was that the gate of the Taoist temple was closed and he obviously couldn't get in.

I glanced at the steps on the ground and saw that they were neat and tidy without any weeds or fallen leaves. It was obvious that someone cleaned them regularly.

Feeling his hands and feet weak from hunger, Zhang Chen looked at the gate of the Taoist temple. The next moment, he activated the water control technique and sensed the water flow nearby.

"There is water ten meters underground."

Zhang Chen thought about it, and groundwater slowly seeped through the soil and flew into the air.

"Pumping water from underground is slow." It took Zhang Chen a whole cup of tea to pump out a ten-meter square ball of water from the ground. He then dived directly into the water ball, swam up the high wall, and took advantage of the water flow to fall into the yard, and then dispersed the water ball.

The Taoist temple was also withered and yellow, but he did not care and ran directly towards the palace. Along the way, he saw that the Taoist temple was cleaned up, but there was no one in sight.

Brooms, scrubbers and other objects were scattered on the ground. It was obvious that the people in the Taoist temple left in a hurry because of urgent matters and did not have time to clean up.

Zhang Chen was so hungry that his eyes were blurry. How could he have time to care about so many things? He walked along the stairs and came directly to the main hall.

This Taoist temple is very large, no smaller than the Taoist temple in Zhongnan Mountain in my previous life. The main hall is clean and tidy as new, with incense emitting green smoke, making it look peaceful and quiet.

An unknown deity is enshrined in the main hall, with a total of thirty-six sculptures of various sizes.

Zhang Chen's attention was not on the statue at this time, but his eyes were on the altar in front of the statue. There were apples and pears, needless to say, as well as cakes and other foods, which made Zhang Chen's eyes glow green.

"Is anyone here?" Zhang Chen called out at the entrance of the hall, but no one answered. He walked into the hall and said, "If no one is here, I will come in."

Then he looked at the food on the altar, then at the unknown god statue, and then he bowed respectfully: "I happened to pass by here today and would like to borrow some food to fill my stomach. I will definitely repay you for your kindness in the future."

After saying this, Zhang Chen stopped being polite and directly picked up the pastries on the table and started to devour them.

After the pastry entered his stomach, Zhang Chen swallowed faster and faster, but soon there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Zhang Chen heard the footsteps and looked at the half-eaten pastry on the altar. After a little thought, he chose to hide.

You know, the things offered to the gods cannot be moved casually. If the people in the Taoist temple see it, I'm afraid I will suffer. It's better to go down the mountain and beg for some silver in the future, and then repay the incense.

The footsteps were getting closer. Zhang Chen glanced at the large altar, lifted the curtain of the altar, and then crawled under the altar.

The figure came to the altar, looked at the messy altar, frowned, and said in a clear voice: "Which senior brother is so unruly? He stole too much of the tribute. If the masters find out, we will all be in trouble. But since they have all been eaten, I might as well eat them now. It won't be unfair if I am implicated and punished later."

Then the sound of smacking lips was heard. Zhang Chen hid under the table and heard the voice talking to himself. He couldn't help but think to himself, "It seems to be a little Taoist boy?"

It’s just that the little Taoist boy’s voice was too childish, and it was hard to tell whether it was male or female.

While he was thinking about it, suddenly there was another sound of footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a familiar voice, which came into Zhang Chen's ears.

"Sanguan, how is the plan going down the mountain? This rebellion is of great importance and there must not be any omissions. Whether my Huangtiandao can succeed depends on this!" Elder Wu's voice came from outside the door, but it was a little weak.

Zhang Chen was very familiar with this voice. It was Elder Wu's voice, but why was Elder Wu here? And Huang Tiandao? Rebellion? Was this something he could listen to?

Zhang Chen felt a little panicked, as if he had heard a secret that he shouldn't have heard.

The next moment, the curtain of the desk was lifted, and then a figure nimbly rushed in and collided directly with Zhang Chen's head.

Zhang Chen's nose was hit and tears were about to flow, while the little figure was also holding his chin and grimacing in pain.

(End of this chapter)