I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 127 Lightning Across the Void

Even if you are a noble, when you are so poor that you can't even eat, you can only choose to shut up.

"You have no idea how talented he is. You will regret it!" Han Suzhen looked at her husband and said seriously.

"What can an inferior person achieve in his life?" Chen Sanliang remained silent, his voice full of sneer and mockery.

However, it is not good to say too much about eating someone's food at this time. After all, he is a proud man! And he is an extremely proud man, otherwise he would not be so arrogant as to challenge the saintly way and the lineage of Taoism. He even dared to directly write a letter to impeach a king of a different surname who holds real power, making the relationship between the emperor and the king of Pingbian extremely tense.

Zhang Chen was unaware of the conversation in the courtyard. When he walked out of Wangjia Lane, he felt extremely relaxed. Once he deciphered the characters of this world, the whole world would open up its mysterious veil to him in the future. At that time, he could rely on the characters he had mastered to find opportunities to study the ancient characters.

Zhang Chen walked out of Wangjia Lane and passed through the busy streets. Although there were pedestrians walking on the street, it was dead silent.

"How strange! Zhang Shicheng has obviously been killed by me, but why hasn't the drought in the north been alleviated?" Zhang Chen walked on the street with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Logically speaking, with Zhang Shicheng being beheaded and the pattern of the dragon turning into a dragon being broken, the drought in the world should have been resolved directly. Without the pull of fate, the water vapor should have returned along the original water veins. However, the water vapor between heaven and earth still doesn't seem to be returning at all.

"It shouldn't be like this." Zhang Chen couldn't figure it out. He always felt that something must have gone wrong, but he couldn't quite figure out where exactly.

"Something's not right! Could it be that the transformation from a dragon to a dragon is not over yet? Or is there some secret that I don't know about?" Zhang Chen was strolling on the street.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise on the street, and a group of police officers were seen rushing around on the street, searching passers-by for something.

Zhang Chen summoned the fox spirit and ordered it to get information. Not long after, the fox spirit came back and said, "It's Mr. Wuliu. The palace was informed of the theft last night. Now the palace soldiers are looking for the suspect who passed by."

Zhang Chen watched the street police snatching silver from the merchants and frowned: "This is not looking for lost things, it's clearly robbery."

Zhang Chen didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he asked the fox spirit to use magic to cover up, and then transformed into a vampire bat and disappeared.

The moment Zhang Chen turned into a vampire bat, the fox fairy Nannan disappeared automatically, implying that Zhang Chen did not activate the teleportation technique. The fox fairy Nannan directly lost all information from the world.

When Zhang Chen returned to the Taoist temple, it was exactly noon. The little kid was standing in the house, practicing strength and moving Qi and blood throughout his body, striving to achieve the state of seeing the indestructible spirit as soon as possible.

Seeing Zhang Chen coming back, the little kid put down his airs and said unhappily, "I haven't seen you this morning. Where have you been? I had a hard time looking for you. There seems to be something wrong with you these past few days. You've been so mysterious."

"I'm just thinking, I just arrived at the Taoist temple, as a newcomer I'd better get familiar with the temple and meet more senior brothers." Zhang Chen replied.

"They are just a bunch of idiots, not worth mentioning. Why would you want to make friends with them?" Little Douding looked at them with disdain, and then said to Zhang Chen: "It's time for lunch."

Then the two of them looked at each other, neither of them moved. After a long delay, they carried the wooden barrel and rushed to the kitchen.

As expected, the two of them were at the end of the line, and their lunch consisted of a steamed bun and a spoonful of vegetable porridge.

The two looked at each other, without complaining, but walked back calmly.

In a corner of the kitchen, the law enforcement elder glanced at every disciple, but unfortunately after looking for a long time, he still couldn't find any clues.

The two returned to the room and found that the half pig's head that was not finished last night had been re-stewed. The aroma was locked in the room by the vixen through some means.

"I'm telling you, don't attack the kitchen recently. I heard that some old guys with Hua Jin in the law enforcement team have taken action. They have to stand guard secretly at night. Those old guys with Hua Jin are all experienced and difficult to deal with. Let's stay out of the spotlight." Cheng Yu picked up the pork head with chopsticks, broke the steamed bun, and went straight to a roujiamo.

Zhang Chen did not comment upon hearing this, but he was secretly alert in his heart. The fox spirit was only capable of carrying a hundred kilograms of objects. Apart from being able to come and go without a trace and being good at sneak attacks, it was not certain that it could defeat a dark force warrior.

You have to know that after losing the ability to transform between reality and illusion, the fox spirit will also suffer physical damage. For example, it cannot pass through walls, and can only walk through the cracks in doors.

The two of them ate a pig's head clean. Zhang Chen sent Cheng Yu away and told the fox spirit to carry the pig bones and throw them directly into a temple next door. Then he washed and meditated, ready to visualize and explore the mysterious world again to see if he could find a way to enter the first mysterious world.

As Zhang Chen sat cross-legged on the bed and formed a mysterious talisman with his hands, he fell into a state of meditation. His soul reappeared in the endless darkness, and the golden barrier appeared before his eyes again.

The golden barrier seemed to be shrouded in a layer of hazy smoke, distorting the void, making people curious about the looming world behind the curtain and wanting to peek into all the secrets within the curtain.

Zhang Chen stood in front of the curtain, looking at the world behind it. For some reason, there was a fatal attraction coming from inside the curtain, making him want to break through the obstacles immediately and rush in to peek at the creation inside.

"Bang~"

Zhang Chen threw a punch, but there was not even a ripple. He saw light flowing on the curtain, directly absorbing Zhang Chen's attack.

At this time, Zhang Chen was standing outside the curtain, looking at the curtain with a heavy look in his eyes.

"I have clearly arrived in front of the curtain, but I cannot enter it. Why is that?" Zhang Chen's eyes showed a trace of thought: "The first possibility is that my spiritual realm is not high enough. The second possibility is that my soul power is not enough to tear the curtain in front of me."

"For the above two conjectures, there must be a condition that cannot be met in the dark, but what is the condition?" There was a hint of thought in Zhang Chen's eyes.

"This shouldn't be happening!" Zhang Chen stood in front of the curtain and found that even though he was just standing quietly in front of the curtain, his soul power was still being consumed.

Zhang Chen saw that he could not break through the boundaries of the curtain, so he could only let his spirit return to his body and summon the fox spirit.

"Why summon me?" the vixen asked lazily. Zhang Chen recounted his experience in the dark void, then looked at the vixen: "Have any ancient saints ever been in my situation? Already in front of the curtain, but unable to break through?"

The fox fairy Nannan frowned when she heard this, and the playful look disappeared from her face. After all, the spiritual world was of great importance, and it also concerned her future interests. If Zhang Chen could break through, she would definitely benefit from it in the future.

“That shouldn’t be the case!” The vixen frowned and thought, muttering in a low voice: “The ancient sages only said that the mind has reached that place, but they didn’t say there’s anything strange about it, nor did they say there’s any barrier.”

Zhang Chen was suspicious and had a guess in his mind: "Could it be that the ancient saints relied on their own minds to reach that void and entered the first spiritual world, while I relied on external forces to enter that world?"

Apart from this explanation, he really couldn't find any other reason.

Zhang Chen thought for a long time before he took a breath and gave up thinking temporarily. He then practiced martial arts in the house, sharpening his muscles and bones, trying to find techniques to use the tendons in his arms to generate power.

Unfortunately, after practicing for an entire afternoon, he gained nothing, so Zhang Chen began to practice calligraphy.

Although practicing calligraphy is difficult for Zhang Chen, it is not particularly difficult. After all, calligraphy in the world always has something in common.

It all comes down to controlling the strength and a little bit of technique, which is not very difficult for Zhang Chen.

At this moment, bursts of dog barking were heard in the Taoist temple. Zhang Chen listened carefully and found that the barking was getting closer and closer, and was actually approaching his courtyard.

"Damn, these elders in the Taoist temple are not fools. They actually know to use dogs to find lost food. Fortunately, I have mastered the water control technique, otherwise I would have been exposed today." Zhang Chen directly urged the water molecules in the yard to continuously dry-clean and flush the air. All the breaths were refreshed in the blink of an eye.

Then there was a noise outside the door, and the dog went straight into the temple next to it, saw the pig bones split in half, and placed them in front of the altar.

"Who did it!"

The law enforcement elder looked at the pig bones placed in front of the altar and was so angry that he saw stars. His angry roar shook the entire Taoist temple.

Zhang Chen picked his ears. At this moment, Cheng Yu ran down from upstairs with a guilty conscience and went into Zhang Chen's room. "These elders actually found hounds and wanted to use them to find clues. This is simply too much. We just stewed meat in our room not long ago. I'm afraid the smell can't be covered up. Don't get involved this time. I'll take all the responsibility."

The little bean patted her chest with a loyal attitude, acting like a big sister.

Zhang Chen smiled and patted the little boy's head: "Aren't you afraid of being beaten?"

Hearing about the beating, the little kid trembled with fear, and didn't care about Zhang Chen's pat on the head. He couldn't help but feel panic in his heart: "I ate your flesh, and I'm your senior sister, how can I ask you to take the blame?"

As Xiao Douding spoke, he patted his chest to suppress the fear in his heart: "Don't be afraid, I will definitely take the blame."

Seeing that I was scared but loyal, Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. I've handled it cleanly. Even if they have hounds, they won't be able to find us."

"Really?" The little kid's eyes lit up when he heard that.

Zhang Chen nodded affirmatively, and the little boy returned to his room nervously, quietly opened the window a little and watched secretly.

Zhang Chen exercised his muscles and practiced calligraphy in the house. When it was almost dark and the little kid had gone to bed, he pushed open the door and walked out of the house. He opened his Dharma eyes and looked around the Taoist temple. He saw that there was no strange sight in the temple, nor was there any smell of incense.

"How strange." Zhang Chen stroked his chin and thought for a while, then his body dispersed and turned into countless bats and disappeared in the yard. When he reappeared, he had arrived at the place where Huang He had served in the past.

Looking from a distance, one can see that the place where Huang He served was still crowded with people. Countless officials surrounded the underground cave, extending ropes as if they were trying to salvage something.

Zhang Chen appeared in the distant mountains and forests, opened his eyes, looked up at the sky, and saw that the true dragon's luck had dissipated. It was obvious that the pattern of transforming into a dragon and walking on a dragon was completely broken. The transformation into a dragon and walking on a dragon failed, but why did the other party still surround him and refuse to let go?
The riverbed of the Yellow River was still dry, but countless officials and porters on the riverbed were holding torches, and the entire riverbed was brightly lit for several miles, shouting that they were constantly digging something.

"How strange!" Zhang Chen couldn't understand it, and wanted to activate the soul-catching chain to sense the location of Zhang Shicheng's soul.

After all, Zhang Shicheng had been marked by him. Even if he was reincarnated, he would not be able to escape his perception. However, he was afraid that Zhang Shicheng had not been reincarnated. What if he accidentally revealed his whereabouts?

"Logically speaking, Zhang Shicheng has been reincarnated. After all, with Zhang Shicheng's ability, he can still forcibly prolong his life, right? How could the other party bear to die? But what he is wondering is whether Zhang Shicheng's life span at this moment is calculated according to his human body, or according to the life span of the dragon species when he turned into a dragon species." Zhang Chen pondered for a moment and decided to take a risk. After all, he still has the skill of transforming into a bat. At worst, he can transform into a bat and scatter among the mountains at the critical moment, and Zhang Shicheng will not be able to find him then.

As Zhang Chen's mind moved, the soul-catching chain emerged, and then at the end of the chain, a golden dragon suddenly roared to the sky, revealing Zhang Shicheng's face: "Boy, I have waited for you for more than a month, and I know that you will not give up and will definitely take revenge on me. You want to find my reincarnation and wipe out the roots. How can I give you the opportunity to seek revenge?"

Zhang Shicheng smiled at Zhang Chen from a distance, and the light in his eyes was terrifying.

Zhang Chen felt a great fear in his heart when he saw this. Without saying a word, he immediately removed the chains and turned into a bat, disappearing into the mountains and forests.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to capture Zhang Shicheng’s soul, but if Zhang Shicheng’s soul is captured, he will not be able to kill him, and the other party will not let him go and will always follow him. Wouldn’t that be a way to his death?

So Zhang Chen ran away without even thinking!

Just after Zhang Chen escaped for ten breaths, there was a sudden thunderclap in the dark night, and a green lightning flashed across the sky, turning everything within thirty meters of where Zhang Chen had been standing into dust, leaving a three-meter-deep pit on the ground.

"Damn it, isn't this bastard Zhang Shicheng going to reincarnate? Does he want to be a lonely ghost?" Zhang Chen cursed and turned into a bat, constantly shuttling between the mountains. He didn't dare to look back at all, and even didn't dare to absorb the moonlight at this time.

(End of this chapter)