I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 18: The Bleeding Stone Tablet (Part )

Zhang Chen looked at the stone tablet in front of him, thoughts flashing through his mind. As long as he performed a blood sacrifice, he could gain skills and experience points. You can imagine how tempting it was to him.

"If I can get some blood of large livestock to offer as sacrifice, there will definitely be a bigger surprise. But even if I hunt large prey, I have no way to move it here. There are sika deer, antelopes and even wild horses nearby, but with my current physique, it's impossible for me to move them for too long." After muttering to myself, Zhang Chen began to pack up the wild ducks and make them into beggar ducks.

After a hearty meal and plenty of wine, Zhang Chen rolled up his sleeves and began digging hard in the underground cave again.

Today's excavation is for a better life tomorrow. There is a vixen chasing Zhang Chen, so he dare not relax at all. He is so conscientious that he dare not slack off even a little bit.

Experience points appeared one after another in front of him, and Zhang Chen kept picking them up:

[Experience value +16]

[Experience value +5]

[Experience value +17]

[Experience value +3]

[Experience value +3]

[Experience value +51]

[Experience value +41]

……

Zhang Chen dug happily, looking at the page where his experience value kept rising rapidly, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes. The constantly increasing experience value was his motivation for digging and his hope.

It was not until the afternoon when Zhang Chen emerged from the cave to bask in the sun. He looked at the shifting sun and the experience points he had gained today. He couldn't help but frown, "Is the experience point I gained today only 300?"

【Name: Zhang Chen】

[Skill 1 (Level 0): ​​Light of the Righteous God (5000/)]

[Skill 2 (Ungraded): Dragon Energy (0/2000)]
【Points: 2750】

Zhang Chen frowned. "The deeper we dig, the slower the excavation speed becomes. Not only is it more troublesome to transport the soil, but the soil is also getting colder and colder, and it is freezing harder. It seems that there is no difference between digging and directly chiseling the stone. No wonder the tomb of the legendary imperial daughter is frozen so hard. It is really not easy to dig it open."

Zhang Chen rubbed his hands. The reason why the excavation speed slowed down was because it was getting colder and colder down there. Before, Zhang Chen wrapped in animal skins might only take two hours to come out to bask in the sun. Now, Zhang Chen was too frozen to bear it after half an hour and had to run out to bask in the sun.

Of course, he had thought about setting a fire in the cave, but how much firewood would he need to put in there?

Moreover, the cave is small and the oxygen supply is simply not enough, unless a smoke stove is built above the cave.

"Just dig first, don't worry about roasting it."

Zhang Chen shook his head, shook off the dust on his body, then walked all the way to the stream and jumped into the stream to wash off the dirt on his body. But soon Zhang Chen frowned because he found that the water level of the stream had dropped again.

Although he didn't rely on farmland for survival, the prey in the mountains also depended on the river for survival. Once the stream dried up, many prey would migrate with it, and he would be left hungry. This was definitely not good news for him. "It's not good!" Zhang Chen looked at the water level of the stream, then at the sun in the sky. He estimated that there had been no rainfall for a month, and his heart sank. "Is there going to be a drought?"

Drought is a fatal blow to any era, especially in the underdeveloped ancient times. Once a drought occurs, it will be followed by mass exodus and even wars and foreign invasions.

Perhaps it was the induction brought by the dragon energy, Zhang Chen always felt that the water vapor between heaven and earth was constantly decreasing, and even the sky was cloudless and a deep blue.

Thinking about the old farmers who made the weapons, Zhang Chen couldn't help but feel bitter: "I just hope it rains soon, otherwise the weather will be perfect and a great chaos will happen."

Zhang Chen was not idle, but returned to the cave. He was going to prepare to make more explosives to deal with more unknown crises.

It was already evening when Zhang Chen finished his work. He went down the mountain and checked the trap, and found that he had caught two more rabbits.

Zhang Chen was walking back carrying the rabbit, and he saw the fox spirit standing outside the gate, looking eagerly in anticipation. The fox spirit was lying listlessly in front of the gate, as if she had been trampled by someone. After seeing Zhang Chen, the fox spirit's eyes lit up, and then she ran into the house happily.

Zhang Chen found the vixen's actions a bit strange, but he didn't say much. Instead, he walked into the house to rest.

That night
Zhang Chen was sleeping soundly. The scholar and the fox next door were staring at the scriptures with eyes full of tension.

Fortunately, the scriptures did not emit light tonight, so the man and the fox stayed up until dawn, and finally they could no longer hold their eyelids open and fell into a deep sleep.

Second day

As soon as Zhang Chen opened the door, he saw two burly young men with sticks on their waists standing outside the gate.

Looking at the two of them, Zhang Chen frowned slightly. He recognized the other person's background and found that he was the housekeeper in Mr. Li's household.

Mr. Li is the owner of this forest. He is a wealthy local family. It is said that his ancestors were ministers of the current dynasty. He is also a tyrant in this forest. Even Wang Wu wanted to skin a fox spirit to make a fur collar just to please Mr. Li.

The two people in front of him are the guards of Mr. Li’s family, who are specifically responsible for guarding this forest.

"I wonder what the two managers can do for you?" Zhang Chen looked at the two managers and gave an honest smile.

"The rent has increased by 30% this year and must be paid next month. Also, Mr. Li will hold his 60th birthday party in the middle of next month, and you guys need to show some appreciation, so as not to upset him. If he is unhappy, all of us will be in trouble and our lives will not be easy." The steward looked at Zhang Chen with a smile in his eyes.

Zhang Chen's face fell when he heard this: "Master, how much prey do I sell in a year? If the rent goes up to five taels of silver, I won't be able to survive!"

"We are not here to discuss with you, we are here to inform you. If you think the salary is too high and you don't want to pay it, that's fine. As long as you change your career and stop hunting, we naturally can't control you." The manager glanced at Zhang Chen coldly, turned his head and left proudly, as if he didn't take Zhang Chen seriously at all.

Watching the two men leave, Zhang Chen silently calculated in his mind: "The rent is five taels of silver, the head tax is one tael of silver, plus other miscellaneous taxes, at least seven taels of silver a year, this is not giving the people a way to survive! In previous years, it was only three taels of silver, but this year it has been increased to five taels, plus the people can't survive in this drought, this is forcing the people to rebel!"

"Huh, forcing the people to rebel?" Zhang Chen was suddenly stunned, then quickly fell silent, quickly extinguishing the thought in his mind.

Thanks to classmate "Gu Yue Chun Qiu Zhan Guo Period" for the 100-point reward.

Thanks to "Yuan Ye Ming Xin" for the 100-point reward. Thank you both.

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(End of this chapter)