I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 624 Ending the Cause and Effect
After hearing Jiang Nan's words, Zhang Chen was speechless, as if he had suffered a critical hit: How unpopular must he be for the other person to say such a thing?
Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen, her words becoming colder and colder. She felt that the reason why Zhang Chen sneaked into her room was that he wanted to continue to harass her. In order to completely sever the cause and effect between the two of them, she could only say vicious words.

I have advised him twice with kind words, but it seems that he still doesn't take it to heart, so he continues to pester me in the hope of getting away with it.

"Am I really so annoying?" Zhang Chen asked.

"You are much more annoying than you can imagine! I wish you would disappear from my sight forever and never appear in front of me. After seeing you, I will be unhappy for the whole day. If I don't see you, I will be in a good mood for the whole day. You are like a fly, and a fly covered with feces!" Jiang Nan said.

Zhang Chen's face turned pale when he heard this. Even if he had realized his true nature, he could not endure such humiliation.

"You don't have to say anything. I understand what you mean. I came here today to completely end the cause and effect between you. I leave this sign to you. The cause and effect between you and me is written off." After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he put the sign representing entering the inner courtyard on the table, then slowly stood up: "From today on, the cause and effect between you and me is completely over, and we will never meet again in the underworld!"

After speaking, Zhang Chen's figure disappeared, leaving Jiang Nan stunned. Then he quickly walked to the table and looked at the stick on the table. He couldn't help but stand there in a daze. After a long time, he picked up the stick in a trance and stood there blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "What a pity..."

Inside the Shen Family Courtyard

Shen Ling, Shen Qiu and Zhang Gaoqiu sat together, the three of them looking at each other.

"What? You want me to give him the quota?" Shen Qiu suddenly raised his voice, staring at Shen Ling with a pair of eyes, his words full of disbelief.

"Why are you shouting?" Shen Ling said unhappily, "You give the quota to Brother Zhang, so that Brother Zhang can enter the mysterious inner courtyard and regain the transcendental power, and even go further. Brother Zhang is backed by the Zhang family in Kyoto. If Brother Zhang can make further progress and his status in the Zhang family is raised, how many resources will he get from the Zhang family? As long as the Shen family lets go of some resources, it will be enough for you and me to enjoy endless benefits. Don't you know your talent? You may not be able to gain any benefits by entering the inner courtyard, so it is better to give the quota to Brother Zhang. Brother Zhang can gain the mysterious power again by getting the quota, and at the same time he will also get the opportunity to go further in the Zhang family. When the time comes, Brother Zhang will promote you in return, wouldn't you gain more than if you entered the inner courtyard?"

Shen Qiu hesitated when he heard this. Zhang Gaoqiu, who was standing beside him, also made a solemn promise: "Brother Shen, don't worry. As long as I gain enough benefits in the inner courtyard and my status in the Zhang family is further improved, I will not forget you. There are countless mysterious fortunes in the Zhang family's treasury, which are enough for you to enjoy endless benefits. At least this kind of benefit will not be less than what you get in the academy."

Seeing Zhang Gaoqiu patting his chest and making promises with great confidence, and Shen Ling beside him constantly saying good things, Shen Qiu hesitated.

Entering the inner courtyard is just to study the mysteries, and there is no guarantee that you will gain any benefits. However, if you give the quota to Zhang Gaoqiu, given Zhang Gaoqiu's status in the Zhang family, you will definitely benefit from it in the future.

"My marriage to your sister is already on the agenda. We are already a family. How can I treat you unfairly?" Zhang Gaoqiu saw that Shen Qiu was still hesitating, so he opened his mouth and said something else.

After hearing this, Shen Qiu gradually made up his mind. Instead of gambling on a future with uncertain returns, he might as well choose to support Zhang Gaoqiu. In this way, no matter whether Zhang Gaoqiu benefits from the inner courtyard after getting the quota, he will benefit from it.

Zhang Chen returned to his own mansion and stood in the courtyard, absorbing the essence of the sun in the sky. He began to doubt his life.

"This is bullshit! Am I the kind of bootlicker who comes to you with licks of the hand? Jiang Nan looks down on me too much!" Zhang Chen cursed, then cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and began to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth in his daily life.

Time passed quickly and the family's life got back on track. The next day, Zhang Chen came to the school again. He saw Jiang Nan standing in front of the door, looking at him with a pair of eyes as if he wanted to say something, but Zhang Chen seemed not to see her and walked past Jiang Nan. Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen's back and moved his lips, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

As soon as Zhang Chen walked to the door, he heard Tu Shan Qing's devilish laughter. When Zhang Chen walked into the house, he saw Tu Shan Qing gathering people to gamble. This time, Tu Shan Qing used his own label as the stakes, which not only attracted everyone in the No. 1 School to join in the gambling, but even students from other classes came over to join in.

The entire Grade A school was packed with people, and Zhang Chen couldn't get in at all while standing outside the door.

"No wonder Jiang Nan was standing outside the door waiting, it turns out it's because the room was packed with people. Tu Shan Qing is really good at playing with people's hearts, he has everyone in his hands." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Not only Jiang Nan was standing outside, but the young prince Zhang Xiaohua was also standing outside. With his status, he certainly would not squeeze into the room with everyone else.

At this moment, the room was bustling with activity, as if it were a busy restaurant, with a lot of noise inside.

Zhang Chen stood quietly outside the door. After another half an hour, someone shouted, "The dean is here!"

Following the shouting, everyone scattered like birds.

Zhang Chen looked from a distance and saw Zhou Qiucheng, dressed in white and with neatly combed hair, walking towards him from a distance. Behind him, followed a young girl in green. She was in her teens, had a peaceful face, a slender figure, and an invisible aura of wealth surrounding her. She looked very unusual. There seemed to be light on the girl, and as soon as she appeared, she attracted everyone's attention.

"This is the most favored princess of the current royal family: the ninth princess - Chai Wenji." Tu Shanqing approached Zhang Chen and whispered, "Whoever marries her can at least save 500 years of hard work!"

"Is it that exaggerated?" Zhang Chen asked.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Tu Shanqing nodded seriously: "Yes! It's a pity that I am a member of the Chai family and have Chai family blood flowing in my body, otherwise I would have to get this woman into my hands."

At this point, Chai Chuanxin turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen: "Although I don't have a chance, you do! I can lend you a helping hand."

Zhang Chen shook his head when he heard this. This woman was extremely wealthy and her looks were no worse than Xie Daoyuan's. How could she fall for him?
He couldn't even handle Jiang Nan, let alone the woman in front of him?
While the two were mumbling, Zhou Qiucheng had already come up to the crowd. He did not go into the house, but stood in front of the door and said, "The quotas have been selected yesterday. Including the exemptions, there are a total of 47 people who are eligible to join the inner courtyard."

Zhang Chen was moved when he heard this: "There are so few qualifications! Most of the serial number labels have not been drawn at all."

"All those who have drawn the serial number label must stay, and the rest must disperse immediately and are not allowed to linger." Zhou Qiucheng gave the order, and some people left with disappointment on their faces, while others stood there happily without moving.

What surprised Zhang Chen was that Shen Qiu actually left while Zhang Gaoqiu stayed where he was.

With Zhang Chen's wisdom, it was not difficult to guess the key point. Countless black question marks appeared in his head: "What's going on? Shen Qiu actually gave the quota to Zhang Gaoqiu? Does the Shen family know the inside story? Is Shen Qiu crazy?"

When Shen Ling heard Zhou Qiucheng's words of departure, she reached out and grabbed Jiang Nan's hand and was about to leave: "Let's go."

But Jiang Nan's palm trembled slightly, and he broke free from Shen Ling's pull: "I have a quota, you guys go."

Shen Ling was stunned by these words, Shen Qiu was also stunned, and Zhang Gaoqiu looked even more incredulous.

"Where did you get the stick?" Shen Ling looked at Jiang Nan in disbelief, feeling as if 'everyone agreed to throw you into a fight, but you quietly came out on top'.

Jiang Nan shook his head upon hearing this and said, "I have my own destiny and my own fate."

The words were simple, but Shen Ling was speechless. Seeing that Shen Ling was still in a daze, Shen Qiu reached out and grabbed Shen Ling, and the two brothers walked away quickly.

In fact, Shen Qiu's heart was full of regret at this time, because if he also joined the inner courtyard, he could have more time to interact with Jiang Nan.

Zhang Gaoqiu saw the brother and sister leaving and turned his gaze to Jiang Nan: "Cousin Jiang Nan, since we have both obtained a place and will enter the inner courtyard later, we'd better have someone to take care of us."

Now that he has lost all his bloodline power, of course he hopes to find someone to rely on.

Jiang Nan thought of Zhang Gaoqiu's background, and after a brief pause, he nodded, agreeing with what Zhang Gaoqiu said.

"Do you think Shen Qiu's brain has been squeezed by the door? The era of great changes in the world is about to come. The academy is the pioneer of the wave and stands in the front of the times. Once you join the academy, you will become a trend-setter of the era. Why is he thinking of giving up his place? Once you can't keep up with the pace of the geniuses of the same generation, you will sooner or later be abandoned by the wave of the times and eventually become a background board. Didn't you see that Zhang Gaoqiu came all the way to Chongzheng Academy to join the inner courtyard in the hope of gaining an advantage in the future?" Tu Shanqing's eyes were full of confusion. He really couldn't understand the other party's actions.

"Under the disaster, the luck has faded. This is a manifestation of bad luck." Zhang Chen said thoughtfully: "It seems that the Shen family is indeed going downhill."

"Look at Zhang Gaoqiu and Jiang Nan together, it seems like that's the case. Do you think, over time, they might..." Tu Shanqing winked at Zhang Chen with a lewd expression.

Zhang Chen's heart moved when he heard this. Zhang Gaoqiu was not an easy person to deal with, so Jiang Nan was not an easy person to deal with either? The brother-in-law stole the eldest brother-in-law's wife? It was not impossible!

(End of this chapter)