I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 80: The True Teachings from the Mysterious Age
Zhang Chen knew in his heart that there must be someone in the human race who had already entered this great way, but they just hadn't made it public.

After all, people are afraid of becoming famous just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. No one wants to be remembered, so everyone hides themselves in secret under an assumed name and studies secretly. Even if they have achieved something, they will never brag about it to the world.

While Zhang Chen was listening to the fox spirit talking about cultivation, a golden light flashed in his eyes. He looked at the stone platform in front of him, and then his gaze fell on the cliff behind the stone platform. In the crack of the cliff behind the stone platform, he saw a mysterious orange light.

"There's a harvest!" Zhang Chen's eyes lit up after seeing the light. There was actually a mysterious power here.

"By the way, how did you find this tomb?" Zhang Chen asked as he looked at the stone platform. His question seemed casual, but it actually went straight to the point.

"The Northland was originally the territory of my fox clan. This place is called: Qingqiu Ancient Land. It is the birthplace of my fox clan. Later, you humans rose up and swept across the world. My fox clan hurriedly looked north and had to flee to the bitter cold land, so this ancestral land was abandoned." The fox spirit's voice was full of resentment:
"It's all because of you humans who have taken my homeland and my foundation, and left hundreds of my fox tribe, young and old, homeless."

"That's not right. This tomb is so secretive. It shouldn't be difficult to raise a hundred or so fox spirits, right?" Zhang Chen looked at the fox fairy Nannan with doubt in his eyes.

The fox spirit paused for a moment after hearing this, then said with a gloomy face, "You are right! Later, something unexpected happened in the ancient land of Qingqiu. When my ancestor stole the flesh and blood of a real dragon, the dragon's blood spilled for some reason, which alarmed a monster in the tomb. That monster was elusive and hard to guard against. It specialized in sucking the blood of my fox clan. My fox clan ancestor was helpless in the face of that monster, so he could only move here and abandon his old place."

Zhang Chen looked at the vixen and felt a sense of panic in his heart. The vixen really couldn't tell a lie to him, but she could tell half the truth and hide the other half, which was fatal.

Zhang Chen knew what the fox spirit was talking about, the blood-sucking monster. It must be the stone tablet. But he didn't think the monster in the stone tablet was that strong, even weaker than the fox fairy Nannan. Why couldn't the Qingqiu clan suppress the monster?
As if seeing the doubt in Zhang Chen's heart, the fox fairy Nannan said speechlessly: "All things in the world are interdependent and mutually restrained, and the creation of the world is mysterious. Although the ancestors of my fox clan are powerful, they can only stare blankly when they meet their nemesis. For example, if you master the twelfth-level water control technique, if you meet a guy who masters the first-level steel body in the future, you will be helpless in the face of the opponent. Sometimes it is not the case that the higher the level, the stronger it is. Otherwise, when the two sides fight, they will just compete directly in rank. Why bother to fight?"

"Just like your divine light, it's only at the second or third level. But my supernatural power is helpless against you, unless I use a stone to smash you to death from a distance." The fox fairy Nannan explained.

Zhang Chen suddenly understood what was going on after hearing this, but he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he slowly walked to the stone wall that was emitting orange light and stared at the gap.

"How could you find this place?" The vixen couldn't help showing a hint of surprise when she saw Zhang Chen's actions, and looked at Zhang Chen in astonishment.

Zhang Chen turned his head to look at the fox spirit. The fox spirit understood what Zhang Chen meant and explained, "Behind this stone wall is a stone chamber. Inside the stone chamber are two carvings from the ancient mysterious era. The cultivation method of my fox clan comes from one of the carvings. As for the other carving, according to the deduction of my fox clan's ancestor, it should be a secret method applicable to your human race to explore the spiritual realm."

"I see." Zhang Chen stroked the stone wall, looking at the crack that was only the width of a finger. This stone wall must be three meters thick. How could he get in? How could he get into the stone chamber inside?

Zhang Chen had no idea, so he turned and looked at the vixen, wanting to see if the vixen had any tricks up her sleeve.

"Don't look at me, I also rely on my soul to leave my body to enter." Fox Fairy Nannan waved her hands quickly: "I can't take you in now."

"Then how did the first generation of your fox clan who discovered this secret place get in?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The transformation between reality and illusion comes from the power in my Qingqiu blood." The vixen was a little proud.

"What an enviable race." Zhang Chen could only give a dry compliment upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, the fox fairy Nannan showed a hint of pride in her eyes: "Fortunately! There are many creatures in this world who accidentally obtained many strange things and have since possessed the power of their bloodline. I heard that my fox ancestor once accidentally dug out a ball of light and accidentally absorbed the ball of light into his body when he breathed. Since then, the bloodline born has possessed wonderful powers."

At this point, Fox Fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen and said, "You are now a powerful god. The bloodline that will be born in the future will most likely continue your abilities."

Zhang Chen ignored the vixen and stared at the crack in the stone wall in front of him, thinking about how to break through the wall and rush in.

"If I use explosives, I wonder if I can break open the gap in front of me and blow the rock into pieces." Zhang Chen stroked the explosives hanging around his waist. Although the gap was small, he could use the fox spirit to send the explosives in and then ignite it to give it a try.

There seems to be no other way.

At this moment, Zhang Chen couldn't help but curse the vixen in his heart as a useless person. She couldn't even transform her reality into illusion when she came to him. She deserved to be killed with a thousand swords.

But the fox spirit's skills were sealed, and he had no other choice but to find a way out himself.

"Go to the stone chamber and take a look to see if the two murals are still there and where they are, and then draw me a layout of the stone chamber." Zhang Chen instructed the fox spirit. He was afraid that the key objects in the stone chamber would be damaged during the explosion, so he asked the fox spirit to go in and clean up in advance to avoid breaking the key objects.

This time he did not activate any skills, because he could only force the fox spirit to move objects. As for drawing, it seemed that it was not within the scope of skills.

However, Zhang Chen felt that as a lively "skill", she should know what it meant to be a person who has to bow his head under someone's roof, right?
Sure enough, the fox spirit did not dare to disobey. It immediately turned into a wisp of smoke and drilled into the crevice of the stone. After a while, it drilled out from the crevice and began to describe the layout and structure of the stone chamber to Zhang Chen.

"The stone chamber is about 70 to 80 square meters in size. The stone wall where our crack is located is a ventilation channel to prevent the dampness and suffocation inside. On the ground is a whole piece of large bluestone with a stone carved platform for people to meditate and observe the carvings. There is nothing else!" said the fox spirit.

"Where is the mural carved?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Take this gap as the standard, on the walls on the left and right sides. The left one is a stone carving of the demon race, and the right one is a carving of the human race." The vixen looked at Zhang Chen with curiosity, not knowing why the other party was asking this.

Zhang Chen asked about the specific distance in detail. After figuring out all the data, he already had an idea in his mind. If he used gunpowder to blast open the gap, it should not affect the visualization picture.

"Don't think about it, you have no chance. This stone wall cannot be chiseled open and you can't get in at all. If you were outside with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, I could make a copy for you. What a pity... You have no chance to get out alive! Instead of wasting time looking for treasures here, why not let me go, and then I, your ancestor, will take you out." The fox fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen. Until now, she still had illusions in her heart. She thought that Zhang Chen was trapped to death here, and the only way to get out was to let her go, and then use the void transformation combined with the transportation technique to rescue him.

Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit, but held the night pearl close to the gap and carefully observed the location of the explosives. After a long time, he came to a conclusion in his mind and directly controlled the fox spirit to place the gunpowder at the node he speculated.

"What is this?" The vixen carried Zhang Chen's gunpowder in and out, constantly jamming it into the cracks of the stone wall, and asked with a hint of curiosity in her eyes. "Your body was blown away by this thing." Zhang Chen replied with a smile.

The way he placed the explosives at this time was different from the way he had blown up the fox spirit. In the past, he had relied on the iron beads and iron pieces in the gunpowder, and the high-speed burst of the gunpowder pushed the iron beads. However, the gap in the stone in front of him was narrow and deep, so he relied on the force of the explosives pushing the air after they were ignited.

The three-meter-thick stone was too heavy. Zhang Chen was afraid that there was not enough gunpowder, so he simply put all the gunpowder in.

He had a small amount of gunpowder and had no chance to test the measurement of the gunpowder, so he had to explode it all at once.

After hearing what Zhang Chen said, the vixen's heart trembled, and she almost threw the gunpowder in her hand away, but she quickly came to her senses and looked at the detonator and dynamite tube in her hand with curiosity: "How can such a small thing have such a great power? Are you kidding me?"

Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit and manipulated it to place the gunpowder in place. He then walked away on the icy steps and threw the fire starter to the fox spirit: "When you light the fuse and shout, I will take you back."

The fox spirit can now be harmed by material things, and Zhang Chen is afraid that his skills will be blown away. Now that he has a fox spirit, it is much more convenient to do things! It is easy to use!

The vixen is now under someone's control, so how can she have the chance to refuse?

Although Zhang Chen could only force her to carry things and could not force her to light fires or do chores, if she wanted to live more comfortably under Zhang Chen, she had to follow all of Zhang Chen's instructions.

Zhang Chen walked along the ice bridge all the way to the underground river. Looking at the rushing underground river, he couldn't help but secretly surprised himself: "This river is probably thirty meters deep! This kind of underground river can only be formed by the leakage of the true dragon's energy to gather such a huge flow of water."

Zhang Chen stood directly on the water, and the water froze into a meter-thick ice where his feet landed. Although the one-meter-thick ice block was not enough to support him and keep him afloat, it was enough to keep him from sinking.

"Come and save me!"

Suddenly, a panicked cry from the vixen came from above.

A rune flashed in Zhang Chen's palm, and the fox spirit had turned into a rune, appearing out of thin air in Zhang Chen's palm.

Then seven or eight seconds later, suddenly a bright fire illuminated the darkness in the tomb. The flame was extremely dazzling, and then an earth-shaking sound spread in the ancient tomb.

Gravel flew everywhere, accompanied by huge cracks and breaking sounds, and then a dark shadow was seen falling directly from the cliff, landing in the river, creating a splash of water more than ten meters high.

"Is it done?" Zhang Chen raised his head and looked towards the cliff, and the next moment all the water within fifty meters under his feet was instantly drained away, turning into a staircase extending upwards, and then Zhang Chen took a step forward, and wherever he passed, the water turned into ice, and was supported by the undercurrent force.

It should be known that people will sink immediately when they meet water, but Zhang Chen was standing on ice that was about a meter thick, and he controlled the undercurrent force from the water to hold up the ice, thus ensuring that the ice did not sink.

Zhang Chen came all the way to the explosion site, only to find that the cliff exposed outside had been blown away, and the cracks in the rocks had been opened by the powerful explosion. Large pieces of bluestone fell off, and a passage about one meter wide and two meters high appeared in front of him.

"It's done!"

Zhang Chen was overjoyed when he saw this. A rune flashed in his hand, and the fox spirit appeared again. Before the fox spirit could react, Zhang Chen had already controlled the fox spirit to carry the night pearl into the stone chamber first.

He is not a fool, how could he enter the stone chamber directly?
The best option is to ask the fox spirit to carry the night pearl inside, and then stand outside the stone chamber to observe it.

"What are you doing? What are you doing you idiot?"

The vixen was controlled by Zhang Chen. She kept walking up and down, left and right in the stone chamber with the night pearl in her arms, screaming continuously with her voice full of anger.

Zhang Chen ignored the vixen's screams. After seeing clearly all the layout and structure of the stone chamber, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and crawled into the stone chamber boldly.

When they reached the edge of the stone chamber, Zhang Chen was afraid that there might be a mechanism inside, so he simply controlled the fox spirit to move a large stone weighing dozens of kilograms and stepped on it repeatedly in the stone chamber.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. What on earth do you want to do? Is it fun to torment me like this?" The fox fairy Nannan ran back and forth in the stone chamber holding a big stone. She was so angry that she couldn't help but curse at Zhang Chen, her voice full of anger.

Zhang Chen ignored the fox fairy Nannan. After the fox fairy Nannan walked around the stone room with the big stone in her arms, he walked into the stone room with peace of mind. "Well, it seems that the ancients were very kind and didn't set up any traps."

Upon hearing this, the fox fairy Nannan's face turned green. She smashed the big stone in her hand to the ground, splashing up dust. She pointed her finger at Zhang Chen, her body trembling with anger and she didn't know what to say.

Look, is this kid a human being?

You are afraid of danger and ask me to step on a minefield. Am I not afraid as the fox fairy ancestor?

Scared to death!

But now that he was under the eaves, the fox fairy ancestor's cheeks trembled, and he finally swallowed his anger. He secretly said in his heart: "Boy, there will be a time when you will beg me! When you can't get out of this tomb, let's see what you will do then! I will tolerate you for a while!"

(End of this chapter)