I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 82: Cultivation Method
After viewing the painting "White Fox Swallowing the Moon", Zhang Chen's soul did not grow stronger, but his mysterious and strange bloodline abilities grew stronger. As the crystal core moved, mysterious symbols appeared behind it, flickering.

The mysterious symbol shone with a silvery-white luster, imprinted on Zhang Chen's skin, and seemed to be able to turn into a pair of wings and rush out at any time. Zhang Chen felt the changes in his body and said to himself:

"Those 120 symbols seem to have combined with my ability to use blood to evolve bats, and incredible changes have occurred. Every 15th of the month, when the moon is full, I seem to have the ability to transform!"

"If you want to verify your ability, you need to go out and verify it under the moonlight."

The fox spirit was very smart. After hearing Zhang Chen's words, she immediately noticed something unusual: "Have you noticed any other effects? This scroll comes from the ancient mythological era. My fox tribe only discovered it later. We have only been studying it for 70 or 80 years. There may be some secrets in it."

"What did you find?" The vixen came closer and a unique milky fragrance came over, which smelled quite pleasant.

Zhang Chen shook his head. How could he tell the vixen what he had discovered?
Zhang Chen was sure that his crystal core now had one more ability: absorbing moonlight + transforming into a full moon.

And under the full moon, there seem to be other changes. The details need to be verified on the day of the full moon! Today is three days away from the full moon!

When the symbol was engraved in the crystal core, he already knew the power that the symbol brought.

"Perhaps the crystal core in my body evolved from the power of evil spirits, so after seeing the symbol, I had an inexplicable induction and copied 120 of the symbols. Although the remaining thousands of mysterious symbols did not cause my crystal core to sense them, it does not mean that they are useless. It can only be said that the bloodlines of both parties are different and cannot cause bloodline induction."

As for the reason why his crystal core was engraved with the symbol of absorbing moonlight, Zhang Chen thought that perhaps all living beings in the world use the absorption of moonlight as the basic method of cultivation, so his crystal core extracted these 120 universal symbols from it.

"My crystal core seems to be a little weird! Fortunately, there is the light of the righteous god in my body, and I have absolute control over the crystal core. Otherwise, I would really worry that the crystal core would backfire one day." Zhang Chen said secretly in his heart.

"Tell me quickly, what have you discovered? How can you, a human, sense any fortune in the secret scroll of the demon race?" The fox spirit's eyes were full of curiosity.

After hearing the fox spirit's words, Zhang Chen did not answer her, but came to the other side of the stone wall with a torch in hand.

The scroll on the other side is even simpler, with only a blurry human figure. Above the figure's head, there are three stars floating, the sun, the moon, and the star, which seem to represent the three treasures of human essence, energy, and spirit.

The figure was wearing a wide robe with tens of thousands of strange symbols of various sizes engraved on the lining of the robe, which looked very mysterious.

There were four large characters engraved on the top of the scroll. Zhang Chen didn't recognize them, so he turned around and asked the fox spirit, "How do you read those four characters?"

"The sky is square and the earth is round." said the vixen.

“This scroll belongs to your human race. It is suitable for your human race to visualize and strengthen their souls.” The fox spirit said this, looking at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chen noticed the vixen's abnormality and turned to look at her.

"I just want to tell you, don't take any risks. Even if you get this visualization diagram, you must not practice it, otherwise you will surely die of exhaustion." The fox spirit sighed.

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked puzzled.

"Because in order to complete the visualization diagram to strengthen the soul, it is necessary to have a huge amount of Qi and blood as nourishment. Humans are born with weak physiques, so they can only practice martial arts first, starting with Ming Jin to strengthen the body, An Jin to cleanse the muscles and bones, Hua Jin to remove hair and marrow, Dan Jin to embrace the elixir throughout the body, and Qi and blood to be harmonious and unified. Only then can the Dan Qi that is born nourish the soul. And if you want to see the soul, you can only break through to the state of seeing the indestructible spirit to control the coordination of Qi and blood and the soul, so as not to waste Qi and blood and shorten your life!" The fox spirit explained.

"Moreover, everything in the world has its own weight. If you rashly practice visualization, the weight of your soul will increase, which will put a burden on your body. I am afraid that your body will not be able to bear it, and your Qi and blood will be exhausted and you will die suddenly."

She wasn't helping Zhang Chen out of kindness. She was just afraid that if Zhang Chen died, her family would be implicated.

The vixen hasn’t lived enough!

Even if she became a slave, she still didn't live long enough.

"Qi and blood?" Zhang Chen suddenly laughed when he heard this. He was somewhat glad that he had acquired the blood-sucking skill. Others might be afraid of the consumption of Qi and blood, but wasn't he?

He is plundering other people's energy and blood. He has unlimited energy and blood, unlimited resources.

The only thing I'm worried about is that the weight of the soul, as the vixen said, will crush the body.

In fact, he could understand what the fox spirit said about the weight of the soul crushing the body. In his previous life, some people with good brains had very poor physical fitness. In fact, it was because the soul was too heavy and the body could not bear the burden.

But I am different from others. My body has undergone a transformation. What others cannot bear, I may be able to bear.

Of course, the premise of all this is that you must first get started and understand the visualization method in front of you. Then you can consider all kinds of things about the weight of your body!
When the vixen saw Zhang Chen laughing, she immediately felt insulted. She kindly reminded him, what does his sneer mean? Is he mocking her?
He simply stood aside and said nothing more, watching Zhang Chen's actions quietly.

Zhang Chen stood in front of the stone wall, holding a torch and carefully observing the pattern in front of him. He could see every symbol from the collar to the sleeves clearly.

"Huh~"

Suddenly, Zhang Chen let out a slight cry of surprise, because he found 120 symbols at the throat of the figure. Those 120 symbols were exactly the same as the 128 symbols in another painting, "White Fox Swallowing the Moon".

“Could it be that all the visualization diagrams in the world have something in common? Do they all require moonlight?” Zhang Chen had some guesses in his mind.

Then he continued to observe the mysterious symbol and the subtle details of the figure.

I don't know how long it took, but the vixen beside him looked at Zhang Chen's pale face and was a little worried about his physical condition, so she asked, "Are you hungry?"

"Go catch some fish for me in that water. Remember to roast them with a torch after you catch them." Zhang Chen's eyes were glued to the symbol, and he gave the order to the vixen without even turning his head.

The vixen was stunned when she heard this, then she gritted her teeth and said, "I am an eighth-level being, and you want me to go fishing for you?"

"Huh? Do I have to use my skills to ask you to move fish into the river? If you bump into rocks or fall into the mud, you can't blame me." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

The fox spirit was speechless after hearing this. She could only grit her teeth, turn into a stream of light and disappear into the river to catch fish.

Soon, the fragrant grilled fish was handed to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen held the torch in one hand and the grilled fish in the other, staring at the pattern intently, trying to observe every detail. He knew that this was the key to his future cultivation, and he could not be careless. Only after Zhang Chen had read the entire scroll did he frown and stand there in silence.

Because he gained nothing!
There was no reaction at all, as if this was just an ordinary, simple stone sculpture, without any outstanding features. It was even less exciting than the previous reaction to the demon scroll?
If it weren't for the previous "White Fox Swallowing the Moon" picture that caused the crystal core in his body to mutate, he would have suspected that it was a fox spirit playing a trick on him.

"How strange! Why do I feel nothing after looking at this painting?" Zhang Chen turned his head to look at the little vixen and asked the doubt in his mind.

"Pfft~"

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, a smile broke out on the fox fairy Nannan's face. She laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward, gasping for breath, as if she had heard something funny.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Chen sensed the sarcasm in the other party's laughter, and his face suddenly darkened. He probably knew that he seemed to have said something wrong, which caused the vixen to laugh at him.

"How long have you been looking at this pattern?" asked the fox fairy Nannan.

"About seven or eight hours." Zhang Chen said.

"Have you memorized the entire pattern?" the vixen asked.

Zhang Chen shook his head. "Not to mention the lines, there are more than 12,000 symbols on it. How can I remember them all?"

This pattern is countless times more complicated than that of the demon clan.

"Do you know how long it took me, as smart as I am, to gain enlightenment after observing the pattern of "White Fox Swallowing the Moon"?" Fox Fairy Nannan's eyes were full of pride. "I, your ancestor, observed the pattern for eighteen years and sat in the stone chamber for eighteen years before I successfully entered the state of meditation. Even so, I am still known as the number one genius of the demon race. You, a mere illiterate man, want to gain enlightenment after observing it for seven or eight hours. It is simply wishful thinking."

Hearing what the fox fairy Nannan said, Zhang Chen's eyes suddenly turned and he said, "You entered Taoism at the age of eighteen. How old are you this year?"

Zhang Chen looked at the beautiful girl in front of him and thought to himself: "Could it be an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years?"

Seeing Zhang Chen's eyes, the fox fairy Nannan immediately understood what he was thinking. She said proudly, "I am thirty-one years old this year. Since I was eighteen, I have broken through a realm every year. This year I am at the eighth realm. I was delayed for five years because of the possession of another body. I am extremely talented and have the potential to reach the tenth realm in the future!"

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank when he heard that, and he became more cautious about the vixen in front of him. One advancement per year, even riding a rocket wouldn't be that fast, right?
Although he didn't know how the speed division was in the cultivation world, the fact that the fox spirit advanced to a higher level every year was definitely ridiculously fast. This fox spirit was no simple one.

Zhang Chen looked at the vixen and seemed to be shocked. He turned his head to look at the pattern on the wall and was stunned for a moment.

The stone wall is embedded here. Does he have to sit here for more than ten years?

Not to mention more than ten years, even if he sat there for three to five years, he would not be able to accept it.

"Do you have any paper?" Zhang Chen asked.

"What do you want the paper for?" asked the vixen.

"I will draw this stone carving and go out to study it later. I can't be trapped here forever!" Zhang Chen said.

The fox spirit shook her head after hearing this and said, "Forget it. Such patterns cannot be copied. Once copied, the true meaning and artistic conception will be lost. It will just be a piece of waste paper. Otherwise, why should I come here to comprehend the rubbings directly in the fox tribe?"

"Can't I trace and make a rubbing?" Zhang Chen was disappointed.

"If you have comprehended this thing, you have comprehended it. If you haven't comprehended it, you haven't comprehended it. Some people sit for their entire lives and still cannot enter into a state of meditation and forgetfulness, while some people only need to sit there for seven or eight days to comprehend the mystery and enter into a state of meditation directly. I remember there was a guy named 'Xie Xuan' in the human race. One year, he went to a temple for a visit. It happened that a mysterious stone statue was dug out in the Dabei Temple. He entered into a state of meditation directly after just one look at it. Later, his whereabouts were unknown. He was either accepted as a disciple by the Dabei Temple, or he was taken away by the imperial court." said the fox spirit.

Zhang Chen couldn't help but be fascinated when he heard this. What incredible talent must it be to be able to enter a state of meditation at first sight?
"But you can't even read a single word, so forget it. Even if I give you decades, you won't be able to get in." The vixen didn't hide her mockery and contempt at all.

Zhang Chen's face darkened when he heard that. He didn't bother to pay attention to the vixen and instead looked at his own golden finger page.

He looked at the pattern for eight hours but had no feeling about it. He knew that his talent was probably not that high, but who could blame him for having a golden finger?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough talent, as long as your own golden finger is powerful enough, right?
Zhang Chen looked at the Gold Finger skill page, but found that the Gold Finger page did not respond at all, and there was no intention of entering any skills.

"This is getting difficult!" Zhang Chen closed the cheating page with a look of embarrassment in his eyes, but the pattern was right in front of him, so he couldn't give up, right?
Moreover, the pattern is really complicated. Apart from the lines of the pattern, which are easy to remember, it is almost impossible to record the more than 10,000 strange symbols.

It is already so difficult for us to remember a few Chinese characters in our daily lives, let alone so many strange symbols?

But Zhang Chen was not in a hurry. After all, he had made such a big noise outside, that kid Zhang Chen would definitely report to the police. He could hide here to avoid the limelight and wait for ten days or half a month before going out.

As for my stepmother, the dried meat and water would be enough for her to eat for three or two months if she saved them.

"I just don't believe it!"

Zhang Chen held a torch and stood in front of the stone wall. He stared at the patterns on the wall and tried his best to remember the symbols in his mind.

One torch burned out, two torches, three torches, four torches...

Zhang Chen recorded the symbols over and over again. When the seventh torch burned, the crystal core in his heart vibrated slightly. At that moment, Zhang Chen seemed to feel that his body began to heat up again. The crystal core emitted a strange wave. At that moment, Zhang Chen felt that the air in front of him changed, and his vision seemed to skyrocket. He saw the microscopic world, the trajectory of dust in the air, and the arrangement of atoms in matter.

His eyes looked towards the pattern on the stone wall. As their eyes made contact, the crystal core in his body began to beat. The orange aura on the stone wall in front of him was attracted by the crystal core. Then the next moment, the orange light on the stone wall flickered and flowed into Zhang Chen's eyes like running water. Zhang Chen only felt a hazy flicker in his mind, and suddenly it seemed as if something appeared inexplicably.

As Zhang Chen's mind moved, a picture suddenly appeared in his mind. Zhang Chen felt that there was a picture scroll in his mind. The picture scroll was exactly the same as the pattern on the stone wall in front of him, and the charm and symbols were exactly the same. Even if he left this place in the future, he only needed to visualize the "Heaven and Earth Round" picture in his mind if he wanted to practice.

"It's quite interesting!" Zhang Chen was overjoyed. My crystal core looks very unusual.

"Hey, idiot, look! Come and see! What happened to the stone wall in front! Come and see what happened to the stone wall in front of you!" The vixen suddenly shouted at Zhang Chen, waking him up and making him look at the stone wall. The next moment, he was stunned to see the entire stone wall turned into powder and scattered on the ground. A stone chamber appeared in front of him.

Zhang Chen looked at the stone chamber behind the stone wall and was suddenly shocked: Could it be that the tomb of the missing imperial daughter had appeared?

(End of this chapter)