I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 96 Seducing the Dragon
After hearing what the fox spirit said, Zhang Chen felt that the fox spirit's magic had some limitations and might not work against the imperial army. Otherwise, he could just use magic to kill his way into the Pingbian Palace. Why was he so restrained?
"What? Do you look down on me?" The fox fairy Nannan was very smart. She saw the subtle expression on Zhang Chen's face at a glance and immediately asked with some dissatisfaction:

"You don't even have illusion magic, why do you look down on me? Really!"

Zhang Chen was too lazy to argue with the vixen. He had never heard of anyone arguing with his own skills.

"I say, can you tell me the truth? What happened to you? Why were you swallowed by the true dragon destiny in my body?" Zhang Chen looked at the vixen and felt something was strange.

Logically speaking, the true dragon energy can at most destroy the fox spirit. I have never heard of it being able to melt the opponent and turn it into one's own skills.

“It may be that my ancestor swallowed a mouthful of dragon essence in the past, so I have the ability to transform the real and the unreal, and can resonate with the fate of a real dragon.” The fox spirit was a little vague and seemed unwilling to say more.

Zhang Chen did not ask any further questions upon seeing this. Instead, he finished eating the lamb leg, wiped the grease off his body, and then turned the fox spirit into a rune and put it away.

"Zhang Shicheng's tomb may be anywhere within a radius of ten miles, and it is buried deep underground. How should I find it?" Zhang Chen was a little confused.

At the same time, he was also thinking about what he could do if he found the real dragon's tomb.

"Zhang Shicheng lived hundreds of years ago. Logically, his life span should have come to an end, right? Now he hasn't transformed into a dragon yet, which means he hasn't come back to life yet. My soul-sucking skills should be effective against these old guys, right? If I can hook Zhang Shicheng's soul and see if I can get some skills and experience from him, or just suck his blood, my blood-sucking skills should be improved, right?"

What Zhang Chen is thinking about now is his own blood-sucking skill. If he absorbs the blood of a monster that is at least a pseudo-dragon level eight, his blood-sucking skill will definitely evolve.

What abilities will evolve by then?
Can I completely transform into a bat, without being restricted by time and place?
Can you gain the ability to enter the tomb of the imperial daughter?

Compared with the Tomb of the Imperial Daughter, even the Tomb of the Real Dragon is just a bonus, not to mention Zhang Shicheng's Fake Dragon Tomb.

"I have the destiny of a true dragon. I am the only true dragon in the world. Zhang Shicheng is nothing but a fake dragon." Zhang Chen muttered to himself at this time.

He also had some guesses about the plan of the Pingbian Palace. The biggest plan of the Pingbian Palace was probably that Zhang Shicheng Zhang Chun could transform into a dragon. If Zhang Shicheng could really transform into a dragon, he would immediately become a twelfth-level monster. At that time, he would have the capital to fight against the Dasheng Dynasty. I am afraid that the Pingbian Palace would immediately stand up and would no longer be afraid of the court's restraint.

"The invasion of foreign tribes, the relocation of the imperial court, and the sudden rise of Zhang Shicheng are probably all related to the mysterious fate." Zhang Chen continued to analyze:

"First: Zhang Shicheng's sudden rise to prominence that year was probably a sign of his fate."

"Second, what happened in the Great Victory Dynasty that caused the foreign race to come knocking on the gate?"

"Regarding the second question, there are two possibilities. The first is that something went wrong with the twelfth-order mystery of the Great Victory Dynasty, so it had to retreat. The second is that the twelfth-order mystery of the Great Victory Dynasty was restrained by the mystery of the alien race. Then Zhang Shicheng obtained the blessing of dragon energy, and emerged as an alien army to sweep across the world's alien races. But after sweeping across the world's alien races, when Zhang Shicheng wanted to rule the world, he discovered the existence of the twelfth-order mystery, and then he was dumbfounded, and had to die with hatred, bury himself, and wait for the opportunity to turn into a dragon." Zhang Chen felt that his analysis was very likely, because Zhang Shicheng was just a country bumpkin back then, and might not know about the existence of the mystery.

For ordinary people, there is no mysterious news in this world. Just like the village where he grew up, where were there any mysterious words circulating?

"It's becoming more and more interesting!" Zhang Chen picked up the shovel and continued to dig.

"Crack~"

The sound of whips rang out, and the supervisor waved the whip, constantly directing the laborers to move the mud and sand, but he did not allow them to rest.

"I don't know what happened to my bumblebee. It's my life-saving tool in the future. I just hope they can survive. There's water in the cave, so the bumblebee shouldn't run away."

Zhang Chen dug a shovel of loess, wondering if he could ask the fox spirit to go for a walk, so he summoned the fox spirit directly to ask.

When Fox Fairy Nannan heard what Zhang Chen said, she rolled her eyes and said, "How far I can go depends entirely on your strength. With your current ability, twenty miles is already the limit for me."

Zhang Chen had no choice but to give up this plan. At the same time, he ordered the fox spirit to go outside to collect supplies and secretly boil gunpowder in the barren mountains. If he really dug out the tomb of Zhang Shicheng, the King of Pingbian, in the future, perhaps the gunpowder could still play a role.

"I will teach you how to make gunpowder. Do you want to learn it?" Zhang Chen looked at the vixen.

The vixen's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I'll learn! Of course I'll learn!"

Zhang Chen did not hide anything when he saw this, and told the materials needed for gunpowder, as well as how to purify, refine, and make the various proportions.

He did not hide the secret from the vixen. He could not go through the trouble of making gunpowder by himself in the future.

After hearing Zhang Chen's narration, the vixen was stunned: "Is it that simple?"

She really couldn't believe that something with such power was so simple to make. It didn't require hard training like a skill, it only took ordinary mortals a little more time to make it, and once a mortal mastered it, he could kill the mysterious with his mortal body!

At least the human martial arts master was so powerful that the fox spirit couldn't think of any way to resist him!

Let alone a martial arts expert, even if one has explored the spiritual world and reached the fourth level of existence of objects, if there is an inexplicable explosion like mine, then the physical body will be blown to death directly, right?
"It's that simple! Haven't you heard that the simpler things are, the more profound principles they contain?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

The fox fairy stood there after hearing this, looking somewhat lost. "What's wrong with you?" Zhang Chen looked at the fox fairy Nannan, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Gunpowder is so powerful that ordinary people can refine it and use it to attack cultivators. Then what's the point of our cultivation?" There was a hint of confusion and sadness in the voice of the fox fairy Nannan.

"Practice cannot bring immortality. All it seeks is to master more powerful strength. Now with the appearance of gunpowder, the gap between the two sides is directly eliminated. What is the meaning of practice? If the practitioner cannot master power that surpasses ordinary people, then what is the point of practicing?" The fox fairy Nannan seemed to be muttering to herself, and seemed to be asking Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen looked at the fox fairy Nannan and could understand her confusion. After all, in a special period in his previous life, when foreign planes and cannons bombarded the Chinese people, they were probably as confused as the fox fairy at this moment.

"Explore the mysteries of heaven and earth, and master the mysteries of the human body." Zhang Chen said.

"Nonsense! The purpose of cultivation is to master powerful strength. If we can't master powerful strength, wouldn't it be a waste of effort for us to meditate and practice all day? We might as well enjoy life with that time." The fox fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen with contempt in her eyes: "Hypocrite!"

“…” Zhang Chen was speechless.

"You must not leak this technology, even if you are beaten to death. Otherwise, the order and rules of this world will really change. The world will be reversed and turned upside down." The fox spirit said: "Whether it is an alien race or a human race, whichever race masters this technology will be invincible."

At this point, the fox fairy Nannan was still a little worried, and turned around to threaten fiercely: "There are quite a few 'traitors' among your race. If you spread the gunpowder technology, although your race may have a great advantage in the early stage, as the traitors leak the secret recipe, the methods of my demon beast race are more efficient than your race's use of explosives. Your race will definitely suffer heavy losses and fall into a disadvantage."

Zhang Chen glanced at the vicious vixen and said, "I just hope you don't pass on the gunpowder technology."

Zhang Chen just said it casually. He was not worried that the vixen would pass on the technology. The other party now had his own skills. As long as he set shackles for the other party, the other party would not be able to speak.

The fox fairy Nannan ignored Zhang Chen, but impatiently turned into green smoke and flew away, starting to look for materials to make gunpowder.

Zhang Chen now focused his attention on Zhang Shicheng's tomb: "For me, the most effective way is to interrupt Zhang Shicheng's transformation into a dragon when he is about to do so, and then suck his blood. But he is a ninth-order Yang God. Even if I hook his soul over, I am afraid I may not be able to kill it! Unless he suffers a serious injury..."

Zhang Chen thought about it and finally found a clue: "The opponent is now gathering the water veins of the world. If he fails to transform into a dragon, he will not be able to control the water of the world without transforming into a real dragon. He will definitely be attacked by the water of the world. The opponent can only retreat and transform into a fake dragon. However, even if it is a fake dragon, it will not be able to suppress the water transportation trend of the world, and the injury will be more serious. Then it may be my chance. I can control all the river water within 50 meters, plus the characteristics of the light of the righteous god, I may not be powerless against the fake dragon."

"However, the key now is to find the tomb first, determine its location, and then find a way to operate it."

Zhang Chen carried the basket full of soil on his back and went to the dam to pour it out. His mind was wandering and a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to him: "I can't find the location of the tomb, but I can ask Zhang Shicheng to come and find me!"

"Zhang Shicheng has now gathered enough luck and swallowed up the mysterious power. He is only one step away from truly completing his transformation and becoming a true dragon. As long as his true dragon fate is not in place, he will never be able to become a true dragon. Now he has gathered the water veins of the world, and the trend of the dragon has been formed. As long as he does not transform into a true dragon, the trend of the dragon will not be interrupted. The water vapor between heaven and earth will continue to gather until the backlash crushes the dragon."

"Once the trend of the dragon turning into a dragon is formed, the result will not be controlled by Zhang Shicheng. Even Zhang Shicheng cannot stop it."

Zhang Chen was delighted when he thought of this: "If it weren't for me, that strand of true dragon fate would have been summoned by Zhang Shicheng, and directly taken by Zhang Shicheng, and then turned into a true dragon. But Zhang Shicheng, this unlucky guy, happened to meet me!"

"It's okay for a father to pay for his son's debt, right? It's your family's fault for having no rules and giving birth to a son who hurts people for no reason. You and I have no grudge against each other. This is all the karma of your grandson, so it can only be blamed on you." Zhang Chen smiled complacently.

At this time, he thought of a way, that is, to use his true dragon fate to seduce the other party and see if the other party would take the bait and whether he would take the initiative to come out of the Feng Shui tomb.

You have to know that the underground is the enemy's lair. If Zhang Shicheng, the King of Pingbian, wants to transform himself into a dragon, he has to arrange the feng shui layout and various mechanisms and traps. Zhang Chen is not very willing to enter it.

As Zhang Chen's mind moved, the dragon energy in his soul came out of his body. The dragon energy was only as thick as a chopstick and appeared directly on Zhang Chen's shoulder. As soon as it appeared, it suddenly took a big bite of the dragon energy that was diffused between heaven and earth. As he inhaled a mouthful of the dragon energy between heaven and earth, the true dragon fate on Zhang Chen's shoulder actually grew stronger and more solid.

The dragon energy is invisible and cannot be seen by the naked eye, so Zhang Chen was not afraid of being seen by the servants around him.

Just as Zhang Chen's true dragon energy was tearing at the dragon energy between heaven and earth, suddenly the dragon energy between heaven and earth boiled, and then there was a shaking from the riverbed beneath his feet, making it difficult for people to stand steadily. Along with the shaking of the earth, countless underground water flows were "squeezed" out by the earth, and in an instant the water in the Yellow River began to surge, and it had spread over people's knees in the blink of an eye.

"Run! The Yellow River is flooding!"

A laborer who was working was so frightened when he saw water suddenly gushing out of the Yellow River that he dropped the tools in his hands and ran towards the shore.

Zhang Chen was also shaken by the shaking of the earth. The True Dragon Fate on his shoulder seemed to have sensed the crisis, and it suddenly "whooshed" back into Zhang Chen's soul and hid itself.

"A person with true dragon destiny is actually afraid of Zhang Shicheng?" Zhang Chen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his own person with dragon destiny would be so cowardly. He actually ran away when he saw the other party showing his power.

But think about it, now Zhang Shicheng has obtained the complete destiny, just like a general who commands a million troops but is not legitimate. And what about the true dragon destiny? How can an emperor who has only the name of orthodoxy but no soldiers under his command not be afraid of Zhang Shicheng?

At this time, the people were struggling to escape in the Yellow River. Zhang Chen did not want to attract too much attention, so he joined the fleeing crowd. However, he was sure of one thing in his heart, that he had used his true dragon fate to stimulate Zhang Shicheng, and it really alarmed him, and even affected his transformation into a dragon.

My own inferences and conjectures are completely feasible!

(End of this chapter)