I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 115: The Speculation of Nourishing the Soul

Zhang Chen was a very clever person. At this moment, based on the few words of the little bean sprout in front of him, Zhang Chen immediately noticed something was wrong. That Elder Wu hadn't cultivated a Yang God at all! It was clearly a mass of incense power arranged according to some extremely unique pattern, enveloping his divine soul.

"Incense Power Achieving Godhood!" A thought popped into Zhang Chen's mind. Soon, a logical deduction gradually appeared in his mind: "The Yellow Sky Sect must have discovered the usage of incense power when excavating an ancient tomb somewhere. They found that as long as incense power was gathered, they could easily step into the realm of the mysterious, and thus began to study the usage of that incense power. Until one year, the Yellow Sky Sect finally researched the results and felt that the martial arts in the mortal world were nothing more than that, so they directly loosened the restrictions to win people's hearts."

Having mastered the mysterious power of Incense Power Achieving Godhood, the Yellow Sky Sect would naturally no longer be afraid of martial arts spreading out. After all, the power of gods is unpredictable. Who knows if there might be some special means to curb it?

And then there's that mysterious Yellow Court Scripture. In his previous life, he had heard of the *Yellow Court Inner Landscape Scripture* and the *Yellow Court Outer Landscape Scripture*, but as for the Yellow Court Scripture, he had never heard of it.

"What are you thinking about?" Cheng Yu asked when she saw Zhang Chen standing there in a daze again.

"I'm just wondering, are there really immortals in this world? And what are immortals?" His eyes were full of doubt.

He felt that the so-called immortals should just be a term humans use to describe the exploration of the spiritual world. Only in this way would it best fit the deduction.

"Why think so much? Even if there really are immortals, it's not something you can covet." The little bean sprout glared at Zhang Chen unhappily: "I'm here to teach you the first three stances of the True Dragon Grand Frame. Learning the martial arts in front of you and mastering the skills of exertion is the most important thing for you."

As Cheng Yu spoke, she began to explain the first three stances of the True Dragon Grand Frame to Zhang Chen, which involved the control of breathing, the hand seals in the details, and even the coordination with visualization, and so on.

The first three stances of the True Dragon Grand Frame were simple in movement, but there were many key points and essentials. These key points and essentials were the most important, as they were the key to exerting power.

Fortunately, since Zhang Chen's Godly Light of Righteousness was upgraded, his memory was not bad. Cheng Yu only taught him five times, and Zhang Chen had already memorized everything.

Then, Cheng Yu patted Zhang Chen's chest and said with surprise in her voice, "Boy, I'm very satisfied with your learning progress. You can memorize it in five times, it seems you have good talent."

Zhang Chen looked at the appreciation in the little bean sprout's eyes, coupled with that childish expression and old-fashioned tone, and felt strange no matter how he looked at it.

"It's all thanks to Senior Sister's good teaching." Zhang Chen roughly figured out the little bean sprout's temper and subtly flattered her.

Sure enough, upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, the little bean sprout's eyes lit up: "Do you really think so?"

Hearing this, Zhang Chen said against his will, "How dare I lie to Senior Sister?"

The little bean sprout patted Zhang Chen's shoulder with satisfaction upon hearing this: "Good, good, good, you are the most honest one in the entire Taoist temple. I'm starting to like you more and more now."

Speaking of this, the little bean sprout became interested and said to Zhang Chen: "Come, come, come, I'll give you extra lessons. There's still some time before lunch. I'll guide you to practice the True Dragon Grand Frame."

Zhang Chen was not polite upon hearing this. He directly set up his stance in the house and asked the little bean sprout for guidance.

Zhang Chen's stance was very standard, but it was also very stiff. Because the little bean sprout was not tall enough, she held a pole in her hand and kept pointing and tapping on Zhang Chen's body, modifying Zhang Chen's mistakes.

"Breathing, pay attention to breathing! Breathing must not be messed up!"

"Remember, no matter what, breathing must never be messed up."

… …

The little bean sprout's pole tapped up and down. Zhang Chen enjoyed her guidance. As time passed, Zhang Chen's movements became more and more flexible. Only then did the little bean sprout stop the pole, and then a pair of clear black and white eyes looked at Zhang Chen:

"Next is to temper these three movements repeatedly. Use these three movements to stretch the meridians of your upper body. If you want to integrate the strength of your whole body into one, you must constantly feel it back and forth in the repeated tempering. Eventually, one day, if you can feel the 'activity' of the meridians and can guide this power to gather in one place, that is Manifested Strength." The little bean sprout explained the key points.

Zhang Chen practiced earnestly upon hearing this. Because he possessed a unique bloodline, he could feel the flow of blood, and he was particularly sensitive to the meridians in his body. With each movement and each stretch of the meridians, he seemed to sense a trace of difference.

But he hadn't yet grasped exactly where the difference was.

Zhang Chen practiced more than fifty times. At this moment, a bell suddenly rang, and then the little bean sprout flipped out two food bowls directly from the cabinet next to her. The food bowls were as big as an adult's head, and they looked particularly comical in the little bean sprout's hands.

"Quick, it's time to eat! Let's go eat quickly." The little bean sprout casually threw a wooden bowl to Zhang Chen. The wooden bowl seemed to be endowed with a unique force. When it landed in Zhang Chen's hand, it didn't seem to have the impact he had imagined.

Zhang Chen had just caught the wooden bowl, and then he saw the little bean sprout put the wooden bowl on her head and dashed out the door.

"Senior Sister, let me carry it for you." Zhang Chen quickly stepped forward and picked up the food bowl from the little bean sprout's head.

Cheng Yu's eyes lit up upon seeing this: "I forgot that you were here."

After saying that, she strode towards the distance: "Hurry up and follow me, those beasts start抢食as soon as it's mealtime. If we go late, I'm afraid we won't have any food to eat."

Speaking of this, the little bean sprout's voice was full of grievance: "Damn it, I went to steal offerings, but I still can't搶过these beasts and get hungry! Now there is a great drought in the world, and fewer and fewer believers are donating to our Taoist temple. The food in our Taoist temple has gone from dry rice in the past to thin porridge now."

Zhang Chen was stunned upon hearing this, but then he suddenly realized that there was a great drought in the world, and a turmoil was imminent. Everyone was tightening their belts, so where would they have the money to donate to the Taoist temple?

The two of them ran wildly all the way, but Zhang Chen and the two of them were still late. From a distance, they saw more than a dozen long lines in the kitchen hall, all of which were a group of young men aged eighteen to thirty. At this time, they were holding food bowls and standing in the line with expectant faces, waiting to serve food.

Looking at the more than three thousand strong men, Zhang Chen felt more and more that the Yellow Dawn Temple was not simple, but now that he was on a pirate ship, it would not be easy to get off.

Golden light flashed in his eyes. Zhang Chen scanned with his pair of Dharma Eyes. All the young people he saw were ordinary people, and none of them had become successful.

"They are all just mortals." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Thinking about it, it was also true. The mysterious was so rare that even the abbot was just a mortal, let alone this group of disciples?

However, these disciples practice martial arts, and many have reached the Dark Force stage, so they should not be underestimated.

"Damn it, I'm late again! And still the last one." Cheng Yu looked at the long line, cursing and pulling Zhang Chen to join the queue.

"Little junior sister, you're late for the queue again today."

"Little junior sister, you look so cute today."

"Little junior sister, the sky-piercing bun on your head is really cute."

… …

As the two walked past, the group of men, upon seeing Cheng Yu, seemed to be teasing a child, and they all started to joke.

Zhang Chen followed behind Cheng Yu, and all the way, he heard everyone calling her 'junior sister,' but not a single 'senior sister.'

Zhang Chen looked at the back of Cheng Yu's head, and an inexplicable feeling arose in his heart, and he began to seriously doubt the little bean sprout's claim of being thirty years old.

The little bean sprout seemed a little guilty from being called that by everyone. She turned her head to look at Zhang Chen, and after meeting Zhang Chen's eyes, she immediately turned away, looking down at her rice bowl without saying a word.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen was speechless. He had actually been tricked by a child. However, it was true that the abbot had told him to call the little bean sprout 'senior sister,' and her martial arts skills were also genuine.

Since everything was true, Zhang Chen didn't think about changing it back. Besides, this little bean sprout was quite fun, a small person with big ideas, very interesting.

The two waited in line for a full hour, and then the kitchen disciple vigorously scraped the bottom of the large pot clean and poured it into Zhang Chen's rice bucket.

Looking at the full bucket of rice porridge in front of the other disciples, and then looking at his own half-bucket of rice porridge, Zhang Chen finally understood why the little bean sprout was running so desperately, and even running to the main hall to steal pastries.

Rice porridge wasn't very filling to begin with, let alone only half a bucket?

Under the long corridor, two figures, one tall and one short, were walking under the corridor, holding rice porridge. Neither of them spoke, both staring blankly at the rice porridge in their buckets.

"Zhang Chen." The little bean sprout was the first to speak, breaking the silence, her pair of black and white eyes staring at Zhang Chen: "After you know my age, won't you be willing to be my junior brother anymore?"

"That's impossible. You became a disciple before me, so you should be my senior sister. How can this be changed because of age?" Zhang Chen replied with a smile.

"Really?" Hearing this, the little bean sprout's eyes lit up instantly, and she said to Zhang Chen: "You squat down."

Hearing this, Zhang Chen squatted down, holding the rice porridge. The little bean sprout looked at the half-bucket of rice porridge in Zhang Chen's bucket, a look of hesitation appearing on her small face. Finally, she bit her lip and poured her own rice porridge into Zhang Chen's bucket: "Since you are my junior brother, of course I have to take care of you. I can't let you go hungry. If you can't get enough to eat, wouldn't I lose face?"

The little bean sprout was seriously dividing the rice porridge, but she was so excited that she accidentally poured too much, directly pouring most of the rice porridge in her bucket into Zhang Chen's bucket, scaring the little bean sprout into quickly taking back her wooden bucket, looking at the less than one-fifth of the rice porridge left in her own bucket with a pained expression.

"Thank you, Senior Sister! I'll follow you from now on." Zhang Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the rice porridge in the bucket: "Senior Sister, you would rather go hungry yourself than let me eat my fill. I am very grateful. Don't worry, I will follow you from now on."

Although she was young, she knew how to care for others!

Moreover, her martial arts cultivation was high, so he would inevitably have to ask her for guidance in the future. Furthermore, Zhang Chen looked at the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone in the room, and felt that this little bean sprout should be literate. If he wanted to learn to read in the future, he would still need to ask the little bean sprout in front of him.

What did it matter to suffer a little loss in words?

"Um, don't rush to thank me yet." Hearing this, the little bean sprout's face was tangled, and she waved her hand to interrupt Zhang Chen's thanks. Then, with a flushed face, she looked at Zhang Chen hesitantly: "I actually poured too much for you, can you pour a little back for me?"

Zhang Chen was speechless upon hearing this, and his eyes looked at the little bean sprout. Finally, the little bean sprout lowered her head guiltily: "Never mind, never mind, there's no reason to take back what you've given away. You eat it yourself, I'm not hungry!"

The little bean sprout's voice was full of hesitation and pain, her eyes moving away from Zhang Chen's full bucket of rice porridge, hugging the wooden bucket and walking in front, constantly muttering: "I'm not hungry! I'm not hungry!"

Seeing this, Zhang Chen couldn't help but smile, feeling a bit like he was teasing his daughter, so he stepped forward and grabbed the little bean sprout's wooden bucket: "Senior Sister, I can't eat so much porridge. Let's divide it and eat it together."

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the little bean sprout swallowed, but she stubbornly said: "How can that be? As a senior sister, there's no reason to take back what I've given away?"

"If Senior Sister doesn't eat it, I won't be able to finish this bucket of porridge, and I'm afraid it will be wasted," Zhang Chen persuaded.

Hearing this, the little bean sprout's big black and white eyes rolled around, and then her eyes looked at Zhang Chen, somewhat guiltily: "Since you've said so, if I don't help you eat a little, it would be a sin to waste it. It's so difficult to harvest a little grain these days!"

As she spoke, the little bean sprout eagerly handed over the wooden bucket, and then watched Zhang Chen pour the rice porridge into her wooden bowl.

"Senior Sister is literate, right?" Zhang Chen asked.

The little bean sprout was stunned upon hearing this, and then shook her head: "I'm not literate."

A look of astonishment appeared on Zhang Chen's face: "I saw writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones in Senior Sister's small building?"

"I'm just practicing calligraphy! Master said that it's best if I don't know how to read before I comprehend the divine."

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked in surprise.

Hearing this, the little bean sprout looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she leaned forward and lowered her voice: "Let me tell you, our master said that if a person doesn't know how to read, they can still obtain the divine charm of heaven and earth. If they know how to read, their thinking will be shackled by words, so they must not know how to read before breaking through to the divine."

Speaking of this, the little bean sprout was afraid that Zhang Chen would not understand, so she pointed to the distant mountains: "Look at the mountains in front of you, they are vivid scenery. If you know how to read, then they are two cold and emotionless 'mountain' characters. People's thinking will be shackled by the words in front of them. If someone mentions the mountains to you, the first thought will be how to write 'mountain,' instead of the charm of the mountains. Or, because you know how to read, when you see the mountains, you will only remember the two characters 'mountain,' and not the divine appearance of the mountains."

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank upon hearing this. He suddenly thought of a saying from his previous life: observing mountains, rivers, and the universe can nourish the spirit.

"Could it be that the Yellow Heaven Path is looking down from a high position on the Great Path of the Gods, and has discovered the secret of nourishing the soul?" Zhang Chen's heart stirred.