I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 1076 A Small Test (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Feng Junzi Haoran)

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fang's face turned deathly pale: "I don't know! He was paroled from prison for a month and was about to be sent to do hard labor. He's probably already left Shanghai, right?"

"What? He's going to be exiled again? He was only released on parole?" Shi Yanan was stunned upon hearing this.

"You didn't know?" Zhang Fang looked at Shi Yanan with disbelief in his eyes. "You're his girlfriend, how could you not know something like this?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yanan froze on the spot, her head buzzing: "You're still his father, how could you be so heartless as to kick him out of the house? He's a paroled prisoner, he can't even stay in a hotel, what will he do out there all by himself?"

Aside from being homeless, Shi Yunan couldn't imagine how Zhang Chen would get through this difficult time. Even so, he refused to ask her for help. It seemed that he hated her to the core. Thinking of this, Shi Yunan suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart.

The memories of Zhang Chen's past kindness to her, his submissive nature like that of a slave, flooded back like a tidal wave, assaulting her mind.

"I must find him! He's been wandering the streets all by himself. Has he survived this past month? Where has he been exiled to? He didn't even leave any information. It's impossible for him to write a letter to contact me." Shi Yanan felt a pang of sadness, tears welling up in her eyes. The next moment, she turned and walked out of the Zhang family's house, heading towards the Shanghai Prison.

If there's any place in the world that knows Zhang Chen's whereabouts, it's definitely the prison in Shanghai. But Shi Yunan had only taken a few steps before she had to stop. Even if she knew where Zhang Chen was exiled, what could she do? Could she go to be with him? Shen Jianghe was still in the hospital.

The thought of the large sum of money needed for medical treatment gave Shi Yuhan a headache. How could she possibly get that money to treat Shen Jianghe's eyes?
As he strolled through the streets, his mind raced with thoughts, and an idea finally came to him: "I can sell Shen Jianghe's job, and if I can steal the house deed, I can pawn it at high interest rates and get some money back. That should be enough to cure his eyes."

Thinking of this, Shi Yunan immediately began contacting the seller, stealing the property certificate, and contacting doctors abroad.

While Zhang Chen was swaying back and forth in the green train, Shi Yanan had already brought an expert to the Shanghai hospital. After a series of examinations, the expert from across the ocean looked at Shi Yanan and said, "The patient only has a damaged retina. The problem is not serious. As long as someone is willing to donate a retina, the patient can have his eyes cured."

"Donate a retina?" Shi Yanan was taken aback and turned to look at the doctor at the Shanghai hospital. The ophthalmologist said, "The hospital doesn't have any spare retinas. If you want one, you'll have to wait in line. There are over a hundred people ahead of you on the waiting list..."

More than a hundred people are registering and queuing? When will we ever get a proper appointment?
Shi Yunan's eyes widened, filled with worry. At this moment, Shen Jianghe, who was on the sickbed, heard that there was still hope for his eyes, and he became excited. He quickly reached out and grabbed Shi Yunan's hand: "Yunan, you must help me!"

"There are still over a hundred people waiting in line at the hospital, how can I help you?" Shi Yunan's voice was full of frustration.

"Why don't you donate one of your retinas to me temporarily so I can regain my mobility? Once I have a retinas, you can repair your own eyes! Yu Nan, I'm begging you, for the sake of our past relationship, please help me! Once I recover, I will repay you properly and work hard to earn money so you can get a new retinas!" Shen Jianghe pleaded with Shi Yu Nan as if grasping at a lifeline.

"I'm all alone in Shanghai. If I go blind, how will I live? You can't take care of me forever, can you?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yuhan looked troubled. After all, the retina is an important organ of the human body, and it is of utmost importance to her. Although she can still see the world clearly even after losing one eye, how can one eye compare to the convenience of two eyes?

"Yu Nan, as long as you help me through this, I'll marry you once my eyes are healed! Isn't marrying me your dream all along? As long as you help me through this, I'll marry you right away!" Shen Jianghe grabbed Shi Yu Nan's hand and pleaded incessantly.

Upon hearing Shen Jianghe's words, Shi Yunan's face lit up with excitement; marrying Shen Jianghe was indeed her childhood dream.

"Moreover, the fact that my eyes have lost their light is also related to you. If you hadn't taken me to that restaurant, would that chandelier have fallen and hit my eyes?" Shen Jianghe said.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yunan sighed helplessly, her eyes filled with resignation, which was precisely what frustrated her the most.

"Alright! I'll give you the retina of one of my eyes!" Shi Yunan nodded in agreement upon hearing Shen Jianghe's words. As for Zhang Chen? Zhang Chen would be exiled to the north for at least ten years before returning. By then, she would have long been an old maid. She couldn't just keep waiting for him, could she?
The green train clattered along, emitting a soporific noise. Bai Ziling had already fallen asleep, leaning against Zhang Chen's arm. Zhang Chen sat on the train, looking at the scene before him, a hint of emotion in his eyes. The scene before him truly was a case of things having changed beyond recognition. Zhang Chen had traveled this road to the North years ago, but the landscape had undergone earth-shattering changes, and the original shape was completely unrecognizable.

As for why Zhang Chen is still certain that the road he is on is the same road he walked in the past, even though the landscape has completely changed, it is because Zhang Chen has mastered the Yuan Magnetic Dao of the world. Although the landscape has changed, the Yuan Magnetic trajectory has not changed, and the coordinates are still the same as they were back then.

“Unless it’s a place with famous mountains and rivers, or ancestral veins, it might not be greatly affected and might retain some of its original topography. You know, even the Kunlun Mountains, which the Queen Mother of the West painstakingly cultivated, have changed over countless years. The changes in topography have disrupted the operation of the feng shui array. As for the Qingcheng Mountains where I set up the feng shui array, with the Corpse Ancestor presiding over it, it shouldn’t be greatly affected.” Zhang Chen thought to himself, his eyes sweeping over the distant scenery and then looking at the prisoners in the carriage, all of whom were sound asleep, looking exhausted.

After more than half a month of long-distance travel, everyone was exhausted and listless, doing nothing but sleeping.

Zhang Chen not only had no resistance to going to the north to serve in the military, but was also full of anticipation, because that was his home!

The train continued its bumpy journey. Zhang Chen had somehow produced a steamed bun in his hand and was slowly munching on it. The enticing aroma immediately woke Bai Ziling, who was sleeping nearby. She stared wide-eyed at the steaming bun in Zhang Chen's hand, her eyes filled with a strange look.

They'd been on the train for half a month already, and everyone was eating the same coarse grain buns and thin porridge the train provided, but Zhang Chen was still getting hot steamed buns to eat, which was very unusual. Now she believed that Zhang Chen really did have some tricks up his sleeve.

Before Bai Ziling could speak, Zhang Chen stuffed a plump, white steamed bun into her mouth, making a shushing gesture. Then the two of them ate the buns in silence.

Since Zhang Chen dared to eat steamed buns openly, he wasn't afraid of being seen. His magnetic field had already formed an illusion, so to outsiders, Zhang Chen and Bai Ziling were still fast asleep, showing no signs of waking up.

After finishing three steamed buns, Bai Ziling's face showed a satisfied expression, and her grape-like eyes stared at Zhang Chen: "Where did you get these steamed buns?"

"The train's kitchen!" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

Bai Ziling's heart skipped a beat: "You're so bold, aren't you afraid of being traced?"

"How could mortals possibly trace the methods of ghosts and gods?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

Now let's talk about the train restaurant

A group of chefs in white coats gasped as they watched six large white steamed buns disappear from the steamer. They had seen this scene many times before. Since half a month ago, things had been frequently going missing from their kitchen, from meat to steamed buns and rice. At first, everyone thought someone was secretly stealing food, but when someone saw the food disappear right before their eyes, everyone's hair stood on end, and they began to pay close attention to the kitchen.

"There's something dirty in there!" the head chef said, his teeth chattering.

"Report this matter immediately!" the assistant said.

"No! What if we anger that filthy thing and it takes our lives? It's just that it eats some unclean things; it can eat whatever it wants! Besides, if we report this, we might be labeled as superstitious, and we'll all be in trouble. And those wicked people will think we're embezzling, and we'll be in the same boat!" The head chef quickly refused, then his eyes swept over everyone, and he lowered his voice, saying, "That's the end of today's events. No one is allowed to divulge this. It's just a little food being lost each day; we can just make more and take less. We mustn't make a big fuss about it."

In this era, engaging in feudal superstition is a terrible thing, and the consequences are extremely serious.

Just as the group was whispering among themselves, Zhang Chen wiped his mouth, casually put away his handkerchief, and then said to Bai Ziling, "It's a pity there's no soy milk on the train. If there were, that would be perfect."

Bai Ziling rolled her eyes upon hearing this: "It's good enough to have something to eat, what more do you want?"

The days on the train were quite boring, and in this boredom, the train continued northward.

P.S.: Bonus chapter for the great author "风君子浩然" (Feng Junzi Haoran). Here is the first chapter.

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