I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 139 She’s just a child!

Zhang Chen was thoughtful after hearing the vixen's words. So it all comes down to fate, and fate determines everything.

So what exactly is fate?
This is not only the doubt in Zhang Chen's heart, but also the doubt of all practitioners. After all, humans have only been exploring the spiritual world for about sixty years.

Zhang Chen told him about the remnant soul's obsession that he had seen before. Upon hearing this, the fox spirit said sadly, "What a sin! That Wei Yingwu really deserves to die! Such a cruel and ruthless person is rare even among the demon clan."

Zhang Chen remained silent and did not comment on the fox spirit's words. He collected the fox spirit's soul and then sat in front of the sand table without saying a word.

"My thoughts are not clear!" Zhang Chen sighed: "Go to sleep!"

Zhang Chen was soundly sleeping, unaware that the county town outside was in chaos. As time went by, more and more nobles realized that their homes had been robbed, and they flocked to the government to put pressure on them.

Countless evil spirits in the city were implicated, including the missionaries of Huang Tiandao.

The next morning

Zhang Chen finished his morning lessons as usual and did manual labor with Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu came to the statue he was responsible for cleaning, holding a rag in his hand and wiping the altar. Suddenly, he threw the rag on the table and cursed: "The more I think about it, the angrier I get! If I don't vent this anger, I won't feel at ease."

After saying that, he ran out.

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Chen saw what the little boy did and shouted quickly.

"Let it go!" The little kid disappeared after he finished speaking.

Zhang Chen looked at the little kid's back, hesitated a little and followed him, fearing that the little kid would suffer a loss.

It is said that Xiao Douding came to the mourning hall built by Wei Yingwu. Looking at Wei Yingwu kneeling in front of the mourning hall and burning paper money, Xiao Douding's eyes showed a fierce light, and then he pretended to approach Wei Yingwu naturally. Wei Yingwu heard the noise and glanced at Xiao Douding, then turned around and continued to burn paper money without paying any attention to Xiao Douding.

The little kid came behind Wei Yingwu, scanned the surroundings with his eyes, and when he saw that there was no third person present, the corner of his mouth curled up with an evil arc, and his eyes fell on Wei Yingwu's legs. The next moment, he took a step forward as if he tripped, and pounced towards Wei Yingwu's legs.

The little kid's pounce was unexpected, and Wei Yingwu had no time to react, and then a scream was heard.

Don't get me wrong, my leg is not broken, it's just the pain from the force going into my bones.

She was just a child after all, how could she have the strength to break someone's legs? Even if she had mastered the skill, she couldn't do it.

"What are you going to do?" Wei Yingwu reacted, looked at Cheng Yu, and threw him to the ground. He punched the little kid in the eye, making him dizzy and unable to resist.

"Don't hit me! I'm going to hit you! It's just a misunderstanding!" The little kid was pinned down by Wei Yingwu, his voice panicked, begging for mercy: "Brother, this is all a misunderstanding! I just bumped into you accidentally! I must be careful next time!"

The little kid begged for mercy while touching the sand on the ground!

Zhang Chen, who had followed secretly, hid behind a tree. Seeing this scene, he was speechless: "Practicing martial arts? That's it? There is no future in practicing martial arts. You have to cultivate immortality!"

"This Wei Yingwu is so shameless that he even beats a child! She is just a child!" The next moment Zhang Chen quietly approached his back. Before Wei Yingwu could react, Zhang Chen slapped his shoulder with his palm. The immobilization talisman in his body turned into golden light and sank into Wei Yingwu's body. Wei Yingwu stopped raising his fist and fell to the ground as if he had fainted.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen raised the corner of his mouth with a slight sneer, and then quickly evacuated the scene to avoid being discovered by the little kid who had recovered his breath.

After a few breaths, the little kid caught his breath, and the sand in his hand flew out and hit Wei Yingwu's face. Then he crawled out from under Wei Yingwu, looked at Wei Yingwu who seemed to have fainted, his eyes fell on his thigh, and then he punched down with his little fist - it didn't break!

Then Cheng Yu was chopping bones like a giant, and at some point there was a crackling sound. Wei Yingwu's entire thigh bent irregularly, and then he got up from the ground and started running away like a duck.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen, who was hiding in the dark, took away the immobilization talisman and disappeared.

Zhang Chen turned into a bat and rushed back before Xiao Douding. Zhang Chen was wiping the sculpture when he saw Cheng Yu running in from the door. However, Cheng Yu had dark circles under his eyes and his hair was messy, looking very embarrassed.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Chen looked at Cheng Yu's embarrassed appearance, pretending not to know the reason, and couldn't help but walk forward to check with some heartache.

"I thought about it all night last night, but I couldn't get over the anger in my heart. So I just broke one of that guy's legs, and finally I got rid of the anger." Cheng Yu's voice was full of joy.

"You..." Zhang Chen looked at Cheng Yu's black eye and was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"What's wrong with the bruises on your eyes?" Zhang Chen asked, "Who hit you?"

As he spoke, he reached out and rubbed it gently.

"That kid was no match for me. I beat him so badly that he knelt down and begged for mercy. I felt sorry for him and wanted to spare him, but that bastard didn't know how to be grateful and attacked me secretly. I was caught off guard and got punched." Cheng Yu said in a weak voice, "After all, that kid was taller and stronger than me, so I didn't react. But when I reacted, I had beaten him so hard that he cried for his parents! His legs were even broken! It's a pity that you were not there at the time and didn't see how majestic I was!"

Zhang Chen was speechless when he heard this. He looked at the little kid in front of him bragging, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he did not expose him.

"Aren't you a master of Hua Jin? That guy only uses An Jin, how can he hit you?" Zhang Chen was stunned.

"Are you stupid? The so-called strength is nothing more than a skill. If he punches me, I will certainly be hurt. Moreover, his height and weight are much different from mine. I was able to break his leg by a sneak attack, but it is because I have mastered the strength very well. Otherwise, I would be in trouble today." Cheng Yu said as he handed the candied fruits, small packages and other items on his body to Zhang Chen:

"The law enforcement elders will definitely give me trouble later. Please keep the things for me and make sure they don't confiscate them. I broke Wei Yingwu's legs for you. Without Wei Yingwu, although the other brothers have mastered the hidden power, they are not very strong. As long as you focus on practicing martial arts and combine it with the Turtle Fist, you may have a chance to win."

Zhang Chen looked at the little kid, and the water vapor in his hands condensed into ice cubes, which he applied to the little kid's eye sockets.

"Hey, where did you get the ice?" The little kid looked at the ice in Zhang Chen's hand with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Zhang Chen patted the little boy's head and said, "You have violated the precepts this time. You have implicated yourself because of a woman who has nothing to do with you. Is it worth it?"

"There are many things in this world that are neither worthwhile nor unworthwhile. You just have to do it or not do it." Little Bean said in a clear voice.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen didn't know what to say, and just said: "You were too reckless this time!"

"What are you afraid of? I am a talented disciple in the Taoist temple. How can Wei Yingwu compare with me? At most, I will suffer some physical pain!" The little bean's voice was full of indifference.

Before the two of them had to wait for long, the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall came in with a gloomy look on his face, glaring at Cheng Yu: "Cheng Yu, you are so bold, you actually dared to hurt a fellow disciple, you are really lawless!"

Behind him was Wei Yingwu, who was carried on a stretcher, and the elders, who all followed in.

"Elders, it was clearly Wei Yingwu who teased me on purpose. He got angry when I scolded him and wanted to attack me out of shame. That's why I broke his thigh. How could it be my fault?" Cheng Yu was immediately unhappy when he heard this. He immediately turned the tables and pointed at the black eye and said, "Elders, you only saw that Wei Yingwu's leg was broken, but you don't know that if I hadn't mastered the Hua Jin, I'm afraid this eye would have been blinded."

The little kid felt so wronged that his voice was filled with resentment.

Wei Yingwu, who was lying on the stretcher, got furious when he heard this. This was just a lie. He was so angry that he sat up from the stretcher and glared at the little kid: "You are talking nonsense, you little brat. I will skin you alive! It was you who attacked me secretly and broke my leg for no reason. Why did I provoke you first?"

"You also said that I broke your leg for no reason. If it was for no reason, and we had no grudges in the past or today, why would I break your leg?" Cheng Yu blinked, pointed at his black eye sockets and said, "Am I mentally ill?"

"Who the hell knows what's wrong with you! Elders, don't listen to this little thing's nonsense. This is clearly a false accusation!" Wei Yingwu suddenly became anxious at this time. He pointed at the little kid with both hands and his body was shaking with anger.

The two exchanged sharp words, and for a moment the elders could not tell who was true and who was false, nor did they know who was the one who took the initiative to stir up trouble.

"Enough! Stop arguing!" At this moment, the elder in charge of the martial arts performance stood up and interrupted the conversation between the two angrily, then looked at the little kid with a pair of eyes: "You are lying! If you didn't take the initiative to provoke trouble, why did you go to someone's funeral hall?"

Without waiting for the little kid to answer, the martial arts elder looked at the law enforcement elder with a look of anger in his eyes: "I suggest severely punishing Cheng Yu as a warning to others. He should be fined 200 lashes and then three years of hard labor."

The law enforcement elder raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "No one can tell who was right or wrong between the two of them. There was no third person present at the time, so no one can tell for sure. But Wei Yingwu, you are a man, but you can't even beat a five-year-old child. You still have the nerve to come and complain. If I were you, I would just find a piece of tofu and kill myself."

"I..." Wei Yingwu on the stretcher was so angry that his face turned red, his chest kept heaving, and his eyes were red from anger.

What can he do?
He is also very helpless!

He was clearly the victim? Why did it become like this?
"Brother Dao, it was Cheng Yu who started the trouble. It would be fine if you didn't scold Cheng Yu, but why are you so partial to her?" The voice of the martial arts elder was full of dissatisfaction. "She is just a child!" The law enforcement elder looked at Cheng Yu, and after a while, he suddenly spoke.

These words made Zhang Chen's mouth twitch, and Wei Yingwu on the stretcher felt his legs hurt even more.

"There's no need to punish you. The child was frightened and he didn't show any mercy in his attack. I'll sentence you to serve in the main temple for a year as a light punishment and a severe warning!" The punishment elder said slowly.

Hearing this, the martial arts elder wanted to say more, but was interrupted by the law enforcement elder: "I know what's going on, and I have my own laws to decide. You don't need to persuade me anymore."

"Elder, I don't accept it!" Wei Yingwu's voice was full of grievance. He was the one who suffered an unprovoked disaster. He had his leg broken. How would he deal with the competition then?

"She is just a child, and you are an adult. Don't you have such a broad mind that you still want to argue with a child?" The law enforcement elder's voice was full of sneers. "You can't even beat a child, and you still have the nerve to complain. You are really shameless. Her eyes are almost blind, and you only broke a leg. It's not like it can't be reattached!"

"I……"

Wei Yingwu's body was shaking with anger and fire was flashing in his eyes, but he could do nothing.

The law enforcement elder holds all law enforcement power within the Taoist temple. All criminal matters are decided by the law enforcement elder. Once the law enforcement elder has spoken, there is naturally no room for redemption.

No matter how dissatisfied everyone was, they had no choice but to endure it.

Then the crowd dispersed, leaving only Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding. Xiao Douding squatted on the ground, covering his bruised eye sockets, grimacing in pain: "Damn Wei Yingwu, I'm just a child, and he actually killed such a well-behaved and cute child. This bastard deserves to die! He deserves to die a thousand times! I didn't go easy on him at the time. If I wasn't afraid that he would wake up, I should have broken both of his legs!"

"You've broken his legs, what else do you want from him?" Zhang Chen asked speechlessly.

"I broke his legs because I am very capable. He hit me because he has no respect for the elderly and love for the young. This bastard deserves to die! He has no ability of his own, so who can he blame?" The little guy cursed angrily, his voice full of anger.

Zhang Chen looked at the little kid and laughed in his heart, "As expected of a woman, she has learned double standards at such a young age."

"Boy, you have to help me do more work. There are so many things in the main hall, I can't finish them all by myself." The little bean said to Zhang Chen pitifully: "Zhang Chen, Senior Sister loves you very much, right? She taught you martial arts, took care of you from head to toe... No, she taught you every move, step by step. Now it's time for you to repay Senior Sister, right?"

Zhang Chen was speechless upon hearing this, but he didn't say much either. The little kid's job was naturally his job.

"Let's go and get to work." The little boy took a mop and took Zhang Chen to the main hall and started cleaning.

The main hall is very large, and it is not easy to wipe it all clean.

The two worked all day, their hands and feet were sore from exhaustion. Cheng Yu lay on the bed and started cursing again: "It's all that damn Wei Yingwu's fault. A grown man was beaten by a child, and he had the nerve to complain. I don't know if he has any shame or what he's thinking."

Cheng Yu's voice was full of disdain.

Zhang Chen smiled shyly upon hearing this and did not respond to Cheng Yu's words. After all, the phrase "she is just a child" is the truth in any world!

"I want to eat meat." Cheng Yu lay on the bed and looked at Zhang Chen.

"If you go to bed now, maybe you will have meat to eat in the second half of the night." Zhang Chen looked at the little kid.

The little bean scratched his head when he heard that, and then said unhappily: "Forget it, forget it! The Taoist temple is cracking down hard now, so let's just be quiet for a while."

The little kid calmed down, touched his rumbling stomach, and went upstairs to sleep.

Zhang Chen was sitting in the house at this time. He summoned the fox spirit and told it to steal meat from the kitchen: "You should use illusion to cover it up instead of using violence."

Zhang Chen gave the fox spirit some instructions, and the fox spirit left lazily. Not long after, she carried half a rack of ribs and came to Zhang Chen's house. Zhang Chen directly extracted water vapor to clean the ribs, and began to stew the ribs in a big pot. At the same time, he used water vapor to seal the aroma of the meat to prevent it from being smelled by the hound's nose.

"Did you notice anything strange about that girl?" Zhang Chen asked.

He was asking about Cheng Yu's ability to see vixen.

You know, fox spirits are very strange. How can mortals see them?
"I don't know, I can't see clearly. Could it be that his heart is as pure as a child, and his mind is too pure?" The fox fairy Nannan was also puzzled.

Zhang Chen was thoughtful after hearing this, but of course he did not rule out the possibility that the fox spirit mentioned.

Pork ribs were stewing in the stove. Zhang Chen was holding a stick, sketching symbols on the sand table, thinking about how to draw the second rune.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, so he stopped the stick, took out the cinnabar that he had prepared long ago, infused it with magic power and started drawing talismans.

As Zhang Chen drew his brush, a talisman was drawn. Then the talisman on the yellow paper flashed and disappeared from the yellow paper.

"A third-order immobilization talisman! After I mastered the third-order golden talisman, the talismans I drew casually are also third-order." Zhang Chen drew more than a dozen of them in succession, and then stopped and stacked the runes together. He didn't use these runes for himself, but for the little kid to defend himself.

Not until the aroma of the stewed meat became extremely rich did Zhang Chen put down his stick and went to the stove to check. He saw that the ribs had been stewed until they were soft and boneless. Then he put the fox spirit away and poked the pavilion with the stick.

The next moment, there was the sound of footsteps, and the little kid ran down with a happy face: "Is there meat to eat again?"

"Of course!" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"Zhang Chen" came to Zhang Chen with the rice bowl in his hand and said, "If anything goes wrong, just blame me. I don't have to worry about too many debts and too many lice."

The little kid started to eat the ribs with relish.

Zhang Chen looked at the little kid, then took out the talisman paper and stuffed it into his arms: "This is the rune I drew myself, you need to carry it with you. If you encounter an enemy you can't deal with in the future, just stick it on the enemy's body, and maybe you will have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

"It's just these two pieces of yellow paper. You make it sound so mysterious." When the little kid heard Zhang Chen's words, he showed disapproval on his face.

"I've already told you, I've already started practicing Taoism, and this rune possesses incredible power!" Zhang Chen said in a bad mood, trying to persuade him earnestly.

"Cultivating immortals? Are you okay?" The little bean stared at Zhang Chen with his big eyes. He just looked at Zhang Chen's sincere expression, and then thought about the fact that he was eating someone else's stewed meat. He could only respond against his will: "Okay, okay, I'll carry it with me!"

Zhang Chen looked at the little kid's nonchalant expression and felt a headache. How should he explain to him?

"I'm telling you, I really became an immortal! I'm much stronger than you think! If you run into trouble in the future, you can come to me!" Zhang Chen said to the little kid very seriously.

Huff~Huff~
"Pfft~"

The little kid took a bite of the bone and spat out the bone residue. Seeing Zhang Chen's serious expression, the little kid also became serious: "Brother, don't worry. I will definitely carry this talisman with me! I believe you really practice Qi cultivation and have made some achievements in your practice."

As he spoke, he waved his greasy hands and said, "Put the talisman on the table."

Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction: "This boy is teachable!"

But after the two of them finished their meal, the little kid left. Zhang Chen looked at the talisman on the table and shook his head helplessly: "This girl still didn't take my words to heart."

Zhang Chen did not touch the talisman. He thought that after he finished his morning class tomorrow, he would have a good talk with the little kid. By then, the little kid would definitely understand his painstaking efforts and would definitely carry the talisman with him.

This is a treasure that can save your life at the critical moment!

A night passed. The next day, Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding finished their morning lessons and were cleaning the main hall when they suddenly heard a commotion in the distance. The noise soon died down, and the next moment, they heard the sound of armor colliding. Hundreds of warriors wrapped in armor and with long swords on their waists rushed into the Taoist temple and began to drive out the Taoists in the temple.

Zhang Chen was standing in the hall. After seeing this scene, he was stunned. A thought flashed through his mind: "What's going on? It's over! Did something happen to Huang Tiandao?"

"I knew that something big would happen to Huang Tiandao sooner or later. Could it be that Wei Yingwu suffered injustice and went to inform on others? Should I run away now?" Zhang Chen's heart was trembling and he turned around to pack his bags.

(End of this chapter)