I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 146 Seeing the Spring
Xie Lingyun was searching for herbs in the house when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the yard: "Elder Zhang, are you deceiving me? The medicine you prescribed for schizophrenia has absolutely no effect."

"Schizophrenia?" Xie Lingyun in the room was stunned: "Who has schizophrenia?"

At this time, Elder Zhang was serving the noble lady. Hearing Cheng Yu's careless words, he couldn't help but be startled, fearing that he would bump into the noble lady.

He knew very well the character of these nobles.

"Go and send her away. Don't let anyone know that I'm here." Xie Lingyun waved his hand casually. Elder Zhang thanked him profusely and hurried out of the room.

"Impossible? The medicine I prescribed for you can calm your nerves and help you sleep, and it can also help you cultivate your spirit. How can it have no effect?" Elder Zhang asked the little kid.

"Don't mention it. He has been taking your medicine for a month and I thought he was well. But today I saw him meditating and practicing again. He actually started to practice Qigong and cultivate immortality again." The little kid said unhappily.

If Zhang Chen heard what Cheng Yu said at this time, he would definitely beat her up. He had been drowsy for the past month. He couldn't muster up energy when he was with Cheng Yu during the day, and he would sleep when he had nothing to do. He thought it was because he was tired from digging for the divine objects in the spiritual world, but he didn't think about the little bean.

It's not that he didn't practice these days, he just moved the time of practice to the second half of the night. When the drug effect wore off in the second half of the night, he regained consciousness and went to meditate and practice. At that time, Xiaodouding had already fallen asleep, so how could he know?

I went to practice after sending Xie Lingyun away today, purely on a whim, as I felt I had wasted too much time in the morning.

"That shouldn't be the case. Is it because the dosage is not enough? Come, I'll give you more dosage." Elder Zhang said.

inside the house

When Xie Lingyun heard what the little boy said, the scene of Zhang Chen drinking the medicine suddenly came to his mind, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. In an instant, the truth was slowly unfolding before his eyes like peeling off silk threads.

"So... the so-called health-boosting is just an excuse? Zhang Chen looks like a good guy, but he is actually a mental patient?" Xie Lingyun secretly laughed when he heard this: "Refining Qi and cultivating immortality? You really thought of that."

Xie Lingyun shook his head and continued to look for herbs and think about the herbal formula.

Let’s talk about Zhang Chen. He has already entered the spiritual world at this time and came to the mysterious ruins again. After summoning the fox spirit, he started digging the soil in the ruins directly.

Strangely enough, all the objects in the outside world turned into runes after being picked up, but all the soil near the spring was dug up and thrown away, and after leaving the ground, it did not change at all and remained just soil.

"This spiritual world is really strange." The vixen dug the dirt onto Zhang Chen's face and looked at the grains of sand with surprise.

She did it on purpose, to get revenge on Zhang Chen for asking her to dig a hole.

"This world is inherently strange." Zhang Chen replied, following the vixen to expand.

The two dug holes along the way, and after digging another two meters, their magic power was exhausted again, and then their will returned to their bodies.

"At this rate, if I work overtime and increase the digging from once a day to twice a day, I will be able to dig through the underground world in another seven or eight days. I want to see what's so special about the spring water." Zhang Chen couldn't contain his curiosity. He felt that there must be big secrets hidden in the spiritual world, especially the spring, which would definitely give him unexpected surprises.

in the afternoon
Xiao Douding started to boil medicine in the yard again, but this time the smell of the medicine was stronger, even a little pungent.

"I say, is your herb really effective?" Zhang Chen smelled the herb and couldn't help but walked out of the yard to ask.

"Please remove the word 'ma'. Senior sister will cure the disease with this medicine." Xiao Douding's voice was full of pride, and he comforted Zhang Chen: "Don't worry, this herbal medicine will definitely work. I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet."

Zhang Chen was a little confused: Why am I so anxious? I am a cultivator, I am not interested in martial arts at all, okay?
But seeing that the little kid was determined to boil the herbs, Zhang Chen did not stop him. Instead, he went back to the house to read and ponder the manuscript left by his master.

Ever since the Taoist temple implemented strict rules, he hasn't gone down the mountain for some time.

Zhang Chen looked at the manuscript in his hand and had to admit that although Chen Sanliang was arrogant, he still had something. But it was just a "little" thing. His theory was similar to the heart learning of Wang Yangming, a saint in the 21st century, but it was just a little bit of a prototype and had not yet touched the real core of "unity of knowledge and action".

"No wonder this guy dared to directly accuse Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, of being a useless doctrine. It turns out that this guy has already had the concept of unity of knowledge and action. It is normal for him to have such an idea." Zhang Chen muttered.

Confucianism is useless. It is useless except for teaching people benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. However, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness are against human nature. Humans are animals, and we have never seen animals observe benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.

It has the use of the Law School, the ingenuity of the Mohist School, and the wisdom of the Military School. What else can it be but useless learning?
Apart from building a good living environment, it is of no use at all. Anyone who follows Confucian ideas in his life will surely die.

Confucianism says that gentlemen form friends but do not form cliques, but as a result, most scholars form cliques for personal gain.

Confucianism advocates loyalty, justice, reason and faith, but when foreign enemies attack, the first to turn to them are Confucianists. Those who betray their faith are scholars, and those who betray their wives and children are also scholars.

"The real core of Confucianism is that the nobles have mastered the shackles of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, and put the shackles on the people, turning them into the people's dogma, and 'I' alone jump out of the dogma. When everyone abides by the dogma and I don't, I can take the opportunity to gain benefits. This is the way of a king, the core of Confucianism." Zhang Chen stroked Chen Sanliang's scriptures, and only then did he realize how precious the scriptures that could truly be used by Confucianism were.

"Chen Sanliang is extraordinary, but it's a pity that he is destined to fail. He is digging at the foundation of the powerful. The powerful use Confucianism as a dogma to teach the ignorant people of the world, and then turn it into shackles to seize the opportunity to profit. And Chen Sanliang created a school of mind. Isn't this overturning the table? He wants to abandon the tools that the nobles use to rule the world. It would be strange if the nobles of the world would give him a chance to come forward. This guy betrayed his own class, and I'm afraid he will not have a good end in the future." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

If he were a vested interest, he would never ask Chen Sanliang to step forward.

Just as Zhang Chen was pondering over his studies, a noble lady in a red robe walked into the yard again and came into the small building.

Zhang Chen quickly put down the book in his hand and bowed respectfully to the lady.

The lady glanced at Cheng Yu who was boiling the medicine, then looked at Zhang Chen and the book, and showed curiosity: "You can actually read?"

"I was just watching for fun." Zhang Chen quickly explained, but refused to admit that he could read. He probably knew the attitude of the nobles in this world towards ordinary people's literacy. In order to avoid trouble, he chose to avoid trouble and simply denied that he could read.

Hearing this, Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen with a hint of pity in his eyes: "This child is indeed crazy and mentally ill. Who would read an unfamiliar book with such relish?"

Zhang Chen felt somewhat puzzled by Xie Lingyun's gaze. He always felt that something was not right, but he didn't know what exactly was wrong.

"I wonder what instructions you have for me, sir?" Zhang Chen said respectfully to Xie Lingyun.

"I don't have any instructions. I just wanted to teach you martial arts in the morning and come to see if you have made any progress in the afternoon." Xie Lingyun said casually.

Could she say that she came in search of that mysterious light?

Unfortunately, Xie Lingyun was destined to return empty-handed. Since Zhang Chen had already noticed something was wrong, why would he continue to ask the golden light to remain?
Xie Daoyun looked at Zhang Chen and said, "Go and practice the True Dragon Frame. I will give you some pointers to see if there are any omissions."

Zhang Chen was speechless. Wasn't it too presumptuous to ask a cultivator like him to practice martial arts every day?

But the matter of cultivating immortals was top secret, and he couldn't possibly explain it to Xie Lingyun. He could only force a smile, and then go to the yard to practice boxing and martial arts, practicing the True Dragon Frame.

After the drill was over, Zhang Chen turned to look at Xie Lingyun, waiting for her instructions. However, Xie Lingyun was standing in the corner of the yard, staring at the elm tree in a daze: "The most outstanding thing in the whole yard is this big elm tree. It must have lived for hundreds of years. If there is any mystery, it should be this big elm tree."

Zhang Chen walked behind Xie Lingyun at this time. Looking at Xie Lingyun with her back to him, he was confused for a moment. Wasn't this woman here to teach him martial arts? Why did she like the big elm tree? What was so good about this elm tree? Because of the drought, all the leaves had fallen off. What was there to see?

"Sir, I have finished the rehearsal. Please give me your comments." Zhang Chen bowed respectfully towards Xie Lingyun's back.

Xie Lingyun came back to his senses after hearing this and glanced at Zhang Chen.

How could she see Zhang Chen practicing martial arts? She came here to find the mysterious, and as for instructing Zhang Chen, it was just an excuse.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun said nonsense: "Not bad, the practice is good, you need to keep up the good work. You go and practice, I'm thinking about something, don't disturb me."

Zhang Chen took a look at the noble lady in front of him and listened to her perfunctory tone. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't find what was wrong, so he could only continue to practice martial arts.

At this time, Xiao Douding's Chinese medicine was ready, and he came to Zhang Chen with the medicine bowl: "Junior brother, drink this bowl of medicine quickly. I promise that you will practice Ming Jin as soon as possible and exert the strength of your whole body's tendons and veins."

"Really?" Zhang Chen replied perfunctorily, showing no interest. He didn't want to drink the medicine at all, but facing Cheng Yu's eager eyes, he still swallowed the medicine in one gulp, and then wiped the ash from the little boy's face: "Why does this medicine taste more and more bitter? It's many times more bitter than the first time I drank it."

"Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. In order to prevent you from developing drug resistance, of course I have to increase the strength of the medicine." The little kid spoke confidently and lied without blushing or beating his heart.

Zhang Chen didn't think much about it, but continued boxing for a while. Then he felt sleepy and his brain was a mess. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and went straight into the house and fell asleep.

Zhang Chen slept for three hours and woke up when it was getting dark. He saw that the little kid was nowhere to be found, but the lady was still standing under the big elm tree, as if she was thinking about some problem.

"How strange." Zhang Chen muttered secretly again.

At this time, a bell rang among the mountains, awakening the noble lady who was deep in thought. Xie Lingyun looked at the sky as if she had just woken up from a dream and said, "Have I been standing here for so long?"

"Would you like some tea?" Zhang Chen came over and asked Xie Lingyun.

"No need, I should go back for dinner." At this point, Xie Lingyun seemed to remember something, took out a bunch of incense from his sleeve, and handed it to Zhang Chen: "This is the incense I made myself. Light one before going to bed on weekdays. It can calm your soul and mind, which is very good for you. Don't forget to light one before going to bed every day."

This incense was an imitation she made when she was working on the formula for calming incense. Its effectiveness was less than one percent of the original, so it was not considered precious.

The reason why she was kind enough to offer incense to Zhang Chen was because she felt sorry for the little Taoist priest, who was mentally ill and didn't know it. Just like when she was attacked by the demon, she didn't know it at first and thought she had a mental problem. But as her cultivation level became higher and higher, she began to have doubts in her heart, and finally found the damn demon.

After Xie Lingyun finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the yard holding the incense, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"When did the nobles become so easy to talk to? This girl is a good person. She doesn't have any aristocratic airs at all. She doesn't look down on me just because of my humble background. This person is worth getting along with!" Zhang Chen muttered to himself as he watched Xie Lingyun's departing back.

That night
Zhang Chen lit the incense and fell into a state of meditation again.

Digging the soil, meditating and practicing Qi, this seems to have become Zhang Chen's daily routine. Apart from chatting with Xie Lingyun every day, the days seem to have calmed down.

Of course, in addition to Zhang Chen feeling more sleepy every day, sometimes he would actually fall asleep while meditating and practicing Qi.

Time passed quickly. Late one night, Zhang Chen and the fox spirit were digging in the soil in the state of meditation. Suddenly, at a certain moment, the fox spirit exclaimed, "I dug something up. There is actually an underground secret room here. Zhang Chen, come down quickly. There is actually a spring in this spiritual world. How is this possible?"

The fox fairy Nannan screamed and then dived straight in.

"Did you find it?" Zhang Chen was also very excited. He dug day and night for seven or eight days and finally dug through the underground soil and came to the spring.

What you see is a stone chamber made entirely of jade. The chamber is not big, only 30 square meters. In the center of the chamber, there is a pool, which is three meters in size. There is a spring in it, and spring water keeps flowing out. However, the color of the spring water is not normal, it is yellow, and it looks quite smelly and is very sticky, which makes people think of something bad.

"Why don't you come down?" The fox fairy Nannan shouted, and seeing Zhang Chen still lying outside without moving, she turned her head and asked, her voice full of doubt. Logically speaking, at this time, the good fortune was right in front of him, shouldn't Zhang Chen be afraid that he would snatch it away and enjoy it, so he ran down to fight for it?
(End of this chapter)