I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 158 Big Blame

Zhang Chen looked a little embarrassed when he heard this. Xie Lingyun seemed to see Zhang Chen's embarrassment, but he took the initiative to joke: "Okay, you kept it a secret from me, and you actually have a way to suppress the Great Freedom Demon, but you refused to tell me before, causing me to worry in vain. If the Great Freedom Demon didn't take the initiative to look for you, would you have watched me die?"

She was just joking, and she didn't really suspect that Zhang Chen would not help. Because the two of them were on the same boat, and Zhang Chen was a smart man, and smart people would never do stupid things.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "How could that be? That Great Freedom Demon will never let me go, and will not tolerate me continuing to live. The reason why I didn't take action was because I didn't have the means to restrain this beast just now. It was also after I came back and faced a crisis of life and death that I gained a new understanding of the art of talismans and figured out new mysteries, but I didn't know if it would work. Just now, when I was facing a life-and-death crisis, I used it as a last-ditch effort, and luckily I subdued this demon."

The art of seducing souls is his last trump card, it must not be leaked out!
Anyway, no one knows my methods, and no one knows the secrets of Qigong and cultivating immortals. I directly attributed the mystery of my soul-snatching skills to talismans and Qigong. Who can doubt it? There is no other Qigong practitioner in the world except me. Who knows whether what I said is true or false?
"How do you want me to thank you?" Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "I am lucky to be alive. How can I deserve your thanks?"

Xie Lingyun disagreed when he heard this: "I promised you to be an official, but you refused. You don't care about gold, silver and treasures. In this case... there is a book of talismans in the Inspection Office. I can lend it to you for a month."

"Thank you, sir." Zhang Chen was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly bowed respectfully to Xie Lingyun.

"Don't be so polite. You saved my life. There's no need to be so distant with me in the future." Xie Lingyun said softly.

If Xie Lingyun before was aloof and difficult to approach, then Xie Lingyun at this moment was very approachable, and his main characteristic was being approachable and lovable.

"My lady, your evil thoughts have been sealed. What should we do next?" Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun. He felt that this was not a solution and he must find a solution.

"I think it's pretty good. It's a peculiar state. When the five poisons are gone in my heart, all evils will not arise. My practice speed seems to have accelerated. I can break through the possession tonight, and I will definitely break through the manifestation within half a year. I will definitely break through the possession within a year, and I will definitely become a Yin God within five years. My mental state at this moment is very peculiar, and my practice is as if I have divine help." Xie Lingyun's eyes were a little strange. He never expected that there would be such benefits after losing negative emotions.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard Xie Lingyun's words. A thought popped into his mind: "Could it be that Xie Lingyun had gained a buff because he lost his negative emotions?"

Good things happen to good people?
“The way of heaven is unpredictable, but it always favors the good.” Zhang Chen felt inexplicably touched.

Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen, then at the jar that sealed the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon: "I have to go back now. I'll leave the Heavenly Demon's affairs to you. I will come to see you every seven days. After seven days, I will send you the talisman technique."

Xie Lingyun survived the disaster, and his words were filled with uncontrollable joy as he walked towards the door.

"Wait, there is another problem, don't forget it!"

Zhang Chen shouted at Xie Lingyun. He was talking about the evil ghost transformed from the unjustly dead woman. Because she had obtained the luck of the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon, she had become powerful and was equivalent to the incarnation of the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon.

However, one point needs to be emphasized here: the incarnation of the Great Freedom Demon is not the same as Xie Lingyun’s inner demon.

A person can only have one demon, or one demon in his heart. But the Great Free Demon can be entrusted to all living beings, so there can be countless of them!

"Leave it to me. A mere little ghost is nothing! As long as we kill that evil ghost, the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon will lose its foundation, and the incarnation of the demon will naturally disappear into thin air." Xie Lingyun's voice came from outside the door, and the person had disappeared.

Zhang Chen relaxed upon hearing this, his eyes fell on the jar: "I wonder if this Great Freedom Heavenly Demon can unleash any skills."

The ability of this Great Freedom Demon is a bit against the sky. The first skill: rely on the mind, immortal. The second skill: invisible and formless.

No matter which skill you acquire, it will be against the will of heaven.

Zhang Chen looked at the Great Freedom Demon in the jar, thinking in his heart. The next moment, he saw golden light bursting out from his hand and blessing the jar barrier. The Great Freedom Demon in the jar touched the jar barrier and immediately grimaced in pain, screaming: "Boy, you have sealed me, why are you still abusing me? You are abusing a captive, which is too immoral."

The Great Freedom Demon screamed in pain, but Zhang Chen ignored it and continued to apply golden light. After about thirty breaths, Zhang Chen saw that the demon's screams were getting smaller and smaller, and his breath was getting weaker and weaker, so he had to stop: "Strange, no skills were dropped, what's the problem?"

Zhang Chen felt that something was a little unusual. Why were no skills dropped?
"There will be plenty of time for research later, let's go to sleep today." Zhang Chen muttered and walked straight to the bed: "It would be great if I could transform this Great Freedom Heavenly Demon into my own skills just like I did with the True Dragon Skill."

Little Douding sensed Zhang Chen's arrival and subconsciously clung to Zhang Chen like a koala. Because Little Douding had been drinking medicine for the past few days, he slept very deeply, and Zhang Chen and Xie Lingyun's loud noise did not wake him up.

The next day, at dawn
The elders counted the number of people and found that no one had died last night. In addition, as the illusion disappeared, Wu Changming also walked into the Huangli Temple. Everyone in the Taoist temple was overjoyed, and all the disciples congratulated themselves for escaping the disaster.

All the disciples gathered in the square. Zhang Chen hid in the crowd and quietly observed Wu Changming. He saw a black aura flowing around Wu Changming. It was obvious that he had been infected by the devil and had taken root in his mind.

Wu Changming was not a fool. He had already sensed something in his mind. With a gloomy face, after counting the number of people and sending Xie Lingyun away, Wu Changming disappeared directly into the Taoist temple.

"Shinto is a natural breeding ground for the demons, and it is most suitable for parasitism." Zhang Chen secretly sighed in his heart, but he was unable to stop it.

He couldn't stop Huang Tiandao from preaching, nor could he stop the demon from possessing him.

He was able to pull the demon out yesterday because the demon had just possessed Xie Lingyun and had not yet completed the seven-day resurrection.

As everything returned to normal, the Taoist temple regained its peace, all the disturbances disappeared without a trace, and the moment seemed to be calm.

Zhang Chen's life returned to the same as before. He practiced Qi or played with the little kid.

"I haven't visited you for a long time. I was busy trying to survive. Now it's time to go and ask for your advice." Zhang Chen turned into a wisp of mist and disappeared into the mountains and forests. He floated several miles away from the Taoist temple before turning into a vampire bat and flapping his wings away.

In terms of travel speed, the fog is certainly not as fast as the flying speed of vampire bats.

When Zhang Chen appeared in Wangjia Lane in Daliang City again, he noticed something was wrong, because there were more soldiers guarding the entire Wangjia Lane. However, those soldiers all had bruised faces and noses, and looked very embarrassed.

"How strange." Zhang Chen looked at the soldiers guarding outside with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he still walked over with the gift.

"Stop, who is it?"

As Zhang Chen approached the entrance of the alley, he saw a guard reaching out his hand to block his way.

"My name is Zhang Xiaohua." Zhang Chen bowed quickly and took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and handed it over. He had already sensed that something was wrong, so he simply gave a fake name.

The guard smiled ingratiatingly when he saw the silver coins and asked respectfully, "Is it to see the scholar?"

Zhang Chen was surprised when he heard this, but then he calmly replied, "That's right, big brother, please be flexible."

"You are not worthy of being called a noble, please go in." The officer thought Zhang Chen was a noble, and did not seem surprised by his arrival. People often came to visit in the past few days, and they were all nobles. Although the officer said that he would block the entrance to the alley, would he dare to stop the noble?

Those nobles all had bad tempers. If they dared to block the way, they would be beaten up as soon as they came. They couldn't fight back, which was really frustrating. After several beatings, they had gained experience and simply pretended to ask for the other party's name and then let him go.

Zhang Chen walked into the alley and came to his master's door, but saw that the door was ajar, so he pushed it open and walked in.

But when I walked into the door and saw the dilapidated yard, I was stunned.

The yard was in a mess, with many ceramic objects broken on the ground, looking very miserable.

My master was sitting under a big tree with his hair uncombed and his face unwashed, crossing his legs without any ladylike manners, holding a teapot in his hand and staring at the old tree in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking about.

At this time, bursts of reading sounds were heard in the house. Zhang Chen recognized the source of the sound, it was the impoverished nobleman Chai Chuanxin.

Looking at the courtyard that seemed to have been looted by bandits, Zhang Chen hurried into the courtyard and came to Han Suzhen's side: "Master, what... is going on? Did something bad happen?"

Han Suzhen was stunned when she saw Zhang Chen, then she quickly sat up straight, put down the teapot in her hand, and let out a long sigh: "I thought you were not coming back."

Zhang Chen didn't know why Han Suzhen said this, so he said, "Once a teacher, always a teacher. How could a disciple not come to visit the master?"

Han Suzhen looked Zhang Chen up and down for a moment, then suddenly sighed and slumped down on the stool without any image: "You shouldn't have come."

"What happened?" Zhang Chen walked forward, placed the seven paper bags in his hand on the table, and looked at Han Suzhen with surprise in his eyes.

Han Suzhen no longer looked like a role model for a teacher. She said casually like a little girl, "You are not a simple person. Your apprenticeship gifts are going to kill me."

In the confused eyes of Zhang Chen, Han Suzhen narrated what happened. It turned out that Zhang Chen instigated a fox spirit to steal gold and silver on a large scale that day, which directly led to strict security in the entire city.

Han Suzhen spent the gold, silver and jewelry sent by Zhang Chen lavishly, which immediately caught the attention of the government and aroused their suspicion.

It should be known that Chen San and his wife have been under surveillance in the north. Seeing them suddenly become lavish from being down and out, how could they not arouse suspicion?
Then a large number of officials came to search the house. Chen San and his wife explained that it was Zhang Chen's apprenticeship gift. However, the officials found out Zhang Chen's family background after a brief investigation. How could Zhang Chen, a poor boy, have so much money to become an apprentice? The most important thing was that a victim identified the origin of the pearls, so the apprenticeship gift was immediately identified as stolen money by the government.

Then the blame was put on Chen San and his wife.

Either the two of them find Zhang Chen, and then everyone confronts and proves his innocence, or Chen San and his wife will take the blame.

Zhang Chen looked at Han Suzhen, who was lazily lying on the recliner and seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him. He smiled bitterly and knelt down in front of Han Suzhen. "It's my fault. I've implicated you, Master."

Han Suzhen glanced at Zhang Chen, crossed her legs, and looked like a little gangster: "Don't you have something to say to me, kid?"

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "Those jewels were all stolen by me. Master, just hand me over. I will never cause any trouble for you."

"Come here." Han Suzhen hooked her finger at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen crawled in front of Han Suzhen, and Han Suzhen's eyes showed curiosity: "What I'm curious about now is, how did you steal the jewelry from the county government? And you stole from so many wealthy families overnight, and you didn't even leave any clues?"

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly after hearing this, and after a moment of thought, he said, "Extraordinary people require extraordinary means. Don't worry, I will never implicate you, and I will definitely find a way to get you out."

"No need, it's just a small matter, not worth mentioning. You just need to hide yourself and don't let anyone find you." Han Suzhen said lazily: "With my status, with such a small amount of gold and silver, even if someone wants to throw dirty water on me, they can't do it."

"If it's not difficult to do, why are there soldiers guarding outside?" Zhang Chen asked.

"That's because the group of soldiers found Chen Sanliang's manuscript when they searched the house, so they got into trouble," said Han Suzhen.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this and looked at Han Suzhen in surprise, wondering what trouble the manuscript would cause. Could it be that the manuscript contained some prohibited content?

Han Suzhen smiled bitterly: "This has to do with the debate between Chen Sanliang and the Master's lineage."

(End of this chapter)