I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 162 Invisibility Talisman

Xie Lingyun knew that Zhang Chen was a man of real ability, and it would be a waste of his ability if he stayed in the mountains.

She knew how terrifying the Great Freedom Demon was, so she knew even more clearly that this matter was by no means over. Because the Great Freedom Demon's demon seed had already spread, how many people in the world would be harmed by the Great Freedom Demon? At that time, Zhang Chen would have to help.

"For me, royal power and wealth are not worth clinging to. Compared with glory and wealth, I prefer leisure." Zhang Chen rejected Xie Lingyun's invitation: "Sister will definitely not force me, right?"

"You, others beg to join the Procuratorate but fail to get it, but you always make excuses." Xie Lingyun couldn't do anything with Zhang Chen. The other party even called her "sister", so she knew that she had no chance anymore.

"Don't worry, you can put all the responsibility on me and say that I didn't let go." Xie Lingyun knew what Zhang Chen meant by bringing up this matter with her, so she spoke up and took all the responsibility on herself.

"Thank you, sister." Zhang Chen bowed solemnly.

"What is there to thank you for? You suppressed the demon for me and saved my life. If I have to thank you, I should be the one thanking you." Xie Lingyun's eyes were as pure as the lake water: "There's no need to be polite between us."

Zhang Chen nodded: "I will learn from you."

When Xie Lingyun said this, he looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes and said meaningfully, "I am going down the mountain. I heard from the mountain that the young master Zhu Xun from the academy has left the academy and is heading north to discuss Taoism with the crazy student Chen Sanliang. Chen Sanliang actually created a Taoism under the pressure of the academy, which has caused the academy to have murderous intentions. This time, they are determined to destroy Chen Sanliang. Zhu Xun will arrive in about a month and a half. The Inspection Office has sent a message to me to go down the mountain in advance to make arrangements to avoid any trouble."

Zhang Chen was a smart man. He knew what Xie Lingyun meant by listening to the music. He knew that Xie Lingyun was passing on a message to him, so he nodded and said, "It will be a great Confucian and Taoist gathering. I wonder how many scholars will come here."

"I heard that the Southern Qilin and the Northern Sleeping Dragon of Confucianism are on their way. These two are the leaders of the younger generation of Confucianism, known as the best of the younger generation. Their attainments in Confucianism and Taoism are role models for the world. If you are interested, you can go down the mountain to discuss with them, so that you can weigh the weight of the youngest generation in the world." Xie Lingyun said.

"How could I have the qualifications? I am just a country bumpkin. How could I be compared with Qilin and Sleeping Dragon?" Zhang Chen laughed at himself.

All he wanted was to have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear, healthy family members, and the ability to study mysteries. As for fame, wealth, and power, they were not that attractive to him.

Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen. She could clearly sense the indifference in the eyes of the young man in front of her. He really did not care about the shackles of fame, wealth and power.

Zhang Chen thought of his parents. He wanted to ask, but then he remembered that with Xie Lingyun's intelligence, she would definitely make arrangements even if he didn't ask.

Seeing Zhang Chen hesitated to speak, Xie Lingyun seemed to understand Zhang Chen's thoughts and said, "A few months ago, my father took a mother and son back to the Inspection Office. He arranged everything very well for them. The treatment was so good that even I, as a daughter, was jealous. Sometimes I even doubted whether I was their biological child."

Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, Zhang Chen secretly praised in his heart: "This little girl is really a wonderful person."

After the two talked for a while, Xie Lingyun got up and left, leading a large group of people down the mountain.

After Xie Lingyun left, Zhang Chen was pondering the runes in the room, but Liu Feng walked in at this time: "Have you mentioned that matter to the lady?"

Zhang Chen lied to Liu Feng without blinking an eye: "Your Highness said that I am still a little short of the mark, I am neither good at literature nor martial arts, I need to continue to work hard, there must be one thing that stands out, only then can I be sent down the mountain to a powerful department."

Liu Feng nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, and began to make big promises to Zhang Chen: "The ancestor said that as long as you can enter the Inspection Office, you don't have to worry about your future. Our Taoist temple has planned everything for you. You should have seen with your own eyes the big commotion in the Taoist temple before. There are mysterious powers in this world that cannot be explained. If you can enter the Inspection Office and control the real power department, the sect can let you have the mysterious power, and even immortality is not a delusion."

Zhang Chen's face immediately became 'excited' upon hearing this, and his breathing began to quicken: "Are you serious, Master?"

Liu Feng heard this and said, "Such secrets should not be known to you. This is the supreme secret of my Huang Tian Dao. But I like you, so it's okay to tell you. Martial arts practice, from Ming Jin, An Jin, Hua Jin to sitting across the Dan, are just the mastery of strength. Even if the highest martial arts are indestructible, they are nothing in front of the mysterious power. And I, Huang Tian Dao, have now opened up a path above the martial arts, renewed the life of the martial arts, and will go further and further on this path of martial arts. If you can enter the Inspection Office and make great contributions to the Taoist temple, the Taoist temple will reward you according to your merits, and you will never be disappointed."

Zhang Chen heard this and immediately patted his chest with excitement and promised: "Don't worry, Taoist temple, I will definitely enter the Inspection Office and make contributions to the Taoist temple at all costs."

Liu Feng looked at Zhang Chen's excited expression, his face flushed (the effect of blood control technique), and he looked like he wanted to go down the mountain immediately to join the Inspection Office. He showed a satisfied smile on his face and then turned and left.

Liu Feng said goodbye and left. Zhang Chen stood at the door, watching Liu Feng's back in silence: "Huang Tiandao... Huang Tiandao... If Huang Tiandao really rebels in the future, how should I deal with it?"

Zhang Chen pondered for a long time, and Xie Lingyun's face appeared in his mind. Then he returned to the house to continue observing the runes. The most important thing for him was to master all the runes in the "Shangqing Notes" and turn them into his own skills within this month.

"I know it's difficult, so I must seize the time and work hard." Zhang Chen muttered.

Zhang Chen's days became extremely busy afterwards. He worked on runes day and night, figuring out how to draw and the order of strokes for the first rune in the Shangqing Notes Runes.

Zhang Chen was very busy. He was meditating, cleaning up the ruins of the spiritual world, studying rune magic, and also having to deal with the little kid taking medicine. He was simply too busy to handle.

Xie Lingyun came to the Taoist temple every seven days, and sat with Zhang Chen for a day each time, which made Zhang Chen's status in the Taoist temple more subtle. Everyone knew that Zhang Chen was favored by the noble lady, and Zhang Chen's life became more and more quiet.

With the burial of hundreds of dead disciples in the Taoist temple, the strange events in the temple finally passed, and it seemed that everything had returned to calm. However, Zhang Chen knew in his heart that many things were waiting to ferment.

For example, the demon seed of the great master!
For example, the evil seeds were planted in the hearts of Wu Changming and Gu Mingyue, and all of this was constantly fermenting.

The hot summer weather made people feel restless. Zhang Chen directly extracted water vapor to form ice, which caused the temperature in the house to drop rapidly, allowing the little kid to have a good sleep.

Zhang Chen was standing in front of the table, holding a wooden stick and thinking about how to draw talismans on the sand table. Suddenly, a series of banging sounds were heard, and the jar that sealed the Great Freedom Demon was shaking.

Zhang Chen's action of drawing the talisman was interrupted. He put down the stick in his hand and came to the jar: "Why don't you just stay in the jar? What are you doing? Do you think my methods are not cruel enough?"

The jar was still banging non-stop. After a moment of hesitation, Zhang Chen realized that the Great Freedom Demon was a little strange today. It seemed that he was trying to express some information, so he unveiled a talisman: "Do you have anything to say?" "You are too stupid, just like a stupid pig. You can't even draw a talisman properly. You are so stupid! I can't stand it in the jar. I feel so aggrieved and uncomfortable. I want to give you some advice." The voice of the Great Freedom Demon rang out in the jar, full of sarcasm and ridicule:
"To be honest, I have never seen anyone as stupid as you."

Zhang Chen's face suddenly darkened when he heard the ridicule from the Great Freedom Demon. He knew that his talent was a bit disappointing, but it was still hard for him to accept it when someone pointed it out to him in person.

However, after hearing what the Great Freedom Demon said, Zhang Chen also felt happy: "Could it be that this Great Freedom Demon knows the art of drawing talismans?"

"No matter how smart you are, you are still sealed up by a stupid person like me, right?" Zhang Chen said unhappily.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Great Freedom Demon suddenly fell silent, and sighed in the jar, getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. If he had known this would happen, he would have just ordered someone to chop this kid to death, why bother causing such a mess?
Zhang Chen saw that his words had directly knocked the Great Freedom Demon out of his wits, and a smug smile appeared on his face: "Do you know the art of drawing talismans?"

"Of course I understand." The Great Freedom Demon said sullenly, "Do you want to learn? If you want to learn, I can teach you."

"What conditions?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Don't seal me up. It's pitch black inside this jar, and there's no one talking. You might as well let me out. You have mastered those strange methods anyway, and I can't escape." The Great Freedom Demon discussed in the jar.

Zhang Chen flatly refused: "No, your methods are too strange. If you run away, where can I find you?"

"You can't ask me to teach you talismans for nothing, right?" The Great Freedom Demon said unhappily, "Who would do something that has no benefit?"

Zhang Chen looked at the jar, but he couldn't think of a comprehensive solution for a moment. After all, this Great Freedom Demon could not be let go, nor could it be killed. It was really troublesome.

"Boy, have you made up your mind?" The Great Freedom Demon urged impatiently in the jar.

Zhang Chen heard this and said, "Besides asking for your release, do you have any other demands? We can talk about that."

"Then ask me to parasite in your mind, are you willing?" said the Great Freedom Demon unhappily.

"Just talking nonsense." Zhang Chen said.

"Look, if you don't agree to the conditions I proposed, then there's no room for negotiation." The Great Freedom Demon said unhappily.

Zhang Chen was silent for a moment before he said, "Even if I don't need your guidance, I can master the talisman after studying it for a while."

Zhang Chen knew that he must not reveal any weaknesses when facing the demon, so he simply waved his hand and stuck the talisman in his hand directly on it.

"Bang bang bang~"

The jar began to shake again. Zhang Chen uncovered a talisman and said unhappily, "What are you doing? Do you want me to put a third talisman on it?"

"I've finally figured it out. You're as slippery as a ghost, just like a thousand-year-old fox. We're all thousand-year-old foxes, so let's not play Liao Zhai. Why don't we both take a step back? You just leave a talisman to seal me, so that I can retain the ability to speak, and I'll teach you the art of talismans, how about that?"

Zhang Chen glanced at the jar and pondered for a moment. He was in control of the Soul-Catching Chain. No matter what the demon was up to, if he thought he had a chance to escape, he was overthinking. No matter where he ran to, he could pull him back with a slap.

"make a deal!"

Zhang Chen nodded without hesitation.

"You made a wise choice, kid. You should know that the art of talismans requires some tricks, and it is a secret passed down by various schools. If you don't have a famous teacher to guide you and rely on yourself to figure it out, I'm afraid it will take you forever." said the Great Freedom Demon.

At this point, the Great Freedom Demon suddenly remembered the talisman that Zhang Chen used to seal him. The level of this talisman was very high, so he quickly asked, "By the way, haven't you already drawn the talisman? Logically, you should have mastered the key points. Why do you look like a novice studying the talisman, and you are actually trying and erroring one stroke at a time? This talisman is not an ordinary talisman. It is almost impossible to figure it out by trying one stroke at a time."

"I worked out this character 'zhen' by trying it out stroke by stroke." Zhang Chen said unhappily.

Upon hearing this, the Great Freedom Demon was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Teach me the order in which the talismans in front of me are drawn." Zhang Chen said.

"The talisman in front of you should be a jade talisman. If you want to make this talisman, you need high-quality jade." said the Great Freedom Demon.

"Jade talisman?" Zhang Chen asked, confusion evident in his voice.

The Great Freedom Demon also knew that Zhang Chen was a novice in talismans, so he explained: "There are three types of talismans in this world. The highest type is the gold talisman, the second is the silver talisman. There is also a third type, called the jade talisman. The talisman you sealed me with is the silver talisman. The one recorded in the book before you is the jade talisman."

"Hey, I really don't know how you drew the silver talisman. This is impossible! It doesn't make sense at all! You don't know anything, and your magic power is so low, how could you draw a silver talisman?" The voice of the Great Freedom Demon was full of depression.

After hearing what the Great Freedom Demon said, Zhang Chen's face darkened even more, and he said unhappily, "You only need to teach me the order of drawing talismans, and you don't have to worry about anything else. If you keep talking nonsense, I will seal you! I'll tell you to shut up completely!"

(End of this chapter)