I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 239 Under the Yellow Springs
"What do you mean?" Zhang Chen showed a hint of surprise after hearing what Xie Lingyun said.

"Since you know the word mystery, you should have heard of the words 'fate' and 'destiny'," said Xie Lingyun.

Zhang Chen nodded: "Of course."

Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes: "Then do you know that the birth of the earth's dragon veins is also related to fate."

"Are the dragon veins of the earth related to destiny?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this. It was the first time he heard of it.

Xie Lingyun did not hide it: "All dynasties in the world, if they want to rise, must first find a dragon vein, bury the bones of their ancestors in the dragon vein, and then experience the nurturing of feng shui. In the dark, the dragon vein of the earth will turn into a mysterious destiny to protect the dynasty on earth."

"The establishment and duration of a human dynasty are closely related to the dragon veins. If the government is clean and the people live and work in peace and contentment, there will be a force of all living things that nourishes the dragon veins and strengthens them. If the dynasty is corrupt, the government is chaotic, and the people are hungry and miserable, then the people's resentment will consume the power of the dragon veins. When the dragon vein energy is exhausted by the people's resentment, the dynasty will no longer have the dragon vein energy to bless it, and it will perish." Xie Lingyun's voice was full of seriousness:

"All officials of the Dasheng Dynasty must be blessed by the dragon vein energy. Even the powerful Yin God cannot seize their bodies or harm them, otherwise they will be attacked by the dragon vein energy. Therefore, the strength of the dragon vein energy is related to the fate of the country."

“Of course, nothing in the world is absolute. There are countless strange secret arts in this world, and there are also many secret methods that can break the fortune of the dynasty. However, as the rank of the official increases, the price to pay for harming him will be greater. Even at the level of the emperor, he is almost the incarnation of the dragon veins of the earth. Harming the emperor is harming thousands of miles of land, which is equivalent to going directly against the will of heaven. The price to pay can be imagined.” Xie Lingyun said.

"This mountain range is the ancestral vein of the dragon veins in the north. In the past, the Pingbian Palace was just a landlord's home, and the burial place of its ancestors was just the dragon vein of an ordinary seventh-rank official. Later, with good fortune and guidance from masters, it began to rise, and used its luck to feed back the dragon veins, making the dragon veins stronger and beginning to swallow up the rest of the dragon veins. Later, with the rectification of the administration by the Pingbian Palace, the administration in the north was clear and the people were in favor of it. After hundreds of years of accumulated luck, the initial seventh-rank dragon veins have evolved from the dragon veins of seventh-rank officials to the dragon veins of the emperor. You are now refining magic weapons, and you are actually directly drawing on the energy of the earth's dragon veins. You are simply digging up the lifeblood of the Pingbian Palace. If the Pingbian Palace knew, how could they tolerate you?" Xie Lingyun's voice was full of shock.

There are nine grades of dragon veins in the world, corresponding to the nine-grade official system. Above the ninth grade is the ancestral dragon vein, which can cultivate emperors.

Of course, what shocked her the most was that Zhang Chen could actually draw on the power of the dragon veins of the earth. This is the power of heaven and earth, and even Yangshen Zhenren could not do it.

Are the methods used by Qigong practitioners really so mysterious and incredible?
Xie Lingyun was amazed at the mysterious abilities of the Qigong practitioners.

When Zhang Chen heard the news, he was shocked at first, shocked that he had hit the mark by accident, and the Bagua furnace fell on the dragon vein of the Pingbian Palace. Then he smiled smugly, not afraid of the power of the Pingbian Palace at all: "So what? I have made a mortal enemy with the Pingbian Palace. Even if I don't draw the dragon vein, the Pingbian Palace will definitely not let me go."

"That's not what I'm worried about. This dragon vein is a creation born from heaven and earth. If you draw on the power of the dragon vein, you will probably offend heaven and earth. Then you will be entangled by karma and suffer ominous signs." Xie Lingyun's voice was full of worry.

Zhang Chen paused for a moment after hearing this, and then said, "Cultivating immortality and practicing Qi to seize the fortune of heaven and earth is against the will of heaven. How could I be afraid of disaster?"

"But after hearing what you said, I am a little worried. Will the Pingbian Palace be sensitive to the fact that I have drawn on the dragon vein and come to them?" Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun with some worry. This was what he was worried about.

Xie Lingyun laughed when he heard this: "What are you thinking about? Although the Pingbian Palace knows the importance of the dragon vein, they can't find the reverse scale here, otherwise the Pingbian Palace would have sent heavy troops to guard it to prevent anyone from slaying the dragon. To be honest, if I hadn't helped you find the terrain of the Bagua furnace before, and discovered the key to the dragon vein in the north, I wouldn't have been able to find this place."

“Although Feng Shui can locate dragon veins, it is not omnipotent. It is impossible to find such a reverse scale. The mystery of the creation of heaven and earth is naturally protected by heaven and earth, shielding us from exploring and discovering.” Xie Lingyun said: “So as long as you don’t cause any strange phenomena and alarm the outside world, no one from Pingbian Palace will come to investigate. As for whether Pingbian Palace has any response because of your extraction of dragon veins, you are really thinking too much. Dragon veins are very mysterious. Even the Qi-gazing technique dare not look directly at them. You can only see a rough outline.”

Zhang Chen was thoughtful after hearing this: "The art of Feng Shui? I never thought there would be such a miraculous method."

"The word 'dragon' in the dragon vein is not just a casual remark." Xie Lingyun said: "But since you are not afraid of bearing the consequences and the karma of heaven and earth, of course there is no problem."

"In fact, I hope you can draw a lot of power from the dragon veins. The more power you draw, the more unlucky the Pingbian Palace will be, until it runs out of luck and falls apart." Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen remained silent upon hearing this, pondering the key point.

He just wanted to find the Xiantian Bagua Furnace to refine magic weapons, but he never expected that it was built directly on the dragon vein of the Pingbian Palace.

The Xiantian Bagua Furnace is mysterious and unparalleled, and contains infinite creations. It is not uncommon that it can seize the ancestral power of the Pingbian Palace.

"But Xie Lingyun is wrong. A large part of the credit for the rise of the Pingbian Palace should be attributed to the imperial daughter. It was the shattering of the imperial daughter's tomb that caused the true dragon energy to leak out. Then the mountains and rivers where the ancestors of the Pingbian Palace were buried happened to get the true dragon's energy, and then it grew and became stronger. The Dasheng Dynasty held two twelfth-level divine items, but they didn't kill the Pingbian King. It was probably because of the dragon energy and they didn't want to bear the cause and effect. Later, the Pingbian King Zhang Shicheng turned into a dragon because he got the true dragon's fortune." Countless thoughts flowed in Zhang Chen's mind. At this time, the fog was cleared, and countless clues were revealed like peeling off silk threads.

And then came the current war. The Pingbian Palace received the favor of the imperial daughter, but instead of thinking about guarding the imperial daughter's tomb, it actually wanted to covet the fortune in the tomb. This was a typical example of ingratitude. His current actions were nothing but the retribution for the Pingbian Palace's actions.

The jade box was destined to fall into his hands, and he was destined to find the location of the Bagua furnace and draw the luck of the Pingbian Palace.

Then Zhang Chen began to brainwash himself: "Every bite and every drink is a fixed number, this is destined! I am the uncle of the Emperor's daughter, which means I am the great benefactor of the Pingbian Palace. The Pingbian Palace has been so disrespectful to me, so it deserves such retribution!"

Zhang Chen was delighted: "I am doing this in accordance with the will of heaven. The entire Pingbian Palace owes me this."

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, and then he looked at Xie Lingyun: "This is fate. My appearance here is the fate of the Pingbian Palace."

Xie Lingyun glanced at Zhang Chen in reproach after hearing this, and then his mind gradually became blurred: "I will go and dispatch the Qi and Blood Warriors for you, you wait here."

After saying this, Xie Lingyun's Yin Spirit disappeared, leaving Zhang Chen sitting in front of the Bagua furnace and continuously making seals.

Just as Zhang Chen was thinking about the key steps of refining the treasure, the blue lotus in his spiritual world suddenly flickered, and he saw the golden scissors that were originally full of cracks actually flew out automatically and rushed into the Bagua furnace. "Huh?" Zhang Chen was shocked when he saw this. The golden scissors were of great importance. They were the means for him to settle down and protect himself in the future. There must be no accidents. If they were melted in the Bagua furnace, he would have no place to cry.

Zhang Chen quickly placed his palm on the Bagua furnace, feeling everything inside. He saw the golden scissors fall into the flames and float in a corner of the Bagua furnace, swallowing up the mysterious aura in the Bagua furnace to repair the cracks on his body.

"Hmm? There's no harm. The golden scissors sense the opportunity and are repairing themselves." Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of joy.

The magical power of the golden scissors is definitely worth Zhang Chen's anticipation, but he just doesn't know to what extent the golden scissors can be repaired.

Zhang Chen sat in front of the Bagua furnace and waited silently. Whether it was the Taiyi Gengjin or the body of a twelfth-order god, it was definitely not so easy to smelt.

"To refine the God-Slaying Whip, one needs the essence of the innate earth, the innate gold, the origin of the innate Yellow Spring, the fragments of the innate soul path, the innate yin and yang qi, the innate five elements qi, the seeds of the innate blue treasure tree, and the origin of the innate five tai. The innate five tai are the five gases that existed at the beginning of the world, namely Tai Shi, Tai Chu, Tai Yi, Tai Chi, and Tai Xu, as well as the world seed of the world tree." Zhang Chen counted on his fingers:

"I am now using the essence of the twelfth-order god Hou Tu to replace the innate Shu Tu essence. This item should be higher in level than the innate Shu Tu essence, so it should be considered as one type of material. The innate Yin and Yang Qi and the innate Five Elements Qi are two types of materials. I can risk fishing in the Nine-bend Yellow River Formation for the innate Huangquan Origin, and then add Taiyi Gengjin... Taiyi Gengjin is not as good as the innate Gengjin, so it can only be considered as one type. In this way, I have gathered five types of materials. I have never heard of the remaining four materials." Zhang Chen scratched his head: "I wonder if the materials I have obtained now can withstand the blessing of several innate restrictions."

Zhang Chen thought about something and turned into a stream of water, lurking underground. He then came to the depths of the cave and entered the underground world deep inside the cave. He then set up the Nine Bends of the Yellow River Array. Zhang Chen flashed and appeared directly in the Nine Bends of the Yellow River Array.

However, at the deepest part of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array, there were several springs emitting yellow water, which was continuously absorbed by the array, adding to its divine power.

"In the past, there was only one Yellow Spring in the spiritual world. However, after my Nine-bend Yellow River Talisman Formation was used as a coordinate, I captured several Yellow Spring Eyes in the void. If I want to obtain the origin of the Yellow Spring, I can only go to the depths of the Yellow Spring to explore."

Zhang Chen walked slowly to Huang Quanquan, a serious look in his eyes.

Going to the sky and the underworld is no joke. There are great dangers in the underworld. If you are not careful, you will end up with your soul torn apart.

However, Zhang Chen was not too worried. He had the Divine Water Transformation, which could transform him into the water of the Yellow Spring. Logically speaking, no matter how dangerous the Yellow Spring was, it was like going home for him.

“The Divine Whip is of great importance. It is the first magic weapon I want to refine to make a living. How can I do it without taking risks? Besides, I am also very interested in the legendary Yellow Spring. I wonder if there is the legendary underworld.” Zhang Chen looked at the Yellow Spring water. The next moment, his body twisted and turned into the Yellow Spring water, flowing towards the direction of the spring.

But soon Zhang Chen encountered his first trouble. The water of Yellow Spring was flowing downstream, and it was extremely difficult for Zhang Chen to get in against the current.

Fortunately, it was just a difficulty, not a solution. The Yellow Spring Water manifested by Zhang Chen was different from the real Yellow Spring Water after all. The spring was the size of a fist, and only half of the space was flowing with water. The Yellow Spring Water transformed by Zhang Chen evolved into hands and feet that stretched out in the spring channel, supporting the stone walls on both sides, and then crawled towards the depths of the Yellow Spring.

At first, the channel of the Yellow Spring was very smooth, but soon it took a sharp turn downward, with endless abyss and darkness below. However, there was an inexplicable force pushing the water of the Yellow Spring upstream.

The force was enormous, but fortunately Zhang Chen had also transformed into the innate divine water. He used the water flow to turn into hands and feet to block the thrust. Then he continued to move forward for a hundred feet. Suddenly, the space in front of him was distorted, and the space in front of him rolled and blurred, as if the scorching sun was burning the air and causing it to constantly distort.

But compared with the air steaming in the sun, the space before our eyes was distorted even more seriously. Behind that distorted space, there seemed to be a mysterious world flowing.

Zhang Chen looked at the distorted space, and after a slight hesitation, he went upstream along the river and entered the distorted space.

The next moment, Zhang Chen felt dizzy, and then his body, which had transformed into a stream of water, suddenly appeared out of thin air in a lake composed entirely of Yellow Spring water.

Zhang Chen floated on the water of Yellow Spring, carefully looking at the lake in front of him. He saw that it was a lake made entirely of Yellow Spring, with no end in sight.

The lake is surging with waves, and various undercurrents and whirlpools are constantly emerging.

Zhang Chen raised his head and looked at the sky again, and saw that the sky was filled with dark fog. In the fog, there seemed to be some inexplicable black shadows flashing by.

The whole world was dark, like the night under the street lights. Only the vast lake was flickering with a faint yellow light, and there was no end in sight.

"Where is this?" The Yellow Spring water that Zhang Chen transformed into was suspended on the surface of the Yellow Spring water. After looking carefully for a moment, a pair of eyes tried to swim in the spring water. Although there were undercurrents in the spring water, they could not do anything to Zhang Chen.

"This seems like another world. There is spiritual energy between heaven and earth! It is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that qigong practitioners need." After Zhang Chen carefully sensed it for a moment, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"What a strange place! Could there really be the underworld?" Zhang Chen muttered to himself. Just when he was at a loss as to what to do, he suddenly heard a faint cry from afar. Above the distant water, a green flame rose in the darkness.

The cry was very strange, like an animal, but also like a human, like a man, but also like a woman, like an old man, but also like a baby.

The crying sound penetrated directly into people's souls. In this dim space, accompanied by the faint green firelight, it seemed even more eerie and terrifying.

(End of this chapter)