I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 257 Killing

Zhang Chen glanced at Zhang Xiaohua who was drinking tea. When she saw him, a hypocritical smile appeared on her face.

Then he looked at Liu Feng who was standing aside. Liu Feng raised his hand and called out to Zhang Chen, his voice full of joy: "Zhang Chen, come quickly. I have something good to tell you."

Zhang Chen raised his hand and saluted: "Greetings, Master."

"Don't be polite, just sit down." Liu Feng said with a smile.

Zhang Chen sat down after hearing that, and then looked at Liu Feng, thinking to himself: "Could it be that Liu Feng persuaded Zhang Xiaohua? That shouldn't be the case! Zhang Xiaohua shouldn't have given Liu Feng face. Zhang Xiaohua wanted to tear my tendons and skin off, and even crush me to death, so why is she sitting here smiling and drinking tea?"

Zhang Chen had countless doubts in his mind. Just when he couldn't think of a way out, Liu Feng beside him personally poured a sip of tea for Zhang Chen: "I already know all the grievances between you and the young prince. It's just a misunderstanding between the two of you. Why do you have to fight to the death? The reason why the young prince hates you is because you ruined his appearance. But it won't be long before my Huang Tiandao holds the Luotian Grand Ceremony. With the blessing of the water god, it won't be difficult for the young prince to restore his appearance. Now that you two have entered my Huangli Temple, you have naturally become a family. You should love and support each other."

At this point, Liu Feng said, "Under my persuasion, the young prince is willing to let go of the past grudges and write off all the causes and consequences of the past. Zhang Chen, what do you think?"

Liu Feng has said so, what else can Zhang Chen do?

So he smiled, looking at Zhang Xiaohua's terrifying and ferocious face, his eyes full of innocence, pretending to be helpless: "Of course I am happy to do it! To be honest, I just wanted to blow up that vixen at the time, but who knew that I would accidentally implicate the prince? Although there is hatred between us, it is not to the point of costing anyone's life."

Hearing Zhang Chen mention the fox fairy Nannan, Zhang Xiaohua's eyes began to waver, and she asked, "What happened to the fox fairy? Is she alive or dead?"

"That's a fox fairy, how can a mortal like me deal with it? Although I injured the fox fairy, it also escaped into the deep mountains and forests. I chased it for half a day, but finally lost its trace." Zhang Chen lied casually, and the lies came out of his mouth without hesitation.

As for why you lie?
He felt that something was not right between Zhang Xiaohua and Liu Feng, so he arranged for the fox fairy Nannan to perform a "return of the fox fairy" scene in a few days to help him keep track of the two's dynamics.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhang Xiaohua breathed a sigh of relief, a look of relief in her eyes. At least the fox fairy was not dead!

"Today, under my matchmaking, both of you should give me a favor and put aside your past grudges and be friends. Since we are in the mountains, you are not allowed to mention the past grudges in the secular world, otherwise you will be disrespecting me." Liu Feng smiled and picked up the tea: "Let's drink this tea together and put the past things behind us."

Of course, Zhang Chen had no reason to refuse. With a hypocritical smile on his face, he raised his glass to Zhang Xiaohua and said, "Prince, I am sorry for what happened before. I apologize to you."

Zhang Xiaohua also picked up the teacup after hearing this, and spoke slowly and gently: "What are you talking about, Junior Brother Zhang Chen? In fact, this matter is also my fault. I discovered that the vixen was stealing things, but unfortunately I did not speak up to stop it, which eventually led to a series of events. Today, Senior Brother Liu Feng has helped to mediate, and the injury on my face can be repaired. All the grievances between us can be settled now."

Nephew?

Senior brother?

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard the other party's address. This guy actually called himself nephew and Liu Feng senior brother. This really shocked Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen showed a hint of surprise. Liu Feng seemed to notice the fluctuation in Zhang Chen's eyes, so he smiled and said, "Liu Feng was accepted as a disciple by Elder Gu Mingyue, and his status is equal to mine. Right now, because of the Luotian Grand Dip, he is temporarily living in Huangli Temple. When the Luotian Grand Dip is over, he will naturally return to Elder Gu Mingyue's territory."

Zhang Chen recalled his dream that day in which Gu Mingyue, Zhang Xiaohua and others gathered together to chisel away the golden light that protected the Emperor's daughter. He had an idea in his mind: it seems that the Pingbian Palace is indeed in cahoots with Huang Tiandao, and the relationship is very deep, otherwise they would not be able to share the fortune of gods and demons.

"I offer a toast to Senior Brother Zhang." Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen hurriedly picked up the teacup and lowered his posture, speaking hypocritical words, wishing he could kill Zhang Xiaohua in his heart.

Zhang Xiaohua on the other side was very considerate of Zhang Chen and also raised her teacup to toast him.

The two sides talked about useless nonsense for a while, and Zhang Chen said goodbye and left. Zhang Xiaohua in the room saw Zhang Chen's back disappear, and the smile on her face immediately disappeared. She sat there with a gloomy face, and a murderous look in her eyes.

"Damn it! I really wish I could pull out the tendons and skin this guy and burn him to death right now." Zhang Xiaohua's voice was full of coldness.

"A little impatience will ruin a great plan. This kid has a big secret. Not to mention that Xie Lingyun values ​​him, even his explosive means are worth our efforts. If we can get those means, great things will be expected." Liu Feng sighed softly.

Zhang Xiaohua's eyes moved when she heard this, and a hint of greed and excitement appeared in her eyes.

When Zhang Chen returned to his own courtyard, the little boy rushed forward and said, "Junior brother, you are finally back. Is everything going well?"

"It went very smoothly, but I always felt something was wrong." Zhang Chen was not in a position to directly explain the key to the little kid, so he spoke vaguely.

"What's wrong? It's all because of that ugly guy! Let's find a chance to kill that ugly guy, and then everything will be fine." The little bean's voice was soft and cute, but the murderous intent in his voice was chilling.

"Senior Sister." Zhang Chen called softly from the side.

"What?" Cheng Yu said.

"Let me ask you a question." Zhang Chen said with a smile, as if he was joking:
"If one day the Taoist temple wants to kill me, and the temple master also wants to kill me, who will you help?"

Hearing this, Xiao Dou Ding said without thinking, "I'll help you."

Zhang Chen was surprised when he heard this: "Why?"

"Because they all have helpers, and you are alone."

The little kid smiled and said, "So of course I choose to help you. Besides, you are the best person to me, who else can I help if I don't help you?"

"The abbot is your master, and you are still helping me deal with your master?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

The little bean fell silent after hearing this, lowered his head to look at his toes, raised his head after a moment, and said in a clear and firm voice: "I still want to help you."

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked curiously. "You can't possibly deal with Master. With Master's skills, it would only take three punches and two kicks to kill you. If I don't help you, you'll be dead. Even if I help you, you can't kill Master. So shouldn't I help you?" Little Douding said with a smile.

Zhang Chen was touched when he heard this, and picked up the little kid: "Let's go and eat meat."

The two of them walked into the house and ate meat, and then continued to read books and practice the True Dragon Frame as usual.

However, Zhang Chen was preoccupied and did not practice seriously. In the evening, the temple master Liu Feng came.

The temple master always dressed like an old farmer. He walked into the yard and looked at Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding kindly. When he saw the two of them practicing martial arts, he smiled and said, "You two are quite harmonious together."

Zhang Chen smiled and replied, "My disciple is very good at coaxing children."

When Xiao Douding heard this, he became unhappy and kicked Zhang Chen's heel hard to express his dissatisfaction.

"Master, please come in." Zhang Chen invited Liu Feng into the house and poured tea for him. "Today's matter is all thanks to Master for mediating for me. I have to thank you very much."

"After all, the incident happened in the Taoist temple, and I am the master of the temple. Of course I have to work hard to maintain the harmony of the temple. This is just my job." Liu Feng said modestly.

Hearing Liu Feng's words, Zhang Chen smiled, and refilled Liu Feng's cup of tea. Then he talked about something else for a while before Liu Feng got straight to the point and asked tentatively:

"I heard that you caused a big disturbance at the Confucianism Conference and used a strange object to cause a huge explosion, which resulted in the death of many guards at the Pingbian Palace. I wonder what method you used?"

Zhang Chen's eyes moved when he heard this. Facing Liu Feng's burning gaze, he thought to himself, "So you're targeting my explosive pack."

"That object is called a bomb pack. I don't know how it was made. I picked it up accidentally. Unfortunately, it was all consumed in the last war." Zhang Chen replied slowly, without any trembling in his words, and there was no sign of lying at all.

He originally wanted to push the bomb incident onto Xie Lingyun, but then he thought that if the news got out and the court asked Xie Lingyun for the bomb, wouldn't Xie Lingyun be in danger?
The only drawback of him taking the responsibility himself is that he can no longer use the explosive packs at will, unless one day he has a falling out with Huang Liguan and Huang Tiandao, he can never use the explosive packs again.

Of course, Zhang Chen had another way, which was to find another excuse, saying that he had found another explosive pack and found that the explosive packs were not actually used up. However, this was a bad idea. Once it was used, it would definitely arouse Huang Tiandao's suspicion, and then all kinds of troubles would ensue.

Seeing that he could not get any information from them, Liu Feng could only continue drinking tea and left after a while.

Zhang Chen watched Liu Feng leave, thinking to himself, "Huang Tiandao is planning something big. If he gets the explosive pack, he might be able to take off directly from the spot. So the explosive pack is extremely important to Huang Tiandao. I wonder how much he believed my previous words."

That night, Zhang Chen lay on the bed and silently calculated the time. After the little kid fell asleep, he turned into a wisp of mist and merged into the night. He moved along the shadows and came to the outside of the Taoist temple. He saw the fox fairy Nannan sitting in a valley guarding the explosives.

"You're here." When the fox fairy Nannan saw Zhang Chen coming, her eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "When are we going to start?"

"Put the plan on hold. Dig another cave in the deepest part of the cave. Make sure to put all the explosive packs into it and hide them all inside." Zhang Chen instructed carefully.

"Has things changed again?" The fox fairy Nannan was a very smart person. She immediately asked when she heard it.

Zhang Chen did not comment. Seeing this, the fox fairy Nannan stopped asking questions and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, I have another question for you. If I ask you to kill Zhang Xiaohua, will you do it?" Zhang Chen looked at the fox fairy Nannan.

"Of course I will do it, but if I fail at the critical moment, you won't blame me, right?" The fox fairy Nannan blinked her big eyes and looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly when he heard this. He knew that he couldn't hold too much hope in the fox fairy Nannan. Although this fox spirit was sloppy and unreliable, she did have a conscience.

At least he has much more conscience than humans and knows how to repay kindness, while some people are even worse than animals.

"Zhang Xiaohua saved my life. I would rather die than harm him in the slightest." Fox Fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen seriously, "So don't blame me."

Seeing this, Zhang Chen was a little hesitant to tell anyone about Zhang Xiaohua. What if he caused an overreaction from this vixen?
Zhang Chen waved his hand to signal the fox fairy Nannan to do it, while he himself stood in the valley looking at the bright moon in the sky. All the moonlight was absorbed by Zhang Chen as soon as it approached, and the area within a ten-meter radius around him turned into a pitch-black area.

"Zhang Xiaohua is a scholar from the Pingbian Palace. There must be guards arranged by the Pingbian Palace guarding the Taoist temple. In order to prevent Zhang Xiaohua from focusing all her attention on me, I need to find something for Zhang Xiaohua to do, so as to buy time for me to obtain the higher-level Qi training formula." Zhang Chen muttered.

The most important thing is that Zhang Xiaohua has a guard team that may attack me at any time. I am no match for Zhang Xiaohua in a fair and open manner.

The next moment, Zhang Chen's body turned into thirty-six vampire bats and scattered among the mountains. He kept flying back and forth among the mountains, and indeed he noticed a large camp at the foot of the mountain.

The vampire bat Zhang Chen transformed into landed on a tree branch not far away. He stared at the camp carefully and looked at the figures patrolling. After half an hour, he made a conclusion in his mind: "There are probably about a thousand people in this camp. Zhang Xiaohua is indeed the only core descendant of the Pingbian Palace. She is accompanied by a large army when she travels. The blood and energy of a thousand people gathered together. I am afraid that even the Yin God cultivators dare not leave their bodies. As for the cultivators above the Yang God, the sky and the earth will collapse when they think. There is no difference between an army of 100,000 and an army of 1,000."

"And there must be experts in this camp, but I don't know how many experts there are." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, and the next moment he turned into a vampire bat, scattering across the night sky and landing on the big tents, listening carefully to the movements inside the tents.

Zhang Chen lurked in the tent for a long time until the second half of the night, when everyone except the two hundred patrolling soldiers had gone to sleep. Then Zhang Chen turned into mist and quietly slipped into a large tent.

There were thirty people in a big tent, just like a big bunk bed, everyone was crowded together and sleeping soundly.

Zhang Chen's heartbeat and breathing stopped at this time. He stood in the darkness and glanced at the sleeping soldiers. He did not rush to take action. Instead, he closed his eyes and silently sensed the water vapor between heaven and earth. Soon, a big water ball gathered around him.

Then Zhang Chen controlled the water ball to the far left of the big bunk bed. As he thought about it, half of one of the people was frozen, with only the scalp exposed on the top of his head, and his mouth, nose and arms were all frozen.

(End of this chapter)