I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 264: The Ghostly Immortal Method in the Netherworld
The origin of this black-robed monster is mysterious. Although he suffered severe injuries, as a congenital creature, he masters unique laws and his strength is definitely beyond Zhang Chen's imagination.

Being able to forcibly open the passage between the two worlds is an incredible method that has reached an unbelievable level.

The two of them passed through the Yellow Springs and entered the Forgotten River. They saw the black-robed monster wave his hand, and the bone boat floated over from afar and landed directly at their feet.

Zhang Chen realized something was wrong with the bone ship when he boarded it. The entire bone ship was as white as jade and was made of unknown materials. It looked like the skeleton of a living creature.

"This bone boat is made from my own bones and the incorruptible bones fished out from the depths of the Forgotten River. It allows people to travel across the Forgotten River without falling." The black-robed man's voice was filled with pride.

Zhang Chen looked at the man in black robe thoughtfully after hearing that, then looked at the bone ship under his feet, and a bunch of experience points appeared in front of him.

There were so many experience points that Zhang Chen couldn't take his eyes away.

[Experience value +100]

[Experience value +500]

[Experience value +300]

……

Zhang Chen walked through the cabin calmly. He actually gained 200,000 experience points from this small boat, which made Zhang Chen's eyes widen. As long as he got this small boat, it would be equivalent to earning 200,000 free experience points every year.

But now that I have tamed the black-robed monster, I can come here every year to collect the experience points.

Looking at the boundless and mighty waves of the Forgetful River, Zhang Chen felt a little puzzled. Logically speaking, the water of the Forgetful River was so magical that it should have dropped experience points. But why didn't the Forgetful River drop any experience points?

As soon as Zhang Chen began to wonder, his own golden finger gave him the answer:

[Because the Forgotten River is part of the universe and not a separate creation of the universe, no experience points will be dropped. ]

This answer was impeccable and Zhang Chen could not find any fault with it.

Zhang Chen put his hands in his sleeves, and his eyes swept across the mighty waves of the Wangchuan River. He asked the black-robed monster: "How long is this Wangchuan River?"

"The Forgetful River starts from the Sea of ​​Blood, runs through the entire underworld, and is scattered in countless small worlds. It finally flows into the Land of Guixu. It is infinitely long and runs through the entire underworld. It is part of the operation of the underworld." The black-robed monster replied.

Zhang Chen was impressed by the greatness of nature when he heard this, and asked again, "Are there any living creatures in the Wangchuan River?"

The black-robed monster shook his head. "Except for a very small number of sacred beings born from the essence of the Forgotten River, there is no life in the Forgotten River. Because no matter what kind of creature it is, once it falls into the water of the Forgotten River, its spirit and soul will be cleansed, all memories will be washed away, and its soul will turn into pure origin, and it will be reincarnated. Therefore, except for the innate sacred beings, no life can be born in the Forgotten River."

"All living beings in the mortal world want to cross the Forgotten River. Ordinary creatures need to cross the Naihe Bridge, while extraordinary creatures need to be ferried across by ferrymen. However, this underworld has long been abandoned, the living beings within it have been annihilated, reincarnation has stopped, no souls from the outside world can enter it anymore, and the water in the Forgotten River is about to dry up. The entire underworld has stopped functioning and has turned into a dead silent place. It can be said that the underworld is dead." said the black-robed monster.

"What about you? Who do you think you are?" Zhang Chen looked at the man in black robe.

"He's just an old fellow who came back to life and is still alive, but has lost his memory and forgotten his past." The man in black robe sighed softly.

Zhang Chen fell silent after hearing this. This bastard's answer was flawless and he couldn't hear any useful information from it.

"How big is this underworld?" Zhang Chen asked.

At this time, he began to wonder if there were any secret formulas of Qigong passed down from ancient times in the Netherworld, or any organizations like the Ten Kings of Hell in the novels of his previous life. He wondered if he could explore them and see if he could get some luck.

Especially the legendary place of the six realms of reincarnation, I wonder if I can go and visit it. What if there is an unexpected surprise, or I find some magic or supernatural power that can bring the dead back to life, wouldn’t that be a huge win?

So Zhang Chen quietly inquired about the news of the entire dark world, which was a place where he could most likely acquire skills.

Putting aside other things, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could discover the six realms of reincarnation and move them back?

"The Netherworld is vast and boundless. Even in its heyday in the past, no one has ever explored the edge of the Netherworld. The size of the Netherworld has no fixed number, but expands according to the number of living beings in the World of the Living. If there are many living beings in the World of the Living, the Netherworld will become larger to accommodate the souls of the living beings after their death. If the number of living beings in the World of the Living decreases, the Netherworld will also decrease." The black-robed monster replied.

"Is there an organization that manages the underworld?" Zhang Chen asked.

The black-robed monster nodded when he heard this: "Maybe there was in ancient times? I can't remember."

When it came to the crucial point, the other party started to be vague again, which made Zhang Chen secretly resentful.

“I don’t know if there is any inheritance passed down by immortals and gods in this underworld. It would be a great fortune if I could obtain it.” Zhang Chen looked at the vast waves of the Wangchuan River and asked tentatively.

"The secret of cultivation is a untransmitted secret, who would pass it down? As for the methods of cultivation, there are some in the underworld, but those methods are only suitable for ghosts without physical bodies. It is useless for you to get them, unless you abandon your physical body and cut your own neck with a knife." The black-robed monster replied from the side.

Zhang Chen's heart moved when he heard about the "ghost immortal" method. According to his inference, the ghost immortal method is actually the soul method of the Yang world, but there must be some differences between them, which requires him to explore and distinguish carefully.

"Do you have any method for practicing ghost immortals?" Zhang Chen asked curiously. He wanted to know the difference between the method for practicing ghost immortals and the method for practicing spirits and souls and the method for practicing magic power in the mortal world.

The black-robed monster glanced at Zhang Chen, but was not stingy. Instead, he rummaged around in the corner of the boat, took out two black books, and threw them to Zhang Chen: "After I was severely injured by the monster in the blood lake in the past, I traveled throughout the netherworld in search of a way to prolong my life, and picked up the cultivation methods of ghost immortals. These two books are the best of the ghost immortal cultivation methods." Zhang Chen took the book and saw that the whole book was as black as ink. There was no name on the cover of the book. It was more than ten pages thick and felt like cold metal. It was obviously not an ordinary material.

Zhang Chen opened the first page of the book, and what came into his sight was a ghost with a hideous and terrifying face. The ghost seemed to be a living thing, constantly twisting and roaring in the book, baring its teeth at Zhang Chen, scaring Zhang Chen so much that he shivered and almost threw the book in his hand away.

"This book...?" Zhang Chen looked at the living evil spirits in the pages, which kept struggling in the pages but could not break free from the constraints of the pages. He asked in shock.

"This book is a heavenly book unique to the Netherworld, recording the true teachings of the Netherworld. In order to enable practitioners to comprehend the true meaning of the evil ghost path, the person who created this method in the past refined the evil ghost king, using his skin as pages, his blood as handwriting, and his soul as pictures. Only in this way can a vivid way of preaching be formed. Anyone who gets this secret formula and studies it carefully can obtain the mystery in it." The black-robed monster said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen looked at the evil ghost again, then turned the page of the book. He saw white text on the second page, which looked very eerie and strange when printed on the black paper.

Zhang Chen was seen flipping through the book, and countless true meanings poured into his heart. Zhang Chen quickly immersed himself in it, and even the scenery of the Wangchuan River around him began to blur.

"The mantras for practicing the evil ghost path are very different from the mantras for practicing the spirit and soul and practicing qi in the world of the living. It can be said that they are completely different." After Zhang Chen read the entire book, he kept comparing and contrasting them in his mind and gained a lot of insights.

The cultivation of Qigong practitioners is based on mana, which nourishes the soul. Yang Shen nourishes the soul with the energy of flesh and blood, and then the soul collects the energy of heaven and earth, thus achieving unity of heaven and man. The hungry ghost way is to devour souls and refine them with special secret methods. The more you devour, the stronger you will become in cultivation, and eventually you will become a supreme heavenly ghost, and your body will be integrated with the laws of the netherworld.

When Zhang Chen was immersed in the mystery of the formula, he did not notice that the speed of the boat had begun to increase continuously.

Quietly, the boat accelerated continuously, traveling hundreds of miles in a breath. The scenery around Zhang Chen gradually became blurred, and everything in the world scattered and turned into countless distorted particles in a trance.

After an unknown amount of time, the sinister voice of the man in black robe rang out: "We have arrived at the Blood Lake." Then suddenly an indescribable fishy smell rushed into Zhang Chen's mouth and nose, making Zhang Chen's soul seem to be polluted.

"Could it be that this monster in black robe is so bold as to plot against me?" Zhang Chen smelled the unpleasant fishy smell and felt that his soul seemed to be infected. He was horrified.

Just when he was about to use the Six-Character Mantra to fight back and suppress the strange force, he saw the movement of the boat stop, and then a scarlet color came into view.

It was a scarlet sea of ​​blood, with no end in sight.

The boundless sea of ​​blood turned the dark sky of the underworld into a blood-red color. The stench burst out from the sea of ​​blood, constantly polluting all things in the world and Zhang Chen's soul.

Looking down at the bottom of the boat, the Sea of ​​Blood and the Forgetful River are clearly separated, as if they really do not interfere with each other.

"This is the Blood Lake." The man in black robe looked at the Blood Lake in front of him with a hint of emotion in his eyes.

"This is clearly a sea of ​​blood, and you tell me this is just a blood lake?" Zhang Chen said unhappily.

Unexpectedly, the black-robed man said seriously: "What you see now is just a small pond left after the blood sea dried up in the past. You can't imagine how vast the real blood sea is. There are infinite worlds in the blood sea. The vast scenes are beyond your imagination."

The black-robed man's voice was full of reminiscence, as if he was missing something.

Zhang Chen looked at the vast sea of ​​blood. The water was as viscous as blood. There was a black color in the red blood, just like blood stains, which made people feel horrified when they saw it.

Even the smell emanating from the sea of ​​blood was enough to make Zhang Chen dizzy, and his soul seemed to be covered with a layer of red light. The red light carried a unique corrosive force, which constantly invaded Zhang Chen's soul, as if it wanted to dissolve Zhang Chen's soul.

The green lotus that was the foundation of Zhang Chen's magic power at the center of his brows emitted green light, but it could not stop the erosion of the blood-red aura. Zhang Chen's magic power was infected by the blood-red aura, and the entire magic power was stained with red light. A green lotus petal quietly fell and shattered, and was swallowed by the blood-red aura.

At this time Zhang Chen realized that something was wrong. He had only absorbed a breath of the air from the sea of ​​blood, but it had polluted his magic power and corroded his soul. He was afraid that in a short time, all his magic power would be wasted and his soul would be dissolved.

"It's over. I've been ambushed." Zhang Chen was shocked.

At this moment, the black-robed monster suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Chen, raised his head and laughed with pride in his voice: "Boy, you are just a Qi training ant, but you dare to breathe the breath of the sea of ​​blood. You really don't know how high the sky is. Do you know the origin of this sea of ​​blood? This sea of ​​blood gathers the blood of all the dead strong men since the creation of the world. Their blood turns into blood and settles in the sea of ​​blood, which can pollute everything in the world. Not to mention you, even if you have proved the existence of the Tao fruit, you will be invaded by the sea of ​​blood when you come into contact with it, let alone you, a mere ant? You actually dare to control me and poison me, your ancestor? It's really Tiangang who doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. I, your ancestor, will teach you to suffer retribution."

"Aren't you afraid of my forbidden spells?" Zhang Chen glared at the black-robed monster, who seemed to be covered with a layer of red gauze. He cursed himself in his heart for being so cautious and careful at all times, but he was still ambushed by the old guy in front of him.

He wanted to mobilize his magic power to activate the Six-Character Mantra, but at this time his magic power was stained by blood, and he could not mobilize even a bit of his magic power.

"Haha, no matter how powerful your forbidden technique is, so what? As long as your people are dead, is there any need to investigate the existence of the forbidden technique?" The man in black robe smiled coldly.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen glared at the man in black robe, his whole body shaking with anger.

"Boy, I'll give you another chance now. As long as you can break my ban, I will spare your life. How about you be my mount?" The man in black robe looked at Zhang Chen's miserable condition and let out a strange laugh.

Zhang Chen looked at the man in black robe, and his eyes moved when he heard what he said. Although the other party said he didn't care, he still wanted to unlock the forbidden method of the six-word mantra.

"Hehe, if I die, you will live with the six-word mantra forever. My six-word mantra has mixed into your soul, making it impossible for your soul to function smoothly, and you will never be able to achieve the highest realm. If you save me now, I will lift the curse for you, and all our grievances will be wiped out. How about it?" Zhang Chen looked at the man in black robe.

But the black-robed man laughed coldly: "You are just daydreaming. It's just a six-word mantra. If you die, without your blessing and anchor, I will naturally reveal the six-word mantra."

The man in black robe looked at Zhang Chen coldly: "Since you don't know how to appreciate my kindness, you can't blame me."

As he spoke, the black-robed monster gently waved towards Zhang Chen's arms, and the jade dew flew out and fell into his hand. Then the black-robed monster kicked Zhang Chen directly into the sea of ​​blood.

(End of this chapter)