I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 291 And me!
"My name is Wu Ming'er, and I have come here to ask for advice from my fellow disciple." Wu Ming'er clasped his fists and bowed to Zhang Chen, appearing very serious.

"What?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard that.

However, before he could react, Wu Ming'er had already pounced on him. At the same time, a frosty air spread, and the power of extreme cold diffused around Wu Ming'er, trying to wrap Zhang Chen.

"Are you sick? You came up and started a fight without saying a word. You must be seriously ill." Zhang Chen looked at the spreading cold air, and the Dinghai Pearl in the foundation of his magic power trembled slightly. The next moment, a mysterious wave spread out, and all the frost disappeared out of thin air under that wave.

Wu Ming'er, who was running, was horrified and stopped suddenly. The icy power in his body was trembling. He stared at the calm young man with his eyes, and a great fear surged in his heart.

"escape!"

Wu Ming'er turned around and ran without saying a word. He never expected that the most hidden person in this competition was the young man in front of him.

It should be noted that even when he was facing the ancestor in the Yang Shen realm, there had never been such a situation where his blood was trembling in fear.

Wu Ming'er came in a hurry and left in a hurry, which made Zhang Chen stunned, but he reacted immediately: "This Wu Ming'er is also full of rebelliousness. He is unwilling to be harvested by the Taoist temple and become the nourishment of Zhang Xiaohua. I just didn't expect that this kid would harvest me. This kid is unlucky. The power of ice is also an evolution of the law of water, which happens to be restrained by my Dinghai Shenzhu."

Zhang Chen quickly figured out everything, so he lowered his head and continued to work as a blacksmith. He was not surprised by this kind of situation. Humans are not animals, so how could they be willing to be manipulated by the Taoist temple?
As a genius who has cultivated qi and blood and has also awakened the power of his bloodline, how could Wu Ming'er be willing to be harvested and become food for others?

Zhang Chen was hammering away in the yard. Three hours had passed and the sky had darkened. Suddenly, the bell of the Taoist temple rang. Zhang Chen paused while hammering his iron sword and said, "How strange! Why is the Taoist temple suddenly summoning all the disciples?"

Zhang Chen felt a little strange, but he still put down his hammer and sword, called the little kid, and quickly went to the direction of the martial arts field.

Something big happened at Huangli Temple, a huge thing!
When Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding arrived at the martial arts arena, they had already heard the news. Li Donglai and Wu Ming'er took action one after another, defeated the other participating disciples, and then ran down the mountain.

By the time someone discovered the contestants who were badly injured and tied up, it was already too late. Where was the trace of Wu Ming'er and Li Donglai?
Liu Feng looked at the elders and disciples with a gloomy face. Without any extra words, he said coldly: "Wu Ming'er and Li Donglai betrayed Huang Tiandao. You must go down the mountain immediately, block all passages, and search for Wu Ming'er and Li Donglai in the mountain. Once you find them, do not alarm them and send a signal to report immediately."

At one command, all the disciples went out, carrying lanterns and heading for the mountain. However, it was pitch black at this time, and it was extremely difficult to find the two gods who had cultivated the qi and blood of martial arts and awakened their innate magical powers.

Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding were also among them. Xiao Douding asked the disciples around him what had happened. A disciple who knew the inside story said:
"I heard that Li Donglai and Wu Ming'er went berserk and attacked the disciples who were participating in the competition. After injuring people, they disappeared and the Taoist temple couldn't find their traces either."

Zhang Chen was secretly shocked when he heard this. He never thought that Li Donglai and Wu Ming'er were so tough. For the sake of their own future, they would actually betray him. They were really ruthless people.

Zhang Chen muttered to himself, thinking of that madman Wu Ming'er, who actually took the initiative to find him and was defeated by him. Doesn't that mean his luck was plundered by him?
"That's not right. Luck shouldn't be calculated like this, right? Defeating others means taking away their luck? There is no such good thing in the world, but why can Huang Tiandao's disciples take away each other's luck?" Zhang Chen pondered the mystery of luck in his heart.

"Because everyone is doing the same thing, the final winner is determined by fighting and teaching skills. So the so-called seizing of luck is nothing more than seizing the luck of the dispute over the subordinate priests of the water god. The so-called seizing of luck is nothing more than seizing the opportunity and fortune of a certain thing. If Li Donglai and Wu Ming'er leave Huang Tiandao, they will only lose the luck regarding the star god, but their own opportunities will not be lost. But if the two continue to stay in Huang Tiandao and become Zhang Xiaohua's subordinates, and are suppressed and controlled by Zhang Xiaohua, their luck will naturally become Zhang Xiaohua's nourishment in the future." Countless thoughts flowed in Zhang Chen's mind, and he kept thinking about the key points secretly.

He is now a Qigong practitioner, and has also mastered the Great Way of Devouring and the Golden Light of the Gods. His vision is already extraordinary, and he naturally has his own understanding of destiny.

Zhang Chen and the little kid scattered into the mountains, walking aimlessly in the mountains with lanterns in their hands. Zhang Chen didn't even think about doing business, so what did it have to do with him whether Wu Ming'er and Li Donglai escaped or not?

"Brother, what should we do now?" Cheng Yu followed Zhang Chen eagerly, and asked with a worried look on his face, "Will that fat guy be caught?"

"Don't worry, that little fat guy has a body of iron and steel, it's very difficult to catch him. Unless a Yangshen master takes action, there is no way to do anything to him. But the matter is of great importance, how could a Yangshen master take action casually?" Zhang Chen walked and came to a valley to sit down and rest:
"We just need to sleep here and wait for the sect to call us back. That little fat guy is as slippery as a ghost, there's no need to worry."

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he extinguished the lantern and then lay down on the bluestone with Xiao Douding to take a nap. It was already dark now, and who could know that the two of them were lying here?

It's just that Zhang Chen wanted to slack off and keep things quiet, but he couldn't stop the unlucky guy from rushing forward.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the mountains in the distance. The roars and cries of killing kept echoing among the mountains. Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding sat up from the darkness and looked in the direction of the shouting. Their eyes were full of astonishment: "Which unlucky guy didn't escape and was actually caught?"

Zhang Chen was surprised, but he had no intention of getting involved. Instead, he hid in the woods and waited slowly.

About an hour later, suddenly a sound of rapid footsteps was heard in the jungle, accompanied by bursts of rapid breathing, and a figure ran out from the jungle in the distance, covered in blood.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw the person coming. It was Wu Ming'er.

Wu Ming'er was injured, with arrows sticking out of his body. It seemed that this guy had gone through a tough battle before he broke out of the encirclement.

Zhang Chen saw Wu Ming'er, and Wu Ming'er also saw Zhang Chen.

At this time, the moon had risen, so people could be seen, but their faces could not be seen clearly. Only a general outline could be seen. Although Wu Ming'er was hit by an arrow, it did not affect his steps at all.

Originally, when Wu Ming'er saw Zhang Chen from a distance, he rushed over here with murderous intent. He did not take Zhang Chen seriously. No matter who blocked his way, he would just kill them. After all, according to the information he had received, the Yangshen masters were busy with the matter of deifying themselves and would not take action at all.

But when Wu Ming'er came closer and saw Zhang Chen's face clearly, he couldn't help but secretly cried out in his heart: "It's bitter!"

Apart from the few masters of Huang Tiandao, he had the confidence to kill any master of Huang Tiandao he met. But he happened to run into Zhang Chen, who was among those 'few' people.

When he thought of his own trembling magical bloodline, a great fear rose in his heart.

“Junior brother, I didn’t expect to fall into your hands. I didn’t expect that my luck has come to an end. I will die here today.” Wu Ming’er stopped and looked at Zhang Chen with a wry smile.

"Brother, you are wrong. When did I say I would intercept you?" Zhang Chen smiled as he stood on the bluestone. Wu Ming'er was stunned when he heard this. A hope rose in his heart, and the flame of despair rose again: "Brother, what do you mean..."

Zhang Chen pointed to the mountain path beside him and said, "Brother, you can leave. I just hope that if you get caught, you won't betray me."

Wu Ming'er was overjoyed when he heard this. He took off his mask and revealed his true face. He bowed to Zhang Chen and said, "Junior brother, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I will definitely repay you in the future."

After saying this, Wu Ming'er ran past the boulder and was completely unprepared when facing Zhang Chen.

It was not until Wu Ming'er walked away that Xiao Douding came forward and asked in confusion: "Junior brother, why did you let him go?"

"We have no hatred, we just have different positions." Zhang Chen stroked the little boy's head: "You have to remember, although some people are in different camps, we are definitely not enemies."

"Let's go. Don't stay here. The brothers in the Taoist temple will soon follow the trail and chase us. It's not appropriate for us to stay here." Zhang Chen picked up the little kid and disappeared into the darkness.

Not long after Zhang Chen and the other person left, disciples from the Taoist temple came chasing after them with crossbows. But where was Wu Ming'er?

Crossbows are the best tools to deal with martial arts masters. Even if you are indestructible, you are still a mortal and will be shot to death by thousands of arrows.

After a night of hard work, there was no result. The disciples returned to the mountain covered in dust and dirt, but they did not find a single hair.

Liu Feng's face was gloomy, and Zhang Xiaohua's face was even more cloudy, as if water would drip out at any time.

Li Donglai and Wu Ming'er had a heavy relationship, and now the other party had gotten lucky and actually ran away, which really ruined his plan and made him feel very helpless.

"How dare you do this, you brat! You actually disregarded the interests of the sect, you really deserve to be cut into pieces." Liu Feng was so angry that his body was shaking. If there was any mistake in this matter, I am afraid that the higher-ups will never let him off easily.

"Master, what should we do now?" someone asked.

"Continue the competition and collect the remaining Qi first." Liu Feng replied, then turned to look at Zhang Xiaohua: "Young Prince, please be patient for now. I have arranged everything for the next step. You don't need to do anything. You just need to go through the motions and you will be able to capture it naturally."

Then Liu Feng turned to the disciples and said, "The competition will continue. Li Donglai and Wu Ming'er, who are in the top ten, will be removed. Now you all come up and draw lots. The winner will be decided this morning."

As soon as Liu Feng finished speaking, all the disciples gave up their authority, and only Zhang Chen, Chu Mingyue and Zhang Xiaohua came forward.

Chu Mingyue's face was pale and bloodless at this time. It was obvious that he had suffered a serious blow last night. He forced himself to go up to the ring just to defeat Zhang Chen and please Zhang Xiaohua so that Zhang Xiaohua would not have to compete.

At this time, Liu Feng turned his gaze to Zhang Chen and said meaningfully, "Zhang Chen, now all the disciples in the Taoist temple have given up the competition, do you still want to continue the competition?"

Zhang Chen did not seem to understand the true meaning of Liu Feng's words. He continued to walk forward with the sword in his arms and said, "Reporting to the master, I want to continue the competition."

Liu Feng didn't take Zhang Chen seriously at all after hearing this. You have to know that martial arts masters who have cultivated their qi and blood are completely different from ordinary mortals.

Even though Liu Feng suffered serious injuries, he could still easily suppress Zhang Chen.

"Let's draw lots." Liu Feng waved his hand and signaled someone to bring the box.

Then Zhang Chen and the other two came forward to draw lots. As expected, Zhang Chen faced Chu Mingyue, and Zhang Xiaohua was given a bye. As long as Chu Mingyue won, and then ran out of energy and got injured when facing Zhang Xiaohua, then Zhang Xiaohua would naturally get the first prize.

This arrangement is reasonable and there is nothing wrong with it.

"Boy, come up quickly, let's fight quickly and decisively." Chu Mingyue climbed directly onto the platform and showed a ferocious smile to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen held the sword in his arms and walked up to the ring slowly. Then he looked at Chu Mingyue and said, "I can't believe that you were so seriously injured, but you still managed to get up to the ring and clear the way for your master. You are really a qualified dog."

Chu Mingyue's face changed when she heard this, and she glared at Zhang Chen: "You are so sharp-tongued. I will let you know what real ability is later. Have you thought about how to die? Or, have you thought about whether to break your left leg or your right leg?"

Chu Mingyue did not use any weapons. It would be a joke for him, a martial arts master who had cultivated his qi and blood, to use weapons against a mortal.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I will just make you spend the rest of your life in bed. This will be a way to vent the prince's anger and avenge the hatred you made for him in the past." Chu Mingyue's face was cold.

"Stop talking nonsense and take action quickly! If you have real skills, just come at me. If you don't have real skills, don't blame me for my blind sword when the time comes." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

Thinking of the little kid's two missing front teeth, Zhang Chen couldn't help but get furious, with anger written all over his eyes.

Such a lovely child, yet the other party could be so cruel to him. Is he still a human being?

Simply not human.

"Boy, the more arrogant you are now, the more miserable you will be later." Chu Mingyue smiled coldly, and the next moment his blood and energy burst out. He suppressed his injuries and rushed straight to where Zhang Chen was.

(End of this chapter)