I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 293 Accountability
The masters of the major Taoist temples below were watching the fun and were not afraid of making trouble. They were all talking at once, constantly putting pressure on Liu Feng and mocking Zhang Xiaohua.

Listening to the crowd's humiliation and looking at the red-faced Liu Feng, Zhang Xiaohua finally couldn't hold it in any longer: "Brother, stop talking! A martial arts competition is a fair contest. Xiao Wang is definitely not someone who can't afford to lose. This time, Junior Brother Zhang Chen won. Don't say too much, or we will all be embarrassed."

Zhang Xiaohua spoke to Liu Feng in a decisive voice, and then looked at Zhang Chen: "Nephew, you are really good at this. I really underestimated you before. You won this time. You are the first in the competition. I admit defeat."

After Zhang Xiaohua finished speaking, she strode away and walked off the ring without stopping, leaving Liu Feng and Zhang Chen standing on the ring.

Liu Feng looked at Zhang Chen with a gloomy expression, and then said to the people below the stage: "Zhang Chen wins this competition, you all can go away."

After finishing his words, he did not mention any reward, but walked off the stage in a hurry.

Zhang Chen stood on the ring, looking at Liu Feng walking away speechlessly. This guy's behavior was too ugly.

"Junior Brother Zhang, you are number one! You are number one! You have a place in the future Star God position. Don't ever forget me in the future. I want to be your subordinate god." Cheng Yu ran to the front of the ring and shouted.

Zhang Chen glanced at the people below the stage and saw that they were all staring at him as if they were watching a show. They didn't seem to be congratulating him for winning first place.

Zhang Chen's heart sank. He looked at Cheng Yu who was shouting and yelling, jumped off the stage, hugged Cheng Yu, and then dispersed with the crowd.

It was a great competition that started off well but ended badly.

"Zhang Chen, congratulations, you will be a star god from now on." Cheng Yu's big eyes sparkled with joy.

"It's too early to congratulate now. I think the abbot will not let it go." Zhang Chen stroked Cheng Yu's head, stood up and walked towards his own villa.

"What do you mean?" Cheng Yu was stunned when he heard this: "Aren't you already the first place? Is there any change?"

Cheng Yu’s young mind couldn’t figure out the complicated tricks involved.

Zhang Chen touched the little kid's head but didn't explain.

When Zhang Chen returned to the villa and walked to the gate, he stopped and saw Liu Feng standing in the yard with a gloomy face.

Zhang Chen put the little bean down, walked forward and saluted: "Greetings, Master."

"Zhang Chen, you have become so powerful that even what I say is useless, right?" Liu Feng's voice was icy cold, and his face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of it.

Zhang Chen sighed softly upon hearing this: "Master, I don't understand what you mean by this."

He could only pretend not to understand.

"I told you to lose to the prince in the ring, why did you disobey my order?" Liu Feng's voice was full of suppressed anger. If Zhang Chen had not been disobedient, the situation would not have become so irreversible now.

Zhang Chen sighed softly upon hearing this: "Master, you have wronged me. I just wanted to be tough with words and then lose to the prince in action. Wouldn't that show the prince's ability? It would also prevent the people in the Taoist temple from questioning the fairness of the competition? But who knew that the prince was so useless that my sword actually penetrated his protective ability?"

Zhang Chen is a little fox, why would he go against Liu Feng?
At this time, he pretended to be wronged and said, "If the prince could block my attack, I would have the opportunity to abandon my sword and admit defeat. But who knew that the prince was just a show-off, with a silver-like wax-headed spear."

Zhang Chen's voice was full of grievance.

"What happened next? I told you to admit defeat, why didn't you admit defeat?" Liu Feng questioned Zhang Chen: "You actually dared to confront me on the stage, you are really amazing, not as good as when you first arrived."

Zhang Chen sighed helplessly upon hearing this: "Master, you know that Zhang Xiaohua and I have a deep hatred. How can I bow to him? You might as well kill me with a knife!"

Liu Feng was so angry that he choked up after hearing this. After a long while, he said, "Do you really think that just because Xie Lingyun favors you, you can go against my will and contradict me?"

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this, and said calmly: "I dare not, but what I want to say is that what the Pingbian Palace can do, the Jianxiu Division can also do."

"Are you threatening me? Are you using the Procuratorate to control me?" A dangerous light flashed in Liu Feng's eyes. He heard that Zhang Chen was hinting that if the Pingbian Palace could cause a dimensionality reduction attack on Huang Tiandao's preaching, there was no reason why the Procuratorate could not do it.

"You misunderstood me. I meant that if the Pingbian Palace can support Huang Tiandao's preaching, the Jianxiusi can do it too?" Zhang Chen retorted hastily, refusing to admit the threatening meaning in his words.

Liu Feng glanced at Zhang Chen after hearing this, not knowing whether he believed it or not. His words softened at this moment: "What do you know? The Procuratorate only has the power of supervision, but has no right to interfere with the laws of the Pingbian Palace. The Procuratorate has no right to ask us to preach in the North."

At this point Liu Feng sighed.

"Do you know the power of the Pingbian Palace? If we want to preach, we all have to rely on the support of the Pingbian Palace. If we anger the Pingbian Palace, our Huang Tiandao will suffer a fatal blow in the North, and even the Inspection Office will have no right to intervene. We have been operating in the North for decades, accumulated for decades, and countless disciples have worked hard. As long as the Pingbian Palace issues an order, it will all be turned into ashes?" Liu Feng was so angry that his body was shaking. "Moreover, the first place in this competition is also an agreement between Huang Liguan and the Pingbian Palace. You ignored my hint and took the first place. How do you want me to explain to the Pingbian Palace?"

Zhang Chen fell silent after hearing this. He did not refute Liu Feng's words. He just wanted to climb to the top of Huang Tian Dao and obtain the mantras of higher-level Qigong. Why was it so difficult?
Liu Feng looked at Zhang Chen and took a breath. "You should stay in the courtyard recently and not go down the mountain. Wait for the news from the sect."

After Liu Feng finished speaking, he left, leaving Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding standing behind, staring at Liu Feng's back without saying a word.

"Junior brother, the abbot is going too far. Is he trying to deprive you of your first place qualification by saying this?" The little kid said, gritting his teeth in hatred.

Zhang Chen was silent after hearing this. After a long pause, he said, "It's not that easy for them to take my things away."

At this moment, in the underground secret room, in front of the pool of faith power, Wu Changming and Gu Mingyue were watching the power of incense in the pool of faith. Wu Changming's voice was full of pride: "Brother, your little prince has fallen. It seems that he has no chance of becoming a star god."

Wu Changming was very proud. As long as the quota did not fall into Gu Mingyue's hands, he would have gotten rid of his anger.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mingyue's face turned gloomy and he remained silent. At this moment, the power of faith above the Pool of Faith twisted and evolved into a human figure, who stood on the Pool of Faith and looked at the two of them.

When the two saw the figure, they knew it was the projection of the Great Sage Master, and they all bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Master." "Wu Changming, there is a problem with the preaching in Jiangnan, you must set off for Jiangnan immediately and eliminate the enemies of the preaching." said the Great Sage Master.

Wu Changming bowed respectfully upon hearing this: "Disciple obeys your command."

After he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the spot.

After Wu Changming left, the Great Sage Master looked at Gu Mingyue and said, "I have seen your previous message."

"Please make the decision, Master." Gu Mingyue said respectfully.

"I have already sent Wu Changming away. I don't need to teach you what to do next." The Great Sage Master said.

"I'm afraid that Wu Changming will fight with my disciples after he finds out about this." Gu Mingyue smiled bitterly.

"You have to understand the overall situation. He is just a commoner disciple. How can he be as important as the Prince of Pingbian? Huang Tiandao has already bet on the Pingbian Palace. How can there be any mistakes?" At this point, the Great Sage frowned and said, "Zhang Xiaohua is an existence that has mastered supernatural powers. He was defeated by an ordinary person. There must be something fishy here. You should check Zhang Chen carefully to see if there is anything strange about him."

At this point, the Great Sage's dissatisfied voice came from underground: "Zhang Xiaohua is also a loser, a useless piece of shit. A person with superpowers actually lost to an ordinary person. It's really embarrassing for us."

“Just do as I ask you to do. All matters here are handed over to you. I will be in seclusion soon. This time, the Ceremony of Conferring the Gods will be entirely in your hands. I’m afraid I won’t have time to come out and check it out by then.” The figure of the Great Sage Master gradually became dim at this time.

"Master, have you found the reason for the loss of the power of faith?"

Seeing that the Great Sage was about to leave, Gu Mingyue hurriedly asked.

"There is nothing unusual about the Taoist temple. It must be that the disciples down the mountain are not serious about preaching, resulting in a decrease in the amount of incense collected. You don't have to worry." As the figure of the Great Sage Master disappeared into the pool, the secret room became quiet.

At this time, Gu Mingyue stood in front of the pool blankly, looking at the pool of faith with a pair of eyes filled with inexplicable colors. After a long time, she sighed quietly: "Immortality! Master, you are immortal yourself, but you are so heartless to us. For example, Liu Feng begged you for the position of the water god of Miluo River for three years, but you never gave up. Instead, you gave it to those useless ants. You are so heartless to us. We are your disciples."

After Gu Mingyue finished speaking, she walked out of the secret room and came to the main hall, where she saw Liu Feng standing in the hall in fear and trepidation.

"Uncle Master..." When Liu Feng saw Gu Mingyue coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Alright, don't apologize. This incident is not your fault." Gu Mingyue waved her hand, her voice full of gentleness: "I have reported to the Great Sage Master, and the Great Sage Master has transferred Wu Changming away. All matters from now on will be handled by me."

Hearing Gu Mingyue's words, Liu Feng's eyes suddenly lit up: "What do you mean?"

"Zhang Chen severely injured his fellow student Chu Mingyue, disregarding the spirit of competition and the friendship between fellow students. This is a serious crime. We will strip him of his first place qualification as a warning to his fellow students." Gu Mingyue's voice was full of coldness.

Liu Feng heard this and said, "Now that things have come to this, we can only do this. But if this matter gets out, I'm afraid that other Taoist temples will be dissatisfied and discuss it secretly."

"For the greater cause, it's nothing." Gu Mingyue said.

Hearing this, Liu Feng could only nod in agreement.

"Also, Zhang Chen's sword actually pierced through the prince's protective magic. This is very abnormal. There must be something fishy." Gu Mingyue said.

"Zhang Chen shouldn't have such ability. I have investigated him before, but I didn't see any mysterious aura on him..." Liu Feng said.

"I'll go there in person. I want to see if there's anything strange about this kid." After saying this, Gu Mingyue stood up and disappeared into the hall.

Speaking of Zhang Chen, at the moment when the Great Sage Master left, the Devouring Skill in his body was inexplicably sensed, and the subtle aura in the void quietly disappeared without a trace. A thought popped up in Zhang Chen's mind: "The Great Sage Master is gone?"

"Come to think of it, the Great Sage Master is so busy with his daily affairs, how could he have the time to spend in the Taoist temple?" Zhang Chen felt happy. The Great Sage Master's will had left, which meant that he could continue to steal the incense for his own use and gain more points.

He couldn't find a new source of points for the time being, and Huangliguan was where he made money.

"You are Zhang Chen."

Just when Zhang Chen was thinking about continuing to act like a rat, footsteps were heard outside the door, and then Gu Mingyue walked in from the gate.

A golden light flashed in Zhang Chen's eyes, and then his pupils shrank the next moment. He saw the mighty divine power surrounding the other party, which was no worse than that of the old man Wu Changming.

These are the ten great celestial masters of Huang Tian Dao.

Zhang Chen pretended not to know the other person's origins, then stood up and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

Gu Mingyue ignored Zhang Chen and took a step forward to stand in front of Zhang Chen, grabbing Zhang Chen's wrist. The next moment, the divine power in her body surged and swept across Zhang Chen's body, but she did not notice anything unusual.

"Eh, how strange! This is an ordinary person with mortal body." Gu Mingyue frowned, and looked at Zhang Chen's body again, and finally his eyes fell on the iron sword. After noticing the dirty air on the iron sword, he could not help but understand, and waved his hand and the iron sword flew up and landed directly in his hand: "This sword has a powerful mysterious power, and it is also dirty and corrosive. No wonder it can pierce the little prince's protective barrier with one sword."

"Where did you get this sword?" Gu Mingyue asked in a domineering voice.

"My disciple got it from the Inspection Office." Zhang Chen had already prepared himself mentally, and he directly pushed all the responsibility onto the Inspection Office. Even if the other party was at the level of one of the Ten Heavenly Masters, he was not worthy of questioning and verifying in front of Xie Lingyun.

"So it was obtained by the Inspection Office." Gu Mingyue took the iron sword, looked at it, and threw it to Zhang Chen. She said with regret, "Unfortunately, the dirty power on this iron sword is dissipating. It will turn into an ordinary mortal sword in three or five days. No wonder you were able to defeat the young prince. It turned out to be on this sword. It seems that Xie Lingyun still thinks highly of you."

(End of this chapter)