I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 296: Niece, you are going too far!

Thinking of this, Mahabrahma laughed. He thought that Mahabrahma was born invincible and he was the only one who could restrain others. When would it be someone else's turn to restrain him?

He thought about Zhang Chen's soul-stealing mark countless times, but he still couldn't think of a way to break it.

Now seeing that Zhang Chen actually committed suicide and exhausted his life span, in just four years, Zhang Chen would definitely not be able to break the limit of longevity, and then he would have no choice but to die. The Great Freedom Demon was immediately happy when he thought of this.

Zhang Chen looked at the gloating Great Freedom Heavenly Demon and said slowly, "You seem to be happy too early. Don't forget that there is also the Longevity Tree Coffin."

The Great Freedom Demon's smile froze, and then he immediately drooped his head and quickly changed his tone: "In fact, it doesn't matter if your lifespan runs out, as long as you can step into the legendary 30th Heaven, you can find the legendary Peach Garden, and there may still be alive peaches in it. The worst peaches bloom once every 3,000 years, bear fruit once every 3,000 years, and mature once every 3,000 years. Eating one will make you light and healthy, and extend your life by 3,000 years. The average peaches bear fruit once every 6,000 years, bloom once every 6,000 years, and mature once every 6,000 years. After eating them, you will ascend to heaven, break free from the shackles, and step directly into the twelfth heaven. There are also peaches that mature once every 9,000 years, bloom once every 9,000 years, and bear fruit once every 9,000 years. Eating one will make you immortal and gain the power of the fruit."

"According to what you said, the peaches are so magical, so the creatures that ate the peaches should still be alive. How come they have all disappeared now?" Zhang Chen directly poked at the heart of the Great Freedom Demon.

The Great Freedom Demon pondered for a moment before saying, "Even humans have various diseases. Immortals will naturally have diseases related to immortality. If the disease cannot be cured, it will be the same as a mortal's illness. Even if the body is strong and not yet dead, the disease will kill the person young."

"Longevity disease?" Zhang Chen was curious when he heard it.

"Don't ask me, I don't know either." The Great Freedom Demon shook his head.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen stopped talking to the Great Freedom Demon and took him away. Now, as Zhang Chen got to know these old guys better and better, he became more and more wary of them.

"The blood of the Great Freedom Demon counts as one, so now I have collected all four types. In the next battle to kill gods, the Water God will be slaughtered, and I can also collect blood. And if strong people from bloodline families come, there will always be bloodshed, right? I wonder if the blood of those bloodline families can be used." Zhang Chen said to himself.

He thought of the fox fairy Nannan again, wondering if she could accomplish her mission.

Zhang Xiaohua was walking in the Taoist temple today, thinking about the overall development of the north. Suddenly, a sound came from the weeds in the corner. Zhang Xiaohua was startled and turned his head quickly. He saw a red-haired fox sticking its head out and looking at him with a whimpering face.

When Zhang Xiaohua saw the red-haired fox for the first time, he was stunned, as if struck by lightning. Although the color of the fur had changed, when the two looked into each other's eyes, he felt touched in his heart. This was his white-haired fox: "Are you the Fox Goddess?"

For some reason, when he saw the red-haired fox, he felt at first glance that it was the Fox Goddess who had come to visit him.

Especially when he saw the fox's subtle movements were exactly the same as his Fox Goddess, he became even more excited and immediately confirmed that this was his Fox Goddess.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaohua recognized her, the fox fairy Nannan ran out from the weeds and threw herself directly into Zhang Xiaohua's arms.

Time passed slowly, and as Zhang Chen stole the power of incense, the power of incense accumulated in the pool of faith in the Taoist temple slowed down again. However, the Great Sage Master had already gone into seclusion, and Gu Mingyue was in charge of the situation alone. Even if she noticed that something was wrong, she could not find anything unusual.

Zhang Chen worked day and night to steal the power of incense, causing the date for Huangli Temple to confer the deity on him to be postponed. In the blink of an eye, five days had passed and Zhang Chen's points had accumulated to 10 million.

Collecting 10 million points in just five days is enough to compare with what Zhang Chen gained from digging a large tomb.

Zhang Chen was not going to waste points on skills that required millions to upgrade. He planned to upgrade those skills that did not require that many points first. Maybe he would get unexpected gains in the future.

Zhang Chen takes a closer look at the skills that have the highest cost-effectiveness for upgrading:
[11th skill (level 0): Invisibility Talisman (1600000/)]

[12th skill (level 0): Fire-proof Talisman (128000/)]

[15th skill (first level): Hard Earth Talisman (0/4000)]

Zhang Chen temporarily put away the invisibility talisman. Even if he upgraded the invisibility talisman to the seventh level, in the future Conferred God Battle, there would definitely be Yangshen-level beings taking action. His seventh-level invisibility talisman seemed to be of little use.

Then Zhang Chen set his sights on the Fire-Proofing Talisman and the Hard Soil Talisman. Finally, Zhang Chen set his sights on the Fire-Proofing Talisman. The Fire-Proofing Talisman was already at the sixth level now. If nothing unexpected happened, he could easily upgrade it to perfection. At that time, he would be immune to all fire attacks. This would be a real killer.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen upgraded the Fire Repellent Talisman without saying anything:

[12th skill (level 0): Fire-proof Talisman (128000/)]

[Skill 12 (Level 0): Fire-Repelling Talisman (256000/)]

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[Skill 12 (Level 0): Fire-Repelling Talisman (4096000/)]

[Skill 12 (Level 0): Fire-Repelling Talisman (8192000/)]

[Note 1: You can ignore the damage of the twelfth-level flame]

Zhang Chen still overestimated his points. He was still 8,192,000 points away from upgrading to the limit. Even if he worked day and night, it would still take him four days.

"After five days of grinding for experience, I'm a little exhausted. Even if I were made of iron, I wouldn't be able to keep going." Zhang Chen muttered, his voice full of fatigue.

He worked hard all day and all night to avoid being beaten by the princess after falling asleep. After all, not sleeping was better than being beaten. But today, Zhang Chen finally couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep on the recliner as soon as his eyelids closed.

Just as Zhang Chen closed his eyes, his consciousness was pulled into a dream by a strand of black hair. The next moment, he was beaten and kicked. The opponent was particularly ruthless this time, as if to warn him: "You dare to be clever? Let's see if you dare to delay your dream again in the future. I will beat you back five times in one go."

In his dream, Zhang Chen tried to run away with his head in his hands, but he was soon tangled by the hair. No matter how many tricks he had, he could only be beaten by the emperor's daughter.

"Damn it, why are you hitting me? Your body is not in my hands? Do you think I don't want to bring your body out? But the key is that I don't have that strength. If you have this ability, go and beat Zhang Xiaohua next door! His father stole your body, and he also absorbed your fortune. Why don't you beat him up?" Zhang Chen was really irritated by the crackling fists and feet, and couldn't help cursing.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the princess paused and stared at Zhang Chen blankly, as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she suddenly kicked Zhang Chen in the chest, and the next moment Zhang Chen fell out of the dream.

In the small room, Zhang Chen suddenly turned over and sat up, looking at the bright moon in the sky, roughly estimating the time: "It turns out that it is already the second half of the night. It seems that my rebellious niece really understood what I said? She actually kicked me out?"

Zhang Chen climbed up, then slowly circulated his qi and blood to recover from his injuries. He then walked to the window, lit a light, and stood in front of it, staring at the bright moon in the sky in a daze.

"It is really difficult to obtain the higher-level mantras of Qigong. Now my way up is blocked. How can I get the higher-level mantras?" Zhang Chen thought of Wu Changming. That guy is the Great Zhenren Huang Tiandao Yangshen. Can he find a chance to obtain the higher-level mantras from him?

"That guy came to my house on purpose that day and asked me to defeat Zhang Xiaohua, but why is he silent now and just watched Zhang Xiaohua take away my achievements?" Zhang Chen stood in front of the window and kept thinking. Wu Changming could be considered an option for the time being.

"The second way is to go to the Inspection Office and follow Xie Lingyun's path. But the secret method of cultivating immortals is not just a secret method of cultivating immortals. It also involves the means of cultivating the soul, which is the most important secret of the Inspection Office. Even if I ask for it, I'm afraid Xie Lingyun won't be able to get it. Moreover, the relationship between Xie Lingyun and I is pure mutual appreciation. We are true friends. How can I ask for benefits from Xie Lingyun? Once the Inspection Office finds out that the formula has been tampered with, even Xie Lingyun will inevitably be punished and implicated by me." Zhang Chen thought about it and decided to give up this path. He felt that relying on a woman was definitely not a man's ambition.

"Or else we can excavate the ancient tombs. There must be inheritance of Qigong techniques in those ancient tombs of gods and demons. It's just that whether and when we can dig it out depends on luck. Not to mention that the tombs of gods and demons are hard to find, not to mention that not every tomb of gods and demons will have inheritance of Qigong formulas." Zhang Chen scratched his head. It was still difficult after all the talk.

Then Zhang Chen looked into the void again, as if he saw the spiritual world in the dark, the thirty-three heavens containing endless mysterious creations.

There are even secret techniques like the Six-Character Mantra, so it doesn't seem difficult to find the formula for practicing Qi and becoming immortal.

"There are probably only a few ways. I'll look for it in the real world first. If there is no way in the real world, I can only look in the spiritual world." Zhang Chen muttered, his voice filled with sighs.

“It’s a pity that my Qi training technique can’t be increased directly to the point of becoming an immortal, otherwise, relying on fleecing Huang Tiandao, I’m afraid I could take off directly on the spot. I have already thought of my legendary life: “I stole incense from Huang Tiandao for ten years, and became invincible in the world after coming out”, or “I swept the floor in Huang Tiandao for ten years, and directly ascended to become an immortal on the spot”. Zhang Chen felt a little emotional. It was a wonderful chapter with an invincible male protagonist, but who knew that because he couldn’t find the formula for the second half, it turned into a process of the useless male protagonist struggling hard in another world.

Just as Zhang Chen was daydreaming, the morning bell rang and spread throughout the Taoist temple. Zhang Chen was about to call Cheng Yu when he saw Cheng Yu yawning and coming down from upstairs. He called out in a daze, "Zhang Chen, you've been getting up very early these days."

These past few days, Zhang Chen was busy stealing incense points and had not slept. He went out early and came back late all day. No wonder the little kid said that Zhang Chen got up early.

Just as Zhang Chen was about to answer, a sharp scream suddenly came from the backyard of the Taoist temple. Zhang Chen was startled when he heard the scream: "What happened? Could it be that something unexpected happened in the Taoist temple again?"

"Hurry up and wash up, I'm afraid something big is going to happen today." Zhang Chen urged the little kid.

The little boy immediately perked up, washed up quickly, and walked towards the main hall with Zhang Chen.

They met many fellow disciples along the way. When they saw Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding, they all greeted them and seemed very friendly.

Zhang Chen won the first place in the sect competition and became famous in Huangli Temple. At least he became familiar to everyone.

A group of people came to the hall in a mighty procession, and saw that some disciples had already gathered together, whispering to each other about something.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen pulled Xiao Douding closer to eavesdrop, and heard someone whisper, "I heard someone say that Zhang Xiaohua had a big accident last night. I don't know who beat him up. Three of his ribs were broken, and even his head was knocked crooked."

"My goodness, are you serious? Zhang Xiaohua is a scholar from the Pingbian Palace. Who dares to hit Zhang Xiaohua?" Someone whispered, his voice full of disbelief.

"How can this be false? I saw it with my own eyes." The disciple patted his chest and guaranteed.

"It's over. Zhang Xiaohua was seriously injured in the Taoist temple. I'm afraid that our entire Taoist temple will be blamed for the Pingbian Palace and have to bear the wrath of the Pingbian King." Someone exclaimed, his voice full of misery.

Upon hearing this, the hall fell into deathly silence. Thinking of the thundering methods used by Prince Pingbian, everyone's heart twitched. Prince Pingbian was not a good person. Zhang Xiaohua had suffered such a method. No one present would have an easy life.

Zhang Chen, who was standing by, was also shocked when he heard this. Who could be so cruel? How could he beat Zhang Xiaohua like this in Huangli Temple?
You have to know that Huangli Temple is now on the most strict alert. Who can do such a cruel thing under the eyes of everyone?
Obviously everyone had thought of this, so they looked at each other, their eyes filled with horror, and they all lowered their heads and dared not say anything.

Just as everyone was discussing, the law enforcement elder walked out from the backyard and looked at everyone with dignity: "Today's morning class continues. The temple master has important matters to deal with. Next, I will lead you in the morning class."

The disciples did not dare to say much, but they all lowered their heads and did the morning lessons seriously. When the morning lessons were finished, everyone dispersed.

Three days passed like this. After the morning class ended, Zhang Chen wanted to take the opportunity to blend into the crowd and leave, but the law enforcement elder called him and said, "Zhang Chen, wait a moment. I have something to say."

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but frown. What did the law enforcement elder want to call him for? Could it be that there was trouble again?

(End of this chapter)