I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 301: Changes in the State of Concentration
Looking at the incense and faith in the pond, a smile finally broke out on Gu Mingyue's face. Her grand plan was finally about to begin.

Liu Feng looked at the pool of incense power and the aqua-blue light rolling in the water, swimming up and down like a fish. He couldn't help but show a hint of excitement in his eyes: "Is it finally going to start? I have waited too long for this day."

Liu Feng looked at Gu Mingyue after a moment's hesitation. "What about Ma Zhou?"

"Ma Zhou is a descendant of the great sage teacher, so it would be a relief for us to spare his life," said Gu Mingyue.

After hearing what Gu Mingyue said, Liu Feng nodded to show his approval of her decision: "This is the best."

"Send out invitations immediately to invite representatives of all major forces to the Taoist temple to watch the ceremony. We will hold the enthronement ceremony in three days." Gu Mingyue said this and turned to look at Liu Feng:
"You should think carefully. This is a road of no return. Once you start, there will be no room for regret."

Liu Feng's face was full of resentment when he heard this: "How can I regret it? I have made great contributions to Huang Tiandao's preaching in the north. If I hadn't been secretly pulling the strings, how could the power of faith in the north flourish? In terms of merit or hard work, who can compare to me? But what is the result? In the end, the opportunity to confer the title of Water God fell on Ma Zhou. The Great Sage Master was unfair, so it's not my fault."

"It's good that you are mentally prepared. The throne of the Miluo River God will be yours in three days. In the future, I will be the leader of Beidi Huangtian Dao, and you will be the number one under my Beidi Huangtian Dao. The Great Sage Master's retreat is the best opportunity for us to seize the opportunity to swallow up the Great Sage Master's authority and surpass him. The Great Sage Master actually wants to exclude me from the candidates for the Five Emperors. He is simply blind. How am I inferior to that Wu Changming? The Great Sage Master is really blind." Gu Mingyue's voice was full of anger.

He has been dissatisfied with the Great Sage Master for a long time. Now, cooperating with the Peaceful Border Palace and occupying the north is the greatest opportunity.

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Inside the hut, Zhang Chen crawled out from the mud and sand, and slowly picked up a bowl of rice porridge that Xiaodouding had prepared long ago and drank it.

Xie Lingyun, wearing a body armor, walked in from outside the house:

"Have you heard? The sect leaders have decided to confer the title of God in three days, and have sent out invitations to all the major families to come and watch the ceremony. If Huang Liguan succeeds in conferring the title of God, all the old antiques from the major families in the world will definitely be tied to Huang Tiandao's chariot, and then the foundation of the Dasheng Dynasty will be shaken."

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "Is the Conferred God Ceremony going to begin in three days? I never thought that Huang Tiandao's grand plan has finally begun. What is your attitude towards the Inspection Office?"

"There are also old antiques in the Inspection Office that are about to reach the end of their lifespan..." Xie Lingyun said meaningfully.

Zhang Chen sucked in a breath of cold air when he heard that. There were enough people on Huang Tiandao's chariot, and many people were watching secretly. Once they found out that becoming a god had no side effects, the people of the Dasheng Dynasty would probably become animals.

"Are you ready?" Zhang Chen asked.

Xie Lingyun chuckled when he heard this: "Of course, if my life is coming to an end, I might give up martial arts and try to see how far I can go. But I'm still young now, so I have to give it a try and see how far I can go."

At this point, Xie Lingyun said: "But you don't have to worry. The three twelfth-level mysteries of the Dasheng Dynasty are so powerful that even if Huang Tiandao is deified, he can't turn the tables. The twelfth-level mysteries are really too terrifying. Except for some useless people, there are no disadvantages."

Zhang Chen felt relieved after seeing this, and then lowered his voice and said, "Zhang Xiaohua seems to be planning to force herself on you on the day of the Conferred God. You better be prepared."

Xie Lingyun was stunned when he heard this: "Does he have the guts to do that?"

"He is very brave, absolutely daring." Zhang Chen said.

Xie Lingyun's eyes showed a trace of thought: "How do you think I should deal with him?"

Zhang Chen made a gesture of wiping his neck. He wished that Xie Lingyun could kill Zhang Xiaohua. But Xie Lingyun shook his head and said, "If Zhang Xiaohua dies here, you and I will die for sure."

At this point, Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen with suspicion: "Could it be that you wanted to kill Zhang Xiaohua, so you made up a lie by using my help?"

Zhang Chen shook his head upon hearing this, and looked at Xie Lingyun speechlessly: "Sister, you are really... Forget it, I have already reminded you, you should think about it carefully."

Xie Lingyun remained silent upon hearing this. He did not think Zhang Xiaohua had the courage to do so.

The two talked for a while, and then Xie Lingyun turned and left.

But Zhang Chen didn’t think about it. Zhang Xiaohua had already been beaten up like that by the emperor’s daughter. How could she have the chance to plot against Xie Lingyun?

Now that Zhang Xiaohua can't even walk, his plan must be cancelled.

After Xie Lingyun left, Zhang Chen drank a pot of porridge in the house, and then began to meditate. He had not thought about visualization for a long time since he was ambushed by the Great Freedom Demon and the Black Robe Monster last time. Now that he has cultivated into the Golden Light God, he is going to check if there are any unknown factors in his state of meditation.

It was normal for Zhang Chen to be extremely cautious towards the damn black-robed monster and the Great Freedom Demon.

Moreover, all his abilities have been upgraded to the current limit. Now that he is trapped in this small Huangli Temple, he must find something to do.

In the state of concentration and emptiness, along with the scroll of Zhang Chen's secret visualization method, he appeared in the emptiness again.

Just as he entered the state of concentration, Zhang Chen's face changed: "I couldn't help but scream out in surprise, how is it possible!"

His voice was full of disbelief and his eyes were full of horror.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Zhang Chen looked towards the darkness in the distance. In the darkness, there appeared a huge monster, standing in the darkness, staring at him quietly.

"You didn't expect that." The huge innate mosquito in the darkness twisted and turned into a three-meter-tall human figure, with a pair of eyes staring at Zhang Chen.

That's a congenital mosquito!

He actually appeared in Zhang Chen's state of meditation.

"How come you are here?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of disbelief.

"Give me back my mouthparts, and I will spare your life! Otherwise, I will annihilate you in my realm of concentration today." The innate mosquito looked at Zhang Chen coldly. The mosquito face that looked like a human face looked scary and ferocious. Zhang Chen couldn't help but swallow his saliva subconsciously when he saw this scene, but then he forced himself to calm down: "This is my realm of concentration, you will never appear here, you are just an illusion! Look at my six-character mantra: 'Hum Mani Padme Hum', Zhang Chen urged the six-character mantra and smashed it towards the figure in the dark, but who knew that after the six-character mantra flew a distance, a barrier appeared out of thin air between the two of them. The barrier seemed to be a thin film that looked like a water flow, blocking the two of them.

As the Six-Character Mantra Sticker approached, the barrier shook slightly, and the space seemed to stretch infinitely. The power of the Six-Character Mantra Sticker was gradually exhausted and dissipated into the void.

It felt as if there was a vast, endless void between the two of them.

Although the voices of the two can be transmitted, the power of the magical powers cannot reach them directly.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen seemed to understand something: "It's not an illusion, but a force that directly acts on my state of concentration."

"How is this possible? What exactly is the world of concentration? Why do I always feel that anything can penetrate into my world of concentration?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of confusion. Could it be that his world of concentration has become a sieve?
"My power cannot extend beyond that. Do you think you can hit me?" Zhang Chen looked at the figure opposite him and gradually came to his senses.

The innate mosquito stared at Zhang Chen with his eyes. The next moment, all the strength in his body gathered, and he suddenly swung his fist and smashed it hard towards the fixed world where Zhang Chen was.

Then Zhang Chen saw that under that punch, the water curtain formed by the fixed world was actually stretched by the fist, forming a fist mark, which pressed against the water curtain and smashed towards Zhang Chen fiercely.

"Fuck!"

The moment the punch came down, Zhang Chen felt that his world of concentration was shrinking infinitely, and his own protective golden light was constantly compressing, as if it was compressed from a torch into a small candle.

Under that punch, Zhang Chen's "little candle" seemed to be blown up, directly crushing Zhang Chen and disappearing into nothingness.

At this moment, Zhang Chen realized his own insignificance. Under that punch, his soul seemed to be frozen, and his thoughts became stagnant and stopped functioning.

Just as Zhang Chen's protective golden light was dimming and about to turn into nothingness, Zhang Chen's water curtain suddenly froze, and a layer of frost power emerged, freezing everything in an instant. Then the extremely cold air froze the fist of the innate mosquito. In an instant, the innate mosquito was frozen and disappeared in front of Zhang Chen.

"What the hell?" Looking at the water curtain that was gradually restored, as the outside disappeared, the water curtain gradually turned into nothingness, Zhang Chen's eyes were full of horror.

I can't stay in this state of concentration any longer, it's really terrifying.

Zhang Chen hurried back into the house and summoned the Great Freedom Demon: "Old man, I have something to ask you."

When the Great Freedom Demon saw Zhang Chen's face turn pale with fear, he knew something was wrong. He stopped smiling and asked, "What happened? Why did you get scared like this?"

Zhang Chen did not hide anything and told the story of his state of concentration. After hearing Zhang Chen's description, the Great Freedom Demon couldn't help but eyelids jump: "Innate mosquito? You took advantage of the opponent's weakness and cut off his mouthparts?"

"Yes, that guy wanted to kill me, so of course he didn't want to die. Since I didn't want to die, he was the one who had to die." Zhang Chen said as a matter of course: "When it comes to a life-and-death fight, who cares who the other person is? What's his identity?"

"Tell me quickly, what happened in the state of concentration?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Little fool, what do you think the void state of concentration is? The void state of concentration is just a small spiritual pond, and the thirty-three heavens of the spiritual world are the boundless ocean. Why do you think people can strengthen their souls by meditating? Isn't it because the power of the thirty-three heavens radiates over, and the water vapor of the ocean spreads over, nourishing your small pond?" Upon hearing this, the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon began to explain, and his explanation went straight to the core, allowing Zhang Chen to understand the difference.

"People gain the qualification to enter the spiritual world by continuously expanding their own state of concentration and emptiness and guiding the spiritual world to practice. But I can't figure you out. You seem to have skipped this step. Your will has not been cleansed by the power radiated from the spiritual world, and you have directly entered the first level of the spiritual world."

Having said this, the Great Freedom Demon was at a loss. He stared at Zhang Chen from head to toe, as if he was looking at a monster.

"As for the water curtain barrier you mentioned, it should be the barrier between the material world and the spiritual world." Maha Freedom Heavenly Demon added.

"But don't worry. If it weren't for the right time and place, that guy, even if he is a congenital creature, would not be able to cross the barrier of the spiritual world and enter the barrier of the material world." The Great Freedom Demon comforted Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen scratched his head: "What should I do when I meditate and practice in the future? That guy has been staring at me in the spiritual world, which is very scary."

At this point, Zhang Chen noticed the loophole in the Great Freedom Demon's logic: "Something is wrong. Something is wrong. Isn't that guy in the underworld? How did he end up in the spiritual world?"

When Zhang Chen said this, he looked towards the Great Freedom Demon, his eyes full of inquiries.

Hearing this, the Great Freedom Demon scratched his head and said, "Do you think the netherworld is a material world?"

This sentence actually stumped Zhang Chen.

“As for your future cultivation, just pretend that he doesn’t exist. Without the right opportunity, he will not be able to break the barrier between the two worlds.” The Great Freedom Demon comforted Zhang Chen.

After hearing what Mahadeva said, Zhang Chen could only let it go.

Then Zhang Chen put away the Great Freedom Demon and thought of another thing in his mind, which was the matter of his slavery.

How can I escape from slavery?

The status of a slave is a big trouble.

I am fine, I can go anywhere in the world if I have the ability, but if my younger brothers and sisters don't get rid of their slave status, how can they live a stable life in the future? If they want to have a better development in the future, they will definitely be shackled.

He also thought about his own troubles. What exactly happened in Shangjing City that year?
Why was his father banished to this desolate place?
“Perhaps I can ask Xie Lingyun to investigate. After all, as a captain of the Inspection Office, it shouldn’t be difficult for Xie Lingyun to track down such matters.” Thinking of this, Zhang Chen stood up and walked towards Xie Lingyun’s cottage. He would feel very uneasy if he didn’t get to the bottom of this matter.

You have to know that this is not a small matter. If this matter is exposed in the future and causes a big mess, catching you off guard, that would be a real trouble.

"Prepare for a rainy day!" Zhang Chen muttered.

(End of this chapter)