I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 308: Zhang Clan in Beijing: Zhang Gaqi
Xie Lingyun took a breath of the incense in front of Zhang Gasi and looked at Zhang Gasi quietly with his eyes.

"Thank you for your guidance, Miss." Zhang Gasi opened his eyes and said with a pale face.

Xie Lingyun didn't say anything more and said directly: "I heard someone say that someone has the Yellow Spring Water, but I'm afraid you can't offer a price."

"Water of the Underworld?" Zhang Gaqi's breath quickened upon hearing this, and he stared at Xie Lingyun intently, "Where is it? As long as the other party is willing to trade, I am willing to pay any price. I wonder which senior master actually possesses such a magical item?"

Xie Lingyun sighed slightly when he heard this: "He is not some senior master, just a young man. Speaking of which, this young man has some connection with you, and the relationship between you two is not shallow."

Zhang Gaqi was stunned when he heard this: "Is he related to me? Could it be Zhang Xiaohua, the prince of the Pingbian Palace?"

With the power of the Pingbian Palace, it can be explained that it owns the Yellow Spring Water.

"It's not him." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Gaqi frowned and thought, but he still couldn't figure out the answer after thinking for a long time. Who else in this desolate northern land could be related to him? "Please help me, Miss Xie."

"I remember that there was a member of your Zhang family who was exiled here." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Gaqi's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and his voice was full of disbelief: "It's him!"

"It's his son." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Gaqi was silent after hearing this, and after a long while he said, "It seems that even if it's not for the treasure, I have to go meet this young man."

"It should be so." Xie Lingyun said.

When Zhang Chen was brewing tea in the yard and pondering the mantra of the strong man moving mountains practice, two figures appeared outside the gate of the cottage. The one walking in front was Xie Lingyun, and following behind Xie Lingyun was a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes with a pale face.

The man's steps were a little unsteady and his figure was a little thin, but he was extremely handsome. Anyone who saw him would call him: handsome man.

Even at his age, he is still a handsome man.

When the middle-aged man saw Zhang Chen's face, he couldn't help but be stunned. The face of this young man was so similar to that of his relative. The similarity between his eyebrows made him vaguely feel as if he saw the cheerful man smiling at him.

"This is the buyer I'm looking for." Xie Lingyun interrupted the two's thoughts and said to Zhang Chen, "Don't consider my face, just sell it at any price. My friend has a big family and has never lacked money, just ask for a high price."

Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Gaqi after hearing what Xie Lingyun said, and saw Zhang Gaqi smiled bitterly: "My family is not short of money, but the family's money is the family's money, it is not something I can mobilize, my friend, please show some mercy."

"Please take a seat." Zhang Chen nodded, motioning Xie Lingyun and Zhang Gaqi to take a seat. Then Zhang Gaqi looked at Zhang Chen and asked:
"What's your name, little brother?"

"Zhang Chen." Zhang Chen replied.

"I know your name is Zhang Chen. When you left Shangjing that year, I personally saw you off." Zhang Gasi sighed.

Zhang Chen fell silent after hearing this, and after a moment he said, "I was too young at that time, so I can't remember anything about that time."

"You can call me Fourth Uncle." Zhang Gasi said.

"You're not trying to get my love potion for free, are you?" Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Gasi with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Zhang Gaqi was embarrassed when he heard this: "How could that be?"

Then Zhang Gaqi quickly changed the subject: "Is your father okay?"

"Dead. Almost killed by a poisonous snake bite!" Zhang Chen sighed softly.

"What?" Zhang Gasi was stunned when he heard this, his eyes full of disbelief. How could his brilliant cousin be poisoned to death by a venomous snake?
"It was the work of the Prince of Pingbian." Zhang Chen added.

"How is this possible!" Zhang Gaqi's voice was filled with disbelief: "Do you have any evidence?"

"If you ask about the dispute between me and the Pingbian Palace, you should know that what I said is true and there is no need for any evidence." Zhang Chen said.

Zhang Gasi fell silent upon hearing this, clenched his fists in his sleeves, and sat there in silence.

"Do you still want the love potion?" Zhang Chenxun looked at Zhang Gasi and asked.

"Of course, but... this item is very precious and must be worth a lot of money. I'm afraid I can't come up with anything to exchange it for right now." Zhang Gaqi showed an embarrassment on his face: "I don't have any money now. If you trust me, I will personally deliver it to you after I finish this matter."

Zhang Chen glanced at Zhang Gaqi, took out the jade bottle from his bosom, and pushed it in front of Zhang Gaqi: "Take it and use it. With Commander Xie here to witness it, I don't think you will deny it."

Is Zhang Chen short of money?
He set his sights on the Zhang family's eleventh-level mystery. If he wanted to return to the Zhang family in Shangjing to obtain the eleventh-level mysterious skills, initial efforts would be necessary.

Zhang Gaqi took the jade bottle and held it carefully in his hand, then looked at Zhang Chen and asked, "Is there any misunderstanding between you and the Pingbian Palace?"

"No!" Zhang Chen's voice was firm and unquestionable.

Zhang Gaqi fell silent after hearing this. After a long while, he asked, "How are you living in the North?"

Zhang Chen sneered when he heard this: "You've seen it too, it's really not that good."

Zhang Gaqi heard Zhang Chen's words, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes. He wanted to say to Zhang Chen: "Come back to Kyoto with me." But after thinking of the imperial edict, the words seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.

Zhang Chen's clan was exiled, so how could they go back whenever they wanted?

The two talked for a while, and then Zhang Gasi said goodbye and left. He looked a little lonely and desolate, and his tall figure became hunched.

"You want to return to the Zhang family in Shangjing, but it's not that easy. The imperial edict alone is a huge mountain weighing on the Zhang family. But if you are quietly asked to go to the Zhang family in Shangjing to inherit, there is still some hope. As long as you don't cause any big noise in the future and alarm the people above, relying on the bloodline ability of the Zhang family, hiding in the corner and becoming a rich man, it will be no problem to become rich." Xie Lingyun said. "What is the relationship between the Zhang family of Pingbian Palace and the Zhang family in Shangjing?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The Zhang family of Shangjing came from Beidi! However, hundreds of years ago, the Zhang family of Beidi was just a branch of the Zhang family of Shangjing. At that time, the main branch of the Zhang family of Beidi went to Kyoto, and the branch occupied the vacancy left by the main branch and replaced it. The rise of the Zhang family of Beidi in the past was inseparable from the secret support of the eight great nobles. Even your father's lineage was probably involved in this matter. I don't know the specific details. Over the past hundreds of years, the whole incident has become a mess. All those who knew the truth have turned into dry bones." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen fell silent after hearing this. It seemed as if an invisible weight was pressing down on him, weighing heavily on his heart.

Xie Lingyun left, leaving Zhang Chen sitting there. After a long while, he took a deep breath and said, "It's just a little bit of wind and frost. I can handle it! No matter what difficulties and obstacles there are in the future, I will break through them. I only need to be responsible for strengthening my strength. Everything is nothing but illusion in front of absolute strength."

Just when Zhang Chen was full of thoughts, a fox with fiery red fur appeared in Zhang Chen's courtyard like a ball of flame.

"Zhang Chen, something big has happened!" After the fox fairy Nannan came to Zhang Chen's yard, her soul left her body and she shouted loudly at Zhang Chen.

"What's the big deal?" Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this, and a thought came to his mind: "Could it be that Zhang Xiaohua is going to do something weird again?"

"Tushan Qing is here!" said the fox fairy.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen's pupils shrank, and he thought of the very troublesome gambling fox Tushan Qing. That vixen was no good, especially after it possessed Chai Chuanxin's body and mixed into the human race. It might have no good intentions in coming here this time.

The two looked at each other, and Zhang Chen asked, "Which courtyard is Tu Shanqing in?"

"It's in the courtyard of Bingzihao. You must be careful. That guy is too weird and not easy to mess with." said the fox fairy Nannan.

Zhang Chen nodded, indicating that he understood what the fox fairy Nannan said, and then he saw the fox fairy Nannan turned and left, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the yard with a gloomy face: "All kinds of monsters and demons are here."

The next moment, Zhang Chen turned into a stream of water and seeped into the ground, sneaking away quietly, his figure disappearing without a trace.

When he appeared again, he had already arrived at Tushan Qing's yard. He saw Tushan Qing reading a book in the yard under the identity of Chai Chuanxin. Zhang Chen carefully hid under the soil. Little drops of water seeped out and turned into eyes, observing Tushan Qing's every move.

"Tu Shanqing, have you done what I asked you to prepare?"

At this moment, Chen Sanliang appeared in the courtyard.

Tu Shanqing was so shocked when he heard this that he stood up immediately. "Sir, don't worry. Once the war breaks out and the outcome is decided, I will crush the Jade Dew into powder and spread it in the upwind direction. This will increase the strength of the masters of our demon clan who are hiding in secret. We must capture all the masters of the North in one fell swoop, and increase the chances of our fox clan taking over the North."

"As long as all the masters of the major families die here and all the masters of the north are captured, the Pingbian Palace can only rely on my demon clan if it wants to fight against the imperial court. I will make the Pingbian Palace get on the chariot and never get off again." Tu Shanqing said respectfully.

Chen Sanliang nodded when he heard this: "Then our demon race must obtain the god's throne. If we can obtain the god's throne and study how to confer the gods, our demon race's strength will surely increase greatly in the future, and we will hopefully sweep across the human race's land of Shenzhou and unify the world."

After Chen Sanliang gave Tu Shanqing instructions, he turned around and walked out, leaving Tu Shanqing sighing in the yard: "What a thief! The Jade Dew Petals are of great importance. They are the last resort for our demon clan to turn the tables, but I lost them. If the ancestor knew that I messed up, wouldn't he kill me?"

"Damn it, what should I do now?" Tu Shan Qing was walking around in the yard in a panic. Ever since he woke up from the underground secret room that day and found that the Jade Dew Flower was missing, he felt like the sky was falling.

However, no matter how hard they searched, they still couldn't find any trace of the jade dew flower.

After thinking for a long time, Tu Shanqing stamped his feet and said with hope: "Now I can only go to the underground tomb again. Maybe I missed something during my last inspection."

Thinking of this, Tu Shan Qing used the technique of transformation into nothingness and directly penetrated the mud and sand to escape.

At this time, Zhang Chen, who was underground, heard Tu Shanqing's words, and his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "The demon tribe wants to take advantage of the fire? Haha, it's an opportunity for me."

Zhang Chen sneaked out of the Taoist temple, then turned into a bat and flapped its wings away. He arrived at the tomb at lightning speed before Tu Shanqing, turned into a stream of water and penetrated into the tomb, placing the flowers into it.

Zhang Chen hid a golden wind flower in it, then quickly turned into a stream of water and seeped away, hiding behind a stalactite nearby to peek.

Sure enough, not long after, a figure was seen walking out of the mud and coming to the depths of the tomb. After seeing the golden wind flower, he could not help but be overjoyed: "Thank God, I actually found the Jade Dew Flower. This time I have an explanation to my ancestor."

The Golden Wind Flower and the Jade Dew Flower are almost identical. How can Tu Shan Qing tell the difference between them?
When he saw the golden wind flower, he thought it was a jade dew flower. Without saying a word, he picked it up and turned away.

After Tu Shanqing left, Zhang Chen showed up in the underground cave, his eyes filled with mockery: "Haha, you demons want to plot against the human race, this time I have to teach you a lesson."

He was looking forward to the demon tribe taking the Golden Wind Flower, preparing to increase their strength so as to kill all the powerful human beings. However, the result was a scene in which the demon tribe's strength plummeted and suffered heavy casualties.

Zhang Chen left quietly and disappeared into the cave.

The day before the conferring ceremony, Zhang Chen disappeared in the small courtyard and arrived at the underground secret room in advance, transforming into a stream of water and lurking.

At this time, all the people from the Jianghu and masters from the nobles came one after another. With so many people here, who would notice where Zhang Chen, an insignificant disciple, was?
Liu Feng and other elders were all busy with their own affairs and had no time to pay attention to Zhang Chen's whereabouts.

Zhang Chen hid in the basement, constantly swallowing up points. No matter what changes there would be in the future, his own strength was the foundation.

At this time, undercurrents were surging throughout the Huangli Temple.

In a small courtyard at the backyard of Huangli Temple, Liu Feng walked into the courtyard slowly, holding a jar of wine in his hand: "Brother Ma Zhou, are you feeling comfortable staying in my Taoist temple?"

But he saw an old Taoist priest Huang Tiandao, who was about fifty years old, reading a book. When he saw Liu Feng coming in with wine, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Junior Brother Liu, you know I love this, come in quickly."

Liu Feng opened the jar of wine with a smile, and took out the side dishes that he had prepared long ago, and then the two of them sat in front of the table and drank happily.

"Junior Brother Liu, how are the preparations for the enthronement ceremony going?" Ma Zhou picked up the wine, took a big gulp, and then looked at Liu Feng.

Liu Feng patted his chest upon hearing this and said, "Brother Ma, don't worry. How can you not be at ease with me coming forward? Just rest assured. I have arranged everything. You just need to wait for the conferring ceremony tomorrow and become a deity directly."

Ma Zhou was overjoyed when he heard this and patted Liu Feng on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will remember your contribution in my heart. When I am deified in the future, I will definitely reward you. I will make the decision. There will definitely be a place for you in my water official position attached to the Miluo River, so that you can also live forever with me."

(End of this chapter)