I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 314 Huangquan Road

In the underground soil, the water flow transformed by Zhang Chen swept through, washing away the blood that had seeped into the soil.

Looking at the light blue soil in the soil, Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

"The blood flowing out of Liu Feng's divine body is actually light blue? It's really interesting. His blood can fully satisfy my need to practice the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword." After Zhang Chen quietly collected a dozen drops of blood underground, he quickly moved away from the battlefield and fled towards the Taoist temple.

At this time, various martial artists were shuttling among the mountains, collecting flesh and blood from the soil. After getting the benefits, they immediately escaped and disappeared into the mountains and forests.

After Zhang Chen escaped from the mud, he turned into mist and escaped for ten miles in the air. Suddenly, a sound of fighting was heard in the distance, and mysterious waves filled the void.

Zhang Chen sensed a mysterious fluctuation, so he quietly approached in the form of mist, and saw two figures fighting from a distance.

A man was surrounded by ghostly shadows, as if he were a ghost in the world. Countless evil ghosts were roaring and guarding him. This man was Zhang Gaqi.

Zhang Gasi had suffered heavy damage in the previous battle in which Liu Feng self-destructed his divine body, and his strength had been greatly reduced. After snatching some flesh and blood, he immediately escaped among the mountains, but who knew that he would be targeted by someone.

Opposite Zhang Gaqi was a man surrounded by white light. He held a light knife in his hand and stood in front of Zhang Gaqi. The light knife in his hand kept flashing and emitting blade energy, which slashed towards the ghost den. When facing the light knife, Zhang Gaqi's ghost den became thinner and weakened.

“Zhang Gasi, hand over the flesh and blood of the gods, and I will spare your life!” The man’s entire body was enveloped in white light, and his features could not be seen at all.

Zhang Gaqi was standing in the den of ghosts. Hearing this, he sneered, "Qian Xueche, do you really think you can beat me?"

"Do you think you can still run away?" Qian Xueche's voice on the other side was full of mockery.

“Haha, if I had fallen into this situation before coming to the north, I might have had no choice but to let you do whatever you want, but now…” Zhang Gasi smiled faintly, and the next moment a drop of yellow fluid appeared in his hand.

"Water from the underworld!"

The first time he saw the liquid, Qian Xueche on the opposite side immediately recognized its origin.

"Good eyesight!" Zhang Gasi praised.

"You don't think you can turn the tables just by relying on a drop of Yellow Spring Water?" Qian Xueche on the opposite side laughed.

"How can you know what the Yellow Spring Water represents to the people of my Zhang family?" Zhang Gasi's eyes were full of mockery. The next moment, the seal in his hand changed, and the Yellow Spring Water actually evolved into an illusory river, flowing in twists and turns in his ghost den and disappeared into the void.

No one knows where the illusory river originates or where it ends, and it leads to an unknown place that is extremely mysterious.

"With a drop of Yellow Spring water, I can open the road of life and death, build the Yin-Yang bridge, and summon the real power of the underworld to descend upon the world." Zhang Gasi's voice became more and more ethereal in the ghost den.

The next moment, a crack suddenly appeared in the space of the ghost den, and a vast and dark world appeared. A vast and mighty yin energy rushed out, expanding Zhang Gasi's ghost den.

"The Yin-Yang Road is open, the Bridge of Life and Death appears, why don't the ghosts from hell come down quickly?" Zhang Gasi shouted, and the next moment a shadow walked out of the crack, and then as the shadow descended, the ghost den expanded infinitely and covered Qian Xueche on the opposite side.

Qian Xueche wanted to escape, but unfortunately he saw the space around him was distorted, the distance in the space was stretched and changed. Qian Xueche had no time to escape and was already enveloped by the ghost den.

The ghost den was shrouded in dark clouds. Zhang Chen could not see clearly what was going on inside from the outside. At this moment, he could only hear Qian Xueche's screams: "Brother Zhang, let me go! I won't dare to do it again!"

Then the words stopped abruptly, followed by a creepy chewing sound coming from the darkness.

After a few breaths, the ghost den dissipated, and only Zhang Gasi was standing there with a ruddy face. How could he show any sign of being hurt?
"The Yellow Spring Water is too important. With the Yellow Spring Water as a medium, my Zhang family can summon the Bridge of Life and Death, open the Yin-Yang Road, summon the underworld to the real world, and use the powerful evil spirits in the underworld to destroy the enemy. As long as I have the Yellow Spring Water, I will not be intimidated even if I face the Yangshen Zhenren! Many of my Zhang family's magical powers require the Yellow Spring Water as a medium to be realized. It's a pity that this thing is too precious. If there is enough Yellow Spring Water, my Zhang family may not be able to compete with the Dasheng Royal Family... What a pity, the Yellow Spring Water is too rare."

After Zhang Gasi finished muttering, a blue-black baby head appeared on his back. The baby's eye sockets were dark with no pupils, only countless pairs of pale hands.

The baby was completely black, and his eyes were scanning the air, looking extremely strange.

"With the help of the opened Yin-Yang Road, I finally have a heavenly ghost of my own." Zhang Gasi stretched out his hand and touched the baby's head on his shoulder. The next moment, the baby's hand stretched out from his back and actually tore through the void, taking Zhang Gasi away from the spot.

Zhang Chen, who had turned into a wisp of mist in the distance, stared at the scene in front of him in amazement, his eyes full of shock: "That is the real underworld. I feel the breath of the underworld. I didn't expect that the Yellow Spring Water is so important to the Zhang family..."

Zhang Chen's mind was full of thoughts, and he became alert: "I just wonder if Zhang Gaqi will have other thoughts that he shouldn't have."

It would be fine if Zhang Gasi behaved himself, but if he did not, his righteous golden light would perfectly restrain him.

The most important thing is that the light of his righteous god has made the tenth-level evil spirit retreat. Although that heavenly ghost is strong, it definitely cannot reach the power of the tenth level.

"If he wants to do some tricks, then I can give him a little surprise." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

He doesn't believe in the so-called family affection at all.

"The Zhang family's innate abilities seem to be related to the underworld, which is quite interesting."

The next moment Zhang Chen turned into mist and slipped away, returning to the Taoist temple. From a distance, he saw the entire temple ablaze with flames rising to the sky and shouts of killing coming from inside the temple.

The Pingbian Palace's army was fighting with a group of black-clad men outside the Taoist temple, and the Taoist temple was already ablaze. Countless black-clad men had rushed in, and the disciples in the Taoist temple rose up to resist. Because the Pingbian Palace's army was here, the Yin Gods could not leave their bodies, and there were also Qi and Blood warriors running around in the dark, which frightened the Yin Gods. Therefore, the battle in Huangli Temple was maintained at the level of ordinary warriors.

"My goodness, where did so many masters come from? They are killing people in Huangtiandao?" Zhang Chen turned into a stream of water and lurked in the mud. He returned to his own cottage all the way. He found that his cottage was very quiet. After all, it was just a place for ordinary disciples to live and was not the target of the group of men in black.

Zhang Chen stood on the roof, with the entire Taoist temple in sight. He saw shouts and cries of killing everywhere in the temple, but all the main forces were fighting in the main hall of Huangli Temple and the main hall where the secret room in the backyard was located. It seemed that this group of men in black had a clear goal and were heading for the secret room in the Taoist temple. They were confused by the rumors about Zhang Chen's immortal tree coffin.

And those who came to attack and kill were not simple. There were hundreds of masters who had condensed their qi and blood, hundreds of masters who had entered the state of strength, and thousands of other people from various martial arts circles, who killed and looted in the Taoist temple.

Although the Pingbian Palace had tens of thousands of troops surrounding it, it was helpless in the face of that group of martial arts masters and warriors who had trained their qi and blood.

Firstly, the Taoist temple was in a dangerous location, and it was impossible to set up a battle formation. Secondly, the evil spirit of the army had absolutely no effect on the warriors who had cultivated their qi and blood, and did not have any suppressive effect at all.

Zhang Chen was surprised when he saw this scene. "Good fellow, no wonder so many people try so hard to become warriors. Qi and blood warriors really have no natural enemies. Yin spirit warriors cannot leave their bodies when facing Qi and blood warriors, and the army has no suppression when facing Qi and blood warriors. Qi and blood warriors are simply the perfect path of cultivation, so powerful that there is no flaw."

Just when Zhang Chen was secretly shocked, he suddenly heard footsteps, and saw five men in black clothes leaving from the direction of the battlefield, holding torches in their hands and starting to set fire everywhere in the Taoist temple, adding to the chaotic situation in the temple.

Suddenly, the Taoist temple was ablaze with flames and shouts of killing, and the entire temple became a hell on earth.

Zhang Chen watched for a moment and chose to hide like a coward. He didn't want to go outside and fight with those men in black.

Zhang Chen sensed the little bean's breath and saw that the little bean was breathing steadily and was still sleeping soundly in the house. He felt relaxed and sat in front of the window, quietly waiting for the battle to end.

He knew that the war would definitely end before dawn. Once dawn, the large military weapons and equipment of the Pingbian Palace would be transported to the mountain. By then, the army of the Pingbian Palace would have an absolute advantage. The men in black were only temporarily in the upper hand by relying on the geographical advantage. However, when the army of the Pingbian Palace came to support from all directions, and with the help of war machines, those men in black would eventually be defeated.

At this moment, hiding quietly is the best option.

Zhang Chen sat in the yard, thinking about what his future would be like.

"I still want to stay in Huangli Temple. After all, there is a constant supply of incense and faith here, which is equivalent to a stable supply of points for me. After I live here for a year or two and max out all my skills, it won't be too late to go down the mountain to look for the Longevity Tree Coffin. I am not strong enough now, and even if I go down the mountain to look for the Longevity Tree Coffin, I won't be able to snatch it from Dugu Qiu." Zhang Chen made a general plan in his mind and continued to hide in the mountains.

However, he still had to secretly inquire about the news about the Longevity Tree Coffin and look for clues behind the scenes.

Just as Zhang Chen was thinking about what to do next, a sound of footsteps came from the darkness. Zhang Chen mastered the ultrasonic skill. Although the shouting and screaming in the Taoist temple was deafening at this time, the footsteps sounded as loud as thunder in Zhang Chen's ears.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhang Chen immediately raised his guard and looked outside the door. He saw the footsteps stop outside the door, and then someone outside the door said, "Zhang Chen, are you there?"

Zhang Chen heard the sound and was secretly surprised: "Is it Zhang Gaqi?"

However, he was skilled and courageous, especially since the righteous god Jin Guangtian was the nemesis of Zhang Gaqi, so he was not afraid at all, but said calmly: "I am here!"

Zhang Gaqi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "It's good that you are here. I heard the shouting and killing outside and knew that the Taoist temple was in trouble, so I came to protect you."

As they were talking, the door was pushed open. Zhang Ga walked into the yard and saw Zhang Chen sitting under the eaves.

Although it was dark, Zhang Gasi had the ability of night vision. He looked at Zhang Chen with surprise, who had a calm and undisturbed expression. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart that his nephew was really unusual. Now that the Taoist temple was in trouble, he remained calm and composed. He was indeed not an ordinary person.

Zhang Chen also looked at Zhang Gaqi, slowly stood up and bowed: "Thank you very much, my dear."

"Why call me noble? From now on, when you are alone with others, just call me uncle. Although your father was expelled from the family tree, it was also forced by the situation. The family tree is just a formality. The blood in your body cannot be faked. We are blood relatives who are connected by bones and tendons." Zhang Gasi said.

While talking, he sat down on a stool beside him without any hesitation. Seeing this, Zhang Chen also sat down.

"Xie Lingyun was here that day. I had a lot of things I wanted to ask you, but I couldn't say them out loud. Tell me in detail the grudge between you and the Pingbian Palace." Zhang Gasi asked.

Zhang Chen didn't say much after hearing this. He told the story about the grudge between him and Zhang Xiaohua, as well as the plan of Pingbian Palace to use someone else's trick.

Although it was dark, Zhang Chen mastered the ultrasound and could detect that as he spoke, Zhang Gaqi's face gradually turned pale, his fists clenched in his sleeves, and the blood flow in his body accelerated.

"What a bastard! The Pingbian Palace actually used such a shameful trick, it's really hateful! The Pingbian King actually dared to reach into the direct lineage, he deserves to be sucked out of his soul and cut into pieces." Zhang Gasi's voice was full of coldness.

Zhang Chen fell silent upon hearing this, and looked at Zhang Gaqi. His eyes were clear and bright under the moonlight, with a kind of captivating coldness.

After a long time, Zhang Gaqi sighed helplessly and unclenched his fists in his sleeves: "I can't do anything to avenge you. Since you have made enemies with the Pingbian Palace, you'd better leave the Northland as soon as possible. Don't fight to the death with the Pingbian Palace. It will be no good for you to continue the stalemate. You will definitely die."

Zhang Chen remained silent upon hearing this. How could he agree to leave the North in such a disgrace?

Besides, Zhang Chen did not think that the Pingbian Palace was invincible. As long as he continued to collect points and strengthen his skills, one day he would be able to overthrow the Pingbian Palace and seek justice for himself.

Zhang Gasi looked at Zhang Chen's stubborn face and said after a little hesitation:
"At this point, I won't hide it from you. Behind the Pingbian Palace are the eight major families in Shangjing, and the most important one is my Zhang family. You also know that my Zhang family has gradually gone downhill since the founding of the country, and later had to support the Pingbian Palace at the border. The Pingbian Palace and my Zhang family in Kyoto are in a relationship of mutual loss and mutual gain. As long as the Pingbian Palace exists, my Zhang family will not completely decline, and the eight major families behind us will also gain a firm foothold in Kyoto. If the Pingbian Palace declines, our eight major families will also lose their last trump card and face the exclusion of the other major families, falling from the first-class families overnight. Of course, there are many deeper causes and effects, but I can't tell you in detail. In short, you know, you should stop provoking the Pingbian Palace."

(End of this chapter)