I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 315: Night Attack on Gou Lan County

After hearing what Zhang Gasi said, Zhang Chen remained silent. Now it was not him who provoked the Pingbian Palace, but the Pingbian Palace was unwilling to let him go.

Zhang Chen is definitely not the kind of person who would allow himself to be beaten and scolded without fighting back.

Zhang Chen tapped his knees with his fingers, his eyes fixed on the flames rising into the sky from the Taoist temple, as if he didn't hear Zhang Gasi's words.

After a long while, Zhang Gaqi continued, "As for your wish to return to the capital, you need to wait a while. There may be a turnaround for your father's affairs in the future. After tonight, I will leave the North and return to the capital with the flesh and blood of the gods to report..."

Zhang Gaqi paused for a moment and said, "I will leave you a sum of money, enough for you to avoid the palace and live a quiet and wealthy life. Also, I want to take Zhang Fei back with me!"

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "Aren't my family members criminals? I can't go back to Shangjing, but Zhang Fei can?"

"Zhang Fei has transcendent blood in his body, and its blood concentration is even higher than mine. Keeping him in the north will only delay his development. As for the identity issue... I plan to ask him to go back under the name of a servant, bring him back home and train him secretly, so that he can become the secret force of my Zhang family." Zhang Gasi looked at Zhang Chen.

"No!" Zhang Chen refused categorically: "How can my brother become a slave?"

As for how Zhang Gasi knew Zhang Fei's bloodline, Zhang Chen didn't care. He thought it was just a mysterious method.

"You can't be so selfish as to keep them by your side! They are just ordinary mortals by your side, following you through a life of wandering, and will be ordinary people all their lives, unable to see a broader sky. Moreover, they are just slaves, but they will also enjoy the training of the young master, and the family will never treat them unfairly." Zhang Gasi stared at Zhang Chen with dissatisfaction in his voice. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the mother and son of the Zhang family were hiding in the Inspection Office, why would he come to ask Zhang Chen, he would have secretly taken Zhang Fei away long ago.

"Haha, although our life is a bit hard now, we can still get by and have not fallen to the point of being slaves. As for the training you mentioned, I will naturally train him in the future. You guys don't need to worry about it." Zhang Chen said lazily, without paying any attention to the somewhat exasperated words of Zhang Gaqi beside him.

"You can't be so short-sighted." Zhang Gaqi's voice was full of helplessness: "He became a slave of the Zhang family and was trained by the Zhang family to be a secret agent. At least he can live a normal life and doesn't have to live such a precarious life in the north."

"I don't care what you say, but you can't be a slave." Zhang Chen said firmly, pointing to the door: "If you continue to talk about this topic, you can leave."

The atmosphere in the yard fell into silence. At this moment, there was a sound of armor colliding, accompanied by the flickering light of lanterns. Xie Lingyun walked in from outside the yard holding an orange lantern and wearing armor.

Hundreds of armored guards rushed into the yard and began to check the yard to prevent any assassins from attacking. After the inspection was completed, all the armored guards hid in the dark.

"I'm worried that you'll be disturbed by those gangsters, so I decided to move in with you. If a thief breaks in, I'll make sure he never comes back." Xie Lingyun's voice rang out in the courtyard.
As the light got closer, Zhang Gaqi's figure came into view. Xie Lingyun said in surprise: "So Mr. Zhang is here too."

Zhang Gaqi greeted him and said, "Hello, Commander Xie."

"You're welcome." Xie Lingyun waved her hand and sat down next to Zhang Chen. She looked at the lazy Zhang Chen, then looked at Zhang Gaqi beside her. A gleam of light flashed in her eyes. Then she started chatting with Zhang Gaqi about family matters and said a bunch of useless nonsense.

Not long after, Zhang Gaqi said goodbye and left. The whole courtyard fell silent. Xie Lingyun turned his head to look at Zhang Chen and said in a low voice, "The matter of killing the gods has been accomplished. I came to tell you the good news. I have already told the commander-in-chief to leave some flesh and blood for you. I will send it to you whenever you need it."

Zhang Chen knew it was done a long time ago, after all, Liu Feng died in his hands. However, he had no use for the flesh and blood of the gods: "You don't have to leave the flesh and blood to me. You can give it to Zhang Taowei and Zhang Fei for me, and leave this resource to them. Oh, and please teach them the True Dragon Frame to lay a foundation for their martial arts."

Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen in surprise when he heard this: "You don't want the blood of the gods? You should know that the blood of the gods has incredible power and is the best secret medicine to continue the martial arts. How dare you throw it away?"

“You forgot that I am a cultivator. Although the blood of gods is good, it is just ordinary to me.” Zhang Chen replied.

Xie Lingyun was speechless after hearing this. She felt that she was being implied. What could she say? She could only say that the immortal cultivators were awesome.

"By the way, that day Zhang Gasi went to the Inspection Office to report and accidentally met Zhang Fei. He wanted to take Zhang Fei away, but was stopped by me." Xie Lingyun said.

What Xie Lingyun mentioned as reporting is actually that all the powerful and mysterious people in the world have to report to the local inspection office whenever they arrive at a place. This is the law of the Dasheng Dynasty.

After all, the strong people who master the mysterious power are too powerful. Once it erupts, it will be a force close to the level of a natural disaster and must be monitored and governed by the court.

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this: "He just told me that he wanted to take Zhang Fei away, but I refused."

"Huh?" Zhang Chen recounted what happened.

Xie Lingyun nodded after hearing this, agreeing with Zhang Chen's words: "I think what you said makes sense. No one would want to be a slave, even if that slave has fine clothes and delicious food, and lives a life like a prince. Moreover, once you become a slave, your spirit will be suppressed, and you will lose your sharpness. Whether it is cultivation or martial arts, it will be difficult for you to achieve great success in your life."

"So I rejected him." Zhang Chen smiled.

The two talked for a while, and Xie Lingyun changed the subject:
"This battle to kill gods will surely shake the world. The gods will have a hard time in the future. Huang Tiandao will be in big trouble."

Huang Tiandao has gods nowadays. For example, the twelve disciples under the Great Sage Master are all acquired gods, not innate gods who control the power of mountains and rivers.

However, now that people in the world have witnessed the effect of the blood of natural gods, there will inevitably be people who are so daring as to extend their claws to those acquired gods.

At this point, Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen and asked, "Are you going to leave Huangli Temple?"

Zhang Chen shook his head and refused. Of course he was unwilling to leave Huangli Temple. Whether it was the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl that fell into Huangli Temple or the power of the incense that was stolen, these were the reasons why he could not leave Huangli Temple.

When Xie Lingyun saw Zhang Chen refuse, she was curious as to why he would continue to stay here, but she did not ask further questions.

"What do you think? If we rush into Prince Pingbian's Palace now, will we have a chance to take the ancient corpse back?" Zhang Chen suddenly asked.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun's eyes flickered, and he tapped his knees with his fingers: "If there is no northern dragon energy to protect us, we would have a chance to force our way into the Pingbian Palace."

With the protection of the Northern Dragon Qi, who dares to display his magical powers in the Pingbian Palace? He is afraid that he will be killed by the backlash of the Northern Dragon Qi.

Without the help of magic, the warriors had no power to resist the army of Pingbian Palace.

Zhang Chen immediately became alert after hearing this, and slowly sat up straight. Others were gathering the dragon energy, so wasn't he afraid? He had the dragon energy in his body, and at this moment, he looked at Xie Lingyun with burning eyes: "Now the Pingbian Palace is unguarded, and all the masters have been transferred here to pick up the fortune of the gods. If we secretly steal the Pingbian Palace's nest... that is the corpse of the ancient god, should we do it?" Xie Lingyun was a little entangled after hearing this: "The Pingbian Palace must be well-prepared. The Pingbian King is not a mediocre person, and he must have sent a large army to guard it. We don't have the blessing of magic, and relying on the power of martial arts alone, if we want to force our way into the Pingbian Palace, we will die."

Zhang Chen's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he quickly calculated the feasibility of a sneak attack on the Pingbian Palace in his mind.

You must know that for this imperial decree, all the masters of the Pingbian Palace have gathered at Huangli Temple. Now the Pingbian Palace is empty. If you don't take action now, how will you have another chance in the future?

Moreover, there are countless martial artists in the North now. If I can take the lead in opening up the situation, why would I worry about no one to support me?
By then, there will be many people who take advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters.

All I have to do is push the situation secretly.

Zhang Chen saw Xie Lingyun's hesitation and knew what she was worried about. After all, Xie Lingyun didn't know her own abilities, so it was normal for her to be worried.

You must know that the Pingbian Palace is guarded by the North Dragon Vein. Even Xie Xuan would not dare to act recklessly in the palace. As long as the energy of the North Dragon Vein is not broken, the Pingbian Palace will be a forbidden place.

"Sister, can you meet me outside? Prepare the carriage and transport the ancient corpse out of the city?" Zhang Chen asked.

Xie Lingyun's eyes flickered when he heard this, with a strange light flowing through them:

"Aren't you afraid of the backlash of the dragon's energy?"

Zhang Chen answered confidently: "Not afraid!"

"Are you sure you can take the body from the Pingbian Palace?"

"Now that the master of Pingbian Palace is not here, we have to try to know if it can be done." Zhang Chen stood up slowly: "Tonight is a good time to let my sister see the methods of the immortal cultivators."

All Zhang Chen relied on was the invisibility talisman.

As long as there is no strong person in the Pingbian Palace who can see through his invisibility talisman, he will be half successful.

“Are you really going to take action? Even if there are no masters in the Pingbian Palace, the most difficult ones are the soldiers. Thousands of troops are guarding the palace, even if there are real dragons, they will be slaughtered for you to see.” Xie Lingyun’s eyes were full of worry, and he began to comfort Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this: "Sister, just help me find a way to transport the ancient corpse out. Don't let me steal the ancient corpse and then be found by the guards of King Pingbian."

"If you can really steal the ancient corpse, then I have a way to hide it so that the Pingbian Palace will never find it." Xie Lingyun said, patting his chest.

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this: "I will go ahead. Sister, please come to the Pingbian Palace to pick me up as soon as possible. By the way, sister, you need to leave some warriors behind to protect the little ones."

"Leave the little kid's safety to me." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen disappeared into the darkness. Xie Lingyun looked in the direction where Zhang Chen disappeared, with a hint of excitement in his eyes: "Come here, leave 500 soldiers to guard this building. No one is allowed to approach. Also, send another 1,000 soldiers to go down the mountain with me."

Xie Lingyun gave an order and led his soldiers to rush down the mountain quickly.

Zhang Chen walked out of the Taoist temple, then walked to a deserted place, turned into a vampire bat, flapped his wings and flew away, heading towards the Pingbian Palace.

If it were an ordinary Qigong practitioner or a cultivator of the Soul Dao, facing the suppression of the dragon energy in the Pingbian Palace, he would be no different from an ordinary mortal. But for Zhang Chen, he is a person with dragon energy in his body, and the most important thing is that his dragon energy has been upgraded to the third level.

Although the dragon energy of the Pingbian Palace suppressed him, he was not completely powerless to fight back.

Zhang Chen was very fast, especially after his blood control technique was upgraded to the fifth level. It only took him one hour to get from Huangli Temple to Pingbian Palace.

At this time, Goulan County was dead silent, and street guards were densely packed and constantly patrolling the streets.

Teams of patrolling guards could be seen everywhere. The Pingbian Palace had been prepared in advance. Tens of thousands of soldiers were standing guard on the streets, with a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, forming a dragnet.

As long as there is any unusual movement anywhere, they will quickly fall into the net.

The most crucial thing is that there are tens of thousands of troops stationed at the four major city gates in the southeast, northwest, and northeast.

At this time, in order to prevent those jianghu people from causing trouble, Goulan County directly imposed a curfew on the Pingbian Palace. In addition, a large number of soldiers were stationed there, so the Yin God could not leave his body at all. Without being able to use his magical powers, if the martial artists dared to cause trouble in the dark, they would die. Even if the Yin God entered, he would be nothing more than an ordinary mortal under the suppression of the army.

"No wonder Xie Lingyun hesitated. It turns out that King Pingbian is so cowardly that he decorated his own nest tightly without any flaws." Zhang Chen turned into a vampire bat and flew over Goulan County. Then he landed silently on a restaurant on the street and stood quietly in the dark overlooking the street.

At this time, the whole Gou Lan County was filled with blood and evil spirits. Zhang Chen felt it and found that although it had some impact on his Qi training, it was not a big impact. At most, he could only display 70% of his usual strength.

Zhang Chen looked at it carefully for a while, and then used ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic waves spread in all directions with Zhang Chen as the center.

Soon Zhang Chen received ultrasonic feedback and looked at the homestays on the street with surprise. He sensed that a soldier in armor walked out of a homestay, stood at the foot of the wall and sighed, then went back into the house and fell asleep after peeing.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw this scene. He was confused and said, "How strange! How could a soldier wearing armor walk out of a civilian's house?"

Zhang Chen felt a little strange, so he simply turned into mist and sneaked into the houses of the people. Then Zhang Chen was shocked. After a while, he returned to the roof and cursed: "The Pingbian Palace is really a dog. I thought the curfew of one guard every three steps and one sentry every five steps was the limit, but who knew that the Pingbian King actually hid his soldiers among the people. There are actually a large army hidden in the houses, but I don't know how many!"

If he hadn't used the ultrasonic wave to sense a soldier in armor walking out of the house to urinate, and then walking back cursing, he would have probably noticed something was going on.

(End of this chapter)