I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 339: Moving Mountains
Looking at the tipsy Wu Changming and listening to his complaints, Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh. Wu Changming was an unlucky guy. He had been managing the Northland for decades, but Gu Mingyue had taken advantage of him. Gu Mingyue had the support of the Pingbian Palace, so he couldn't even fight back. Even the Great Sage Master didn't support him. The Great Sage Master sided with Gu Mingyue.

Wu Changming felt miserable, he didn't want to follow the Yin Shen method. After all, his faith had spread everywhere and he had made some achievements in Shintoism. But who knew that at the critical moment he would be stabbed in the back by the Huang Tian Dao.

As Gu Mingyue seizes more faith, Wu Changming's strength will decline with the decline of faith, and he will stagnate, and even regress with the loss of faith. This is the drawback of incense faith. If you want to live forever and get rid of the shackles of faith, you can only become an innate god.

Now is a time of great contention. If you delay a little, you will be abandoned by the times. How can Wu Changming just sit there and wait for death? However, now everyone in the world has realized the importance of incense. If Wu Changming wants to leave the north to preach, I am afraid that the princes and nobles of various places will not allow it.

Therefore, Wu Changming had no choice but to switch to practicing the Yin Shen method, and make up for it while his divine position had not fallen to the ninth level.

All the great ways in the world are interconnected. Wu Changming's way of incense and fire has reached the ninth level. Now he looks back at the Yin Shen method from a high vantage point, which can save him a lot of effort in practicing it further.

Moreover, Wu Changming was indeed very ambitious. He actually relied on his own perception to comprehend the first level of the spiritual world. He was indeed a promising cultivator.

Wu Changming knew about the grudge between Zhang Chen and the Pingbian Palace. He drunkenly held Zhang Chen's hand and complained, "I know why the Great Sage Master suppressed me. It was because of Zhang Shicheng. He wanted to use me as a scapegoat to give Zhang Shicheng an explanation. Why did I participate in the dragon-slaying battle? Wasn't it for Huang Tiandao? Besides, the dragon-slaying was a decision made by everyone, but I was the one who carried it out! Now, Huang Tiandao cooperated with the Pingbian Palace, and I became the sinner!"

Wu Changming was cursing at this time, which made Zhang Chen stunned. He didn't expect that there was such a reason.

Come to think of it, once Zhang Shicheng succeeds in transforming from a dragon into a dragon, he will be at least a tenth-level existence. He will truly be the mainstay of a powerful force. How can Wu Changming be comparable to him?

Giving up Wu Changming in exchange for Zhang Shicheng's joining is a sure-win deal.

When Zhang Chen heard Wu Changming's words, he knew in his heart that Wu Changming had become Huang Tiandao's abandoned child.

Zhang Chen didn't know how to comfort Wu Changming after hearing what he said. At this time, Wu Changming started to reveal more explosive information: "Although Shintoism is in full swing and has the potential to sweep the world, Shintoism has too many drawbacks. The poison of incense can cause the gods to fall. The more incense power you collect, the stronger the incense poison will be, and the faster you will die. Why did the Great Sage Master retreat so frequently? Isn't it because he is troubled by the incense poison?"

"If you want to dissolve the poison of incense, you have to find the legendary Yellow Spring Water to cleanse your soul and make your body clear, but... hehe..." Wu Changming smiled coldly at this time: "The Yellow Spring Water has long been extinct. They are waiting to die! Sooner or later, they will be invaded by the incense poison and become a body without intelligence."

Wu Changming cursed and said a lot that night. He was completely drunk, and his mouth was full of all kinds of revelations about Huang Tiandao.

Zhang Chen listened to Wu Changming's revelations, and his mind was full of thoughts. He didn't quite believe that Wu Changming was really drunk. How difficult would it be to get drunk after practicing to Wu Changming's level? This old Taoist priest was probably trying to use his mouth to pass on information to the Inspection Office and the court.

Zhang Chen looked at Wu Changming, whose face was flushed, and felt a little strange: "Wu Changming seems to be a little...wanting to betray Huang Tiandao and lean towards the court?"

"Master, you are drunk." Zhang Chen helped Wu Changming up and put him on the bed. Soon, snoring sounds were heard, leaving Zhang Chen standing under the bright moon in deep thought.

A night passed, and in the early morning Wu Changming left yawning, as if it was not him who was drunk last night, and it was not him who exposed the drawbacks of the incense and Shintoism.

"The worship of incense and burning gods actually has such drawbacks. The poison of incense can only be washed away by the water of the Yellow Spring?" Zhang Chen looked at Wu Changming's back and was very surprised. Now he felt the importance of the water of the Yellow Spring even more.

"Everyone in the world practices Shintoism. If I take out the Yellow Spring Water in the future, won't I be able to drive those gods at will?" Zhang Chen pondered in his heart. At the same time, he also reminded himself in his heart: "The Yellow Spring Water must not be exposed casually in the future. This may cost lives!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen turned around and lurked under the Taoist temple and began to devour the power of faith. In the past, he would need to devour a day's worth of power, but now Zhang Chen only devoured for an hour and had to return to the ground to wait for the recovery of the power of incense.

"Practice the Mountain Moving Technique first, and practice as much as you can!"

Zhang Chen clicked on the Golden Finger page and directly added points to the Mountain Moving Technique. As the points evaporated like running water, one talisman after another appeared out of thin air on the Pangu Stone. With the power of the Golden Finger, they were born inside the Pangu Stone.

By the time Zhang Chen had blessed three thousand talismans, his magic power had reached its limit.

"My magic power is limited to casting three thousand talismans?" Zhang Chen thought to himself.

However, although his mana limit is 3,000, the point-adding screen has not disappeared, so it does not delay Zhang Chen from adding points, right?
As Zhang Chen added points, the talismans continued to be imprinted on the Pangu Stone out of thin air. At the same time, Zhang Chen's magic power continued to grow out of thin air under the effect of the points.

Good guy Zhang Chen doesn’t have enough mana, so he just uses points to make up for it.

I saw huge amounts of magic power constantly generated out of thin air in the Dantian, and poured into the Nine-Turns Huanel, increasing the Nine-Turns Huanel's essence.

As the magic power in the Pangu Stone increased, mysterious symbols also appeared in Zhang Chen's body, engraved in the acupoints, echoing with the Pangu Stone.

As the number of talismans increased, Zhang Chen's body was also undergoing waves of cleansing and undergoing an inexplicable transformation.

However, when Zhang Chen's magic power increased to five hundred years, it could no longer be increased at all. No matter how many talismans were added, Zhang Chen's magic power did not increase at all.

It was as if there was an invisible shackle in the dark that locked Zhang Chen tightly, preventing the magic power in his body from increasing even a little bit.

"Five hundred years of magic power is the limit of the mortal world, unless I transform into an immortal!" Zhang Chen had an inexplicable enlightenment in his heart.

"In other words, even if I have some points, the initial stage of the Mountain Moving Technique is my limit? If I want to cultivate to complete perfection, I must at least have a qualitative breakthrough in my cultivation, rather than a breakthrough in a small realm like this?" Zhang Chen thought to himself.

"Five hundred years is a deadline. If you want to break through the deadline and break the shackles, you can only make a breakthrough in your cultivation realm." Zhang Chen thought about it and it made sense. It was impossible for him to get all the good things. It was already a great thing that the golden finger increased his magic power while adding points. How could he dare to have any other dissatisfaction?

Zhang Chen had a thought in his mind. The first level of perfection in the Mountain Moving Technique was enough for him for the time being.

At the beginning of the Mountain Moving Method, one must practice 12,000 talismans, and one can move 12,000 jin of things, which is enough for Zhang Chen. You must know that Sun Wukong's golden hoop was only 12,000 jin. Looking at Zhang Chen's Dantian again, the magic power in his body is now surging. The magic power of 500 years is circulating in his body. The magic power has turned into pure gold, and it circulates endlessly. There are even faint runes flickering in the magic power.

"The Mountain Moving Method is finally done. I want to try out its power." Zhang Chen thought to himself and turned into mist and left the Taoist temple. He flew into a deep mountain forest and stood in front of a huge tree as thick as his arms.

The tree had grown for a hundred years, and was just thick enough for Zhang Chen to hug. Zhang Chen came to the tree, looked at it with his eyes, and stretched out his arms to hug it. Then the Pangu Stone flashed in Zhang Chen's spiritual world, and the talismans in the acupoints of Zhang Chen's body continued to flow with divine light. The next moment, he suddenly activated his magical powers and was about to uproot the tree.

Today, Zhang Chen wants Lin Daiyu to uproot the weeping willow tree!
As Zhang Chen exerted his strength, the tree made a cracking sound and was actually broken by Zhang Chen.

"Hmm? Something's wrong!" Zhang Chen looked at the broken tree. The tree collapsed with a loud bang after Zhang Chen broke it and fell towards Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen was so frightened that he dodged quickly to avoid the falling tree.

There was a loud bang and smoke and dust rose up. Zhang Chen stood in the smoke and dust, looking at the fallen tree with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "This is not the same as the way I imagined to move mountains."

He thought that the method of moving mountains was that as long as he used his magical powers, he could gain a force of twelve thousand kilograms, but what was the reality?
This 12,000-pound force cannot be used in detail.

"It would be more accurate to say that I broke the tree rather than saying that I hugged it! I used too much force and broke the tree directly." Zhang Chen thought to himself.

His strength of twelve thousand pounds is only a superficial force, a force that acts on the surface.

"For me, the best weapon is actually a heavy weapon like an iron rod. The heavier the weapon, the better, so that I can exert the force of carrying 12,000 kilograms." Zhang Chen pondered in his heart.

Of course, his body is also extremely tough, and has transformed in the dark. His skin is like old cowhide. Although it still looks white and thin, its defense is no worse than ordinary leather armor.

Zhang Chen looked towards a three-meter-high rock. The rock must have weighed three thousand kilograms. Zhang Chen secretly performed the mountain-moving technique and raised his hands to move the mountain. The next moment, Zhang Chen lifted the mountain directly over his head. It looked like he was lifting a heavy stone effortlessly.

"It's a pity that I can only move visible mountains now. If I master the mountain-moving technique, I can move invisible mountains. That's how powerful I am. I can borrow the power of mountains, rivers and stars and apply it to my fists and feet. Every move I make will have the power to split mountains and crack rocks." Zhang Chen sighed quietly in his heart.

It will take a long time to master the Mountain Moving Method. At least Zhang Chen can't see any hope at the moment.

“I just wonder if I can move that steel fork with my current skills?” Zhang Chen thought of the fork in the thatched cottage and had some wild thoughts in his mind.

Unfortunately, the fork was snatched away by the emperor's daughter.

"I have just started to learn the Mountain Moving Technique. I have a strength of 12,000 kilograms and can now try to refine the slingshot." Zhang Chen said to himself.

However, he was not in a hurry to refine it. He felt that he should go and see the Bagua Furnace. He didn't know what stage the Bagua Furnace had reached. After seven or eight months, he thought that the bead should have melted.

Zhang Chen transformed himself into a vampire bat and flew through the mountains, rushing all the way to the Bagua furnace.

After taking a quick look at the masters from the Inspection Office guarding the surrounding area, Zhang Chen was very satisfied and revealed his whereabouts directly in the cave where the Bagua Furnace was located.

There was a blazing flame inside the Bagua furnace. Zhang Chen came to the Bagua furnace, looked at the colorful flame inside the Bagua furnace, stretched out his hand and poured his magic power into the Bagua furnace, sensing the situation inside the Bagua furnace.

After a moment, Zhang Chen frowned, "Why hasn't the smelting been successful yet? It's been seven or eight months, why is the bead still persisting?"

Zhang Chen found it a bit tricky. If he continued with the refining speed at this speed, it would take a long time to complete the smelting.

Zhang Chen really couldn't wait any longer and was getting a little annoyed.

"Forget it. There's no point in getting anxious now. I can only wait for the bead to be smelted. After all, this bead is a twelfth-level being. It's not easy to completely melt it." Zhang Chen knew that haste would not get him the upper hand, but fortunately he still had time and had not thought about leaving the North for the time being.

Zhang Chen carefully checked the Bagua furnace for a while, and confirmed that there was nothing abnormal with the fire in the Bagua furnace. Only then did he feel relieved and turned to the cave to check his beloved bumblebee and falcon.

The number of bumblebees has not decreased. Even in the arid north, they still survive because of the existence of groundwater.

Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the queen bee. This queen bee was fed with mysterious blood by him in the past, but now several months have passed, and there is still no sign of awakening her intelligence.

Looking at the peregrine falcon again, it also looks silly and cute. How can it look like it has any intelligence?

Zhang Chen shook his head when he saw this: "It's really not that easy to open up spiritual wisdom."

At this time, when the falcon saw Zhang Chen appear, it ran over and rubbed its head against Zhang Chen's thigh with an intimate expression.

The queen bee among the bumblebees also flapped its wings and flew up from the hive, landed on Zhang Chen's shoulder, and crawled around on his shoulder.

“These two guys do have some spirituality, but they are still a long way from opening their wisdom and becoming monsters. Instead of hoping that these two guys can open their intelligence and become monsters, it would be better to hope that I can upgrade my dragon energy and improve my beast taming skills to a higher level so that I can forcibly open their intelligence.” Zhang Chen said to himself.

It was not easy to capture the monsters, and Zhang Chen was not disappointed when he looked at the queen bee and the falcon on his shoulders.

It is now winter in the north. Although there is no heavy snow because the water has been drained away, the weather in the north is still cold and harsh. All the bumblebees have fallen into a dormant state, but it is not easy for the queen bee to still be active in the cold winter.

(End of this chapter)