I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 341 Goddess Wife
Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, Zhang Chen's pupils shrank: What the hell? There are hundreds of beings comparable to the Yang God realm?

What is Yangshen?
If we use the cultivators of the Spirit and Soul Dao as an example, the Yin God has to go through nine thunder tribulations before a wisp of pure Yang energy can be born in the soul and then enter the Yang God realm.

Even if one were to follow the path of a Qigong practitioner, anyone who could survive nine thunder tribulations should at least be a Pure Yang Immortal, right?

Suddenly, hundreds of people appeared in an instant. How can we play this game?
"With 48 billion people in the Dasheng Dynasty, a hundred Yangshen-level gods were born. This is by no means the upper limit, but only the lower limit. According to the calculations of the Inspection Office, only tens of millions of believers are needed to enable mortals to possess power comparable to that of Yangshen." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen took a deep breath. If what Xie Lingyun said was true, then wouldn't it be long before the Dasheng Dynasty would give birth to a twelfth-level god?

"Now a tenth-level god has been born, and even the eleventh-level is in the making. The future era of gods is about to come, you must be careful and don't cause trouble anymore. The traditional soul-spirit method has been eliminated by the times." Xie Lingyun sighed quietly, his voice full of regret.

"How can those people gather incense so quickly?" Zhang Chen was puzzled. Even if there really was a great way for gods, it shouldn't have been born so quickly, right? It also needs time to develop, right?
"All the nobles need to do is reduce the land rent by half, and that will be enough to make the people grateful." Xie Lingyun said, "For those nobles, erecting a statue to collect faith is just a matter of words."

"In the future, the people will be the important materials that all nobles want to collect! Population represents faith, and faith represents strength." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen's heart trembled. If Xie Lingyun's words were true, wouldn't the common people be like the pigs and sheep kept by the nobles? In this case, how could the common people ever have a chance to rise?
"This is the general trend!" Xie Lingyun saw the meaning in Zhang Chen's eyes and said softly.

Zhang Chen was silent after hearing this, and after a long while he said, "What about the Dasheng royal family? What did the royal family say?"

"The royal family chose to stand aside and watch, but the royal family's side branches have taken action and have begun to plan for the incense and worship." Xie Lingyun said.

"Where is the Procuratorate?" Zhang Chen asked.

Xie Lingyun smiled bitterly: "Some people in the Inspection Office want to follow the path of the gods, some insist on following the path of refining the soul, and some choose to follow the path of qi and blood. The world is going to be in chaos! No one can tell who will be the master of the future, so we can only plan as soon as possible."

Zhang Chen seemed to be thinking about something. The chaos in the world was indeed beyond his expectations.

"By the way, where did Zhang Xiaohua go?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Huang Tiandao wants to confer titles on the six Southern Dippers and the seven Northern Dippers. Zhang Xiaohua has been chosen as the Star God and has gone to the headquarters at Qingcheng Mountain to be conferred the title." Xie Lingyun said, "Don't mess with Zhang Xiaohua in the future. Once Zhang Xiaohua is conferred the title of Star God, it will be easy for her to collect incense with the power of the Pingbian Palace. By then, Zhang Xiaohua will have mastered the title of Star God and become a Star God. Her strength may reach the tenth level."

Zhang Chen felt that the world had suddenly changed. He hadn't grown up yet, but these cheaters had already started to rise.

"The victorious court should have used thunderous means to suppress it." Zhang Chen sighed.

“In the eyes of all the nobles, the path of the gods is the path to immortality. Even if they defeat the royal family, they dare not go against the trend of the world.” Xie Lingyun said.

The Dasheng royal family also has its own difficulties.

Zhang Chen fell into silence. He felt that if things continued like this, something bad would happen sooner or later.

“But you don’t have to worry. There are experts in the court. How can they allow Huang Tiandao to develop barbarically? Strong men in the court have calculated that they can use incense to worship mysterious objects. Perhaps they can make the mysterious objects give birth to spirituality and become existence comparable to gods.” Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this. He thought about how the gods were born in the imperial era. Wasn't it born by the faith and worship of all living beings?
The only difference is that there is no mysterious substance in the world today, so I wonder if it is possible to ask the mysterious objects to awaken their intelligence and become gods.

Xie Lingyun said a lot, which made Zhang Chen feel a little frightened. He felt that the matter was getting serious.

There is no sense of security! But he still has nowhere to find the next formula for refining qi and cultivating immortality.

Zhang Chen's eyes fell on Xie Lingyun, and he wanted to ask for help, but he kept silent. He was a proud man, and the relationship between Xie Lingyun and him was pure, and he didn't want it to deteriorate.

"The Confucianists worship the remains of the Great Sage and Teacher Lie Zi, and use the faith and offerings of thousands of students to achieve remarkable success. If Huang Tiandao wants to expand, it will have to clash with other schools. I'm afraid that Huang Li Temple will be unsafe in the future. You need to make plans early and leave this powder keg to avoid getting yourself involved." Xie Lingyun carefully instructed Zhang Chen.

What can Zhang Chen say?
He could not say anything and could only nod in agreement. The incense and faith of the Huangli Temple were now divided, and there was really no need for him to stay any longer.

However, Zhang Chen still had some hope in his heart. If the forces under Huang Liguan were deified after a while, would there be any extra incense and faith stored there?
Xie Lingyun left, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the courtyard thinking for a long time, feeling that he still needed to make plans early.

He didn't want to expand Huang Tiandao's territory, become a pawn, and prolong Huang Tiandao's life.

"It's time to find a way to get my Dinghai Pearl back." Zhang Chen thought of his own treasure, the Dinghai Pearl. The goddess in the Dinghai Pearl hid in the sculpture to steal the incense and faith. Now the incense and faith in Huangtian Dao no longer exist, and the other party has no incense and faith to steal. He should talk to them.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen cast an invisibility talisman and walked towards the backyard.

There are no strong people in the Taoist temple now. All the masters have gone to the channel between the two worlds to absorb the mysterious factors. Zhang Chen is not afraid of being discovered by the disciples in the temple when he uses the invisibility talisman.

Zhang Chen came to the shrine of the Miluo River God in the backyard. As soon as he stood in front of the sculpture, he saw the Dinghai Shenzhu fly out of the sculpture automatically and hover in front of Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen stretched out his hand and grabbed the bead directly. When he was about to take a closer look, the bead suddenly appeared out of thin air in Zhang Chen's spiritual world and fell into a green lotus.

It is said that after Zhang Chen's blue lotus was upgraded to two higher realms and cultivated magic power for another 500 years, the entire lotus underwent miraculous changes. Countless blue lotus roots were born in the lotus.

The lotus root threads are long and thin, and are composed of countless talismans and Taoist rhymes, which looks very mysterious.

Zhang Chen was stunned to see that the Dinghai Pearl actually fell into his spiritual world on its own. Just as he was about to observe the Dinghai Pearl carefully, he saw a stream of water-blue energy flowing on the Dinghai Pearl, revealing an illusory human figure.

That figure: with a bun on her head, long eyebrows, bright red lips, and white teeth. Bright eyes, charming and charming, with a graceful figure, calm and relaxed. Gentle and charming, with charming words. She wears unique clothes, and her figure is in line with the picture.

It was the goddess who swallowed the throne of the Miluo River Goddess on the banks of the Miluo River that day. The goddess stood within the foundation of Zhang Chen's magic power, looking at the magic power flowing in Zhang Chen's body, with a hint of disbelief in her eyes.

"Who are you, senior?" Zhang Chen became alert immediately when he saw that the other party actually appeared in his spiritual world.

"Incredible." The woman did not respond to Zhang Chen's words. She just sighed softly, and the next moment her figure disappeared into the Dinghai Divine Pearl.

Zhang Chen was stunned by this scene. Then he stretched out his hand and summoned the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl. Then the azure Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl appeared in the palm of Zhang Chen's hand.

The Dinghai Pearl was created by Zhang Chen himself, so he has a deep sense of everything inside the Dinghai Pearl and knows everything in detail.

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen could feel a figure, which was residing in the Dinghai Divine Pearl. When his magic power was flowing in the Dinghai Divine Pearl, some of it was stolen by the figure to stabilize his body.

"Interesting." Zhang Chen played with the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl and fell into a state of deep thought.

There is no doubt that this outsider is staying in the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl and is also relying on the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl to absorb his own magic power to repair and stabilize his body.

But for some reason, Zhang Chen always felt that there was an inexplicable bond between the two of them, as if the woman in front of him was his own relative, and he was willing to provide magic power to her.

He tried to deduce the truth of the matter. Before, the goddess was placed in the sculpture, relying on the power of incense to repair her body, but the incense suddenly dried up, and the woman's soul became unstable. Now she can only rely on her own magic power to stabilize her body.

"Why would I be willing to give for the other person?"

Doubt flashed in Zhang Chen's mind.

What puzzled him the most was why he didn't feel angry at all when the other party was clearly stealing his fortune? Instead, he felt it was natural.

“Maybe it has something to do with the red Thousand Knots.” Zhang Chen thought thoughtfully, put away the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl, and looked at the ring finger of his left hand.

After looking for a long time without any results, Zhang Chen was puzzled and directly summoned the Great Freedom Demon.

"Boy, I, the ancestor, am busy doing important things, why did you summon me?" The Great Freedom Demon walked out of the void impatiently.

Zhang Chen told the story of his family being bound with the Thousand Knots. Upon hearing this, the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon looked at Zhang Chen with a strange expression. Zhang Chen felt terrified by the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon's look and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this, old man?"

"I saw that your love star is moving, and you are so lucky that you actually married a goddess as your wife." The Great Freedom Demon laughed strangely.

Zhang Chen was confused when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

The Great Freedom Demon said: "Boy, do you know what that red line represents? What do those thousands of knots represent?"

"If I knew, I would still ask you." Zhang Chen felt that the Great Freedom Demon was talking nonsense again.

"That red thread is the thread that ties a marriage together." The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon said, "Originally, the red thread of marriage only means a marriage, which can be the first, second, or third marriage, but the thousand knots represent that it will not change after thousands of tribulations, will not be worn out after reincarnation, will not change after the passage of time, and will not be severed even if one's soul is scattered."

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this. A bad premonition came to his mind, and he hurriedly urged, "Speak human language."

"In human terms, she will be your wife from now on. She is your person in life and your ghost in death. Even if her soul flies away, she will follow you. The marriage between you two cannot be broken up!" The Great Freedom Demon looked Zhang Chen up and down, his eyes full of expectation: "You are so lucky, you actually got married to the ancient goddess. Let me see which goddess you have such a cause and effect with."

Zhang Chen was speechless when he heard this. He had never been married, so how come he suddenly had a wife?

No wonder the other party was able to mobilize the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl. It turned out that he mobilized his own treasure through the power of marriage.

But I'm not even in love yet, so how come I'm inexplicably tied to a woman?
At this moment, Zhang Chen wanted to say: "I want to be free to fall in love!"

Facing the expectant Great Freedom Demon, Zhang Chen did not hesitate and directly summoned the Dinghai Divine Pearl and handed it to the Great Freedom Demon: "Do you recognize this girl?"

The Great Freedom Demon took the Dinghai Divine Pearl and was surprised as soon as he checked it. He blurted out: "Isn't this the old osmanthus?"

"Old Osmanthus?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the Great Freedom Demon, not knowing what the other party meant.

The Great Freedom Demon stared at the Dinghai Divine Pearl at this time, as if he couldn't believe his eyes, afraid that he had seen it wrong. After looking left and right, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Chen again, his eyes full of weirdness: "Boy, you are in trouble! This man is a married man."

"What the hell? A married woman becomes my wife?" Zhang Chen's head exploded when he heard this. How could he, a clean-cut young man, want a married woman?
"Don't be anxious! Don't be anxious! Although he is a married man, it is just a title. In the past, some people arranged marriages according to heaven, but it was just a dispute over the fate of marriages according to heaven. It is not as dirty as you think. Although they are husband and wife, they are just trying to divide the fate. Moreover, innate gods have no lust, so how could a mortal like you do such dirty things as reproduction?" The Great Freedom Demon was full of criticism.

"But he is a married man! I don't want him! Please help me untie this knot." Zhang Chen said unhappily. He was a little angry at this moment.

Upon hearing this, the Great Freedom Demon looked Zhang Chen up and down for a while and said, "You really don't want it? This involves a matter of great fortune and great cause and effect. If you want to achieve the state of enlightenment in the future, you must rely on the status of this 'married man'!"

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "Who is this person? Do I need to rely on her power?"

“But do you still remember that you absorbed a ray of Taiyin essence in the mysterious era in the past? The cause and effect had already been established at that time.” The voice of the Great Freedom Demon was a little weird.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and the laurel tree came to his mind. He never expected that the cause and effect involved an extremely long time ago.

"This is your karma. You were the one who started it first, so you are being plotted against by the goddess today." said the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly when he heard this: "But what about the heavenly marriage and married man you mentioned?"

"It's just a dispute of fate." said the Great Freedom Demon.

(End of this chapter)