I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 371 Power!

Zhang Chen and Xu Erniu walked back carrying large and small bags. The leftovers were enough for them to live a good life for two days.

But the two of them were just little kids. Not long after they walked out of the Jiang family’s gate, they saw seven or eight beggars looking at them from afar.

"Oh no!" Xu Erniu said in Zhang Chen's ear, with some panic in her voice.

"What's going on?" Zhang Chen asked.

"That's the beggar leader from the neighborhood. He often snatches food from me! He must have set his eyes on our cakes!"

Before they could finish their words, they were surrounded by seven or eight beggars.

"Little boy, hand over everything in your hand." The leading beggar had his bridle untied and exuded a foul odor.

Xu Erniu's face changed drastically when she heard this, her eyes full of horror: "So it's Beggar Wang, since you want this meal, just think of it as my filial piety to you."

As Xu Erniu said this, she was about to give in and give away the food in her hands. However, Zhang Chen who was standing aside was not happy. He thought, as a cultivator, how could he be bullied by a few mortals?

Even if his supernatural powers were suppressed by the innate yin and yang energies, he still had the golden scissors, right?
"Ernius, you give the food to them, what should I eat?" Zhang Chen grabbed Xu Erniu's shoulders.

"Are you going to die?" Xu Erniu was so frightened when she heard Zhang Chen's words that her face turned pale. She desperately winked at Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen ignored her. Instead, he looked coldly at the beggar leader opposite him:
"You guys want the food in my hand?"

"Oh, we are really in for some fun today. You look a little unfamiliar, and it seems you don't know the rules here." The beggar was tall, with a strong body and muscular body. He looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes, and a hideous smile appeared on his dirty face.

"Beggar leader, this kid is so stubborn. He's been sick and had a fever recently, which has damaged his brain. Please be magnanimous and don't bother with him. All the food is given to you as a gift!" Xu Erniu's voice was full of fear. Her body was shaking constantly. She was about to pass on the wine and food.

"Haha, I think he has a clear mind. I must cut off one of his arms today to let him know the rules of the Yangzhou Beggars' Gang." The beggar leader stared at Zhang Chen coldly.

Zhang Chen shook his head when he saw this: "I don't know your rules, and I don't want to know your rules. Now I want you to know my rules."

As he spoke, Zhang Chen grabbed Xu Erniu's shoulders, and without waiting for her to react, he stretched out his hands to cover her eyes. The next moment, the golden scissors in her spiritual world vibrated slightly, and a wisp of energy rose up, turning into a black and white airflow as thick as a needle and thread, which came out directly from Zhang Chen's sleeves, followed by a shrill scream.

The little fingers of all the beggars' left hands fell to the ground at this time.

The aura of the golden scissors was mysterious, and its speed was so fast and stealthy that the few people in front of them could not detect it at all. They only felt a pain in their palms, and then their fingers fell and blood spurted out.

At this moment, the beggars looked at the finger that fell to the ground, and looked at Zhang Chen with horror. How could they not know that they had met a tough guy? Without saying a word, they turned around and were about to run, but the next moment Zhang Chen's cold voice rang out: "Whoever dares to run again will die!"

The beggars stood there with bitter faces, not daring to move another step. They stared at Zhang Chen with eager eyes, grimacing in pain and wailing continuously.

"If you dare to howl again, you will die!" Zhang Chen said coldly.

Upon hearing this, the beggars immediately shut up and dared not make any sound anymore.

At this time, the beggar head knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "We are blind. We actually offended a person like you. We accept the punishment and let you deal with us."

Zhang Chen looked at the beggars and said, "Hand over the money you have."

The beggars looked at each other, then at Zhang Chen, their eyes full of weirdness, thinking that Zhang Chen was not normal. Even if you want to rob, you should rob the rich, right? You rob beggars like us, are you crazy?

If we had money, would we still have to be beggars?

Then, several people took out copper coins from their pockets and carefully handed them to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen was stunned: "Is this all they have?"

It looked like that copper coin was less than five hundred.

"Are you guys trying to fool me? Or are you not afraid of death?" Zhang Chen's eyes became even colder, and his gaze was like a knife scraping at several people.

Do you really think that Zhang Chen is a rookie in the martial arts world? Do you think he doesn't know the ins and outs of the martial arts world?

Before, Xu Erniu called him the Beggar Head, so he must be from the Beggar Gang. In the novels of the previous life, the Beggar Gang cheated, paid protection fees, raped beggars, and trafficked women, making a fortune every day.

It's less than five hundred copper coins. Do you really think you are a beggar?
The beggar leader was about to cry. He knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Master, if we had money, would we still need to beg? Would we still need to snatch the leftovers from your hands?"

Aren’t they just a dozen beggars who gather together to beg for food?
"You are the leader of the beggars, how come you are so poor? Is there any powerful person behind you?" Zhang Chen asked coldly. Zhang Chen wanted to see if there was any money in the Beggar Gang opposite and try to rob them as initial capital.

He was not afraid of offending anyone. No matter how weak his own golden scissors were, he could still kill anyone below the level of Yin Shen at will.

The beggar leader was about to cry: "My ancestors, we are just a group of beggars, how can we have any power? If we had power, we would have gone to the Jiang family's courtyard to eat, why would we have to beg outside the door."

Zhang Chen was disappointed when he heard this, and felt that he had overestimated these guys, so he changed his mind and asked, "Is there any beggar gang in Yangzhou? The kind that rules over all the beggars in Yangzhou?"

"My God, if beggars have that kind of strength, are they still beggars? They are all underworld organizations. How can people who can be reduced to begging in the underworld have the ability to organize into a force?" The beggar leader cried out in pain, wondering if Zhang Chen was mentally ill. How could there be such a person among beggars who could organize everyone?

Why don't people like that do something else instead of begging?

Zhang Chen knew that he had been misled by the novel in his previous life. Looking at the beggar who was bleeding profusely, he snorted coldly and said, "Don't let me see you again." After that, he picked up the copper coin and stuffed it into his arms, then covered Xu Erniu's eyes and left.

As for taking these beggars into his pocket? Zhang Chen was not interested. Those beggars had their fingers cut off by him, and the medical treatment would be a huge expense. Why would Zhang Chen cause trouble for himself? If he took a few of them in, wouldn't he have to pay for their medical treatment later?
Looking at Zhang Chen's departing back, the beggar leader seemed to be thinking: "Gather all the beggars and gather them together..."

Zhang Chen and Xu Erniu walked for dozens of meters before Zhang Chen let go of Xu Erniu's eyes. At this time, Xu Erniu looked at Zhang Chen with her big eyes full of curiosity.

"What are you looking at? Don't you recognize me?" Zhang Chen asked with a smile.

"What method did you use to make them obey you so well?" Xu Erniu rolled her eyes, her eyes full of curiosity.

Zhang Chen did not answer the other party, but took out a handful of copper coins from his arms and said with a smile: "Ni, do you want money?" Xu Erniu's eyes lit up immediately: "Yes!"

Then he raised his dry palms and looked at Zhang Chen expectantly.

Zhang Chen gave all the copper coins to Xu Erni, who carefully wrapped the coins and hid them in her arms. She looked around the wilderness vigilantly, then took Zhang Chen's hand and said like a thief, "Let's go back quickly."

Zhang Chen smiled and followed Xu Erniu back to the dilapidated temple. He saw Xu Erniu sitting there counting coins with a silly smile on her face. Her eyes had turned into the shape of coins.

"Zhang Chen, there are a total of 510 coins. Did you take out all the money from the coffins of those beggars?" Xu Erniu smiled foolishly.

Zhang Chen looked at Xu Erniu, who looked like a little money-grubber, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. This child was really pitiful. She was so happy with only 500 copper coins.

"Five hundred copper coins are enough for us to walk most of the way to Qingcheng Mountain. But if it was just me in the past, five hundred copper coins would have been barely enough, but if you count me..." Xu Erniu put the copper coins down, counted on her fingers for a long time before saying, "At least fifteen hundred copper coins are needed, which means at least fifteen hundred pancakes. We eat one and a half pancakes a day, which should be enough."

Zhang Chen was speechless after hearing this. Even when he was in difficult times, he never worried about the 1,500 copper coins, right?

He, Zhang Chen, has never been short of money!

Seeing that Zhang Chen didn't say anything, Xu Erniu turned her head to look at him. A hint of worry suddenly appeared in her big dark eyes. She cautiously asked, "Zhang Chen, after you return the copper coins to me, do you not want to accompany me to Qingcheng Mountain?"

Her voice trembled a little. It was a long journey to Qingcheng Mountain, with countless poor mountains and dangerous waters. She was scared just thinking about it. If she was not careful, she would lose her life on the road.

Zhang Chen was a man of great character. He immediately noticed Xu Erniu's worry, so he smiled and reached out to touch Xu Erniu's head: "Don't worry, I will always be with you and send you to Qingcheng Mountain safely."

Xu Erniu smiled immediately after hearing this: "Zhang Chen, I was right about you. Don't worry, when we get to Qingcheng Mountain, I will make you a deity."

At such a young age, he can make big promises and is even more boastful than a little kid.

"But five hundred copper coins are obviously not enough. We still need to save money." Xu Erniu began to plan how to save money: "We can go to the mountains to dig some flowers and sell them in the city, or we can weave some flower baskets and sell them to those young ladies..."

Then Xu Erniu started sitting there and counting money again, but she could never count enough.

A night passed, and the next morning Xu Erniu began to take Zhang Chen to the mountain to pick flowers, and then went to Yangzhou City to sell flowers.

Yangzhou City is very large and prosperous, and everywhere you pass are people dressed in silk and satin. The two of them are mixed in the rolling crowd, as small as two tiny ants.

Xu Erniu took Zhang Chen to a large restaurant. The two sat on the road opposite the restaurant and arranged flowers. Xu Erniu explained with wisdom: "Only guests who can enter the restaurant to consume can afford flowers."

Looking at the restaurant that was more than ten stories high, bursts of fragrance came from the restaurant. Xu Erniu leaned on Zhang Chen's body and looked at the restaurant eagerly: "It smells so good! What kind of dishes do you think are in that restaurant? Will those nobles eat pork elbows? I remember that the most delicious thing in Mr. Jiang's house was pork elbows. That time I passed by, Mr. Jiang gave me a bite, and I still remember the taste. When I become a god in the future, I will eat pork elbows three times a day!"

At this point, he turned his head and looked at the silent Zhang Chen, and asked, "You probably don't know the taste of pork elbow, right? Don't worry, when we go to Qingcheng Mountain and see my father, I will definitely treat you to pork elbow. We will eat pork elbow every day, three meals a day!"

Zhang Chen looked at Xu Erniu, whose face was full of longing, with mixed emotions in his eyes. In this girl's impression, the most delicious thing should be pork elbow, right?
Just thinking about the fact that all the dishes on the table of the boss in the restaurant were pork elbows, Zhang Chen wanted to laugh, but his smile was a little sour.

Zhang Chen shifted his attention and looked at Xu Erniu who was selling flowers. Zhang Chen roughly knew how this girl saved up more than 200 coins.

The flowers they picked were all wild flowers from the mountains, and they were sold very cheaply. They could only make two cents after a whole morning of hard work. Often they couldn't sell any of them and had to watch the flowers wither.

The flowers were not sold today, and Xu Erniu looked at the wilted flowers and turned to lead Zhang Chen to pick up the vegetable leaves thrown away by others. But Zhang Chen couldn't understand why Xu Erniu didn't take him to beg.

The two returned home at night, ate some vegetable leaves, and then fell asleep accompanied by the buzzing of mosquitoes.

Second day

采花
Not sold
Pick up rotten vegetable leaves.

Third day

采花
Sold for two cents
Picking up rotten vegetable leaves

fourth day

采花
Not sold
Picking up rotten vegetable leaves

A vendor looked at the two of them with pity and gave Xu Erniu a pancake. Xu Erniu looked at the pancake eagerly for a long time, swallowing her saliva continuously. She finally took her eyes off the pancake with difficulty and handed it to Zhang Chen with forced joy: "You are a patient now. You should eat more good food to nourish yourself."

Zhang Chen looked at the pancake that Xu Erniu handed over and was speechless for a moment. Finally, he broke the pancake in half and handed half to Xu Erniu: "Let's eat together."

"No, you have just recovered from a serious illness and need to replenish your energy. Eat it! I have vegetable leaves!" Xu Erniu swallowed her saliva, then stubbornly chose to refuse:

"Zhang Chen, you need to nourish yourself now. If your body can't bear it and you fall ill, who will accompany me to Qingcheng Mountain?"

Zhang Chen touched Xu Erniu's head, looked at her skinny arms, and stuffed half a pancake into her hand: "We are now destined to be together. If you don't eat, how can I eat alone?"

When Xu Erniu heard Zhang Chen's words, 'Our fates are one,' her eyes suddenly lit up, as if a small flame was burning: "Our fates are one? That's right, we are all going to Qingcheng Mountain to become immortals."

After saying that, Xu Erniu took the pancake and stuffed it directly into her mouth. She patted her chest with a smile and said, "Zhang Chen, we are one from now on. We must share good things. From now on, what's yours is mine and what's mine is yours. We are inseparable!"

Zhang Chen looked at the half cake in his hand and agreed with the little girl's point of view. He nodded solemnly: "From now on, what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours."

PS: Today is a transition chapter, and we will start planning for Qingcheng Mountain tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)