I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 397: The Ancestor is Trapped in a Formation
The yellow sand was endless as far as the eye could see. As soon as the ancestors entered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array, they immediately saw the overwhelming yellow sand, sweeping towards them in a mighty force. The yellow sand made the sky dark and the ghosts and gods howled, making it impossible to open their eyes.

There was a strange power in the yellow sand, which constantly weakened the magic power and Taoism of the ancestors, causing them to quickly make hand gestures and set up protective shields around their bodies. Then they saw the protective shields glowing with divine light, protecting everyone firmly.

"This yellow sand can actually weaken our magic power and reduce our Taoism. It's incredible! No wonder that old guy Changsheng wants to use this formation to plot against us. If there is no way to break the formation, once we fall into it, I'm afraid the only fate is to be beaten into mortals and turned into dry bones." Ancestor Xuanji felt the strange power in the yellow sand, his eyes full of caution. He turned his head to look at Monk Haichan. Just as he was about to ask Monk Haichan how to break the formation, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the endless yellow sand:

"Kongque, you tricked everyone in here, who will help me contain the Immortal Thief Dao?"

Although there was a hurricane-force wind whistling in the yellow sand, the sound was louder than the whistling wind in the yellow sand, and the words were clearly heard by everyone.

Hearing the words in the yellow sand, several ancestors were suddenly shocked, their eyes full of horror and shock. There is no fool who can cultivate to the level of the ancestors. How could the ancestors not know at this time that they have fallen into a trap?
The most important thing is that this also involves the congenital peacock, which is simply creepy and unbelievable.

At this moment, everyone looked at each other with a hint of horror in their eyes, and all looked at Haichan. They saw Haichan monk's figure flash, and without saying a word, he turned around and fled into the depths of the yellow sand.

"Catch him! Don't let him get away!" Fairy Dongqian said in a hurry, and she turned into a stream of light and rushed out, following closely behind Monk Haichan. The other ancestors were also fast, and they followed closely behind Fairy Dongqian to catch up.

It only took three breaths of flying time for everyone to stop their flight. They saw Haichan monk standing next to a little Taoist boy, and his voice was full of disapproval: "Haha, if you kill them all, I will be the only one left. I will swallow their fortunes and recover my strength. It will only take a move for me to kill Changsheng. Why bother with so much trouble?"

Zhang Chen looked at Xiantian Kongque doubtfully: "Can you really kill the Immortal Thief Dao? But don't let the Immortal Thief Dao kill you."

Xiantian Peacock sneered upon hearing this: "What do you know? How can you understand my methods? As long as I swallow their essence, it will only take a snap of a finger to kill the traitor Changsheng."

Hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded: "Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to trust you."

Just as the two of them were talking as if no one was around, the ancestors over there could no longer sit still. Xuanji's eyes were filled with caution, and his gaze fell on Zhang Chen: "Are you the one behind all this?"

Although the voice was questioning, there was certainty in the question.

Zhang Chen looked at the Xuanji Patriarch and sighed softly, "It was just a coincidence."

He still respected the ancestor Xuanji very much. The ancestor Xuanji appreciated him and he remembered this kindness in his heart, but the two sides were in different camps and had different perspectives, so they naturally stood on opposite sides.

"Your Excellency is so clever that you even deceived my eyes!" The voice of the old ancestor Xuanji was full of bitterness.

"As long as you just stand by and watch and don't interfere in this matter, I will send you out unharmed after I complete my plan, and then apologize to you. What do you think?" Zhang Chen didn't want to fight with the old ancestor Xuanji. After all, the old ancestor Xuanji not only had no grudge against him, but also appreciated him very much. There was no reason for Zhang Chen to make a mortal enemy with the old ancestor Xuanji. After all, he was not the kind of ungrateful villain.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Xuanji Patriarch shook his head and said, "You are too arrogant. We have so many strong men gathered here. Although you have this great formation to rely on, it is still unknown who will win. Besides, I am not a rookie, how can I not know your strategy of alienation? If I fall into your strategy of alienation, and you settle the score with me later, I will definitely die faster."

At this point, the Xuanji Patriarch looked at the Haichan Monk and asked, "Who are you? Are you the Xiantian Peacock?"

"Yes, it's me!" Xiantian Peacock said his name without hiding anything: "You have good taste. You can actually recognize me, the ancestor."

Everyone in the field gasped when they heard this. After all, everyone present had witnessed the power of the innate peacock in the past with their own eyes.

The Xuanji Patriarch said helplessly: "That little Taoist boy just called you 'Peacock'. If I still can't guess your identity, there is no need for me to mix in the martial arts world."

"If he is the innate peacock, then who are you? I'm afraid the little Taoist boy is not your real identity. You have such means, and you are on equal terms with the innate peacock, so you must not be an ordinary person. It is not a real man's act to hide your true identity. It is ridiculous." The ancestor Xuanji wanted to spy on Zhang Chen's background, and then come up with a response strategy based on Zhang Chen's background.

Hearing what Master Xuanji said, Zhang Chen smiled softly: "Master, don't think too much. I am really just a little Taoist boy in Wuzhuang Temple, not the powerful person you imagine."

"What a joke! How can a little Taoist boy talk to Xiantian Peacock like this? How can he have such a large formation?" Xuanji Patriarch's voice was full of mockery. "You are really strange, why do you say that this large formation belongs to Zhang Chen, but it can't be set up by me?" Xiantian Peacock asked doubtfully.

"If you had this ability, you would have used it long ago. Why did you have to be locked up in the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror?" Ancestor Xuanji said, "Since we attacked you back then, we have already figured out all the information about you. We have mastered all the tricks you have. It can be said that we know you better than you know yourself."

Xiantian Peacock was speechless after hearing this. The Xuanji Ancestor in front of him was indeed an existence who could manipulate the secrets of heaven. His thinking was so clear and meticulous that it was simply creepy.

The old man Fulu sighed softly: "It seems that we have wronged Taoist Changsheng. It turns out that everything was caused by this little Taoist boy."

"Fellow Daoist Changsheng is also deeply trapped in a mystery and has been tricked by this kid." said Fairy Moonlight.

Zhang Chen looked towards the Moonlight Fairy and saw that she was like a young girl of 28 years old, with a layer of light covering her body like a moon halo. She looked holy and lonely, with a demeanor of a goddess.

"Boy, can you please let this go?" The old man Xuanji looked towards Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "Now that things have come to this, how can I stop? If I stop, the ancestors will definitely not let me go after they leave the formation."

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xuanji Patriarch just sighed and said, "I was wrong. This is the fate I deserve."

The energy of the Dongxuan Patriarch on the side was constantly flowing. "Boy, we are eight masters of the Fruit Realm gathered together. Although you have a great formation to rely on, you may not be our opponent! Even if the eight of us join forces, your great formation may not be able to hold us back!"

Hearing what Patriarch Dongxuan said, Zhang Chen sighed: "My fellow ancestors, just do your best. If you can break through the formation, it's because I'm not good enough and I have to face the calamity today. If you die in the formation, it's because you are not as good as others. Don't blame me when you die."

"Kill! Kill this kid, and the formation will naturally break!" Suddenly, Old Ancestor Fulu launched a sneak attack. He stretched out his palm, and a mysterious energy flowed around it, passing through the endless yellow sand and grabbing towards Zhang Chen.

As long as Zhang Chen, the master of the formation, is captured, the formation will collapse in an instant. Ancestor Fulu's idea is not wrong, but Zhang Chen is not a fool. How could he just stand there stupidly and let the other party catch him?
The next moment, Zhang Chen turned into yellow sand and shattered in the hands of Patriarch Fulu. The innate peacock saw that the situation was not good and rushed into the endless yellow sand, leaving only a back surrounded by colorful light.

Zhang Chen suddenly disappeared, and several people immediately realized that something was wrong. As expected, they saw the power of the formation surging, and the might of the formation began to rise steadily. All kinds of powerful energies vibrated, and the force that weakened the Tao suddenly increased by more than a hundred times.

The ancestors were furious, but they heard the Xuanji ancestor say: "This formation is very vicious and we cannot stay here for long. We need to join forces to break it. If we hesitate for a moment, I'm afraid that our cultivation will turn into flowing water and we will be killed by that kid in the formation."

"Xuan Ji, you are proficient in deducing the mysteries of heaven and master various exquisite laws such as the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams. Can you deduce the mystery of this formation?" The Moonlight Fairy looked at the Ancestor Xuan Ji.

Upon hearing this, the Xuanji Patriarch shook his head and said, "This place is covered with yellow sand, and that strange power permeates the entire universe. How can I see through the foundation of the formation? If we want to break this formation, we can only work together and bombard one part of the formation together. If we can break the formation, we can naturally break out of the formation. If we can't break the laws of the formation, I'm afraid we will die without a burial place, and we will all die here today."

Feeling the increasingly powerful wind and sand, his Dao power disappeared faster and faster. The voice of Dongxuan Patriarch was full of urgency: "Fellow Daoists, there is no need to hold back. Let's attack the formation together and break the innate formation in front of us."

"That's right, let's attack together and bombard the formation!"

The other ancestors all responded in unison.

As the ancestors finished speaking, they saw that the ancestor Dongxuan took out an iron tower, the three overseas immortals each held a copper ring, the ancestor Xuanji sacrificed a tortoise shell, and the fairy Dongqian held a white satin, a bronze mirror appeared in the hand of the fairy Yueguang, and the ancestor of Fulu Island was the most peculiar, with three balls of light in his hand. The three balls of light represented the laws of fortune, wealth and longevity, and there were runes flashing inside, which did not look like ordinary means.

Accompanied by a unanimous shout from everyone, the magical power in their hands was directed at a part of the formation.

(End of this chapter)