I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 469: An Old Acquaintance Across Time and Space

"What is the origin of this pool of water? That person seems to have relied on this pool of water to sustain his life. I can feel the tremendous vitality contained in the water." Xie Lingyun looked at the pool of water with a hint of caution in his eyes.

"The Marrow of the Earth!" Zhang Chen recognized the origin of the pool water at a glance. At the same time, he was more certain in his heart that the Heart of Yuan Magnetics was under the pool of the Marrow of the Earth.

Only the heart of the earth's primordial magnet, combined with the Feng Shui secrets of Wuzhuang Temple, can the essence of the earth be gathered together.

"What is the marrow of the earth?" Xie Lingyun asked curiously.

“A mysterious liquid that can bring the dead back to life is the essence bred by the earth. However, this liquid cannot be collected and will dissipate once it leaves the place where it was bred,” said Zhang Chen.

As he spoke, Zhang Chen walked forward, looked at the pool of liquid, and a mosquito's mouthparts appeared in his hand. He reached directly into the water and began to devour the essence of the earth.

The essence of the earth, which is impossible for others to store and transport, is something that Zhang Chen cannot restrain.

As it swallowed, the liquid in the pool quickly dried up, and then a figure with a handsome face and skin gleaming with jade light appeared before its eyes.

"Zou Wenlong!" Zhang Chen could tell the origin of the person in front of him at a glance. He was very familiar with this little fat guy.

Moreover, he could feel the blood flowing in Zou Wenlong's body. The little fat man was still alive and relied on the marrow of the earth to maintain himself in peak condition.

This kind of place blessed by good fortune could probably only be created by the ancestor of earthly immortals like the Changsheng Patriarch, right?

"Who is calling me?"

Zou Wenlong opened his eyes and looked into Zhang Chen's eyes. The two looked at each other, and the next moment, Zou Wenlong stood up suddenly, staring at Zhang Chen angrily: "Boy, it's you!"

"Zhang Chen, be careful!" Xie Lingyun saw Zou Wenlong resurrected and hurriedly reminded him, but the next moment Zhang Chen's words made Xie Lingyun shudder. Zhang Chen smiled at the fat figure opposite him:

"Senior Brother Zou, long time no see!"

When Xie Lingyun heard Zhang Chen's words, his scalp went numb and his pupils contracted rapidly. What did Zhang Chen call Zou Wenlong? Senior Brother Zou? Did he hear it wrong?
"You traitor of Wuzhuang Temple! I didn't expect you to be still alive! Today I will seek justice for all of you senior brothers and send you to see them!" Zou Wenlong stretched out his hand, and a jade sword slowly condensed into shape. The next moment, a sword energy rolled up and slashed towards Zhang Chen.

"Ninth-level earth cultivator!"

As soon as Zou Wenlong made a move, his aura leaked out. Zhang Chen had already sensed the opponent's level of cultivation. He knew that he was no match for Zou Wenlong at this moment, even with Xie Lingyun.

That sword energy seemed to be just an ordinary sword energy, but its power already had the momentum of a ninth-level immortal cultivator.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen is no ordinary person. He now has many means at his disposal and is not afraid of Zou Wenlong.

Zhang Chen's figure flashed and he retreated to the side of Xie Lingyun, then covered the two of them with the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth. Zhang Chen casually spit out green branches from the Basah space.

I saw a stream of light flashing on the green branch, passing directly over Zou Wenlong's body, and then Zou Wenlong was stunned on the spot, and dared not move anymore. He stared at the green branch in Zhang Chen's hand as if he had seen a ghost: "Why hasn't this thing withered yet!"

"Brother Zou, we haven't seen each other for many years. Why do you get so angry just when we meet?" Zhang Chen looked at Zou Wenlong with a smile.

"Bah! Which one is your Senior Brother Zou! You and Xu Erniu, two traitors, actually colluded with outsiders to attack Wuzhuang Temple and imprisoned all the brothers and sisters of Wuzhuang Temple here to feed your branch. I will never forgive you, a traitor." Zou Wenlong's voice was full of coldness: "Do you think you can intimidate me with just a branch? This branch wants to take away thousands of years of my life. It will take at least thousands of times, and I don't need fifty moves to kill you!" When Zou Wenlong said this, his eyes fell on the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror above Zhang Chen's head, and a greedy look appeared in his eyes: "Boy, hand over the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, and I can spare your life, otherwise today will be your death day."

Zhang Chen didn't want to have a big fight with Zou Wenlong. He still wanted to know what had happened in the first place. It wouldn't be too late to have a big fight with Zou Wenlong after he had found out what happened.

"Brother, could you please listen to what I have to say? Is there any misunderstanding here?" Zhang Chen was very polite at this time.

Zou Wenlong's face turned grim upon hearing this: "Misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding could there be?"

Zhang Chen said quickly, "Brother, you said that I colluded with Xu Erniu. This is no joke. How come I didn't know anything about it? At that time, I was in seclusion and cultivation. The ancestor of longevity suddenly found me and gave me the treasure mirror of heaven and earth. He said that my Wuzhuang Temple was about to have a catastrophe, and then took me to an unknown place and sealed it with the marrow of the earth. The ancestor said that if Wuzhuang Temple survived the catastrophe, he would come to pick me up. If it couldn't survive the catastrophe, I would wait until I exhausted the marrow of the earth and then come out on my own. At that time, I would re-establish the Taoist lineage of Wuzhuang Temple and tell my fate of Wuzhuang Temple not to be cut off. I have been sealed in the marrow of the earth by the ancestor, and I was born not long ago. How did I get involved with Xu Erniu? I went up the mountain with Xu Erniu to become a disciple, but you can't wrongly accuse me like this." Zhang Chen said eloquently, saying black is white and white is black: "Think about it carefully. When the catastrophe of Wuzhuang Temple broke out, didn't I disappear long ago?"

He took advantage of the fact that Zou Wenlong was sealed in the Nine-Curve Yellow River Formation and had no idea of ​​the situation in the outside world, so he used clever words to deceive him.

At the same time, Zhang Chen activated his Soul-Snatching skill to see if he could take the opportunity to mark the opponent. However, after Zhang Chen activated his skill, the reaction of the Gold Finger made Zhang Chen feel disappointed:
[The target's life span is normal and cannot be taken away. ]

As expected, after hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zou Wenlong's attitude softened, and a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes: "What evidence do you have for saying this?"

"The fact that I can control the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth is proof. If my master hadn't taught me the means to control the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, how could I have mastered the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth?" Zhang Chen said.

Upon hearing this, Zou Wenlong believed what Zhang Chen said. He stared at the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth above Zhang Chen's head. He was already filled with greed and was thinking about how to trick the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth into giving it to him.

You must know that the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth requires a mantra to control it. Without the mantra, it will be useless even if you trick the treasure into giving it to you.

“Brother, please tell me what happened in Wuzhuang Temple back then.” Zhang Chen said.

"Put the branch away first, and I'll tell you later." Zou Wenlong said.

Zhang Chen put away the branch upon hearing this, and then looked at Zou Wenlong, and heard Zou Wenlong say:

"I was plotted against in the past. When I woke up, Wuzhuang Temple was in chaos. The ancestor of longevity had fallen. The innate peacock was born, dominating the world and sweeping across the universe, and started a decisive battle with the great demon king of the demon race. The fourth eldest brother knew that Wuzhuang Temple was doomed, so he simply moved the entire Wuzhuang Temple away and hid it under the Dragon Palace of Chunting Lake to avoid the disaster. But who would have thought that eight hundred years later, Xu Erniu would come to kill us. Xu Erniu's cultivation was so powerful that she kept saying that we brothers should pay for our lives, saying that you were killed by us and that we all should be buried with you. She even set up a large formation to trap all of us under the underground palace, and use our brothers' lives to feed that branch."

Zou Wenlong gnashed his teeth when he said this: "Thanks to my cleverness, I hid in the master's secret room in advance and escaped the disaster with the help of the master's backup plan. Otherwise, I would have been killed by Xu Erniu."

"In order to protect our fellow brothers, Senior Brother Bai Lu died in battle, and was snatched away by Xu Erniu with a single finger. The other three brothers also fled and their whereabouts are unknown. That crazy woman Xu Erniu said that as long as this branch is cultivated successfully, the passage to the underworld can be opened. Then, we can enter the underworld and fish out your origin, and then use her magical powers to resurrect you. That crazy woman is simply a lunatic!" Zou Wenlong's eyes were full of horror.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and was quite touched. It turned out that Xu Erniu had found the towering Jianmu branch from somewhere, actually to open a passage to the underworld in order to resurrect himself?

Xu Erniu must have thought she was dead!
"Zhang Chen, you have caused so much harm to us brothers!" Zou Wenlong's voice was full of dissatisfaction.

"What happened next? Why did this branch stay here? Why didn't Xu Erniu take it away?" Zhang Chen was puzzled.

Zou Wenlong said: "Later, one day, Xiantian Peacock came here in person with his clothes stained with blood. Then Xu Erniu and Xiantian Peacock left in a hurry. From then on, we brothers were trapped here forever, and our lives were devoured by this green branch."

Zou Wenlong's voice was filled with pain: "If I didn't have the means left by my ancestors, I'm afraid I would have died."

After hearing Zou Wenlong's words, Zhang Chen's mind was filled with thousands of thoughts. He said calmly, "Does Xu Erniu have such ability? She has only practiced for 800 years, and even Senior Brother Bai Lu fell into her hands?"

Zou Wenlong smiled bitterly: "That girl has mastered a very strange magical power, which can reverse the laws of yin and yang and take people's lives. Tell me if it's scary or not. The eldest brother was drained of his life by her!"

After hearing what Zou Wenlong said, Zhang Chen asked tentatively: "Do you know what happened to Xu Erniu and Xiantian Peacock?"

Zou Wenlong pointed to the pond behind him and said, "I have never been out since I was trapped here."

Zhang Chen's heart sank when he heard this. If he wanted to get more clues about Xu Erniu, it seemed he could only find a way from other sources.

Looking at Zou Wenlong in front of him, a strange light flashed in Zhang Chen's eyes. He already knew all the information he wanted to know. The next step was to strike him unconsciously.

I don't know if my Buzhou Seal and the golden scissors can work together to kill this bastard.

(End of this chapter)