I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 543: A Ruler for Communicating with the Spiritual World
Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Zhang Chen laughed: "Then we will make a fortune!"

Just as Zhang Chen was cooking rice, he saw the group of nobles gathered in front of the fire, shaking off the snow on their bodies. Then the young man who handed over the pearls cursed, "Damn it! Damn it! That damn Chen Sanliang is simply too much! When I return to Jiangnan in the future, I will never forgive him! I, Xu Lie, will never reconcile with him! He destroyed my White Fang Academy and caused countless teachers in my White Fang Academy to burn the classics of the past, and burned the heritage of my White Fang Academy for thousands of years. Damn it! How did this beast become so powerful? My master was actually forced to death by him. He is really a beast."

The voice of the young man named Xu Lie was full of sorrow: "White Fang Academy is the layout of my Xu family in the north for thousands of years. It was all destroyed by that old beast. My way was also destroyed by that old beast. Especially half of the scholars were deceived by his perverse theories and were willing to follow him to the demon tribe to create the so-called Great Harmony Kingdom. Such a traitor should be cut into pieces!"

Zhang Chen, who was cooking not far away, pricked up his ears and eavesdropped when he heard the other party mention Chen Sanliang's name. He hadn't heard of Chen Sanliang's name for several months.

"That Chen Sanliang has traveled through three major vassal states and selected ten academies. Thousands of scholars have been bewitched by him and have become his diehard fans. Does this guy want to cut off all the cultural heritage of our northern land?" Someone spoke up in agreement, his voice full of anger.

"This guy Chen Sanliang wants to exterminate all the literati in our northern land! Mr. Liu Chen, because he could no longer pick up a pen in the future, committed suicide in front of Chen Sanliang. Mr. Wu Gong even cut off his own arm. And that Mr. Wang Hua even burned his life's work, and turned it into ashes along with his works. This guy is so cruel that he wants to exterminate the cultural heritage of our northern land. Only by submitting to him and following him can we have a chance of survival. This time I must go to the academy and ask all the gentlemen to come out of the palace and have a discussion with him." Xu Lie's voice was full of sadness.

While cooking, Zhang Chen eavesdropped on Xu Lie and the others' conversations, with a strange look in his eyes: "What a Chen Sanliang! He actually dared to turn the table against all the Confucianists in the world. He has been challenging all the major academies, constantly honing his own theories and perfecting his own principles. His momentum will only get stronger and stronger. When the time comes, he will point his sword at the Imperial Academy. The Imperial Academy is his goal."

As Chen Sanliang continues to challenge the major sects and shut down one school of thought after another, he will gradually develop an invincible trend, and finally point his sword at the academy and fight with it.

The Imperial Academy is Chen Sanliang's goal. Currently, the various academies are just his whetstones and nutrients.

"In the process, Chen Sanliang constantly convinced the disciples of major academies, turned them into his supporters, led them to the north to create a human kingdom, and helped them complete the road of education more quickly. This is Chen Sanliang's method." Zhang Chen couldn't help but feel shocked by Chen Sanliang's layout. The other party really wanted to do something. If he said he would fight to the death with Confucianism, he would fight to the death with Confucianism. He had to stop the education that only respected one hundred schools of thought.

But no matter what you say or do, don't joke about Sanliang. Chen Sanliang's way of education is destined to be unacceptable to the human race.

The major aristocratic families of the human race monopolize knowledge and doctrines, but Chen Sanliang announced that there is no distinction between the classes in education, and that everyone can receive knowledge regardless of their wealth, status or social class. This is simply digging up the foundations of the major aristocratic families and shaking their rule. How can the major aristocratic families tolerate him?
Only the uncivilized demon tribe, where the concept of hierarchy is not so serious, can become the breeding ground for Chen Sanliang's doctrine.

"Chen Sanliang has done immeasurable good deeds! At least he has opened up a glimmer of hope for ordinary people in the world." Zhang Chen carried the rice and dishes, with a hint of emotion in his eyes.

This was also a big reason why he did not stop Chen Sanliang. Although Chen Sanliang brought chaos and killing to the human race, he also brought new hope to the people.

Zhang Chen brought the rice and meat over, and then the family gathered in front of another bonfire, listening to Xu Lie and others cursing Chen Sanliang while eating. His mind was full of thoughts, and he sat in front of the bonfire without saying a word.

"Change is coming! This is a change that will change the minds of countless people!" Zhang Chen said to himself.

After the group had their fill, they went into the tent under the carriage and fell asleep. At dawn the next day, Zhang Chen looked at the white snow, which was already above his knees. After breakfast, Zhang Chen and his family packed their bags and prepared to set off. At this time, the group of scholars had finished their breakfast and saw Zhang Fei harnessing the carriage, their eyes fell on the fifth-rank demon horse.

The demon horse never revealed its bloodline power, and with the suppression of Zhang Chen's symbol, the mysterious power in its body was suppressed, but its tall and strong physique still attracted the attention of Xu Lie and others.

"Boy, you have a good horse. We are going to travel by carriage. The pearl I gave you yesterday is enough to buy your horse! You keep the horse and the carriage." Xu Lie shouted condescendingly to Zhang Chen.

"You said yesterday that the pearl was only the money for the bonfire and meals, but did not include horses and vehicles." Zhang Chen turned his head and looked at Xu Lie.

"Boy, are you dreaming? You want to exchange a bowl of rice and a few pieces of meat for a night pearl? You must be crazy because of poverty! Do you know how much a night pearl is worth? Stop talking nonsense, leave your horses, vehicles, food and the pearl behind, and you can get out now." A scholar next to him scolded Zhang Chen.

Cheng Yu blinked his eyes and instantly got into the role, his voice was tearful: "My dear gentlemen, in this icy and snowy weather, our family, including women and children, all rely on this carriage to travel. If we lose the carriage and food, won't we freeze to death in the wilderness?"

"Hmph, do you want to freeze to death, or do you want to die now? You few lowly people dare to covet my night pearls." Xu Lie smiled coldly when he heard this, with murderous intent in his eyes.

In this remote place, with an orphan and a widow, who would have known that they would die here?
Besides, even if this place is not in the wilderness, the other party is just a few untouchables, so just kill them!
"I knew that none of these nobles were good." Zhang Chen shook his head: "Stop playing around, just collect their bodies."

As soon as the words fell, Cheng Yu rushed out with lightning all around him, and Zhang Taowei beside him also activated soul control. Although the group of scholars practiced martial arts, they were only dark energy. When they saw the extraordinary power appear, they suddenly changed color. Xu Lie hurriedly shouted: "You are bloodline people! Wait a minute, everyone must have some misunderstanding! We are all nobles, why do we have to fight to the death?"

Most of those with bloodlines are nobles, and those nobles who have lost their bloodline power have long been exploited out of the noble class.

Unfortunately, no one responded to him. These dozen people were all warriors, and they were just the right opportunity for Zhang Taowei and Zhang Fei to practice.

In just a moment, the shouting in the snow stopped. Zhang Chen held the small stove in his arms and looked at the red on the white snow. He couldn't help but shook his head: "I knew that these nobles were no good. What Chen Sanliang did was absolutely right. He wanted to overthrow all these bastards! Let them fall to the dust and rebuild the order of this world."

When Zhang Chen said this, he shouted to Zhang Taowei, "Search the bodies! These people are all from wealthy families, and the items on them are very valuable. We will have the money to settle down and start a family in Jiangnan."

Zhang Taowei was not afraid of the dead, and he and Zhang Fei went to search the corpse with great interest. They saw money bags being searched out one by one, and they searched from head to toe, leaving nothing of value untouched.

"Brother, Xu Lie has some good stuff on him. Look at this bag, it's full of purple night pearls." Zhang Taowei took out a small bag from Xu Lie, opened it and saw that it was full of purple night pearls the size of pigeon eggs. Each one looked crystal clear and very pleasing to the eye.

"Not bad, not bad! We are rich this time. There are more than thirty of these luminous pearls. We will have no shortage of money when we arrive in Nanjing." Zhang Chen took the woven bag, looked at it in his hand, and stuffed it directly into his arms to confiscate it.

You can’t leave money on children! Why leave money on children?
But apart from this bag of night-shining pearls, there was no other valuables. Think about it, if several people had other gold and silver on them, they would not directly use night-shining pearls to pay the bill.

Just when Zhang Chen put away the night pearl and was about to tell everyone to get on with their journey, a hazy figure suddenly walked out from the white snow in the distance: Chen Sanliang!

"Why are you here?" Chen Sanliang gradually approached and looked at the corpses all over the ground, and couldn't help showing a hint of surprise.

"These guys want to eat delicious food, but they don't ask around. Am I, Zhang Chen, so easy to be taken advantage of?" Zhang Chen looked at Chen Sanliang: "Sir, why are you here?"

Chen Sanliang looked at Zhang Chen, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "They are the direct descendants of the White Fang Academy. I razed the White Fang Academy this time because I wanted to search for a treasure, but I searched the entire academy and couldn't find it. So I suspected that these direct descendants of scholars had escaped with the treasure, so I chased after them."

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "What kind of treasure is this? Is it worth going to such great lengths to do this, sir?"

"A ruler!" Chen Sanliang said.

"Ruler?" Zhang Chen knew that this must not be an ordinary ruler, so he asked, "What kind of ruler is it that is worth the sir's fuss?"

"It is very likely a mysterious ruler of the twelfth order!" Chen Sanliang said.

"How could Baiya Academy have such a fortune? That's a twelfth-level mystery." Zhang Chen asked in shock.

"The White Fang Academy was built on a large tomb, and the ruler was dug out from the tomb, but the ruler is broken. Otherwise, the mysterious appearance of the twelfth level will definitely cause earth-shattering chaos! It is precisely because the ruler is incomplete that it was hidden by the White Fang Academy. It is said that the ruler can connect to the void, and obtaining it can break the bridge between the real world and the spiritual world, so as to enter the legendary thirty-three heavens, seize the fortune of the thirty-three heavens, and find the elixir of immortality." Chen Sanliang's voice was full of solemnity: "The academy started planning this thousands of years ago, and the White Fang Academy is just a pawn of the academy. The reason why I know this is also what I heard from the immortal Hu Li."

"Since Baiya Academy has unearthed such a magical ruler, why didn't the Imperial Academy take it back with them, but kept it in Baiya Academy?" Zhang Chen questioned. He felt that Chen Sanliang was fooled by Baiya Academy.

"The ruler is broken, and it can only be repaired in the White Fang Academy, because there is a weak spot in the White Fang Academy, which is connected to the spiritual world. And the ruler here can automatically absorb the energy in the spiritual world to revive itself! The academy has been planning for a thousand years, but still has not revived the ruler, so I thought of taking it away, maybe I can find another way to revive the ruler. This ruler is very important, I want to enter the legendary thirty-three heavens and dig out the legendary elixir of immortality to save your master. All my hopes are pinned on this thing, on this ruler!" Chen Sanliang said.

(End of this chapter)