I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 560: The Blood Sea Appears

Upon hearing the question, the scholar said, "I heard that the young master from Jinling has arrived, and the assassin in the dark has already escaped! The Shen family only swept the local salt gang and killed dozens of heads. They have no evidence and cannot confront the Cao gang."

"Salt Gang?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this. What was the origin of this Salt Gang? How dare they go against the imperial court?
"My dear brother, what is the origin of this Salt Gang? How dare they assassinate people from the Shen family? And they openly go against the officials appointed by the court?" Zhang Chen showed curiosity.

"Originally, the Salt Gang was just a group of salt dealers who were not worthy of being in the public eye. However, in recent years, they have attracted a lot of masters from somewhere. In particular, I heard that a god was born in the Salt Gang, and it has become a big deal. The Salt Gang and the Cao Gang are also secretly colluding to compete for the authority of the world's water transportation. Seventy percent of the world's water transportation authority belongs to the Shen family. The Shen family is too overbearing and has blocked the way of countless people. The Salt Gang and the Cao Gang both rely on water transportation for their livelihood..." The scholar heard Zhang Chen's question and replied directly.

This information is not a secret; anyone in the martial arts world knows it.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Zhang Chen pondered in his heart, but the Salt Gang actually dared to attack the daughter of the Shen family, they must have someone to rely on.

"I'm afraid the Shen family in Jinling is not at peace." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Just as all kinds of thoughts were flashing through Zhang Chen's mind, as Jiang Nan entered the cabin, the large ship that had been stationary for several days finally began to move. As the fleet set sail, as many as twenty medium-sized ships went down the river.

Three days later, Zhang Chen was sitting at the bow of the boat, watching the scenery on both sides of the river receding. Beside him, Zhang Fei and Zhang Tao were fishing with fishing rods.

Suddenly Zhang Chen frowned, raised his head and looked towards the north, with a reflection of a river of blood in his eyes: "The blood sea appeared?"

The crystal core in his body was also vibrating wildly. Zhang Chen realized that his crystal core had opened a portal. An endless stream of blood flowed out through the portal, flowing from the void to an unknown place.

"The blood sea can already interfere with reality! A blood sea has appeared in the material world, and the origin of the blood sea is constantly growing. The power of the blood path will begin to interfere with reality." Zhang Chen said to himself:

"The appearance of the blood sea is a good thing for me, but it will definitely be a disaster for all living beings in the world."

Countless thoughts flowed through Zhang Chen's mind: "Have the seeds I planted in the past finally blossomed and borne fruit? I passed down countless inheritances of the Blood Path in the North, but I don't know if it was the human race or the demon race that summoned the Sea of ​​Blood."

Unfortunately, although Zhang Chen sensed the emergence of the sea of ​​blood, he could not sense what specifically happened.

When the sea of ​​blood was born, all the blood in the world would be drawn into the sea of ​​blood. Even countless souls would be captured by the sea of ​​blood and become puppets in the sea of ​​blood. For all living beings in the world, it would be like an endless hell.

“Once the Blood Sea appears, unless I take the initiative to close the portal to the Blood Sea, the Blood Sea cannot be eradicated, and all living beings in the world will be in trouble.” Zhang Chen muttered secretly in his heart.

Along with the sensation in Zhang Chen's heart, in just a moment, a blood-red hurricane rolled up in the north. The blood-red clouds were like blood, sweeping in from the horizon with overwhelming momentum, covering the sky and the earth. In a moment, it was thousands of miles away, and in the blink of an eye, it had swept from the horizon to the front.

The cloud was like a blood-red stream, accompanied by an indescribable stench, passing over everyone's head and moving towards a farther distance. However, in the blink of an eye, it had covered the entire sky, making the sky and the earth look like blood red. The whole world turned red, like a scarlet lantern.

"What happened?" A passenger looked up at the crimson clouds in the sky, which looked like raging waves of blood, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

"With such a strange phenomenon, there must be a shocking catastrophe and great changes in the world. But I don't know where these changes will go?" Someone in the martial arts world frowned and whispered.

At this time, everyone on the boat walked out of the cabin, looking at the overwhelming dark clouds, as if the water of a sea of ​​blood was floating in the sky, and they talked about it one by one.

Zhang Chen ignored the crowd. He first looked up at the blood-red clouds in the sky, then looked at the river water under the boat. Against the backdrop of the red clouds, the river water looked like blood, filled with unspeakable scarlet and evil.

"The emergence of the blood sea and the flourishing of the blood path are good things for me." Zhang Chen was not panicked, because he knew that everything before him was just a strange phenomenon caused by the emergence of the blood sea, and it did not have any killing power in itself.

"The emergence of the Blood Sea means that the Blood Sea Formation has been created. Only in this way can the shackles of space be broken and the Blood Sea be summoned into the material world. I just don't know whether the Blood Sea Formation was cultivated by the demon race first or by the human race. If it was cultivated by the human race first, it would be very effective in curbing the demon race in the north. If it was cultivated by the demon race first, I'm afraid that the human race will be in big trouble."

The ship sailed slowly, and half a month later, when it approached the dock for supplies, Zhang Chen heard a piece of news about the Blood Sea. Passing travelers at the dock were discussing:
"Have you heard? Hupo Pass has fallen!" someone said.

"How could Hupo Pass fall when it was guarded by General Jin Dou?" someone questioned, his voice full of disbelief, thinking that the other party was spreading rumors and lying.

"A monster appeared from the demon tribe, and it summoned a blood river that flooded Hupo Pass. All living things that touched the blood river turned into blood. Although the golden bowl had a body of steel, it could not withstand the invasion of the sea of ​​blood and had to abandon the city and flee. It is said that the demon army has crossed Hupo Pass and wants to flatten the entire north." Someone else spoke up. "Hupo Pass has fallen?" Zhang Chen was sitting at the bow fishing. After hearing the conversation of the people next to him, he was stunned and stopped pulling the fishing line.

He was deeply impressed by Jin Dou of Hupo Pass. After all, Jin Dou's shitty magical power was really difficult to deal with. He could be said to be immortal. If there was no means to deal with souls, no one in the world could kill Jin Dou.

Even a twelfth-order god can’t do that!
The golden bowl can turn into liquid metal, be immortal and invisible. It is simply a fighting machine. Who can beat him?

“However, if the Blood Sea Array appears, the power of the Blood Sea can contaminate everything, especially extraordinary things. Although Jin Dou’s golden body is powerful, I’m afraid it won’t be able to hold on for too long facing the Blood Sea Array.” Zhang Chen pondered in his heart.

"Is Jin Dou dead?" someone asked, his voice full of worry.

"It takes time to activate the Blood Sea Formation. Jin Dou is a powerful bloodline. If he wants to escape, how will the Blood Sea Formation have a chance to cover him?" Someone said, "But Jin Dou lost the Tiger Soul Pass, causing a million demon army to enter the pass. Even if he didn't die at the hands of the demons, I'm afraid the court would not forgive him."

"I heard that Marquis Pingbei's territory is now in chaos. Countless demon armies have entered the pass. Marquis Pingbei has organized a large army to suppress and kill them, but the demons are endless and mighty, and Marquis Pingbei is unable to cope with it alone. I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before Marquis Pingbei's territory falls." Someone else interrupted.

"How hateful! These beasts of the demon race dare to wreak havoc on our human race. They really deserve to die! My court has three supreme mysteries, why don't we take action to suppress those beasts?"

"..."

A group of people were talking on the boat, constantly criticizing the government, accusing the various princes of inaction, and especially speaking foul language towards King Pingbian.

The people on this boat are all from the underworld who travel back and forth from all over the country. They have no restraint with their words and curse at everyone with all kinds of dirty words, which are as unpleasant as they can be.

Zhang Chen sat in the cabin and fell into silence. He thought of the common people who had traveled all the way south. He never expected that even if that group of people escaped from Hupo Pass, they still could not catch up with the speed of the monster tribe's invasion.

"It's difficult! This matter is related to me, and it's my fault. If it weren't for the Blood Sea Formation, the Tiger Soul Pass wouldn't have been easily breached." Zhang Chen felt a little guilty: "But the human race will never lack blood nerve cultivators. Now that the demon race's Blood Sea Formation has appeared, the human race's blood path cultivators will emerge like mushrooms after rain, constantly narrowing the gap."

"The invasion of the demon race is an inevitable trend. Even if my blood path does not appear, the situation will not get better." Zhang Chen could only keep comforting himself in his heart.

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat!"

Just as everyone was talking about it, someone from the kitchen shouted, and Zhang Chen pulled Zhang Fei all the way to the cafeteria. They ate coarse flour steamed buns with pickles, which was the most basic meal. If they wanted to eat meat, they needed to pay more money and buy it with the money.

Zhang Chen only had a few taels of silver left, so he couldn't afford meat. He could only eat the free steamed bread, which he didn't find hard to swallow with pickles. On the contrary, Zhang Fei was frowning, his whole face turned into a bitter gourd, and he ate the steamed bread in small bites.

Zhang Taowei and Cheng Yu on the side did not show any abnormality. They were eating the steamed buns in their hands with relish.

"How many days will it take us to reach Jinling?" Zhang asked, breaking the steamed bun into pieces carefully and soaking it in warm water before putting it into her mouth.

"It's too early." Zhang Chen shook his head.

Zhang's eyes moved when she heard this: "There is something I want to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Chen looked at Zhang and saw that Zhang's face was a little confused. It was obviously not a simple matter.

"We are going south to Jinling to seek refuge with our relatives. Although we have your mother's connections, we poor relatives will inevitably be looked down upon. What I mean is, do we have a chance to visit the young lady from Guangji on the ship, so that we can get to know her as soon as possible and have someone to take care of us when we arrive in Jinling City?" Zhang looked a little hesitant, and her eyes looked at Zhang Chen. She was waiting for Zhang Chen to make a decision.

"Recognize relatives in advance?" Zhang Chen looked hesitant when he heard this, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)