I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 570: Under the Immortal Path
After reaching the realm of the primordial spirit, the next step is to cultivate the physical body, tempering it into jade bones, immortal body, and Dharma body, so as to withstand the three disasters.

When one reaches Zhang Chen's level, he has actually reached the pinnacle of mortal beings. If he wants to practice cultivation further, he must understand the laws of heaven and earth and attain the fruition of heaven and earth.

But this is only a reflection of his realm. If it is reflected in his strength, according to the current classification of cultivation realms in the world, Zhang Chen still has a long way to go.

For example, if your soul wants to attain enlightenment, you have to comprehend the principles, right?

If you want to comprehend the laws, you must polish your soul and make it stronger and stronger, right?

If you want to temper your primordial spirit, the most primitive method is to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, but this process is extremely long. I am afraid that before you can achieve enlightenment, the three disasters will come and turn you into ashes.

In order to strengthen the soul more quickly, the predecessors created countless secret methods. This is the shortcut, and Zhang Chen needs to obtain it.

The predecessors had already created the secret method, so why should Zhang Chen comprehend and practice it himself? It would take him many years to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, to realize the supernatural power, and to pass through the three disasters. By then, he would have died from the three disasters and the five decays of heaven and man.

This includes forging a Dharma body, refining jade bones, and so on. The refined jade bones are naturally divided into different grades. It takes tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of years, and several generations for others to research the methods and tricks of refining a Dharma body. The gap between you who are working alone behind closed doors using the most primitive method to refine a Dharma body is immeasurable.

It is like the primitive society using drill wood to make fire, and the twenty-first century using lighters directly. The difference between the two is as huge as the difference between heaven and earth.

Can the old iron smelting method of primitive society be compared with the alloys forged by modern high-tech hammers?

“So I must find the next step of practice to forge the strongest body. The best body-building practice for me is the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. I have already mastered the Mountain Moving Method and have the foundation for practicing the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. If I can find the practice method of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, I will be able to get started very quickly.” Zhang Chen pondered in his heart.

"The Nine Revolutions Profound Art has three prerequisites: the first is the 'Strong Man Moving Mountains Method'. I have already mastered this method and have reached the limit of the immortal path. Unless I achieve the fruit position, I can no longer break through. The second is the 'Profound Art Transformation'. The third is the 'Giant Opening the Sky'. But I don't know where these two methods are. If I want to find them, I have to rely on luck, or I can form a large force and mobilize the force to find them."

Zhang Chen's eyes shone brightly in the darkness. "Since this world has the method of strong men moving mountains, the mysterious transformation and giants opening the sky must also exist. Maybe they are in the higher heavens of the spiritual world. Or maybe we can find the big black dog. Since he has the method of strong men moving mountains, he may know the other two cultivation methods."

Zhang Chen thought of the damn big black dog, and a gleam of light appeared in his eyes. He seemed to have an idea.

Instead of searching for the martial arts method aimlessly, Zhang Chen was like a headless fly, searching like looking for a needle in a haystack, but the big black dog was the clue, and the big black dog must know it.

"I say, do you know where that big black dog went?" Zhang Chen asked.

When the spiritual world collapsed, I didn’t know whether the big black dog survived. If I had known this would happen, I should have protected the big black dog first.

"The first level of the spiritual world collapsed, and the big black dog must have fallen into the material world. It is in this world." said the Great Freedom Demon.

"Alive or dead?" Zhang Chen asked quickly.

"With its level of cultivation, the turbulence of space cannot kill it, but the laws of this world have changed, which is extremely unfriendly to creatures like him. Even if he is not dead, he should be living a life worse than death now." said the Great Freedom Demon.

Zhang Chen thought of the emperor's daughter, who ascended directly and broke into the thirty-three heavens. Now the whole era has changed and it has become unsuitable for those old guys to survive.

Zhang Chen closed his eyes upon hearing this: "I hope that big black dog is still alive and well. Don't let anyone eat him before I find him."

Calm gradually returned to the big tent, and Zhang Chen gradually fell into a drowsy sleep. As the birds chirped in the early morning, Zhang Chen slowly opened his eyes and saw that Zhang was already preparing breakfast, while the two children were practicing martial arts to strengthen their muscles, and Cheng Yu was sitting cross-legged on the ground practicing visualization.

After this experience, everyone realized the importance of strength, and everyone began to practice diligently.

Zhang Chen sat up in the big tent, looking at the people who were practicing hard, with a gratified expression on his face. Then he stood up and walked out of the big tent to help Zhang prepare breakfast. However, looking at the corn grits porridge for breakfast, Zhang Chen couldn't help but frowned: "Why eat this?"

Zhang smiled bitterly: "We don't have much money anymore, so we have to spend it sparingly."

"No money?" Zhang Chen was stunned. He never expected that one day he would be stumped by money problems. After all, money was just something that was readily available to him. Ever since he had achieved success in cultivation, he had never lacked money.

"If I had known yesterday, I should have searched those robbers to see if they had any money." Zhang Chen said, and then he used the earth escape technique to disappear on the spot. As for stealing money from a wealthy family?

It is impossible to steal money. Zhang Chen has now realized his true nature. The next step is to subdue the six thieves. How could he do such a stealing act?
Zhang Chen came to the battlefield and after checking the bodies on the ground, he couldn't help but frowned: "Only twenty taels of silver? You are all poor!"

"I can go buy some herbal seeds, then use time acceleration to cultivate some old medicines for money."

He has a way to make money.

After returning to their camp, Zhang Chen and his family had breakfast and continued on their journey. However, as Zhang Chen passed through towns and villages, he had already noticed the changes in the south of the Qinling Mountains.

Then they saw divine lights circulating in the towns and villages. It was obvious that a god had been born and some people were gathering incense and setting foot on the road to the gods.

Looking at the divine light rising into the sky from afar, Zhang Chen remained silent, holding the reins of the carriage and walking slowly.

"What are you looking at?" Cheng Yu sat on the car ear, swinging his legs leisurely.

"Look at that town in the distance. Dozens of divine lights are rising into the sky. There are gods residing in that town." Zhang Chen pointed to an unknown town in the distance.

"As things in the north develop, the old abbot has canonized the God of Nature, and King Pingbian has gathered incense and offered sacrifices to canonize the gods. Now the incense and gods' way has been thoroughly spread throughout the world." Cheng Yu took a breath.

"I see that the strongest aura in the city has reached the ninth level, at least the peak of the eighth level, and not much away from the ninth level." Zhang Chen observed carefully for a while before he sighed: "We have practiced hard for years, decades, hundreds of years, thousands of years, but we can't compare to others' achievements in one day. It really makes people sad."

Cheng Yu saw the envy on Zhang Chen's face and quickly advised: "The incense and fire way of the gods has so easily obtained the status of gods, there must be some drawbacks that we don't know about. It's just that the drawbacks have not been exposed yet. You must not be blinded by the incense and fire way of the gods. The power of the incense and fire way of the gods comes too easily, which will distort people's minds and have various side effects. You and I are talented, and it is a natural thing for us to achieve Yang God in the future. We must not take shortcuts, lest we ruin our practice."

"Of course I know the tricks, and I will never follow the path of incense and gods." Zhang Chen touched Cheng Yu's head: "I'm just sighing! Now that those powerful people have obtained the method of deification, the lives of ordinary people will be even more difficult in the future."

What he was thinking about in his mind was when to take action to steal the power of incense. Now that he understood his true intention, he would naturally not act rashly. Zhang Chen would not offend those gods who had made contributions to the people and those gods who protected an area. Those gods who abused their power were Zhang Chen's targets. Even if he stole their incense, Zhang Chen would not have any demonic thoughts in his heart.

He knew how to read qi, and at a glance he saw that the spirits in the city were pure, without any karma surrounding them. It seemed that the gods had just been canonized as gods, and had not had time to do evil.

"I'll just wait a little longer! Those gods are nobles, and I don't believe they won't do evil." Zhang Chen said to himself.

The carriage's wheel was moving, but before it had gone far, it saw barricades appearing on the road in the distance. Dozens of officials were at the intersection, checking passers-by and merchants.

"How strange! Why would the officials come out in this remote place to inspect the passing merchants?" Zhang Chen was surprised.

The so-called imperial power does not go to the countryside. Not only does it mean that the imperial power does not go to the countryside. Even the constables in the city will not leave the city unless it is necessary. Now these constables have appeared in the countryside and set up checkpoints on the official road. This is abnormal no matter how you look at it.

"What should we do? We don't have a pass?" Zhang asked worriedly.

Zhang Chen pondered quickly in his mind and deduced that if he turned around and ran away at this moment, he would appear guilty and would definitely be targeted by the officials, which would cause trouble.

"No one knew that our family had left the Northland during the chaos. These officials should not be coming for us." Zhang Chen first determined that these officials were not targeting him, and then began to think rapidly:

"But our pass and spoken language don't match. If we're not careful, we'll get into trouble. So how can we avoid these officials?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind. He wanted to turn around and run, but it was too late. The officers had already discovered Zhang Chen and his family. They even waved at them from a distance, motioning them to come over.

"I can't run away, so let's go up and see if I can bribe them with money. If I can't bribe them with money, I'll have to resort to war." Zhang Chen secretly became ruthless in his heart, looked at the official waving at him from afar, and walked over with the carriage with a normal expression.

(End of this chapter)