I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 584 Mysterious Power
Shen Ling looked at Jiang Nan with eyes full of suspicion.

Jiang Nan's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, but he remained calm and said, "I knew him on the road, and I once saved his life."

The fact that Jiang Nan used elixirs to save Zhang Chen was not a secret. After all, even if she didn't say it, Shen Qiu would have passed the news back in the future.

Jiang Nan recounted the story of how he encountered Zhang Chen dying on the boat, and how he saved him with elixir.

"It was at that time that I developed some friendship with him." Jiang Nan said calmly.

"You actually used elixirs to save him. It was such a waste of precious elixirs. You should have let him die on the road instead of causing so much trouble now. Sister, you have made me suffer!" Shen Ling complained to Jiang Nan after hearing this, spewing bitterness.

“If I knew you didn’t like this guy, why would I help him? I heard about his marriage with the Shen family, so I helped him with the intention of making friends with him. Who knew that I would cause trouble for my sister? It’s really my fault.” Jiang Nan is a smart person. She can say that a living person is dead and a dead person is alive.

After hearing Jiang Nan's words, Shen Ling was helpless and could only complain. Then the two of them disappeared into the archway in the distance.

Zhang Chen looked at the steamed bread in his hand, his eyes showing a hint of coldness, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Brother, they are really going too far. They actually ask us to eat the same food as servants. They don't even treat us as human beings." Zhang Taowei held a steamed bun in his hand, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Stop talking nonsense. Everything will be decided by your elder brother. You just have to accept it." Zhang from the side quickly started to scold.

Hearing Zhang's reprimand, Zhang Chen waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let her speak."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Taowei glanced at Zhang, then lowered his head to look at the steamed bun in his hand and ate it silently without saying a word.

"What are your plans for the future?" Zhang looked at Zhang Chen and asked.

"Let's first find a way to take away the things mother left behind." Zhang Chen said.

Silence returned to the courtyard, with only the sound of people silently chewing steamed buns. After a depressing lunch, Zhang Chen left the yard and took a walk in the Shen family's courtyard. Although it seemed like he was just taking a walk, he was secretly sensing the mysterious fluctuations in the Shen family's courtyard and quietly observing the Shen family's background.

"The things my mother left me are definitely not ordinary treasures such as gold, silver, antiques, etc., otherwise the wealthy Shen family would never take them seriously. The objects she left behind must be related to mystery..." Zhang Chen's mind flashed with his own judgment.

He had the golden light of a righteous god on his body, and was extremely sensitive to the mysterious aura. Wherever he passed, he captured and sensed all the mysterious aura, trying to infer the aura of the treasure his mother left for him.

"The Shen family is indeed a wealthy family. There are at least thirteen auras with mysterious powers in the entire manor. I wonder if the mysteries left by my mother are hidden in them." Zhang Chen said to himself.

At the same time, he was also spying on the methods of the Shen family gods. If he could get a glimpse of the details of the Shen family gods, he would be more confident when he took action.

"I have a ninth-order invisibility talisman. The only one who can make me afraid is the tenth-order god of the Shen family. If I can lure the tenth-order god of the Shen family away, then the entire Shen family will be like a deserted place to me. But how can I lure the tenth-order god of the Shen family away?" Zhang Chen frowned and thought.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and he wanted to test the thirteen mysterious auras of the Shen family, but if he was not careful, he would alert the tenth-level gods. Once he provoked the tenth-level gods to take action, he would be in big trouble.

"Among the thirteen mysterious auras, three are second-order mysteries, five are third, fourth and fifth-order mysteries, and the rest are sixth and seventh orders. Only the aura in the deepest part of the backyard is very obscure. According to Lai San's memory, that direction seems to be the direction of the Shen family ancestral hall, which is also the place where the tenth-order god of the Shen family sits. If I were to choose the most likely one from the thirteen auras that my mother left me, it would be the direction of the ancestral hall." Zhang Chen's soul deduced quickly.

With all kinds of thoughts in his mind, Zhang Chen walked leisurely towards the ancestral temple. He wanted to observe the Shen family's ancestral temple closely, perhaps he could make some unexpected discoveries or gain some unexpected clues.

Just when Zhang Chen was halfway there, two men came towards him. Both men were young, one was slightly older than Zhang Chen, and the other was also slightly older than Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen was familiar with the aura of one of them. Through Lai San's memory, he knew that man was Shen Qiu, the one who watched him die on the boat without saving him.

As for the second person
Zhang Chen had seen him and Shen Lingni outside the grove, but they were too far away and he could only see them roughly. Now he looked closely and found that his facial features were somewhat similar to his own. He vaguely recognized his origin: Zhang Gaoqiu! Zhang Chen saw the two of them, and the two of them also saw Zhang Chen. However, the two of them did not care when they saw Zhang Chen. They thought Zhang Chen was a servant. After all, Zhang Chen was wearing a coarse linen shirt, which was not as good as the servants. You know, in the Shen family, even servants have to wear high-quality cotton clothes.

The two of them just glanced at Zhang Chen casually, talking to themselves, and then they heard Shen Qiu say, "Brother, how is the treasure?"

Zhang Gaoqiu said with a gloomy face: "Although I share the same bloodline with that bastard, there are still differences after all. If I want to break the seal and obtain the treasure, my hope will be shattered."

Shen Qiu's voice was filled with disbelief: "Logically speaking, you and Zhang Chen are from the same origin and have the same bloodline, so you should be able to open the seal of that mysterious object. How could you fail?"

"Maybe it's just the subtle differences." Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of helplessness.

"What about your marriage with Shen Ling?" Shen Qiu asked.

Zhang Gaoqiu was silent after hearing this, and said after a long while: "I can only ask my family to make the decision for me!"

"Perhaps we can trick that wild boy into opening the seal, and then we can get the treasure and drive that boy out of the house directly. Then my cousin will naturally get the beauty. Or we can find a way to get that boy's blood. Maybe we can use that boy's blood to open the seal of the treasure, and then we can directly take the treasure..." Shen Qiu said from the side.

"What will happen to that kid then? He and Shen Ling are engaged, and they are a legitimate couple." There was a hint of hesitation in Zhang Gaoqiu's voice.

"He's just a poor boy. He can survive in Jinling City because of the protection of my Shen family. If he knows what's good for him, it's fine. If not, I will break his hands and feet and imprison him in any prison and trap him to death. Who dares to track the whereabouts of a wanted criminal in public?" Shen Qiu's voice was full of disapproval.

Zhang Gaoqiu scratched his head when he heard that. At this time, the two of them passed by Zhang Chen. Zhang Gaoqiu glanced at Zhang Chen, then retracted his gaze and said to Zhang Gaoqiu: "Such a method is too crude. It is better to ruin his reputation first, and then make those old guys in Kyoto disappointed in him, and then make his whereabouts unknown. How about it?" Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of coldness.

Zhang Chen, who was standing behind the two men, suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhang Gaoqiu and Shen Qiu with a strange look in his eyes. He had never heard of them discussing how to harm people face to face.

Then a cold murderous look appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes, and his fingertips moved slightly in his sleeves, wanting to use the Blood God to take over the bodies of the two men, but Zhang Chen quickly dismissed the idea.

These two people are different from the slave Lai San. Lai San is just a lowly slave. Even if he is plotted against by himself, it doesn't matter. No one will pay attention to a lowly slave.

But the Shen Qiu and Zhang Gaoqiu in front of him were noble sons, and were always under the attention of those old guys. After all, the Blood God Son had taken over their bodies, which was slightly different from his real self. If others found out, it would cause a lot of trouble. It would be bad if his plan was ruined.

Once possessed by the Blood God's Son, their three souls and seven spirits will be devoured by the Blood God's Son and transformed into a blood puppet. By then, the Blood God's Son will have replaced their three souls and seven spirits, and this will be completely impossible to conceal from those beings above the tenth rank.

Unless Zhang Chen's blood path breaks through to the tenth level, he will naturally be able to hide from the prying eyes of masters of the same level.

"Jinling City is a big place, different from the small places in the north. Although masters are not everywhere, there is still no shortage of them. I have to be careful and cautious in every move I make." Zhang Chen said secretly in his heart.

The most important thing for him is development and hiding to buy time for himself. As long as he is given enough time, God is on his side.

The two sides crossed each other, and Zhang Chen walked away, with a trace of murderous aura flowing in his heart: "I will remember this account for now, and when I rise in the future, I will definitely settle this account with you."

While strolling, Zhang Chen looked at the scenery of the Shen family along the way, and soon arrived at the Shen family ancestral hall.

There were more than a dozen disciples guarding outside the Shen family's ancestral hall. Zhang Chen could not get close, so he could only stand in the pavilion and look through the gaps between the trees at the ancestral hall in the distance, with a hint of surprise in his eyes:
"Something's not right!"

He felt a familiar aura in the Shen family's ancestral hall. That aura was very similar to his own power over death, but also somewhat different.

"That power is not the power of death, but the laws of death are lingering in it, and there is another kind of inexplicable power. That power seems to be born in death, but it transcends death. There is some kind of inexplicable induction between the two, which is really strange." Zhang Chen stood in the pavilion and carefully sensed the extremely obscure power in the Shen Family Ancestral Hall. A hint of caution appeared in his eyes. It was the first time he came into contact with such a peculiar power attribute.

(End of this chapter)