I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 589: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain (Additional chapter for the leader Bamboo Leaf Seeds)

The old village chief Liu Ji cannot be considered a strong man, so if you ask him to delay a tenth-level strong man, he will definitely not be willing to do it.

"Boy, you ask me to provoke a tenth-level strongman. Isn't that asking me to die? How can I have the ability to stroke the tiger's whiskers of a tenth-level strongman?" The old village chief complained, his voice full of helplessness.

Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing this. The other party's reaction was within his expectations.

"I have a mantra for absolute defense!" Zhang Chen looked at Liu Ji with a smile.

Although the other party had gained the recognition of the Ten Directions Defense as its master, he was still a long way from refining the Ten Directions Defense and completely mastering it. Zhang Chen believed that the conditions he proposed were something the other party could not refuse.

Nowadays, all the cultivators in the world who master mysterious methods rely on their lives, and have a parasitic relationship with mysterious treasures. The relationship between the two is a parasitic relationship. Mortals use their own lives as a price to drive the treasures they obtain. The mysterious treasures absorb the lifespan of living beings as "interest", providing them with incredible power.

Note that this requires providing vitality as a price!
Whether it is the three great mysteries of Dasheng Zhenguo mentioned above, or ordinary mysteries, they all require the price of life.

The formula is the key to correctly control the secret treasure. As long as you master the formula, you can avoid the backlash brought by the treasure and be exempted from any cost.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Chen's words, Liu Ji's pupils shrank rapidly, and there was a hint of disbelief in his eyes: "What did you say?"

"I said I have the formula to control absolute defense!" Zhang Chen said with a smile, "As long as you are willing to help me lure out the tenth-level spirit of the Shen family and hold the other party back for a quarter of an hour, I will teach you the formula of absolute defense. It's not impossible to teach you part of the formula first as a deposit!"

Given the current relationship between Zhang Chen and Liu Ji, he couldn't bring himself to take away Liu Ji's Ten Direction Defense. It would be better for him to directly use the mantra to exchange for benefits.

Whoever masters the mantra will have the control over the treasure. Zhang Chen passing the mantra to Liu Ji does not mean that Zhang Chen loses the control over the treasure.

When both sides have mastered the mantra, Zhang Chen has mastered the innate power, which is a great tonic for the treasure. How can he not be able to compete with Liu Ji?

Especially now that he is using Tongtian Jianmu as the object of his soul's sustenance, there is innate energy gathered in his soul, which is an indescribable temptation for ordinary treasures.

Therefore, Zhang Chen was confident that even if he and Liu Ji fell out in the future because of their different camps, he had the means to take away Liu Ji's protective treasure.

"Do you really have the control formula of the Ten Direction Defense? How did you get it?" Liu Ji stared at Zhang Chen with his eyes full of disbelief.

Zhang Chen smiled lightly upon hearing this, and answered the question irrelevantly: "Will you do this business or not?"

"You know that I have mastered absolute defense, so you should know that I can't refuse at all." Liu Ji smiled bitterly.

Ten Direction Defense was his trump card, and only he knew it. He did not ask Zhang Chen how he could detect that he had Ten Direction Defense. Since the opponent had the mantra for controlling Ten Direction Defense, it was not difficult for him to detect the secret treasure he had hidden.

"How do we trade?" Liu Ji asked.

"I can teach you some of the mantras first. After you finish your work, I will teach you the complete control mantras." Zhang Chen said.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Liu Ji's mouth curled up bitterly: "You really want to kill me by competing with a tenth-level strongman."

"You have the Ten Direction Defense, and even a Level 10 warrior can't do anything to you. Why are you so sad?" Zhang Chen said with a smile, "If I were to say, you should be happy. You will have the mantra to control the Ten Direction Defense in the future, and your life will no longer be sucked away by the treasure. This solves your biggest worry. Isn't this worth being happy about?"

Liu Ji glanced at Zhang Chen, but he couldn't be happy.

"First, teach me some of the secrets and how to distinguish the true from the false." Liu Ji said.

Zhang Chen didn't say anything more after hearing this. He directly taught Liu Ji some of the formulas of the Ten Directions Defense. Then he saw Liu Ji immersed in the formulas. After a cup of tea, he let out a long sigh and said, "What a wonderful formula."

Then he raised his head and looked at Zhang Chen: "I will take action in three days to lure away the tenth-level god of the Shen family. You should pay attention to seize the opportunity."

At this point, the two of them had reached an agreement on the deal. Liu Ji looked at Zhang Chen with a hint of curiosity: "Why are you trying to offend the Shen family? Do you have a grudge against the Shen family?"

Zhang Chen shook his head upon hearing this: "I have no grudge against the Shen family. I just want to take back what belongs to me."

"You should be careful. The Shen family is not simple. Don't be careless!" Liu Ji said carefully, "Huang Tiandao wants to take action against the Shen family. The waiting time will not be too long. If you really want to do something, you might as well wait until Huang Tiandao takes action against Jinling City and take advantage of the chaos."

It has to be said that Liu Ji was really good to Zhang Chen. Both of them were fellow villagers from the same village. In ancient times, the friendship between fellow villagers was one of the closest relationships.

For example, in scientific expeditions, people from the same hometown or the same year are natural allies.

"Of course I have thought about the opportunity you mentioned, but once the Huang Tiandao masters take action against the Shen family, I am afraid that the Shen family will fall and I will have no chance to take action." Zhang Chen said.

How could he not know that he could take advantage of the situation when Huang Tiandao and other major forces were disrupting Jinling City?

But at that time, Huang Tiandao's masters attacked Jinling City and the Shen family. Did he still have a chance to take action?
Therefore, he had to take away what belonged to him from the Shen family before all the other powers did. Zhang Chen was a smart man, and smart people would always consider everything in advance.

Huang Tiandao is a powerful force, and the Shen family is also a powerful force. Once the two sides start fighting, it will cause a lot of trouble and many masters will attack the Shen family. It will not be easy for him to take advantage of the chaos.

Seeing that Zhang Chen had made up his mind and refused to change it, Liu Bang could only make a bitter face and disappear in the vast crowd.

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Bang's back and couldn't help but shook his head. For Liu Ji, even if he had the Ten Direction Defense, it was not an easy task to resist a tenth-level god.

"If you want to get something, you have to pay for it. How can you get it without paying?" Zhang Chen returned to the Shen family with a smile on his face. His goal this time was achieved.

"I wonder what treasure my mother left me? This treasure must be related to all my family affairs." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Zhang Chen returned to the Shen family home. As soon as he reached the door, he saw his eldest cousin Zhang Gaoqiu standing in front of the door and waving at him: "Zhang Chen, come this way!"

Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw Zhang Gaoqiu, then walked over and asked, "What do you want me to do, cousin?"

"I'll treat you to a drink when you're free." Zhang Gaoqiu walked forward with a smile and put his arm around Zhang Chen's shoulders, with a hint of eagerness in his expression.

If he wanted to plot against Zhang Chen without leaving any trace, he had to get closer to Zhang Chen first, so that his attack would not leave any trace.

Zhang Chen smiled shyly when he heard that, and looked at Zhang Gaoqiu with an embarrassed look.

"What's wrong? Did I encounter any difficulties?" Zhang Gaoqiu looked at Zhang Chen in surprise.

Zhang Chen lowered his head and sighed: "I have spent all my money. Now I need a lot of money to buy medicinal materials and practice martial arts. How can I have the energy to drink?"

Zhang Gaoqiu's face jumped when he heard this. He had given this kid 10,000 taels of silver before. How could he spend all this money? It's only been a few days?
"What did you do with so much money?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.

"It's lost!" Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Gaoqiu eagerly, "I don't know where I left it when I went out just now."

Zhang Gaoqiu looked Zhang Chen up and down when he heard this, and cursed in his heart: "Useless trash!"

It was only 10,000 taels of silver. Although it was not a small amount for Zhang Gaoqiu, it was definitely not much either. So he generously took out a 10,000 tael silver note from his bag and handed it over: "It's only 10,000 taels of silver note. If it's lost, it's lost. You can use this 10,000 taels of silver note."

Zhang Gaoqiu acted very generously. Seeing this, Zhang Chen accepted the banknote with a smile, and then asked, "Where do you want to take me for a drink, big brother?"

"I got a jar of good wine the day before yesterday. Let's go to my place and have a drink. I know there are misunderstandings between you and your cousin. I have also invited your cousin. I will be the middleman and clear up all the misunderstandings." Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of sincerity: "Don't worry. We are brothers. I will never do anything that would ruin a marriage or be worse than an animal."

Zhang Chen seemed unaware of the other party's plan, so he followed Zhang Gaoqiu to his guest room. At this time, a servant had already prepared the meal, and six exquisite dishes and a soup were placed on the table.

Zhang Chen came to the table and sat down. Zhang Gaoqiu opened a jar of fine wine that was hundreds of years old. As the jar was opened, the aroma of the wine wafted out. Zhang Chen took a sip and found it was indeed a rare fine wine.

"Good brother, try my wine." Zhang Gaoqiu said.

Zhang Chen picked up the wine cup and was about to taste it when he suddenly heard the servant outside the door report: "Master, the eldest lady is here."

"Please ask her to come in quickly." Zhang Gaoqiu said quickly after hearing this.

A moment later, Shen Ling, dressed in red, walked into the living room like a flame. When she saw Zhang Chen, she snorted coldly: "Zhang Gaoqiu, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to humiliate me?"

After Shen Ling finished speaking, she turned around angrily and was about to leave.

Zhang Chen looked at Shen Ling. The other party's anger was fake, but his disgust for him was real.

Zhang Gaoqiu heard this and immediately called out, "Cousin, wait a minute. I have something to tell you."

Shen Ling paused, pointed at Zhang Chen and said, "It's either him or me, it's either me or him! I never sit at the same table with a toad."

There was no anger on Zhang Chen's face. Instead, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth as he watched Shen Ling's performance quietly.

Shen Ling became even angrier when she saw Zhang Chen's smile: "It seems that you are not only a toad, but also a shameless toad."

PS: Extra update for the leader 'Bamboo Leaf Seed Crisp', the fourth update.

(End of this chapter)