I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 594 Burned

How terrifying would it be to be able to ask the gods to risk the punishment from heaven and the destruction of their souls in order to break the calamity of the six realms of reincarnation?
Zhang Chen didn’t dare to think about it!
The gods fell, their true nature was lost, and turned into all kinds of treasures. What a horrible fate this is!

“It’s a pity that even if this being dismantled the six paths of reincarnation, he still couldn’t survive the catastrophe. If he had survived the catastrophe, the human reincarnation would not appear here.” Zhang Chen put away the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel and sighed softly.

He suddenly felt lost. All things were destroyed in the catastrophe, and the legendary ancient gods also fell one after another. What about himself? What should he do in the future?
Is the great change in the world over?
Will the situation between heaven and earth become worse in the future?

Looking at the fragments of ghosts between heaven and earth, and then looking at the laws of heaven and earth that had become somewhat sluggish, as if they were stuck, Zhang Chen's eyes revealed a hint of worry.

According to his deduction, it is likely that there will be great changes in the world in the future.

The great changes in the world are definitely not over yet.

The Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel turned into a stream of light, penetrated into Zhang Chen's soul, and circled in Zhang Chen's sea of ​​consciousness. An inexplicable force flowed, suppressing the power of the sea of ​​consciousness.

Zhang Chen scanned the ground but didn't find any experience points dropped. He looked thoughtful, "Perhaps it's because the Human Reincarnation is too unique. The Human Reincarnation doesn't exist in the form of treasures or gods, but in the form of laws and order... But that's not right. Why would there be skill drops?"

Zhang Chen couldn't understand why there were skills dropped in Six Paths of Reincarnation but no experience points dropped.

But now is not the time to think so much. Zhang Chen saw that he had gained the advantage, so he turned around and came behind Zhang Gaoqiu, pulled off the barrier on Zhang Gaoqiu's eyes, and the next moment he used the escape technique to slip away.

When Zhang Chen returned to the yard, the immobilizing talisman in his hand returned and turned into a golden light that penetrated into his body.

At this time, his own Lixiang Garden was relatively safe because he had deliberately controlled it. The sparks from the sun's embers did not fall near the Lixiang Garden. So even though the Shen family was engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, it did not affect the small courtyard.

At this time, Cheng Yu and others had already appeared in the yard. Looking at the flames rising into the sky from the Shen family, there was a hint of worry in their eyes.

"Big brother!"

Seeing Zhang Chen walk out of the shadows, Zhang Taowei rushed over and said anxiously, "The Shen family is on fire and the fire is still spreading. What should we do now?"

"Don't worry, the fire won't start. The Shen family's bloodline is naturally able to control water flows, otherwise they wouldn't be able to control the world's water transport. Although the fire is fierce, it's just rootless duckweed. As long as it is isolated and there are no burnable items, it will naturally go out." Zhang Chen said.

At this moment, a god from the Shen family was suspended in the air, with a hundred-foot-long water dragon dancing around him, constantly suppressing the overwhelming fire.

The flames caused by the embers of the sun are not the real fire of the sun after all. Faced with the water flow drawn by the Shen family, the fire was gradually suppressed.

The urgent voice of the ninth-order god of the Shen family spread throughout the mansion: "Everyone be careful, this flame is definitely not an ordinary flame, its power has reached at least the ninth order. Once caught by the flame, even a ninth-order god would have been burned. All gods, join me in suppressing this strange fire temporarily and wait for the ancestor to return and put out the flame. We are not strong enough, so we can only temporarily curb the spread of the fire. If we want to put out the fire, the ancestor must take action personally."

Following an order from the ninth-rank god of the Shen family, rays of divine light rose from the Shen family's mansion, controlling streams of water to suppress the fire.

"Five ninth-rank gods and seven eighth-rank gods. The Shen family is indeed a powerful force that controls 70% of the world's water transport. This foundation is truly astonishing." Zhang Chen looked at the rising auras and counted the masters of the Shen family carefully.

"You are wrong! Extremely wrong! This is only a part of the Shen family's strength. The Shen family controls 70% of the world's water transport. The strength is beyond your imagination. What you see is definitely not all the strength of the Shen family. Think about it, can a force that can monopolize 70% of the world's water transport be a simple force? Those rats in Taiping Dao can cultivate so many masters. The Shen family may not be worse than Huangtian Dao. Even if it is not as good, it will not be too far behind." Cheng Yu's eyes flashed with amazing wisdom, and he refuted Zhang Chen's words.

"The Shen family actually has such strength?" Zhang Chen couldn't believe it.

But think about the Shen family controlling 70% of the world's water transport. It's like if there is a company in the 21st century that can monopolize 70% of the business in a certain industry in a certain country, what a terrifying giant it would be? What kind of terrifying influence would it have?
So after hearing Cheng Yu's words, Zhang Chen felt that what the other party said made some sense. He actually fell silent at this time, with a cautious look in his eyes: "I'd better continue to live. The waters in this world are too complicated, especially since the Great Way of the Gods was passed down..."

"By the way, have you noticed that the flame looks familiar?" Zhang Fei, who was standing aside, looked at the blazing golden flame in the dark night, and felt as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Brother, is that flame somewhat similar to the flame in your small stove?" Zhang Fei seemed to remember something and turned around to ask.

Zhang Chen's eyelids twitched, and he made up his mind that he would never use the Solar Charcoal Fire in front of the Shen family again. Even Zhang Fei could see some clues. If this was seen by the cultivators of the Shen family, wouldn't it be a big trouble?

No one is stupid.

Facing Zhang Fei's question, Zhang Chen directly rejected it three times: "I don't know! You are mistaken! It doesn't look like it at all!"

Zhang also slapped Zhang Fei on the back and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Don't talk nonsense. If you cause any trouble, we will all suffer with you." The family was watching the fireworks in the yard in an orderly manner. As the tenth-level god of the Shen family returned, a stream of black water was seen falling from the void, extinguishing the blazing flames.

However, most of the Shen family's residence had been reduced to ruins, with clouds of smoke rising up, filling the entire Shen family's residence with smoke.

"Everyone gather here and count the casualties!"

"Quickly gather the clan members and investigate the population losses." Wang Xifeng stepped forward at this time and ordered the maids and servants to start checking the population.

Following Wang Xifeng's order, Zhang Chen and his family also walked out of Lixiang Garden.

At this moment, Zhang Chen saw Zhang Gaoqiu and Shen Ling hugging each other in the flickering firelight, their eyes filled with fear after the separation of life and death. Shen Ling stroked Zhang Gaoqiu's face with concern: "Brother, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Are you okay?" Zhang Gaoqiu stroked Shen Ling's clothes up and down, checking whether Shen Ling had any burns on her body.

Zhang Chen glanced at the two of them coldly from a distance without paying much attention to them. After he took back the immobilization talisman, Zhang Gaoqiu also rushed out of the ancestral temple.

However, as Zhang Gaoqiu was the last person to rush out of the ancestral temple, it would be impossible for the other party to take away the blame easily.

Soon, the chief steward Lai Changrong reported back, "Madam, no one was burned to death, not even injured. It's just that the flames were too fierce, and many antique porcelains, calligraphy and paintings were all burned to ashes. Even the gold and silver were burned into water and seeped into the soil. They need to be dug out and smelted again. The loss this time is too great. Those antique calligraphy and paintings alone are probably worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver."

Wang Xifeng's face turned pale when she heard this, and she took a breath of cold air: "I'm afraid that 60% to 70% of the Shen family's wealth has been burned."

The gold and silver hoarded by wealthy families only account for a small portion of the total, while the majority of the hoarded items are antiques, which are the least prohibited from being burned.

Antiques are the treasures that become more and more valuable with the passage of time, and are even more valuable than gold.

Especially in the Shen family's old nest, there were various antiques collected by the Shen family's ancestors for millions of years. This fire simply burned the Shen family's main artery.

At this time, the Shen family was in a commotion, everyone was busy with the aftermath, and some were discussing the cause of the fire.

Zhang Chen stood at the gate of the courtyard, listening to the discussions outside, and suddenly felt a little reluctant: "Did I go too far?"

He had never expected that a fire would burn down 60 to 70 percent of the Shen family's assets.

At this time, Wang Xifeng directed the servants of the Shen family to clean up the mess: "Come here, quickly clean up the ruins, dig out the smelted gold and silver for me, and then send people to smelt it again. See if there are any calligraphy and paintings that have not been burned, and sort them out quickly."

"Also, does anyone know the cause of the fire?" Wang Xifeng asked while standing in the crowd.

After hearing what Wang Xifeng said, a servant stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Grandma, I saw a spark rising into the sky while I was in the yard. Then the spark suddenly exploded and splashed in all directions in the air. The sparks fell to the ground and turned directly into a blazing flame. The grass and trees that encountered the sparks were immediately ignited."

As the servant spoke, a large number of servants came forward to support their testimony.

"Mars?" At this time, the old lady of the Shen family was supported by the maid and stood up, with a murderous look in her eyes: "How could Mars suddenly rise into the sky? Does anyone know where the Mars came from?"

"It seems to be flying from the direction of the ancestral temple..." a servant said.

Hearing this, the tenth-order and ninth-order ancestors were all moved, and a bad premonition arose in their minds: "Could it be that they have fallen into a trap to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"

Otherwise, why would it be such a coincidence that at the critical moment, someone led away his own tenth-level ancestor? And after the ancestor left, this Mars suddenly rose?
A group of people rushed into the ancestral hall and saw that it was empty and there was no trace of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"Oh no, they really came for my Shen family's secret treasure! This thief really deserves to die!" The Shen family's tenth-level god was furious: "Who was the last one to leave the ancestral temple?"

As he finished speaking, everyone's eyes moved around, looking at each other, and finally fell on Zhang Gaoqiu.

(End of this chapter)