I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 605 I'm Afraid He Misunderstands!

"When a whale dies, all things come to life!" When Zhang Chen heard the other party's words, this thought suddenly emerged in his mind.

The Shen family is a wealthy and powerful family. If the Shen family falls, countless forces will take over the Shen family's assets and then take advantage of the opportunity to rise up and become a giant.

"Aren't you afraid that I will go to the Shen family to inform on you? After all, those people in the Shen family are my relatives after all." Zhang Chen looked at Liu Ji and asked.

"Do you think the Shen family didn't notice something was wrong? If the Shen family reacted so slowly, they wouldn't be worthy of occupying 70% of the world's water transport. But even if the Shen family has noticed something was wrong and secretly started to plan a response, what can they do? To defeat the Shen family and swallow up the Shen family's property, it is not a simple calculation, but hard power." Liu Ji smiled and replied: "Even the officials in the court, I don't know how many people secretly covet the Shen family's property."

"If in the past, the Shen family occupied 70% of the world's water transportation, it would be fine. But now the incense can be used to deify the gods. 70% of the world's water transportation is enough to cultivate an eleventh-level god. What virtue does the Shen family have to enjoy this fortune? Even the kings who have won the great victory in the court are jealous of 70% of the world's water transportation, and are one of the dark forces that destroyed the Shen family. Otherwise, do you really think that I, Huang Tiandao, dare to take action against the Shen family so openly?" Liu Ji said it lightly, but Zhang Chen's pupils shrank when he heard it. The water here is too complicated, and the Shen family can't control it.

“Think about it, with 10% of the world’s water transport, one twelfth-order god can be created. And with 70% of the water transport, an eleventh-order god can be created. But if these 70% of the water transport are divided, how many tenth-order gods can be created? How many ninth-order powerhouses? The interests here are too great. Although the Shen family can be regarded as a local overlord, it is still one level behind the eight major families in Kyoto. The Shen family cannot keep such a great fortune.” Liu Ji’s voice was full of emotion.

Zhang Chen remained silent upon hearing this. He now felt that the Shen family was a powder keg and the farther he stayed away from the Shen family, the better.

Especially since I have younger brothers and sisters, I must not get involved in such muddy water.

Zhang Chen bid farewell to Liu Ji with a heavy heart. After using the escape technique to return to the Shen family, he thought about the future situation of the Shen family, then stood up and walked towards Jiang Nan's residence.

Jiang Nan has done me a favor, so it is only right that I should tell her the news, and then ask her to make preparations in advance and jump out of the Shen family's fire pit as soon as possible.

When Zhang Chen arrived at Jiang Nan's residence, he happened to run into Shen Qiu again.

"Boy, why are you coming here like a dog-skin plaster? Don't you remember what I told you before?" Shen Qiu blocked Zhang Chen's way and questioned him.

Zhang Chen looked at Shen Qiu coldly. He was too lazy to talk to a dead man whose family was about to be destroyed. So he turned around and was about to bypass Shen Qiu, but was stopped by Shen Qiu. Shen Qiu looked at Zhang Chen coldly and said, "Boy, you'd better know your place. Otherwise, it will be no more difficult for me to crush you to death than to crush an ant. You still have brothers and sisters. Before you do anything, you'd better consider your brothers and sisters."

"Huh?" Hearing the other party threatening his younger brother and sister, Zhang Chen's eyes changed and a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

"What are you looking at? You look so fierce! Bastard!" Shen Qiu snorted coldly and pushed Zhang Chen away with disdain: "You are a bastard who relies on my Shen family for parasitism. You don't know your own identity and status. Some things are not for you to covet. Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror to see what you are."

After Shen Qiu finished speaking, he left in a haughty manner. Zhang Chen stared at Shen Qiu's back for a long time without saying anything. After a long while, he looked away and said, "It's not worth it to bother with a dead person."

Zhang Chen walked into Jiang Nan's yard, and led by Mi Gao, he walked along the corridor and saw Jiang Nan sitting on the waterside pavilion, staring at the goldfish in the water in a daze.

"Little cousin." Zhang Chen walked forward and said.

"Why are you here?" Jiang Nan turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen.

"I want to move out of the Shen family. Although the Shen family is good, it is full of gossip. After all, it is a place of gossip. My little cousin is also an outsider. Are you willing to live next door to me? We can be companions and take care of each other." Zhang Chen asked.

Jiang Nan was slightly startled when she heard this. After a moment's hesitation, she looked at Zhang Chen with a complicated look. She did not answer Zhang Chen's words, but instead started to talk about something irrelevant: "My cousin Shen Qiu and I have already formed a deep friendship on the way south. It won't be long before we get engaged. So, we have no chance. Don't think too much about it. Let's always be a normal pair of siblings."

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Jiang Nan in astonishment: "You actually fell in love with Shen Qiu? Are you going to get engaged to Shen Qiu?"

Jiang Nan uttered one word: "Yes."

Zhang Chen's mind flickered when he heard this, and he finally suppressed the information about Huang Tiandao. If he told Jiang Nan, and Jiang Nan told Shen Qiu, then the Shen family would ask how he knew the information, and he would be in trouble. He just wanted to live quietly and didn't want to put his family in trouble.

No trouble whatsoever!
So Zhang Chen just hinted: "I'm afraid Shen Qiu is not a good match."

"Little brother, you should be open and honest. It's not good to say bad things about others behind their backs." Jiang Nan heard Zhang Chen say bad things about Shen Qiu, and his voice became serious: "If you don't have anything to do, leave! You have stayed here for too long, so people won't gossip about you."

Zhang Chen was speechless after hearing this. After taking a long breath, he turned around and left without saying anything more.

"Wait." Looking at Zhang Chen's back, Jiang Nan shouted.

Zhang Chen paused, turned his head and looked at Jiang Nan, a hint of joy in his eyes: "Did my cousin change her mind?" "I just want to tell you that in the future, don't come here unless you have something to do. It's not good for you and I to be alone together, so we should avoid suspicion. Besides, I'm afraid Shen Qiu will be unhappy when he finds out, and I'm afraid he will be jealous." Jiang Nan said to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen felt as if he had been stabbed by a sword inexplicably when he heard this. His breath was blocked in his chest. He looked at Jiang Nan deeply and said, "Take care, cousin."

"Also... I hope that if you meet me in the future, just treat me as a stranger. We don't have to talk or communicate." Jiang Nan gave Zhang Chen another sword.

"Okay! When we meet in the future, it will be like the end of the road."

Zhang Chen said something, then turned around and disappeared from Jiang Nan's sight.

Looking at Zhang Chen's receding back, Jiang Nan breathed a sigh of relief: "He and I have always had a shady relationship, and now we must avoid suspicion and must not have any connection, lest others find out, and then we will be in even greater trouble."

If she and Zhang Chen had nothing innocent and had a clear conscience, she would certainly not do this. It was precisely because there was nothing innocent between the two that she wanted to cut off all ties with them.

"I owe Jiang Nan a favor, so I must hurry up and find a way to repay it. After all, favors are the hardest to repay." Zhang Chen walked on the small path of the Shen family, thinking all kinds of thoughts. Favors are favors, friendships are friendships, and he owed Jiang Nan a favor, so he must find a way to repay it.

Back in their own yard, the three little ones were sitting cross-legged in meditation, and Zhang was standing in the yard exercising her muscles. After suffering humiliation a few days ago, the family finally realized the importance of strength, and they all worked hard to practice, not willing to waste even a moment of time.

Zhang Chen walked all the way to the patio, looking at the blue sky, with an inexplicable thought in his eyes: "I never thought that I, Zhang Chen, would be looked down upon like this one day."

Soon Zhang Chen calmed down, stood in the yard and began to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, striving to comprehend higher-level magical powers and realms as soon as possible.

When one’s cultivation reaches Zhang Chen’s level, one must temper the body, turn it into jade bones, and then survive the three disasters.

However, without the skills left by the predecessors, it would be very difficult for Zhang Chen to make such rapid progress relying only on his own comprehension and exploration.

Having reached Zhang Chen’s current realm, it is not that he cannot continue to practice without a method, but it is too difficult for him to comprehend on his own. The most important thing is that how can the accumulation and summary of generations of predecessors be inferior to Zhang Chen’s own comprehension?

This is like the law of universal gravitation. Before Newton discovered gravity, it would have required countless people to comprehend and explore it. But after Newton's understanding, later generations only needed to learn it directly. The difficulty for both sides can be imagined.

"My comprehension is too slow, so I should try to find the next step on the path to immortality." Zhang Chen said to himself, "It would be best if I could find the second half of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art. I don't know where the big black dog has fallen."

Soon Zhang Chen felt exhausted and he meditated again to recover.

Time passed quickly, and three days passed in a flash. During these three days, Zhang Chen went out for a stroll during the day, inquired about various news about Chongzheng Academy, and practiced in seclusion at night to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. He lived a peaceful life.

On the morning of the third day, Zhang Chen used his escaping skills to arrive at Liu Ji's yard, where he saw Liu Ji sitting cross-legged and sharpening his sword. When he saw Zhang Chen, he waved the sword in his hand and said, "Boy, take a look at my sword."

Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw the sword in Liu Ji's hand, because he felt a familiar aura from the sword.

"The Immortal Killing Sword!"

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

In the past, Patriarch Changsheng fought against Peacock with the Zhuxian Sword. How could he forget the aura of the Zhuxian Sword?
But when Zhang Chen returned to the real world, he didn't know where the Zhu Xian Sword ended up. Especially when he didn't see the Zhu Xian Sword at the Ascension Pool, Zhang Chen suspected that the Zhu Xian Sword ended up in the hands of the Xiantian Peacock.

The Zhu Xian Sword is related to the clue of the innate peacock, which is very important to Zhang Chen.

In the sunlight, the sword was emitting a venomous aura and flashing a cold light. The temperature in the air seemed to have dropped a bit, and a trace of frost condensed in the yard.

At this moment, the snakes and insects in the yard stopped chirping, and the beasts scattered in fright, all frightened by the murderous intent.

For a moment, the whole courtyard was silent.

(End of this chapter)