I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 611 Mysterious Pavilion
Zhang Chen is a magnanimous man, he would certainly not make things difficult for a mere servant!
The group said goodbye and left. The three children left in a carriage, while Zhang Chen used the art of escape to disappear on the spot. He was going to keep an eye on the city of Jinling and prepare to find someone from the Salt Gang to use as a puppet.

"Or how about using Lai San as a puppet? But the Shen family is too powerful, and Lai San is the nephew of the chief steward Lai Changrong. Once Lai San disappears, it will cause quite a stir." Zhang Chen thought about it and rejected the idea.

However, once a person is possessed by the Blood God, after the Blood God leaves, the other person's soul will turn into a piece of human skin, and will completely disappear between heaven and earth.

Zhang Chen walked all the way to the outside of Liu Ji's house and looked at the gate of Liu Ji. He used the invisibility technique to sit openly opposite the gate: "It would be a waste of time to just follow him like this. I need to alert the enemy first."

As Zhang Chen thought about it, Lai San's Blood God Son was taken back.

Shen family
In front of the gate, Lai San was welcoming and seeing off guests, chatting with them. Suddenly, at a certain moment, a red light flashed in Lai San's eyes, and then he turned into a piece of human skin and fell to the ground, immediately causing chaos in the entire Shen family.

Although Lai San was a servant, he was a member of the Shen family. Now he died in front of the Shen family's gate for no reason. The Shen family must find out the reason. Killing Lai San in front of the Shen family's gate is a provocation to the Shen family.

The Shen family quickly put the entire city on alert, searching for the murderer in secret. For a time, there was panic in Jinling City, and all major forces were in a state of panic. Huang Tiandao and other forces could no longer sit still, and began to retract their tentacles and secretly gather information.

Zhang Chen didn't have to wait long before he saw a middle-aged man with an ordinary face hurried over. He knocked on the door in a certain pattern, and then the door opened and Liu Ji let him in.

Not long after, the figure left. Zhang Chen used the invisibility technique to follow him. Not long after, he found the Huang Tiandao's lair. Then he found out the Salt Gang's whereabouts. A Drop of Blood God flew out, and on the second day, there was an old servant wearing a mask in Zhang Chen's mansion.

Although Chongzheng Academy would not open for another three days, the three little ones had already gone to Chongzheng Academy every day to study with Zhou Qiucheng and learn about classic culture.

Zhang Chen was also wandering around Chongzheng Academy, sensing the location of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Zhang Chen has the Six Paths of Reincarnation in his hands, as well as the Human Path of Reincarnation in his body, so he naturally has some sense for the reincarnation components in the dark.

Zhang Chen walked all the way in the academy. At that time, the academy had not yet started, and only the teachers were preparing for the start of school. Zhang Chen walked all the way to the back mountain of the academy, and saw a waterfall. Under the waterfall was a hundred-foot cold pond, and next to the cold pond was a nine-story pavilion.

The pavilion was very large, no smaller than the Leifeng Pagoda of later generations.

That pavilion is not an ordinary object. The whole pavilion exudes a mysterious atmosphere. The whole pavilion is made of a mysterious thing.

"The material of that pavilion is somewhat special. It seems like it is carved from jade? But if you take a closer look, it doesn't look like it. It seems to be made of flesh and blood." Zhang Chen looked at the pavilion from a distance, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

He could feel that the material of the pavilion was very strange, similar to the flesh and blood of living creatures.

The most important thing is that the pavilion actually absorbs the essence of the sun in the sky.

The animal realm that was resonating with him was in that pavilion.

When Zhang Chen was thinking about whether he should use his escape technique to sneak in, he was stopped by the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon: "The material of the pavilion is strange and not among the five elements. Your escape technique can't enter it at all. If you accidentally trigger the restrictions of the ancient building, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of the academy."

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen was surprised when he heard this: "Material that is not in the Five Elements?"

"The aura flowing through that building is at least of the eleventh level. It has a strong suppressive force. Even if a tenth-level expert accidentally touches the restriction, he will be suppressed. I advise you not to take the risk." The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon said, "And this ancient building is very strange. It seems to be a broken treasure and it is not complete. In my instinct, it seems that I am afraid of this pagoda and I want to stay away from it immediately."

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank when he heard that. It was rare to find something that could make the Great Freedom Demon afraid.

Zhang Chen looked at the pavilion intently and saw that the essence of the sun between heaven and earth was absorbed by the pavilion, but there was nothing unusual about the pavilion. It looked like an ordinary treasure, which was surprising.

It’s a pity that Zhang Chen was too far away from the pavilion and could not see its aura clearly, nor could he test the details of the pavilion.

Just as Zhang Chen was wondering why a mysterious pavilion appeared in the backyard of Chongzheng Academy, he saw Zhou Zhen approaching from a distance. His voice came over before he even arrived:
"That pavilion is very mysterious. It suddenly appeared here a century after the founding of the Great Victory Dynasty. The Great Zhou Dynasty sent countless strong men to explore it, but they all returned empty-handed. Later, in order to protect this pavilion, the court rebuilt Chongzheng Academy, hoping to use the noble spirit of the scholars to temper it, so as to prevent it from erupting and endangering the people. Later, after the exploration of successive generations, Chongzheng Academy has mastered some rules of the pavilion in front of it, and can use some of its means to turn it into its own use. This pavilion has the function of suppression, and the Great Zhou Dynasty sent some evil spirits and strange things that were difficult to kill into this pavilion to suppress them. However, as more and more evil spirits were sent into the pavilion, the power of the pavilion became stronger and stronger. The fact that Chongzheng Academy was selected as one of the branches of the academy is also closely related to the pavilion in front of it. The pavilion in front of it was originally one of the difficult mysteries of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Great Zhou Dynasty opened the inner courtyard in Chongzheng Academy to study the pavilion and some extremely difficult mysteries."

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Zhou Zhen. Zhou Zhen said, "That pavilion has an extremely powerful suppressive force. No matter how powerful you are, once you enter the pavilion, you will be suppressed. And my father's great way is 'fairness and impartiality', and his morality is somewhat consistent with the pavilion in front of us. He is the only person in the entire Confucian school who can face the pavilion and stick to his original intention, and can even borrow some of the pavilion's power."

"Before my father, this pavilion was just a prison for the Great Victory Dynasty. All the stubborn and indestructible evil spirits were imprisoned in the pavilion. It was only in recent years, as my father's intuition and understanding of the pavilion deepened, that the pavilion gradually came into use for our Great Zhou." Zhou Zhen explained to Zhang Chen: "And the reason why my father became the dean of Jinling Chongzheng Academy was because he could influence this pavilion."

Zhang Chen was thoughtful after hearing this: "So that's how it is."

"If you want to join the inner courtyard and comprehend the mysterious power, you can do it in this pavilion. This pavilion is where the classroom of the mysterious inner courtyard is located. The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty established the inner courtyard of Jinling Academy and invited the elites who mastered the mysteries in the world to comprehend the mysteries inherited from ancient times. He also wanted to crack more rules of this pavilion." Zhou Zhen said.

Zhang Chen thought thoughtfully: "Is there any danger in this building?"

“The biggest danger is that all the mysteries that enter it will be transformed into mortals, and all the divine powers will be suppressed by the pavilion.” Zhou Zhen said.

Zhang Chen looked at the pavilion in front of him in silence, wondering if he could develop some skills based on the pavilion.

If I can develop skills with the same origin as this pavilion, I wonder if I can master this pavilion.

"My spirit was severely damaged before because when I was exploring the laws of this pavilion, I was attacked by the laws of this pavilion and lost a lot of my spirit. If it weren't for the ginseng, I would have died." Zhou Zhen said to Zhang Chen.

"Can I come closer and take a look?" Zhang Chen asked.

Zhou Zhen shook his head after hearing this: "That pavilion has the power to absorb things. Without my father's support, as long as we get a hundred feet close to the pagoda, we will be absorbed by the pagoda and sealed inside."

"Is there such a saying?" Zhang Chen looked curious.

"Once school starts and the inner courtyard selection is completed, you will naturally have the opportunity to enter the pagoda. There is no need to rush." ​​Zhou Zhen said with a smile.

Zhang Chen nodded when he heard this. Faced with a pagoda of unknown depth, he did not dare to test it casually.

As for why Zhou Qiucheng had a connection with the pagoda and mastered some of its power, Zhang Chen never asked, because this was a secret between the Zhou family and his son, so how could Zhang Chen dare to test it?

The two chatted about the pagoda for a while, and then Zhou Zhen accompanied Zhang Chen for a stroll in the academy.

After returning home, Zhang Chen sat in the study, summoned the Great Freedom Demon, and asked, "What do you know about the pagoda?"

"I don't remember. I just vaguely remember that the pagoda was very scary. As for the rest, I am not sure." said the Great Freedom Demon.

Zhang Chen glanced at the Great Freedom Demon after hearing this, and began to think in his heart: "I have the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, the Mysterious Pill Furnace, the Ascension Pool, and the Five-Colored Divine Light to protect my body. Even though the pavilion is an eleventh-level treasure, it may not be able to suppress me."

But he did not take any risks. After all, it was an eleventh-level mystery and anything could happen.

It would be better to wait for the inner courtyard to be opened, and then follow Zhou Qiucheng in to take a walk around, and get a general understanding of the situation before taking action.

"That pavilion is not simple." Zhang Chen didn't want to act rashly.

Time passed quickly, and three days went by in a flash. On the third day, when Chongzheng Academy opened for school, the three children got on the carriage and headed towards the academy. Zhang Chen used his escape technique and when he reappeared, he was already in front of the academy's gate.

Although he had been chosen by the dean, he still had to register today and then be assigned to a class, among other things.

When Zhang Chen arrived in front of the gate, it was already full of people, with about five or six hundred figures wandering around in front of the gate.

"Is Chongzheng Academy recruiting so many disciples?" Zhang Chen looked at the five or six hundred young people in luxurious clothes with a look of surprise in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)