I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 627 Sixteen Thousand Paintings
Zhang Xiaohua's voice was full of confidence, and her face showed an expression that showed she was about to get her revenge.

He was very sure that he now had the advantage of time and place, and had absolute advantage, so the guy on the opposite side was doomed.

"I said, this is my home ground. You can't kill him without my permission!" Zhou Qiucheng smiled contemptuously. The next moment, a mysterious aura was seen flowing around him. Three chains flew out from his heart. One sank into Zhang Xiaohua's eyebrows, one fell on Zhang Xiaohua's chest, and another fell on her dantian.

Three chains linked the two people together, locking their energy.

The three chains fixed Zhang Xiaohua's upper, middle and lower dantians respectively. The three dantians represent essence, energy and spirit, which is equivalent to locking up Zhang Xiaohua's essence, energy and spirit.

So Zhang Xiaohua couldn't take any more steps, she just stood there like a puppet, standing there quietly. And Mr. also stood there, the energy in his body gradually disappeared, only his body stood there quietly like a sculpture.

Chai Wenji was watching the two carefully, and after a moment she said, "Mr. has held back Zhang Xiaohua, so you don't have to worry. With this pagoda, Mr. is already invincible. You can continue your studies or leave the pagoda to wait and see, please do as you wish."

As Chai Wenjie finished speaking, the scholars in the pagoda hesitated for a moment, and most of them left in an instant. The entire pagoda suddenly became quiet. For most of the students, they came to the inner courtyard of the academy to seek opportunities, and there was no need to sacrifice themselves for a little opportunity.

Right now the dean is being held back by Zhang Xiaohua, which represents too many uncertainties and changes, so everyone chooses to leave.

Chai Wenji turned her head to look at Zhang Chen, and slowly walked to Zhang Chen: "Are you Zhang Chen? This princess has heard of you."

Facing the princess of the Great Sheng Dynasty, Zhang Chen clasped his hands and bowed: "Greetings, Princess."

The attitude was not very respectful, and could even be said to be perfunctory.

Chai Wenji did not blame Zhang Chen for his impoliteness, but said, "You are quite capable. You actually asked the chief steward to write a letter on your behalf, asking the king to pardon your father's sins. And the Xie family father and daughter also supported you. Even in the academy, there were people who pleaded for you. However, the king thought that it would be difficult to convince the public to pardon you without any merit, so he temporarily delayed the matter. He will only pardon your sins when you have achieved academic success and made great contributions in the future."

Zhang Chen was surprised. He didn't expect that the Xie family father and daughter and the old eunuch Dugu Qiu were really trustworthy people. After arriving in Kyoto, they lobbied everywhere for him.

"You are half-pardoned now. As long as no one reports you for wandering around and reports the matter to the higher-ups, the Human King will turn a blind eye and give you the opportunity to travel around the world to accumulate strength and make great contributions. Now the North has been occupied by the demon clan. If you don't say that you are from the North, no one will dare to take the risk to investigate the demon clan, so do you understand what I mean?" Chai Wen Ji was dressed in green, with a beautiful face and a gentle voice.

"I can be the Zhang Chen in the south, the Zhang Chen in the west, or the Zhang Chen in the east, but I cannot be the Zhang Chen in the north whose territory is occupied by the demons." Zhang Chen is a clever man and he knows what Chai Wenjie means.

"You are a smart man. The Third Prince has put in a lot of effort for you to be pardoned this time. You must never forget the Third Prince's kindness."

"Thank you for your advice, Princess. I will never forget it." Zhang Chen clasped his fists and bowed again, with a grateful expression on his face. But he sneered in his heart: "You are really good at flattering yourself. If it weren't for Dugu Qiu's words, and Mr. Zhong and the Xie family's father and daughter's words, would the Human King be tolerant of me?"

But Zhang Chen was no fool. He could still play the game of hypocrisy and flattery. Not only could he do it, but he also did it very well.

Chai Wenjie was very satisfied with Zhang Chen's attitude. She patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder and said, "Keep working hard. Many people are optimistic about you." Then she left with a disdainful look on her waist.

Looking at Chai Wenjie's receding back, Zhang Chen shook his head secretly. He swept his eyes over everyone in the room and saw Zhang Gaoqiu and Jiang Nan with surprised faces. Then he turned and walked towards the palace, wanting to explore the secrets of the entire palace.

At this moment, some people are looking around the ruler. It is not the best time for you to think about the ruler yourself. It will not be too late to work on the ruler after no one is paying attention.

Zhang Chen walked on the floor of the crystal palace. The floor was spotless and could reflect people's shadows.

Zhang Chen's eyes swept across the crystal floor, and the Yin-Yang grinding wheel in his body kept beating, activating the six paths of reincarnation in his soul and sensing the traces of the animal path in the palace.

As Zhang Chen walked and stopped, he finally stopped in a corner, then looked down at the crystal under his feet, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes: "The sense of human reincarnation is strongest here, which means that the animal realm is nearby, or right under my feet."

"Under my feet?" Zhang Chen lowered his head and looked at the flawless crystal ground. No matter what, he couldn't see anything that could hide the reincarnation of the animal realm.

"Could it be that there is another underground space under this twelve-story exquisite tower?" Zhang Chen stood there thinking.

The Great Freedom Demon came out from the side and said in a faint voice: "Let's say, is there a possibility that the reincarnation of the animal realm is not in the Linglong Tower, but outside the Linglong Tower?" "What do you mean?" Zhang Chen turned his head to look at the Great Freedom Demon.

"The reason why this Linglong Tower appears here is to suppress the reincarnation of the animal realm? So the reincarnation of the animal realm is under the Linglong Tower and is suppressed by the Linglong Tower?" said the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was possible.

"This may be the most troublesome. If I want to collect the reincarnation of the animal realm, I must move the Linglong Tower away. Otherwise, I will not be able to sneak under the Linglong Tower and collect the reincarnation of the animal realm under the force of suppression." Zhang Chen felt a little troublesome.

The Great Freedom Demon said: "That is the reincarnation of the animal realm. No matter how troublesome it is, we must take it into our pocket. If there is trouble ahead, we will find a way to solve the trouble and come up with a way that will force the Linglong Tower to move away."

"It's very difficult! It's as difficult as climbing to the sky." Zhang Chen shook his head.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Then you can take the Linglong Tower! Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

"I'm afraid I won't have the chance to take Linglong Tower." Zhang Chen sighed.

The Great Freedom Demon was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Chen thought of something and passed it on: "I suspect that the Linglong Tower has already recognized its master. Otherwise, how can Zhou Qiucheng control an eleventh-level mysterious tower?"

The Great Freedom Demon's eyes moved slightly when he heard this: "What you said is very likely!"

"Let me investigate and see what the truth of the matter is." said the Great Freedom Demon.

After hearing what Mahadeva Heavenly Demon said, Zhang Chen was afraid that the other party would cause trouble, and was about to give him some instructions, but at this time Mahadeva Heavenly Demon had disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Chen had no choice but to let it go and continued wandering around the palace.

When he arrived at the wall, Zhang Chen noticed something unusual about it. He saw exquisite crystal carvings on the wall, which were lifelike.

However, the pattern carved on the crystal looked very strange. There was a small square box, a giant snake with nine heads, a monster with a human head and a snake body, and thousands of eyes growing together. It looked strange and full of ominous aura.

When staring at those patterns, Zhang Chen felt that there was a golden light of righteousness surging in his eyes automatically, and the patterns engraved on the wall seemed to come alive at this moment, turning into terrifying and hideous weirdnesses, standing in the depths of extremely distant time and space, looking at himself, spying on himself.

"You also noticed the abnormality of this sculpture? No wonder your father is optimistic about you. Among all people, you are the first one to discover the abnormality of the mural." At this moment, Zhou Zhen saw Zhang Chen standing in front of the mural and looking at it, so he walked over and said something.

"Brother Zhou, what advice do you have?" The golden light in Zhang Chen's eyes was suppressed, and he turned to look at Zhou Zhen.

"The most precious opportunity in this palace is not the ruler, but the countless paintings engraved on the wall." Zhou Zhen said.

Before Zhang Chen could ask, Zhou Zhen took the initiative to explain: "These murals are not just decorative murals. They are all sealed real weirdness, which are transformed into murals and imprinted on the walls of the palace. Although the ruler is a rare treasure sent by the Dasheng royal family, it has been studied by countless experts, but no clues can be found, so it was sent here in the hope of meeting a destined person to unlock its secrets. Therefore, as long as you are not the so-called destined person, facing the ruler is just a waste of time. The murals on the wall are not like that. They contain all kinds of mysterious and weird methods, some of which are directly transformed by rules. If you can subdue one, or understand one of the rules, you will master incredible magical powers and gain incredible power."

Hearing Zhou Zhen's words, Zhang Chen looked at the countless scrolls on the wall, and then thought about the space barrier with a radius of hundreds of miles. How many strange seals should be on it?
"That's right. This wall is full of weirdness, big and small, totaling 16,000. How incredible is this? The more weirdness sealed in this pagoda, the stronger the pagoda will be. The pagoda can draw on the power of weirdness for its own use!" Zhou Zhen explained to Zhang Chen.

"Is there so many weird things in the Dasheng Dynasty?" Zhang Chen was shocked.

"Of course not! All these weirdness are sealed by the pagoda itself. When my father discovered the pagoda, those sculptures were already engraved on the walls. Until later, my father discovered the mystery. This pagoda can seal the weirdness on the walls. This pagoda became a prison for the Dasheng court to suppress those immortal monsters." Zhou Zhen said.

(End of this chapter)