I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 672 After the Great War
The dark clouds hung low, pressing down so heavily that they seemed to touch the eaves of the houses, and heavy rain poured out from the dark clouds like a mountain torrent bursting through a dam.

Lightning flashed down from the clouds like chains, illuminating the entire dark world and laying down layers of electric grids in the water layer on the ground. All living creatures walking in the rain were electrocuted to death by lightning.

"When the water god is angry, the world will be turned upside down!" Tu Shan Qing looked at the lightning sliding down from the sky with his eyes full of awe. He saw hundreds of lightning ropes sliding down from the clouds above Chongzheng Academy, but they were pulled over by the Linglong Pagoda. All the lightning were absorbed by the pagoda and turned into the pagoda's energy.

"I don't know how many innocent people will die tragically on the streets..." Tu Shanqing sighed.

"Idiot! There are no ordinary people walking on the streets at this time." Zhang Chen shook his head. For ordinary people, it is their nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. However, Jinling City is in chaos now. The real good citizens have already hidden in the houses and prayed secretly. How could they walk on the streets?
At this time, there were wind, rain, thunder and lightning between heaven and earth. The anger of the Xiantian Water God swept across the entire Jinling City. The clouds and fog blocked Zhang Chen's sight, so that Zhang Chen could not see clearly what happened in the Shen family mansion. Just a quarter of an hour later, the exquisite tower of Chongzheng Academy suddenly shook violently, then rose from the ground and disappeared in the sea of ​​clouds. Then, the roar of the Xiantian Water God was heard from the direction of the Shen family: "Ant, you dare to stop me from destroying Jinling City?"

Then there was an even more violent burst of divine light, and a quarter of an hour later everything in the world returned to peace. The pagoda turned into a stream of light and returned from the distant clouds, landing in Chongzheng Academy.

The thunder and lightning in the sky stopped abruptly, and the black clouds gradually dissipated.

"The war is over, but I don't know how the battle goes." Tu Shanqing looked at the silent sea of ​​clouds and muttered in a low voice.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen said, "The Academy must have won, otherwise the Xiantian Water God would have destroyed the entire Jinling City!"

At this time, the students in Chongzheng Academy also began to secretly murmur and discuss the situation in Jinling City. At this time, a figure came from the mountain. Zhou Qiucheng, dressed in white, walked down the mountain in the drizzle. Facing the gazes in the academy, Zhou Qiucheng said, "Classes will be held as usual tomorrow!"

Then Zhou Qiucheng turned his body and walked towards the back mountain.

Upon hearing this, the scholars gathered in groups of three or four, constantly discussing what had happened tonight. Zhang Chen also parted ways with Tushan Qing and went all the way to the back mountain, where they found the three little ones and Zhang in a secluded pavilion.

Zhang Chen held an oil-paper umbrella in his hand. Although he had the power to control water, he felt that it was too extravagant to use his magic to avoid the rain. It would be safer to use the oil-paper umbrella to hide among the common people.

He plotted against the Xiantian Water God and wished he could hide himself completely to avoid being noticed by the Xiantian Water God.

"Big brother!"

Zhang Taowei looked at Zhang Chen who was walking towards him in the darkness from a distance and called out in a low voice.

Zhang Chen came to the pavilion. Thanks to the protection of the pavilion, his family was not affected by the previous lightning.

Zhang Chen walked slowly to the pavilion, looked at the pale-faced three children and Zhang with the help of a lantern, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, it's all over!"

"What happened in Jinling City? Why did such a big commotion occur?" Little Douding asked. As a cultivator, she was very sensitive to the energy between heaven and earth, and had already sensed the great terror that had erupted in Jinling City.

"Someone has attacked the Shen family. If nothing unexpected happens, the Shen family should be gone..." Zhang Chen's voice was full of emotion.

Tonight, all the direct descendants of the Shen family were slaughtered. The innate water god must have met with an accident when facing the Linglong Tower and the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag. By the end of tonight, the Shen family in Jinling City should be expelled.

I just don't know what happened to Shen Ling and Shen Qiu, and whether they have rushed back from the academy. If they had stayed in the academy, they might have escaped the disaster and become the only bloodline of the Shen family left in the world.

Of course Huang Tiandao wanted to plan for Jinling City. Now that the Shen family has eleventh and twelfth-level existences, and Zhang Xiaohua was killed by himself, I wonder if Huang Tiandao still has the courage to continue planning for Jinling City.

Huang Tiandao's loss of Zhang Xiaohua is definitely the biggest loss. I am afraid that Huang Tiandao will withdraw his tentacles and be scared off by the complicated situation in Jinling City.

"I don't know what happened to Liu Ji? That guy has the Ten-Direction Defense, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Complex thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind for a moment, and countless distracting thoughts emerged, but were instantly cut off.

"The Jinling Shen family was expelled overnight?" the three little ones exclaimed with trembling voices.

Zhang's eyes were filled with disbelief: "How could such a big Shen family be eliminated overnight? What kind of power could have such power?"

Zhang Chen heard this and said, "There is always someone stronger than the strong. Although the Shen family is powerful, there are countless people in this world who are stronger than the Shen family. The situation down the mountain is not peaceful, so you should stay in the academy for the time being. When the situation down the mountain returns to normal, we can go down the mountain and settle down."

With the fall of the Shen family, the top fighters of the five major families have all perished. Jinling City will inevitably fall into a brutal battle in the future. Countless forces will surely seize the opportunity to bite off a piece of fat meat from the major families.

It is inevitable that Jinling City will be in chaos, and the bloody fighting will continue for a very long time.

"In that case, wasn't it the right decision for you to leave the Shen family and dissolve your marriage with them? That way you wouldn't be implicated by the Shen family." Zhang's face gradually regained color and she spoke. Zhang Chen nodded: "What a twist of fate!"

"Let's go. Let's stay here for a while. We can talk about anything after tonight." Zhang Chen distributed umbrellas to several people, then led the three children and Zhang down the mountain.

If you want to settle down in the mountains, you need to meet Zhou Qiucheng.

Needless to say, the three little ones were naturally allocated a house from the moment all the disciples of the academy entered the academy, so as to save them from the hardship of traveling. However, the three little ones did not live in the academy on weekdays, but they still had dormitories. Zhang was not a member of the academy, so if he wanted to stay there, he had to ask Zhou Qiucheng for accommodation.

The family came to the courtyard in the back mountain where Zhou Qiucheng was, holding lanterns and umbrellas. From a distance, they could see the bright lights in the courtyard. Before Zhang Chen's family arrived, they saw the eldest son Zhou Zhen appeared outside the courtyard gate, holding a lantern in one hand and an oil-paper umbrella in the other, standing in the drizzle waiting.

When Zhang Chen and his family approached, Zhou Zhen spoke first: "Brother Zhang, Aunt Zhang, please come in quickly. Our family has prepared a house for you. You can stay in the mountains for the time being."

Zhang Chen nodded and thanked Zhou Zhen: "Thank you for your help."

He asked again, "How is the sir?"

"Father just told me that he will take you to see him after he has settled your family." Zhou Zhen replied, and then said to Zhang: "It is late at night now, Aunt, please take a rest for a while. My mother will not disturb you. My mother will visit you in person tomorrow. Please don't blame me, Aunt, and forgive me for my impoliteness!"

"It's okay. It's late at night and everyone is asleep. It would be rude of us to visit you without permission. We should take the initiative to greet your father and mother. But it's late at night and we can't disturb you. I hope your father will forgive me." Zhang returned the greeting.

"We are all family, there is no need to be polite, just stay here first." Zhou Zhen replied, then led Zhang Chen's family into the yard and arranged for Zhang and the three children to stay.

The house for Zhou Qiucheng's family was big enough. Zhang, Zhang Taowei and Cheng Yu lived in one room, and Zhang Chen and Zhang Fei lived in another room.

After arranging accommodation and providing cups and hot water, Zhou Zhen took Zhang Chen to Zhou Qiucheng's study. When they pushed the door open and walked in, they saw Zhou Qiucheng sitting behind the desk with a pale face. His face was as pale as gold paper and he was dying as if he could die at any time.

The most important thing is that at this time Zhou Qiucheng was wrapped in a quilt, with frost flowing on his body. The air in the room was extremely cold, as if he had come from the scorching summer outside to the bitter winter.

Zhang Chen could see that the tea in front of Zhou Qiucheng had frozen into ice, and the inkstone was also frozen.

Zhang Chen shuddered as he entered the room and bowed to Zhou Qiucheng:
"Greetings, sir."

Zhou Qiucheng wrapped himself in the quilt, and a layer of frost fell off the quilt: "You're here!"

His voice was hoarse, as if there was a ball of cotton stuffed in his throat.

"Sir, why is this so?" Zhang Chen asked, "What happened in Jinling City?"

He pretended to be unaware of what was happening in Jinling City, and Zhou Qiucheng didn't know that he had been there. After all, before Zhou Qiucheng came, he had already entered the tomb of the Xiantian Water God.

Zhou Qiucheng paused for a moment before saying, "There is something you need to be prepared for. This matter has a lot to do with you."

"I wonder what's going on? The battle at the foot of the mountain is so fierce, how could a disciple be involved in it?" Zhang Chen's heart skipped a beat when he heard Zhou Qiucheng's words. He thought that Zhou Qiucheng had noticed that he went down the mountain to disrupt the situation, but after thinking about it, it was unlikely, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"Although it has nothing to do with you, it has something to do with the Shen family." Zhou Qiucheng exhaled a breath of cold air: "The Shen family has been exterminated! All the masters of the Shen family in the entire Jinling City have been wiped out. Except for the Shen family disciples in the academy, all the bloodlines of the Shen family in the entire Jinling City have turned into nothingness."

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this. He stood there in a daze, and after a while he came to his senses and said, "Sir, are you serious? The Shen family is so powerful, how could it disappear just like that?"

"Yes, the Shen family was so powerful, they controlled 70% of the world's water transportation, and they were gone just like that! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it." Zhou Qiucheng sighed and comforted Zhang Chen: "The demise of the Shen family was an irresistible factor. You... just be patient and don't be too sad."

Zhang Chen shook his head upon hearing this:

"Sir, you misunderstood. I was just shocked. I have already broken off my engagement with the Shen family. The Shen family's daughter doesn't like me. The Shen family's affairs have nothing to do with me."

ps: Do you have monthly tickets, brothers? I haven't asked for monthly tickets for a long time, please ask for monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)