I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 674: The Shen Family’s Sky Collapsed

Zhang Chen did not bother with Shen Ling's rudeness. Why should he bother with a poor fellow whose family had been destroyed?

Zhang Chen and Zhou Zhen walked towards the Linglong Tower. When they arrived in front of the Linglong Tower, they saw Shen Ling in a red dress, holding an oil-paper umbrella in her hand, chatting with Zhang Gaoqiu in front of the Linglong Tower. Shen Ling was whispering something, and Zhang Gaoqiu's face was full of impatience.

Zhang Chen glanced at the two of them and was about to step into the gate of Linglong Tower when he suddenly heard a heart-wrenching roar from the bottom of the mountain: "Miss! Miss! Something big has happened to the Shen family. You should go back and take a look."

A figure covered in blood rushed over from the foot of the mountain and knelt directly in front of Shen Ling, his voice full of desolation.

Zhang Chen paused when he saw the person coming. He recognized the other person's background: the Shen family's chief steward: Lai Changrong.

"Manager Lai, why do you look like this?" Looking at Lai Changrong who looked like a blood gourd, Shen Ling asked hurriedly. His heart suddenly started beating rapidly and his eyes were filled with fear.

"Miss, the Shen family is gone! The Shen family is gone!" Lai Changrong threw himself into the rain, his voice as shrill as a cuckoo crying blood.

"What do you mean when you say the Shen family is gone?" Shen Ling's voice was full of tremors, and her face turned pale in an instant.

"What happened to the Shen family?" Zhang Gaoqiu also hurriedly asked at this time.

"The Shen family was wiped out, and all the direct descendants of the Shen family died. Now only Master Shen Qiu and Miss you are left." Lai Changrong said in a hoarse voice.

"What? This is impossible! How could the Shen family, which controls 70% of the world's water transportation, be wiped out?" Shen Ling couldn't accept it, and her face was full of disbelief: "You are lying to me, right?"

"Miss! The Shen family was wiped out by Huang Tiandao! How dare I lie to you!" Lai Changrong said bitterly.

Boom~
Shen Ling felt dizzy and saw stars in front of her eyes. She thought of the horrible vision in Jinling City last night. She felt a bad premonition and stumbled into the mud. The cold rain woke her up and she said, "Where's my father? Where's my mother? Where's my old lady? Where are all the ancestors? They are tenth-rank masters. How could they be killed?"

"Huang Tiandao and the demon clan sent eleventh-level masters to come, and the five major families in Jinling City rebelled. Ancestor Shen Liang was killed by Zhang Xiaohua, and ancestor Shen Li was also killed by the immortal Huli! The old lady also died in the gunfight last night, and all the masters were strangled to death. The Shen family was slaughtered overnight. Now the Shen family's property is vacant and no one is in charge. The entire Shen family is in chaos. Those slaves and managers have fled with the Shen family's money, and the manors and shops have been seized by the White Lotus Sect, the Salt Gang, and the Cao Gang. Now the Shen family is about to be divided up. If no one from the Shen family stands up, the Shen family will be divided up and wiped out from this world!" Lai Changrong's voice was full of grief.

"You are lying to me, aren't you? You are lying to me, aren't you? How could such a big Shen family be wiped out overnight?" Shen Ling was struck by lightning when she heard this. Her eyes were full of disbelief. The next moment, blood flowed out between her legs. It turned out that she had a miscarriage. She fainted.

"Call a doctor quickly!" Jiang Nan looked at Shen Ling who had fainted, hurried forward to hug her, and shouted anxiously to the onlookers.

"Zhang Gaoqiu, go get a doctor!" Jiang Nan shouted to Zhang Gaoqiu.

Zhang Gaoqiu hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then he ignored Jiang Nan and Shen Ling, and turned around and walked into the Linglong Tower holding an oil-paper umbrella.

Zhou Zhen couldn't bear to watch, so he told the scholar beside him, "Go get Doctor Liu." Then he stepped forward and hugged Shen Ling who was in the rain, "Find a place to shelter from the rain first, so as not to cause any trouble."

This is Chongzheng Academy. He can't let anyone die in Chongzheng Academy.

As he spoke, Zhou Zhen led Jiang Nan away, leaving the scholars discussing the matter. The Shen family was the overlord of Jinling, ruling Jinling City for hundreds of thousands of years, and now it was suddenly destroyed. The shock to everyone can be imagined.

Zhang Chen stood there, looking at the blood flowing from Shen Ling on the ground. He couldn't help but sigh softly, his voice full of emotion: "What a bad fate! I'm afraid that child can't be saved."

Zhang Chen is now acutely aware of the energy between heaven and earth. He can sense that under the fluctuation of Shen Ling's energy, the vitality in his stomach is rapidly dissipating.

"It's a good thing that Shen Ling's baby is gone. I don't think Zhang Gaoqiu is a good man. It's hard for him and Shen Ling to have a happy marriage." Tu Shanqing came out of the crowd holding an oil-paper umbrella, approached Zhang Chen and said.

"You see it clearly." Zhang Chen said unhappily.

"It's not just me who can see it clearly. Anyone who is not a fool can see it clearly. Zhang Gaoqiu now wants to cling to the Dasheng royal family and has been hanging out with the little princess Chai Wenji. Chai Wenji seems to be pregnant with his child. How can Zhang Gaoqiu marry Shen Ling?" Tu Shanqing came forward and said. Hearing this, Zhang Chen was shocked: "How do you know that Chai Wenji is pregnant with Zhang Gaoqiu's child?"

"Of course I have the means." Tu Shanqing said.

"Chai Wenji is a princess of the Great Sheng royal family. How could she give her body to others so easily?" Zhang Chen's voice was full of disbelief.

Tu Shanqing shook his head when he heard this: "She was blinded by greed! That is the passage to the spiritual world. Chai Wenji is still too young, so it is normal for her to be confused. If Zhang Gaoqiu really has the passage to the spiritual world, it is certainly worth Chai Wenji's investment! In addition, Zhang Gaoqiu is a scheming and eloquent guy. How can the little princess be his opponent?"

"Zhang Gaoqiu is now adding insult to injury, which will cause a second blow to Shen Ling, and the harm will be severe." Zhang Chen let out a breath, but he didn't have any thoughts. How Zhang Gaoqiu acted and how bloody the grudges between him and Shen Ling were had little to do with him.

"What's the situation down the mountain?" Zhang Chen turned and walked towards Linglong Tower.

"The major families fought each other to the death for the Shen family's assets. For a while, the blood flowed like a river. Huang Tiandao's people also came out and started to divide up the Shen family's assets. The most crucial thing is that the five major families in Jinling City were also targeted by the White Lotus Sect and Huang Tiandao, and were directly exterminated!" Tu Shanqing said.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, his eyes full of disbelief: "The five major families have already surrendered to Huang Tiandao, how could they be exterminated?"

"Because Zhang Xiaohua is dead! Huang Tiandao must find all the masters who can kill Zhang Xiaohua and avenge her! You must know that Zhang Xiaohua is related to the star gods, the six stars of the Southern Dipper and the seven stars of the Northern Dipper. Once one is missing, they cannot return to their place and cannot be perfect. Huang Tiandao must be furious! For Huang Tiandao, the death of Zhang Xiaohua has dealt a heavy blow to his overall situation, and he must find the murderer." Tu Shanqing whispered.

Zhang Chen's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he exchanged glances with Tu Shanqing. Tu Shanqing lowered his voice and said, "You must not come down the mountain in the near future. Huang Tiandao has set up a net around Jinling City to search for all suspicious people. If Zhou Qiu is in Jinling City, I'm afraid Huang Tiandao is not just setting up a net around Jinling City, but is going to turn Jinling City upside down."

Zhang Chen's eyes narrowed when he heard this: "Huang Tiandao is so overbearing, isn't he afraid of being punished by the court?"

"The emperor is far away and the sky is high. The major families have obtained Huang Tiandao's method of deifying, and have been in cahoots with Huang Tiandao for a long time. How could they care about Huang Tiandao's affairs? Moreover, an eleventh-level master has died. Huang Tiandao must be going crazy. Who dares to offend Huang Tiandao at this time?" Tu Shanqing said.

"How is the Great Immortal Huli?" Zhang Chen asked.

"They have been chased and intercepted by Huang Tiandao and have retreated to the Great Wilderness! It is said that Huang Tiandao has used the methods left by the Great Sage Master. Even the Great Immortal Huli cannot compete and can only flee back to the Great Wilderness." Tu Shanqing said.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen's pupils shrank rapidly, and a trace of caution appeared in his eyes: "Without the Great Sage Master taking action, Huang Tiandao was able to kill Hu Li Daxian and escape with only the means left by the Great Sage Master. It seems that I still underestimated Huang Tiandao's strength."

Huang Tiandao is worthy of being a great sect that has swept the world, and it indeed has a profound foundation.

The two walked into the Linglong Tower, and Tu Shanqing said, "Inside Chongzheng Academy is actually our best hiding place and shelter. Let's practice here for the time being. Huang Tiandao's search will not last too long. Once it causes complaints from the major families, they will naturally be forced to disperse under pressure."

Zhang Chen talked with Tu Shanqing for a while, and then the two of them went their separate ways.

Zhang Chen walked inside the Linglong Tower, looking at the strange patterns on the walls, but he could not see any flaws. Even in the underground space, he could not see anything useful.

"It may be that my cultivation is too low. When my cultivation is further improved and I have tenth-level skills and break through to the tenth level, perhaps I can see more things and share the pressure for Linglong Tower." Zhang Chen stood in the Linglong Tower and looked at it for a long time before giving up reluctantly. The Linglong Tower is an eleventh-level treasure with incredible means and incredible repressive power. It is understandable that he cannot see through its secret rules, otherwise those old guys in the Dasheng Dynasty would have studied the Linglong Tower thoroughly.

Zhang Chen turned his eyes and saw Zhang Gaoqiu and Chai Wenjie in the distance. The two of them standing in front of the jade disk looked like a couple of gods and seemed to be a perfect match.

"The Shen family has been wiped out!" Chai Wenjie said to Zhang Gaoqiu.

"I know!" Zhang Gaoqiu's tone was a little heavy.

"You're too slow! I told you long ago that I would cancel the engagement with Shen Ling and take care of everything before the Shen family was destroyed. Now you've left such a mess behind. It's really disappointing!" Chai Wenji's voice was cold: "Now things are a thousand times, ten thousand times more troublesome than before! If you cancel the engagement now, how will people in the world view you? If your reputation is ruined, the Dasheng royal family will never agree to our marriage."

(End of this chapter)