I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 681: Refining the Zhuxian Sword

Zhang Chen remained silent upon hearing this. Po Jun Star was very powerful, but was he, Zhang Chen, a weakling?

He already possesses eleventh-level skills and can be called an eleventh-level strongman. Even with the characteristics of the eleventh-level true sun fire, he can deal with a twelfth-level strongman. How could he take a mere Pojun Star seriously?
As if he could see the contempt in Zhang Chen's eyes, Liu Ji said very seriously: "Zhao Lie, the star of Pojun, is not an ordinary person. He has great luck. Not only does he have the divine position of Huang Tiandao, he also has a unique bloodline ability. Those who can be chosen as star gods by Huang Tiandao are not simple people. If you underestimate him, you will suffer a great loss if you are not careful."

"I know!" Zhang Chen nodded: "I have always been a cautious person, you know my character."

Liu Ji didn't say anything more after hearing this, but changed the subject: "By the way, how did Zhang Xiaohua die?"

"It was eaten by bugs." Zhang Chen said.

Liu Ji was stunned when he heard this: "Eated by bugs? What kind of bug is so powerful that it can eat Zhang Xiaohua who has entered the eleventh level?"

"A very strange insect." Zhang Chen smiled and glossed over it without giving any detailed explanation.

"I'm afraid that Prince Pingbian is going to go crazy. He only has this one heir. Now that Zhang Xiaohua is dead, Prince Pingbian's mansion will be extinct! All his ambitions for hegemony are in vain!" Liu Ji's voice was full of emotion.

No matter how strong the foundation you have built or how much wealth you have accumulated, if there is no heir, isn’t it all over?

"I think King Pingbian will take revenge on you at all costs! You will have trouble in the future!" Liu Ji said to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "Revenge me?"

"Although Zhang Xiaohua did not die in your hands, you were the one Zhang Xiaohua hated the most during his lifetime. Do you think King Pingbian had any reason to attack you?" Liu Ji asked.

Zhang Chen suddenly became serious when he heard this, and became alert.

Liu Ji saw Zhang Chen's expression and knew that he had awakened, so he nodded secretly, thinking that his thoughts were not in vain. So he stood up after drinking the tea and put on his hat again: "I'm leaving! You don't have to live in this house anymore, give it up as soon as possible!"

Looking at Liu Ji's receding back, Zhang Chen lowered his head and stared at the boiling water in silence. After a long time, Zhang Chen slowly took a breath and said, "It seems that the situation in Jinling City is really troublesome! But now I have the confidence to deal with troubles."

Now that my skills have been upgraded, Zhang Chen focused his attention on the half-broken Zhuxian Sword. He took the half-broken Zhuxian Sword out from his sleeve, and saw a golden "Zhen" character on the Zhuxian Sword that suppressed the murderous intent and sharpness of the half-broken Zhuxian Sword. If the aura of the Zhuxian Sword is allowed to leak out, I'm afraid the entire Jinling City will be attracted by this aura.

"I have obtained the mantra for refining the Zhuxian Sword. Although this sword is only half broken, it can still be refined using the mantra. But... there are already 'impurities' on the Zhuxian Sword, mixed with the spirit of Liu Ji and others. I still need to refine those impurities first." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Why do you think that is?
These people have no mana, and rely entirely on their vitality to activate the Zhuxian Sword. In order to avoid falling in rank during the Dharma Ending Age, the Zhuxian Sword would draw a large amount of the opponent's spirit, energy and spirit to make up for its own loss each time it was mobilized. In the process of Zhuxian Sword drawing the opponent's spirit, energy and spirit, it would naturally leave traces of the opponent's spirit, energy and spirit in the Zhuxian Sword.

Not only does it contain the imprint of Liu Ji's spirit, there are more than a dozen complex imprints inside it, which have become the "poison" of the Zhu Xian Sword. If left unchecked, the Zhu Xian Sword will definitely be polluted, its level will become lower and lower, and its power will continue to decline.

After a brief contemplation, Zhang Chen summoned the alchemy furnace and threw the half of the Zhuxian Sword into the furnace. He then closed the lid of the furnace. Zhang Chen twisted his fingers and a golden flame the size of a bowl appeared in his palm.

The temperature of the flame was restrained and was completely contained by Zhang Chen, without leaking out a single bit.

“The true fire of the sun is extremely hard and masculine. It can burn even true immortals and gods to death. It is just right for tempering the impurities in the Zhuxian Sword.” Zhang Chen followed the position of the alchemy furnace and threw the true fire of the sun into the alchemy furnace.

As soon as the Sun's True Fire fell into the alchemy furnace, it exploded in the furnace in an instant, and the entire furnace turned into a sea of ​​fire. Then the furnace's Qi automatically revived, sealing the power of the Sun's True Fire firmly inside the furnace.

"This alchemy furnace is indeed not simple. It can actually suppress the power of the sun's true fire. I wonder where this alchemy furnace came from." Zhang Chen looked at the alchemy furnace and saw that hot steam began to rise from the furnace. The rain from the void that fell on the furnace was instantly evaporated and turned into water mist.

As the alchemy furnace revived, Zhang Chen could feel the alchemy furnace's original energy being consumed. He was so shocked that he quickly stretched out his hand and placed it on the alchemy furnace. A wisp of innate energy was poured into the alchemy furnace. At the same time, Zhang Chen's magic power was also poured into the alchemy furnace to help the alchemy furnace make up for the consumption of its original energy.

This is the biggest flaw of innate treasures in this era. Once the innate treasures are mobilized, they must be compensated by magic power and innate energy. Otherwise, the innate treasures will only take in but not go out, and it won’t take long for them to fall in level and become scrap iron or mundane objects.

The mana in Zhang Chen's body poured into the furnace, and at the same time, the innate energy also poured into the furnace. With Zhang Chen now having the skill to accelerate time for two decades, the innate energy he obtained every day can be doubled. At least in a certain stage in the future, the innate energy Zhang Chen obtained will show an explosive growth rate. Time passed slowly, and after Zhang Chen injected enough mana and innate energy into the furnace, he withdrew his palm: "It will take at least three days to wash away the impurities in the Zhuxian Sword. Now the spirituality of the Zhuxian Sword has been damaged by those impurities. Next, after washing away all the impurities, I have to carefully nourish it with innate energy, so that it can become my trump card."

All kinds of thoughts kept running through Zhang Chen's mind. He could afford to wait for just three days.

Zhang Chen waved his hand, and the cauldron automatically flew up and shrank into the size of a wine cup in Zhang Chen's hand. The cauldron was blazing with heat, which was the power of the sun's true fire inside the cauldron. Zhang Chen's sleeve accidentally touched the cauldron, and the sleeve turned into ashes.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen had the Sun's True Fire in his body and the power to control it, otherwise he would have been turned into ashes by the terrifying heat transmitted by the alchemy furnace.

“Even if the alchemy furnace can suppress 99% of the power of the Sun’s True Fire, and only a tiny bit of it leaks out from the furnace, even this tiny bit that leaks out will probably cause a big commotion, and it will lead to disaster if we’re not careful.” Zhang Chen looked at the trace left by the alchemy furnace on the ground, and saw that the trace had turned into magma, and was forcibly decomposed by the residual heat conducted by the Sun’s True Fire.

"What a terrifying true fire of the sun!" Zhang Chen took out a suppressing character from his sleeve and stuck it directly on the alchemy furnace. Then the alchemy furnace twisted and changed, the suppressing character glowed slightly, and all the residual heat was suppressed back into the alchemy furnace.

When he touched the wall of the furnace again, he found that it was icy cold, without any abnormality.

"It seems that the talisman is still useful." Zhang Chen sighed in his heart, then stuffed the alchemy furnace into his arms and carefully kept it. He glanced at the yard. Since this yard has been targeted by Huang Tiandao, he is afraid that he can no longer live here. He has to settle down again in Jinling City and buy a house.

There was nothing worth packing in the house, so Zhang Chen took a quick look and was about to use his escape technique to leave. Just as he was about to escape, Zhang Chen stopped and looked outside the door. He saw a girl in white clothes walking out from the rain and looking at him with a cold face.

Fox fairy girl!

Looking at the cold expression of the fox fairy Nannan, Zhang Chen knew why she came as soon as his heart moved.

The rain hit the fox fairy Nannan's body, wetting her clothes along her hair, revealing her curvy figure.

"Zhang Xiaohua is dead!" The fox fairy Nannan stood in front of Zhang Chen, ignoring the rain on her face, staring at Zhang Chen with her eyes.

"I know!" Zhang Chen said.

"You promised me that you would spare his life!" Fox Fairy Nannan's voice was full of numbness.

"I promised to spare his life." Zhang Chen replied, his voice also calm: "So you came to me because you think I killed Zhang Xiaohua?"

"Besides you, could there be anyone else?" asked the fox fairy Nannan.

"If I had the ability to kill the eleventh-level Zhang Xiaohua, I wouldn't be forced to leave the Northland, and I wouldn't be bullied so badly by you in the Northland." Zhang Chen shook his head: "There are countless dangers in the Water God's Tomb, and the innate Water God's true spirit has resurrected. It's normal for Zhang Xiaohua to die in there."

Zhang Chen's voice was full of emotion, and he began to fool the fox fairy Nannan, saying that this was his own skill, and it was really useful for running errands. As for the truth of Zhang Xiaohua's death, only he, Tu Shanqing, and Hu Li Daxian knew it. As long as the other two people didn't say it, who would know how Zhang Xiaohua died?

Will the other two speak?
They are all smart people and certainly know what to say and what not to say.

"So Zhang Xiaohua died in your hands?" The fox fairy Nannan softened her attitude after hearing this.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly: "You think too highly of me, thank you!"

Upon hearing this, the fox fairy Nannan stood there blankly, her eyes filled with confusion for a moment.

"I want to set up a secret courtyard in Jinling City, you go and do it quickly!" Zhang Chen instructed the fox fairy Nannan. It must be said that the fox fairy Nannan is really useful. This fox spirit is cunning and transparent, which is very much to Zhang Chen's liking.

(End of this chapter)