I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 685 Breaking the Face
"Haven't I made it clear enough? Our fate ends here! Your child was lost, which is a prophecy. It means there is no fate between you and me." Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of righteousness:
"Sister-in-law, fate comes and goes, and flowers bloom and fall. All of this cannot be asked for, and we can only let nature take its course." Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of emotion: "If you can accept the reality, you and I can still part ways amicably. If you can't accept it...you and I will tear each other apart, and we can't even be cousins ​​anymore."

"Brother Zhang, the Shen family is gone. My parents are dead, and the old lady is gone too. You are all I have now." Shen Ling's bean-sized tears rolled down her eyes.

"But I am destined to just pass through your life. You can't stop me from running towards someone better, right? If you really want to do good for me, you might as well let go. A forced melon is not sweet, and neither of us will be happy. It's better to talk it out now and break up cleanly." Zhang Gaoqiu sighed faintly, his voice full of helplessness: "Besides, Zhang Chen is also a very good person, worthy of your lifelong trust. Why do you look down on Zhang Chen? The two of you are a match made in heaven by your parents' orders and matchmakers' words. Why do you have to pester me?"

Shen Ling was struck by lightning when she heard that. She stared at Zhang Gaoqiu blankly, then silently lowered her head to look at the chicken soup in her hand. After a long silence, she forced a smile on her face: "Brother Zhang, I know you've been too tired from practicing recently, so you're unhappy and take it out on me. Can you please stop taking it out on me? I'll pretend I didn't hear what you said before. Let's drink the chicken soup quickly, it's getting cold."

Shen Ling put the box down in a hurry, then brought out the chicken soup with trembling hands and sent it to Zhang Gaoqiu, revealing a pale smile: "Brother Zhang, drink chicken soup!"

"Bang~"

Zhang Gaoqiu suddenly overturned the chicken soup and pushed Shen Ling to the ground, spilling the chicken soup all over the floor: "Shen Ling, I'm talking to you about something serious, do you understand?"

At this time, Zhang Gaoqiu looked at Shen Ling who was sitting in the chicken soup, his voice full of seriousness, and said word by word: "We are over, you don't have to pester me anymore, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

After saying that, Zhang Gaoqiu threw away his robe and disappeared in the wind and rain, leaving Shen Ling sitting helplessly in the chicken soup, looking at Zhang Gaoqiu's back and wailing: "Brother Zhang~"

The shrill sound was like a weeping blood peony, echoing in the empty rain along with the mountain wind.

Zhang Chen and Tu Shanqing were halfway there, when they passed the old place, they saw Shen Ling in red sitting on the ground in a daze. The chicken soup in the food box beside her had been spilled, and she looked very embarrassed sitting in the chicken soup, her eyes were red and she was crying silently.

Looking at Shen Ling, who was in such a state of disgrace and crying, Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh: "Zhang Gaoqiu is really cruel and ruthless."

"Such a person will definitely achieve great things." Tu Shanqing also praised.

Shen Ling and Zhang Gaoqiu's conversation was seen clearly from a distance, and Zhang Gaoqiu's ruthlessness broadened Zhang Chen's horizons.

At this time, Zhang Gaoqiu disappeared in the wind and rain, and there was no trace of him. Only Shen Ling's wailing echoed between heaven and earth. Zhang Chen looked at Shen Ling who was crying loudly without saying a word, but walked past the pavilion and came to the place where the family was gathering. He saw that the fox fairy Nannan had already prepared three dishes and a soup.

The three little ones are eating in the backyard now, not with Zhang Chen and Tu Shanqing.

The fox fairy Nannan was dressed in white, standing on the pavilion, looking at the wind and rain in the distance. She was in a low mood and looked disinterested.

"What's the situation down the mountain?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Under the threat of the Xiantian Water God, Huang Tiandao mediated and wanted to gather the faith of Jinling City and confer a natural water god to compete with the Xiantian Water God." said the fox fairy Nannan.

Tu Shanqing, who was eating braised meatballs, was stunned: "Can the Xiantian Water God force Huang Tiandao to this extent?"

“The Innate Water God is not far from entering the twelfth level. If he is allowed to enter the twelfth level, Huang Tiandao will be in trouble. In order to curb and suppress the Innate Water God, Huang Tiandao wants to have the Acquired Natural Water God divide up the power of the Innate Water God so that his power cannot be complete and he will never be able to enter the twelfth level.” said the fox fairy Nannan.

"How could the Xiantian Water God allow anyone to share his power? Huang Tiandao is forcing the Xiantian Water God to fight to the death." Zhang Chen swallowed the meatball and replied.

"You don't understand." Fox Fairy Nannan refuted Zhang Chen's words: "Among the five major families in Jinling City, who doesn't have the blood of the Shen family? The Xiantian Water God wants to flood Jinling City and drown hundreds of thousands of people from the five major families to enter the twelfth level. The five major families and Huang Tiandao are naturally unwilling to sit and wait for death, so they can only think of ways to fight back. At present, enfeoffing the God of Nature and curbing the perfection of the power of the Xiantian Water God is the only thing Huang Tiandao can do."

Zhang Chen did not comment upon hearing this. He did not want to get involved in Huang Tiandao's affairs. He just wanted to stay calm and develop.

In the afternoon, Zhang Chen returned to Linglong Tower. Before he entered the tower, he saw a ray of divine light streaking across the sky, and then a figure appeared in front of the tower.

The person who came was a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was surrounded by a divine aura that seemed to echo the stars in the sky, and his head was protected by the power of the stars.

Looking at the aura around the other party, Zhang Chen's pupils couldn't help but shrink: "A tenth-level strong man!" A tenth-level strong man appeared in Jinling City, and he was also able to sense the starry sky. Zhang Chen already had some guesses in his mind.

At this moment, the young man clasped his fists and bowed to the Linglong Tower: "Zhao Lie, the star master of Huang Tian Dao Po Jun, requests to see Mr. Zhou."

"Hmph! You, Huang Tiandao, have caused such a huge mess in Jinling City, and you still have the nerve to ask to see me?" A cold snort was heard, and Zhou Qiucheng walked out of the Linglong Tower.

After hearing Zhou Qiucheng's words, Zhao Lie smiled bitterly and lowered his attitude: "It is my fault that disturbed Jinling City, but now the Xiantian Water God wants to flood Jinling City. Sir, you can't just stand by and watch. The Xiantian Water God is an eleventh-level strongman, and he has covered the entire Jinling City. Only you can deal with him. I also ask you to help the people of Jinling City and seek a glimmer of hope. Sir, don't look down on me, Huang Tiandao, but you have to look down on the people of Jinling City and help them."

Zhao Lie's voice was heavy and sincere. After all, he was only a tenth-rank warrior. Although he had the blessing of the Pojun Star and could deal with an eleventh-rank warrior, he could only deal with him.

Huang Tiandao wanted to confer the authority of the Natural Water God on the Innate Water God, but the Innate Water God would definitely come forward to stop him. Without Zhou Qiucheng's help, it would be impossible for the conferment to succeed.

"Don't you Huang Tiandao have a lot of helpers? Don't you have the help of the eleventh-level Huli Immortal? Why do you need to ask me for help?" Zhou Qiucheng smiled coldly.

Although he sneered and mocked, he stood in front of Linglong Tower and did not leave.

Zhao Lie was full of helplessness when he heard this: "That Tiger Power Immortal is a demon, not of our race, so his mind must be different, how can he be willing to help Huang Tiandao solve this problem?"

"The Great Immortal Huli is unwilling to take action. Don't you, Huang Tiandao, still have the Great Sage Master? You don't call out the Great Sage Master, but instead ask me to be your thug. You really have the nerve to say that." Zhou Qiucheng sneered.

"You know that the Great Sage Master is in a special state now. His practice has gone wrong. He can only be awake for one hour a day. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many troubles. In addition, the court is watching the Great Sage Master. How dare the Great Sage Master show up if he doesn't solve his own problem?" Zhao Lie said this and lifted his robe. He even knelt on the ground regardless of the dignity of a strong man. "Besides, the Xiantian Water God has drawn the Luofu Weak Water and has blocked the entire Jinling City. Now Jinling City is inaccessible and has been completely cut off from the outside world. It has become an isolated city. The only way for us to crack the opponent's means is to confer a natural god. Only then will we have hope of breaking the Luofu Weak Water and then find a way to capture the Xiantian Water God."

"Now the life and death of Jinling City all depends on your thoughts, please! Please consider the millions of people in Jinling City." Zhao Lie's voice was full of seriousness.

After hearing what Zhao Lie said, Zhou Qiucheng looked at Zhao Lie for a while, and then sighed for a long time: "When will Huang Tiandao be deified?"

"After three days!" Zhao Lie's eyes lit up. "The situation is urgent. The gully I tore out can only last for three days before it is filled up by the flood."

"If the innate water god shows up in three days, I will naturally take action." After Zhou Qiucheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the Linglong Tower behind him.

When Zhao Lie saw Zhou Qiucheng’s back disappear, he stood up with a happy expression on his face, and then disappeared from the spot in a flash.

"Zhou Qiucheng shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess." Tu Shanqing said beside Zhang Chen, "If the court misunderstands that he is colluding with Huang Tiandao, I'm afraid he will be in big trouble."

"Zhou Qiucheng is a Confucian. He can reject the Yellow Heavenly Dao, but he cannot reject the people of the world!" Zhang Chen sighed, his voice full of emotion: "If he sits back and watches tens of millions of people in Jinling City die, he will develop a demon in his heart in the future."

Zhang Chen turned around and walked into the pavilion, continuing to comprehend the secret of Linglong Tower.

Zhang Chen saw Zhang Gaoqiu and the little princess Chai Wenjie in the distance. The two were standing in front of the wall. The atmosphere was a bit cold. The little princess Chai Wenjie had a gloomy face and looked very angry.

Zhang Gaoqiu followed the little princess Chai Wenjie, whispering nice words to her with a humility on his face.

At this moment, a fierce figure rushed in from outside the Linglong Tower. Jiang Nan came all the way to Zhang Gaoqiu and shouted angrily: "Zhang Gaoqiu, are you still a human being? You are a beast worse than an animal!" Jiang Nan pointed at Zhang Gaoqiu's nose and cursed, his voice full of anger. The curse was so loud that it attracted the attention of the scholars in the Linglong Tower.

"Jiang Nan, what are you crazy about?" Zhang Gaoqiu faced the gossiping eyes of the crowd, and then looked at Jiang Nan, who was furious and had a messy face, and his expression suddenly became gloomy.

"You've treated Shen Ling like that, and now you're telling her that you two are not meant to be together? How do you expect Shen Ling to live her life in the future?" Jiang Nan yelled.

(End of this chapter)