I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 712: Shinto Instruments
Zhou Qiucheng's idea of ​​transforming the innate spiritual treasure into a Shinto magic weapon is absolutely a brilliant idea and can be regarded as an alternative creation of the world.

"Zhou Qiucheng wanted to transform the innate spiritual treasure Linglong Tower into a Shinto magic weapon. It shouldn't be his own idea, right? Zhou Qiucheng had never been exposed to Shinto before, so how could he think of using the power of incense to transform it into a Shinto magic weapon? It seems that Zhou Qiucheng is not simple either. There must be other reasons behind it." Zhang Chen pondered in his heart.

“But who doesn’t have secrets in this world? The fact that Zhou Qiucheng can become the spirit of Linglong Tower itself contains a big secret.” Zhang Chen said secretly in his heart.

This Linglong Tower has existed in Jinling hundreds of thousands of years ago, but has never had an owner. However, Zhou Qiucheng was able to become the owner of the Linglong Tower and even the spirit of the Linglong Tower. Who would believe it if he said that it had no secrets?
"Interesting." Zhang Chen sighed softly, turned around and walked into Linglong Tower, continuing to study the secrets of Linglong Tower.

At dusk, Zhang Chen left the academy and came to the foot of the mountain. He used his escape technique to arrive in Jinling City, and saw that the atmosphere in Jinling City was very different at this time. The whole Jinling City was filled with the smell of incense and burning. Sculptures of Zhou Qiucheng were erected in the city, and the clay statues of gods in the temples were removed and replaced with sculptures of Zhou Qiucheng.

Citizens in the city came out to kowtow and worship, the aroma of incense rose into the sky, and poured towards Chongzheng Academy.

"Zhou Qiucheng really wants to take complete control of Jinling City. He not only wants to rely on the power of incense to repair the Linglong Tower, but he also wants to forge a divine body and enter the realm of the gods." Zhang Chen stood under the night sky for a long time, but in the end he said nothing and returned to his own house.

Second day

When Zhang Chen arrived at the academy, he saw that the aroma of incense had become even stronger. The pagoda was flashing with divine light, and a trace of divine power had begun to take shape.

Zhang Chen felt that some things should be made clear to Zhou Qiucheng, so that he would not be schemed against without knowing it.

Zhang Chen walked up to the pagoda and saw Zhou Qiucheng sitting in the center of the pagoda, with divine light flowing around him, looking inexplicably sacred. The divine light actually suppressed the power of frost and continuously dissolved the means left by the innate water god in Zhou Qiucheng's body.

"Greetings, sir." Zhang Chen came up to Zhou Qiucheng and bowed, waking Zhou Qiucheng up from his meditation.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Qiucheng opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Chen.

"I have something to say that I cannot help but express myself," said Zhang Chen.

"Just tell me whatever you want to say." Zhou Qiucheng looked at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of tenderness.

"Excuse me, sir, do you want to follow the divine path?" Zhang Chen asked.

Zhou Qiucheng was silent for a moment after hearing this, then he smiled bitterly: "I won't hide it from you. I am unsure about discussing Taoism with Chen Sanliang. My family knows my own business, and my chance of winning in a discussion with him is less than 10%. And once I lose, the Tao will be abandoned, and the people I offended in the past will not let me live in peace. I have to protect my family and the people of Jinling City, so the incense and the way of the gods is my only way."

Zhang Chen looked at Zhou Qiucheng in surprise. This guy was a smart man and he actually knew that he had no chance of winning in the debate with Chen Sanliang.

"Sir, you underestimate yourself too much." Zhang Chen replied.

"I have lived for decades and I still have some self-knowledge. Chen Sanliang relied on his own path to step into the eleventh level, but I can't even step into the Yang God level. Why should I compete with him?" Zhou Qiucheng shook his head.

"Sir, it is true that you want to follow the path of incense and fire, but your path of incense and fire is different from the ordinary ones. Ordinary gods rely on themselves to absorb incense, but you use the Linglong Tower as a carrier of incense, which is completely different from the outside world's incense and fire. Where did you get the secret method of your way of incense and fire?" Zhang Chen asked.

Zhou Qiucheng looked at Zhang Chen in surprise when he heard this: "You actually figured out the trick?"

"It's okay to tell you that my method of incense and fire is different from that of the outside world. The method I obtained is the method of incarnation of the god. I use the Linglong Tower to suppress fate and use it as a carrier of incense. I open up the kingdom of God inside it and gain the ability of immortality. As for where I got my secret method from, this secret method comes from an extremely ancient and strange statue suppressed under the Linglong Tower. I just made a deal with it." Zhou Qiucheng said.

Hearing Zhou Qiucheng talking about the extremely ancient weirdness, Zhang Chen's heart moved, and suddenly he remembered the physical body of the Great Freedom Demon that was suppressed below, and his heart couldn't help but move.

"Sir, you should know that I once stayed in Huangtiandao for some time." Zhang Chen said.

Zhou Qiucheng nodded when he heard this: "I know your origins."

"I once heard a secret in Huangtian Dao. Although the incense and fire way is good and can teach people to achieve success quickly, it also has a fatal flaw." Zhang Chen said.

"What defect?" Zhou Qiucheng asked curiously.

Zhou Qiucheng said: "The poison of incense."

"The poison of incense?" Zhou Qiucheng was puzzled, but for some reason, after hearing this word, his heart began to pound wildly and a bad premonition came to his mind.

Zhang Chen explained to Zhou Qiucheng, "The faith of sentient beings will bring incredible power, but the greed, anger, and ignorance of sentient beings will also be attached to it and enter the origin of the gods. If it accumulates for a long time, the mild case will be moody and the thoughts will be controlled by greed, anger, and ignorance. The severe case will be directly dispersed by the huge thoughts and turned into a walking corpse and a monster." Zhou Qiucheng was shocked when he heard this, and his face began to change: "Is it really so?"

Zhang Chen nodded.

Zhou Qiucheng pondered for a long time after hearing this, and then smiled bitterly: "Even if there are many disadvantages, I still can't give up this method. This method is my only hope to break the deadlock."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen glanced at Zhou Qiucheng, then stopped persuading him. He bowed to Zhou Qiucheng and left.

"Although I have the water of the Yellow Spring, which can wash away the greed, anger and ignorance of all living beings, the side effects of the water of the Yellow Spring are too great. It will gradually erase people's humanity and turn them into gods without emotions. If I want to help Zhou Qiucheng, I have to find another way and think of a proper solution." Zhang Chen thought to himself.

Time passed day by day, and the whole Jinling city gradually quieted down under Zhou Qiucheng's strong suppression. The whole Jinling city fell into a rare silence, but Huang Chao disappeared, and even Zhang Chen didn't know where the old guy was hiding.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Chen came to Linglong Tower again and saw that the entire Linglong Tower was completely covered by the light of God, and every inch of the gap revealed a sacred atmosphere.

At this time, the Linglong Tower had absorbed the energy of countless incense sticks and became very strong. A powerful force was rolling inside it, and the whole Linglong Tower exuded a sacred, immortal and inviolable aura.

"The atmosphere of incense and worship in Jinling City is indeed huge, with tens of millions of people continuously offering sacrifices. In just a few months, the entire Linglong Tower has been transformed into a Shinto magic instrument." Zhang Chen sighed quietly.

In a normal era, the innate spiritual treasures are invulnerable to all kinds of attacks and would never transform into Shinto instruments. What are Shinto instruments? How could an innate spiritual treasure lower its status?

But now it is different. The essence of the innate spiritual treasure is constantly dissipating, and it needs huge energy to replenish it. Although the power of incense is like pig bran to the innate spiritual treasure, the key is to be able to eat and survive. They can no longer care about so much.

For the innate spiritual treasure, the most important thing is to replenish energy and survive this era.

"The Linglong Tower has been completely transformed into a Shinto magic weapon. It actively cooperates with Zhou Qiucheng to absorb incense and transform itself." said the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon.

"The power exerted by the eleventh-level divine weapon is terrifying. Now it can be sublimated to the extreme without any scruples, and it does not care about any energy consumption at all." The Great Freedom Demon said to Zhang Chen:
"Even if we are facing a twelfth-level expert, we can still resist it."

Zhang Chen fell silent upon hearing this. He was completely silent and didn't know what to say. In his opinion, the faster Zhou Qiucheng upgraded, the faster he would die.

"Forget it, let's quickly comprehend the mysteries within the Linglong Tower." Zhang Chen didn't want to care about so much. As long as his cultivation level improved fast enough, all the troubles could be easily suppressed by him.

As the entire Linglong Tower was transformed into a Shinto magic weapon, Zhang Chen noticed the wonderful changes in the Linglong Tower. The sealing power within the Linglong Tower became stronger, and the entire wall of the Linglong Tower was stained with a faint divine glow.

Zhang Chen carefully observed the patterns on the wall of the Linglong Tower, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. After a long while, he said to the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon: "If you can gather all the incense in the world, to what level will your cultivation level be elevated?"

"Surpassing the twelfth level is inevitable! But if someone really does that, I'm afraid he will be close to death. The poison of the incense of all living beings in the world is not so easy to resolve." said the Great Freedom Demon.

Zhang Chen thought of the Dasheng court. The Dasheng court controlled countless living beings in the world. If it could obtain the power of incense and offerings from all over the world, what kind of terrifying existence would be cultivated?

"It's not likely. The Dasheng Dynasty is similar to the Zhou Dynasty in our previous life. Although the Zhou emperor commands the world, the various princes have divided their territory and governed themselves. The incense and offerings from the various princes are not enough, let alone contributing to the Dasheng court?" Zhang Chen rejected this idea in his heart.

"I always feel like something is not right." The Great Freedom Demon said in Zhang Chen's ear.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chen was puzzled.

"The guy down there has become stronger." The Great Freedom Demon pointed at the crystal stone ground below, with an ugly light in his eyes.

"Become stronger? Why became stronger?" Zhang Chen was full of confusion.

"I don't know? Logically speaking, in this era, he is still sealed and his strength can only decrease. How can he become stronger? This is illogical?" The Great Freedom Demon was also confused at this time, with a bewildered look in his eyes.

"Could you have sensed it wrongly?" Zhang Chen asked again.

"Absolutely impossible! I'm so close to him, how could I be wrong?" The Great Freedom Demon seemed to be humiliated.

(End of this chapter)