I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 793: The Longevity Tree Coffin Appears

Zhang Chen looked at Chen Sanliang's receding back, with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes. He felt that Chen Sanliang was a very complicated person, and the complexity of human nature was fully displayed in him. But it was also because of this that Chen Sanliang was shown to be a human being, not a high and mighty god, nor a puppet of spiritual practice.

"I hope that Chen Sanliang's return can help more people survive." Zhang Chen could only hope silently in his heart.

Then Zhang Chen stayed in Wenhou's territory for seven or eight days, and saw the team of Longhu Escort Agency continue on their way, and Chen Ping still followed the team quietly, but there was a group of refugees in the team. The refugees hired a horse-drawn carriage to pull the coffin and followed the large group of people to a distance.

That night
As the escort team set out again, Zhang Chen summoned the fox fairy Nannan back and said, "I asked you to monitor Chen Ping these days. Have you found anything?"

Fox Fairy Nannan reported: "You asked me to monitor Chen Ping, but Chen Ping didn't show any abnormality."

"How is this possible? If we continue to move south, we will be further and further away from Jinling City. How could Chen Ping not take any action? Could it be that you were playing around and wandering around aimlessly, missing important information and ruining my plans?" Zhang Chen questioned the vixen, who did not seem to be reliable.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Fox Fairy Nannan was immediately unhappy: "You can question my strength, but you can never question my ability to do things."

The fox fairy Nannan refuted Zhang Chen's words.

"Strange, this shouldn't be the case!" Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of disbelief. Chen Ping got the Immortality Tree Coffin. Huang Chao personally told him that the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency would escort the Immortality Tree Coffin. There would be no mistakes. Could Huang Chao have made a mistake? But with Huang Chao's ability, how could he have made a mistake?
Zhang Chen couldn't quite believe it, so he used his escape technique to disappear in the courtyard and soon caught up with the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency's large group.

The fact was indeed just as Zhang Chen had expected. The large group of people from the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency were acting normally, walking on the official road on their own, followed by hundreds of thousands of refugees, all the way towards Kyoto.

Zhang Chen scanned the entire Dragon and Tiger Escort team, then his gaze turned again and looked at the refugee team farther away. In an instant, his body spread out and turned into countless vampire bats, passing through the night sky and shuttling silently among the crowd. After a long time, countless bats turned into blood and gathered into a ball, and turned into Zhang Chen again: "No? It shouldn't be, if Chen Ping is really about to leave the Northland, and he wants to escort the Longevity Tree Coffin to the Northland, how could he not bring the Longevity Tree Coffin? The reason why the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency went to Kyoto is because Dugu Qiu once promised that as long as he sent the Longevity Tree Coffin to Kyoto, he could get Dugu Qiu's support and establish a new escort agency in Kyoto. So if Chen Ping really went to Kyoto to join Dugu Qiu, he must bring the Longevity Tree Coffin. The Longevity Tree Coffin is his bargaining chip for rebuilding the escort agency."

"It's not among the escort agency's team, so is there a possibility that the Longevity Tree Coffin is among the refugees?" Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of thought. He was not a fool. Ever since he cultivated into a spirit, his thinking has been clear and he has a unique perspective on things.

After a brief pause, Zhang Chen directly sublimated to the extreme state, the laws of life circulated, and he stepped into the realm of Dao Fruit. Then he carefully sensed the entire group of refugees. The next moment, he restrained the Tongtian Jianmu and fell from the realm of Fruit. His eyes looked into the distance, and his figure flashed and disappeared on the spot.

When he appeared again, he was standing outside the tent of a group of refugees, looking at the flickering campfire in the tent from afar. His eyes fell on a simple shed not far away. In the shed there was a carriage, on which was loaded a huge box.

Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the box, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

The box was not strange. What was strange was that all those who were on this journey were refugees and they all traveled light. How could they carry such a large box with them?

"What a Chen Ping! I really underestimated you. If I hadn't mastered the law of life and could instantly enter the realm of fruition, I wouldn't have realized that you had hidden the coffin of immortality. Who would have thought of hiding the treasure among the refugees? Chen Ping must have sensed it. The Gong family would never let him go and must be watching him in secret." Zhang Chen's thoughts flowed in his mind, and he quickly deduced countless causes and consequences:

"Even Chen Ping had already placed the Longevity Tree Coffin in Jinling City, and when Jinling City was breached, he led his team to follow the crowd."

Zhang Chen's mind was full of thoughts. He looked at the refugees. Their clothes were not ragged, and they looked like ordinary people. They were not noticeable in the crowd. But if he looked closely, he saw more than 30 strong men who were guarding the big box in the middle. There were even 7 or 8 martial arts masters who had cultivated their qi and blood.

Zhang Chen was not surprised that Chen Ping had martial arts masters who had cultivated their qi and blood. When monsters attacked the city, countless warriors drank the monsters' blood, so it was not too difficult for them to break through their martial arts qi and blood.

There were only strong martial arts masters in that team, but there were no people with supernatural powers that controlled the power of blood. Zhang Chen simply used the escape technique, put on an invisibility talisman, and came to the simple shed without attracting anyone's attention.

As Zhang Chen approached, his wood-attributed authority finally responded, and he sensed the aura of the Longevity Tree Coffin.

“Dugu Qiu is worthy of being a Yang God-level powerhouse of the Dasheng Dynasty. He actually used the power of the Judgment Artifact to suppress the aura escaping from the Longevity Tree Coffin. If it weren’t for my authority over the Wood Element, I’m afraid even if I stood in front of this wooden box, I would hardly detect the aura in it.” Zhang Chen’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.

He felt the breath of Judgment in the wooden box, and it was the breath of Judgment that completely suppressed the Longevity Tree Coffin.

"Could it be that the artifact Judgment is inside the Longevity Tree Coffin? Only a twelfth-order mystery can suppress the aura of the Longevity Tree Coffin from leaking out." Zhang Chen had a thought in his mind. He suspected that Dugu Qiu had also left the Judgment here and used it to suppress the aura of the Longevity Tree Coffin.

However, Zhang Chen did not act rashly. In case there really was a Judgment in the wooden box, once he opened the box and triggered the Judgment, it would definitely cause a big mess and alarm all the strong people from all over the world.

After Zhang Chen confirmed that the wooden box in front of him contained the Longevity Tree Coffin, he couldn't help but think of many things in his mind. All the vague puzzles in the past now had answers.

Why did the Great Victory Court take action when the demon tribe was rampaging? Why did the Great Victory Court sit on the sidelines and watch when Jinling City was broken?

The Dasheng court has three twelfth-level mysteries. One is used to restrain the Peacock Ancestor, another is used to guard the imperial palace, and it is not impossible that the third one is used to guard the Longevity Tree Coffin.

After all, the Longevity Tree Coffin involves the matter of prolonging life. To the dignitaries in the Dasheng court, the Longevity Tree Coffin is no less important than any other treasure.

Even many old guys in the Dasheng royal family are waiting for the Longevity Tree Coffin to prolong their lives.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Chen finally chose to retreat. This kind of thing should be left to the people of the Gong family, and he would never show up.

Zhang Chen retreated quietly and came to a deserted place, thinking about how to tell Gong Hei the news about the Changsheng Tree Coffin.

Although Gong Hei was possessed by the Blood God Son, he still maintained his own consciousness. The Blood God Son was only influencing Gong Hei's decision subtly. In the next fight, Zhang Chen wanted Gong Hei to use the magical powers of the Gong family, so that he could better put the blame on the Gong family.

The Gong family is his old rival. Zhang Chen would never mind if he had the chance to deal them a fatal blow and put the blame on them.

"How can I pass the message to Gong Hei?" Zhang Chen had thoughts running through his mind. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. After all, Gong Hei was not a fool. If his hint was too deliberate, it would alert the enemy and Gong Hei would definitely be wary.

But after thinking for a while, Zhang Chen really thought of a good idea.

Zhang Chen sensed the location of the Blood God Son, and the next moment he sensed the Gong family’s camp. A group of people from the other side were disguised as refugees following in the crowd, monitoring the movements of the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency from afar.

Zhang Chen snapped his fingers and a drop of blood god flew out, possessing an inconspicuous disciple of the Gong family.

If he reminded Gong Hei, it would cause Gong Hei to be secretly on guard, but if someone from the Gong family discovered the trace of the Longevity Tree Coffin, they would be able to perfectly cover up all traces at that time.

But there is no need to rush this matter, as it is easy to make mistakes if you are in a hurry.

After Zhang Chen's Blood God Son took over the body of the Gong family disciple, the Blood God Son lay dormant quietly. Three days later, the disciple and another person were walking in the crowd. Under the guidance of the disciple, they deliberately got separated from the large group and coincidentally discovered the big box.

The two stood at a distance and looked at it from afar. Then, Blood God Son teased the disciple subtly, "This box is really weird. Who would bring such a big box when fleeing? I think this box is almost as big as a coffin."

Another disciple of the Gong family looked it up and down and said, "This box is really strangely large. It is even larger than the target we are looking for. We can also follow suit when the time comes. After finding the target, put it in a big box and transport it away... a big box... and transport it away?"

At this point, the Gong family disciple paused, then turned to look at Blood God Son. Blood God Son's eyes lit up at this time: "A strange big box, and such a coincidence... If there is an Immortality Tree Coffin hidden in it, it makes sense, right? After all, Chen Ping did not move along the way. If he really left the North and the South, he would definitely transport the Immortality Tree Coffin away and would never leave it in the demon clan's territory."

The other person's eyes suddenly lit up: "Let's go back and report to the ancestor."

(End of this chapter)