I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 820: Listening to the Sermon for One Year

Zhang Chen suddenly felt that the Queen Mother of the West was not as simple as he thought. After all, if the Queen Mother of the West had not cultivated her primordial spirit, how could she know about the primordial spirit?

Zhang Chen was in a state of shock and doubt at this time. It seemed that the secret of the origin of immortality had a chance to be revealed right before his eyes. Unfortunately, the Queen Mother of the West was too powerful, and he could not verify it with her.

"The Queen Mother of the West treats me so well and bestows upon me the secrets of formations. But I cannot do anything to her Creation of Fire Spirit and do such a treacherous thing." Zhang Chen thought of the Creation of Fire Spirit again. The Queen Mother of the West bestowed upon him two peaches as soon as they met, taught him the true meaning of formations, and even took out a year to preach to him. How could he betray the Queen Mother of the West?
“Forget it. I have already mastered the authority of the Five Elements. It would be good to have the Fire Spirit of Creation, but it won’t make any difference to me if I don’t have it.” Zhang Chen made up his mind to give up the Fire Spirit of Creation as he didn’t want to let down the Queen Mother of the West.

Although Zhang Chen cannot be considered a man of both virtue and talent, he is a man with a conscience.

"As for matters concerning the way of immortals, as long as I settle down in West Kunlun and stay with the Queen Mother of the West, one day I will have the opportunity to figure out its origins." Zhang Chen made up his mind, then lowered his head to comprehend the scroll of formation in his hand.

He mastered the two supreme formations, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and the Blood Sea Formation. He had some foundation in the art of formations, but he had never studied it systematically. Now, based on the dialectics of the two formations, it was a simple matter for him, and he soon became immersed in it and could not extricate himself.

The mystery of the formation was beyond Zhang Chen's imagination. The movement of heaven and earth, the trajectory of the sun, moon and stars, and even the entire universe, was a flawless formation.

This big world is a huge and complex formation. The world operates according to some strange laws, and this law can be called: the way of heaven.

"According to the concept of formation, the world is a big formation, and the way of heaven is a big formation." Zhang Chen comprehended the mystery and felt that there was some truth in it. After all, the sun, moon and stars are the great formation of the celestial beings, and the countless mountains and rivers and dragon veins on the earth contain innate great formations. It is not wrong to say that the whole world is a running great formation.

"Interesting." Zhang Chen murmured to himself, countless inspirations flowing in his soul, and he was completely immersed in it, unable to extricate himself.

After a month, all the scriptures in front of Zhang Chen were read. At this time, when Zhang Chen was sitting cross-legged in meditation and fell into a state of confusion, suddenly the sound of bells rang, awakening Zhang Chen from his deep enlightenment.

Zhang Chen opened his eyes and saw that Empress Biyun was holding a bell in her hand and looking at him with a smile in her eyes.

"It seems that you have comprehended well in the past month and have gained a lot. The Queen Mother should be satisfied with you." Queen Biyun said.

"Has the one-month deadline arrived?" Zhang Chen slowly stood up and bowed respectfully to Empress Biyun: "Greetings, sister."

Queen Biyun put away the bells and chimes and said, "One month has passed. Go wash yourself and come with me to pay homage to the Queen Mother. Remember not to miss the time, or you will be punished by the Queen Mother."

Zhang Chen nodded when he heard this. There was a natural waterfall outside his palace. He jumped into the waterfall, washed himself, changed his clothes, and went with Lady Biyun to pay homage to the Queen Mother.

It was still the same palace, and the Queen Mother of the West was still sitting on the cloud bed, as if she had never moved, even her posture had not changed.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother." Zhang Chen and Queen Biyun bowed together.

Queen Mother Xi slowly opened her eyes, and then looked at Zhang Chen. After a moment, she gestured to Queen Biyun to leave, and then she spoke:
"What are the three questions of the formation?"

Zhang Chen heard the Queen Mother of the West's question and knew that she was testing him, so he said, "There are three questions about the Dao of Formation. The first one is Heaven. Heaven refers to the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, and the trajectory of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning..."

Zhang Chen answered fluently. He did not waste this month. Not only did he remember the text on the golden page, but he also made comparisons with the Blood Sea Array and the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array, which gave him many more insights.

So when the Queen Mother of the West asked questions at this time, Zhang Chen answered fluently without any delay.

After a full hour, Queen Mother of the West stopped asking questions. She did not reveal any emotion at all. It was impossible to tell whether she was happy, angry, sad, or happy. It was also unclear whether she was satisfied or dissatisfied.

After about three breaths of pause, the Queen Mother of the West once again uttered heavenly sounds and spoke lotus flowers. Countless mysteries of heaven and earth came out of her mouth. For a moment, the entire hall was filled with golden lotuses falling from the ceiling and surging from the ground. Countless mysteries were displayed before Zhang Chen's eyes.

"Golden lotuses are falling from the sky and gushing out from the ground!" Zhang Chen looked at the golden lotuses falling from the sky and the sweet springs gushing out from the ground, his eyes full of shock.

He originally thought that the golden lotuses falling from the sky were just an exaggerated description from the legend, but when he really saw the golden lotuses falling from the sky, Zhang Chen was completely stunned.

Soon Zhang Chen came back to his senses, and quickly entered a state of enlightenment and contemplation, constantly comprehending the mysterious musical notes between heaven and earth, his entire soul completely immersed in it.

Queen Mother of the West explained the Dao of formations to Zhang Chen. Her words were profound and pointed directly to the origin, which made Zhang Chen suddenly realize. In the first three months, Queen Mother of the West explained the changes of the Dao of formations at a higher level to Zhang Chen. In another three months, she explained the Dao of formations' mutual generation and restraint. In another three months, she explained the refining techniques of formations to Zhang Chen. In the last three months, she directly explained the key points of various innate formations to Zhang Chen.

Time passed quickly in the blink of an eye. When the year was up, Queen Mother of the West stopped preaching, but Zhang Chen was still immersed in the state of enlightenment and couldn't extricate himself.

Another ten years passed, and Zhang Chen sat in the hall for ten years before he woke up from the state of enlightenment. He was startled and subconsciously looked at the Queen Mother of the West on the cloud bed. He saw that the Queen Mother of the West on the cloud bed was still moving, as if no time had passed in the hall.

"I didn't realize how much time has passed. I beg Queen Mother to show mercy." Zhang Chen quickly apologized.

"Very good! Your talent is beyond my expectations. I am very happy." The Queen Mother of the West spoke in a cold voice, without any intention of blaming: "All of my Western Kunlun golden armor warriors have missions to accomplish, and you have two missions."

"Please give me some advice, Your Majesty." Zhang Chen said respectfully.

"First, I will teach you the art of formations. You must build the formations according to the blueprint I gave you before within a thousand years. If you fail to complete the task, don't blame me for turning you into ashes. You can mobilize your peers of the golden armor warriors at will. Second, if there are innate formations in the outside world, you must come forward to assist the other golden armor gods to break all the innate formations and bring back the innate spiritual treasures and innate sacred things inside." The Queen Mother of the West's voice was full of indifference:

"Of course, I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. If you can break a great innate formation, I will give you a peach. If you can build the altar on the blueprint, I will teach you the subsequent methods of "Giant Opens the Sky"."

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this. He was asked to break the innate formation? Without the help of the innate spiritual treasure, how could he have such ability? Although he understood some of the mysteries of the formation, it was too much to say that he could break the innate formation.

Fortunately, breaking the innate formation is not a mandatory task, it is only linked to the peaches. I have eaten two peaches, so my life is not too urgent. I can give myself another thousand years to comprehend, and perhaps there will be some hope of breaking the innate formation.

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind. As for the altar blueprint that the Queen Mother of the West had given him before, it was his task and he could not be negligent in any way.

"As for the location of the altar, I have already chosen a location. You only need to ask Biyun, and you will naturally know where the altar is located when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen bowed respectfully and left the hall. As expected, he saw Empress Biyun standing outside the hall waiting for him.

"You have actually stayed in the Queen Mother's palace for ten days, which is beyond my expectation. The Queen Mother has already instructed me to take you to the place where the altar is built. Please follow me." Queen Biyun led the way.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen followed Lady Biyun. After eight hundred miles out of Kunlun, the two came to a big mountain in the Kunlun Range. Zhang Chen looked at the surrounding mountains and terrain and was shocked. If he was not mistaken, this should be the place where the inverse scale was.

"The address chosen by the Queen Mother is right here. Tomorrow I will call the warriors in your group to listen to your instructions." Queen Biyun said, "The Queen Mother takes this matter very seriously. You must do it well and there must not be any mistakes. Otherwise, the Queen Mother always keeps her word and no one can save you."

"I see." Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this: "Thank you for your concern, sister."

Seeing this, Lady Biyun nodded and said, "You prepare here, I will mobilize those strong men for you."

The green clouds turned into flowing lights and drifted away, leaving Zhang Chen standing there, gazing at the majestic Kunlun Mountains that stretched for tens of thousands of miles with no end in sight. His eyes were filled with emotion.

After looking at it for a long time, Zhang Chen was sure that this was the place where the dragon vein of Kunlun Mountain was located. He couldn't help but feel curious: "How strange! If a large-scale construction is carried out here, it will definitely affect the trend of the entire Kunlun Mountain's veins, and even break the Kunlun Mountain's qi and cause the Kunlun Mountain's qi to leak out. Why would the Queen Mother of the West choose to build a dragon vein here?"

Zhang Chen's heart was filled with disbelief, and his eyes were filled with astonishment. After thinking for a while, he wondered what the Queen Mother of the West was planning, and muttered, "Maybe the Queen Mother of the West has other plans."

Then Zhang Chen took out the scroll from his sleeve and carefully looked at the altar that Queen Mother of the West wanted to build. After looking at it for a long time, Zhang Chen was surprised and showed an expression of disbelief: "This altar actually covers thousands of miles of mountains and rivers?"

He was a little bit unbelievable and couldn't believe his eyes.

What kind of altar could cover a thousand miles of land? It must be as big as half of China.

What a huge project this is?
“If we build it according to the blueprints, we will accidentally trigger the Kunlun Dragon Vein and bring down divine punishment.” Zhang Chen was secretly shocked.

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