I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 822: Two Thousand Years of Change

Zhang Chen held the long whip in his hand and found that the restrictions on the long whip looked familiar. He carefully thought: Isn't this somewhat similar to the God-beating Whip? It's just not even one-tenth as good as the God-beating Whip, but even so, this thing can be regarded as a rare treasure.

"The material used to refine this long whip is very strange. It has innate energy flowing through it. It is neither gold nor wood, neither iron nor copper." When countless thoughts were flowing through Zhang Chenqi's mind, Empress Biyun spoke up:

"This item is a special treasure of the Golden Armor God General, used to manage his subordinates. This treasure was made by the Queen Mother of the West taking the innate iron essence and combining it with the spine and life soul of the innate gods. It was refined in the medicine furnace for ten thousand years. This treasure is very precious, you must not lose it, otherwise you will be held accountable by the Queen Mother of the West."

Zhang Chen quickly rolled up the long whip like a bundle of ropes and held it in his hand. He said to Lady Biyun, "Although I have obtained this treasure, I don't know how to use it. I hope Sister will show mercy and teach me a whip technique."

Lady Biyun nodded and pulled out a silver-white paper from her sleeve: "Here is a whip technique. You can practice it. Three years later, whether you have mastered it or not, you must return this paper to me so that I can return it to the library. If you have finished reading the books given by the Queen Mother of the West, you must return them. Do not keep them in your hands. Otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will definitely be punished by the Queen Mother of the West."

Zhang Chen took out the gold leaf from his bosom and handed it to Lady Biyun opposite him: "I have already finished reading this golden book. Please return it to the library to prevent me from losing it."

When Zhang Chen thought of the countless books in the library, his heart couldn't help but warm up. There were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of books in the treasury, and they recorded all kinds of incredible secret methods. If he could comprehend them thoroughly, he would definitely have incredible fortune.

It was a pity that the pavilion was guarded by a large formation, so Zhang Chen had no chance to take action at all.

However, for Zhang Chen, it is not without the opportunity to obtain the skills in the pavilion. As long as he continues to make great achievements, sooner or later he will have the opportunity to acquire all the secret skills.

Especially the giant Kaitian, which was what he wanted most urgently. However, this kind of thing could not be rushed, so Zhang Chen could only wait slowly. He had plenty of time, enough for him to continue waiting.

Empress Biyun took the golden scroll and said goodbye, leaving Zhang Chen standing there. He watched Empress Biyun's receding back without saying a word, then waved the long whip in his hand, and the long whip coiled around his waist like a spirit snake. Then Zhang Chen walked away.

Zhang Chen did not need to worry too much about the early stages of mountain opening, ditch leveling, and ore refining. He only needed to grasp the general progress, and then maintain the formation for smelting ore, draw the power of the underground Fire Spirit of Creation, and use the power of the Fire Spirit of Creation to quench the iron ore. These were all rough jobs.

Time flies. Three hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. The mountains within a radius of thousands of miles were flattened, the gullies were filled, and the area within a radius of thousands of miles turned into a flat plain. Zhang Chen stood there, looking at the endless plain with a hint of thought in his eyes.

Over the past three hundred years, Zhang Chen has been practicing hard day and night, comprehending the mysteries of the formation and his own magical powers. Although his cultivation has not improved at all, his strength has greatly increased.

Looking at the giants in the distance who were carrying rocks like ants, Zhang Chen's eyes showed a trace of pity. At the beginning, only three hundred giants in the same group as him stood out and obtained the peaches bestowed by the Queen Mother of the West. The rest all turned into corpses and were refined into iron ore, becoming part of the ore.

Although the three hundred strong men were promoted to golden-armored generals, they stayed under Zhang Chen's command and became supervisors, assisting Zhang Chen in presiding over the construction of the altar.

And the strong man who was working had no idea how many batches had been delivered.

"This is the place where the dragon vein is against its scales. The power of the golden-armored general is pure physical strength. He has been chiseling the rocks bit by bit, but he has not suffered any punishment from the sky, nor has it affected the direction of the dragon vein. It's really strange. It seems that my understanding of the dragon vein is not deep enough." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

He originally thought that some disaster would happen because the dragon's reverse scales were leveled, but who knew that nothing would happen?

He felt that he knew too little about dragon energy.

"Sir, the mountains and gullies within a thousand miles have been leveled. Please give us instructions for the next steps." At this time, a golden-armored general flew over, knelt in front of Zhang Chen and saluted respectfully.

After hearing the words of the golden-armored general, Zhang Chen already had an idea in mind:

"Have you completed the runes engraved on the bronze blocks I asked you to smelt?" Zhang Chen asked. "You only need three more pieces of rune-embedded steel to condense the 129,600 pieces you requested." The golden-armored general bowed.

Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction:
"Guide the power of the earth fire to melt all the rocks within a thousand miles and melt them into a whole rock. While the magma has not completely solidified, throw the various iron and copper blocks that have been refined into it according to the rules I taught you before."

"Yes!"

The golden-armored general saluted and conveyed orders to the distance, while Zhang Chen flipped his palm and a bronze compass appeared.

The copper plate is extremely complex to make, with all kinds of mysterious runes flowing on it. The entire compass has a total of seven circles, corresponding to the three realms of heaven, earth and man, as well as the people, ghosts and gods in the three realms.

As Zhang Chen activated the compass, it began to spin like a precise and complex machine, appearing extremely mysterious.

At a certain moment, when the gods, ghosts and humans of heaven and earth formed a pattern, the compass stopped turning, and Zhang Chen stared at the compass quietly.

This compass is a mysterious method that Zhang Chen figured out after deducing the method of refining the altar of the Queen Mother of the West. It can sense the energy of the entire formation and the Feng Shui energy. Once there is an error in the construction of the entire formation, the Feng Shui energy will inevitably be disordered, resulting in fluctuations, which will inevitably be sensed by this compass.

After all, this altar covers an area of ​​a thousand miles in radius, and Zhang Chen does not know how to fly. Even if he has the Five Elements Escape Technique, he dare not use it under the nose of the Queen Mother of the West. So he had to come up with such a stupid idea. He divided the task of building the altar and taught it to the golden-armored gods who were supervising them. Then he sat in the center and observed the fluctuations of the Feng Shui energy. If there were any mistakes in the construction of the formation, the Feng Shui energy would definitely fluctuate.

A complete formation must conform to the laws of heaven and earth and the circulation of the qi of heaven and earth. If there is an error in the magnetic field between heaven and earth, it will inevitably lead to changes in feng shui. Zhang Chen only needs to discover and adjust it in time, which can greatly reduce his workload and allow him to relax and comprehend the great way of formation.

Over the past few hundred years, Zhang Chen has been unable to practice, so he has devoted all his energy and attention to the power of the formation. His practice of the formation has made rapid progress. In addition, he has mastered the power of the five elements between heaven and earth, and the power of the five elements has an unfathomable and mysterious induction on the great formation between heaven and earth. Therefore, Zhang Chen's comprehension of the formation with the five elements attributes has become more proficient.

However, the art of formations is so subtle and complex that even if Zhang Chen has made some achievements, the knowledge he has mastered is only a drop in the ocean.

Just as Zhang Chen was staring at the compass in his hand, Queen Biyun turned into a stream of light and came from the horizon. She landed in front of Zhang Chen and looked at the flat land covering a thousand miles. There was a hint of surprise in her eyes: "You have made great efforts in the past few hundred years, and the results have begun to show. Queen Mother Wang was not wrong about you. You really have some skills."

Hearing what Queen Biyun said, Zhang Chen smiled bitterly and said, "You are just forcing me to do something. Since Queen Mother has given me the task, how can I not do my best? I must produce some results to show Queen Mother."

"A golden-armored warrior discovered a great innate formation, which has not been broken for two hundred years. The golden-armored warrior came back for help. Will you accept the mission and try to break the formation? You have not accepted any mission in the past few hundred years, and have not received any reward of peaches. Although you have received two peaches from the Queen Mother of the West and your life is temporarily worry-free, you still have to make plans in advance. The innate formation is not easy to break. In the past, the breaking of each innate formation required the lives of countless golden-armored warriors! The scarcity of golden-armored warriors in Kunlun Mountain is also related to the innate formation. Once an innate formation is born, countless golden-armored warriors whose lives are about to expire will choose to go and give it a try." said Niangniang Biyun.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "It's not that I don't want to try to break the innate formation, but it will take years to break a innate formation. A small mistake in building this altar can lead to a huge error. How dare I leave for a long time? Breaking the innate formation is not something that can be done in a short time. I am in a dilemma. The only thing I can hope for now is to practice formation cultivation and comprehend more every day, and strive for a big breakthrough. After the altar is built, I can quickly break the innate formation and obtain the peaches that prolong my life."

Upon hearing this, Lady Biyun stopped trying to persuade him, and just said, "If you encounter any difficulties in building the altar, feel free to come to me, and I will definitely help you."

Empress Biyun turned around and turned into a stream of light and disappeared, leaving Zhang Chen standing there, watching Empress Biyun's receding back in silence.

Time passed by little by little, and accompanied by the golden-armored warriors moving mountains and filling the sea, the prototype of a huge building was slowly built in front of Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen had a Feng Shui compass sitting in the center, constantly monitoring the fluctuations of the vital energy between heaven and earth in all directions. If he found any mistakes, he would correct them.

Three hundred years passed in the blink of an eye, and the passage of time seemed to have no value. The base of the altar gradually took shape, a huge octagonal stone platform a thousand feet high, like a large innate Bagua formation made of stones, but completely different.

(End of this chapter)