I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 916 Planning
If there's a strange creature in every room, how many strange creatures are imprisoned throughout the entire academy?

Zhou Qiucheng, who was standing to the side, said, "Many of the strange creatures unearthed from the ruins were sent into Jinling City and imprisoned in pagodas to be suppressed."

"With so many strange things in the academy, won't they cause some trouble?" Zhang Chen asked, looking puzzled.

“Most of the mysterious objects placed in the room are incomplete, and they don’t have any life. They just have all sorts of strange abilities, so they won’t cause any trouble,” Zhou Qiucheng explained, clearing up Zhang Chen’s doubts.

Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this. He hadn't expected there to be such a crucial point, but even so, it was clear how profound the foundation of the Great Victory Dynasty was.

As the two walked through a long, dark, and deep corridor, a glimmer of light appeared in the distance, and a vast underground world came into view before Zhang Chen.

The underground world before him rippled with waves, the final struggle of a broken feng shui formation. The sun hung high in the sky, and Zhang Chen was slightly taken aback when he saw it, because it was not the sun at all, but the eye of an unknown creature.

The eye hung high at the top, illuminating the entire underground world. Zhang Chen stood at the entrance and looked around. What came into view was a small world that stretched for a hundred miles. The small world was full of lush grass and blooming flowers, and bees were flying around inside.

“When the Great Victory Royal Family first unearthed the tomb, it was a desolate wasteland, barren of vegetation. However, the Royal Family sensed a mysterious energy surging within, making it suitable for cultivating medicinal herbs. So, they brought soil from outside and used it to cultivate various medicinal herbs such as ginseng and he shou wu. Through generations of cultivation, this place has become a medicinal garden, responsible for cultivating medicinal herbs for the Great Victory Royal Family,” Zhou Qiucheng explained to Zhang Chen, pointing to the boundless, lush greenery.

"Just how strong is the Great Victory Royal Family? I see that some of the herbs they cultivate have already developed sentience and are not far from transforming into demonic beasts." Zhang Chen saw the ginseng dolls that were about to run around, and the herbs that had already transformed into people and carriages playing in the herb garden.

“The Great Victory Kingdom has been established for thousands of years, collecting the best resources in the world for its own enjoyment. The Great Victory Kingdom’s resources are beyond imagination,” Zhou Qiucheng replied.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's eyes revealed a hint of caution. Judging from the countless spiritual herbs on the ground, Zhang Chen knew that the Great Victory Royal Family was not someone to be trifled with.

“This medicinal garden is guarded by the local deity appointed by the Great Victory Royal Family. No one may touch the garden except by the decree of the King. You must not pick any herbs,” Zhou Qiucheng warned.

"This disciple understands." Zhang Chen nodded.

The two continued walking into the distance, passing through the herb garden and then through a series of gates, finally arriving at a corridor: "In front of you in this corridor are the last two perils near the world barrier, one by lightning and the other by fire. Zhong Xiang's Qilin Fire originated from this place. These two barriers are extremely dangerous, and no one can pass through them. If you can overcome one of them, the Human King will surely pardon your sins."

"Zhong Xiang's Qilin Fire comes from this place?" Zhang Chen asked with curiosity.

"According to the powerful figures of the Great Victory Royal Family, the last two barriers here were not mechanisms built by the tomb's owner. Rather, the tomb's owner wanted to use a feng shui array to open up the world barrier. Later, as the world changed, the feng shui array that opened up the world barrier gradually withered. The world barrier wanted to heal, and the earth, water, wind, and fire were about to evolve, so thunder and fire appeared, blocking the passage," Zhou Qiucheng said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's eyes gleamed with golden light as he carefully examined the passage before him. He realized that the Great Victory Royal Family's deduction was correct. This place was indeed once occupied by a powerful being who attempted to breach the world barrier. Using the power of a feng shui array, he continuously tore at the barrier, creating a passage within it. However, with the passage of time, the feng shui array was neglected and subjected to the erosion of the world barrier. As a result, the array was gradually worn down, leading to a leak in its power. The wind and thunder forces of the world barrier then seeped into the passage, forming two barriers.

Perhaps in less than a thousand years, as the flaws in that feng shui formation grow larger and larger, the entire feng shui formation will eventually collapse, and the world barrier that was stretched open will heal itself.

“This thunder and fire come from the power of the world barrier.” Zhang Chen stared at the passage in front of him for a while and had already seen the mystery of the feng shui formation within.

He had twice presided over the construction of feng shui formations, and his application of feng shui formations had reached an extremely profound level. He could see the key to them at a glance.

Of course, the most crucial point is that the technique used in the feng shui formation in front of him looked familiar, reminiscent of the style of the Western Kunlun Mountains.

"That's right, it was a flaw in the feng shui formation that caused the lightning and fire power within the world barrier to leak out. You have a good eye," Zhou Qiucheng praised.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen looked thoughtful: "To solve the problem of thunder and fire, all we need to do is repair the feng shui array in front of us. The Great Victory Dynasty, which controls the world, surely it can find a master to repair the feng shui array?"

“The Great Victory Dynasty certainly has no shortage of masters of feng shui formations, but this feng shui formation comes from an extremely ancient era and is different from the feng shui formations of today. Therefore, even if the court has feng shui masters, it is difficult to make up for the defects of the current feng shui formation,” Zhou Qiucheng explained from the side.

Zhang Chen thought of Chen Xu, who was also a master of Feng Shui, but even he was helpless against the Feng Shui formations inherited from ancient times. "The inheritance of the Feng Shui formations has been broken," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

The break is not because it was lost, but because, with the changes of heaven and earth and the changes of the times, masters of Feng Shui made improvements to the tradition in order to adapt to the changes of heaven and earth, making it more suitable for the current situation. Then, with hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, it was eventually lost.

It's like oracle bone script; as generations evolved, old things were gradually discarded and eventually lost.

Furthermore, with the changes in the world, the upper limit of the world changed, and each generation became less capable than the last. People found cultivation increasingly difficult, so where would they find the time to study those ancient and outdated things? In the end, those ancient traditions became useless and were gradually abandoned by people.

“I can repair this feng shui formation. To be honest, I know quite a variety of things, and I happen to be proficient in some feng shui formations from the ancient times,” Zhang Chen said to Zhou Qiucheng.

He wasn't kindly helping the Great Victory Dynasty repair its feng shui array; rather, he suddenly realized that he was about to create a world to cultivate peaches of immortality, and the barrier between the spiritual and material worlds had been broken. For Zhang Chen, this was the perfect opportunity to make his move.

Compared to directly splitting off a certain realm of the Thirty-Three Heavens' spiritual world and then dragging the spiritual world back from the void, the current spiritual world's realm and the material world are already linked, and the world barrier has also overlapped and merged. For Zhang Chen, refining it would be much easier.

If we compare the spiritual world to a sunken cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, would you rather go through all the trouble of salvaging it from the seabed yourself, or would it be simpler for someone to have already towed it to the shore so you can just reach out and pull it up?

The latter is what's happening now. That unknown great supernatural being has already opened the bridge between the material world and the spiritual world, connecting the void and the material world, and has already anchored the spiritual world in the void. Now Zhang Chen only needs to open the passage between the material world and the spiritual world to directly refine it.

If Zhang Chen were to enter the spiritual world to intercept and refine it, he would need to go through three steps: First, intercept it within the spiritual world. Second, refine the spiritual world. Third, drag the spiritual world into the material world.

The third step is the most difficult, since the material world and the spiritual world are completely unconnected. But now Zhang Chen suddenly discovers that someone has already built a passage between the material world and the spiritual world, and he only needs to complete the first and second steps.

"Are you really able to repair the feng shui formation in front of us?" Zhou Qiucheng's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

"Of course! It just requires a lot of materials," Zhang Chen said.

He not only had to repair the feng shui formation, but also reinforce it to prevent it from collapsing while he was dragging his spiritual world, thus delaying his grand plan.

If one wants to retrieve their spiritual world from the void, the spatial channel cannot be unstable, otherwise it could ruin everything.

Just as various thoughts were flashing through Zhang Chen's mind, Zhou Qiucheng grabbed Zhang Chen's arm: "Kid, you're going to do something great! Once we can open the door to the new world, you'll be the one to make the greatest contribution. We've been looking forward to opening the door to the new world for a long time. According to the information from the Great Victory Royal Family, that new world is filled with endless magnificent creations. Breaking through to the twelfth rank is as easy as drinking water. There are countless rare flowers and herbs, and countless longevity-promoting elixirs. If you can repair the great formation, it will be a great achievement."

"Whatever materials are needed to build the feng shui array, just ask, and I will definitely get them for you. The Great Victory Royal Family has gathered all the wonders of the world; what materials can't they have? We'll just focus on the repairs; as for the materials, let the Great Victory Royal Family worry about that," Zhou Qiucheng said eagerly.

Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this: "I will make a list for the dean. The dean can collect materials according to the list. I will stay here to study the feng shui formation of this place. You can go and collect the materials."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qiucheng nodded excitedly and ordered someone to fetch paper and pen. After Zhang Chen listed hundreds of materials, Zhou Qiucheng left in high spirits, leaving Zhang Chen standing there silently looking at the feng shui formation. After a while, he summoned the bead left behind by the Heavenly Fire Spirit and strode straight towards the sea of ​​fire.

Although the power of that flame was strong, it was not as strong as the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, nor as strong as his fire attribute authority.

This feng shui formation was built by an ancient powerhouse and is extremely complex. Even Zhang Chen must treat it with caution, using both the fire attribute authority and the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit bead together, lest some hidden danger lurk within the flames and catch him off guard.

Those ancient folks are the most cunning. Who knows what kind of pitfalls they've buried in their feng shui formations for their descendants? If you accidentally fall into their trap, you'll be in for a real mess!

Therefore, Zhang Chen was extremely cautious in the face of these old guys' methods, and dared not be careless in the slightest. No amount of caution was too much.

(End of this chapter)