I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

As the words fell, a burly man resembling a bear walked out of the stone house.

If Rope's father, Worm, was already considered mighty and robust, he seemed like nothing more than a small worm compared to the man before them.

"Eh, which tribe are you from?"

The man was taken aback when he saw Zhang Chen.

Earth quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words to his father. The next moment, a wide smile appeared on the man's face: "So, you're a distinguished guest. My name is Lei, and I'm Earth's father. Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of my son. From now on, the Ape Tribe is Your Majesty's home. Your Majesty can stay here as long as you like."

Lei's voice was full of enthusiasm.

"I've been wandering for too long and was just looking for a place to rest. I hope the chieftain won't find it annoying," Zhang Chen replied politely.

Then, Lei brought out venison and fine wine to entertain Zhang Chen, arranging for Zhang Chen to stay in his home.

Zhang Chen sat in the stone house, looking at the simple dwelling. Besides a simple bed with a straw mattress and a layer of animal skin on top, there was nothing else.

There was a table in the house with freshly picked fruit, still glistening with water droplets.

Life in the primitive tribe was very simple. Zhang Chen didn't ask for much. What he was thinking about now was how to inquire about the Ape Tribe's news regarding 'Emperor' and the Great Tomb.

"The Ape Tribe swept across the world in the past, provoking countless enemies. Now they're hiding here under a false identity to escape vendettas. It's going to be difficult for me to find out information," Zhang Chen stroked his chin. "How should I start?"

Zhang Chen could imagine that if he opened his mouth rashly, it would surely arouse Lei's vigilance. So, the timing of his inquiry had to be appropriate, so as not to be misunderstood by Lei.

"I need an opportunity to gain Lei's trust," Zhang Chen stood by the window and thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with a solution. Without a strategist to offer advice, he really felt a little棘手.

"That's right, I wonder how that Great自在天魔 is doing? Since the Great自在天魔 has been to this world, he should know about the Emperor's news," Zhang Chen thought of the Great自在天魔 again. This guy was causing trouble all over the world, and he didn't know what he was planning.

With a thought, a petal appeared in Zhang Chen's hand. The petal twisted and transformed into the appearance of the Great自在天魔: "Boy, why did you summon me again?"

"I have something to ask you. Do you know about the 'Ape' Tribe and the 'Emperor'?" Zhang Chen asked.

The Great自在天魔 was stunned, looking at Zhang Chen with a strange expression, then looked at 'Earth' who was chopping firewood in the yard, and said in a low voice: "Of course I know."

"Was the current Ape Tribe established by the descendants of the Emperor?" Zhang Chen asked.

The Great自在天魔 pondered for a moment, then said with a troubled expression: "The past and future are uncertain, and the variables of cause and effect are infinite. I dare not say about this matter. If I say something about cause and effect, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape the consequences. Although I'm immortal, if I'm buried in the long river of time and space, it's no different from death."

"I want to know about the relationship between the Emperor's Daughter's Great Tomb and the tribe in front of me," Zhang Chen asked.

The Great自在天魔 shook his head: "Under the power of time and space cause and effect, my memory of this period has been suppressed, and I can't recall it at all."

Of course, his words were false, because he couldn't tell Zhang Chen the truth, lest it cause chaos in time and space.

Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在天魔 with his eyes, and finally sighed helplessly: "Forget it! Forget it! I'll find a way myself."

Zhang Chen put away the Great自在天魔's petal, then looked at the village chief's house, a thought flashing in his mind: "If I use invisibility to go to the village chief's house to search... No, there are gods guarding the tribe. Although I don't know what level this god is, his strength must be above me. My invisibility can't hide from the gods."

"I wonder if the gods in the tribe can drop any skills for me," Zhang Chen began to think about the benefits again. If he dropped skills from the gods of the Ape Tribe, then the other countless tribes should be able to as well, so he must do an experiment in the Ape Tribe.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen walked out of the house, looked at 'Earth' who was chopping firewood, and asked: "Can I go to the temple to see? Since I've come to the territory of the gods, I should pay a visit."

Earth heard the words and pondered for a moment, put down the firewood knife in his hand and said: "Since the gods have accepted you, it stands to reason that the mystery should not refuse you."

"Big brother, please come with me," Earth said to Zhang Chen.

The two walked out of the house, and 'Earth' introduced to Zhang Chen: "The god of our tribe is called: '后土'. She is a powerful god who has mastered the laws of the earth."

"后土?" Zhang Chen was stunned again when he heard the words, and couldn't help but pause.

"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?" The young 'Earth' looked at Zhang Chen with a puzzled face.

"No, I just remembered something," Zhang Chen quickly shook his head to cover it up.

"Oh, I'll continue to introduce the gods of our tribe to you. The gods of our tribe are very gentle and kind, like a mother, completely different from the aloof gods of other tribes," the young 'Earth' praised the gods in his mouth.

As the two were walking, a figure suddenly walked from a distance, it was Rope's father, Worm. At this time, Worm walked from outside the village, whistling in his mouth, with a relaxed and happy expression on his face, as if he had encountered something great.

Zhang Chen and the two saw Worm, and Worm also saw the two, then the smile on his face instantly disappeared, and he greeted the two without showing any emotion: "Earth, congratulations on igniting your blood energy. With you in the tribe's future, our generation can rest assured. The rise of the tribe in the future will depend on you."

While speaking, he brushed past the two of them, his figure gradually moving away.

Earth looked at Worm's departing back, a strange expression on his face: "Why was he so happy just now? It stands to reason that I had a conflict with 'Rope', and it was a life-and-death conflict, he should be panicking, why is he like this?"

"Perhaps he thought of an excuse to escape responsibility, knowing that your father can't do anything to him, that's why he's happy," Zhang Chen said.

That 'Rope' had always done things without any flaws, 'Earth' could only swallow the loss, because there was no evidence.

"Could it be that this guy wants to usurp power?" Zhang Chen thought of another possibility, and reminded him.

"Just him? My father is a fourth-rank warrior, his Qi and blood are as heavy as lead and mercury. He's far from being able to usurp the throne." The young man 'Di' scoffed upon hearing this: "No matter what his schemes are, now that I'm back, my father will never spare him. My father is already preparing to attack this old dog, but this person has some influence, so my father needs to prepare for a few more days to be absolutely certain and avoid causing turmoil in the tribe."

The two departed, and the insect that had disappeared reappeared on the street. Its eyes watched the direction the two disappeared in, a hint of coldness in its gaze: "Heh heh, soon! When the Lou tribe makes its move, the entire Yuan tribe will become history, and the Yuan tribe's god will be devoured by the Lou tribe."

Zhang Chen and the young man 'Di' arrived in front of the temple. Their eyes looked towards the temple before them. The young man 'Di' pointed to the temple's gate and said: "Brother, you just walk straight into the temple. If you can walk in without being stopped, it means the god agrees to see you. If you are blocked at the gate, it means the god doesn't want to see you."

Zhang Chen looked at the temple, which resembled a tiled house in the northern countryside of later generations. The entire temple was only one room, but the courtyard wall surrounded it for hundreds of meters, all built of rammed earth.

The gate was built with great grandeur, somewhat like the atmosphere of a large family's gate in the palace.

At this time, the temple gate was wide open, and the buildings inside the courtyard could be seen from outside the gate.

Zhang Chen stepped towards the temple gate, and then walked into the temple without any obstacles. 'Di', seeing this, followed closely with a happy face and said: "Brother, the god didn't reject you, you succeeded."

Zhang Chen walked into the temple, and what came into view was flat land, the earth construction was flat and solid.

The sacrificial temple was located at the northernmost point. A three-meter-high altar was built inside the temple, and a ball of light floated above the altar.

The light looked like a pearl, quietly floating above the altar, illuminating the entire temple and village.

However, when Zhang Chen saw that pearl, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes, as if an eighteenth-level earthquake was constantly sweeping through, making his head buzz.

How could it be! ! !

Zhang Chen looked at the pearl floating above the temple, a look of disbelief in his eyes, because he had seen this pearl before, in the Tomb of the Emperor's Daughter, the pearl he had obtained after all kinds of hardships.

"Wasn't this pearl buried by 'Di' to be used as a node to suppress the Feng Shui array? How come there's another pearl here? Could it be that these pearls come in pairs?" Zhang Chen felt a little puzzled.

At the same time, he was even more certain that the Yuan tribe in front of him must have an inextricable connection with the Yuan tribe recorded in the Tomb of the Emperor's Daughter that he saw in later generations.

At this time, the young man 'Di' knelt respectfully on the ground, kowtowing to the god above. Zhang Chen looked at the pearl in front of him, his mind filled with thoughts. At this moment, suddenly the light on the pearl twisted, and a figure appeared on the pearl.

That figure was a ball of light, composed of hundreds of millions of runes, standing quietly in front of the altar, quietly looking at Zhang Chen.

"This is the spirituality born mysteriously after countless people kowtow and offer incense sacrifices, and it is also the Dharma form of the god." Zhang Chen looked at the ball of light figure, a look of understanding in his eyes.

"Step onto the platform and speak." The figure's voice was like an electronic sound, without any emotion, but with a kind of indescribable weight.

The mystery in front of him was a twelfth-rank mystery. Zhang Chen had no choice but to step onto the altar.

And 'Di' under the altar had turned into a stone statue, quietly kneeling on the ground, losing all perception of the outside world.

Zhang Chen followed the steps and ascended the altar, offering a salute to the god in front of him: "Greetings, Great God."

This was a twelfth-rank god, worthy of Zhang Chen's initial salute.

Facing Zhang Chen's greeting, the god seemed to not know etiquette, and said:

"You are different from us! What are you?"

After a little thought, Zhang Chen said: "Qi Refiner."

"Qi Refiner? What is that?" Houtu asked curiously.

Zhang Chen was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, not knowing how to explain it to Houtu. He now knew that the so-called seizing the creation of heaven and earth and the mysteries of the sun and moon was to steal the power of the gods for one's own use, just like the Lunar Goddess, he had stolen the other party's power.

Now, if he said in front of Houtu that he was stealing the creation of heaven and earth and the mysteries of all things, he didn't know if the other party would freak out.

So, Zhang Chen racked his brains, thinking about how to explain it to Houtu.

However, before Zhang Chen could explain, the Houtu god opposite him seemed uninterested in Zhang Chen's answer and had already spoken again:

"I'm going to die. If you want this tribe, I can give this tribe to you."

"What?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, a look of disbelief on his face, and he raised his head in astonishment.

"I'm going to die. If you want this tribe, I can give it to you. The condition is that you have to protect my remains from being taken away by other gods!" Houtu's voice still had no emotion.

Zhang Chen raised his head and looked at the sky. Now the mysterious substances between heaven and earth were abundant, which could continuously replenish the consumption of mystery. In theory, mystery could exist forever, so how could it die?

No wonder he had previously seen an aging aura on this god.

"Do gods also die?" Zhang Chen opened his mouth and asked.

"Gods will die, but as long as the main body is not destroyed, it will be re-bred in the future with enough incense offerings. It's just that at that time, I am not me anymore, but a completely new me," Houtu said.

Zhang Chen was now trying his best to understand what the other party said. Fortunately, he was a person of the 21st century, and he had a concept of many things: "What the other party means is probably that the body is still the same body, but the soul is not the same soul."

"I failed to challenge the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and suffered a heavy blow from the Eastern Emperor. My spirituality will eventually be annihilated." Houtu's voice had no emotion: "As long as you guarantee that my body will not be taken away by other gods, my tribe can be given to you. So, what is your choice?"

"I have no interest in Your Majesty's tribe…"

Before Zhang Chen could finish speaking, he saw the ground under his feet wriggling, and his figure had already appeared outside the temple.

"…" Zhang Chen was speechless for a while. This god was really too direct.

"Brother, how did we get out?"

'Di' got up from the ground, looking at the temple gate with a dazed expression.

"This god wanted to make a deal with me. I didn't agree. It seems… maybe this god seems to be a little angry." Zhang Chen shook his head:

"Let's go back, about what happens next."

He now had more doubts in his heart, such as why there were two identical spheres in this world?

ps: The poor little author is asking for a subscription, asking for a monthly ticket,大佬s. Ah ah ah…