I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#237 - Dragon!

Chapter 236: Divine Dragon!

Although Zhong Xiang was verbally berating Zhang Chen, he still arranged for someone to lead Zhang Chen to a guest room in the backyard, and then repeatedly instructed: "It's fine for you to secretly stay in the manor, but there's one thing I must tell you: you must not go to the front yard. If the Pingbian Royal Mansion discovers your whereabouts, don't blame me for acting against you to protect myself."

"Rest assured, as long as no one comes to the backyard and discovers me, I will never take the initiative to go to the front yard," Zhang Chen quickly replied.

Zhong Xiang nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this, and then said to Zhang Chen: "Have you found a way to break the curse within the tomb?"

"I have some clues," Zhang Chen said.

Zhong Xiang's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this, and even a flattering smile appeared on his face: "How can this curse be broken?"

"Once you light the flames of the Eight Trigrams Furnace for me, I will tell you," Zhang Chen replied.

Zhong Xiang didn't ask further upon hearing this. He knew that Zhang Chen was still wary of him, and he was equally wary of Zhang Chen. The two were now cooperating while being mutually vigilant.

Zhang Chen lived leisurely in the Zhong family, and no one would have thought that Zhang Chen would actually stay in Zhong Wubai's home.

You should know that it was Zhang Chen who shattered Zhong Wubai's Dao heart. Logically speaking, the two should be irreconcilable enemies, with a feud of life and death. But who knew that Zhang Chen had quietly reversed all of this?

The front yard of the Zhong family manor was bustling with activity, with countless carriages and horses coming to pay respects, while Zhang Chen quietly sat in the backyard, cultivating and comprehending supernatural powers and skills.

At this moment, Zhang Chen looked at the nine flying swords suppressed by the five-colored light, a thoughtful expression on his face, wondering what he was thinking.

Time passed little by little. Zhang Chen's Qi Refining Technique could not be further improved, so he could only ponder new uses for his skills and think about how to obtain the cultivation formulas for the later stages of the Qi Refining Technique.

"The Yellow Sky Dao doesn't value the cultivation formulas of the Qi Refining Technique. If I climb to a higher position within the Yellow Sky Dao, it's not impossible to obtain the Yellow Sky Dao's formulas. Of course, that 'Western Ascension Scripture' is also a clue, but after searching the entire tomb, the whereabouts of the 'Western Ascension Scripture' are nowhere to be found. It's as if the 'Western Ascension Scripture' is just a fragment," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

Zhang Chen sighed inwardly: "Now is not the time to leave the Yellow Sky Dao. I still need to find higher-level clues and the whereabouts of the Qi Refining Technique within the Yellow Sky Dao."

Then, Zhang Chen took out the little tiger from his clothes: "I wonder if I can cultivate the little tiger into a tiger spirit. Then I will also have a mount."

"The tiger is the most firm and yang thing between heaven and earth. It is born to be able to control伥ghosts. A tiger at the peak of its Qi and blood, with a tiger's roar, even Yin gods must retreat," Zhang Chen stroked the little tiger in his hand. Zhao Lie was now young and in dire need of sleep, and was currently in a deep sleep.

"I still need to cultivate a method of controlling beasts. Relying solely on the Beast Controlling Technique derived from dragon Qi is not very convenient for controlling beasts," Zhang Chen constantly sorted out what he had learned.

Time passed slowly. Seven days later, Zhong Xiang sent a message that the Pingbian Royal Mansion had withdrawn its troops from the mountains.

The various forces could not find any treasures in the mountains, and naturally withdrew their troops. Zhang Chen immediately perked up upon hearing this, concealed his tracks along the way, and came to the place where the Eight Trigrams Furnace was with Zhong Xiang.

"You want to refine treasures here?" Zhong Xiang looked at the eight mountains in front of him, a hint of surprise in his eyes: "These are just eight barren mountains. How can treasures be refined here?"

"Follow me," Zhang Chen said, and then led the way.

Zhang Chen followed the knowledge he had obtained from the inheritance, constantly calculating and leading the way among the mountains, and came to the center of the eight mountains, only to see that there was a small mound like a furnace cover in the center of the eight mountains. Then, Zhang Chen found the position of the Xun wind according to the position of the eight trigrams, pointing to the mountain and said: "I will trouble you, Dao brother, to melt a passage here. The passage is eight zhang and eighty-eight meters, not one point more, nor one point less."

Zhong Xiang didn't say much upon hearing this, and directly transformed into a ball of flames. Then, he saw the rock constantly melting into magma.

The molten lava rolled continuously. Strangely enough, when Zhong Xiang melted the magma, he saw a faint strange wind inexplicably emerge from the rock, and the strange wind blew the flames around him.

You should know that Zhong Xiang's flames are strange flames between heaven and earth, and ordinary mountain winds cannot blow them.

"The front here is a blocked rock, how can wind blow out? And it can still blow my flames?" Zhong Xiang looked at the constantly rolling flames around him, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

At this time, Zhang Chen was surrounded by ice, and the cold air isolated his hot power outside his body, blocking the scorching power of the flames.

After hearing Zhong Xiang's words, Zhang Chen showed a hint of emotion in his eyes: "If it weren't for such a magical place, it would never be possible to refine a magic weapon."

"What is the magic weapon you are talking about?" Zhong Xiang's voice was full of incomprehension.

Zhang Chen didn't respond to Zhong Xiang's words, but just signaled Zhong Xiang to concentrate on continuing to melt the cave.

"Tch, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it. You are too stingy, hiding everything you do!" Zhong Xiang scolded unhappily.

"Yes, yes, yes, you are generous, you don't hide anything!" Zhang Chen sarcastically retorted unhappily.

Zhong Xiang was too lazy to pay attention to him. If it wasn't for breaking the curse, he would have let this kid know how red the flowers would be. Zhang Chen complained for a while and didn't say much, but quietly followed behind Zhong Xiang, constantly calculating the distance the two had melted.

This place is a natural Bagua terrain, but it is not as simple as it looks. Even if you want to dig a passage to activate this Bagua formation, there is a lot of attention to it.

The Bagua has eight directions. Except for the Xun wind direction, no matter which direction the cave is dug from, it will directly break this natural Feng Shui acupoint.

Only by digging from the Xun wind direction, even if external wind enters the Bagua pattern, it will not only not damage the Bagua Furnace pattern, but also make the power of the Bagua Furnace even higher, completing the finishing touch.

"You slow down! You slow down!" Zhang Chen looked at Zhong Xiang, who was quickly melting the magma, his whole body trembling with fear, for fear that Zhong Xiang would melt it too much, and quickly called out to Zhong Xiang to pay attention to the distance.

Zhong Xiang was annoyed by Zhang Chen's shouting, and said unhappily: "Don't be long-winded, I naturally know what's in my heart. If you are long-winded again, and make me upset, then if the distance is really melted wrong, don't blame me."

Zhang Chen didn't dare to continue to be long-winded when he heard this, so he could only follow behind Zhong Xiang, carefully calculating the distance.

On the other side, in the Pingbian Royal Mansion.

There were three figures sitting in the Pingbian Royal Mansion, one demon, one human, and one divine light.

The demon was Qingqiu Baicang, the human was the current master of the Northern Territory, King Pingbian, and the divine light next to him was actually Gu Mingyue, a great cultivator of the Yang God realm of the Yellow Sky Dao.

"Now that the tree coffin has been obtained by the people of the imperial court, my ancestor's body cannot be resurrected without the tree coffin. What can you two teach me?" King Pingbian's voice was full of heaviness.

The price he paid this time was not small, just to revive the body of his ancestor, but the result was all in vain, and the tree coffin was actually taken away by the imperial court, and his plan failed. Now he has completely turned against the imperial court, and I am afraid that the imperial court will not spare him.

"That Dugu Qiu damaged his cultivation and paid a great price to severely injure us. He himself must have suffered heavy injuries. Carrying the tree coffin, he absolutely cannot escape the Northern Territory. You must know that the tree coffin weighs only a few thousand pounds to ordinary people, but it is as heavy as a mountain to a Yang God expert. Now, Dugu Qiu's strength is probably not even enough for object manipulation. How can he move a mountain and fly back to the capital? I reckon that old fellow must be hiding somewhere, and the tree coffin is also hidden in the Northern Territory. As long as we guard all the passes of the Northern Territory, there is absolutely no way for that old guy to transport the tree coffin away. When the time comes, the tree coffin will still fall into our hands," Bai Cang said, "What we need to do now is to completely block the Northern Territory and not give the imperial court's forces a chance to enter."

"What you said makes sense, but the key now is that I have already fallen out with the imperial court, and the whereabouts of the tree coffin are unknown. Those old guys in the court are eager to extend their lives. I'm afraid the group of good-for-nothings in the court are preparing to attack me. I don't have much time left. The Northern Territory is so big, where do I have time to block the Northern Territory and search for the whereabouts of the tree coffin bit by bit?" King Pingbian's voice was full of anxiety.

He already had a tense relationship with the imperial court. Now that the treasure like the tree coffin has been intercepted by him in the Northern Territory, what can't those old guys in the court do to extend their lives?

If the tree coffin cannot be found, and his own ancestor cannot continue to transform into a dragon, then what will he rely on to resist the imperial court's army?

Especially since Bai Cang actually told him to block the Northern Territory, block the imperial court's experts, and be sure to find the tree coffin, wouldn't that make the officials in the court even more anxious?

Gu Mingyue and Bai Cang certainly considered King Pingbian's worries. Bai Cang said, "I have already contacted Old Ancestor Huli from the Great Wilderness. If the imperial court's Twelfth Order deity is dispatched, Old Ancestor can take action to block the power of that Twelfth Order mystery."

"That is ultimately the power of your Great Wilderness, not the power of my Pingbian Royal Mansion. When you invited me to join, you didn't promise this. You promised me that you had a good chance of inviting the Raging Demon King to take action, but who knew it would end up like this?" King Pingbian's voice was full of gloom.

If it weren't for the tree coffin being able to revive his ancestor, so that his family would have the power of the Twelfth Order to fight against the imperial court's Twelfth Order mystery, he would never have dared to collude with the demon race and openly defy the imperial court's decree.

The most important thing is that if it weren't for reviving the ancestor, he shouldn't have gotten involved in this muddy water in the first place.

Now things have become very awkward. The imperial court's chief eunuch, Dugu Qiu, suffered heavy injuries and mysteriously disappeared with the tree coffin in the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory is so big, if he hides in the deep mountains and old forests, where can he be found?

If he secretly transmits the news, the imperial court's experts will definitely come to secretly respond, or the imperial court's army will come to crusade. The Pingbian Royal Mansion is in imminent danger.

"It's not that easy to find the tree coffin in the vast Northern Territory. That old guy Dugu Qiu is a cunning old fox. Once he hides, it will be difficult to find him. It seems that it is impossible to find the tree coffin to revive the old prince and deal with the imperial court. If Your Highness is afraid of the imperial court's crusade, I have a way," Gu Mingyue said with a smile.

"What way do you have?" King Pingbian's eyes lit up, and his eyes stared at Gu Mingyue, full of anticipation.

"If you want to rely on finding the tree coffin to revive the old prince, and wait three to five years to find the tree coffin, I'm afraid everything will be too late. I wonder if the old prince is considering taking the path of my Yellow Heaven Dao's divine path?" Gu Mingyue said.

"Divine path?" A trace of exploration appeared in King Pingbian's eyes.

"Although the true dragon is supreme in the world, there are also five dragon species with adventures that are no less than the true dragon. For example: the Divine Dragon. If you can get the Great Celestial Master to bestow a divine decree, the old prince can transform into the divine path, take the route of the Divine Dragon, and then cooperate with the vast power of faith in the Northern Territory, in a short half year, or a long year, you can once again transform from a serpent into a dragon, becoming a Divine Dragon that is no less than a true dragon," Gu Mingyue's eyes were full of inexplicable colors.

He certainly had his own little plan. If Zhang Shicheng took the path of the Divine Dragon, he would definitely be controlled by the Yellow Heaven Dao in the future and become a member of the Yellow Heaven Dao. At that time, the entire Pingbian Royal Mansion would be tied to the Yellow Heaven Dao's chariot.

The Yellow Heaven Dao would gain all the heritage and territory of the Northern Territory for nothing. Wouldn't that be taking off directly!

What benefits would these cultivators who cultivated the divine path gain? I'm afraid their cultivation would be even higher, and they would obtain the legendary fruit position, right?

Bai Cang's expression changed when he heard this. The reason why he wooed King Pingbian to betray the human race was to make King Pingbian feel isolated and helpless when facing the pressure of the imperial court, and directly lean towards the demon race. Then the demon race would seize the territory of the Northern Territory without any effort and smoothly cross the White Bone Great Wall. But who knew that such a mistake would occur, and the Yellow Heaven Dao would jump out to pick the peaches at a critical moment?

This is a robbery!

He had worked so hard to connect the three parties together, but now the Yellow Heaven Dao actually jumped out to pick the peaches. How could this be allowed?

You must know that the Great Celestial Master of the Yellow Heaven Dao has already advanced to the Twelfth Order and is comprehending the legendary 'Dao Fruit'. His strength is among the top in the world. If the Yellow Heaven Dao grasps the Northern Territory, then the demon race will have a hard time.

"Transforming into a Divine Dragon will probably have too many flaws. Not only does it require a huge amount of incense, but it also needs to be in harmony with the earth veins to derive its own divine domain territory. Although it is infinitely powerful in its own divine domain territory, its strength will be greatly reduced once it leaves its own territory. The farther away from its own territory, the weaker its strength will be. Wouldn't that be a pity for the Pingbian Royal Mansion's plan? A pity for the old prince's heritage? You must know that the old prince is only one step away from transforming into a dragon now. It is absolutely not possible to be so hasty," Bai Cang hurriedly interjected, fearing that King Pingbian would be moved.

"Not so! After the old prince transforms into a Divine Dragon, he can integrate with the main dragon vein of the Northern Territory. At that time, the entire Northern Territory will be the old prince's territory. The old prince will be invincible in the Northern Territory and protect the entire Northern Territory. The most important thing is that when the prince's army is strong and he expands outward, the old prince can also transform into the golden dragon of the Northern Territory's fortune, becoming stronger with the fortune of the Northern Territory, thereby reducing the dependence on the territory. The most important thing is that once enough incense and territory are collected, the old prince can open up a divine kingdom, and then transform into an innate saint, completely breaking away from the shackles of the territory. It is not difficult," Gu Mingyue tried his best to fool him.

As soon as these words came out, King Pingbian's heart was moved, but Bai Cang's heart was shocked, and he secretly said: "Damn it! This damned Gu Mingyue is eloquent, and this fellow Pingbian is afraid that he will be moved."

He wanted to stop him, but he couldn't say anything to refute him, because he also had a superficial understanding of the divine path.

The divine path originated from the Yellow Heaven Dao, and only the cultivators of the Yellow Heaven Dao understand it. Isn't it up to the cultivators of the Yellow Heaven Dao to say what they want?