I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#169 - Twelve-level mystery

Obviously, all of this defies common sense.

Zhang Chen thought carefully for a while: "It seems that both the stone tablet and the dragon energy dropped skills after being attacked by my Light of the True God. Does that mean that dropping skills requires being attacked? But what about my Light of the True God?"

His Light of the True God was a skill that automatically dropped when listening to and reciting scriptures.

"Could it be that this Twelfth-Order Mystery is a strange object in the same category as the stone tablet and dragon energy, while the scriptures are another category of strange object?" Zhang Chen was puzzled, but he was not in a hurry. He could master all the rules after experimenting a few more times.

Zhang Chen transformed into mist and rose section by section, but even so, it took him three full hours to rise to the same height as the small ball.

"But how should I collect the Twelfth-Order Mystery?"

Zhang Chen circled the small ball diligently, and suddenly realized that he couldn't collect the Twelfth-Order Mystery at all, or rather, he didn't know how to collect it.

"What the hell... a careless oversight?" Zhang Chen sighed helplessly, and could only turn around and float out of the stone chamber, then transform into a human form and summon the Fox Fairy Nannan.

As soon as the Fox Fairy Nannan appeared, she was frightened by the terrifying Yellow River Talisman Formation. A gust of Yin wind blew through the Yellow River Talisman Formation, causing her soul to sway, as if it could fall apart at any time, as if the Yin wind only needed to increase its strength a little to blow her soul away.

"What kind of ghost place is this?" The Fox Fairy Nannan was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she directly burrowed into Zhang Chen's arms. She could feel that it was the only place that could make her feel safe.

"It's my method, don't be afraid. Your soul is connected to mine, and although this Yin wind is powerful, it can't hurt you." Zhang Chen said with a smile to comfort her.

At the same time, feeling the Fox Fairy Nannan's curvy figure, her orchid-like breath, and looking at her exquisite face and delicate and timid appearance, he finally understood what a vixen was, and his entire being was tempted to the point of being rock hard.

"This is my own skill!" Zhang Chen warned himself secretly: "She is integrated into my soul, she is a part of my soul, fucking her is fucking myself."

Zhang Chen kept warning himself, and then pushed the fox spirit away. The fox spirit came back to her senses at this time, looked Zhang Chen up and down, noticed Zhang Chen's embarrassment, especially that long spear, which made her suddenly laugh, laughing so hard that Zhang Chen felt very annoyed, and was so ashamed that he became a little angry: "If you dare to laugh again, don't blame me for punishing you."

The Fox Fairy Nannan curled her lips and did not argue with Zhang Chen, but said with a smile: "What's the matter that you summoned me out this time?"

She knew Zhang Chen too well, he was definitely the kind who wouldn't visit the Three Treasures Hall without a reason.

Zhang Chen twitched his eyebrows, turned around and faced away from the Fox Fairy Nannan: "I'm asking you, if you encounter a mystery, how should you subdue the mystery for my use."

"You found a mysterious object?" The Fox Fairy Nannan was stunned when she heard this.

Zhang Chen did not answer the Fox Fairy Nannan's words, but said with some shame: "Just answer, what's the point of asking so much?"

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Fox Fairy Nannan knew that Zhang Chen was thin-skinned, but she didn't dare to continue teasing him, lest she suffer: "There is only one way to subdue a mystery, and that is to gain the mystery's approval. Only when the mystery actively recognizes you and accepts you can you use the power of the mystery to cleanse your marrow and use the power of the mystery to fight the enemy."

"Can only be passively accepted? Is there no way to actively control the mystery?" Zhang Chen asked again.

The Fox Fairy Nannan shook her head: "I haven't heard of it. Since ancient times, mysteries have actively sought masters, and I haven't heard of anyone who can actively subdue mysteries."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information from the Fox Fairy Nannan, Zhang Chen turned the Fox Fairy Nannan into a talisman and put it into the dragon energy, and then looked at his own formation with a pair of eyes. No outsiders had broken into the Yellow River Talisman Formation. It seemed that Xie Xuan had not done anything to him, and had not secretly attacked him.

Zhang Chen's thoughts were withdrawn from the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation:

"The Fox Fairy Nannan doesn't know how to collect the Twelfth-Order Mystery, I don't know if the Great自在Heavenly Demon knows."

Zhang Chen took out the porcelain bottle from his arms, and then pulled out the stopper, and saw the Great自在Heavenly Demon directly turn into a wisp of black smoke and drill out of the bottle: "Boy, you finally remembered me, the old ancestor. It's small and stuffy in that small bottle... Holy crap, what the hell is this? Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation???"

The Great自在Heavenly Demon condensed into a human form in the air, and was about to open his mouth to complain, but after seeing the unfolding formation in front of him, he was so shocked that he cursed, his voice full of disbelief.

"Is this the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation? This is the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation! How did you get into this formation, kid? You're dead this time, no one in the world can save you!" The Great自在Heavenly Demon took another careful look at the surrounding tumbling Qi, and then finally confirmed that it was indeed the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation in front of him, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face, looking at Zhang Chen with schadenfreude.

It would be great if Zhang Chen died, then he would be free, and no one would be able to control him then.

"Zhang Chen, ah, Zhang Chen, although you are a young hero, and even the old ancestor suffered a setback in your hands, you are really too unlucky, you actually fell into the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation. Didn't you want to understand the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation before? Now the real Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation is right in front of you, you can be considered to have died well, and it can be considered to have fulfilled your wish before you die."

The Great自在Heavenly Demon's voice was high-pitched and excited, and the emotions in his heart were also unusually joyful, and the taste of schadenfreude was undisguised.

Facing the gesticulating Great自在Heavenly Demon, Zhang Chen sighed quietly: "Do you think there might be another possibility, that is, this Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation is actually cultivated by me?"

The smile on the Great自在Heavenly Demon's face froze, and then he reacted and said: "Impossible! First of all, let's not say that you only got one of the three hundred and sixty-five talismans, and you can't find the Yellow Spring water anywhere. Moreover, you need at least a Twelfth-Order existence to complete this great formation. Although you have some skills... tsk tsk, but I, the old ancestor, am looking down on you, you don't deserve it!"

The Great自在Heavenly Demon came back to his senses and began to ridicule Zhang Chen.

Then Zhang Chen manipulated the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation, and a strange force suppressed the Great自在Heavenly Demon's body, and then the Great自在Heavenly Demon's face immediately changed, his eyes staring at Zhang Chen, and he saw that although Zhang Chen was standing in the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation, the Nine Bend Yellow River Talisman Formation could not do anything to him.

"How is this possible!" The Great自在Heavenly Demon's brain crashed, his eyes full of disbelief.

"What you said is only one page of talismans..., have you ever thought about it, that book has three hundred and sixty-five talismans, subtracting the five talismans including the invisibility talisman, there are exactly three hundred and sixty left," Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"Even if there really is a complete set of talismans in that book, how many days has it been? Forget about refining the runes, you couldn't even grasp the essence of one rune, right?" The Great自在天魔's voice was still full of disbelief. "Could it be that you've mastered some illusion techniques to trick me?"

Zhang Chen ignored the raving Great自在天魔 and instead asked, "Do you know how to subdue a Mystic? I heard people say that the Mystics in this world actively seek out their masters, but is there a way to actively subdue them?"

Zhang Chen didn't believe that the twelfth-order Mystic would automatically recognize him as its master, because he had already come to the stone cave several times, and had even personally been in close contact just now. If the twelfth-order Mystic really wanted to recognize him as its master, he should have already mastered it by now.

The Great自在天魔 was a little dazed at this time, staring blankly at the Yellow River Talisman Array in front of him, seemingly not yet awakened from the shock. It wasn't until Zhang Chen spoke again that the Great自在天魔 said, "What you said about the Mystic recognizing its master is theoretically true, but you are different. You are a special existence. You possess mana, and mana has a nourishing and warming effect on any Mystic. As long as you pour mana into the Mystic, it won't resist the inflow of your mana. You just need to take the opportunity to leave your mark within the Mystic, and that will be considered the Mystic recognizing you as its master. At that time, you only need to constantly use mana to warm and refine it every day, and the Mystic can naturally be used by you, gradually mastered by you."

"It's that simple?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of disbelief. He never imagined that things would be so simple.

"Simple? Where is it simple? You need to know that you are the only one who has been able to cultivate mana since ancient times," said the Great自在天魔.

"So what exactly is a Mystic?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The essence of the laws of heaven and earth condenses together to form a Mystic. Therefore, the Mystic carries the power of the laws of heaven and earth, allowing people to master incredible divine powers. But you must know that the cycle of heaven has its increases and decreases. The creatures of this world use Mystics, but they don't have mana to nourish the divine power. Every time they unleash the power of the Mystic, it leads to the loss of the Mystic's power, so the Mystic has no choice but to devour the lifespan of living beings to nourish itself. But the lifespan of each living being is mixed with the living being's essence, qi, and spirit. After several generations of masters, the absorbed essence, qi, and spirit are mixed and impure, which only pollutes the purity of the essence of the laws of heaven and earth. The lifespan of all living beings is a poison that the Mystic has to drink. As a result, the power of the Mystic becomes weaker from generation to generation, and eventually dissipates due to impurity. Of course, there are also Mystics that accidentally open their spiritual intelligence when absorbing the lifespan of living beings. Those are also extraordinary existences, and you must be careful when you encounter them in the future." The Great自在天魔 casually responded to Zhang Chen, his eyes fixed on the Nine曲 Yellow River Talisman Array in front of him, seemingly pondering something.

"How do I leave a mark within the Mystic?" Zhang Chen asked.

"That's also simple. Just transmit a wisp of your essence, qi, and spirit along with your mana, and that will be considered leaving a mark. Afterwards, just mix your essence, qi, and spirit with mana, like mixing sand, and infiltrate it into the Mystic," said the Great自在天魔.

"I understand. You can come back now." Zhang Chen held up the bottle, his eyes looking at the Great自在天魔.

The Great自在天魔 turned his head, staring intently at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of disbelief. "Boy, did you really refine this Nine曲 Yellow River Talisman Array?"

"I refined it myself." Zhang Chen was very proud at this time.

How could he not be happy that he could make this old fellow, the Great自在天魔, suffer so much?

He was extremely happy.

The Great自在天魔 took a deep breath upon hearing this, took a deep look at Zhang Chen, and then glanced at the Nine曲 Yellow River Talisman Array again, transforming into black smoke and drilling into the bottle.

Zhang Chen put away the bottle, then looked at the twelfth-order Mystic, thinking in his heart, "Next is to pour mana into it."

Zhang Chen turned into a stream of water and flowed back into the stone chamber, then transformed into a mist and floated near the bead, circling around it, then slowly approached the bead, and finally, like dew, stuck to the bead. Then, the mana within his body flowed, pouring into the bead.

Zhang Chen in his water mist state could mobilize mana. After all, his mana could also activate skills, right?

As mana was poured into the bead, a wisp of Zhang Chen's essence, qi, and spirit was mixed in and poured into the bead. Zhang Chen suddenly felt a trace of inexplicable connection with the bead in front of him, and then a light flashed before his eyes, and he arrived in a vast and mysterious world, where countless chains were intertwined, forming mysterious and unpredictable chains of order.

Upon closer inspection, Zhang Chen realized that those weren't chains at all. They were clearly countless runes linked together, forming an extremely vast network of order.

Looking at a glance, the network of order was dense and countless, probably numbering in the hundreds of millions.

However, on those countless networks of order, there was a trace of impure aura covering them, causing the originally radiant chains to seem to be polluted, and the light began to become obscure and dim.

"That must be the essence, qi, and spirit of the previous masters of this bead. However, the chains covered by the essence, qi, and spirit of the previous masters are not many, only a mere three," Zhang Chen guessed in his heart as he looked at the dusty chains. "Perhaps the number of chains that have been polluted represents the number of masters this Mystic has experienced."

The next moment, the mist outside converged, transforming into Zhang Chen's appearance, and at this time, the bead also gradually converged its light, transforming into a soil-yellow bead. The material of the bead was like a piece of jade, with mysterious and unpredictable symbols and lines carved on it, making it look very extraordinary.

"Does this treasure not have a name?" Zhang Chen stretched out his hand, and the bead was taken into his hand, as he said thoughtfully.

The bead had now recognized its master, and its divine power had been restrained. As for how much power it could exert in the future, it would depend on Zhang Chen's familiarity with refining the bead.

Ordinary people don't have mana. After obtaining a Mystic that recognizes them as its master, their power will continuously increase from the first order as their degree of fusion with the Mystic increases, until it reaches the peak of the Mystic's level.

For example, a fox spirit's seventh-order Mystic. If the fox spirit simply relies on developing the Mystic, the future upper limit is the Mystic's upper limit, which is the seventh order.

If Zhang Chen's twelfth-order Mystic is recognized as its master and fused, the future upper limit of its master is the twelfth order.

And depending on Zhang Chen's refining speed, he can exert the ability of several orders by relying on mana to refine it.