I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 165: Collecting Huangquan
Liu Feng left, leaving Zhang Chen standing at the gate. He watched Liu Feng's receding back and sighed quietly, without saying a word for a long time.

“Huang Tiandao is so bold that he actually wants to reversely infiltrate the Procuratorate. These people are so bold.” Zhang Chen retracted his gaze after complaining, and returned to the house to continue studying the art of talismans.

The most important thing for him is to develop the talisman formation, so that no matter what changes may happen in the future, he will have the means to deal with them.

He must master more skills, which is the basis for his future.

When Zhang Chen was studying talismans in the house, Xie Lingyun came. After Xie Lingyun and Zhang Chen asked each other about the experience of practicing qigong and drawing talismans, Xie Lingyun left again.

Just after sending Xie Lingyun away, Liu Feng came to Zhang Chen's yard impatiently and asked, "How is it?"

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "My disciple is incompetent and has not yet passed the noble lady's assessment."

Liu Feng was slightly disappointed when he heard this, but he still smiled and patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder, carefully comforting Zhang Chen: "Don't think too much. You come from a rural background and your foundation is shallow. You just need to work hard."

Now that Zhang Chen has been favored by the noble lady, even if he is the master of the temple, he cannot blame Zhang Chen. Xie Lingyun's identity is too special, and Huang Li Temple must curry favor with her at all costs. Even he dare not blame Zhang Chen at all.

Zhang Chen could only say "yes" helplessly and fool Liu Feng.

The following time gradually returned to calm, and Zhang Chen continued to study talismans. The more talismans he studied and deduced, the more experience he gained. Finally, one day half a month later, Zhang Chen had finished studying all 360 mysterious talismans.

As the last rune was drawn, the ancient book in Zhang Chen's hand suddenly flickered, and the 360 ​​talismans turned into a stream of light and penetrated into Zhang Chen's body. They were absorbed by Zhang Chen, and then Zhang Chen's gold finger screen flickered:

[Skill 16 (quasi-first level): Nine-bend Yellow River Talisman Array (0/100000)]

【Note 1: A look at Huang Quan is required.】

【Points: 183400】

Zhang Chen looked at the Gold Finger page and laughed, "Huang Quan? I have it! I just don't know if the Huang Quan in the spiritual world can be made into a rune and moved out."

Zhang Chen moved his gaze away from the Golden Finger page and looked at the Shangqing Notes, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Why have all the words and engravings on the notebook disappeared, leaving only the first five talismans, including the invisibility talisman, the water-fixing talisman, the fire-proof talisman, etc.?" Zhang Chen was a little puzzled, and wanted to ask the Great Freedom Demon, but this guy knew too much, so it would be better for him to hide it from him. He had to have some trump cards, and couldn't tell everything to the Great Freedom Demon.

"But the content on it has disappeared. How can I explain this to Xie Lingyun? It's difficult!"

Zhang Chen put down the book, stretched, and looked at the little girl sleeping on the bed. This girl was taking more and more medicine, and was also sleeping better and better.

Zhang Chen thought about it and entered the spiritual world, appearing in front of the Yellow Spring Water.

"I don't know how mysterious the Yellow Spring water is. Even my water control technique cannot master it." Zhang Chen looked at the Yellow Spring with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and then saw his golden finger activated:
[A mouthful of Yellow Springs has been detected, which meets the conditions for refining the Nine-bend Yellow River Array Talisman. Do you want to upgrade? ]

"It worked! I didn't expect that the Yellow Springs of the spiritual world can still be collected with the Golden Finger." Zhang Chen was overjoyed when he saw the Golden Finger page pop up, and the next moment he said without hesitation:

"upgrade!"

As Zhang Chen thought about it, the Yellow Spring in the soil twisted and turned into a spring composed of countless runes. Those countless runes gathered according to some mysterious rules and combined with the 360 ​​runes that Zhang Chen had comprehended, turning into sheets of golden yellow paper.

It was called yellow paper, but it was only similar in appearance. Its essence was neither silk nor cloth. It was shining with a pale yellow divine light, and there were lines flowing on it that Zhang Chen had never seen before.

That’s right, what flowed on the yellow paper were not runes, but golden lines.

The golden lines appear and disappear, swimming like a snake, looking mysterious and wonderful.

There are a total of 365 runes, arranged according to a unique pattern, forming a rune that rotates according to a certain pattern.

At this time, Zhang Chen's gold finger page flashed:
[Skill 16 (Level 0): Nine-bend Yellow River Talisman Array (100000/)]

[Note 1: The coverage area is thirty-six meters. If a cultivator enters it, even the gods and immortals will have difficulty crossing it.]

"Huh..." Zhang Chen looked at the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Talisman with a hint of surprise in his eyes, because the notes of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Talisman were very interesting, 'the coverage area is thirty-six meters, if a cultivator enters, it will be difficult for the gods to cross', this is not an ordinary introduction.

"Does it mean that the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation has reached its peak after it is mastered? But why are there still points for upgrading later?"

Zhang Chen thought about the reason secretly: "I will know once I level up. It's only about 100,000 points. This Nine-bend Yellow River Formation is related to my last trump card. There can't be any mistakes."

Zhang Chen's mind moved, and 100,000 points evaporated in an instant:
[Skill 16 (Level 0): ​​Nine-bend Yellow River Talisman Array (1000000/)]

[Note 1: The coverage area is meters. If a cultivator enters it, even an immortal will have difficulty crossing it.]

【Points: 83400】

"Sure enough, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation has reached its peak after it is practiced. Even if it continues to be upgraded, it can only be upgraded to the coverage area of ​​the Nine-Bend Yellow River. As long as someone enters it, they will encounter disaster. But the coverage area is too short, only 360 meters. Those Yang God strongmen split mountains and rocks and move mountains to fill the sea. If they are unwilling to enter my Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, they will move mountains to smash me. I am afraid I can't withstand it. But if I trick the other party into entering the talisman formation, or increase the coverage area of ​​the talisman formation, then the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation will be against the sky."

Zhang Chen was delighted. With this talisman formation, as long as he arranged it well, he could lure a powerful Yangshen warrior in and reduce his cultivation level.

"Although the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation is only at the second level, its power depends entirely on the person who uses it. If the person who uses the formation is strong, even if it is at the twelfth level, it will be brought down to earth to show you. If it falls into the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it, the Yang God masters are not fools and will certainly not rush into the formation rashly." Zhang Chen thought to himself, "The application of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation depends on one's heart."

As Zhang Chen thought about it, the 360 ​​talismans gathered together and instantly transformed into a bright yellow rune, which fell into the green lotus evolved from Zhang Chen's magic power.

"It's quite interesting. I wonder if there is a chance to test the power of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Talisman Array." Zhang Chen said to himself.

The next moment, his magic power was exhausted, Zhang Chen came out of his state of concentration, and then looked at the sky outside: "It's still early today, so I have a good chance to study."

Zhang Chen took out the books sent by Xie Lingyun and began to read and learn to read.

At this time, the Great Freedom Demon saw Zhang Chen giving up to study, so he approached with curiosity and said, "You finally listened to my advice and knew that I was not trying to harm you. I told you that the talisman array was not something you could study. It's good that you give up now, so you don't get stuck in it and can't extricate yourself."

Zhang Chen glanced at the Great Freedom Demon, too lazy to pay attention to him, and lowered his head to continue reading.

Seeing that Zhang Chen ignored him, the Great Freedom Demon felt bored and went to the doorstep to bask in the sun.

Zhang Chen held the book in his hand, but he was thinking about the Imperial Daughter's Tomb: "Now that I have mastered various methods, I should be able to explore the Imperial Daughter's Tomb, right? But the Feng Shui of the Imperial Daughter's Tomb is difficult to break, which is a problem. And I don't know if I have the mark of Xie Xuan on me. If Xie Xuan marks me, it will be a bit troublesome."

Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment and said to himself, "But I now have the Nine-Bend Yellow River Talisman Array. Even if Xie Xuan really has his mark, I may be able to trick him." Just as all kinds of thoughts were flowing in Zhang Chen's mind, a bell suddenly rang. This time the bell rang for nine times, which was unprecedented since Zhang Chen joined the Taoist temple.

Zhang Chen pulled up the sleepy little kid from the bed, quickly stood up and walked towards the square.

"Zhang Chen, what happened? Why did you pull me up in such a hurry?" The little boy's eyes were half asleep, and his voice was full of dissatisfaction.

She slept so deeply that she had lost track of time.

Zhang Chen patted the little kid's head and said, "The bell rang nine times. If we were late, we would probably get hurt."

"The bell rang nine times?" The little kid was stunned when he heard that. His sleepiness disappeared and he immediately became alert: "This shouldn't be the case. Something big is going to happen."

As the two of them arrived at the square, they saw the disciples gathered together. The atmosphere was serious and they were whispering about something.

Xiao Douding and Zhang Chen squeezed in, and saw more than a dozen bloody corpses lying quietly on the ground.

"That's... Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother..."

Cheng Yu looked at the dozen or so corpses on the ground, his face turned pale and there was a hint of shock in his eyes.

"Zhang Chen, these brothers were the geniuses and pillars of our Taoist temple. Now they have all died tragically. I'm afraid something big is going to happen." The little boy's voice was full of seriousness.

"Is there anyone in the martial arts world who dares to attack Huang Tiandao?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.

Xiao Douding said with a serious face: "The border troops, vassal kings, and nobles in various places don't take me, Huang Tiandao, seriously."

Zhang Chen didn't expect Huang Tiandao to sound so low-brow when he heard this, so he immediately spoke to comfort him: "If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up, don't be afraid! The temple master and the master will take care of it."

Soon Liu Feng led the elders to arrive. At this time, Liu Feng's face was as gloomy as water. Looking at the corpses on the ground, his heart was bleeding.

"This blood feud will never be settled! If anyone dares to assassinate my Huang Liguan disciples, I, Huang Tiandao, will never let it go." Liu Feng's voice was full of coldness.

"Elder Wu, you must lead the three hundred disciples down the mountain immediately to find out all the clues and see who has committed the crime against our Huangli Temple." Liu Feng's voice was full of coldness.

An unremarkable middle-aged man walked out from among the elders, selected three hundred disciples, and immediately walked down the mountain.

Then, Huang Liguan's ritual of salvation was held, and even Zhang Chen had to follow Huang Liguan's disciples to participate in the funeral ceremony. Fortunately, Zhang Chen had already comprehended the talisman, otherwise he would have delayed his practice.

After a busy day, Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding returned to the house late at night. Cheng Yu looked puzzled and asked, "Several brothers are the pillars of Huangli Temple. Who is so heartless as to kill them? It stands to reason that when you go down the mountain to preach, you should be cautious and will not offend anyone easily."

There was disbelief in Xiaodouding's voice.

Zhang Chen sat under the light and shook his head: "I don't know the situation down the mountain, so it's hard to judge, but Huang Tiandao is a big family, I think there are some enemies. Maybe it's hindering the interests of others!"

Xiao Douding sighed, "Several senior brothers are dead. Now it's easier for our temple to compete for the qualification of the Twelve True Disciples. The only person who is competitive is the second senior brother. The rest are nothing to be afraid of. As long as you defeat the second senior brother, the competition will be settled."

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank upon hearing this, and he looked at the little boy: "How does Second Senior Brother's martial arts skills compare to Third Senior Brother and the others?"

"It's hard to say who will win." said the little kid.

"How could it be such a coincidence? Just before the big competition, several competitive true disciples all died?" Zhang Chen asked doubtfully.

"You're not going to say...?" The little boy was not a fool. He was startled when he heard this.

"What a coincidence, isn't it?" Zhang Chen said.

"That's impossible. I broke Second Brother's legs. How could he have that ability?" said the little kid.

"What about Elder Chuanwu? And what about the power behind Elder Chuanwu?" Zhang Chen said.

Cheng Yu fell silent after hearing this, and sighed after a long while: "These are just your guesses, they can't be accurate."

The Pingbian Palace is too involved.

Zhang Chen fell silent after hearing this, and then sat in meditation silently. This world was too dark.

Xie Lingyun arrived the next day, three days earlier than the agreed seven days.

"Sister, why did you come three days early?" Zhang Chen asked.

Xie Lingyun, dressed in white, walked into the hall and sat down. After sensing that no one was eavesdropping, he motioned Zhang Chen to sit down. "There is chaos downstairs. Many people from Huang Tiandao died yesterday, including more than 300 people from your Huangli Temple and an elder. I came to see if you have been implicated."

"What?" Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard that. Elder Wu had just brought 300 disciples down the mountain yesterday, and they were all killed in one night?
"This is a big case, and the perpetrator's methods are very secretive. I haven't found any clues." Xie Lingyun said.

"Is anyone targeting Huang Tiandao?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Nine out of ten," Xie Lingyun said, "But there is no clue yet as to who is targeting Huang Tiandao. However, in the North, there are not many forces that can hide from the Inspection Office in this way. The most likely one is the Pingbian Palace, but there is no reason for the Pingbian Palace to do this."

Zhang Chen's eyes flickered when he heard this, but he didn't say much. Instead, he took out the Shangqing Notebook and said with a slightly embarrassed look, "There's something I don't know how to tell my sister."

"What is there to keep from talking to each other as siblings? In this northern land, even if you poke a hole in the sky, I, your sister, will cover it for you." Xie Lingyun said nonchalantly.

Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun with a troubled look in his eyes: "Something went wrong with the Shangqing Notes."

"The Shangqing Notes is damaged?" Xie Lingyun's eyes fell on the Shangqing Notes.

"That's not true."

"As long as the Shangqing notes are not damaged or lost, no matter how big the problem is, it will not be a problem for me. You can rest assured. I, your sister, will cover for you." Xie Lingyun patted her chest and made a guarantee.

(End of this chapter)