I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 204 Yellow Tide
Zhang Chen felt nauseous and retched, and the girl opposite him was not much better. Her stomach was churning and her face was pale.

"Is this the young master in the academy? It's really... it's really..." Zhang Chen thought for a long time but couldn't think of any words to describe him.

"This person can eat anything in his life, but there is only one thing he cannot eat, and that is he cannot suffer a loss!" Xie Lingyun was really disgusted.

The corners of Zhang Chen's mouth twitched. He was convinced now! Completely convinced!

At this time, Huang Chao on the street was also stunned. His face was swollen like a pig's head. He stared at the young gentleman blankly, his eyes full of disbelief.

At this time, the young gentleman looked at the confused Huang Chao with a smug expression on his face: "Boy, playing this kind of trick in front of me is simply showing off your skills. Back then, I played much more tricks than you!"

The young gentleman finished eating the mutton offal, then walked past Huang Chao and stepped on his face. His voice was full of coldness: "You bastard, you don't even have the qualifications to die in my hands. I find it disgusting that you are stuck on the bottom of my shoes. You are lucky this time, but next time I will make sure you die without a burial place."

The young gentleman walked away, leaving Huang Chao lying on the ground in a daze. For a moment, his body was so sore that he couldn't stand up.

Xie Lingyun, who was upstairs, looked at the young master's receding back and quickly stood up: "I still have something to ask you, young master. Huang Chao is here, you can make the decision yourself."

Xie Lingyun stood up and chased after the young master. Zhang Chen lay in front of the window of the pavilion, looking at Huang Chao who was curled up on the ground: "Brother, can you get up?"

Huang Chao raised his head and glanced at Zhang Chen, but ignored him.

"I have prepared some wine. Why don't you come up and tell me?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

Huang Chao, who was lying on the ground, raised his head again after hearing this, then climbed up with difficulty, spat out a mouthful of blood, wiped his face without changing his expression, and walked towards the store.

When the waiter saw Huang Chao trying to come in, he quickly tried to stop him: "Hanako, this is not a place for you to come..."

Huang Chao pushed the waiter away and went straight upstairs without paying any attention to him. He saw Zhang Chen sitting at the table. His eyes lit up as he looked at the food and wine on the table. Then he sat opposite him without any hesitation, picked up his chopsticks and started to eat voraciously.

The waiter was so shocked by this scene that he broke out in a cold sweat. Although Zhang Chen was wearing coarse linen clothes, he had come with the noble before and they were on equal terms, which showed that Zhang Chen's identity was definitely not simple. If the beggar bumped into Zhang Chen, he would probably not be able to open his restaurant tomorrow.

The waiter looked nervous and was about to step forward to scold, but Zhang Chen waved his hand and signaled the waiter to step back.

After sending the waiter away, Zhang Chen looked at the beggar opposite him. He saw that the beggar was unkempt, with a face so black that his original features could not be seen. He had a very tall frame, but was very thin.

At this time, Huang Chao was eating voraciously, without any shyness, and eating the roast chicken in big mouthfuls.

"You are not shy." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"You asked me to come up to see you, it must be because you have something to ask of me. Although I don't know what you want me to do and what I can do for you, I know that I can't refuse this matter. In this case, I'd rather eat it than not. After you finish eating, I'll do the work for you." Huang Chao said.

"Can you do any kind of work?" Zhang Chen asked.

Huang Chao swallowed a mouthful of roast chicken and said, "If I could do any job, I wouldn't have to beg and live in such a miserable state. I absolutely cannot do the work of trafficking women and children. Don't even think about cutting people alive!"

"He has some backbone. He would rather starve than do anything against his conscience." Zhang Chen praised.

Huang Chao smiled but didn't say anything. He just picked up the braised pork on the table and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Do you know who you just bumped into?" Zhang Chen slowly poured a glass of wine for Huang Chao.

Huang Chao picked up the wine and drank it all, looking surprised and said: "Seeing that he was wearing ordinary cloth, I thought he was just a wealthy man. Could he be someone with a good background?"

"Young master of the academy." Zhang Chen said.

Huang Chao shuddered, and the wine cup in his hand fell on the table: "No way???"

"Would I lie to you?" Zhang Chen replied.

Then Zhang Chen saw Huang Chao on the opposite side getting excited: "Mr. Xiao ate his own saliva?"

Huang Chao suddenly felt a little excited and his face flushed, not sure if it was because of the alcohol or the excitement.

As for the wine glass falling down in shock, it was purely out of excitement.

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this: "I don't know whether to say you are lucky or what else I should say about you."

Huang Chao raised his wine glass again after hearing this: "The young master of the academy has tasted my saliva, so he should be as fair as a whit!"

Zhang Chen looked at Huang Chao in surprise when he heard this: "I thought you would be scared."

"What am I afraid of? My life is worthless. If I can make a noble lord swallow a spit of my saliva, it will be worth dying." Huang Chao directly snatched the wine jug from Zhang Chen's hand and took a big gulp excitedly.

Zhang Chen looked at the beggar in front of him and suddenly felt that the beggar was quite heroic. It was a pity that he was born in the wrong era and would never be able to make a name for himself.

Huang Chao was eating roast chicken when he seemed to remember something. He tore off a chicken leg with his dirty hands and handed it to Zhang Chen, who was sitting opposite him: "Do you want to eat it?"

Zhang Chen's eyes fell on Huang Chao's black hands, then his stomach began to churn. He shook his head and rejected Huang Chao's kindness.

Huang Chao ate happily. Soon all the food and wine were eaten up. Then he picked up a toothpick and picked his teeth lazily: "Brother, if you have any instructions, just tell me. As long as it does not violate morality, I, Huang Chao, will do it for you."

Seeing that the topic was getting to the point, Zhang Chen fumbled in his sleeves for a while, and then gold ingots came out of his sleeves and were arranged in a row on the table in order. There were a total of ten gold ingots.

Huang Chao paused while picking his teeth when he saw the ten gold ingots. "Now I know that this meal is really not tasty. If I spit out the meal I just ate, will it be too late?"

"Of course there is still time. I'm just making a deal with you. It's up to you whether you agree or not. In my life, I have never forced anyone to do anything. Everything is done by both of us willingly." Zhang Chen replied.

Then the next moment, Huang Chao on the opposite side suddenly punched him in the abdomen three times, and then there was a sudden upheaval, which frightened Zhang Chen so much that his face lost color, and he quickly pinched his nose and retreated. He now knew that the young master was a top-notch person, and Huang Chao was no better.

Both are weird.

Huang Chao turned around and left without saying anything after he finished vomiting. Zhang Chen looked at Huang Chao's back and stepped away from him, saying, "I think you might want to listen to what I want you to do before you leave. You don't have to leave so decisively, and listening won't cost you your life."

Huang Chao finally stopped and turned to look at Zhang Chen: "I'm afraid that after hearing what you said, if I don't agree, I won't be able to leave this restaurant today."

"I'm sure that even if you listen to me, if you don't make a deal with me, I will never make things difficult for you." Zhang Chen vowed.

Huang Chao turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen: "Speak, sir."

"I would like to ask you to help me pass on a message. I must make sure that this message is spread throughout the city." Zhang Chen said.

"You want to spread rumors? And the identity of the person being rumored is not simple?" Huang Chao asked tentatively: "Otherwise, I can't think of any rumor worth ten ingots of gold."

"I'm not asking you to spread rumors, I'm just asking you to pass the message on." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

Then Zhang Chen repeated the message he was going to deliver. Huang Chao was stunned when he heard it: "Is it that simple?"

"It's not that simple. Once you spread a rumor, someone will definitely come to question you, and then you might suffer a lot." Zhang Chen did not hide it.

"You underestimate me too much. Once this rumor spreads, I will find a place to hide for a while. Those people will not be able to find me after they get the news, so they will go to the scene to verify it in person. By then, whether they find it is true or false, it has nothing to do with me, so there is no need to look for me anymore." Huang Chao said as he stuffed the gold on the table into his crotch, hem, and cuffs one by one, then looked at Zhang Chen: "If someone really finds me, how should I answer? Tell them whether the news is true or false?"

"That news is true! It's not a rumor at all." Zhang Chen said, "So you can spread it with confidence. If someone catches you, tell him that this is true. You heard this news accidentally when you were begging."

"Since there really is an entrance to the Tomb of Gods and Demons there, why did you spread the news?" Huang Chao looked puzzled.

"Because there is a big crisis inside, and I can't handle that crisis at all." Zhang Chen said.

"Great crises bring great opportunities. Can I go there and take a look?" Huang Chao asked tentatively.

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Zhang Chen looked surprised. He never thought that this beggar would be so ambitious.

Huang Chao laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Being a beggar all day long is really meaningless. There is no difference between living one day and living seven or eight days. If there is any opportunity and good fortune, maybe I can get married, have children and live a life of wealth and glory. If I lose everything, it's all over. Anyway, I'm just alone."

Zhang Chen once again looked at Huang Chao with admiration. He never thought that a beggar like him could have such insight.

"If you are not afraid of death, of course you can go. I'll write you a note, and when you go to look for Zhong Xiang, you can go in first." Zhang Chen said.

"Thank you very much, sir." Huang Chao's smile disappeared when he heard that, and he bowed respectfully to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "Are you really going?"

"Why not go?" Huang Chao asked back.

Zhang Chen looked at Huang Chao deeply, took out a yellow paper from his sleeve and handed it to Huang Chao: "Take this talisman paper and go to the hill. If you encounter any soldiers guarding the hill, just take out this talisman paper and they will not embarrass you."

This rune was a talisman drawn by Zhang Chen. He saw that Huang Chao had some bearing, so he wanted to make friends with him.

Zhang Chen handed the talisman to Huang Chao, and then said with a serious expression: "I just want to tell you something. That cave is very dangerous. Ordinary people will die if they go in. You can decide for yourself."

Huang Chao carefully put away the rune, and when he looked at Zhang Chen again, the playful smile was gone, and his eyes were full of solemnity: "I have had enough of living such a mediocre life, like a walking corpse. I might as well die in the hands of monsters, take a look at this strange world, and experience a different scenery. If I can die in the hands of monsters, it can be considered an unusual death. If I don't die, I, Huang Chao, will eventually make a name for myself and rewrite my life."

"If I, Huang Chao, can walk out of the tomb alive, you will be my reborn parents." After Huang Chao finished speaking, he bowed solemnly, then walked away with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

"Be careful. After your brothers have delivered the message, they should leave the city immediately to avoid being caught and meeting with any unexpected events." Zhang Chen warned earnestly. He actually liked Huang Chao.

"You think too much. There are many people in this world who are starving to death. Many people will not care about life and death as long as they can fill their stomachs. Which one do you choose, starving to death or being killed after being full?" Huang Chao asked back. As his voice fell, Huang Chao had disappeared in the pavilion.

"Which one should I choose? Of course I'd choose to be a glutton." Zhang Chen sighed, then looked at the messy table, pinched his nose and walked out of the inn.

Along the way, Zhang Chen walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the inn where he was staying. He wanted to go see his master, but when he thought of Chen Sanliang's attitude towards him, he couldn't help but stop thinking: "Forget it, when the discussion begins, I will go and see how Chen Sanliang gets into trouble."

Zhang Chen had seen the young gentleman with his own eyes. He had a majestic and powerful aura about him, and it was obvious that he was a truly learned man. Chen Sanliang was afraid that he was in trouble.

If victory or defeat is judged by the amount of Haoran Qi, Chen Sanliang has no chance of winning at all.

After Zhang Chen returned to the inn, he stayed there and began to practice meditation silently. He was glad that there were no gods in this era, and practicing visualization would no longer anger the gods. Otherwise, the path of Qigong practitioners would have perished in its infancy.

Zhang Chen closed his eyes and practiced visualization until night fell. Zhang Chen only felt that the moon was exceptionally bright today. As Zhang Chen worked hard, he fell into a state of concentration again.

"I don't know if I can enter that special time and space this time. If I can enter that special time and space this time, I must make some arrangements first and talk to 'Earth' about the matter of the cursed demon." A distracting thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, and the next moment the distracting thought was extinguished, and Zhang Chen directly entered the world of concentration.

"what……"

Zhang Chen suddenly looked surprised, because after he entered the state of concentration this time, he suddenly found that he was no longer in the tribe he entered last time, but the familiar palace ruins.

"Have I entered the world of ruins again?" Zhang Chen looked at the black sandstorm between heaven and earth. A green lotus blossomed above his head. Chaotic energy descended, protecting Zhang Chen and guarding all the orifices in his body, blocking the black sandstorm from the outside world.

After the Golden Scissors entered the spiritual world, they seemed to wake up from silence and turned into two real dragons, one black and one white. They kept circling in the green lotus, absorbing and exhaling the breath of the unknown.

(End of this chapter)