I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 228 The Divine Whip

Mr. Wuliu's voice was full of toughness. The blood in the soldiers' bodies surged, and they wanted to punch the scholar opposite to death: Setting fire to the mountain? How great a sin is this?
But there was no other way. A high-ranking official could crush people with great power, and the rules of the Pingbian Palace were strict, so he did not dare to violate them at will.

"But there are still many people from the academy in the mountains... and some scholars and celebrities..." The soldier's voice was full of hesitation. If they burned people to death, it might be exposed to the world. Those guys in the academy are not easy to deal with.

Hearing this, Mr. Wuliu snorted coldly, "Those people are not fools. The background of the academy is beyond your expectations. Just make a move. Now my Pingbian Palace wants to enjoy the fortune in the tomb alone, and I am taking the opportunity to clear the place. The treasure was born in my Pingbian Palace territory, how can I let those guys take it away? If someone is really burned to death, just put the blame on Zhong Xiang and say that Zhong Xiang wanted to deliberately set fire to the mountain in revenge, and wanted to take the fortune in the tomb alone."

At this point, Mr. Wuliu looked at the general and said, "Who said we set the fire? The arsonist was clearly Zhong Xiang."

A huge fire shot up into the sky and spread fiercely through the mountains and forests. Wherever it passed, countless Confucian scholars who came to seize the treasure cried for their parents and fled everywhere. As the fire spread, the entire mountain was cleared, and only the people from the Pingbian Palace were left.

At this time, Zhang Chen had reappeared in his old cave along the underground river. He looked at the black smoke rising into the sky in the distance and was secretly shocked: "Why did it suddenly catch fire? Could it be that someone accidentally leaked their power during the fight?"

Zhang Chen was secretly surprised, but he didn't think much about it. He never expected that Mr. Wuliu would set fire to the mountain in order to catch him. Zhang Chen took away Mr. Wuliu's flying sword, which meant he took away Mr. Wuliu's foundation. No wonder Mr. Wuliu was so angry and fought desperately.

At this time, Zhang Chen looked at the nine flying swords in his hand. The flying swords were shrouded in colorful light and fell into a deep sleep. He couldn't help but feel a little troubled: "The level of this flying sword is far higher than my Zhen character. My Zhen character can't suppress it at all. Only my five-color divine light can suppress it, but I can't use the five-color divine light to suppress it all the time, right? In this way, wouldn't I become a colorful lantern? Wherever I go, I will be dazzling?"

Zhang Chen looked at the nine flying swords with a thoughtful look in his eyes, but he couldn't think of a proper way to dispose of them for the time being, so he could only leave it like this for now.

Zhang Chen took out the jade box from his arms again. This jade box was the only treasure that floated out of the tree coffin. It was definitely not a simple treasure.

Zhang Chen thought about it and hid underground directly. Then he set up the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. He sat upright in the formation and pushed open the jade box. He saw a white light rising into the sky from the jade box, but was blocked by the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. Zhang Chen used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to suppress the aura of the jade box. Seeing that the aura in the jade box could not leak out, he pushed the jade box open completely with joy on his face. Then Zhang Chen was stunned after looking at the jade box.

What was flowing in the jade box was actually a ball of white light, with countless runes flashing and interweaving in the white light.

"What is this?" Zhang Chen looked at the white light with curiosity in his eyes. He then reached out to grab the white light, but as soon as his palm touched the white light, the white light turned into countless runes and went straight into Zhang Chen's mind.

The next moment, his brain roared, and countless information flows poured in like an explosion, stretching Zhang Chen's soul so much that it seemed like it was about to burst.

The information flow was simply too huge. Even though Zhang Chen cultivated his magic power and his soul was nourished, he still couldn't bear the huge flow of information.

Zhang Chen's soul seemed to be losing itself in that huge flow of information. Countless streams of information impacted Zhang Chen's consciousness. At this time, Zhang Chen's eye sockets were full of red bloodshot, and his eyeballs were bulging as if they could burst at any time.

"No, this information flow is too huge, I simply cannot bear it. I must think of a way, otherwise my soul will be blown up by the huge amount of information, and I will be dead." Zhang Chen's eyes were full of horror at this moment. He never expected that he could survive countless storms, but who knew that at the critical moment, the boat capsized in the ditch.

Is it because my soul is too weak and cannot withstand the huge amount of information and bursts?
This way of dying is really too depressing.

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, and he finally thought of a solution. The next moment, Zhang Chen made a hand gesture and fell into a state of concentration.

As Zhang Chen entered a state of concentration, he stepped into a wonderful realm of unity of man and nature, and the eternal coexistence of heaven and man. His thoughts were infinitely magnified, as if they had merged into the heaven and earth. Although the huge flow of information was vast, it still seemed insignificant compared to the entire heaven and earth.

Zhang Chen fell into a state of concentration and gradually sorted out the information flow. After about seven days, he opened his eyes in the Nine-bend Yellow River Talisman Formation. A strange look appeared in his eyes: "It turned out to be a heritage restriction for refining magic weapons. It's just that this magic weapon... this magic weapon..."

Zhang Chen's eyes were filled with strange colors. This magic weapon was a bit weird. It was specially used to attack the souls, spirits, and soul bodies of cultivators. It was the nemesis of all soul bodies.

“It’s just a matter of directly mentioning the method to restrain the Yang God.” Zhang Chen muttered.

“However, in order to refine this thing, one needs to be at a very powerful level. With my current level of cultivation, I can probably only refine an embryo of a magic weapon.” Zhang Chen pondered over the information, with countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

Although this divine whip has the same name as the divine whip in the novel Investiture of the Gods, its effects are vastly different. The divine whip in Investiture of the Gods can only restrain the monks listed in the List of Gods, but this weapon can hit all spirits.

Zhang Chen's mind was filled with thoughts:
"I have the Five Colors Divine Light that can brush the Five Elements Mystery. Combined with this Divine Whip, I can go to 99% of the places in the world in the future."

However, it is not easy to refine this divine whip, and the materials required are extremely special.

The first kind requires the essence of the innate earth. The second kind is the innate gold. The third kind is the origin of the innate Yellow Spring. The fourth kind is the fragment of the innate soul avenue. The fifth kind is the innate yin and yang qi. The sixth kind is the innate five elements qi. The seventh kind is the innate blue treasure tree qi. The eighth kind is the origin of the innate five tai, which are the five gases that existed at the beginning of the creation of the world, namely Tai Shi, Tai Chu, Tai Yi, Tai Chi, and Tai Xu. The ninth kind is the seed of the world.

Zhang Chen looked at the nine required materials and couldn't help but take a breath. How could he gather such rare treasures?
Fortunately, for these nine ultimate materials, he can look for substitutes in the early stage, refine the embryo of the magic weapon, and then continue to look for various innate materials to refine them.

Zhang Chen looked at the ritual method and various materials, and deduced in his heart: "I don't have the innate Shutu essence, but I have the origin left by the Houtu god. This thing is the essence of the earth. Although I don't know its origin, it can replace the innate Shutu essence in the early stage. As for the innate Gengjin, I don't have it yet, but I can use Taiyi Gengjin instead. Taiyi Gengjin is also a kind of innate material. Although it is not as good as the innate Gengjin, it also has its own wonderful uses and can be used as a substitute." "These two things are the skeleton. With these two objects, you can sacrifice and refine the embryo of the magic weapon. Then continue to add various magical auras to improve the magic weapon, or find better materials to replace it." Zhang Chen said in his heart: "The innate Huangquan origin has the Nine-bend Yellow River Array. Maybe I can try to go deep into the Huangquan to pick the Huangquan origin, or simply refine the Nine-bend Yellow River Array into it and replace the Huangquan origin with the Nine-bend Yellow River Array. The innate five elements are not difficult for me, and the innate yin and yang energies..."

Zhang Chen thought of Chen Xu's two brushes, which were born from the origin of yin and yang. He didn't say that he would take both brushes away, but it wouldn't be too much to "borrow" some yin and yang, right?
Zhang Chen pondered over it and it seemed that he had enough embryonic form to refine the magic weapon, the Divine Whip.

The God-beating Whip is very strange, with a total of thirty-six restrictions. Once the first twelve restrictions are mastered, one can gain an ability: to beat a person's soul out of their body. No matter how strong the person is, as long as he is hit by the God-beating Whip, his soul will be beaten out of his body. Once the middle twelve restrictions are mastered, as long as the opponent's soul leaves his body, the God-beating Whip can be activated to hit him. No matter what realm the opponent is in, as long as the soul is hit by the God-beating Whip, it will be immediately beaten back into the body.

The last twelve levels of restrictions were aimed at harming the soul. There were twelve levels of Yang Shen, and the restrictions of the Beating God Whip were twelve levels. One level could kill a level one existence. Once hit by the Beating God Whip, the soul would immediately be shattered and there would be no reincarnation forever.

No matter how powerful the soul is, no matter what treasure is used to gather the soul again, the soul cannot be reborn. It is specifically designed to restrain all crooked ways such as substitutionary death and soul replacement.

These three kinds of restrictions can be practiced at the same time. The twelve levels of restrictions correspond to the twelve heavens, which correspond to the twelve levels of the Yangshen method.

"This divine whip is very powerful, too powerful." Zhang Chen felt the information coming, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes. He must practice this treasure himself. Once he practiced it, it can be said that he has an extra killer weapon.

"Although I have the basic materials now, I still need a kind of spiritual fire from heaven and earth to refine treasures. I'm missing a kind of flame." Zhang Chen tapped his knees thoughtfully, his mind spinning wildly, thinking about how to break the impasse.

I don't know how long I thought about it, but suddenly a face popped up in Zhang Chen's mind, the annoying face of Zhong Xiang.

"Zhong Xiang's flame seems to be very unusual. His flame may be comparable to the twelfth-level flame. If I can use Zhong Xiang's flame to refine treasures..." Zhang Chen's eyes suddenly lit up: "I'm afraid that Zhong Xiang is too narrow-minded and refuses to cooperate with me in refining treasures."

Zhang Chen had countless thoughts in his mind. In the end, no matter how much he begged, he was afraid that Zhong Xiang would tear him into pieces after seeing him. As for helping him to refine a treasure? That was impossible. Don't even think about it.

"Forget it, let's ignore him for now. I'll go find Chen Xu first to borrow a strand of innate yin and yang energy." Zhang Chen thought to himself, "Mr. Wuliu searched all over the mountains and plains for me. He would never have thought that I would sneak into his base camp again."

At this time, the sky was gloomy. Zhang Chen turned into mist and shuttled through the mountains. From afar, he could see fires rising into the sky among the mountains. The entire sky was burning red. Countless soldiers followed the flames and shuttled through the mountains.

"Was this fire set by the Pingbian Palace?" Zhang Chen looked at the soldiers who were checking behind the flame from a distance, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Mr. Wuliu's spirit had left his body and was now floating back and forth in the air, as if he was searching for something.

Zhang Chen hid in the dark and glanced at Mr. Wuliu, then came to the camp of Prince Pingbian's Mansion. He saw from afar that half of the guards in the camp of Prince Pingbian's Mansion were missing, and most of the troops had been sent to search for the mystery in the mountains and find the whereabouts of Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen hid his figure and came directly to Chen Xu's tent. He saw Chen Xu walking around in the tent in a restless state.

The curtain of the big tent was suddenly opened and then closed. Chen Xu was startled and turned to look at the door of the big tent: "But Master Zhang Chen is here?"

"You are quite smart." Zhang Chen revealed himself upon hearing that, and stood in the big tent, looking at Chen Xu quietly.

"Mr. Zhang, you've caused a big disaster. Mr. Wuliu is furious now. He has set fire to the mountain to force you out. You snatched his flying sword, which is equivalent to robbing him of the treasure that suppresses his fate. You'd better run away quickly. If he finds your trace, I'm afraid..." Chen Xu's heart sank when he saw Zhang Chen appear in the big tent.

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this: "I came to see you today to do something, and I will leave as soon as I finish it."

Chen Xu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Zhang Chen's visit at this time was definitely not a good thing, but he did not dare to resist, let alone shout. He could only serve respectfully: "I don't know why you are looking for me, sir? Please give me your orders, I will not say no."

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this: "Before in the cave, sir, he seemed very dissatisfied with his two brushes, and seemed to want to throw them away, right?"

Chen Xu was stunned when he heard this. He pretended to get rid of the two brushes, but it was just for show. In fact, the two brushes had great mysteries. He had not yet developed the mysteries of the two brushes. He felt that the methods of the two brushes would never be worse than any mystery. He was just talking nonsense in front of everyone before, but he never thought of really throwing away the two brushes.

Facing Zhang Chen's question, Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What do you mean, sir?"

"I may have a way to help you get rid of those two brushes, so that you can have hope of mastering the rest of the mysteries." Zhang Chen spoke, and although his tone was one of negotiation, his voice was full of certainty.

"So you want to take advantage of my skills." Chen Xu sneered in his heart when he heard that. His skills are not that simple.

(End of this chapter)