I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 259 Black Wind's True Face
The spiritual world is still filled with dark winds, blowing the sky dark and gloomy, as the saying goes:
The wind blew down Mount Putuo and rolled up a volume of the Guanyin Sutra.

Ten generations of Yama Kings are looking for the Judge, and the Ox-Headed Demon in the underworld is chasing the Horse-Faced Demon.

The white lotus flew to the seaside, blowing down the twelve halls of Bodhisattva.

Zhang Chen stood and walked in the black wind, unable to perform any transformation. He could only rely on his physical strength to cross the mountains. After walking for half an hour, he stopped and summoned the Great Freedom Demon to ask for directions.

Although the Great Freedom Demon had ulterior motives, Zhang Chen sometimes had to rely on him.

The black wind darkened the sky and the earth, and made the sun and moon dim. It made people dizzy and unable to identify the direction. Zhang Chen could only helplessly ask the Great Freedom Demon to identify the direction.

The Great Freedom Demon stood in the black wind and made some identification, then guided Zhang Chen forward in the black wind. After a while, his magic power was exhausted, and Zhang Chen had to return to the real world and began to sit cross-legged to recover his magic power.

The golden light in his body seemed to be inexhaustible and constantly transformed into magic power. Then Zhang Chen entered the spiritual world again.

This was repeated three times. After Zhang Chen walked in the black wind for an hour, the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon shouted, "We're here."

Zhang Chen stood in the dark wind and looked ahead, but could not see the scenery ahead, so he asked, "How did we get there?"

The Great Freedom Demon replied: "Take three more steps forward."

After hearing what the Great Freedom Demon said, Zhang Chen became alert and continued to take three steps forward, then he was suddenly stunned.

What did he see?
A whirlwind!
The most important thing is that the whirlwind is very small, probably only the size of a fist, and it keeps spinning on the ground. Endless black airflow gushes out from the whirlwind, making the sky dark and the sun and moon invisible. All the strong winds in the outside world come from the whirlwind.

The most important thing is that Zhang Chen finally saw the new skill turned into a fragment and fell under the black wind.

"What is this? Your so-called big formation is actually a small whirlwind? This small whirlwind can actually burst out such incredible power?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of disbelief.

"The so-called great formation is not what you think it is. Sometimes a mysterious event can change the world and form a great formation." The Great Freedom Demon said:
"This whirlwind is caused by a divine object falling down, which then changed the magnetic field of heaven and earth, forming a great formation of heaven and earth."

"It feels like such a small whirlwind can be crushed with just a slap." Zhang Chen muttered.

Then Zhang Chen stretched out his hand, wanting to feel the power of the whirlwind, but the whirlwind was like an illusory thing, ignoring Zhang Chen's palm and allowing it to pass through without any effect.

"Huh~" Zhang Chen looked surprised upon seeing this scene.

"This is a mysterious object. How can it be so easy to touch? If you want to break this formation, you need to use the Wind-Fixing Pill on it. Then you can naturally break the formation." The Great Freedom Demon gave careful instructions beside him.

Zhang Chen didn't say anything more when he saw this. He walked forward and threw the Wind-Fixing Pill into the whirlwind. The next moment, the whirlwind twisted and sucked the Wind-Fixing Pill into it. Then the Wind-Fixing Pill glowed, and the whirlwind twisted and turned into a cloth bag about the size of a meter.

The cloth bag was grey and all the strong winds were blown out from that cloth bag. At this time, the Wind-Fixing Pill emitted silver-white light, and with the power of the Wind-Fixing Pill suppressing the wind, under the illumination of the silver-white light, the air outlet of the cloth bag stopped blowing out air, and the cloth bag gradually shrank and became the size of a palm.

Next to the cloth bag, there was a green rope. Zhang Chen was inspired to see this and quickly reached out to grab the rope and tied it to the exit of the cloth bag. The next moment, the cloth bag became completely obedient.

"It was actually a cloth bag that caused such a strong wind?" Zhang Chen looked at the gray cloth bag, his eyes full of surprise.

"This is not an ordinary cloth bag. If you don't have the Wind-Fixing Pill, it will be impossible for you to get close to this cloth bag. And do you think this is the entire power of the cloth bag? If you look closely at the bottom of the cloth bag, there is actually a crack, as if it was torn apart by someone, causing this treasure to have suffered severe damage." The Great Freedom Demon said, pointing to the bottom of the cloth bag.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen looked at the cloth bag and saw a thumb-sized hole at the bottom. The hole looked like a torn piece of clothing, with torn and messy threads all over it.

"Even a broken treasure can have such power. I wonder what kind of incredible means it had in its heyday." Zhang Chen looked at the small cloth bag over and over again, his eyes full of joy. He didn't despise it even if it was a tattered cloth bag. If he could bring it back to the real world, it would be of great use and could be called a powerful weapon.

As if knowing what Zhang Chen was thinking, the Great Freedom Demon sneered and said, "Don't even think about it. Since the bag is already broken and damaged, it will be extremely difficult to repair it. Otherwise, its owner would not have left it here. The bag is already leaking, and the power and restrictions within it are constantly dissipating and collapsing. Coupled with your Wind-Fixing Pill, the speed at which the restrictions within it collapse will be even faster. In a short time, it will become waste and turn into an ordinary bag. At most, it is made of some strange materials."

The Great Freedom Demon laughed at Zhang Chen, his voice full of sarcasm, and thought that Zhang Chen was too greedy.

“You should know that this Buddhist temple has been destroyed for countless tens of thousands of years since the war. The power of this broken wind bag has been continuously weakened, but it has already reached its limit and is struggling to operate with its last breath. But your Wind-Fixing Pill has dropped on it, which is equivalent to knocking out its last breath. It can no longer breathe and its energy has dissipated.” The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon said, “If you don’t believe me, take back the Wind-Fixing Pill now and see if the wind bag can still send out strong winds.”

Zhang Chen reached out his hand to take back the Wind-Fixing Pill with some doubt. Sure enough, he saw that the bag was quiet without any fluctuations. Seeing this, Zhang Chen was unwilling to accept it, so he directly untied the rope that bound the bag. He saw that the bag was empty, just like an ordinary small cloth bag, without any power.

"Could it be that all the effort I spent was in vain?" Zhang Chen showed a look of unwillingness.

"It's a matter of time and fate. You don't have to worry. You can't take all the benefits by yourself, right? You have already obtained the Six-Character Mantra and mastered the method of practicing the Six-Character Mantra. What else are you not satisfied with? You must know that the monks in this temple, although they have obtained the heavenly book of the Six-Character Mantra, have been meditating on it for many years and still have not mastered the Six-Character Mantra." The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon spoke kindly and comforted.

"How do you know that the monks in the temple have not mastered the Six-Syllable Mantra?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.

The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon said: "The Six-Character Mantra should be a power that only beings above the fruit can comprehend. I don't know how you mastered the Six-Character Mantra in one step. Otherwise, how could you discover my method?"

The Great Freedom Demon was unwilling to give in, and his voice was full of regret.

He was really just one step away from taking over Zhang Chen's body and completely defeating him.

Zhang Chen was reluctant to accept the small bag, but he still carefully put it away, maybe it would be useful in the future. Then Zhang Chen looked at the skill value dropped on the ground, with anticipation in his eyes. This bag was so magical, the skills dropped must be extraordinary.

[Skill discovered, do you want to pick it up? ]

"Pick up!"

[New Skill: Combined Book of Sand]

[Type: Composite Skill]

Then, Zhang Chen inexplicably found a book in his hand. The book was printed on gold paper, had more than thirty pages, and looked very extraordinary.

"This is the Golden Book. Where did you get it from?" The moment the Great Freedom Demon saw the Golden Book in Zhang Chen's hand, his eyes were filled with disbelief. He had been following Zhang Chen all the way. If there was a Golden Book, it would definitely not be hidden from his eyes. But what did he see now? He actually saw a Golden Book! And it was a complete Golden Book.

The Great Freedom Demon was completely confused, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost. How come there was a golden book out of nowhere?
Zhang Chen held the golden book in his hand, but did not open it. Instead, he looked at the surrounding mountains and rivers. As the black wind disappeared, the scenery of the mountains, rivers and land gradually emerged.

But before he could see clearly, the magic power in his body was exhausted, and the next moment Zhang Chen's consciousness returned directly to the real world.

Zhang Chen couldn't sleep in the dark night. He glanced at the sleeping little kid and forced himself to suppress the extreme hunger and thirst in his body. He tiptoed out of bed and came to the table beside him. After lighting the oil lamp, he thought about it and saw the golden book appear in his hand.

The golden book has a total of eighteen pages, and it looks no different from the Xisheng Sutra that was obtained at the beginning. The first page is engraved with overwhelming sandstorms that cover the sky. There are countless runes flashing in the sandstorms, which looks very extraordinary.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Chen opened the first page. The mysterious golden book characters were tadpole characters that Zhang Chen had never seen before. However, with the flashing of the golden finger layout in Zhang Chen's mind, Zhang Chen actually understood the characters on the golden book. Then he saw the whole golden book turned into countless tadpole characters, which flowed into his mind along Zhang Chen's line of sight.

All the words were like a brand in his mind, clear and unforgettable.

At this time, the golden book in Zhang Chen's hand turned into golden light and dissipated between heaven and earth. Only countless tadpole characters kept flashing in Zhang Chen's eyes.

The huge amount of information came flooding in, and an indescribable sleepiness and tiredness surged into Zhang Chen's heart. He felt his head was dizzy and his thoughts were in chaos. He quickly blew out the oil lamp and went to bed to sleep.

Under the impact of that huge information flow, the hunger and thirst in Zhang Chen's body was suppressed at this time and dispersed by the huge information flow.

Zhang Chen fell asleep holding the little bean in his arms. The little bean was so soft and fluffy that it was as comfortable to hold as a doll.

The bell for the morning class rang the next day. Little Douding opened his eyes sleepily, looked at Zhang Chen who was sleeping soundly, and pushed Zhang Chen's head hard: "Zhang Chen, get up and do the morning class."

Although the two of them were treated preferentially by the Taoist temple because of Xie Lingyun, they still had to attend morning classes.

"Don't make noise, let me sleep for a while." Zhang Chen felt his brain was in a daze. He couldn't digest the huge amount of information in the Heshaqi book at once, and could only slowly digest it by relying on sleep.

"If you're late for the morning class, I won't be scolded with you." The little kid stood up and kicked Zhang Chen's face with his feet: "Zhang Chen, wake up! Don't sleep anymore, you'll be late."

The little kid kicked around and finally got Zhang Chen up, but his mind was still confused and he felt like he couldn't function properly.

In a daze, they followed Xiaodouding to do morning lessons. After the lessons were over, they were about to go to eat, but Zhang Xiaohua blocked their way.

"Junior Brother Zhang Chen, please stay." Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile.

Hearing Zhang Xiaohua's words, Zhang Chen's eyes were a little dull, and he forced himself to cheer up and said, "I wonder what's the matter, uncle?"

Zhang Xiaohua looked Zhang Chen up and down. Seeing that he looked listless and distracted, she couldn't help but think, "This kid seems to be in a bad state. If I get him drunk, then won't the problem be solved?"

"I was wrong before, because the vixen almost forced your family to be destroyed. Today I want to host a banquet and invite you to make amends. I hope you will give me some face and don't refuse." Zhang Xiaohua held Zhang Chen's arm with a sincere look and was about to drag Zhang Chen to the banquet.

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this. Zhang Xiaohua was not a good person. Why would she be so kind as to invite him to the banquet?
"It's really a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken with no good intention." Zhang Chen muttered to himself. He had no way to refuse. He forced himself to wake up, endured the drowsiness and followed Zhang Xiaohua out.

But when they were halfway there, when they came to a pavilion path, they saw Liu Feng coming out of the door with a gloomy face, his steps were hurried and his rhythm was disordered. When he saw Zhang Xiaohua, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Sir, I finally found you, something big happened last night!"

Seeing Liu Feng so flustered, Zhang Xiaohua's heart sank suddenly, and a bad premonition came to her mind. Something that could make Liu Feng so flustered must be no small matter.

Zhang Xiaohua let go of Zhang Chen and looked at Liu Feng: "Brother, what happened? Why are you so flustered?"

"The spies just reported that all the thousand guards of the royal palace at the foot of the mountain were dead. All the living beings in the entire camp died inexplicably. I'm afraid there is a monster at work, or the court is secretly taking action. They are coming for you. If something unexpected happens to you in the Taoist temple, my Huangli Temple can't afford it." Liu Feng's voice was full of seriousness.

"What???" Zhang Xiaohua was shocked when she heard that. She didn't care about Zhang Chen at this moment and asked quickly, "Have you informed my father?"

"I dare not make decisions on my own. I have sent someone to inform the palace secretly and wait for the palace's decision." Liu Feng said seriously: "During this period, you must not leave the Taoist temple. No, even the Taoist temple is not safe. You should move to the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall is blessed by the power of the ancestors. The demons will never dare to break in. You should go there to avoid the limelight. Wait until the masters of the palace arrive, then come out."

(End of this chapter)