I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 421 New Year’s Eve
Back to the past!
What a great opportunity! If you plan ahead, you might get unexpected rewards.

Not to mention planting spiritual herbs in ancient times, would it be possible to harvest a lot of them by then?

"I can't say much. If my words affect time and space or cause and effect, causing the timeline to be broken, I'm afraid the timeline will collapse, and I, the ancestor, will also suffer a disaster." The voice of the Great Freedom Demon was full of awe: "Do you know how big the cause and effect will be if the time and space cause and effect deviate? Even with my cultivation level, my soul will be scattered and buried in the depths of time and space."

"What about me? Did I change time, space and cause and effect?" Zhang Chen asked.

Hearing this, the Great Freedom Demon looked at Zhang Chen strangely: "You? You are very strange! I have never heard of anyone who can go back to the past against the flow of time. You are the only one! You are very unique! Since you can go back to the past, there must be a cause and effect, so you don't have to be afraid or entangled."

Zhang Chen sighed softly upon hearing this: "What a pity that we missed the opportunity to make a plan!"

There was a hint of regret in his voice, and then he took a look at the endless sea. The next moment he used the water escape technique to shuttle through the sea. However, after flying for half a day, the coastline of the sea was still not visible. Zhang Chen could only stop, and then his figure flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Inside the Taoist temple, Zhang Chen opened his eyes and pondered over what had happened in the past: "If everything that happened before happened in the past, then the Ascension Pool...? In fact, there is only one Ascension Pool in the world. The Ascension Pool in the historical time and space is the Ascension Pool in the present time and space."

"Then can I find clues about Xu Erniu based on the Ascension Pool? Or can I find out the final outcome of the war that year based on the Ascension Pool?" Zhang Chen stood up suddenly when he thought of this, and clenched his fists tightly. He had an inexplicable intuition in his heart that the Ascension Pool must have the clues he wanted.

"What happened to Xu Erniu in the end? What about Xiu Liu? Xiu Liu has already entered the realm of fruit, so he should have a chance to survive the long river of time and space, right? And the old peacock, with his method of reversing chaos with the five elements, he should be able to survive, right? Did the Immortal Patriarch win the final battle, or did the innate peacock win? Or did they die together under the thunder punishment?" Zhang Chen had thousands of thoughts running through his mind, his heart was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do.

"I must seize that Ascension Pool!" Zhang Chen secretly made up his mind.

It snowed heavily overnight. Zhang Chen sat in front of the fire all night, unable to sleep, thinking only of bad things.

There are many people who can make him worry, and even more things to worry about.

On the second day, Zhang Chen only felt the crystal core in his body beating gently, and a familiar sense of absolute control was transmitted into his heart. The feeling of complete control in the past surged into his heart again. The good fortune he had obtained in the ancient time and space was finally fully mastered at this moment.

Then Zhang Chen began to control his Qi and blood, and showed a listless look again. He put on a cotton coat and a cloak, and went outside the yard to clear the snow.

After sweeping for a while, Zhang Chen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have mastered the art of controlling water. He wanted to use it to control the snow on the ground, but when he activated the art, the snow on the ground did not move at all.

"This skill is too rigid. It can only control water. It can't even control the snowflakes at all." Zhang Chen was speechless.

There was no other choice, Zhang Chen could only spend half a day clearing a path, then stewed some mutton, and happily went to the window, sitting by the fire and basking in the sun.

All of them were supplies from the Pingbian Palace. Zhang Chen used them without any concept of frugality. Based on the idea that spending one cent of the Pingbian Palace was equivalent to weakening the opponent's strength, Zhang Chen happily indulged in all kinds of luxury and waste, and even lit two stoves in the room.

Seven or eight days later

Mr. Wuliu, with a pair of panda eyes, came to the Taoist temple again. He walked around the temple and muttered to himself for a long time before leaving, scratching his head and doubting his life.

Looking at Mr. Wuliu's receding back, Zhang Chen just felt amused in his heart. Now the energy in his devouring space has been filled up again. He began to use the energy released from the Ascension Pool to refine the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth. As for improving the skill level, the gap in the skill points Zhang Chen needed was too large, it would be better for him to refine the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth first, and then increase his chances of finding the Longevity Tree Coffin.

For him, extending his life is the most important thing at the moment, and he must hurry to do it. The Longevity Tree Coffin is hidden in the north, and he must find the Longevity Tree Coffin before leaving the north.

Time passed quickly, and a month later, Zhang Chen refined the second level restriction of the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth.

It was New Year's Eve. Zhang Chen stood under the eaves of the Taoist temple and calculated with his fingers that tomorrow would be New Year's Eve, which is what people call New Year's Eve.

Zhang Chen stood under the eaves for a long time before he came to the gate. He opened the gate and looked at the guards standing guard in the cold wind. He shouted, "Tell Mr. Wuliu to prepare a few big red lanterns for me to hang up! Also, prepare some yellow paper for me."

The guard glanced at Zhang Chen, his armor covered with frost. Then he bowed respectfully to Zhang Chen and quickly disappeared in the cold wind.

Zhang Chen didn't have to wait long before Mr. Wuliu sent someone to deliver eight big red lanterns and some red paper.

Zhang Chen lit up the big red lanterns and hung them under the eaves. Then he cut some red paper, wrote couplets, and pasted them on the door. He felt that there was some festive atmosphere of the New Year in the yard.

Late at night, Zhang Chen was sitting alone in front of the stove eating hot pot. The cold wind was howling outside, and from time to time the sound of firecrackers could be heard in the cold wind.

Just as Zhang Chen was eating beef alone, there was a knock on the door: "Brother Zhang!" Then the door was pushed open, and Chen Xu walked in with two jars of wine, surrounded by the cold wind.

Chen Xu was wrapped in a large robe with some snow still hanging on it. He was holding two wine jars in his hands. He placed the jars in front of the fire and reached out to untie his cloak.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Chen asked.

Chen Xu smiled and said, "Isn't it New Year's Eve? I thought you were lonely in the Taoist temple, so I came to have a drink with you."

After saying that, he sat opposite Zhang Chen, patted the wine jar in front of him, and said with a smile: "Hundred-year-old Huadiao! I bought this specially in Gou Lan County."

Zhang Chen looked at Chen Xu, who was freezing cold, and felt touched.

Zhang Chen poured a bowl of hot tea for Chen Xu, but Chen Xu held him down: "Let's drink! What's so good about plain tea and water?"

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, then nodded: "Okay, let's drink!"

Zhang Chen picked up the wine jar, poured a pot of wine, and filled Chen Xu's cup. Chen Xu held up the wine and said to Zhang Chen: "Brother Zhang, I toast you a glass!"

Zhang Chen took a sip of the wine, then put it down, picked up the beef with chopsticks, chewed it slowly and swallowed it, then asked, "What's the situation outside?"

"The north is in chaos, and all kinds of people from the martial arts world have swarmed here, looking for the mystery that fell from the fairyland. There are constant fights, but there are also countless lucky ones who fly into the sky and transform from ordinary mortals into beings who master mysterious powers. The Pingbian Palace has recruited a lot of good players in recent days. We have to be careful when facing the Pingbian Palace in the future." Chen Xu said.

Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this. The chaos in the north was within his expectations. After all, when the passage between the two worlds was opened, countless mysteries were brought out from the spiritual world, and it was unknown how many people had been made successful.

However, the remaining soul of the Basah snake made Zhang Chen feel fearful and he secretly became alert.

"There is another thing. The northern army has been frequently mobilized in the past two months. I'm afraid that a million troops have been dispatched back from the Great Wall of Bones by King Pingbian and are heading towards the inland." Chen Xu seemed to remember something and added.

Zhang Chen tapped his knees with his fingers and looked at the flames in the stove. "The King of Pingbian is either planning a rebellion or coming for his ancestors' graves."

Zhang Shicheng will definitely transform into a dragon on February 2 this year, and someone will inevitably cause trouble at that time. It is reasonable for King Pingbian to send a million troops here to guard in advance.

Of course there are other possibilities, that is, King Pingbian has other plans, which is beyond Zhang Chen's ability to guess.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Chen looked at Chen Xu and asked, "Have you practiced cultivation?"

Chen Xu shook his head: "I don't have a master, so where can I get the cultivation method from?"

Zhang Chen said: "I will teach you a method of visualization, which can help you embark on the path of cultivation and increase your bloodline level faster."

Zhang Chen felt that he was able to survive the time travel because those two skills helped him a lot, and he should repay them both morally and logically.

"Do you have a method of cultivation? Can you teach it to me?" Chen Xu's eyes lit up when he heard that, and his sparkling eyes were filled with deep joy.

That is about the mysterious method of cultivation, which is the unrevealed secret of this world and the foundation for the continuation of the aristocratic families. Chen Xu dug several large tombs and found many treasures, but he did not find the method of cultivation. This shows how precious the method of cultivation is.

Zhang Chen lightly tapped Chen Xu's brow with his finger, and the demon visualization method that he had discovered in the True Dragon Tomb was directly transmitted into Chen Xu's mind.

When one reaches Zhang Chen’s level of practice, the visualization diagrams that he could not remember in the past now appear clearly in Zhang Chen’s mind without any mistakes or omissions when he just recites them.

Chen Xu got the visualization method, his pupils dilated rapidly, his breathing was rapid and his chest rose and fell, then he held up the wine bowl with both hands and said respectfully to Zhang Chen: "Brother Zhang, this bowl of wine is for you! If you have any orders in the future, I, Chen Xu, will never say no, I will be a ruthless person."

Although he obtained the bloodline of the Basilisk, the evolution of the bloodline of the Basilisk was extremely slow. How could it compare to the practice method?

With the cultivation method, his bloodline will evolve faster!
(End of this chapter)