I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 424 Farewell to the Ascension Pool

Zhang Chen did not even look at the murals on the wall. He just opened his Dharma eyes and observed the energy in the tomb. Then Zhang Chen saw that from the deepest part of the tomb, a trace of mysterious energy was emanating and flowing out along the passage of the tomb little by little.

"Follow me!" Chen Xu said to Zhang Chen, and called Zhang Chen to walk deeper into the tomb.

The ground of the cemetery is paved with a peculiar kind of stone, which is polished into six-star patterns, giving a feeling of spatial dislocation.

"Be careful, follow closely behind me and follow my footsteps. Don't step on the wrong tiles, otherwise there will be big problems. There are countless traps in King Pingbian's tomb. Even if we have mysterious powers, if we fall into the traps, I am afraid the only outcome will be death." Chen Xu walked in front, admonishing Zhang Chen, his voice full of seriousness.

Some mechanisms and traps only take a moment to activate. Even if you have mysterious powers, if you don't even have the chance to activate the mysterious powers, you will be killed by the mechanisms.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen followed Chen Xu very carefully. The two of them walked through the long corridor for several hours. After traveling for a few miles underground, they suddenly saw a crack about a meter wide in front of them. The crack was bottomless, and auspicious light flowed inside. It seemed that the crack contained a world of immortals.

"My goodness, the fall of the Ascension Pool actually cracked the earth, tearing a hole in the earth, and then the energy of the Ascension Pool was transmitted from the crack. However, because of the Feng Shui formation set up by the Pingbian Palace, an energy barrier was formed, and the energy barrier formed a barrier, blocking Chen Xu's way.

Zhang Chen swept his eyes across the barrier in front of him. With his current vision, he had already seen the situation clearly.

Chen Xu said to Zhang Chen: "This barrier is indestructible. If you want to break it, you need to use two brushes to move it. Maybe there is a chance to break it."

After hearing what Chen Xu said, Zhang Chen shook his head and expressed a different opinion: "The barrier cannot be broken. Once the barrier is broken, the energy of the Ascension Pool will lose its suppression and vent out, which will definitely attract everyone's attention."

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Chen Xu was dumbfounded: "If we don't break the barrier, how can we get inside, how can we get close to the Ascension Pool and seize the fortune of the Ascension Pool?"

"Be patient, let me do an experiment." Zhang Chen comforted Chen Xu, and the next moment a drop of water appeared in his hand. He flicked his finger lightly, and the drop of water broke through the void, directly passed through the energy barrier, and fell into the rosy glow on the opposite side.

“Sure enough, this Feng Shui formation can only suppress the mysterious power, but has no effect on ordinary things in the material world.” When Zhang Chen saw the drop of water flying through the barrier, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Do you want to transform into a stream of water and pass through?" Chen Xu asked after seeing Zhang Chen's method.

Zhang Chen nodded, and the next moment his body turned into a stream of water, rushing towards the barrier. However, when the water Zhang Chen turned into was close to the barrier, it was actually supported by the barrier, and the water Zhang Chen turned into was unable to penetrate through it at all.

"Failed!" Chen Xu muttered after seeing Zhang Chen being blocked.

Zhang Chen transformed into a human form again, standing on the colorful light shield, and muttered thoughtfully: "It's really something! But do you really think you can stop me like this?"

After muttering, Zhang Chen turned his head and looked at Chen Xu: "I will go in later, you just wait for me outside. If there is any fortune in there, I will bring it out and share it with you, and you will definitely not lose out on your share."

Chen Xu smiled when he heard this: "Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? If you hadn't rescued me back then, how could I be the Chen Xu I am today? Of course I trust you."

Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction. He liked this about Chen Xu: he was a smart man and knew what to do and what not to do.

Then Zhang Chen activated his water control skill. His body teleported using water droplets and the next moment he appeared in the light curtain at the place where another drop of water had fallen before.

(A new skill obtained after the water control technique is upgraded. It can be transformed into two drops of water. As long as they are within a certain distance, the protagonist can switch at will)

In the underground crack surrounded by colorful lights, Zhang Chen appeared in the underground world. He felt endless energy surging and penetrating into his skin and pores.

"Yes, it's that smell, the aura of the Ascension Pool back then." Zhang Chen had personally come into contact with the Ascension Pool in an unknown era, so of course he knew what the aura of the Ascension Pool was.

Zhang Chen took a breath of the energy released by the Ascension Pool in the air, and felt comfortable all over. The energy of the Ascension Pool moisturized his skin and soaked his magic power, causing his body and magic power to undergo some subtle changes. "The energy of the Ascension Pool in the air is too thin to allow me to complete the true transformation and become an immortal." Zhang Chen did not stop, and turned directly into clouds and mist, flying farther in the void.

Zhang Chen turned into mist and flew very fast. After flying for about half an hour, he stopped flying in the mist and revealed his human form. He stared at the thousands of feet of rosy clouds in front of him, knowing that the Ascension Pool was not far away.

However, it was different from the Ascension Pool in his memory. This time, there was a rosy glow rising from the Ascension Pool. The rosy glow exuded a terrifying pressure, which made Zhang Chen find it difficult to move.

"There is no such pressure in my memory." Zhang Chen didn't know where the pressure came from, but he was prepared. He saw his mind moving, and the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel in the spiritual world flew out. The Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel rotated, emitting a traction force, swallowing up the energy emitted from the Ascension Pool in the underground crack. However, in just thirty breaths, the energy diffused in the underground crack was actually swallowed up by the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel. At this time, after swallowing the energy of the Ascension Pool, the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel actually underwent some inexplicable changes. Its color became darker, as if it had a unique charm incubating.

Zhang Chen urged the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel to move forward continuously in the air. Wherever the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel passed, all the energy that escaped from the Ascension Pool in the air, as well as the pressure emanating from the Ascension Pool, were all refined by the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel.

The predecessor of the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel was originally those two unique brushes, which possessed the ability to break taboos, and the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel naturally inherited that ability. Although the pressure was strong, it was not difficult for the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel.

After all, pressure is an illusory, conceptual force. Facing the power of the innate Yin and Yang, even if the innate Yin and Yang millstone is still very weak, the difference between the two is essentially a qualitative gap. That feeling is like one is a real kitten in reality, and the other is a tiger on paper painting. The two cannot be compared at all.

Zhang Chen climbed forward step by step in the crack with the innate Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel on his head. The energy emitted in the air wherever he passed was swept up by the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel. Finally, half an hour later, Zhang Chen arrived ten feet away from the Ascension Pool. He could see the Ascension Pool with colorful light from afar, which was emitting energy like dry ice.

"Go!" Zhang Chen activated the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel, and saw the Yin-Yang Grinding Wheel spinning, hovering above the Ascension Pool, directly swallowing up the energy escaping from the Ascension Pool.

When Zhang Chen looked towards the entire Ascension Pool, he saw that it was covered with mottled marks, with marks of fists, swords, spears, and halberds deeply engraved on it.

There were even several slap marks that actually broke through the Ascension Pool, and at this time, a steady stream of colorful mist escaped from the gap.

Zhang Chen stared at the mark for a moment before taking a deep breath. "What happened from ancient times to today? Even the Ascension Pool was pierced? You know, even the Purple Sky Divine Thunder couldn't pierce the Ascension Pool in the past."

“No! No! There is a residual aura of the Purple Sky Divine Thunder flowing on this Ascension Pool. It should be the heavenly punishment transformed from the Purple Sky Divine Thunder that severely damaged the Ascension Pool, causing the power of the Ascension Pool to decline, so it ended up in such a tragic state.” Zhang Chen seemed to have guessed something after sensing it for a moment, and a hint of regret appeared in his eyes.

Zhang Chen walked around the Ascension Pool and saw liquid seeping out of the pool and flowing into the North's ancestral veins, nourishing the roots of the North's ancestral veins, making the North's dragon veins stronger and the Pingbian Palace's destiny stronger as well.

Zhang Chen wanted to go closer to the Ascension Pool, but he saw colorful light emanating from the Ascension Pool. The colorful light turned into a barrier, blocking Zhang Chen outside.

"Huh~" Zhang Chen muttered in surprise, "I've never seen such a method used in the Ascension Pool before? Why is this happening?"

“Could it be that in the hands of Xiantian Peacock, Changsheng Patriarch and others, the Ascension Pool was completely suppressed, so all its means were never displayed. Now that the Ascension Pool is uncontrolled and suppressed, its divine power actively revives itself, which leads to the current situation?” Zhang Chen already had a speculation in his mind.

After testing the strength of the colored light shield, Zhang Chen found that it was something he could not shake at all.

However, this matter did not pose a problem for Zhang Chen. He made seals with his hands and recited the mantra silently in his mind. As the magic power in his body was mobilized, the colorful light shield of the ascension pool in front of him began to gradually retract and finally disappeared into thin air.

"Thanks to the mantra I got to control the Ascension Pool, otherwise even if I had the chance to see the Ascension Pool today, I would not be able to get close to it." Zhang Chen turned into mist and landed on a corner above the Ascension Pool. After he manifested his human body, he looked down and saw a colorful energy rippling in the Ascension Pool. A hint of joy appeared in his eyes: "Could this be the liquid that can transform a person? But there is too little left, less than five centimeters deep, and I don't know if it is enough."

Zhang Chen looked at the liquid under the Ascension Pool and complained. He was about to become the owner of the Ascension Pool and of course hoped that as much liquid as possible would remain.

(End of this chapter)