I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 428 Exploding the Mountain
There is a sequence in learning, and different specializations in skills, that’s all!

The reason why he and Zhang Chen could become friends and their relationship had always been warm was not only because of their friendship, but also because of the exchange of values ​​between the two.

He was a useful person to Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen was also a useful person to him.

After Chen Xu finished eating the steamed bun, he began to draw lines on the ground, calculating the direction of the Feng Shui formation covering the dragon vein in the north.

It was not until dark that Chen Xu suddenly inserted the wooden stick in his hand into a certain pattern, with a look of joy in his eyes: "It's done! I have figured out the key node of the Feng Shui formation. As long as we break that node, we can leak the energy of the Feng Shui formation. The strange phenomenon created at that time will definitely not be hidden from the masters of the North."

The room was dark at this time, and Zhang Chen had no intention of lighting the bonfire for fear of being discovered.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, Zhang Chen's eyes lit up, as if a ray of light flashed across the darkness, and then he heard Zhang Chen say, "Let's go take a look?"

"Go and take a look!" Chen Xu nodded.

Both of them are not ordinary people, so why would they be afraid of walking on the mountain road at night?
Then the two of them held oil-paper umbrellas, walked in the muddy mountains, crossed the mountains and headed towards the mountains in the distance.

After crossing four or five mountain roads, the two stopped in front of a large, slightly sharp rock. Chen Xu pointed at the large rock in front of him and said, "As long as we destroy this rock, we can break the Feng Shui formation here."

Zhang Chen looked at the stone and saw that it was ten meters high. It was a peak protruding from the mountain below him. The stone was about five meters thick and looked like a giant turtle lying prone.

The two looked at each other, and Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "Trouble! This stone is connected to the power of the northern earth veins, and it can be said to be invulnerable to all kinds of attacks. The power of magical powers cannot be shaken. It will take some effort to destroy it."

Zhang Chen holds the power of earth, of course he can destroy the big stone, but he is not stupid. This place is connected to the veins of the north land, he dare not get himself involved in the cause and effect, if he provokes heavenly punishment, it will be bad.

"I have Feng Shui skills that can break it." Chen Xu said.

Zhang Chen quickly spoke up to stop them: "Don't move rashly! The dragon veins of the entire northern land converge here. If you are not careful, you will get into trouble. You don't have to worry about this matter. I have my own countermeasures."

After saying that, Zhang Chen and Chen Xu walked down the mountain, and then Zhang Chen and Chen Xu parted ways. Along the way, they came to their own cave and fished out the explosives from the water. At this time, he mastered the art of controlling the earth, and felt that the explosives made by his family in the past were too simple and easy to leak out and let people detect their ingredients, so he thought about it and the bluestone on the ground surged up, directly wrapping up the detonators and explosives, leaving only the fuse outside.

Zhang Chen prepared twenty detonators, put them into a backpack, took out three thousand taels of silver and put it on his back before walking down the mountain.

Zhang Chen was afraid of the cause and effect and dared not take action, but ordinary people were not afraid. Ordinary people would blow up the dragon veins, let alone blow up the dragon veins, even if they dug up the dragon veins, it would not violate the rules of heaven.

As for where to find ordinary people?

There is a severe drought in the north now, and too many people have no food to eat. It is very easy for Zhang Chen to find someone to do the work.

Zhang Chen wore a bamboo hat and went straight down the mountain. Not long after he walked, he saw a canyon in the distance. In the canyon, there were figures digging grass roots and tree bark.

"Give me ten strong men to do the job for me. If they can do it, I will give each of them three hundred taels of silver." Zhang Chen shouted while standing in the drizzle, holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand.

The crowd in the distance was silent for a while, and then they began to surge. Someone was the first to react and rushed to Zhang Chen, "Sir, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true! Each of you can pay thirty taels of silver as a deposit, and ask you to go to the city to buy some rice and flour to take care of your family and have a full meal. The remaining two hundred and seventy taels will be paid out immediately after you finish your business." Zhang Chen's voice was very solemn.

Hearing this, a group of people rushed over and shouted:
"Uncle, please choose me! I'm tall and strong!"

"Sir, I'm full of tendons!"

"Uncle, look at me, I can lift objects weighing 300 kilograms!"

……

A group of men dressed in rags, like beggars, kept circling around Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen looked through the crowd and selected ten men with strong waists and muscular bodies. They were able to eat so well in such a famine year and not lose weight at all, which showed that they were not good people.

"I have selected the people, you all can go away." After Zhang Chen selected the people, he began to disperse the people.

But the people still gathered around, each one of them was drenched by the drizzle, looking very miserable, and refused to leave.

One of the big men with a face full of flesh started to scold: "Didn't you hear what this gentleman said? I told you to leave quickly and don't gather here anymore!" As he spoke, the ten big men began to disperse the people, beating and kicking them away, and then gathered around Zhang Chen with a flattering look on their faces, saying: "Master, if you have any instructions, we will go there even if it means going through mountains of swords, seas of fire, or cauldrons of oil."

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Zhang Chen asked in surprise.

The man smiled bitterly and said, "It's already extremely difficult to survive in this world. If you can't find food, you'll starve to death sooner or later. So you might as well give it a try."

Zhang Chen looked the man up and down and asked, "What's your name?"

"I am of humble origin and dare not have a name. Because my surname is Zhu and I am the sixth child in my family, people call me Zhu Laoliu." Zhu Laoliu bowed respectfully to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen nodded, then took out pieces of silver from the package and threw them to the ten people: "These ten ingots of silver are the deposit, each ingot of silver has thirty taels. Take them back for emergency use, and have a full meal. Come to my place in the afternoon to report. Also, remember to bring the tools to chisel the stone!"

"As for you taking the thirty taels of silver and running away, I am not afraid of you running away. A mere thirty taels of silver is nothing to me, unless you don't want the remaining 270 taels of silver. With those 270 taels of silver, it is enough for your family to eat and drink for a lifetime." Zhang Chen said.

The ten men looked at each other, then smiled at Zhang Chen: "How dare we betray your trust? Please wait here."

After saying this, the ten men took the silver and left.

Zhang Chen held an oil-paper umbrella and stood there without saying a word, just quietly looking at the mountain scenery. He felt very comfortable standing under the oil-paper umbrella.

Zhang Chen didn't have to wait long. In just two hours, Zhu Laoliu and others had already returned.

"The task I'm assigning to you today is quite simple. I just need you to chisel holes in a stone, then stuff this thing into the holes and ignite it. The explosive power of this thing is amazing, enough to split mountains and rocks. You still need to be careful..." Zhang Chen began to tell the ten men what they needed to pay attention to.

The ten people nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It was easy to make money, and they all patted their chests and assured Zhang Chen that there would be no problem.

Zhang Chen believed what they said, so he led them over the mountains and came to a rock. He pointed at the rock and said, "My task is to chisel cracks in the rock, put this thing in, and then light it on fire, and the rock will be blown up."

"Don't worry, sir. It's just a trivial matter. Just wait and see." Zhu Laoliu patted his chest and promised.

Zhang Chen handed over the backpack and said, "I will give you the remaining money now. After you get the money, go to work."

After hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhu Laoliu and the others divided the silver with joy on their faces, and then walked towards the stone with their tools.

It was just a blast to break a rock, so they didn't want to cheat, so they took their tools and started hammering and banging in the mountain. Fortunately, it was drizzling in the sky, covering up most of the banging sounds, otherwise Zhang Chen would be really afraid that his plan would be discovered by the Pingbian Palace.

Zhang Chen put his hands in his sleeves, Chen Xu held an oil-paper umbrella, and the two stood quietly by to supervise.

"Why don't you let me take action? If I had taken action, there wouldn't be this trouble." Chen Xu was puzzled.

Zhang Chen raised his head to look at the dark clouds in the sky, then whispered, "Heavenly punishment!"

"Isn't it just a thunderbolt? Just find a house to take shelter, such as your stone house." Chen Xu didn't care.

"Do you think heaven's punishment is being struck by lightning?" Zhang Chen glanced at Chen Xu with a weird look in his eyes.

Should he say that Chen Xu is ignorant and fearless, or that this guy really doesn't know his place?
"What do you mean?" Chen Xu asked.

"Heavenly punishment is heavenly punishment, and thunder and lightning are thunder and lightning. Under heavenly punishment, a twelfth-level cultivator is nothing more than a straw dog." Zhang Chen said.

Chen Xu was stunned when he heard this, and then he didn't dare to say anything else and swallowed subconsciously.

After a long while, Chen Xu whispered, "Is there really a punishment from heaven? I've read about it in Feng Shui books before, and I always thought it was just a thunderbolt, but I didn't care too much about it."

"If it's just an ordinary lightning strike, how can it do anything to me?" Zhang Chen sighed softly: "You should know my methods. It's not difficult for me to avoid ordinary lightning."

Hearing this, Chen Xu decisively shut up and stopped talking about his trip to slay the dragon. He was not a fool, and he was more or less aware of Zhang Chen's methods. Now even Zhang Chen was so afraid of him, if he still didn't realize the power of the heavenly punishment, then he would be a fool.

Time passed by in a ticking sound, and it was not until the second half of the night that Zhu Laoliu came to Zhang Chen, shook off his wet clothes, and wiped the rain off his face: "Sir, we have prepared everything according to your request!"

(End of this chapter)