I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 744: The Formation of the Heaven and Earth Embryo

Zhang Chen knew that he just needed to control the situation and prevent the water bear from swallowing the corpse of the ancient god and demon. Seeing the water bear and the corpse-eating insect fighting, Zhang Chen knew that it would be difficult for the two sides to determine the winner in a short period of time, so his soul returned to his body.

secret room

Zhang Chen opened his eyes, stretched his muscles, and was about to get up and walk out of the secret room when suddenly the alchemy furnace on his waist vibrated slightly and a mysterious energy flowed, attracting Zhang Chen's attention.

Zhang Chen hurriedly took the alchemy furnace off his waist, held it in his hand and quickly infused it with magic power. Then he saw the mysterious energy flowing in the alchemy furnace, which quickly sealed the energy inside the furnace. Zhang Chen carefully sensed the changes in the alchemy furnace, and saw that the energy in the alchemy furnace, which was filled with wind, rain, thunder and lightning and all kinds of phenomena in the world, actually gave birth to the world's fetal membrane and evolved into the primordial fetus of heaven and earth.

"The Origin of Heaven and Earth has been completed!" Zhang Chen looked at the Origin of Heaven and Earth in the Bagua Furnace with a hint of joy in his eyes. The last kind of natural treasure for refining the Divine Whip was completed.

Zhang Chen waved his hand, and a fetus as big as an egg appeared in his delicate white palm.

The egg was seen standing upright, and the invisible energy in the egg evolved into the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and birds, beasts, and all living things swam in it. When the egg was turned upside down, it was like a dream returning to the abyss in an instant, and all things in the heaven and earth were annihilated and turned into chaotic energy, and all the mountains and rivers were destroyed.

There is infinite chaos and infinite time and space within it, which is truly beyond words.

"What a treasure!" Zhang Chen held it in his hand and looked at it for a while before pushing the Mountain and River Yuantai into the alchemy furnace. Then he pinched the secret formula and mobilized the true fire of the sun for refining.

Now that we have reached the final step, there is no need to look for a place of good fortune. We only need to refine the Mountain and River Embryo into the God-Slaying Whip, and the matter will be done. The Mountain and River Embryo contains the energy of chaos, which is a small chaos, enough to satisfy the final transformation of the God-Slaying Whip.

There was a golden long whip in the Bagua furnace. The magic whip was a magic weapon in Chinese classical mythology novels. The whip was three feet six inches and five points long, with twenty-one sections, each section had four talismans, a total of eighty-four talismans.

As Zhang Chen threw the Mountain and River Yuantai into the alchemy furnace, the Divine Whip turned into a stream of light and directly sank into the Mountain and River Yuantai, undergoing the nurturing and tempering of the Mountain and River Yuantai.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen finally understood that the last step in refining the Divine Beating Whip was to put the Divine Beating Whip into the Mountain and River Primordial Embryo, undergo the sacrifice and refinement of the Mountain and River Primordial Embryo, and absorb the Hunyuan Qi of all things in the Mountain and River Primordial Embryo, so that the Divine Beating Whip could complete its final transformation.

“This is equivalent to nurturing a new life and giving it the final bit of inspiration.” Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Countless thoughts were running through Zhang Chen's mind, and he simply withdrew the Sun's True Fire. The last step was embryo gestation, which did not require fire sacrifice.

"The Mountain and River Origin has a chaotic nature. Years are not counted inside it. It will take about forty-nine days in the outside world to completely refine the Divine Whip." Zhang Chen calculated silently in his heart.

Zhang Chen put away the alchemy furnace, carefully stuffed it into the cloth bag he carried with him, and then carefully hung it around his waist.

"The next few days are just a matter of waiting." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

When it comes to refining the divine whip, you cannot go to the spiritual world at the last step. This is because once the treasure is successfully refined, it will be judged by the laws of heaven and earth as a secret treasure of the spiritual world. At that time, if you want to bring it from the spiritual world into the material world, you will pay a huge price.

Thinking back to when Zhang Chen brought back a grain of sand from the spiritual world, it almost sucked himself dry. Of course he learned his lesson.

As for the fact that Zhang Chen has entered the spiritual world many times and can move freely with his innate spiritual treasure, it is because the innate spiritual treasure has been refined by Zhang Chen's soul and is connected to Zhang Chen's soul in the form of 'birth'. It is completely integrated with Zhang Chen and cannot be separated. No incantations are needed to activate it, so it will not be judged as an 'external object'.

The newly refined divine whip was different. Although this treasure was refined by Zhang Chen and its natural aura was connected with Zhang Chen, it still took Zhang Chen some time to refine it and completely refine it into its original form before it could freely enter and exit the spiritual world with him.

"The spiritual world is really strange." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, slowly walked out of the house, looked at the clear sky, and lazily lay down in a recliner to bask in the sun.

The servants in the mansion were used to Zhang Chen's laziness and did not dare to disturb him.

At dusk, a bird flew over and landed in Zhang Chen's courtyard. Then the bird fluttered in the air and turned into a yellow tide.

Looking at the leisurely Zhang Chen, Huang Chao's face was full of envy: "You are so relaxed."

"If you give up the power in your hands, you will be as free and easy as me." Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes.

"I'm tired of being poor. I'd rather lose my life than give up the wealth and glory I have." Huang Chao's voice was full of determination.

Zhang Chen smiled but said nothing. Huang Chao sat beside Zhang Chen and said, "I have already found out the news."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The situation at the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency is very serious. The eldest son's situation is getting increasingly difficult. Unless his father wakes up, or his severed arm is regenerated and his strength is restored, the Chen family will not support him to inherit the position of the head of the family. Once Chen Ping's status as the heir to the escort agency is deprived, the whereabouts of the Longevity Tree Coffin will definitely be controlled by the Gong family." Huang Chao looked at Zhang Chen: "We can't just sit there and wait for death. We might as well take the opportunity to charge into the escort agency, massacre the entire agency, and force Chen Ping to tell us the whereabouts of the Longevity Tree Coffin."

"Bad idea!" Zhang Chen glared at Huang Chao: "Such a big fuss, how can we hide it from Zhou Qiucheng? Once Zhou Qiucheng takes action, won't we be doomed?" "There is nothing we can do now, what are you going to do? If we don't take action, I'm afraid the Gong family will succeed." Huang Chao was a little anxious. The Longevity Tree Coffin was related to immortality, how could he not think about it?

"I will write a note, and you send someone to deliver it to Chen Ping, inviting him to the mansion for a banquet." Zhang Chen stood up and walked back into the house, wrote a note, and handed it to Huang Chao:
"Leave the rest to me. You just watch from the sidelines and don't interfere."

Zhang Chen knew that Huang Chao came from a humble background, and his vision and knowledge were his biggest shortcomings. He was rather rough in doing things, so he did not intend to ask Huang Chao to do such delicate work.

Huang Chao had no objection, and took the note from Zhang Chen and said, "I'll go deliver it right away."

Dragon Tiger Escort Agency
outside the gate

Huang Chao transformed himself into an ordinary servant and arrived at the gate of the Longhu Escort Agency.

"Young man, are you here to escort a caravan in our company?" When the guard at the gate saw someone coming, he hurried forward to greet him.

"I'm here to deliver a letter to your eldest son Chen Ping. Please deliver the letter to Chen Ping." Huang Chao handed over the letter in his hand.

The guard's face changed when he heard this, but he didn't say much. He just took the note and said, "I understand. I will definitely pass it on to my son."

Huang Chao nodded in satisfaction when he heard this, then walked away.

The guard took the note, hesitated for a moment, turned around and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard, and came to the outside of Chen An's house. He said a few words to a steward, and the steward turned around and walked into the house with the note, and saw Chen An teasing a beautiful woman.

Seeing the steward come in, Chen An raised his eyebrows, let go of the woman in his arms, and asked, "What's the matter?"

He knew that unless it was something important, the steward would not bother him rashly.

Hearing what Chen An said, the steward handed over the invitation. Chen An was stunned after opening the invitation. Zhang Chen's name was not written on it. It just said that an old friend with the surname Zhang invited him.

"Does he have a friend named Zhang in Jinling City? Why did he invite him at this time?" Chen An asked in surprise.

The steward shook his head: "I don't know."

"Please ask the fourth uncle of the Gong family to come over." Chen An said after a brief thought.

The steward took the order and left. Not long after, a middle-aged man from the Gong family came into Chen An's room.

"You asked someone to call me here, but what's the matter?" Uncle Gong was a tall man in his forties with a slicked-back hair.

He had a strong figure but not bloated. He took light steps, like a breeze passing by, without making any sound.

Chen An handed the secret letter to Fourth Uncle Gong: "Someone has contacted Chen Ping."

He knew that as a bastard, it was not easy for him to seize the property, and his only hope was to rely on the Gong family. Although he didn't know why the Gong family would take a fancy to him, for a bastard like him, nothing mattered, because he himself had nothing, so it was not worth it for anyone to plot against him.

No matter what the Gong family's plan is, he doesn't care. The worst that can happen is that he will lose his life.

He doesn't even care about his own life, so what else is there to worry about?
As a bastard, it was too difficult for him to make a name for himself. He had no family, and although he had enough food and drink, he would be sent out to make a living when he came of age. How could he be willing to accept that?

Uncle Gong took the letter and took a look at it: "Is it written to Chen Ping?"

"It's written to Chen Ping!" Chen An said, "The key is that I have secretly monitored all the people related to Chen Ping in the entire Jinling City. It's as if this person suddenly appeared without any news or information. You told me last time to monitor Chen Ping's movements, especially if you find someone from the outside world contacting him, you must report it in time."

Hearing this, Fourth Uncle Gong lowered his head and looked at the letter in his hand. He examined it carefully for a while before he said thoughtfully, "Reseal the invitation and send it to Chen Ping. I want to see who is contacting him secretly and whether I can take the opportunity to get some clues."

In a closed secret room, Chen Ping, who had a broken arm, was seen looking at a middle-aged man lying on the bed with a sad look in his eyes.

"Dad, oh dad, what happened to you? Why did you suddenly faint? And you brothers, why did you all suffer such misfortune?" Chen Ping's voice was hoarse.

(End of this chapter)