I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 781 Enlightenment

Hearing Zhou Qiucheng's words, Zhang Chen smiled lightly: "Sir, are you going to give up now? Haven't you heard that when you are surrounded by mountains and rivers, you may think there is no way out, but you will find another village when you turn dark and blue?"

"There is no such thing as mountains and rivers rising again." Zhou Qiucheng sighed helplessly, his voice full of helplessness: "It is difficult to defy fate. At my age, half of my body is buried in the ground. Once I fall into the dust, how can I have a chance to make a comeback?"

Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this and said, "Sir, do you know the path of Chen Sanliang's rise? As far as I know, it has been less than five years since Chen Sanliang was dismissed from his teachings and now has risen and swept across the land of Jiangnan."

According to Confucianism, enlightenment and reaching the pinnacle can be achieved in a single thought, and cultivation can also be abandoned in a single thought.

"Chen Sanliang is a miracle that cannot be replicated. I know my own limitations, so how dare I compete with Chen Sanliang?" Zhou Qiucheng smiled bitterly.

Zhang Chen disagreed when he heard this: "Sir, you don't know that Chen Sanliang was able to gain enlightenment because of my guidance. Even Chen Sanliang's ability to understand the great Dao today was also due to my guidance."

"What?" Zhou Qiucheng looked at Zhang Chen in astonishment, his eyes full of disbelief.

Chen Sanliang has caused such a big stir in the world, but it turns out that the person in front of him is the culprit?

Then Zhou Qiucheng sighed and said, "It's a pity that even if you can enlighten Chen Sanliang, you can't enlighten me. After all, such mysterious inspiration is not always available."

"I also have some insights into your great principles." Zhang Chen looked at Zhou Qiucheng and said with a smile.

"Hmm?" Zhou Qiucheng shuddered upon hearing that. He was shocked and looked at Zhang Chen eagerly: "What's your guess? Tell me quickly. If it works, you will be my master from now on, and I will treat you as my disciple when I see you!"

Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this: "Sir, your path is to be impartial and ruthless, but this path is too narrow and too offensive. You will make countless enemies on the road to enlightenment. Sir, why don't you replace impartiality with the laws of heaven and earth, act in accordance with the laws of heaven and earth, and be impartial and ruthless in the process of executing the laws of heaven and earth. Acting in accordance with the way of heaven is the true impartiality."

What is the essence of being impartial? Isn't it just obeying the laws of the dynasty?
However, the dynasty's laws were subject to the control of the king, which was too narrow and more offensive than being impartial. Therefore, Zhang Chen proposed another idea, which was to follow the laws of nature.

"This is called 'Observe the Way of Heaven and Follow the Actions of Heaven!' As long as you follow the laws of Heaven, you will be truly impartial to all living beings in the world." Zhang Chen looked at Zhou Qiucheng with a smile.

Zhou Qiucheng felt as if struck by lightning. He stood there blankly, his eyes becoming blurry in an instant and he fell into a state of deep thought.

What Zhang Chen said not only had a higher purpose than his own, but also fully encompassed his own impartiality.

"But there are no laws in heaven and earth, and no clear laws. How can I follow the laws of heaven?" Zhou Qiucheng encountered a problem just as he began to understand the truth.

"It's quite simple. When you understand the universe through the unity of heaven and man, and use your heart to understand the laws of the universe, you will naturally understand the laws of heaven and the rules of heaven and earth. The so-called laws of heaven are that water flows to the lowest places, and the sun rises from the east and sets in the west. The movement of the four seasons is all the laws of heaven and earth, and the laws of heaven." Zhang Chen kept instructing Zhou Qiucheng:

"The laws of heaven and earth are contained in the movement of heaven and earth."

After hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhou Qiucheng fell into complete silence. He sat there motionless, like a wooden stake.

Zhang Chen looked Zhou Qiucheng up and down, and saw that there was an inexplicable energy flowing around Zhou Qiucheng's body. His whole body spirit was operating according to some mysterious law at this time, as if an inexplicable change had taken place, and a trace of literary energy was re-born in his soul.

Zhang Chen looked Zhou Qiucheng up and down, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "He is very talented, no worse than Chen Sanliang, but he chose the wrong path and went astray."

Human selflessness is ultimately just a small path, while selflessness of heaven and earth is the great path.

Seeing that Zhou Qiucheng had fallen into a state of enlightenment, Zhang Chen did not disturb him. Instead, he looked up at the distant sky, sensing the aura of the entire Jinling City. He could sense that Gong Hei, possessed by the Blood God Son, had arrived outside the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency and was secretly protecting Chen Ping.

He could hear Huang Tiandao's Gu Mingyue and his group fleeing in a panic. As they fled far away, they ran head-on into the Twelve Yuanchen Formation set up by the demon clan and were trapped in Jinling City.

"Damn it, what the hell is this thing? It's blocking our way?" Huang Chao looked at the invisible barrier in front of him with a look of surprise and confusion in his eyes.

Gu Mingyue looked embarrassed: "This is the power of the formation. Someone has set up a formation and trapped the entire Jinling City in it. We thought we were the mantis, hunting Chongzheng Academy, but we didn't know that someone secretly wanted to be the oriole and trapped us to death here."

Huang Chao's face changed when he heard this: "Who is so bold as to attack our Huang Tiandao?" Gu Mingyue waved her hands and said to Huang Chao: "Stand back, let me take action and see if I can break this formation."

Huang Chao retreated obediently upon hearing this, and saw Gu Mingyue's sublimating aura, with the mighty power of the eleventh level rolling around his body. The next moment, a water-blue light burst out from his body and rushed towards the invisible barrier.

Just as his magical power collided with the barrier, mysterious symbols appeared on the barrier, which actually dissolved Gu Mingyue's attack. Gu Mingyue's eleventh-level power could not do anything to the opponent!

"I wonder which force is taking action here? I am a cultivator from Huang Tiandao. Please give me a favor and open a passage." Gu Mingyue stood up and said.

Hearing Gu Mingyue's words, the barrier in front twisted, and then a burly man with a bear's head appeared outside the barrier.

The man said in a muffled voice like thunder: "Gu Mingyue, please stop yelling. The Great Sage Master's face is not worth it. We are targeting you, Huang Tiandao, today."

“Great Sage Xiong!” Gu Mingyue was stunned when she saw the person coming, her eyes full of astonishment: “Why is it you? You… you actually dared to disregard the covenant between Huang Tiandao and the demon race and kill us! Aren’t you afraid that the Great Sage Master will hold you accountable for your crime later?”

When Gu Mingyue saw the figure of Xiong Dasheng, his face suddenly became gloomy, his heart gradually sank to the bottom, and a bad premonition came to his mind.

He knew that the other party came prepared and it was a conspiracy of the demon clan against Huang Tiandao.

“Haha, you, Huang Tiandao, have been fighting with my demon clan for territory and you even dream of fighting for the north. You really deserve to die. This Jinling City is the burial place of a powerful Huang Tiandao like you. There are two twelfth-level Huang Tiandao, and my demon clan can’t sleep well.” The Bear Demon King smiled coldly, his voice full of hostility.

Of course, the most crucial issue is the struggle for faith and territory.

Before, the demon clan and Huang Tiandao could live in peace because there was the Pingbian Palace to maintain a balance. Now that the Pingbian Palace is gone, Huang Tiandao has gradually begun to emerge again. Now that even a twelfth-level existence has been born, how can the demon clan tolerate the existence of the other side?
"If we can kill you and Zhou Qiucheng and get rid of two great masters of the human race, it will be beneficial to my demon race. Why shouldn't my demon race do it?" Xiong Dasheng sneered.

Gu Mingyue's face darkened when he heard that. He never expected that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind it, and he is actually being treated as a prey.

"Could this be the demon clan's Twelve Yuanchen Formation?" Gu Mingyue moved her gaze away from Xiong Dasheng, looked at the formation in front of her, and asked.

"If we don't use this formation, we won't dare to surround and kill you, a great master." The Great Sage Xiong said with a smile.

Gu Mingyue's face was ashen at this time, and she was too angry to speak. After a long time, she said, "You demons are very good! Don't let me find a chance to escape, otherwise I will make you demons pay the price."

"Price? There's no way you can escape today! This is the dragnet carefully laid out by my demon clan, how can we let you escape?" Great Sage Xiong smiled coldly.

Gu Mingyue didn't say anything when she heard this, but turned around and left with Huang Chao.

"Ancestor, is this Twelve Yuan Chen Formation very powerful?" Huang Chao asked.

"This is the latest formation developed by the demon race. Even if a twelfth-level warrior falls into it, he will be killed. We have fallen into this formation and there is no chance of survival. Unless the Great Sage Master notices something is wrong and breaks this formation from the outside, we are doomed. What we have to do now is to use all means to delay time and wait for the Great Sage Master to take action." Gu Mingyue said here, with a hint of uneasiness in her eyes:
"Go and gather all the disciples of Huang Tian Dao and ask them to gather and wait for me. I need to go meet someone. Otherwise, I'm afraid we alone won't be able to stop the Twelve Yuan Chen Formation."

Gu Mingyue thought of Zhang Chen's incredible fighting power. The only way to survive in the demon clan's Twelve Yuanchen Formation was to pull Zhang Chen onto the chariot.

Huang Chao took the order and left, leaving Gu Mingyue standing there. After a slight hesitation, he finally gritted his teeth and rushed towards Chongzheng Academy.

Inside Chongzheng Academy, Zhang Chen had already sensed Gu Mingyue's aura. He saw a flash of light in the void, and Gu Mingyue had already crossed the void and appeared in front of Zhang Chen.

"Zhang Chen, don't do anything. I have something to say." Gu Mingyue shouted before she arrived.

Zhang Chen looked at Huang Chao, who had an ugly expression on his face. He knew why he came, so he raised the corner of his mouth and revealed a strange smile: "Gu Mingyue, are you looking for death? I let you escape before, and now you dare to come back."

"Zhang Chen, you reckless man, listen to me first." Gu Mingyue got angry when she heard this and shouted, "If you don't listen to me, you will be in big trouble."

(End of this chapter)