I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 835 Whipping
Although Queen Mother of the West had no concept of energy conservation, the inexplicable disappearance of the huge elixir power in Zhang Chen's body also attracted her attention and aroused her curiosity.

Facing the pills handed over by Queen Mother Xi again, Zhang Chen's face was full of guilt: "Grandmaster, I am dull and stupid, how can I take pills again? This is clearly a waste of your good things."

He was afraid of angering the Queen Mother of the West and having her dismember his body.

"Stop talking nonsense and take your medicine!" Queen Mother of the West urged Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen felt helpless when he heard this, and secretly said to himself: "You forced me to eat this, you can't tear it apart in anger." Thinking of this, Zhang Chen happily picked up a gourd of pills and poured them directly into his mouth. Now that he knew that the power of the pills could be converted into points, he was of course not afraid of being blown up, even if there was more energy.

As the pill entered his stomach, a huge medicinal power rushed through his body. Zhang Chen's golden finger was activated, and all the experience value numbers jumped wildly, soaring in an instant, and then in just a breath, the medicinal power of the pill in Zhang Chen's body disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.

"Empress!" Zhang Chen looked at the Queen Mother of the West aggrievedly, as if he were a victim.

The Queen Mother of the West slowly withdrew the finger that was placed on Zhang Chen's brow, and then stared at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes. After a long time, she slowly withdrew her palm and uttered a few cold words: "A rotten tree cannot be carved!"

Zhang Chen lowered his head and said nothing, as if he was blaming himself to the extreme.

Queen Mother of the West was also pondering in her heart: "Could it be that the reason why this guy can withstand the power of heavenly punishment is because he has a special physique? The power of the elixir disappeared without a trace when it entered his body. He only absorbed one millionth of it. What about the heavenly punishment? Did the power of heavenly punishment disappear without a trace when it entered his body and wanted to destroy his body?"

"But the only thing to be thankful for is that this kid can still practice. Since he can practice, that's good. As long as resources are accumulated, he can always accumulate to a state of great success." Queen Mother Xi said to herself.

What is the most abundant thing in Kunlun Mountain? Resources.

Even if Zhang Chen can only utilize one millionth of the energy he swallowed, for the Queen Mother of the West, it is still a great opportunity to quickly build up her cultivation to perfection.

"My queen, I am sorry to disappoint you." Zhang Chen sincerely admitted his mistake to the Queen Mother of the West.

“I have lived for countless years since I was born, but I have never encountered a body that can resist the power of heavenly punishment. Your body can resist the power of heavenly punishment without any harm, there must be something special about it. The reason why this elixir has little effect must be because of your special physique.” Queen Mother of the West spoke to Zhang Chen to comfort him so as not to undermine his confidence. What if this kid gave up on himself, wouldn’t it ruin her plans?

"Biyun!" The Queen Mother of the West shouted downwards.

A ray of green light flashed and landed in front of the Queen Mother of the West. Queen Mother Biyun knelt on the ground and bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Queen Mother."

Queen Mother of the West swept her eyes over Zhang Chen and Lady Biyun, her voice full of coldness: "From now on, nine-tenths of the resources of all the golden armor warriors and innate creatures will be deducted to provide for Jia Shiba's cultivation."

Empress Biyun was stunned when she heard this, and then her expression changed: "Empress, if you act this way, I'm afraid those innate creatures will cause trouble..."

There was a lot of hesitation in Lady Biyun's words.

"They are just a bunch of ants. If they dare to cause trouble, just crush them to death." The Queen Mother of the West's voice was full of disdain.

Queen Biyun stopped talking, and Zhang Chen's pupils shrank. Even creatures as powerful as those with innate abilities were nothing more than ants in the eyes of the Queen Mother of the West. What about himself?

Zhang Chen was a little frightened. Just as he was thinking about the matter secretly, he suddenly heard the Queen Mother of the West say, "Jia Eighteen, you don't practice hard, you should be whipped thirty times!"

As soon as the Queen Mother of the West finished speaking, a golden whip appeared in her hand. The whip cut through the space, blocked all the void, and directly hit Zhang Chen.

"Crack~"

With one whip, Zhang Chen's golden body broke and blood spilled out like a stream of water.

"Ah~" Zhang Chen let out a scream and fell to the ground.

Facing the whip, Zhang Chen's iron bones became as weak as tofu. In an instant, his skin, flesh, tendons and bones were torn, and he rolled on the ground in pain. However, Queen Mother of the West did not stop her movements and just kept whipping him. In just a moment, there was not an inch of good skin on Zhang Chen's body, and he turned into a blood gourd.

“I have provided you with countless elixirs, but you have only cultivated to the eighteenth level. This is really hateful. I don’t care what your reasons are, but you have wasted so many of my resources. You really deserve to be punished. A hundred years later, you need to break through another thirty levels and reach the forty-eighth level, otherwise you will be whipped!” The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was cold and overbearing: “Biyun, you are responsible for supervising his cultivation. If he slacks off, you will punish him on my behalf.” The Queen Mother of the West gave an order and threw the whip to Queen Biyun at the same time.

After Empress Biyun took the whip, her body trembled slightly and she uttered two words: "As you command."

"If you want to relieve the pain, you must use the law of cause and effect to transfer your pain. Otherwise, you will continue to feel pain. These wounds can also teach you a lesson and urge you to practice well." The voice of the Queen Mother of the West was full of majesty.

"Find him two strong men to bear the pain for him, and you guys go down!" Queen Mother of the West waved her hand, and Lady Biyun picked up Zhang Chen and turned into a stream of light and flew down from the altar.

"Ah~"

Zhang Chen screamed, and his body trembled in the air. He felt a pain as if he was being cut by a thousand knives. He secretly complained in his heart: "What is this? This woman turns hostile when she says so!"

Empress Biyun came all the way to the medicine hall and placed Zhang Chen in front of the Bagua furnace. Looking at the bloody Zhang Chen, she couldn't help but sigh softly and turned into a stream of light and disappeared. Not long after, Empress Biyun returned with a jar in her hand. The jar exuded the aroma of herbs. Empress Biyun took out a green paste from the jar and smeared it on Zhang Chen's body. Zhang Chen screamed in pain again.

"Stop screaming, just bear with it, I'll apply medicine for you." Empress Biyun whispered to comfort her.

"It hurts so much!" Zhang Chen bit his teeth in pain until they bled: "Why does it hurt so much?"

If it was just ordinary pain, Zhang Chen would certainly not take it seriously, but the pain in his body seemed to be magnified tens of millions of times and directly affected his soul.

If he followed the Giant Creation Technique that he had practiced, the broken flesh and blood would only take a moment to repair, but there was an indescribable force attached to the wound, which prevented the wound from healing.

"The whip in the hands of the Queen Mother of the West contains the power of the law. You are already seriously injured after enduring thirty whips. You must use this innate spiritual herb born in the white clouds to repair your body." Queen Biyun spoke, her voice full of emotion. While speaking, she gently applied the cream on Zhang Chen's wound.

Zhang Chen stopped talking after hearing this, but his body kept twitching in pain.

"Well, with the help of this elixir, you only need to rest for eight months to recover. Next, you should practice well and don't slack off, otherwise your punishment will be greater when the time comes, and it will not be able to be repaired in a short time. In the future, all the resources of Kunlun Mountain will be provided to you. If you can't break through quickly, I am afraid that I will be punished together with you." The voice of Queen Biyun was full of helplessness: "I will find a strong man for you to share your pain."

Empress Biyun went away, and only Zhang Chen remained in the hall, daring not to move because of the pain.

"Damn it, I thought that after I swallowed all the pills, Queen Mother of the West would refine more pills for me, and then I could ask Queen Mother of the West to work for me. But who knew that this woman had no martial ethics and actually attacked me directly." Zhang Chen grimaced in pain.

"But something doesn't seem right. Why is the Queen Mother of the West so eager for me to break through the Karma Transformation Technique? This shouldn't be the case!" Zhang Chen's heart began to wake up at this time. He realized that something was wrong. The Queen Mother of the West's attitude towards him was very wrong.

Logically speaking, the Queen Mother of the West shouldn't do this. Even if I was slow in cultivation, that was my own business. Why would the Queen Mother of the West do this to me? To urge me to cultivate?
“Unless I have cultivated the Art of Karma Transformation, the Queen Mother of the West wants to accomplish something. Whether this thing is good or bad... it’s hard to say..." Zhang Chen’s eyes were full of brilliance.

"No! I can't break through quickly. If I break through quickly, what awaits me may not be a good thing. I have to delay time as much as possible, collect supplies as much as possible, and do as much as possible in Kunlun Mountain. Only in this way can I accumulate foundation." Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.

He now has a huge amount of points, enough to quickly push up his cultivation, but is it useful to push up his cultivation? Compared to the Queen Mother of the West in the Hunyuan realm, he is still just an ant that can be slapped to death at any time.

"The most important thing for me now is to dig up the peach tree of the Queen Mother of the West, collect as many innate spiritual roots as possible in Kunlun Mountain, and then improve my way of plants and trees. Then, I will think of a way to fake my death, hoping to deceive the Queen Mother of the West." Zhang Chen scanned all the skills he could use. Perhaps only the law of life could help him escape.

Whether it is the law of life taking root in the earth or taking root, they are all first-class means. However, they are not enough when facing the Queen Mother of the West and need to be upgraded.

"I wonder if I will have the chance to obtain the peach tree." Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.

Just as he was thinking about it, footsteps were heard outside the hall, and then Empress Biyun came into the hall with two bronze-colored strong men.

“Use the Karma Transformation Technique to transfer some of the pain.” Empress Biyun said to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen looked at the two trembling warriors and smiled bitterly, "I can only transfer 18% of the pain now. What's the use?"

(End of this chapter)