I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#245 - Locked ruins

Great Demon King Zhao Lie sensed something was wrong. How could such a thing have mixed into his own soul?

Unfortunately, Zhao Lie's roar sounded like joyful shouts to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen said with a smile, "You beast are blessed. With my wonderful method, it will be a natural process for you to awaken your intelligence and become a demon beast."

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhao Lie was so angry that he cursed and roared like a tiger, "Who wants your blessing! I have already awakened my intelligence and become a demon beast!" Unfortunately, the tiger's roar turned into a tender whimper, which melted Zhang Chen's heart.

"What is the mystery of your Forbidden Word Technique?" The Great自在天魔 looked at it for a while, but never noticed anything unusual.

Zhang Chen smiled calmly and then a light flashed in his hand, and a strange symbol appeared: "Having been hit by my Forbidden Word Technique, no matter what kind of existence this demon transforms into in the future, as long as I use my supernatural powers, I can return it to its original form and be subject to my control."

"Such supernatural power is truly wonderful," the Great自在天魔 praised.

Zhang Chen smiled proudly: "This is just a trivial function of the Tathagata's Vow Mantra. It's a pity that my cultivation is shallow and I don't understand Buddhism, so I can't exert the more powerful power of the Tathagata's Vow Mantra. If I want to study more powers of the Six-Syllable Mantra, I may have to find Buddhist scriptures and use different Buddhist scriptures to comprehend the various mysteries of the Six-Syllable Mantra."

The Great自在天魔 looked at it with envy, but didn't say much. Instead, his eyes turned to Zhao Lie, with a strange look in his eyes.

The demon king Zhao Lie was filled with grief, especially after hearing Zhang Chen's words. He was extremely desperate and angry. How could he, a dignified great demon king, end up in such a state?

He was actually placed under a restriction, and he would be controlled by others in the future? What a joke!

Unfortunately, Zhang Chen ignored Zhao Lie's grief. Seeing Zhao Lie struggling in his hands, he smiled and stretched out his hand to take out the dragon tendon from his arms, and then poured mana into it to make the dragon tendon longer, tied it around Zhao Lie's neck, and tied it to a stone to prevent this little guy from running away.

The dragon tendon is extremely tough, like iron and stone. It cannot be bitten off by ordinary beasts, let alone a little wild cat, how could it bite off a real dragon tendon?

"This aura? This is a dragon tendon?" Zhao Lie looked at the dragon tendon binding him, and his eyes lit up, filled with disbelief. He immediately opened his small mouth and bit down on the dragon tendon. If he could devour this dragon tendon, he could build an unparalleled foundation, allowing him to cleanse his marrow and cut his hair in his infancy, and stimulate the power of Qi and blood in advance.

'Creak~'

The dragon tendon emitted a powerful elasticity, which made Zhao Lie's head buzzing, and his whole body was numb.

"Damn it, what's going on! My strength is too weak, even if the supreme good fortune is right in front of me, I can't get it." Zhao Lie looked at the dragon tendon drooling, and then looked up at Zhang Chen:

"What is the origin of this kid? He even has the dragon tendon of a real dragon? This guy is so evil! It's also my bad luck, old ancestor, that I fell into the hands of this bastard."

Demon King Zhao Lie sighed in his heart, looking at the crystal clear dragon tendon so close at hand, a look of helplessness appeared in his eyes, and he simply hugged the dragon tendon and licked it.

Zhang Chen ignored Zhao Lie's movements and was pondering the mantra of the Six-Syllable Mantra.

Once he delved into it, he became engrossed and it was already late at night. At this moment, Zhang Chen's body twisted and changed, as if it was about to transform into a toad. However, at this moment, the Six-Syllable Mantra in his spiritual world vibrated slightly, bursting out with immeasurable Buddha light to protect Zhang Chen, and actually caused Zhang Chen to transform back from the toad form.

"The Six-Syllable Mantra can resist the power of the curse?" Zhang Chen was overjoyed after regaining his senses. In this case, isn't his curse equivalent to being broken?

"You think too much. As the strength of the Curse Demon God recovers, the power of the curse in your body will become stronger and stronger. Your Six-Syllable Mantra can only temporarily suppress the power of the curse, and cannot break the power of the curse for you. You still have to find the Jade of Blessing to break the Curse Demon God's methods. Otherwise, one day the power of the Curse Demon God surpasses you, your Six-Syllable Mantra will lose its effect and you will turn back into a toad. Of course, unless you have absolute confidence that the speed at which your strength increases will always be faster than the speed at which the Curse Demon God recovers, but is this possible?" The Great自在天魔 poured cold water on him from the side.

Zhang Chen pondered upon hearing this: "If my Six-Syllable Mantra becomes infinitely powerful, will the curse be suppressed forever?"

"Theoretically, it is true, but in reality, the Curse Demon God's recovery will increase its strength by leaps and bounds. Although your Six-Syllable Mantra is miraculous, how much power it can exert still depends on the progress of your Qi Refining Technique. Judging from your current progress in Qi Refining Technique, it will not take three to five months before you will be surpassed by the Curse Demon God."

"No matter what, the matter of transforming into a toad is temporarily resolved," Zhang Chen said unhappily. At least it has bought him enough time for now.

"That spiritual world seems a bit strange, I'll continue to explore it." Zhang Chen was very happy at this time after obtaining the Six-Syllable Mantra, and once again sat down and entered a state of meditation.

Let's talk about the Pingbian Wang Mansion. Mr. Wu Liu and Gu Mingyue traveled all the way to a large mountain three hundred miles away from Zhang Chen. Mr. Wu Liu pointed to the mountains at his feet and said, "This mountain range is the dragon vein of my Pingbian Wang Mansion."

"The Pingbian Wang Mansion has a strong fortune. According to the current dragon energy, it will last at least eight hundred years," Gu Mingyue said with praise after looking at the mountains.

"This is the result of the efforts of several generations of the Pingbian Wang Mansion. My Pingbian Wang Mansion loves the people like children, reduces taxes, lightens corvée, rectifies officialdom, draws in gentry, and introduces external talents. We have worked diligently for hundreds of years to have today's climate," Mr. Wu Liu said with pride in his voice.

"The Pingbian Wang Mansion has the aura of an emperor. No wonder the imperial court is so jealous of the Pingbian Wang Mansion. The Dasheng Dynasty has a hen crowing at dawn, eunuchs interfering in politics, and serious land annexation. It is already declining day by day. In the future, when my Yellow Heaven Dao establishes the Yellow Heaven, your Pingbian Wang Mansion may not be able to enter the world. At that time, establishing a human divine kingdom will have a foundation for all ages and the blessing of immortality," Gu Mingyue said with anticipation in her voice.

Mr. Wu Liu also showed a look of expectation in his eyes, and then said with an excited expression: "This is the Pingbian Wang's decree. With the protection of this decree, you can avoid being backlashed by the dragon vein's energy. Please take action and lead the old Wangye's soul and body into the dragon vein."

Gu Mingyue took the decree and then put it into her divine soul. In the next moment, she used her supernatural powers. I don't know what means she used, but the Jiaolong's body in the depths of the Yellow River disappeared out of thin air, and when it reappeared, it was already in the mountains.

Gu Mingyue chanted a mantra, and then the Jiaolong's body directly collapsed and turned into streams of earthy yellow gas, which poured into the dragon vein. Zhang Shicheng's body actually merged into the dragon vein.

“Please, Old Lord, may your spirit return and enter the earth vein.” Then, Valley Brightmoon pointed towards the earth, and a dragon's roar echoed. Zhang Shicheng's dragon soul streaked across the night sky, directly plunging into the immense True Dragon Qi hovering above the Northern Lands. The earth vein then emitted a powerful suction force, drawing the vast Qi and the roaming dragon energy from the sky like a waterfall.

Three hundred miles away, Zhang Chen, who was preparing to meditate and cultivate, was suddenly awakened by the dragon's roar in the dark. He quickly opened his eyes and saw his Bagua Furnace buzzing and trembling, with whistling sounds coming from inside.

“What the hell is that?” Zhang Chen was shocked to see this. Why would his Bagua Furnace suddenly act strangely? Could something have gone wrong?

Zhang Chen quickly rushed to the Bagua Furnace to check. He saw the fire within the furnace suddenly surge more than a hundredfold. Under the raging flames, the Taiyi Geng Metal Flying Sword inside began to gradually melt, with drops of molten iron falling down.

“How could this happen? Why has the power of the flames inside the Bagua Furnace suddenly increased so much?” Zhang Chen's eyes were filled with disbelief: “What could be the reason that caused the power of the flames inside my Bagua Furnace to surge?”

Zhang Chen constantly pondered the key, but found no clues and gained nothing.

Not only was the flying sword melting, but even the earth-yellow light sphere seemed to be corroded by some inexplicable force, showing signs of melting.

“What happened? I seemed to have heard a dragon's roar in the dark just now?” Zhang Chen stood in front of the Bagua Furnace, thinking.

Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out the reason, so he simply walked out of the cave to check. He opened his Dharma Eyes and looked at the entire night sky of the Northern Lands. Then, Zhang Chen was stunned: “What the hell? Where is the vast Qi gathered in the Northern Lands? Where did the immense Qi, transformed from dragons and gathered together, disappear to?”

Zhang Chen widened his eyes and stared hard, but no matter how wide his eyes were, the Qi in the heaven and earth had indeed disappeared inexplicably out of thin air.

“Impossible! Could it be that Zhang Shicheng failed to transform into a dragon? So the True Dragon Qi gathered in heaven and earth dissipated?” Various deductions flashed through Zhang Chen's mind. Then, he used the Water Control Technique to silently sense the movement of water vapor in the heaven and earth, but soon Zhang Chen frowned:

“No, the water vapor in the world is still gathering towards the Northern Lands, and the flow of groundwater has not changed. But why has the True Dragon Qi in heaven and earth disappeared?”

Zhang Chen couldn't figure it out, and was at a loss for a while.

But no matter what, the sudden increase in the flames in the furnace was a good thing for him.

“According to the current fierce power of the flames, it will probably take ten days for the nine flying swords to be refined into molten iron. However, that sphere is a twelfth-order mystery, and its level is too high. Even without the blessing of the power of the gods, it will be extremely difficult to melt it. This is still with the power of the Bagua Furnace and the help of the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire. Without the power of the Bagua Furnace, relying solely on the power of the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire itself would not be able to forge a twelfth-order mystery. Even a twelfth-order flame would not work, and it would not be able to melt a twelfth-order mystery!” Zhang Chen constantly calculated in his heart, thinking about the key.

After a long time, Zhang Chen returned to the cave, continued to cultivate and meditate, and entered the spiritual world to explore the Buddhist temple.

Zhang Chen summoned the fox spirit again, and the two of them continued to wander in the spiritual world, passing through one great hall after another, but saw that the halls had no good fortune, and there was no gain except for a pile of junk.

“It's still a big temple, but nothing was left behind. It's really disappointing.” After Zhang Chen and Fox Fairy Nannan searched the entire temple, they heard Fox Fairy Nannan cursing.

Fox Fairy Nannan was extremely disappointed. It was still a big temple in the spiritual world, so how could nothing good be left behind?

Zhang Chen heard this and glanced at Fox Fairy Nannan, but did not refute her words. He also felt that the big temple in this spiritual world was a bit disappointing.

What about the countless good fortunes in the spiritual world that were promised? What about the strange flowers and herbs, and the spiritual mushrooms and immortal grasses that were everywhere?

Zhang Chen returned to the ruins again, dug out the strange red flower from the ruins, and then came to the abbot's residence, wanting to hide the small flower in that floor tile.

“This floor tile is a good treasure.” Zhang Chen looked at the floor tile with some envy: “I wonder if the underground world was opened up within the floor tile, or is the floor tile just a linking mechanism?”

He thought of the cave heaven world and the dimensional space.

“Stop dreaming. If it were a cave heaven world, it would have been discovered by its former great enemy long ago. How could it be your turn? Only a wonderful and ingenious mechanism formation could have escaped the search of its great enemy by chance.” The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon seemed to know what Zhang Chen was thinking and said: “If you dig out that floor tile, the entire mechanism will be scrapped. And I don't recommend you hide the treasure here, in case the mechanism suddenly breaks down due to disrepair…”

Zhang Chen was disappointed when he heard this. After a little thought, he came to the Sutra Depository and hid the little red flower on the third floor of the Sutra Depository. With the stairs of the third floor guarding it, it would always be safer.

Zhang Chen hid the little red flower. This flower might be a life-saving thing at a critical moment, and it was a means to reverse the situation.

“Stop wandering around, let's meditate and cultivate. For us, meditation and cultivation are the most important.” Fox Fairy Nannan sat cross-legged on the ground, refusing to move. For her, wasting a lot of time wandering around without any gain was not as good as seizing the time to cultivate.

Zhang Chen didn't think so when he heard this. There were countless mysterious good fortunes in the spiritual world, and using it for meditation and cultivation was purely a waste of time. Gaining a Six-Syllable Mantra was enough to offset all the wasted time.

That was the Six-Syllable Mantra, the highest mystery of Buddhism, the highest supernatural power of Buddhism.

“You cultivate, I'll continue to explore.” After Zhang Chen finished exploring the top of the mountain, he turned and walked down the mountain.

Looking at Zhang Chen's back, Fox Fairy Nannan gritted her teeth with hatred. Zhang Chen mastered the ability to control the wind and sand. If Zhang Chen left, wouldn't she be in big trouble when the black sand shrouded down?

She had no choice but to continue to wander around with Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen walked down the stairs, but after walking for an hour, Zhang Chen suddenly stopped, raised his head to look at the sky. There was a slight wind floating around him, and a little black sand fell down, landing on Zhang Chen's face and clothes.

A gust of breeze blew, blowing Zhang Chen's clothes and the hair on his temples, causing Zhang Chen's pupils to shrink: “The power of the wind has increased! In theory, there should be no wind in my Wind-Fixing Talisman, but at this time, a breeze and sand are blowing in. The power of my Wind-Fixing Talisman is constant, so the only factor is that the wind force is increasing.”

“The wind force on the top of the mountain is small, and the wind force at the foot of the mountain is strong? This does not conform to the laws of nature. Shouldn't the wind on the top of the mountain be strong, and the wind at the foot of the mountain be small?” Zhang Chen stood there, thinking.