I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#409 - Breakthrough

Chapter 406: Xiu Liu's Breakthrough

The Longevity Ancestor was not as nonchalant as he appeared to outsiders.

Seated on the high platform, the Longevity Ancestor looked at his disciples with a calm voice: "Of the three great demon king-level experts of the Taiping Dao, I have already killed one. With the Nine Spirit Yuansheng fallen, the remaining two demon saints will not dare to offend us easily. Before they retrieve the secret treasure, they won't dare to attack my Wuzhuang Temple again. Those three saints obtained a secret treasure in the past called the Yin-Yang Ring. It will take them ten or eight years to retrieve it. In other words, we still have ten or eight years to prepare. If we can kill one of them by then, the entire world will belong to my Wuzhuang Temple. All the famous mountains and rivers in the world will be yours to take as you please. Therefore, these last ten years of preparation are crucial."

"We will follow the ancestor's orders and brave any danger," Third Senior Brother Qingsong said firmly, taking the lead.

The other disciples all said in unison: "We disciples are willing to brave any danger."

The Longevity Ancestor nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this: "I also have a great formation here that can gather the power of the earth's dragon veins to form a great array. Any disciple of my Wuzhuang Temple who is in harmony with the earth's veins can become a part of this array. The more disciples of my Wuzhuang Temple who are in harmony with the earth's veins, the more powerful the array will become. This is a surprise I have prepared for the demon race. When the remaining two great saints of the demon race come here next time, they will surely suffer a calamity."

Speaking of this, the ancestor looked at his four major disciples and took out a scroll from his sleeve: "The four of you will lead the disciples who are in harmony with the earth's veins to practice the formation."

After the ancestor finished speaking, he gave some more instructions and turned to leave the high platform, returning to his courtyard. Then, he frowned and said: "Where did those ten old guys go? Their lair has been raided, so why haven't they shown up yet?"

The lair involves one's destiny. Logically speaking, even if those few people have some plans, they shouldn't joke with their own destiny.

"I always feel that something is not quite right. Could it be that those old guys messed up and were killed by the Innate Peacock?" The Longevity Ancestor was filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

Meanwhile, Zhang Chen and Xu Erniu returned to their small residence. After the two made tea, they looked at each other. Zhang Chen took the lead in asking: "How is your Yin-Yang Reversal cultivation going?"

"I have already entered the doorway and grasped some of the essence and mysteries," Xu Erniu said.

Hearing Xu Erniu's words, Zhang Chen felt slightly relieved. Then, he said to Xu Erniu: "You saw the situation today. If things go wrong in the future, you should immediately run down the mountain and hide in a place where no one can find you. Wait until everything is calm before you come out."

"But I haven't found my father yet. How can I leave?" Xu Erniu sighed softly, her voice full of stubbornness.

"Logically speaking, all the disciples of Wuzhuang Temple are now gathered on Qingcheng Mountain. If your father was here, you should have found him long ago. Since you haven't found him yet, perhaps your father was intercepted down the mountain. You should seize the opportunity to escape and meet your father down the mountain," Zhang Chen lied to Xu Erniu. He felt that if he could trick Xu Erniu down the mountain in advance when he assassinated the Longevity Ancestor, it would increase his chances of success.

"If you go down the mountain, I will go down the mountain! We should go and return together. There is no reason for me to go down the mountain first," Xu Erniu said, staring at Zhang Chen with her big eyes.

Zhang Chen was silent for a moment before saying: "Okay! We will go and return together then!"

Outside

A stream of blood flowed, and no one noticed it. The blood plunged into the massive body of the Nine Spirit Yuansheng. Then, the Nine Spirit Yuansheng's body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. After thirty or so breaths, only a skin remained, lying quietly on the ground.

At this moment, a stream of blood soared from the skin, and a blood cloud of tens of thousands of miles rolled up in the sky. Blood-red lotus flowers flickered in the sky, fluttering down from the high altitude.

The blood flowers fluttered, only targeting the creatures in the mountains. The demon army gathered near Wuzhuang Temple became the target of the blood-red lotus flowers. All the blood-red lotus flowers directly ignored the demons' defenses and fell into their bodies, disappearing without a trace, as if the blood-red lotus flowers were useless.

On the summit of Wuzhuang Temple, the Longevity Ancestor was pondering a way to overcome the calamity. Looking at the sky that had suddenly turned blood-red, the blood-colored clouds in the sky were dense, like rolling waves, looking very frightening. In particular, the blood-red lotus flowers emitted a faint fragrance, looking like supreme spiritual medicine, but the Longevity Ancestor smelled a very evil stench in the blood-red lotus flowers.

"Someone has stepped into the realm of 'Fruit' and attained the Fruit Position!" The Longevity Ancestor watched the blood-red lotus flowers drifting towards the disciples of Wuzhuang Temple. The next moment, he stomped his foot, and the Qingcheng Mountain range under his feet emitted a blue protective shield, blocking the blood-red lotus flowers from the sky outside the shield: "It's just that this person's Fruit Position looks a bit evil. It seems that the visitor is not friendly? There is another variable in the future. I don't know if the result is good or bad for me."

"If I can win this person over and fight against the two demon saints with me, and prevent those ten old guys from causing trouble…" Thinking of this, the Longevity Ancestor took a step and walked towards the place where the Nine Spirit Yuansheng had fallen. But where was Xiu Liu's shadow at this time?

Inside Zhang Chen's small courtyard, Xu Erniu pointed to the blood-red lotus flowers in the sky, looking at the rolling blood-red cloud sea, with a solemn expression in her eyes:

"Senior Brother, what is that?"

Zhang Chen ignored Xu Erniu and instead looked inside his own crystal core. He saw the blood sea rolling, and a strange lotus flower appeared in the blood sea. The lotus flower flickered with colorful light, looking very mysterious.

With the appearance of the colorful lotus flower, the blood sea in his crystal core rolled violently, as if a mysterious power was brewing. Then, the next moment, the mysterious power materialized, turning into a carp, leaping out of the blood sea, swallowing the colorful lotus flower in one gulp, and disappearing into the blood sea without a trace.

"That is the Fruit Position. From today onwards, as long as I allow it, Xiu Liu can borrow the power of my blood sea. I can even detain, seal, and kill that carp!" At the moment the carp formed, a trace of understanding appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. It was a kind of knowledge that was naturally known, as if it were an innate ability.

"Fruit Position? ? ?" Zhang Chen's mind was a little confused. Xiu Liu broke through to the twelfth rank, stepped into the realm of 'Fruit', and condensed the Fruit Position. But why did the Fruit Position run into his own blood-colored crystal core?

"Big brother, I'm talking to you. Did you hear me?" Xu Erniu said to Zhang Chen, but seeing that Zhang Chen ignored her and just stood aside in a daze, she impatiently gave Zhang Chen a shove.

Zhang Chen came back to his senses and looked at the blood-red clouds in the sky, as well as the constantly falling blood-red lotus flowers, with a pensive look in his eyes: "Perhaps some great power has attained the Dao?"

He recognized the blood-red lotus flowers. They were the essence of the blood path. As long as they were invaded by the blood-red lotus flowers, they would directly become creatures of the blood path.

"Attained the Dao? The realm of Fruit? When will we be able to have such means?" Xu Erniu's eyes were full of envy.

At this time, Zhang Chen began to be in a trance again, pondering this change: "The so-called realm of Fruit should be the 'Fruit Position', right?"

"Why did Xiu Liu's Fruit Position appear in my crystal core?" A doubt flashed in Zhang Chen's mind. After thinking carefully for a moment, he seemed to have realized something: "I am the master of the blood path. I control the destiny of the blood path. Could my crystal core be the origin of the blood path?"

"But I, the master of the blood path, have not yet attained the Dao. How did he attain the Dao one step ahead of me?" Zhang Chen felt a little indignant. Logically speaking, as the master of the blood path, his cultivation realm should be higher than Xiu Liu's. But now, Xiu Liu has attained the Fruit Position, and he is still an ant.

Zhang Chen felt indignant, his eyes full of resentment. It shouldn't be like this, right?

"Senior brother, what are you thinking about? People are talking to you. Did you hear me?" Xu Erniu complained from the side, her voice full of impatience, and kicked Zhang Chen's lower abdomen fiercely: "Stinky senior brother, I'm not going to pay attention to you anymore."

Xu Erniu turned and left in a huff, leaving Zhang Chen staring blankly at the blood-red clouds in the sky in a daze: "Xiu Liu attained the blood path Fruit Position and is under my control. If I attain the immortal path Fruit Position, will I also be controlled by the master of the immortal path?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen felt a chill in his heart. If his fate and life and death were controlled by others, what was the point of his cultivation?

"By the way, how did my crystal core become the origin of the blood sea?" Zhang Chen was a little inexplicable. He connected all the past events. First, his crystal core absorbed the remaining seawater of the blood sea. The lotus flowers that bloomed in the blood sea were accompanied by the twelfth-grade karma fire red lotus, as well as the blood path inheritance he obtained. Adding all these things together, it was not impossible for him to become the master of the blood path and control the blood path.

"The blood path can still artificially create the master of the blood path, so what about the immortal path? Can I have the opportunity to become the master of the immortal path? You must know that in the real world, the immortal path has already been extinct. Only I am cultivating immortality, and I have become the only immortal path Qi refiner…" Zhang Chen began to indulge in fantasy.

At this time, he also had an understanding of the realm of Fruit. The so-called realm of Fruit is actually the condensation of the Fruit Position. And what is the Fruit Position? The Fruit Position is the authority obtained from the Dao it corresponds to!

For example, if Xiu Liu condenses the Fruit Position, he can obtain the authority of the blood sea and borrow the power of the blood sea.

If Zhang Chen condenses the immortal path Fruit Position in the future, he can obtain the immortal path authority.

The Fruit Position is like an official position, it is just a certificate of the authority obtained.

"No wonder I suffered backlash when I devoured the remains and immortal bones of the Sea Cicada Monk. No one can contend with the power of the Dao. I was not killed by the backlash, thanks to the protection of the power of the blood path," Zhang Chen realized something in his heart, but he was also a little puzzled. Since he was the master of the blood path, why didn't he see any benefits?

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