I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 1084 The Emergence of the Great Tomb
"I must be under a spell!" Zhang Jun was still in disbelief. His body twisted and turned as if trying to break free of the chains. He couldn't believe that the big iron lump had turned into chains. The next moment, he saw countless fine, hair-like spikes grow on the chains. The pain made Zhang Jun stop struggling. The intense pain clearly entered his brain, telling him that he was not hallucinating.

"What kind of trick is this?" Zhang Jun looked at Zhang Chen with shock in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen calmly replied, "Martial arts."

"Impossible! How could martial arts possibly have such methods? Your methods are almost like those of legendary gods and demons!" Zhang Jun exclaimed in disbelief.

As Zhang Chen thought of it, the chain turned into molten iron and fell to the ground, then gathered on the ground and turned back into a lump of iron.

Zhang Jun, now free, stared at Zhang Chen in disbelief, his eyes filled with shock: "How did you do that?"

“As long as your martial arts cultivation is high enough, you can temper your three souls and seven spirits, and use them to interfere with the laws of heaven and earth, and distort all matter in the material world. What I used was just a small trick, not worth mentioning at all.” Zhang Chen said this in order to arouse the other party’s obsession with martial arts.

"What? You're practicing martial arts?" Zhang Jun was stunned, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

"What kind of look is that? I've already taught you the incantation. As long as you have enough talent and practice diligently enough, you can reach my level," Zhang Chen said unhurriedly.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhang Jun's eyes were filled with disbelief: "Can I also reach this level?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chen nodded firmly.

"What realm have you reached in your cultivation?" Zhang Jun looked at Zhang Chen and asked again with a face full of disbelief.

“You wouldn’t know even if I told you, and it would only cause you trouble, so it’s better not to say anything,” Zhang Chen replied.

“That shouldn’t be the case. If someone could cultivate martial arts to your level, how could there be no news about you at all? Logically speaking, you should have been famous throughout the world by now.” Zhang Jun’s voice was full of doubt.

“Aren’t those legendary ancient gods and demons just like that?” Zhang Chen stared at the other person with calm eyes. His words struck the other person like a thunderbolt, and the other person trembled. Just as Zhang Chen said, those legendary ancient gods and demons were just as incredible as the person in front of him.
"But why have you never manifested your divine power in front of people all these years?" Zhang Jun asked, voicing his doubts.

Zhang Chen raised his finger and pointed to the sky. At that moment, the sky was filled with purple mist, indicating the sunrise. Zhang Jun looked at the sky with a puzzled expression, wondering what Zhang Chen meant by pointing to the sky: "What does it mean?"

"You'll understand when your cultivation level reaches a certain point," Zhang Chen replied, then turned and walked into the house. "Don't stand naked in the cold wind; it's not a good look."

"Can I really cultivate to your level?" Zhang Jun asked again, looking at Zhang Chen's back, seemingly waiting for Zhang Chen's confirmation.

Zhang Chen stopped in his tracks, turned around and walked back to Zhang Jun. He reached out and patted the other man's shoulder, planting a seed of magic power into the man's dantian: "As long as you cultivate to the point of seeing the divine without decay, you will soon be able to sense the existence of the soul. At that time, you may be able to glimpse some of my methods today."

After speaking, Zhang Chen walked into the house, leaving Zhang Jun staring at Zhang Chen's back with a fanatical expression before rushing back to the west room.

Wang Gong, who was in the west room, had also woken up and was folding the quilt. When he saw Zhang Jun barging in naked, a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes: "What's this?"

“Your Highness, I have made a major discovery, I want to tell you…” Zhang Jun wanted to open his mouth to tell His Highness about Zhang Chen’s amazing abilities, but when the words reached his lips, his throat felt as if it were blocked with cotton, and he could not utter a single word.

Zhang Jun's sense of awe deepened further. Looking at the puzzled Prince, he quickly took out clothes from the trunk, putting them on as he spoke:

"It cannot be spoken of, it cannot be spoken of, something very good has happened!"

Upon hearing this, the prince looked surprised. He knew that ever since he had saved Zhang Jun from the catastrophe that destroyed the country, Zhang Jun had been open and honest with him, and had always been loyal to him. What could Zhang Jun possibly not tell him?

Although he had doubts, he understood Zhang Jun's character. After hearing Zhang Jun's words, he folded the quilt and said, "I'll go prepare breakfast. You get some rest. You'll be busy today."

The two men were chopping wood, and Zhang Jun did most of the heavy work, while Wang Gong did what he could to give Zhang Jun a chance to rest.

Today is a sunny day.

Zhang Chen was repairing the axle in the courtyard, while Bai Ziling sewed clothes for him. Just as Zhang Chen was hammering at the axle, he suddenly stopped, looked up sharply into the depths of the Daxing Mountains, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes: "The 'shrine' I built years ago has actually undergone a miraculous transformation due to the revival of spiritual energy, and a mysterious energy has leaked out from within it? No, to be precise, a corner of my feng shui formation was damaged, causing that spiritual energy to leak out."

Mortals might not be able to see the spiritual energy flowing between heaven and earth in the distance, but in Zhang Chen's eyes, a rainbow of light shot straight into the sky from the 'shelter,' accompanied by terrifying malevolent energy that stained a cloud in the sky crimson like blood. "Tens of millions of powerful cultivators died in that great tomb, and it contains countless wronged souls and resentment. My feng shui array is supposed to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the resentment within that array has probably been revived under the influence of that energy. Now that the feng shui array has been leaked, I'm afraid unpredictable things will happen," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

He was also puzzled. How could there be a flaw in the feng shui formation that was buried deep underground?

However, even if strange things were to be born, they would be nothing more than the lowest of the low for Zhang Chen. With the revival of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, his superpowers would gradually return, and all the strange things would be nothing more than the lowest of the low.

The feng shui formation of the great tomb was broken, but Zhang Chen didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he continued to repair the axle. When Zhang Jun returned in the afternoon, he saw him mysteriously approaching Zhang Chen and saying, "Something big happened in the mountains today."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's heart skipped a beat. Could it be related to that feng shui formation?

"What's the big deal?"

Zhang Chen asked curiously, and the man was stewing meat in front of the stove. He hadn't finished stewing the beef from yesterday, so he was continuing to stew beef today.

After Zhang Jun realized that Zhang Chen was one of his own, he became noticeably less formal with him and sat down directly in front of the stove to add firewood: "Today, the mining team was blasting iron ore in the mountains. A large truck carrying a load of large rocks was about to come out of the mine when it suddenly collapsed, and the truck and its crew fell straight in. The mine shaft was so deep that you couldn't see the bottom at all. It is said that the miners explored a hundred meters but still couldn't reach the bottom."

"Stay away from that big pit. Don't get too close to watch the excitement, or you might lose your life. Don't blame me if you don't," Zhang Chen warned Zhang Jun, who was full of curiosity.

"Do you know the secret of that big pit?" Zhang Jun asked curiously, his face full of inquiry.

“There is incredible power inside, and it is a ferocious and bloodthirsty beast!” Zhang Chen said to Zhang Jun, “The flesh and blood of ordinary creatures are a great tonic for it. The more creatures it eats, the stronger it becomes.”

According to Zhang Chen's calculations, a corpse demon or evil spirit must have been born inside. A corpse demon is a strange creature that has become a spirit from a corpse, including but not limited to zombies.

If it were a zombie, it would be somewhat better, since it is a physical being and could perhaps be killed by cannons. But if it were an evil spirit, which is formless and shapeless, then technology would be useless.

"With the emergence of the strange creature from that great tomb, the revival of the Golden Age has clearly accelerated. I can feel that the spiritual energy in the world has more than doubled. It seems that I need to keep finding ways to secretly push things along." According to Zhang Chen's deduction, the strange creature must have been born under this spiritual energy revival, rather than those ancient beings jumping out. Only in this way can the speed of spiritual energy revival be effectively increased.

Just like the strange creatures in that feng shui formation, they must be strange creatures that have been revived under the nurturing of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is why they have a promoting effect on the opening up of the authority of heaven and earth.

Although Zhang Chen's magical power could not reach the level of a Celestial Immortal, he still possessed the knowledge of a Celestial Immortal and had made some deductions about the evolution of heaven and earth.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jun shuddered, his eyes filled with fear: "That thing won't come out and harm people, will it?"

After a brief silence, Zhang Chen said, "It's hard to say."

"If he manages to crawl out, wouldn't we be in big trouble?" Zhang Jun said.

“So you need to find a way to leave the Daxing Mountains,” Zhang Chen said. “Or, if you can cultivate martial arts qi and blood, you might be able to fight against them.”

“I am now a criminal, and it’s not up to me to decide when I can leave Daxing Mountain Range. You might as well tell me to focus on my cultivation.” A hint of fear appeared in Zhang Jun’s eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen shook his head: "I have a way to get you and the prince to leave. Go wash up and invite the prince to my room for dinner."

"You have a way?" Zhang Jun's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. Without saying a word, he dropped the firewood in his hand and rushed into the yard.

Before long, Wang Gong, covered in sawdust, walked in with Zhang Jun from outside the house. Wang Gong's demeanor remained calm, showing no sign of excitement. Zhang Chen nodded to himself: "This composure is quite impressive."

After washing their hands, feet, and heads, and removing the sawdust from their bodies, Zhang Chen brought the stewed beef to the table.

"Beef again? Where did you get so much beef? This is a rare treat that even those with meat coupons have to ration." Zhang Jun looked at the stewed beef, his mouth watering, and asked instinctively.

Wang Gong kicked Zhang Jun and said irritably, "Just eat, why ask so many questions?"

(End of this chapter)