I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 585: Reencounter with Zhang Gaqi

"What peculiar power!"

Zhang Chen activated the Death Authority, sensing that aura. It seemed to have some inexplicable connection with the Death Authority in the dark, a subtle resonance between the two.

"What a strange power." Zhang Chen stood in the pavilion for a long time, looking at the divine light enveloping the ancestral shrine, ultimately not daring to act rashly. A tenth-order deity was not to be trifled with.

A tenth-order deity would definitely not be weaker than a similarly ranked immortal cultivator.

"I need an opportunity, a chance to lure away the Shen family's tenth-order deity. Then, I can go to the Shen family's ancestral shrine and take a look." Zhang Chen turned and walked towards the Shen family's gate. He wanted to familiarize himself with the major forces in Jinling City, find deities committing evil, and then steal their incense to strengthen his own points, striving to quickly graft the Wood Authority.

No one stopped Zhang Chen from leaving the Shen residence. After walking out of the Shen family's compound, he wandered through the bustling streets, looking at the vast crowd, aimlessly strolling while inquiring about the location of the Dragon-Tiger Escort Agency. He was alone and unfamiliar in Jinling, like a blind man, needing to find acquaintances to quickly understand the situation in Jinling City, and then seize the opportunity to break the deadlock.

Just as he was loafing around, wandering the streets, a surprised voice suddenly sounded: "Zhang Chen?"

Zhang Chen followed the voice and looked over, seeing a familiar face leaning against the window frame on the left side of the restaurant, calling out to him. The person's voice was full of disbelief, as if they couldn't believe they were seeing that small boy from the past, thousands of miles away.

"Zhang Gaqi?" Zhang Chen also saw the other person.

"Is it really you?" Zhang Gaqi looked at Zhang Chen with a face full of disbelief, waving to Zhang Chen, signaling him to come over.

Zhang Chen hesitated slightly, then entered the restaurant and sat down opposite Zhang Gaqi: "Fourth Uncle, what are you doing here?"

"I came to Jinling City to handle a major matter. But how did you appear in Jinling City? This place is nine thousand miles away from Goulan County, how did you get here?" Zhang Gaqi's eyes were full of surprise.

"Fourth Uncle should know that I am not an ordinary person. Although the journey of nine thousand miles is far, for bloodline inheritors, there are always more opportunities than ordinary people," Zhang Chen said.

Hearing this, Zhang Gaqi didn't believe that Zhang Chen had such abilities. Even if Zhang Chen had truly awakened the power of his bloodline, he was still young and couldn't have much ability.

"Is it Xie Lingyun's means?" Zhang Gaqi asked.

He knew that Zhang Chen and Xie Lingyun had a close relationship. He had personally witnessed Xie Lingyun's protection of Zhang Chen in the Northern Lands.

"Sort of," Zhang Chen replied unhurriedly.

Seeing that the other party was prejudiced against him and unwilling to believe him, he was too lazy to prove it to him. Hearing the other party mention Xie Lingyun, Zhang Chen curiously asked: "How is Xie Lingyun now?"

He had been separated from Xie Lingyun for more than a year and hadn't heard any news about her for a long time.

"I heard people say that Xie Lingyun is already a half-step Yang God. If there are no accidents, she should step into the realm of Yang God in half a year. Xie Lingyun's young age of entering the threshold of Yang God caused a sensation in the capital and was publicly recognized as the number one person of the younger generation. She is the future flag-bearer of the Divine Soul Dao. Her talent has alarmed the Human King, and she has received the Human King's attention. Her future prospects are limitless. The Xie family has two Yang Gods, even in the entire Dasheng Dynasty, they are first-class dignitaries and objects of wooing by all parties. Our Zhang family also wants to be close to the Xie family, but the Xie family father and daughter are elusive, and it is as difficult as ascending to the sky to see their踪迹."

"She actually has such prestige?" Zhang Chen smacked his lips, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"The family wants to befriend the Xie family father and daughter, I wonder if you can write a letter to the capital to introduce them?" Zhang Gaqi tentatively asked.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen glanced at Zhang Gaqi, thinking to himself: "I don't even know the situation of the Zhang family, how can I give my connections to the Zhang family? According to Zhang Gaoqiu's current hostility towards me, I'm afraid that many people within the Zhang family don't want to see me doing well. The Zhang Gaqi in front of me is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, I don't know which camp he belongs to, how can I help him?"

Facing Zhang Gaqi's expectant eyes, Zhang Chen sighed softly: "Logically speaking, I am a bloodline descendant of the Zhang family, and I have an unshirkable responsibility for the development of the Zhang family, but I heard news that someone within the Zhang family wants to replace my identity and status, not only replace me in marrying the Shen family's嫡女, but also want to embezzle the things my mother left behind, and want to make me disappear from this world…"

Speaking of this, Zhang Chen picked up the teacup and took a sip, his eyes looking at Zhang Gaqi, his eyes full of scrutiny, observing Zhang Gaqi's reaction.

Sure enough, as Zhang Chen's words fell, Zhang Gaqi's face changed, a hint of embarrassment in his eyes: "Who did you hear the news from?"

Zhang Chen smiled without saying a word in the face of Zhang Gaqi's inquiry.

Zhang Gaqi smiled bitterly: "Your father and son will never have the opportunity to return to the Northern Lands, and will grow old and die in the Northern Lands, so some people in the family have other ideas, wanting to take back what belongs to our Zhang family from the Shen family, so they sparred with the Shen family, and also discussed a strategy of marriage."

"The Zhang family's things? Isn't that what my mother left me?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Your father is a member of the Zhang family, and you are also a member of the Zhang family. The things you leave behind naturally belong to the Zhang family," Zhang Gaqi said.

"But I have already been expelled from the Zhang family's genealogy," Zhang Chen questioned.

Hearing this, Zhang Gaqi shook his head: "The matter of that year was the will of the Human King, this matter was unavoidable. Many elders in the family regard your father as the future hope of the Zhang family. How can many things be bound by a mere genealogy?"

Zhang Chen was noncommittal about Zhang Gaqi's explanation, blowing on the tea, and then lowered his head and drank it unhurriedly.

"Which damn ghost is gossiping with you, although you are not in the genealogy, you are born a member of my Zhang family, and you will be a ghost of my Zhang family when you die. Whoever dares to harm you is a blood feud between the same clan. Tell me, and I will make the decision for you," Zhang Gaqi said.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen shook his head: "Enough, I am not so weak that I need someone else to make the decision for me."

Looking at the stubborn Zhang Chen, Zhang Gaqi's eyes showed a hint of bitterness: "You are just too stubborn."

"Why are you in Jinling? Could it be for the marriage?" Zhang Chen changed the topic, scrutinizing Zhang Gaqi.

"The inner courtyard of the academy has opened, and I am ordered to send some mysterious objects to the Chongzheng Academy in Jinling. The Chongzheng Academy has been designated by the Great Master as one of the branch academies, and wants to open an inner courtyard branch. If I were for the marriage, I shouldn't be appearing in the restaurant now, but in the Shen family. You know, I am biased towards your father. When your father was there, he had the best relationship with me, so how could I get involved in this kind of nonsense?" Zhang Gaqi explained.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen was noncommittal. Before knowing the truth of the matter, he didn't believe anyone.

"Among the mysterious objects I am transporting to the Chongzheng Academy this time, there is a very unique one, said to be a broken twelfth-order mysterious object. That mysterious object contains powerful spatial power. If you want to achieve something in this world, you must try to enter the Chongzheng Academy and seize that twelfth-order mysterious object. I have never seen a secret treasure containing the laws of space before. That secret treasure is very mysterious and has been stored in the Great Inner Treasury, gathering dust. This time, the Human King took it out and bestowed it to the academy, also wanting to explore the mysteries of space," Zhang Gaqi said.

Speaking of this, fearing that Zhang Chen would not take it seriously, Zhang Gaqi repeated: "It is said that this secret treasure connects to the legendary Thirty-Three Heavens. Once it can be opened, you can obtain divine objects such as peaches and elixirs of immortality from the legendary Thirty-Three Heavens, so you should know its importance."

Hearing this, Zhang Chen's pupils shrank. Is there really such a treasure in the world? He had last heard this news from Chen Sanliang.

Is there really a treasure that can open the passage between the two worlds?

"In that case, I must go to this Chongzheng Academy," Zhang Chen said thoughtfully.

"If you want to keep up with the tide of the times, you must go!" Zhang Gaqi said.

"Chongzheng Academy? I seem to have heard of it somewhere," Zhang Chen thought to himself. Immediately, he remembered that when he was selling ginseng, the shopkeeper had mentioned the dean of the Chongzheng Academy, whose son urgently needed ginseng to save his life.

"Logically speaking, with the power of our Zhang family, it would be easy to send you to any academy to study, but the old fellow in Chongzheng Academy is different. That old fellow cultivates 'iron-faced impartiality', and even the Human King cannot make him submit. The hand of my Zhang family cannot reach into the Chongzheng Academy, so if you want to join the Chongzheng Academy, you have to rely on yourself to pass the heavy assessments," Zhang Gaqi instructed.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded very cautiously, considering it as agreeing to the other party's words. He now had a new goal in his heart, which was to obtain the secret treasure within the Chongzheng Academy that could open the spatial passage.

"I will be leaving Jinling soon, can your younger brother and sister be taken away by me? The family has the best training and the best resources…" Zhang Gaqi began to persuade earnestly again.

"There's no need to say anything, there's no room for discussion on this matter," Zhang Chen waved his hand, interrupting Zhang Gaqi's words.

Zhang Gaqi's words were choked back, and for a moment, the whole person was speechless, looking up and down at Zhang Chen for a long time, and then sighed faintly: "Zhang Chen, you don't have to be wary of everyone, we are family."

"The Zhang family has unclear ties with the Prince of Pingbian's Mansion, how can I trust you?" Zhang Chen retorted.

Zhang Gaqi was speechless, and after a while, he said: "You are alone and helpless in Jinling City. I will introduce you to a blood relative, who can be regarded as your cousin. He also lives in Jinling City. The two of you can take care of each other in Jinling City and can be a reliance. I will also feel relieved to have him take care of you and give you a reliance."