I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Zhang Chen knew in his heart that some members of the human race must have already entered this Great Dao, but they just hadn't publicized it.

After all, people fear fame like pigs fear being fattened. Everyone wants to avoid being targeted, so they hide their identities and secretly research. Even if they achieve something, they would never go around shouting about it.

As Zhang Chen listened to the fox spirit talk about cultivation, a glimmer of golden light flickered in his eyes as he observed the stone platform in front of him. Then, his gaze fell on the cliff wall behind the stone platform. He saw a wisp of mysterious orange light in the crack of the cliff wall behind the stone platform.

"A discovery!" Zhang Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the light. This place actually had a mysterious power.

"Speaking of which, how did you find this great tomb?" Zhang Chen asked while examining the stone platform, seemingly casually, but actually getting straight to the heart of the matter.

"The Northern Lands were originally the territory of my fox clan. This place is called: Qingqiu Ancient Land. It is the origin of my fox clan. Later, your human race raised an army and swept across the world, and my fox clan fled north in panic, forced to escape to the bitter cold lands. Thus, this ancestral land was abandoned," the fox spirit said with resentment in her voice:

"It's all because of you humans, seizing my homeland, robbing my foundation, causing hundreds of old and young members of my fox clan to be displaced."

"That's not right. This great tomb is so hidden. It wouldn't be difficult to raise a hundred or so fox spirits, would it?" Zhang Chen's eyes turned to the fox fairy Nannan, filled with suspicion.

The fox spirit's words faltered, and then she said with a dejected face: "What you said is all correct! Later, a change occurred in this Qingqiu Ancient Land. When my ancestor stole the flesh and blood of a True Dragon, for some reason, the dragon blood spilled, alarming a monster within the tomb. That monster was elusive and difficult to defend against, specializing in sucking the blood of my fox clan. My fox clan's ancestor was helpless against that monster and could only relocate, abandoning this old land."

Zhang Chen looked at the fox spirit, feeling speechless. The fox spirit couldn't lie to him, but she could tell half-truths, which was the real problem.

Zhang Chen knew what the blood-sucking monster the fox spirit was talking about was, it must be that stone tablet. However, he didn't think the strangeness within the stone tablet was that strong, not even as strong as the fox fairy Nannan. How could the Qingqiu clan not be able to suppress that monster?

Seeming to see the doubt in Zhang Chen's heart, the fox fairy Nannan said speechlessly: "All things in heaven and earth generate and restrain each other, and the creation of heaven and earth has its own mysteries. Although my fox clan's ancestor was powerful, when encountering a nemesis, they could only stare blankly. For example, if you mastered the twelfth-order water control technique, if you encountered a guy who mastered a first-order iron body in the future, you would be helpless against him. Sometimes, it's not that the higher the order, the stronger you are. Otherwise, when the two sides fight, they would just compare their orders, why bother fighting?"

"Just like your light of the true god, it's only at the second or third order, but my ability is helpless against you, unless I use a stone to smash you to death from afar," the fox fairy Nannan explained.

Zhang Chen understood, but he didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he slowly walked to the stone wall that emitted orange light, staring at the crack with his eyes.

"You can actually discover this place?" When the fox spirit saw Zhang Chen's actions, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise, looking at Zhang Chen in astonishment.

Zhang Chen turned to look at the fox spirit. The fox spirit knew what Zhang Chen meant and explained: "Behind this stone wall is a stone room. Two carvings from the ancient mysterious era are carved in the stone room. My fox clan's cultivation method comes from one of the carvings. As for the other carving, according to my fox clan's ancestor's deduction, it should be a secret method suitable for your human race to explore the spiritual realm."

"I see." Zhang Chen stroked the stone wall, looking at the crack that was only as wide as a finger. This stone wall was probably three meters thick. How could he squeeze in? How could he enter the stone room inside?

Zhang Chen had no clue, so he turned to look at the fox spirit, wanting to see if the fox spirit had any means.

"Don't look at me, I can only enter it by relying on my soul leaving my body." The fox fairy Nannan quickly waved her hand: "I can't take you in now."

"Then how did the first person in your fox clan who discovered this secret realm enter?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The transformation between reality and illusion is the power that comes from the bloodline of my Qingqiu lineage." The fox spirit was a little smug.

"What an enviable race." Zhang Chen could only praise dryly.

The fox fairy Nannan revealed a hint of smugness in her eyes: "Fortunately! There are many creatures in this world who accidentally obtain many strange things, and from then on, they possess the power of bloodlines. I heard people say that my fox clan's ancestor once accidentally dug out a ball of light, and accidentally inhaled that ball of light into their body while breathing. From then on, the bloodline born possessed a wonderful power."

Speaking of this, the fox fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen: "You are now a god with abilities. In the future, the bloodline you give birth to will most likely continue your abilities."

Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit and instead stared at the crack in the stone wall in front of him, thinking about how to break open the stone wall and rush in.

"If I use explosives, I wonder if I can blast open the crack in front of me and shatter the stone." Zhang Chen stroked the explosives hanging on his waist. Although the crack was small, he could use the fox spirit to send the explosives in and then try to ignite them.

Besides that, there seemed to be no other way.

At this time, Zhang Chen couldn't help but scold the fox spirit for being useless, actually being unable to transform between reality and illusion when it came to him, it was simply deserving of a thousand cuts.

But the fox spirit's skills were sealed, and he had no other choice but to think of a way himself.

"Go take a look inside the stone room and see if the two murals are still there, in which direction, and then draw a layout diagram of the stone room for me." Zhang Chen instructed the fox spirit. He was afraid that the key objects in the stone room would be damaged during the explosion later, so he asked the fox spirit to enter and clean up in advance, so as to avoid breaking the key objects.

This time, he didn't activate his skills, because he could only force the fox spirit to move objects, as for drawing pictures and the like, it didn't seem to be within the scope of the skills.

However, Zhang Chen felt that as a lively 'skill', she should know the principle of 'people under the eaves have to bow their heads', right?

Sure enough, the fox spirit didn't dare to disobey, and immediately turned into a wisp of smoke, drilled into the stone crack, and soon drilled out of the stone crack again, and began to describe the layout structure of the stone room for Zhang Chen.

"The stone room is about seventy or eighty square meters in space. The stone wall where our crack is located is a ventilation passage to prevent it from being humid, stuffy, and suffocating inside. The ground is a whole piece of bluestone, and there is a stone platform carved out of stone for people to sit and observe the carvings. Other than that, there are no other objects!" The fox spirit said.

"Which position are the murals carved in?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Using this crack as a reference, there are carvings on the left and right walls. The left side depicts demon clan carvings, and the right side depicts human clan carvings." The fox spirit looked at Zhang Chen with curiosity, wondering what he was asking about.

Zhang Chen inquired about the specific distances in detail. After understanding all the data, he had a plan in mind. If he used gunpowder to blast open the crack, it shouldn't affect the Visualization Diagram.

"Don't even think about it. You have no chance. This stone wall cannot be chiseled open at all, and you can't get in. If we were outside and had writing materials, I could help you make a rubbing. It's a pity... you don't have a chance to get out alive! Instead of wasting time looking for treasures here, you might as well release me, and I, your ancestor, will take you out." Fox Fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen with her eyes. Even now, she still harbored illusions, thinking that Zhang Chen was trapped here and the only way to get out was to release her. Then, she could use her Ethereal Transformation in combination with her Teleportation Technique to rescue him.

Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit. Instead, he took the luminous pearl and approached the crack, carefully observing the placement of the explosives. After a long time, he made up his mind and directly controlled the fox spirit to place the gunpowder at the point he predicted.

"What is this thing?" The fox spirit carried Zhang Chen's gunpowder in and out, constantly wedging the gunpowder into the cracks in the stone wall, asking curiously.

"Your physical body was destroyed by this thing," Zhang Chen replied with a smile.

This time, placing the explosives was different from when he blew up the fox spirit. Back then, he relied on the iron beads and iron fragments in the gunpowder, using the power of the gunpowder to propel the iron fragments at high speed. But now, the stone cracks were narrow and deep, so he relied on the power of the air being pushed by the ignited gunpowder.

The three-meter-thick stone was too heavy. Zhang Chen was afraid that the amount of gunpowder wouldn't be enough, so he simply put all the gunpowder in.

He didn't have much gunpowder, so he didn't have the opportunity to test the amount. He had to blow it open in one go.

After hearing Zhang Chen's words, the fox spirit couldn't help but shudder. She almost threw the gunpowder in her hand, but she quickly recovered and looked at the detonator and the explosive tube with curiosity: "Such a small thing can exert such great power? Are you kidding me?"

Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit. After controlling the fox spirit to place the gunpowder in place, his figure flashed, and he stepped on the ice steps and walked away. At the same time, he threw the fire starter to the fox spirit: "After you light the fuse, shout, and I will take you back."

The fox spirit could now be harmed by matter. Zhang Chen was afraid that his skills would be blown to smithereens. With the fox spirit, things were so much more convenient! It was so handy to use!

The fox spirit was now under his control, so where would she have the opportunity to refuse?

Although Zhang Chen could only force her to carry things and couldn't force her to light fires or do chores, if she wanted to live comfortably under Zhang Chen's hands, she could only obey all of Zhang Chen's instructions.

Zhang Chen stepped on the ice bridge all the way to the underground river. Looking at the turbulent underground river, he couldn't help but be secretly delighted: "This river is probably thirty meters deep! Such an underground river can only gather such a huge flow of water where the aura of a True Dragon leaks out."

Zhang Chen directly stood on the surface of the water. Where his feet landed, the river water directly froze into a meter-thick ice. Although a one-meter-large ice block was not enough to support him to float, it was enough to keep him from sinking.

"Come and save me!"

Suddenly, the fox spirit's panicked cry came from above.

A rune flickered in Zhang Chen's palm, and the fox spirit had already turned into a rune, directly appearing out of thin air in Zhang Chen's palm.

Then, seven or eight seconds later, a brilliant fire suddenly illuminated the darkness inside the tomb. The flame was extremely dazzling, followed by a earth-shattering sound, spreading throughout the ancient tomb.

Broken stones splashed, accompanied by the sound of huge cracks and ruptures. Then, a dark shadow fell directly from the cliff, falling into the river and splashing tens of meters high.

"Did it work?" Zhang Chen raised his head to look at the cliff, and then in the next moment, all the water within fifty meters of his feet was instantly emptied, turning into a staircase that spread upwards. Then, Zhang Chen stepped out, and the water turned into ice where he passed, using the power of the undercurrent to hold it up.

It must be known that when people encounter water, they will directly sink. Zhang Chen stepped on a meter-thick ice, plus the undercurrent force transmitted by his manipulation of the water to hold up the ice, to ensure that the ice would not sink.

Zhang Chen came all the way to the explosion site, only to see that the exposed cliff had been blown away, and the stone crack had also been blasted open by the powerful explosion impact. Large pieces of bluestone fell off, and a meter-wide, two-meter-high passage appeared in front of him.

"It worked!"

Zhang Chen was overjoyed at this. A rune flashed in his hand, and the fox spirit appeared again. Before the fox spirit could react, Zhang Chen had already controlled the fox spirit to carry the luminous pearl into the stone chamber first.

He wasn't a fool, why would he directly enter the stone chamber himself?

The best option was to have the fox spirit carry the luminous pearl in, and then he stood outside the stone chamber to observe.

"What are you doing? What are you doing, you idiot?"

Controlled by Zhang Chen, the fox spirit kept turning around in the stone chamber, holding the luminous pearl, constantly screaming, her voice full of anger.

Zhang Chen ignored the fox spirit's screams. After seeing clearly all the layout and structure inside the stone chamber, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth and boldly climbed into the stone chamber.

When he reached the edge of the stone chamber, Zhang Chen was afraid that there were traps in the stone chamber, so he simply controlled the fox spirit to move a tens-of-kilogram stone, constantly stepping around in the stone chamber.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. What exactly do you want to do, kid? Is it interesting to torment people like this?" Fox Fairy Nannan held the big stone and ran back and forth in the stone chamber, angrily scolding Zhang Chen, her voice full of anger.

Zhang Chen ignored Fox Fairy Nannan. After Fox Fairy Nannan walked through the entire stone chamber with the big stone in her arms, he felt relieved and walked into the stone chamber: "Well, it seems that the ancients were still very kind, and they didn't set up any traps."

Upon hearing this, Fox Fairy Nannan's face turned green. She smashed the stone in her hand on the ground, splashing dust. She pointed at Zhang Chen, trembling with anger, not knowing what to say.

Look, is this person still human?

You're afraid of danger and want me to clear the way, doesn't the old Fox Fairy ancestor afraid too?

Scared to death!

But now that she was under someone else's roof, the old Fox Fairy ancestor twitched her cheeks and finally endured this anger, secretly saying in her heart: "Boy, there will be a time when you beg me! When you can't get out of this big tomb, let's see what you do! I'll endure you for a moment!"