I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 589: Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain (Bonus chapter for Alliance Master Bamboo Leaf Crisp)

Old Village Chief Liu Ji couldn't be considered a strong individual. Asking him to delay a tenth-level expert was definitely something he wouldn't do.

"Boy, you're asking me to provoke a tenth-level expert? Are you trying to kill me? How could I have the ability to stroke the tiger's whiskers of a tenth-level expert?" Old Village Chief complained, his voice full of helplessness.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen's eyebrows twitched slightly, the other party's reaction being within his expectations.

"I have the incantation to control Absolute Defense!" Zhang Chen looked at Liu Ji with a smile.

Although the other party had been recognized as the owner of the Ten Direction Defense, he was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from refining the Ten Direction Defense and completely mastering it. Zhang Chen believed that the conditions he proposed would be impossible for the other party to refuse.

Nowadays, cultivators all over the world master mystical methods by relying on their life force. They have a parasitic relationship with mystical treasures, a relationship of parasite and host. Mortals use their lifespan as a price to drive the treasures they obtain. And mystical treasures absorb the lifespan of living beings as 'interest' to provide living beings with incredible power.

Note that life force needs to be provided as a price!

Whether it's the three great mysteries of Dasheng Town, or ordinary mysteries, they all require paying the price of life.

And the incantation is the key to correctly driving the secret treasure. As long as you master the incantation, you can avoid the backlash brought by the treasure and be exempt from any price.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Chen's words, Liu Ji's pupils contracted rapidly, and a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes: "What did you say?"

"I said I have the incantation to control Absolute Defense!" Zhang Chen said with a smile: "As long as you are willing to help me lure Shen Family's tenth-level deity out and restrain him for a quarter of an hour, I will teach you the incantation of Absolute Defense. I can even teach you part of the incantation as a deposit first!"

With the current relationship between Zhang Chen and Liu Ji, he couldn't bring himself to take away Liu Ji's Ten Direction Defense. It would be better to directly use the incantation to exchange for benefits.

Whoever masters the incantation masters the control of the treasure. Zhang Chen's teaching the incantation to Liu Ji does not mean that Zhang Chen loses control of the treasure.

In the case where both parties have mastered the incantation, Zhang Chen has the power of innate energy, which is a great supplement to the treasure. Could it be that he can't compete with Liu Ji?

Especially now that he uses the Tongtian Jianmu as the object of his primordial spirit, there is a gathering of innate energy within his primordial spirit, which is an unspeakable temptation for ordinary treasures.

Therefore, Zhang Chen has confidence in his heart, even if he and Liu Ji turn against each other in the future due to different camps, he also has the means to seize Liu Ji's protective treasure.

"Do you really have the incantation to control Ten Direction Defense? How did you get it?" Liu Ji stared at Zhang Chen with his eyes fixed, his eyes full of disbelief.

Zhang Chen smiled lightly upon hearing this, answering irrelevantly: "Are you going to do this deal or not?"

"You already know that I have mastered Absolute Defense, so you should know that I can't refuse at all." Liu Ji smiled bitterly.

Ten Direction Defense was his trump card, and only he himself knew it. He didn't ask Zhang Chen how he noticed that he had Ten Direction Defense. The other party already had the incantation to control Ten Direction Defense, so it was not difficult to notice the secret treasure he had hidden.

"How do we trade?" Liu Ji asked.

"I can teach you part of the incantation first. After you finish the matter, I will teach you the complete incantation." Zhang Chen said.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Liu Ji's mouth showed a bitter smile: "Competing with a tenth-level expert, you really want my old life."

"You have Ten Direction Defense, and tenth-level experts can't do anything to you. Why do you have to frown?" Zhang Chen said with a smile: "If I say so, you should be happy, you should be happy. In the future, you will have the incantation to control Ten Direction Defense, and you will no longer be sucked away your lifespan by the treasure, solving the biggest worry. Isn't this worth being happy about?"

Liu Ji glanced at Zhang Chen, he couldn't be happy.

"You first teach me part of the incantation and teach me to distinguish the authenticity." Liu Ji said.

Zhang Chen didn't talk nonsense when he heard this, and directly taught Liu Ji part of the Ten Direction Defense incantation. Then he saw Liu Ji immersed in the incantation. It took a full cup of tea before he took a long breath: "What a subtle incantation."

Then he raised his head and looked at Zhang Chen: "I will take action three days later to lure away Shen Family's tenth-level deity. You should pay attention to seize the opportunity yourself."

Speaking of this, the two of them agreed to the deal. Liu Ji looked at Zhang Chen and showed a hint of curiosity: "How are you going to stroke Shen Family's tiger whiskers? Could it be that you have a grudge against Shen Family?"

Zhang Chen shook his head upon hearing this: "I have no grudge against Shen Family. I just want to take back what belongs to me."

"Be careful and cautious yourself. Shen Family is not simple. Don't accidentally capsize the boat!" Liu Ji said very cautiously here: "Huang Tiandao wants to take action against Shen Family. The waiting time won't be too long. If you really want to do something, it's better to wait until Huang Tiandao takes action against Jinling City and take advantage of the chaos."

I have to say that Liu Ji is really good to Zhang Chen. The two of them came from the same village. In ancient times, the relationship between fellow villagers was one of the strongest relationships.

For example, in the imperial examination, fellow villagers and classmates were natural allies.

"Of course I thought about the opportunity you mentioned, but once the Huang Tiandao experts take action against Shen Family, I'm afraid that Shen Family will fall by then, and I will lose the opportunity to take action." Zhang Chen said.

How could he not know that he should take advantage of the chaos when Huang Tiandao and other major forces were disrupting Jinling City?

But at that time, Huang Tiandao's experts attacked Jinling City and attacked Shen Family. Would he still have the opportunity to take action?

Therefore, he must take the first step before the major forces and take away what belongs to him from Shen Family.

Zhang Chen is a smart person, and smart people often consider everything to the front of things.

Huang Tiandao is a big force, and Shen Family is also a big force. Once the two sides fight each other, I don't know how much trouble will be caused and how many experts will attack Shen Family. It is not so easy for him to take advantage of the chaos.

Seeing that Zhang Chen had made up his mind and refused to change his mind, Liu Bang could only show a bitter face and disappeared into the vast crowd.

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Bang's back and couldn't help shaking his head. For Liu Ji, even if he had Ten Direction Defense, it would not be easy to resist the tenth-level deity.

"If you want to get something, you have to pay. How can it work without paying?" Zhang Chen had a smile on his lips and returned to Shen Family. His purpose this time was achieved.

"I don't know what treasure my mother left me? This treasure must be related to all kinds of things in my family." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Zhang Chen returned to Shen Family all the way, and as soon as he reached the door, he saw his elder cousin Zhang Gaoqiu standing in front of the door and waving to him: "Zhang Chen, come here!"

Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw Zhang Gaoqiu, and then walked over and said: "What's the matter with my elder cousin calling me?"

"I'm free and want to invite you to drink." Zhang Gaoqiu walked forward with a smile, put his arm around Zhang Chen's shoulder, with a trace of eagerness in his expression.

If he wanted to plot against Zhang Chen without leaving a trace, he had to get closer to Zhang Chen first, so that he could take action without leaving a trace.

Zhang Chen smiled shyly upon hearing this, and looked at Zhang Gaoqiu with a pair of eyes, showing an embarrassed look.

"Why? Did my younger brother encounter any difficulties?" Zhang Gaoqiu looked at Zhang Chen in surprise.

Zhang Chen sighed with his head down: "The money on my younger brother is spent, and now I need a lot of money to buy medicinal materials to practice martial arts. How can I still have the mind to drink?"

Zhang Gaoqiu's face twitched when he heard this. He had given this kid 10,000 taels of silver before. Such a large sum of money was all spent? How many days has it been?

"What did you do with so much money?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.

"Lost it!" Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Gaoqiu eagerly: "When I just went out, I don't know where I dropped it."

Zhang Gaoqiu looked Zhang Chen up and down after hearing this, and cursed secretly in his heart: "Useless waste!"

However, 10,000 taels of silver is not a small amount for Zhang Gaoqiu, but it is definitely not much. So he took out a 10,000 taels of silver note from his bag very generously and handed it over: "It's just 10,000 taels of silver note, it's gone if it's gone. You can take this 10,000 taels of silver note and use it."

Zhang Gaoqiu behaved very generously. Seeing this, Zhang Chen accepted Zhang Gaoqiu's silver note with a smile, and then asked: "Where does elder brother want to invite me to drink?"

"I got a jar of good wine a few days ago. Let's go to my place and have a drink. I know there is a misunderstanding between you and your cousin. I also invited my cousin. It would be good to have me as an intermediary to clear up all the misunderstandings." Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was full of sincerity: "Don't worry, we are brothers, I will never do anything that would ruin people's marriages, or do anything that is worse than a beast."

Zhang Chen seemed to be unaware of the other party's calculations, so he followed Zhang Gaoqiu to his room. At this time, the servant had already prepared the food, and a delicate six dishes and one soup were placed on the table.

Zhang Chen came to the table and sat down. Zhang Gaoqiu opened a jar of centuries-old good wine. As the wine jar was opened, the aroma of the wine wafted out. Zhang Chen sniffed it, and it was indeed a rare good wine.

"Good brother, try my good wine." Zhang Gaoqiu said.

Zhang Chen picked up the wine glass and was about to taste it when he suddenly heard the servant outside the door report: "Master, Miss is here."

"Quick, please invite her in." Zhang Gaoqiu said quickly when he heard this.

After a while, Shen Ling walked into the living room in a red dress, like a ball of fire. After seeing Zhang Chen, she snorted coldly: "Zhang Gaoqiu, what do you mean by this? Do you want to humiliate me?"

After Shen Ling finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave with anger on her face.

Zhang Chen looked at Shen Ling with a pair of eyes. The other party's anger was fake, but the disgust for himself was real.

Zhang Gaoqiu hurriedly called out when he heard this: "Cousin, please stop, I have something to say to you."

Shen Ling stopped and pointed at Zhang Chen and said: "If he is here, I am not here, and if I am here, he is not here! I never sit at the same table with a toad."

There was no anger on Zhang Chen's face, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, quietly watching Shen Ling perform.

Shen Ling became even more angry when she saw Zhang Chen's smile: "It seems that you are not only a toad, but also a shameless toad."

PS: Bonus chapter for Alliance Master 'Bamboo Leaf Crisp', fourth update.