I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#371 - Yin and Yang Assimilation

Zhang Chen wanted to curse, but he didn't, because he didn't even dare to have the thought of cursing at this moment. He desperately steered the Golden Binding Scissors, shuttling through the purple sea of lightning, determined to rush out before the scissors' energy was exhausted.

However, looking at the endless purple sea of lightning, Zhang Chen felt despair. No matter how fast the Golden Binding Scissors were, the sea of lightning was boundless, and the scissors' energy was simply not enough for him to break through.

Seeing the energy of the Golden Binding Scissors dwindling and the light dimming, just when Zhang Chen thought he was about to perish in this sea of lightning, he suddenly saw the Golden Binding Scissors spit out two brushes. Then, the Golden Binding Scissors, carrying Zhang Chen's soul, landed on the two brushes. At this moment, the two brushes, placed in the sea of lightning, seemed to sense the danger and hurriedly released a black and white light罩, blocking the sky full of purple lightning. Zhang Chen's soul and the Golden Binding Scissors also hid within the black and white light罩, gaining protection.

Without a word, the two brushes transformed directly into black and white light, traversing through the sea of lightning. The endless purple lightning relentlessly pursued the brushes, surrounding, intercepting, and bombarding them continuously. No matter how peculiar the two brushes were, they were now being struck askew by the lightning, their flight direction constantly being knocked off course.

Fortunately, the two brushes were complete, and they lasted much longer than the Golden Binding Scissors. It was unknown how long the black and white light sphere flew in the purple sea of lightning, but the black and white light罩 protecting it had already begun to show fine, sparse cracks.

Zhang Chen's soul hid within, looking at the patterns on the black and white light罩, his eyes filled with horror: "How big is this sea of lightning? Not counting the distance the Golden Binding Scissors flew, just the distance these two brushes have flown should be seven or eight days, right? Why is there still no end?"

Zhang Chen was now somewhat afraid, looking at the constantly appearing cracks on the black and white light罩, unsure if the black and white light罩 could hold out until they flew out.

At this moment, Zhang Chen looked at the purple lightning outside, his eyes filled with caution: "What peculiar lightning. I've never heard of any lightning being purple. I wonder if I can pick up any skills in it. If I can pick up skill fragments within, and have the skill to control this purple lightning, then I'll be able to break out of the sea of lightning."

This purple lightning was too domineering. Faced with this purple lightning, his soul trembled, and even his mana became difficult to mobilize. Even his divine powers could not be used.

The feeling was like a high-dimensional life gazing upon a low-dimensional life, a fatal blow!

"Crack~"

At this moment, the black and white light罩 suddenly transmitted a crisp cracking sound like glass. The cracks on the black and white light罩 became even finer and denser, now densely packed, spreading out like a spider web.

"Not good~"

Zhang Chen's gaze fell on the light罩, and the moment this thought arose in his mind, he saw the light罩 shatter with a bang. Then, countless lightning strikes fell, submerging Zhang Chen and the two brushes.

At this moment, the Golden Binding Scissors were clever, directly shrinking and drilling into the gap between the two brushes. The two brushes were now tightly pressed together, sandwiching the shrunk Golden Binding Scissors in the middle. After losing the protection of the light罩, the black and white brushes could only rely on their bodies to resist, flying swiftly through the lightning. Soon, cracks appeared on the bodies of the brushes, and fine fissures flickered continuously.

"This is really fucked up!"

Zhang Chen, hiding under the protection of the Golden Binding Scissors, cursed.

After persisting for an unknown amount of time, as time was impossible to measure in this sea of lightning, two cracking sounds were suddenly heard. The two brushes actually shattered under the baptism of the endless purple divine lightning. The two brushes exploded, leaving only two balls of black and white light tottering in the lightning, seemingly ready to be scattered by the endless lightning at any moment.

At this moment, the two black and white light团 intertwined, then crashed into Zhang Chen's spiritual consciousness, ignoring the defense of the Golden Binding Scissors and directly entering Zhang Chen's soul. Then, Zhang Chen felt his vision darken, and a sharp pain came. When Zhang Chen woke up again, he only felt a sharp pain spreading throughout his body.

Then, Zhang Chen sensed the existence of his physical body, but his eyelids were very heavy, too heavy to open his eyes. The feeling was like being infused with lead blocks. Although his eyelids trembled constantly, they could not be opened for a long time.

A question mark floated in Zhang Chen's mind: "Why can't I open my eyes? Could it be that my spirit has returned to my physical body, but because the trauma suffered by my consciousness in the spiritual world was too severe, that damage has been reflected on my physical body in the real world?"

Zhang Chen remained calm, carefully sensing the condition of his physical body, only feeling that his body was as if it had been run over by a carriage, every part of him aching.

Especially his throat, which was burning hot and dry, making Zhang Chen's throat feel like it was on fire.

"I want to drink water." Zhang Chen wanted to activate his skills to mobilize his divine powers, but there was no reaction. He now seemed to have transformed into a mortal of flesh and blood, without any means at his disposal.

Zhang Chen was horrified: "How could this be?"

He then hurriedly mobilized the skill panel, and then Zhang Chen was stunned looking at his skill panel: What the hell? Why is it black?

All the skill options on his golden finger panel were now showing a dim gray, the same color as a penguin when it's offline.

From his Orthodox Godly Golden Light to the Water Control Technique and Qi Refining Technique, all were blacked out.

"No, there are still three divine powers that can be used." Zhang Chen's gaze shifted, landing on the three skills among them. Those three skills were still showing color.

First, Five-Colored Divine Light!

Second: Soul Hooking.

Third, …

Zhang Chen looked at that third divine power, his brain buzzing: "What the hell? How did I get another divine power?"

Zhang Chen looked at his third divine power, his eyes filled with horror: "When did I get another divine power?"

[Skill 16: Yin-Yang Origin (0/0)]

[Note 1: This skill level cannot be increased]

[Note 2: Restrains all divine powers, can break all laws]

[Note 3: This Yin-Yang Origin is one of the most powerful origins in the world. Unless the host obtains an origin level higher than the Yin-Yang Origin in the future, the host will no longer be able to accommodate other divine power energies.]

Zhang Chen looked at the skill introduction in front of him, and then looked at the introduction about the Yin-Yang Origin, as well as the darkened panel. With his intelligence, how could he not know what had happened?

It must be because of the addition of the Yin-Yang Origin that all his divine powers were suppressed, causing all his divine powers to be unable to be used. However, the Five-Colored Divine Light, being the power of the innate five elements, was a power of the same level as the innate Yin-Yang, so it was not suppressed by the innate Yin-Yang and could still be used.

“Where did this innate Yin-Yang source come from? I remember it seemed to be from the shattering of those two brushes, and then innate Yin-Yang essence burst out and entered my body, thus forming my new skill?” Zhang Chen's gaze swept across all his skills. Fortunately, besides the innate Five Elements, there were also those painstakingly acquired items like the Fire-Repelling Pearl, which had already reached the innate level and could still be used.

“I'm finished! I'm alone in that Taoist temple, and now the injuries to my spirit are reflected in my physical body. My physical body is severely injured and I can't move. If no one comes, won't I die of thirst here?” Zhang Chen felt a bit flustered.

If Blood Control could still be used, that would be fine. I could use Blood Control to recover from my injuries in a moment, but now Blood Control is ineffective. What am I supposed to do?

At this moment, a wave of drowsiness came over him, making Zhang Chen's heart heavy, as if he could faint at any moment.

“I can't faint, once I faint, I'm afraid I'll be done for! Hold on, I absolutely can't faint!” Zhang Chen constantly warned himself, resisting his body's instinctive consciousness, not allowing himself to faint.

At the same time, Zhang Chen frantically thought about ways to break the situation, what methods could bypass the innate Yin-Yang energy and unleash his former supernatural powers.

Just as Zhang Chen was struggling to hold on, his throat burning like fire and about to burst into flames, suddenly a faint sound of footsteps came.

“Footsteps? Someone's coming? Why would there be footsteps in the Taoist temple?” Zhang Chen was suspicious upon hearing the footsteps, and then overjoyed. If someone really came here, wouldn't he be saved?

Zhang Chen felt that although his physical condition was terrible, he could still be saved.

“Hey, are you still alive?”

Just then, a childish voice rang in Zhang Chen's ears, the voice was childish, like that of a four or five-year-old child, full of curiosity. Then, Zhang Chen felt someone poking his body, causing Zhang Chen's body to twitch in pain. Seeing Zhang Chen's fingers twitch, the other party revealed a hint of relief in their voice: “So, you're still alive!”

“But you're so badly injured, you should be beyond saving, right?” The girl's voice poked around Zhang Chen's body, as if testing Zhang Chen's condition.

“Beyond saving! Let's go, let's go!” The girl poked for a while, and seeing that Zhang Chen still had no reaction, she turned her head and was about to leave.

“Sa- Save- Me—”

Hearing the other party's words, Zhang Chen's heart was anxious, and he used all his strength to utter a sound from his throat, and then Zhang Chen felt a burst of dizziness, and then completely fainted.

When Zhang Chen's consciousness woke up again, he only felt a bit of coolness pass through his throat, and someone was carefully pouring clear water into his throat.

Feeling the water flowing into his throat little by little, Zhang Chen swallowed hard, and then heard a happy voice: “You're not dead, you can still drink water. It's good that you can drink water, it's good that you can drink water!”

The voice was soft and crisp, sounding like a child.

Then a wave of drowsiness came, and Zhang Chen couldn't help but fall asleep again. When Zhang Chen opened his eyes again, he felt a warm current accompanied by bitterness spreading in his throat. With just one taste, Zhang Chen knew it was the taste of herbal medicine. Zhang Chen tried hard to move his throat to swallow, and the childish voice was very cheerful: “You can still drink the herbal medicine, it's worth the thirty coins I spent to get the herbs for you!”

Zhang Chen's eyelids moved, but he still didn't have the strength to open them. After spoonful after spoonful of all the herbs were drunk, Zhang Chen only felt a wave of sleepiness attack again, and then he fell asleep again.

Zhang Chen was fed medicine three times in this way. When Zhang Chen was fed medicine for the fourth time, his eyelids moved, and he was already able to open his eyes.

What came into view was a medicine spoon, and a dirty, half-missing broken bowl, and then the small hand holding the bowl, the small hand was dark, and at this time, it was holding the broken spoon to feed him medicine.

Zhang Chen continued to lift his eyelids, and the owner of the dirty little hand came into his view. It was a disheveled infant, about four or five years old, with a dirty little face that couldn't be seen clearly, only the clean eyes could distinguish the tension in the other party's eyes.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chen was very surprised, how could a beggar appear in his Taoist temple?

“It shouldn't be!” Zhang Chen secretly wondered, Pingbian Prince's Mansion guarded the Taoist temple so tightly, how could a beggar sneak in?

Zhang Chen's gaze moved away from the child's clear eyes and looked at the surrounding environment. The next moment, he couldn't help but be stunned: “This isn't my Taoist temple!”

What came into view was a dilapidated house, like a dilapidated temple, with broken wooden boards everywhere, and cobwebs in the corners, all of which indicated a sense of desolation.

“How did I end up here?” Zhang Chen was shocked: “Could it be that Pingbian Prince's Mansion launched a sneak attack on me while I was meditating?”

“You're awake?” At this time, the girl noticed Zhang Chen's opened eyes, and a look of joy appeared in her eyes, looking at him with surprise.

“Did you save me?” Zhang Chen's voice was hoarse, and when he spoke, it affected his internal injuries, and he only felt pain in his internal organs. However, as soon as the words came out, Zhang Chen immediately noticed something was wrong, his own voice had become a child's voice, the same childish voice as the girl.

“Of course I saved you! I spent three hundred coins to save you, from now on you are my person.” Seeing Zhang Chen speak, the girl quickly began to settle the accounts.

Looking at the girl's tattered clothes, it was obvious that she was a beggar. And for a beggar, being able to save three hundred coins is imaginable how difficult it is.

The most important thing is that the other party is willing to take out three hundred coins to treat him, which is even more rare.

“What's your name?” Zhang Chen asked.

“My name is Xu Erniu, what's your name?” The girl was indeed diverted by Zhang Chen's attention, and in turn asked.

“My name is Zhang Chen.” Zhang Chen squeezed out a smile.

“Zhang Chen, your life was saved by me with three hundred coins, from now on you are my person!” Xu Erniu held the broken bowl, and solemnly declared her sovereignty to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen was speechless when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh softly, he knew he was in trouble, this favor was too great.

“Where is this place?” Zhang Chen didn't answer the girl's words, but instead asked evasively, once again diverting the girl's attention.

“I only know that this is Yangzhou, the nearby town is called Yangzhou City, I don't know anything else.” The girl scratched her head, and put another spoonful of medicine into Zhang Chen's mouth.