DiploNovel #372 - Second heaven?
#372 - Second heaven?
Chapter 369: The Second Layer of Heaven?
Yangzhou City?
Zhang Chen was dumbfounded upon hearing this. Wasn't that his city from his previous life? He had never heard of Yangzhou City in the Dasheng Dynasty.
Does the Dasheng Dynasty have a Yangzhou City?
At this moment, Zhang Chen's stomach rumbled. Xu Erniu glanced at Zhang Chen's stomach and put down the bowl of medicine. "Wait a moment, the wild vegetables will be ready soon."
After Xu Erniu finished speaking, she ran to the side. In the corner, a bonfire was burning, and Xu Erniu was lighting the fire to cook something.
Zhang Chen watched Xu Erniu's movements without saying anything, but silently felt the condition of his body. At this time, the Yin and Yang energies were constantly flowing in his body, and Zhang Chen's body was also rapidly recovering. It seemed that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was being drawn in and poured into Zhang Chen's body.
In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Zhang Chen only felt comfortable, and the injuries on his body had improved a lot. "The Yin and Yang energies actually have such profound mysteries."
Zhang Chen silently urged the Yin and Yang energies to flow in his body, but soon Zhang Chen noticed something was wrong. His eyes looked at his own body, and his pupils shrank: "This is not my body!"
This body was very thin and small. The arms and legs were at least a size smaller than his own body. Enduring the pain, he raised his arm. Zhang Chen looked at his arm, his eyes full of horror: "This is definitely not my body!"
The arm in front of him was as thin as a hemp stalk, and there was no trace of being cleansed by magic power.
"So what state am I in now!" Zhang Chen was a little horrified, and quickly summoned the Great自在 Heavenly Demon.
"Hey kid, why are you summoning me?"
At this time, a petal that ordinary people could not detect appeared beside Zhang Chen. The petal twisted for a while and transformed into the appearance of the Great自在 Heavenly Demon. The other party was originally shouting sloppily, but the next moment, after seeing Zhang Chen's face clearly, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Who are you?"
That was a completely different face, no wonder the Great自在 Heavenly Demon was surprised.
Zhang Chen smiled bitterly, and mentally conveyed his thoughts: "Who else could it be? Of course it's me!"
"How did you change your body? What happened?" The Great自在 Heavenly Demon looked at Zhang Chen with a shocked face.
Zhang Chen didn't hide anything, and told him about entering the second layer of the spiritual world and being bombarded by lightning.
Then, the Great自在 Heavenly Demon's expression became strange. He stood there in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. The expression on his face was very strange: 'Bullshit second layer of the spiritual world! This is clearly the Primordial Era! But I can't tell the truth, lest this kid doesn't let go!'
"What state am I in now?" Zhang Chen's spiritual consciousness fluctuated, and he asked in his heart.
The Great自在 Heavenly Demon's eyes rolled, and he said calmly: "You should have been severely injured by the lightning, and then your soul was preserved by the Golden Scissors, so you were able to be reincarnated. Now you have recovered some vitality and broken the mystery of the womb."
"Golden Scissors? That's right, where are my Golden Scissors!" Zhang Chen seemed to remember something. His Golden Scissors were transformed from innate Yin and Yang, so they should not be suppressed by the innate Yin and Yang energies, right?
As expected, with Zhang Chen's summons, the Golden Scissors appeared in Zhang Chen's hand, but the current Golden Scissors were full of mottled cracks, as if covered with a layer of dust and attached with a layer of rust, looking as if they had suffered a fatal injury.
"The Golden Scissors suffered a heavy blow when they helped me out of the predicament. The current Golden Scissors are even more severely injured than when they were dug out of the tomb. However, I now control the innate Yin and Yang energies, so I can use the Yin and Yang energies to nourish the Golden Scissors." Zhang Chen moved his mind and put the Golden Scissors into his body, and then urged the Yin and Yang energies to pour into the Golden Scissors. Sure enough, the Golden Scissors did not refuse the Yin and Yang energies and frantically devoured the power of the Yin and Yang energies.
The Golden Scissors are indeed the Golden Scissors, and they are the nemesis of the Yin and Yang energies.
"Good fellow, I seem to have found an opportunity to repair the Golden Scissors." Zhang Chen was overjoyed at this time. As the Yin and Yang energies in Zhang Chen's body were absorbed, the Golden Scissors stopped absorbing. Zhang Chen looked inside the Golden Scissors and saw that the Golden Scissors seemed to be much brighter, and the obscure dust had been cleaned up a lot. Moreover, as the Yin and Yang energies were completely absorbed, his obscure skills began to gradually light up, but just when the skills in Zhang Chen's body were lit up, the Yin and Yang energies in Zhang Chen's body automatically generated again, suppressing the skills that Zhang Chen had lit up.
"Still not working." Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Scissors and the Yin and Yang energies, and couldn't help but shake his head.
Because the Yin and Yang energies born in his body are endless, but he cannot control the Golden Scissors to absorb the Yin and Yang energies all the time. All he can do is to urge the Golden Scissors to absorb when the Yin and Yang energies are full.
As for wanting to cultivate and restore his magic power cultivation, it is almost a wishful thinking. As for his skills, as long as there is Yin and Yang energy in his body, except for the Five-Colored Flash and the Law of Causality: Soul Hooking and Soul Seizing, the rest of the skills cannot be used at all.
"What's going on!" Zhang Chen sighed helplessly and looked at the Great自在 Heavenly Demon:
"Where am I now?"
The Great自在 Heavenly Demon pointed to the sky: "Why do I feel like I'm in the second layer of the spiritual world?"
"Are there living beings in the second layer of heaven?" Zhang Chen glanced at the little beggar who was stewing the pot and asked.
"How would I know? I haven't been to the second layer of the spiritual world, but I have discovered many interesting things in this world," said the Great自在 Heavenly Demon.
Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在 Heavenly Demon, waiting for the other party's next words, and heard the Great自在 Heavenly Demon say: "Do you remember when I caused trouble in the Era of Emperor's Fall? I left countless seeds and imprints."
Zhang Chen's pupils shrank upon hearing this: "You mean?"
"Those seeds have taken root and sprouted, and have also grown bright flowers." The Great自在 Heavenly Demon was laughing, laughing very proudly, his eyes full of joy:
"Kid, I'll take care of you from now on."
Zhang Chen was overjoyed at this time: "I didn't expect there to be such benefits."
Then he closed his eyes and used the Visualization Technique, wanting to confirm whether this was the second layer of heaven. Suddenly, Zhang Chen felt an imprint in the deepest part of his spiritual world. At this time, the imprint was dim, but Zhang Chen suddenly had a inexplicable understanding in his heart: "As long as that imprint regains its brightness, I can go back."
"So this is undoubtedly the second layer of the spiritual world! After my soul entered the spiritual world and was bombarded by purple lightning, it was directly severely injured and reincarnated, and that imprint is the imprint of the material world. As long as I regain my magic power and repair the imprint, I can return to the material world." When Zhang Chen saw the unique imprint of the material world, he directly came to a conclusion in his heart.
That mark was an anchor point. An immense power from the darkness was pouring in, supporting the operation of that anchor point. All I needed to do was recover my magic power and restart that mark.
"Kid, I'm going to take a stroll. You play here by yourself." After Da Zizai Tianmo finished speaking, his figure disappeared into the void.
Da Zizai Tianmo left, leaving Zhang Chen sitting in the dilapidated temple, looking at the tattered clothes on his body and the dirty hands, feeling a little irritable in his heart.
"Here, eat quickly!"
Just as Zhang Chen was looking at his dark and dirty hands, Xu Erniu came to Zhang Chen with a clay pot that was only half full.
Half of the clay pot was filled with bran, and the other half was filled with wild vegetables.
"This can be eaten?" Zhang Chen looked at the food in the clay pot, a question mark flashing in his mind.
Before Zhang Chen could speak, Xu Erniu had already taken two sticks as chopsticks, picked up the cooked wild vegetables, and brought them to Zhang Chen's mouth.
Looking at the steaming wild vegetables, and then looking at Xu Erniu, who was dressed as a dark-skinned beggar, Zhang Chen could only open his mouth and swallow it with difficulty. The wild vegetables were okay, but when Xu Erniu brought the bran to Zhang Chen's mouth, Zhang Chen couldn't swallow it after taking a bite. Although the bran was cooked, it still irritated his throat.
"I don't want to eat it, you eat it!" Zhang Chen spoke with difficulty.
"How can you only eat wild vegetables? Wild vegetables have no nutrition. When will your injury heal if you only eat wild vegetables? This bran is nutritious, and I saved it with great difficulty." Xu Erniu babbled beside him when she saw that Zhang Chen didn't eat it.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen had no choice but to open his mouth and force himself to finish the bran.
Then he saw Xu Erniu take out a handful of wild vegetables from her arms and stuff them directly into her mouth to chew.
Looking at Xu Erniu chewing on wild grass, the thousands of words in Zhang Chen's throat were blocked back. At least he had bran to eat, but Xu Erniu could only chew on green grass.
"Don't worry, when my injury heals in the future, I will definitely repay you well and give you endless wealth and glory." Although Zhang Chen's throat was sore, he still made a promise to Xu Erniu.
Hearing this, Xu Erniu looked Zhang Chen up and down, looking at his tattered clothes, her eyes full of disbelief: "Let's talk about it when you get better. You will be my person from now on, and I will take care of you, and I guarantee you won't starve to death."
After Xu Erniu finished speaking, she continued to chew on the wild vegetables. Only the sound of chewing on wild vegetables kept ringing in the dilapidated temple.
Zhang Chen ignored Xu Erniu and instead pondered about the situation of his body. The memory of the original owner was completely blank, without any impression.
"Could it be that I have amnesia? The most important thing is, how did I get this injury?" Zhang Chen felt the Yin and Yang energies constantly repairing the injuries in his body, desperately thinking about the memory of his original owner, but after thinking for a long time, he finally realized the problem. The Yin and Yang energies were very overbearing, constantly washing his body and soul. Most likely, when he broke the mystery of the womb, the innate Yin and Yang energies also recovered, washing away all the marks of his past, including his previous memories.
"It doesn't matter, I'll just start over. Looking at the clothes of this body now, I'm probably a beggar. Everything in the past is over. I'll try to solve the trouble of the Yin and Yang energies in my body as soon as possible, retrieve my magic power, and then activate the mark as soon as possible to connect the material world and the spiritual world and open the passage between the two." Zhang Chen's mind flashed with thoughts.
"It's not easy to solve the trouble of Yin and Yang energies. Maybe I can try to find the trace of my great-niece in the second heaven. Maybe my cheap great-niece has some way." Zhang Chen thought to himself.
Zhang Chen stayed in the dilapidated temple like this. Every day, Xu Erniu brought some wild vegetables and bought some medicinal soup for Zhang Chen to drink. Every day, Zhang Chen poured Yin and Yang energies into the Golden Jiaojian to repair the injuries of the Golden Jiaojian.
As Zhang Chen repaired the Golden Jiaojian, the dimness and rust on the Golden Jiaojian gradually dissipated, and it had recovered a bit of vitality.
Seven days passed in a flash. On this day at noon, Xu Erniu carefully took out a jar from the corner of the dilapidated temple, and then took out a dozen copper coins from the broken jar, counting them non-stop.
Zhang Chen sat in the corner, watching Xu Erniu count back and forth several times. He had already counted them for Xu Erniu, there were a full eighteen copper plates.
"Zhang Chen, can you not drink medicine? We don't have enough money! This is the money I saved for three years, and I used it all to get medicine for you. I'm at a big loss this time." Xu Erniu sat in the corner, her distressed little face twisted into a ball, and said to Zhang Chen: "You have drunk seven doses of medicine in seven days, each dose costs thirty copper plates, you have spent a full two hundred and ten copper plates, and my efforts for several years have been in vain."
Looking at the miserable Xu Erniu, Zhang Chen felt amused and touched. Since he mastered the supernatural powers, he spent money like water and regarded money as dirt. When did he ever lack money?
However, Zhang Chen was very touched that the other party could take out savings to treat him.
"My injury is almost healed, and I can move around these days. I don't need to take medicine anymore. You should save your copper plates." Zhang Chen said with a smile.
Hearing this, Xu Erniu turned her head to look at Zhang Chen, a trace of worry revealed in her eyes: "Is your illness really going to get better?"
Hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded: "What am I lying to you for? Besides, you only have eighteen copper plates left, which is not enough to get medicine."
Hearing this, Xu Erniu sat there dejectedly, clutching the copper plates in her hand, muttering: "Zhang Chen, you must repay me well in the future. I have paid too much for you. This money is all my money to cross the river, and now it's all cheaper for you. Two hundred and ten coins, at least you have to buy two hundred and ten cakes, what kind of day is this."
Hearing this, Zhang Chen smiled, looked at Xu Erniu, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when my injury heals, I will definitely earn you a life of fine clothes and jade food."
His supernatural powers were banned, but Zhang Chen was not in a hurry. The Five-Colored Divine Light and the Origin of Yin and Yang were the most powerful supernatural powers in the world, but Zhang Chen needed to develop them with his heart.
"I hope so! If not, you can go begging in the future and return the money to me." Xu Erniu put the money back in the corner, carefully buried it with soil, and then came to Zhang Chen's side and sat down, looking Zhang Chen up and down: "I said, is your injury really okay?"
"Of course it's okay." Zhang Chen stretched out his hand and rubbed Xu Erniu's head: "You don't need to waste money anymore."
"So much money has been spent, you must not relapse and die, otherwise I will lose a lot!" Xu Erniu muttered.