frightfiction #307 - Unlucky Chen Xu
#307 - Unlucky Chen Xu
“This is the prerequisite supernatural power for the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. Once successfully cultivated, it will possess the power to uproot mountains and overturn seas. No matter how difficult this supernatural power is, I must successfully cultivate it.” Zhang Chen looked at the incantation for the Mountain-Moving Warrior, a gleam appearing in his eyes.
But it must be said that the Warrior's Mountain-Moving Technique has a total of 48,000 runes, divided into four levels: Initial Entry, Minor Success, Major Success, and Perfection.
Cultivating for five hundred years of magic power can refine 12,000 rune seals, which can be regarded as the realm of Initial Entry, capable of moving objects weighing ten thousand catties.
Cultivating for another five thousand years of magic power can create another 12,000 rune seals, reaching Minor Success, capable of moving a weight of 108,000 catties.
Then, accumulating ten thousand years of magic power and refining another 12,000 rune seals can lead to Major Success, capable of uprooting earth veins and moving small mountains.
Cultivating for one epoch of magic power, and refining another 12,000 rune seals, will lead to the Perfection of the technique, capable of moving mountains with dragon veins.
At this point, the Mountain-Moving Technique is complete. As for what kind of mountain can be moved in the future, it depends on the practitioner's accumulation of magic power.
This supernatural power does not cultivate realms, does not concern itself with karma, as long as the accumulation of magic power is sufficient and the rune seal cultivation keeps up, its power can be infinitely improved.
“No, moving material mountains is just a small path. The real main path is moving intangible mountains. The Mountain-Moving Technique is earth-shattering and mountain-collapsing, and will inevitably cause great karma, leading to the death of countless living beings, thereby causing divine and human resentment. But cultivating to the realm of Major Success can move intangible mountains. To be precise, it is borrowing power! Even if only a stone is moved, the power of a large mountain can be borrowed and placed within the stone, thereby giving the stone the weight of a mountain, without altering the earth veins or incurring inexplicable karma.” Zhang Chen pondered the incantation, secretly marveling at this Mountain-Moving Technique.
Although the Mountain-Moving Technique contains the word 'mountain,' what is moved is not necessarily just mountains, but also depends on how the practitioner uses it in the future.
Zhang Chen held the jade tablet with great affection. The incantation recorded in this jade tablet is truly captivating. It's just that his lifespan is nearing its end. Finding a strange stone that can accommodate 48,000 rune seals seems like it will take too long. If he wants to cultivate this supernatural power, he needs to delay it and wait until his lifespan is extended before finding an opportunity to cultivate this supernatural power.
“Perhaps there is no need to extend time. As long as I find a strange stone, I can cultivate. It's a pity that the bead was originally the best choice for cultivating supernatural powers, but now that bead has been used by me to refine the God-Slaying Whip. It will be difficult to obtain such a strange stone again.” Zhang Chen pondered in his heart, and then looked at the jade tablet in his hand:
“I wonder what material this jade tablet is made of, and whether it can be used as the foundation for cultivating the Mountain-Moving Technique.”
Zhang Chen activated his Devouring Eye, his eyes looking at the jade tablet. After a moment, Zhang Chen was disappointed. This jade tablet is just an ordinary jade tablet, only able to satisfy the rune seals of the first level of cultivation.
“The rune seals of the first level can only move objects weighing ten thousand catties. Although it seems very good, my cultivation base is improving by leaps and bounds every day. By the time I improve the rune seals, I'm afraid I won't be able to use this rune seal anymore. The power of this rune seal will be useless to me.” Zhang Chen was somewhat disappointed, and rejected the idea of using the jade tablet to cultivate the Mountain-Moving Technique.
Most importantly, the Mountain-Moving Technique is not just the Mountain-Moving Technique, but also involves the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique that follows. How dare Zhang Chen choose casually?
“What kind of stone do you think I should use to cultivate to maximize the power of this supernatural power?” Zhang Chen looked at his own dog-headed strategist, the Great自在天魔.
Although this guy often tricks him, he never compromises on cultivation issues.
“The best is naturally Buzhou Mountain stone. It is said that in the spiritual world, there is a large mountain called: Buzhou. Its peak reaches the sky and its foot anchors the earth. It is the pillar of heaven and earth in the spiritual world. If you can obtain the jade essence from the deepest part of Buzhou Mountain to cultivate, refining this supernatural power will definitely reach its limit. The middle grade is innate breathing soil, which is the essence of earth, and can also be called the essence of the earth, which can also be cultivated to Major Success. The lower grade is any mountain stone from the outside world. Those mountain stones have been left over from the beginning of the creation of the world, and are created by the heavens and the earth. They have existed since the beginning of the world, and can be regarded as good materials, but they can only be cultivated to Minor Success.” The Great自在天魔 said.
Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this. What the Great自在天魔 said made him feel strange. All the mountains in the world have been left over from the beginning of the creation of the world. Aren't all the stones heavenly treasures?
“Silly boy, I just casually lied to you, and you actually believed it?” The Great自在天魔 saw that Zhang Chen seemed to really believe it, and quickly corrected him, not daring to trap Zhang Chen, otherwise, if this kid came to his senses in the future, wouldn't he come to trouble him?
He now just wants to wait for Zhang Chen to die, but he doesn't want to provoke Zhang Chen at all, so he quickly reminded him: “Although the earth was born at the beginning of the creation of the world and has continued to this day, you must know that mountain stones also have different grades.”
“What do you mean?” Zhang Chen humbly asked.
“The upper grade mountain stones are jade stones, the middle grade are cinnabar and other mineral stones, and the lower grade are ordinary mud stones.” The Great自在天魔 said with a smile.
Zhang Chen was silent for a moment before saying: “Since I want to cultivate, then of course I want to cultivate the strongest technique and find the strongest stone. Since I can enter the spiritual world, I should have the opportunity to collect Buzhou Mountain stone.”
“Buzhou Mountain has already collapsed. If you want to obtain Buzhou Mountain stone, you may only be able to go to the foundation of Buzhou Mountain to see.” The Great自在天魔 said: “The foundation of Buzhou Mountain is in the center of the first spiritual world. If you can reach there, of course you can obtain Buzhou Mountain stone.”
Zhang Chen felt very happy when he heard this. Looking at the jade tablet in his hand, he casually hung the jade tablet around his neck. He can't care about the dog tag now. Of course, this kind of incantation must be carried with him.
Turning his head to look at the wall with the shining divine light, and the empty points again, Zhang Chen didn't even think about it and directly summoned the mouthparts of the innate mosquitoes and stabbed them in fiercely.
Thump~
Thump~
Thump~
Just as Zhang Chen was preparing to devour the power of incense, a familiar figure suddenly walked into the courtyard outside the door, touching the water mist that Zhang Chen had spread in the air, causing Zhang Chen to quickly put away his mouthparts, and then quietly drilled out of the ground and came to his own small building.
“Zhang Chen, are you here, kid?” Liu Ji's voice sounded outside the door.
“Why is the village chief here?” Zhang Chen heard the shouts outside the door, pushed the door open and walked out: “Uncle Liu, why are you here?”
“You don’t come to see me, can’t I come to see you? There are only two of us from the same village in the Taoist temple. If I don’t come to take care of you, who else will?” Liu Ji’s voice was full of emotion.
Hearing Liu Ji's words, Zhang Chen showed his white teeth: “Uncle Liu, please come into the house and tell me about it.”
Liu Ji walked into Zhang Chen's small courtyard, looked around, and curiously said: “Your courtyard seems to be less dry than outside. It’s comfortable to stay in, the air outside is so dry that people’s throats are smoking and my nose is about to bleed.”
Liu Ji opened his mouth to complain, "I don't know what's going on with this damned weather. The people at the foot of the mountain can't survive. Does this wretched heaven really want to force everyone to their deaths?"
Zhang Chen gave a bitter smile. "It's all because of the Pingbian Prince's Estate."
"The Pingbian Prince's Estate?" Liu Ji was taken aback. "What does the drought in the north have to do with the Pingbian Prince's Estate?"
Zhang Chen didn't hide anything and explained the story of the old Pingbian Prince, Zhang Shicheng, transforming into a dragon. After hearing this, Liu Ji fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.
Zhang Chen poured Liu Ji a cup of tea and quietly sat aside, pondering the Mountain Moving incantation, eager to quickly acquire the Mountain Moving skill panel. When he found the Buzhou Mountain Stone, he could directly add points to it and cultivate it to the realm of great mastery.
He didn't have a good impression of Liu Ji. This man was a bit of a local ruffian, known for his ruthlessness in the surrounding villages. He loved to meddle in other people's business and had some chivalrous traits.
"Those lords and masters only care about their own interests and don't care at all about the lives of the people below," Liu Ji sighed softly after a long time, disturbing Zhang Chen's contemplation.
"Never mind him. I came to find you today because I wanted to ask you if you'd like to come down the mountain with me…"
Speaking of this, Liu Ji lowered his voice and looked around before whispering, "I just feel like something's not right. Staying in the Taoist temple makes me restless. I always feel like a great disaster is about to happen. It feels like there's a knife hanging over my head, and that knife could fall at any moment and cut me to pieces."
Hearing Liu Ji's words, a look of surprise appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He didn't expect Liu Ji to have such a strong ability to sense danger.
"What crisis could there be in the Taoist temple? Are you perhaps suffering from a mental breakdown?" Zhang Chen joked nonchalantly, "Now that experts from all over the world are gradually gathering here, there's no safer place in the world than inside the Taoist temple."
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Liu Ji scratched his head and then said nothing more, drinking a cup of tea before taking his leave.
Zhang Chen watched Liu Ji's back, secretly paying more attention to him in his heart. "This old fellow really has some tricks up his sleeve. He can actually sense danger in advance? If I weren't planning a secret underground chamber, then fine, following him down the mountain to avoid disaster would be the best choice, but now…"
Zhang Chen returned to the courtyard and continued to wait for the Imperial Consecration Ceremony to arrive.
However, when Zhang Chen went to the cafeteria for food the next day, he encountered someone who should never have appeared here: Chen Sanliang.
Chen Sanliang's face was thin, and beside him was the master of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, mixing in with the crowd to get food.
Zhang Chen saw Chen Sanliang, and of course, Chen Sanliang also saw Zhang Chen.
Chen Sanliang said something in a low voice to Bai Cang, then walked straight towards Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen looked at Chen Sanliang, not knowing what to say. Chen Sanliang patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder, then lowered his voice and said, "Why did you come to Huangli Temple?"
"I accidentally wandered into this place and then became entangled in karma, unable to leave," Zhang Chen said.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Chen Sanliang's lips moved, and he finally spoke, his voice as thin as a mosquito's buzzing, entering Zhang Chen's ears. "Huangli Temple is about to be in chaos. Leave the mountain quickly and don't stay any longer."
Zhang Chen shook his head upon hearing this, rejecting Chen Sanliang's kindness. He was also curious as to why Chen Sanliang would be so kind as to remind him.
Seeing that Zhang Chen wouldn't listen to his advice, Chen Sanliang could only helplessly say, "If a murderous calamity arises in Huangli Temple, immediately flee in the southwest direction. No matter what you encounter, just report my name."
After speaking, Chen Sanliang patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder and then turned and disappeared into the crowd.
Looking at Chen Sanliang and Bai Cang's figures, Zhang Chen thought to himself, "Are the demon clans also going to get involved? Thinking about it, it makes sense. The Conferred God Ceremony is such a grand event, and it will definitely change the course of the world in the future. How could the demon clans not pay attention?"
After Zhang Chen got his steamed buns and returned to the small courtyard, he saw that Xiao Douding had already woken up and was so hungry that his front was sticking to his back, pacing back and forth. Seeing Zhang Chen returning with the steamed buns, he quickly pounced forward, snatched the steamed buns, and after swallowing three steamed buns ravenously, he burped contentedly and went back upstairs to sleep.
Looking at Xiao Douding's actions, Zhang Chen's heart became even more gloomy, and that ominous premonition grew stronger and stronger.
At noon, another familiar figure appeared outside Zhang Chen's gate.
Zhang Chen was standing in the courtyard, opening his Dharma Eye to observe the Qi energy between heaven and earth, when suddenly he heard a sound of wolves crying and ghosts howling outside the door. "Brother Zhang Chen, I've missed you so much! You have to save me this time."
Zhang Chen turned his head and saw that Chen Xu had appeared outside the gate, with snot and tears streaming down his face, rushing towards Zhang Chen as if he had seen a relative.
"Why are you here too? Didn't you escape before? Why are you still coming to the forefront of the storm?" Zhang Chen was surprised to see Chen Xu appear here.
"Don't mention it, it's really bad luck. I originally escaped the Pingbian Prince's Estate's pursuit and was about to take the opportunity to leave this place, but who knew I would run into the people from the Zhang family of the capital. The people from the Zhang family heard that I had the ability to break prohibitions, so they caught me back, wanting to take advantage of the start of the Huangtian Dao Imperial Consecration Ceremony to explore the underground secret chamber of Huangli Temple and find the trace of the Longevity Tree Coffin," Chen Xu was now full of snot and tears, holding out his sleeve, revealing a black skull pattern branded on his arm.
"The Zhang family placed a curse on me. Please save me and help me break this curse!" Chen Xu looked at Zhang Chen with a hopeful face. He still had great faith in Zhang Chen's strange methods.
Among all the people he knew, Zhang Chen was definitely the strangest one.
His two brushes were snatched away by him. Is there anyone in this world more wicked than him?
As for the matter of the two brushes, naturally, there was no need to mention it again. He was a smart man and of course knew what to say and what not to say.
If the two brushes fell into Zhang Chen's hands, it would be like a dog biting a meat bun – gone forever. If Zhang Chen wanted to return them to him, he would naturally take the initiative to return them. If Zhang Chen didn't want to return them to him, even if he asked for them, Zhang Chen would never give them to him.
He came to find Zhang Chen not to ask for the brushes, but to seek Zhang Chen's help in escaping.
He didn't want to get involved in the trouble of Huangli Temple at all. Even if he really helped the Zhang family break the restrictions of Huangli Temple, would the people of Huangli Temple spare him?
Huangli Temple might fear the power of the Zhang family and choose to turn big problems into small problems and small problems into nothing, and thus settle the matter, but he, as an accomplice, would never be able to escape the blame.
He was afraid that what awaited him was a great pursuit by Huangli Temple!
Moreover, he was now marked by the Zhang family. If he didn't remove the mark, he would probably become a slave of the Zhang family in the future, having to work like an ox and a horse for the Zhang family.
He came to ask Zhang Chen to help him remove the mark on his body.