I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 69: Remnant Soul of the True Dragon (Bonus chapter for Alliance Leader Wind Gentleman Haoran)

I must say, the fox spirit's methods are truly profound. Zhang Chen only felt a blur before his eyes, and when he reappeared, he was already inside the pitch-black tomb.

The tomb was a dark expanse, without the slightest light. Fortunately, Zhang Chen had already prepared, and he quickly took out a candle from his basket and lit it in the tomb.

The tomb was very large, its interior space unknown. After Zhang Chen lit the candle, all he could see was darkness and the bluestone under his feet. The bluestone was cut as smooth as the floor tiles of later generations.

Zhang Chen raised the candle in his hand, trying to see the scene in the darkness, but all he saw was darkness, as if he had come to a dead world. The darkness was so silent and terrifying that it made one's heart palpitate.

However, the large patches of experience points on the ground made Zhang Chen's eyes light up.

There were a lot of experience points, more than he had imagined. Although the value of the experience points was not high, the advantage was in the quantity.

"Stop staring. This is just a passage behind the bronze door, a space of five miles. Where can your weak light shine? You can't even find the way forward." The fox spirit released Zhang Chen, her eyes looking at Zhang Chen: "Return my body to me!"

"This is your territory. Do you think I will return your body to you?" Since he couldn't see anything in the darkness, Zhang Chen simply stopped looking at the darkness and turned his head to look at the fox spirit.

At the same time, Zhang Chen activated his golden finger, constantly collecting the experience points on the ground.

【Experience Points + 20】

【Experience Points + 30】

【Experience Points + 15】

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Along with Zhang Chen's inadvertent movements, large patches of experience points were constantly collected by the golden finger at this time.

As long as the experience points approached Zhang Chen by one meter, they would be automatically collected by Zhang Chen's golden finger.

Looking at Zhang Chen pacing slowly in the darkness, the fox spirit's face suddenly turned gloomy:

"Do you want to go back on your word?"

"I didn't think about going back on my word. I just want to protect myself. After all, this is your territory, and this place is pitch black. I can't even distinguish east, west, north, and south. If you want to plot against me, how can I be your opponent? Or if you trick me into a place and kill me with a trap, or throw me into a stone crevice, I won't have any power to fight back." Zhang Chen stroked the fox in his arms, his eyes looking at the fox spirit, his eyes full of smugness: "Of course, if there is a trap to harm me, I will block your body in front of me. If you throw me into a stone crevice, I will tear your body apart first. Then we will go to the Yellow Springs together."

"Despicable! In this life, I hate the most ungrateful and treacherous people!" The fox spirit's face suddenly turned ashen, her eyes staring at Zhang Chen, her eyes seeming to shoot out knives to cut Zhang Chen into pieces.

Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this, not ashamed but proud: "We can talk about cooperation now."

"Cooperation is possible, but before we talk about cooperation, you should talk about when you will return the body to me." The fox spirit looked at Zhang Chen coldly, her voice full of coldness: "If we get to the True Dragon's body, and you use the body to threaten me again, wouldn't I be passively controlled by you?"

Zhang Chen looked at the fox spirit, he felt that what the fox spirit said was right, but the key now is that after returning the fox spirit's body, he would not have any sense of security, so returning the body is impossible, he would never return the body even if he was beaten to death.

"How about I return the body to you when we get to that place of creation?" Zhang Chen looked at the fox spirit.

"I'm afraid you're playing tricks!" The girl's eyes narrowed, her eyes staring at Zhang Chen.

"I am in this tomb. If you don't take me out, do you think I can dig my way out? I only have food and water that can last for seven or eight days. How long do you think I can live if I am trapped in the tomb? Can I dig my way out before the food runs out?" Zhang Chen looked at the fox spirit, his voice full of arrogance at this time, standing on the commanding heights and PUAing the fox spirit: "At this time, you completely occupy the absolute upper hand, controlling all the situation, and even whether I can walk out of the tomb depends on you. If you have a clear conscience, you should accept my conditions frankly at this time, instead of always thinking about stripping away the only bargaining chip in my hand."

Speaking of this, Zhang Chen's voice was full of solemnity: "You control my life and death, you control whether I can walk out of the tomb, what are you afraid of? Unless I am forced to the limit, otherwise how can I hurt both of us?"

The fox spirit was speechless when she heard this, she actually felt that what Zhang Chen said made sense, and she didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"It's just about my body, there needs to be a procedure for when you return it, you can't wait until I take you to the outside world before you return my body, right?" The fox spirit looked at Zhang Chen, her voice full of coldness: "If you use my body to threaten me again when we get to the outside world, wouldn't I be very passive? Wouldn't I be at your mercy?"

"Of course not! There are countless treasures in this tomb. Later, when we encounter treasures, you will also need to pawn one of your most needed treasures to me, and I will naturally return your body to you at that time. If you go back on your word and don't take me out, I will destroy that treasure, how about that?" Zhang Chen asked, his voice full of solemnity.

The fox spirit looked Zhang Chen up and down when she heard this, her face showing uncertainty, but she secretly said in her heart: "I will stabilize him now, and when I get the treasures in the tomb and recover from my injuries, I will have a way to kill this ant at that time. I will temporarily deposit my body with him, so that he can work for me with peace of mind."

"Forget it, since you said so, I have no reason not to agree. I will take you to the True Dragon's tomb now. The True Dragon's body is buried here, and there are earth-shattering creations left behind. If we can get the essence of the True Dragon, we will definitely have an incredible transformation." The fox spirit looked at Zhang Chen and put her hand on Zhang Chen's shoulder: "Let's go!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Chen only felt a blur before his eyes and fell into endless darkness, and even the candle in his hand went out. But after thirty breaths, the fox spirit suddenly said: "Okay! We have already arrived outside the True Dragon's tomb, and the True Dragon's coffin is in the tomb ahead."

As she spoke, a light lit up in the tomb, illuminating a radius of twenty meters, dispelling the surrounding darkness. Zhang Chen looked along the light and saw the fox spirit holding a pearl the size of a baby's head in her hand. The pearl emitted a soft light, dispelling the darkness in front of her.

"Is this a night-shining pearl?" Zhang Chen looked at the pearl the size of a baby's head, and couldn't help showing a hint of shock in his eyes.

He had seen night-shining pearls in his previous life, but isn't a night-shining pearl the size of a fist too exaggerated?

“Hmph, you bumpkin! This is the tomb of an ancient god! A mere night-luminescent pearl is nothing. No matter how good a night-luminescent pearl is, it's just a common thing, like scrap metal to us. You've even gained extraordinary power and become a god, yet you're so hopeless, treating a broken pearl like a treasure. You're really losing face for us gods.” The fox spirit chuckled softly, her voice full of disdain.

Hearing the fox spirit's words, Zhang Chen's little heart began to pound wildly. Such a night-luminescent pearl was priceless, enough to enjoy endless wealth and glory if taken outside, but in the fox spirit's eyes, it was just a common thing. Hearing this made Zhang Chen's little heart beat uncontrollably.

He wanted this treasure too! He really wanted it! He didn't mind common things!

The fox spirit saw Zhang Chen's gaze fixed on the night-luminescent pearl, unable to look away, and couldn't help but chuckle. Then, she threw the night-luminescent pearl to Zhang Chen: “A reward for you.”

Zhang Chen hurriedly stepped forward to catch the night-luminescent pearl. He didn't mind it at all, examining it carefully in his hand. He saw that the entire pearl was light yellow, with a layer of light yellow mist swirling inside, making it look extraordinary.

“Come with me, let's go see the gate of the true dragon's tomb.” The fox spirit ignored Zhang Chen, who was looking at the night-luminescent pearl, and took the lead, striding forward.

Zhang Chen shifted his gaze away from the night-luminescent pearl, his eyes looking at the dark floor tiles. The countless experience points were much less, almost invisible, appearing particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

“Strange, why are there so few experience points here?” His eyes were full of surprise.

“Hurry up and follow.” The fox spirit, walking ahead, noticed that Zhang Chen hadn't kept up and said a sentence, her voice with a hint of impatience.

Zhang Chen raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, but he didn't go over to collect experience points, lest his strange movements attract the fox spirit's attention. This fox spirit was incredibly shrewd, her intelligence simply astonishing. If she saw through any flaws, it would be a big trouble.

The blue bricks on the ground were smooth and flat. Zhang Chen followed the fox spirit to a stone door.

The stone door was very large, fully three meters high, with patterns engraved on it that Zhang Chen had never seen before, appearing very mysterious.

The fox spirit stood in front of the stone door at this time, her eyes looking at the symbols on the stone door without speaking.

“You said before that there were evil spirits in this tomb?” Zhang Chen asked.

“That's right! After the true dragon fell, its aura still hadn't dissipated. Its obsession and resentment infected it, and its remnant soul mutated. A wisp of dragon soul was entrusted to the undying aura, and it has grown over countless years. Your task is to eliminate the remnant obsession and resentment, to purify the true dragon's remnant obsession and resentment!” The fox spirit turned to look at Zhang Chen.

“Purify the dragon soul?” Zhang Chen's pupils shrank upon hearing this, his little heart couldn't help but twitch. His eyes looked at the fox spirit, his eyes full of horror: “What level of monster is that dragon soul remnant? Are you overestimating me too much? If I had that ability, would I still need to deal with you.”

“The light on your body is magnificent and vast, the nemesis of all soul-type monsters in the world. The true dragon's remnant soul has lost its physical body. Although it has an aura to rely on, it is still within your range of restraint. When that dragon soul encounters your light, it is like spring snow, with absolutely no resistance. As long as you purify the dragon soul's remnant obsession, you will obtain the purest true dragon origin. When the time comes, we will divide the true dragon origin equally, and you and I can both achieve great things in the future.” The fox spirit said here, a touch of heat in her eyes:

“In the past, a major earthquake occurred here, causing the true dragon's dragon energy and dragon pearl essence to leak out, causing the people outside to gain good fortune and want to transform into dragons and walk as jiaos, but there is still a wisp of the purest and most original true dragon power remaining here. Although it has been polluted by resentment, if the resentment can be purified, it is still an incredible good fortune.”

Zhang Chen's expression was uncertain upon hearing this. What he cared about wasn't the true dragon's resentment, but the tomb of the Emperor Daughter.

Compared to the tomb of that Emperor Daughter, the mere true dragon burial tomb was not worth mentioning.

“It shouldn't be! It really shouldn't be!”

Zhang Chen was a little puzzled: “Why didn't this fox spirit mention the Emperor Daughter's matter? Is she deliberately hiding it, or does she not know at all?”

“I am currently in a soul state, and the true dragon's remnant naturally restrains me. But your righteous god's light is different. Your righteous god's light completely restrains that true dragon's resentment.” The fox spirit's eyes looked at Zhang Chen, her eyes full of solemnity:

“If you have no objections, shall we begin?” The fox spirit's eyes looked at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen looked at the experience points on the ground. He really wanted to pick up more experience points in the tomb and then raise the skill level before entering the tomb, but at this time, the fox spirit was staring at him, so what could he do?

Moreover, now that it had come to this, there was no reason to retreat.

“Since there is a true dragon buried inside, and I have dragon energy to protect me, I may not be harmed. Moreover, if there really are evil spirits in that tomb, it means that there must be experience points and skill points in the tomb, so I can take a gamble.” A gleam appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

“You have to go in with me!” Zhang Chen's eyes looked at the fox spirit, his eyes full of determination.

Even if there was a big pit inside, he had to have the fox spirit step into it with him. If the fox spirit didn't step into it and just let him foolishly charge forward, he would never agree.

“Of course, I must go in. It is simply unrealistic to deal with the true dragon remnant with your own strength.” The fox spirit said: “If the jiao dragon transforms into a dragon over there, the dragon soul here will also be drawn over, fulfilling the good fortune of that jiao dragon. Therefore, I don't have much time left. I must absorb this wisp of the true dragon's original remnant before that jiao dragon transforms into a dragon, otherwise, I'm afraid we won't even get the soup.”

Hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded, agreeing with the fox spirit's words, and then looked at the fox spirit: “Let's start.”

The fox spirit didn't move upon hearing this, but her eyes looked at the physical body being held by Zhang Chen: “Why don't you put down my physical body? If something happens inside, and my physical body is accidentally destroyed, wouldn't that be terrible?”

“Aren't you confident in me? Since you are confident in me, how can you be afraid of your physical body being destroyed?” Zhang Chen looked at the fox spirit with a smile, his voice full of teasing.