Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 622: Chapter 622 Fleeing Far Away
 

Gazing at the tall tower in front of him, Wang Chen’s eyes grew deep and profound.

This seven-story building was known as the Prison Tower, where the family members of slave cultivators were held captive.

The Divine Reflect Gate ensured the slave cultivators wouldn’t flee or rebel by using slave seals and prohibitions, and by coercing them with their loved ones to work to death, their methods were indeed ruthless.

Zhang Mushan’s twin daughters were inside the Prison Tower!

Taking a deep breath, Wang Chen stepped forward and said expressionlessly to the gatekeeping cultivator, “I am Chen Si. Please inform Manager Zhang that there is an urgent matter to discuss.”

“Wait a moment.”

Without any suspicion, the cultivator went into the tower to report.

Wang Chen soon met with Manager Zhang, who was in charge of the Prison Tower.

Manager Zhang was also of Purple Mansion cultivation level, with a gaunt figure and sunken cheeks. His narrow eyes were sly and venomous, resembling those of a serpent fixating on its prey, giving onlookers an uncomfortable feeling.

He clearly had no fondness for “Elder Chen,” and said indifferently, “What is it?”

Wang Chen spoke in a deep voice, “Recently, the slave cultivator Zhang Mushan has been disobedient in the mines. I wish to let him see the condition of his two daughters, I believe he will come around.”

As he spoke, Wang Chen took out a Memory Stone.

Manager Zhang realized and chuckled, “Elder Chen, you really have your ways!”

The surface tone sounded like admiration, but it was full of mockery.

Wang Chen lowered his eyelids, “I’d like to ask Manager Zhang for a favor.”

Manager Zhang asked with a smirk, “Why should I help you?”

His cultivation level was roughly the same as Elder Chen’s, but his status in the sect was somewhat higher, so he didn’t need to give face to the latter.

Wang Chen hesitated for a moment and then said, “Consider it a favor you’re doing for me.”

“Your favor?”

Manager Zhang scoffed again.

He probably wanted to say something harsh but restrained himself from speaking out loud.

His attitude said it all.

The corner of Wang Chen’s eye twitched; he gritted his teeth, “I will host a banquet tomorrow night at Celebrating Spring Tower. I hope you will grace it with your presence!”

Manager Zhang waved his hand, “Forget it, just consider it a favor you owe me.”

Although Elder Chen wasn’t well-liked within the sect, he was still a cultivator of the Purple Mansion level; Manager Zhang didn’t want to hold a grudge over something trivial and thus casually acknowledged the favor.

Manager Zhang called over a loose cultivator and had him take Wang Chen to record a “video” with Zhang Mushan’s twin daughters.

This minor task wasn’t worth his personal attendance.

Wang Chen hadn’t expected things to go so smoothly. He followed the loose cultivator without showing any emotion and finally saw Zhang Mushan’s twin daughters in a room on the third floor.

Although they were imprisoned, they didn’t suffer abuse here. After enduring an ordeal, the two children looked gloomy and exhausted, completely losing their once lively and lovely demeanor.

In fact, children like them, if they possessed decent Root Bone talent, then the Divine Reflect Gate would brainwash and cultivate them into battle cultivators like dead soldiers, devoting their lives to the sect.

Those without such talent would have it worse; once deemed worthless, they would likely become experimental subjects.

Or even sacrificial offerings!

The darkness and cruelty of the lower echelons of the Haotian Realm were beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

And at the very moment Wang Chen saw Zhang Mushan’s daughters, he unhesitatingly activated the True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon and, in an instant, brought them into this precious chart.

The loose cultivator by his side was stunned, scarcely able to believe his own eyes.

Before he could shout, Wang Chen knocked him out with a slap.

After succeeding, Wang Chen immediately went downstairs.

He strode away!@@novelbin@@

He arrived openly and left just as honorably, without a hint of the guilty conscience of a thief.

The cultivators guarding the lower levels didn’t suspect a thing, merely watching as he left the Prison Tower and disappeared into the long street.

The reason everything went so smoothly was not only due to Wang Chen’s good fortune, but more importantly, the internal management of the Divine Reflect Gate was quite lax, and there was no sufficient vigilance.

After all, there were no external enemies around Flying Catkins Valley, and the slave cultivators simply couldn’t stir up any trouble. It had been a peaceful time with no incidents occurring.

That gave Wang Chen an opportunity to exploit.

Wang Chen strolled out of Flying Catkins Valley and immediately darted away swiftly.

But he didn’t run far before quickly diving into a secret tunnel he had previously dug out.

Wang Chen snaked his way deeper underground, destroying his tracks as he went!

At last, he hid in a secret chamber a hundred zhang underground, focused his mind, slowed his breathing, and reduced the frequency of his heartbeat to one percent of its usual rate.

This was the Turtle Breathing Technique, which when combined with the Hidden God Technique, could significantly reduce his presence.

As it turned out, Wang Chen’s caution was well-founded.

Within less than the time it took to brew a cup of tea after he entered the state of Turtle Breathing and Hidden God, a massive divine sense swept over from above ground and extended quickly to the distance at a very high speed.

The incident where Wang Chen impersonated Chen Laosi to take away the Zhang Mushan’s daughters from the Prison Tower had been exposed.

And it had drawn out the Golden Core True Person to search personally!

It must be that the Golden Core True Person felt a great loss of face, furious that someone had managed to pull off a heist right under his nose. In his anger, he dedicated his full effort to hunt down the instigator.

But what did Chen Laosi’s actions have to do with Wang Chen?

He was hidden deep underground where not even the Golden Core True Person could detect him, and he stayed hidden for three days.

Three days later, Wang Chen “awoke”.

Using another secret tunnel, he made his way to the surface without a sound.

Considering his ascent, Wang Chen continued to maintain the Hidden God Technique.

However, the Golden Core cultivator from Divine Reflect Gate had already given up or thought that the main culprit must have fled long ago and stopped wasting his energy in the search.

Thus, Wang Chen encountered no troubles.

He arrived at a mountain peak a hundred li away from Flying Catkins Valley.

He found an extremely well-hidden cave and dug out a Storage Bag from inside it.

This Storage Bag had been left here by Zhang Mushan.

Some loose cultivators like to carry all their assets with them, while others prefer to have more than one hideout, keeping their important possessions and wealth hidden. If disaster strikes, they still have the resources to make a comeback.

Zhang Mushan was evidently the latter type.

The items inside this Storage Bag were the payment he promised Wang Chen for rescuing his two daughters!

Wang Chen did not open the Storage Bag to check the contents but quickly left instead.

He traveled southward, hiding by day and moving by night, avoiding the monster beasts and cultivators he encountered along the way. After three days of trekking, he arrived at a cultivator stronghold reminiscent of the former Flying Catkins Valley.

At this time, Wang Chen summoned the True Form Chart of the Mystical Mirage Dragon and released Zhang Mushan’s two daughters from it.

For them, being sealed in the chart was like taking a long nap.

Upon waking up and seeing Wang Chen, who had returned to his true form, they immediately threw themselves into his arms, “Uncle Wang…”

The two little girls cried their hearts out.

Wang Chen sighed and comforted them, “Don’t cry, your parents are fine, they just can’t be with you for now. I’ve brought you to your grandmother.”

The mother of Zhang family’s wife was living right in the cultivator stronghold ahead!

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Here’s the second update.