Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 630: Chapter 630 Incarceration
 

I’d rather charge into battle than enter the Forbidden Prison dungeons!

This was the consensus among the cultivators of Yongle Immortal City; even if Jia Sidao didn’t mention it, Wang Chen could have found out from others.

Thus, with a seductive tone, he said, “Fellow daoist, the work I, old Jia, do isn’t honorable, but I never deliberately swindle people. Compared to the Trap Battalion and the Forbidden Prison Department, joining an Immortal Clan is a much better choice.”

So what if you become someone’s servant?

It’s better than a one in ten chance of survival!

“I know of an Immortal Clan that is currently recruiting new talent; if you’re willing, I can help introduce you…”

In the depths of Jia Sidao’s eyes, there was a flicker of ill will.

Wang Chen listened to him finish, then took out a Spirit Stone and placed it in front of him again.

“This is your payment.”

Jia Sidao’s head jolted forward, completely stupefied: “You’re kidding, right?”

“Why is it a Low Spirit?”

The reward Wang Chen gave him was actually a low-grade Spirit Stone.

The difference between a Low Spirit and an Upper Spirit was ten thousand times!

“What you said is worth this much.”

Wang Chen said indifferently, “Don’t think I can’t see what you’re plotting; I simply don’t want to quibble with you.”

Although the other party concealed it very deeply,

the slight malice aimed at him could not escape his Divine Soul Perception.@@novelbin@@

“All right, all right!”

Jia Sidao laughed angrily: “Loose Cultivators these days are really something else. Then I wish the fellow daoist a journey as splendid as the silk road and an early ascension to heaven!”

Wang Chen chuckled, “Thank you for your kind words.”

He acted as if he hadn’t heard the curses hidden in the other’s words.

Jia Sidao left with a sweep of his sleeve.

But just two steps out, he turned back and snatched the Low Spirit from the table.

Hate was hate, but even a mosquito’s leg is meat!

As he left, this middle-aged cultivator gave Wang Chen a look filled with undisguised venomousness.

Wang Chen remained calm and took a sip of the now-cool Spiritual Tea before leaving the tea house as well.

He took a turn around the street outside, and by the time he returned to the inn, he had changed his appearance.

Be it now or earlier, the face Wang Chen showed to others was never his true one!

So even if Jia Sidao wanted to seek revenge, he would find that he couldn’t locate the real person.

And Wang Chen had already chosen his next target.

On his fifth day at the outer rim of Yongle Immortal City, he took a new step on his journey to ascension.

Those living under the Bixi Giant Turtle who wanted to ascend to the Immortal City, apart from needing the proper identity qualifications, also had to take the official path—they couldn’t simply fly up there.

Otherwise, being killed on the spot would leave no room to complain!

To get from the ground to the turtle’s back, one needed to utilize the long whiskers of the Bixi.

This giant turtle’s lower jaw and neck were covered with numerous flesh whiskers that burrowed deep into the earth to draw sustenance and cultivate.

These whiskers formed various small Teleportation Arrays. After the cultivators were checked, they could stand within one of these arrays and be teleported away in the blink of an eye.

Wang Chen showed his Identity Plaque and Gold Ticket Pill Book to the guarding cultivators and paid one Spirit Stone as the “elevator fee.” He then stepped into the Teleportation Array between two thick whiskers.

In a flash of light, his figure vanished from the spot without a trace!

When Wang Chen reopened his eyes and his consciousness cleared, the scenery before him made him pause for a moment.

The prosperity and bustle of Yongle Immortal City were far more vibrant than Wang Chen had imagined.

He was now in an open-air small plaza in the city, fenced all around except for a single gateway allowing passage.

The four streets connecting to the plaza were bustling with people coming and going, and various hawkers’ cries were incessant—there were even some disputes.

Looking towards the distance, towering buildings and immortal edifices wreathed in mist housed countless cultivators!

Wang Chen didn’t immediately rush to his destination; he mixed into the crowd at a leisurely pace, observing everything around him.

Truth be told, Wang Chen felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

The skyscrapers he had seen spewing out in his previous life seemed to have taken another form in the Immortal World, where most of the buildings in the Immortal City were exceedingly tall, dozens to hundreds of feet high could be found everywhere.

The higher up, the richer the Immortal Qi was.

Even within the same city, a clear hierarchy was present!

As he observed along the way, Wang Chen actually encountered on the street no fewer than five Golden Core True Persons!

These Golden Core True Persons were quite low-key, their attire barely distinguishable from that of ordinary cultivators, but the aura they inadvertently emitted was enough to send shivers down one’s spine!

After asking a few passers-by, Wang Chen arrived at a dusty-looking building.

The Forbidden Prison Department.

This was the infamous location of the Forbidden Prison Dungeon.

Before Wang Chen could get close to the main gate, at least three sharp gazes locked onto him!

“The Forbidden Prison Department is not recruiting now,”

one of the Battle Cultivators guarding the gate said coldly, “Come back in a few days.”

Wang Chen nodded and turned to leave.

“Wait a moment.”

He hadn’t even stepped out of the gate when suddenly a rough voice reached his ears.

A burly strong man quickly emerged from inside, blocking Wang Chen’s path.

His appearance could only be described with the high emotional intelligence term—rugged.

The burly man gave Wang Chen a few looks and asked in a deep voice, “What’s your name?”

Wang Chen respectfully replied, “This junior is Wang Chen, from the Flying Catkins Camp.”

The reason he humbled himself was that this brutish-looking fellow was an unabashed Golden Core Cultivator!

Wang Chen had seen his fair share of Golden Core cultivators since he began practicing cultivation.

But none had the appearance of a rugged outlaw!

“Flying Catkins Camp?”

The burly man thought for a moment, “I seem to have heard this name before, but it doesn’t matter. Now that you have come to Yongle Immortal City, you don’t have much connection with the past.”

“I’ll only ask you once, do you want to join the Forbidden Prison Department?”

In the presence of a Golden Core True Person, what could Wang Chen say—did he even have room to refuse?

He answered decisively, “The disciple wishes to join the Forbidden Prison Department!”

Even if he went in only to do a temporary job, and it was very dangerous,

this was Wang Chen’s foothold in the city, the starting point for climbing to higher levels.

“Very well.”

The burly man smiled, “From now on, you’ll be under my jurisdiction. Bing Six District is currently short of manpower; I will take you there to help.”

Wang Chen was astonished—this was too fast!

He hadn’t gone through any formalities, and he was already being drafted to fill a shortage.

Was the Forbidden Prison Department so short of people?

This really did not bode well!

But the ship had already sailed, and this Golden Core true person was a man of swift and decisive action. He grabbed Wang Chen and led him into the Forbidden Prison Department.

They passed through corridors and across halls before turning into an underground passage.

Throughout the process, Wang Chen had no control over the situation, completely led by the other party, until they arrived at a spacious and bright cavern.

“Here we are.”

The burly man released Wang Chen and took a long breath, “You’ll have to solve the following matters yourself.”

After saying that, his figure flickered and vanished without a trace.

Leaving only Wang Chen amidst the swirling winds!

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The second update is here.