Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 632: Chapter 632: Apprentice Prison Guard Wang Chen (Part 2)

Inside the room, loud snoring ensued.

Wang Chen was not surprised.

After half a month together, he had come to understand Dan Lingfeng’s nature.

This old prison guard couldn’t be called a bad person, but he was cunning and slick with first-rate tricks, addicted to alcohol and gambling. Apart from not touching women, there was almost nothing else praiseworthy about him.

However, the heartfelt words he had just expressed refreshed Wang Chen’s view of this greasy old veteran.

It was probably an instance of a conscience not yet completely eroded.

He quietly left and returned to his own quarters.

Every prison guard stationed in the dungeon had a residence, and although the room Wang Chen was assigned to was small, it was fully equipped. It had all the necessary facilities and furniture for daily use—everything that should be there was there.

And it was decorated quite comfortably.

But don’t think that it was some cozy little nest!

It was said that the gigantic Dragon Turtle that supported the Yongle Immortal City lay atop a large Spirit Vein, absorbing spiritual energy day and night to supply the needs of the Immortal City.

Therefore, the spiritual energy environment inside the city was excellent; while it might not be on par with a true Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, it wasn’t far off either. @@novelbin@@

This was perhaps one of the important reasons why countless Loose Cultivators eagerly aspired to be listed on the Immortal Register.

However, the situation inside the nine levels of the Forbidden Prison Department was entirely different.

Descending layer by layer, the concentration of spiritual energy continuously decreased, and what replaced it was Yin Sha Energy!

It was rumored that the location of the nine-layer dungeon was precisely where the Soul Gate of the Bixi Dragon Turtle was situated.

This “Soul” doesn’t refer to the “soul” in “physique” but refers to “dregs.”

The Soul Gate also serves as an organ, where food and water cannot be stored for long!

An excretion outlet.

With a population of millions, the people of Yongle Immortal City harbored all sorts of wicked thoughts and malicious intentions. All this negative, dreg-filled energy would be expelled through the Soul Gate into the Earth Vein, to prevent the spawning of Evil Wraiths and fiends!

The nine-layer dungeon was essentially built within this passageway.

Just hearing this was quite disgusting, and it was a major reason why the residents of Immortal City kept their distance from personnel of the Forbidden Prison Department.

Nobody wanted to be contaminated with malevolent energy!

The reason why the Forbidden Prison Department was always hiring, even making the tempting promise of citizenship within three years, lay exactly in this fact.

Seated on the soft couch, Wang Chen took out a pill bottle from his chest.

In the palm of his hand, he poured out a fragrant, bright red pill.

This was a Meridian Opening Pill, and after ingestion, it could resist the invasion of Yin Sha Energy.

One pill a day lasted for twelve hours.

All the guards could collect it for free.

But since Wang Chen received the pills, he had never used them, only collecting them to avoid standing out too much.

His Vajra Immortal Body could completely resist the invasion of Yin Sha Energy.

Previously, Jia Sidao had offered Wang Chen three pathways to citizenship, and Wang Chen had immediately chosen the Forbidden Prison Department.

Because for other cultivators, the nine-layer dungeon was a deathtrap, he could thrive like a fish in water.

Wang Chen had similar experiences before!

Having put the pill back into the bottle, Wang Chen shut his door and, with a shake of his right arm, he deployed the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net.

The surrounding space, filled with Yin Sha Fiendish Energy, was immediately attracted by the large net, and they trapped themselves willingly!

This was an accidental discovery by Wang Chen.

The Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net could directly absorb the Yin Sha Fiendish Energy here, without any need for Wang Chen’s intervention or control, and the efficiency of absorption and transformation was extremely impressive.

Then he would utilize the Spiritual Power within the Demon-Slaying Net for his cultivation, without any delay to his own cultivation progress.

Moreover, with the Yin Sha energy sucked away, the room’s environment became much more comfortable; it no longer gave off a gloomy feeling but was instead brighter and warmer!

Time flew by, and just after 5 a.m. the next morning, Wang Chen got up to wash and clean himself.

After breakfast, he began to inspect his own prison block.

As an intern in the Forbidden Prison Department, Wang Chen’s daily task was to patrol the prisoners in his block to ensure they didn’t stir up any trouble.

If there was any sign of trouble, he would immediately report it to his superiors.

Wang Chen touched the “Hundred Mile Spiritual Phone” that hung over his shoulder.

The so-called Thousand Mile and Hundred Mile Spiritual Phones were essentially like the smartphones he often used in his past life, capable of distant communication and reporting with friends.

Every prison guard in the Forbidden Prison Department was issued one, and Wang Chen was no exception!

“Hey, kid!”

He had just turned down a side passage when a deliberately lowered voice suddenly came from the side.

Wang Chen turned his head and saw a sturdy man in a cell a few steps away, his hands gripping the metal bars tightly, staring at him with a fiendish glare and sneering, “Come over here and lick me, my goat’s dead!”

Although his mana was sealed and his feet were chained with white iron, his physique was still remarkably formidable.

The inmates held in Bing Six Prison were essentially Cultivators of the Purple Mansion level, and this fellow was no exception. Moreover, he was at the level of the eighth or ninth layer of the Purple Mansion, with bulging muscles and an imposing presence.

Yet, such a Cultivator was full of vulgar and foul language, making you want to cover your ears despite hearing him.

My goat’s dead?

Wang Chen smiled slightly as he approached, when suddenly, a long stick appeared in his hand and he jabbed it into the other’s Dantian area.

“Urgh…”

The swaggering Sin Cultivator was struck as if by lightning and collapsed onto the ground, clutching his stomach.

Why bother?

Wang Chen shook his head and continued on patrol.

It wasn’t the first time he had jabbed this guy’s Dantian, who appeared to be either mentally deranged or in need of venting; regardless, every time he saw Wang Chen, he would act out, either sneering or cursing vehemently.

And there were many such individuals in Bing Six District!

Deep underground where there was no daylight, a long corridor neatly lined with cells, the prisoners contained within either lay motionless, muttered to the wall, looked withered and haggard, or were filthy and disheveled…

No matter how glorious their pasts were, now they were like spineless dead dogs, each barely clinging to life.

The prisoners had no Meridian Opening Pills; they could only struggle against the Yin Sha Energy with their Cultivation Levels sealed, and saying life passed like years wasn’t an exaggeration.

Those who couldn’t endure would silently perish, and the remaining were merely gasping for breath!

And as a prison guard walking among them, it was inevitable to be influenced by the prisoners’ emanations of violence, despair, defeatism, resentment, and various other emotions.

If one’s will was not firm enough, there was a high risk of sinking into degeneracy!

“Little brother.”

When Wang Chen reached the very end of Bing Six District, a soft and gentle voice entered his ears.

The speaker was a female Cultivator living in the very last cell.

Her appearance was not stunningly beautiful, but her features were charming and graceful, and the posture of her upper body rising gracefully from the ground as she lay prone was alluring.

Especially the large watery eyes of the female Cultivator—they seemed so pitiful before she even spoke.

“Little brother, can you keep me company for a chat?”

She pleaded, “Just a few words, I’m going crazy here all by myself. Please, little brother!”

Wang Chen stopped, sighed,

and then stuffed a cucumber through the bars, “This will keep you occupied for now.”

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Here comes the second update.