Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 634: Chapter 634 Long Years in Prison (Part 2)

The Yongle Nine-Layered Dungeon is arranged according to the Nine Stars and Eight Gates.

The Eight Gates are, respectively, the Rest Gate, the Life Gate, the Injury Gate, the Block Gate, the View Gate, the Death Gate, the Shock Gate, and the Open Gate.

The area in which Wang Chen currently found himself was exactly the location of the Death Gate.

The Sin Cultivators imprisoned here were either guilty of heinous crimes or had offended actual powers-that-be.

However, this doesn’t mean that the death of these prisoners was a matter of indifference.

It was precisely the outcome desired by those above, to make them beg for death but be unable to attain it!

In the prison cell ahead of Wang Chen, a young and handsome Cultivator sat on the floor, his complexion deathly pale, his eyes wide open with an expression of unwillingness and despair.>

Before his death, he must have encountered a very unusual situation; otherwise, he would not have shown such an expression.

It was chilling to behold.

Wang Chen pondered for a moment and then quickly walked to the second prison cell.

Inside, another prisoner was dead.

This Sin Cultivator had died with a transcendent smile on his face, his eyes wide open too, filled with joy and jubilation.

He seemed to have died happily.

Yet Wang Chen found this even more eerie!

Moving on to the third and final cell, the Sin Cultivator inside wasn’t dead but sat there stupidly, as if his Divine Soul had been hooked away by the unexpected, leaving behind only an empty shell.

A Cultivator at the pinnacle of the Purple Mansion had become an idiot?

Wang Chen stepped back, took out a Jade Token, and infused it with Mana to activate his Divine Sense.

The next moment, an impatient voice suddenly rang in his mind, “What’s the matter?”

“Brother Song.”

Wang Chen replied mentally, “There’s trouble at the Death Gate, two Sin Cultivators have died, and another seems to have gone mad.”

The Jade Token in his hand was identical to the “Thousand Miles Spirit Device” previously used by Zhang Mushan, equipped with the capability for two-way communication, a special type of Spiritual Artifact.

It’s just that Wang Chen’s “Spirit Mechanism” was issued by the Forbidden Prison Department and could only be used within the Immortal City area and was merely lent to Wang Chen. If damaged, he would have to compensate the high cost.

This Spiritual Artifact was more convenient to use as well, as it enabled communication through thoughts, offering greater privacy and security.

Its only flaw was that it consumed a great deal of Spiritual Power, so Wang Chen wouldn’t resort to notifying the overseeing prison guards or the Wardens for a verdict unless there was a significant issue at hand.

“Brother Song,” whom Wang Chen mentioned, was, like Dan Lingfeng, a seasoned official prison guard, but Brother Song also bore the title of “Soldier,” making him a sort of minor leader among the guards.

Normally, this guy liked to call friends over to his dwelling for drinking, merrymaking, gambling, and frolics.

The routine patrols and inspections of the dungeon were left to interns like Wang Chen to handle.

At most, they would help to clean up messes after the fact.

Or even worse, they’d be left carrying the can.

However, upon hearing about the incident in the Death Gate section, Brother Song exploded on the spot, “What? Sin Cultivators died in the Death Gate? Little Wang, this is a big deal, too much for either of us to handle, do you understand?”

That concerns me how!

Wang Chen had only been serving as a prison guard for a few days, still wearing his intern badge, and his head was only so big; he couldn’t possibly bear such a heavily substantial and real burden!

Besides, isn’t it pretty normal for people to die at the Death Gate?

Wang Chen, not wanting to waste words, simply said, “Brother Song, you’d better come and take a look quickly.”

Communicating through the Spirit Mechanism demanded extra Spiritual Energy for every extra word spoken, and replenishing it was no simple task.

Brother Song arrived swiftly.

In less than the time it takes to brew a pot of tea, he had arrived with a squad of people “storming” in.

Three Wardens, fifteen official prison guards, and an even greater number of intern guards sealed the Death Gate area so tightly that not even water could seep through.

The abundant human presence immediately diluted the deathly energy filling the space.

Wang Chen himself got “squeezed” out.

He was only too happy to stay out of it and let Brother Song bustle about.

Meanwhile, he returned to his quarters.

Three days flashed by.

That day, Dan Lingfeng suddenly called for Wang Chen, “Little Wang, there is an opportunity now…”

An opportunity for a real vacancy, a spot on the payroll!

Ding Seven District is currently severely understaffed and has been recruiting temporary workers, with very meager pay.

But an official position is not so easy to come by.

It’s extremely difficult, to say the least!

As an intern, he needed to do his own work as well as other people’s, endure the finger-pointing and mockery from the old slicks, and be the one cast aside at critical moments.

There’s no choice, his status is too low.

Now, Ding Seven District is actually offering a full-time slot to attract new people, which somewhat tempts Wang Chen.

It’s definitely going to be troublesome; it just comes down to whether it’s worth it or not.

He asked calmly, “Are there any requirements over there?”

Pie from the sky might be poisoned bait!

Dan Lingfeng explained, “Ding Seven District is planning to expand the prison area. To get the full-time position, you’ll need to be responsible for clearing out the Yin Sha channels.”

The so-called “Yin Sha channels” refer to the pathways where Yin Sha Energy flows, and cleaning them is absolutely no simple, easy task.

Because where Yin Sha Energy gathers, Evil Wraiths are sure to breed!

Especially in a place as unique as the dungeons of Immortal City, the wraiths that breed are often incredibly fierce or extremely strange.

Upon hearing this, Wang Chen understood at once—this was just fooling people into being cannon fodder!

“Don’t want to go?”

Dan Lingfeng seemed to have expected this response, smiling and saying, “That’s okay, if you miss this village, there’ll be other shops.”

“Really don’t want to go!”

In fact, with Wang Chen’s strength, coupled with the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net, cleaning the Yin Sha channels would be work tailor-made for him.

Simple and effortless.

However, precisely because of this, Wang Chen couldn’t accept the task.

Otherwise, once the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net was exposed, not to mention Golden Core cultivators, even Nascent Soul True Immortals might be tempted.

This was an unparalleled sharp weapon against Evil Wraiths!

Wang Chen’s mind raced and he asked in a low voice, “Senior, has the incident at the Death Gate been figured out yet, from a few days ago?”

To avoid awkwardness, he simply changed the topic.

Most importantly, Wang Chen still hadn’t forgotten the way that young cultivator had died!

“You better not poke into that matter,”

Dan Lingfeng said with profound meaning, “There are too many strange things in this dungeon, it’s best to stay out of it and avoid trouble.”

Wang Chen nodded without saying anything more.

Then, in the following days, things were unexpectedly calm.

After serving a full month as an intern prison guard, Wang Chen didn’t obtain the opportunity to become official.

But it didn’t bother him, and he continued living his modest life. @@novelbin@@

The conditions in the dungeon might be poor, but it’s a world unto itself, nearly completely isolated from the outside.

No matter how great the storms outside, they hardly affect this place.

The second month, the third month…

Unknowingly, Wang Chen at the Yongle Dungeon…

Unknowingly, Wang Chen at the Yongle Dungeon…

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Here goes the second update.