Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 638: Chapter 638: Meeting Yu Fei Again
 

Wang Chen began his first patrol in Area Ji-9.

As a newcomer, he was assigned to a senior prison guard, who would show him the patrol route.

The prison guards in the Yongle Dungeon were also ranked hierarchically.

Apart from the lowest rank trainee prison guards, all other guards were graded based on years of service.

One level per three years.

You start at level one, and after three years without leaving, you automatically advance to level two.

And so on.

Survivors with a higher rank enjoyed slightly better treatment.

But not much more.

Furthermore, in dangerous and special situations, senior prison guards had command authority over junior ones.

The latter had to follow the orders of the former.

The two prison guards who came to give Wang Chen trouble the day before all had two silver lines embroidered on their sleeve cuffs, which meant they had been here for more than three years but less than six.

The guard leading Wang Chen had three silver lines.

However, this individual didn’t seem to like newcomers, or perhaps just didn’t like Wang Chen, maintaining a stern face and hardly speaking a word to him along the way.

With such an attitude from the other party, Wang Chen naturally wasn’t going to shamelessly ingratiate himself.

Both parties awkwardly patrolled the predetermined route together, and then the veteran guard, as if he were dumping a burden, couldn’t wait to leave Wang Chen behind to act alone.

Undoubtedly, the work of a prison guard was very boring.

Walking the same route seventeen or eighteen times in one day was quite normal.

After the senior guard left, Wang Chen was the only one left in the long corridor.

This place was buried who knows how many zhang underground, with hard and rough rock walls hanging with one Luminous Stone lantern after another. Although they did their best to radiate light, the brightness diminished severely.

This made the scenery in the distance always appear hazy, as if shrouded in a gray veil.

The Yin Sha Energy filled the space, constantly trying to infiltrate Wang Chen’s body.

The Spiritual Artifact-grade robe he wore could only block some of the Yin Sha Energy, failing to completely isolate it.

As for the free-floating Evil Power and malevolent thoughts, the standard robes of the Forbidden Prison Department had no effect.@@novelbin@@

This required Wang Chen to resist the erosion with his Divine Soul and willpower.

The sensation was quite unpleasant.

It was like someone was incessantly whispering in his ear, sneaky and conspiratorial, yet he couldn’t make out any content.

The environment in Area Ji-9 was indeed much more harsh than in Bing Six District!

Wang Chen couldn’t even imagine what the scene was like in the lower three districts.

He walked with a steady pace, neither hurried nor slow, patrolling each prison cell located on the route.

Each prison cell here was solitary, and each one was separated by hundreds of steps.

Wang Chen didn’t understand why they were arranged this way.

But there surely was a reason.

The prison cells in Area Ji-9 were very different from those in Bing Six District. The front of the latter was separated by metal bars, whereas the former was completely enclosed by solidified rock walls, with only a small window in the door for passing meals.

It wasn’t time for the fixed meal yet, so Wang Chen hadn’t seen any prisoners when he walked around earlier.

However, as soon he patrolled alone, a prisoner started causing trouble.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Heavy banging noises came from a prison cell in front of him, sending chills down his spine.

Wang Chen immediately rushed over, only to find someone banging against the wall inside!

Was this a case of having too much energy to burn?

No matter how strong a Cultivator’s Cultivation Level was, once their Mana and Soul Strength were fully sealed, their strength would only be slightly better than that of an ordinary person. Considering the usual lack of adequate food, such behavior was exceedingly rare.

“Quiet down!”

Wang Chen pulled out a black and thick baton, exceptionally smooth from polishing.

He then forcefully smashed it against the stone door twice.

Thud! Thud!

The big stick wielded infinite power; indeed, after the smacking, the other party immediately became as quiet as a chicken, not daring to take even a deep breath.

Despicable!

Once Wang Chen was sure the fellow inside wasn’t causing any more trouble, he continued forward.

He finally reached the end of the corridor.

There was a cell here too, the farthest from the others.

Wang Chen didn’t know who or what was being held inside, so after a quick glance to confirm everything was fine, he was ready to turn around and continue his patrol.

Right at that moment, a charming voice suddenly entered his ears, “Young man, we meet again.”

Wang Chen would rather have forgone this fortuitous encounter!

He was all too familiar with this voice, and it was completely unexpected that after her sudden disappearance in Bing Six District, she had ended up down here.

Yu Fei!

Wang Chen didn’t know whether it was purely coincidental or if someone behind the scenes was pulling the strings, but pretending he hadn’t heard anything, he proceeded to walk forward.

“Young man, you have such a cruel heart.”

Yu Fei’s voice came through, full of grievance, “After using me, you throw me away, not even wishing to give me a cucumber. Heartless lover, faithless man!”

It was as if Wang Chen had truly deserted her after a flurry of passion!

Wang Chen couldn’t help but stop in his tracks.

And returned to where he had come from.

He had no choice; he couldn’t let this demoness lie and make up stories, putting him in an awkward situation.

Otherwise, if others believed her, they might really think Wang Chen had an illicit relationship with a prisoner.

Then forget about three years; he wouldn’t be able to last three days!

Wang Chen opened the small window above the stone door and stuffed a thick, green cucumber through it.

The same cucumber, he had several hundred of them stored in his Sumeru Ring!

The demoness in the cell chuckled and began to crunch on the cucumber with a loud noise.

Wang Chen couldn’t help asking, “How did you get here?”

Patrolling solo had its benefits. Sneaking in a fish here and there usually went unchecked and unreported.

Yu Fei sighed, “Perhaps it’s just that I have bad luck.”

Wang Chen thought it was because she was too ferocious.

“Young man, congratulations to you,”

Yu Fei said with a pursed smile, “you’ve become a true prison guard!”

Her tone, jubilant as if Wang Chen had achieved something truly remarkable!

It was quite maddening.

Separated by the rune-etched stone door, Wang Chen and Yu Fei chatted for the time it takes an incense stick to burn halfway.

The demoness was well-informed and understood a great deal about this place. If it weren’t for the fear of trouble arising from dawdling too long, Wang Chen would have been happy to listen to her talk for three days and nights.

As Wang Chen was leaving, Yu Fei appeared on the verge of tears, her voice quivering, “Prisons brim with evil energies; take care, my lord.”

It was as though Wang Chen was departing never to return.

The one causing trouble wasn’t just her; one after another, Wang Chen encountered prisoners stirring up issues.

He decisively used the “Spirit Mechanism” to report up the chain.

Soon after, the Forbidden Prison Department dispatched a team of elite Battle Cultivators who quickly and forcibly suppressed those troublemakers.

They burst into the cells through the stone doors, swinging clubs and sticks at the unruly prisoners, beating them harshly.

The dull thuds of impacts, intermixed with pitiful screams of agony, were chilling to hear.

Even the most rebellious ones learned how to be proper prisoners after a round of clubbing!

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The second update is here.