Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 662: Chapter 662 Bullying People
 

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The Free Residence is a safehouse specially designed for cultivators guarding the Evil Eye. It actually has an official name, the Qiankun Tower, which denotes a considerably higher status.

Only after returning to this modest safehouse could Wang Chen truly relax.

The Free Residence serves both as a living space for cultivators and a large, high-grade magical treasure, possessing very strong defensive capabilities.

It can protect the guarding cultivators to the greatest extent. Evil wraiths below the Fierce grade at the Nascent Soul level were unable to breach it, and even those of the Fierce grade needed to attack with full force to withstand it for a while.

The time was sufficient for the cultivators inside to teleport and escape.

Therefore, unless encountering even higher levels of evil, Fiend or Catastrophe Level wraiths, one would be safe as long as they stayed within the Free Residence.

In fact, the evil wraiths appearing within the range of the Evil Eye’s influence were mostly of the Wandering and Resentment Levels, occasionally a Fiend Level, and the Evil Grade typically stayed entrenched in their own lairs, never wandering here.

Otherwise, sending a Purple Mansion cultivator like Wang Chen to guard against evil wraiths would be akin to sending someone to die on purpose.

For Wang Chen, the most dangerous thing was the unpredictable appearance of Fiend Level evil wraiths.

As for the Wandering and Resentment Levels, Wang Chen wouldn’t be afraid unless there were thousands or even tens of thousands attacking at once!

Upon return to the Free Residence, the first thing he did was compile the day’s patrol findings into a talisman message, and then ignited it with Spiritual Fire.

This special talisman paper was crafted in pairs, with two different individuals each holding one. As soon as one party writes on it and then uses a spell to burn it, the other party can become aware of the contents of the message.

Wang Chen’s reporting contact was, of course, one of the senior members of the Forbidden Prison Department.

As for who that person was and what they wanted, Wang Chen didn’t care at all—taking care of himself was his only concern.

After sending the “work report,” Wang Chen, taking advantage of the early hour, went to the cultivation chamber to begin his daily practice.

The area affected by the Evil Eye was considered a forbidden zone for cultivation. Practicing orthodox cultivation techniques there was tantamount to courting death, with not only no chance of success but also a high risk of deviating into the demonic path.

Although the Free Residence could shield against the external Yin Sha Energy and evil thoughts, the cottage itself did not produce nature’s spiritual energy. Therefore, although the living conditions were good, they did not meet the everyday cultivation needs of a cultivator.

The Artificer who forged this large magical treasure naturally wouldn’t overlook such a problem, so they installed a transformation array within it, capable of extracting and converting the spiritual energy from Spirit Stones and Spiritual Materials to create a suitable cultivation environment.

Of course, the Spirit Stones and Spiritual Materials had to be provided by oneself!

It must be said that this was not a cost-effective affair, and even a loss at a considerable cost.

One had to pay out of pocket for something that was originally free, and just thinking about it made one feel imbalanced!

Wang Chen, who certainly wouldn’t settle for less, sat down in the cultivation chamber after locking the doors of his home and began to draw the spiritual power contained within the Heavenly Dragon Demon-Slaying Net.

Wang Chen dared to assert that even the best transformation array couldn’t compare to the function of this treasure!

Sitting on the cushion, Wang Chen faced the heavens with five hearts, activated the mana in his Dantian, and absorbed the spiritual power from the Demon-Slaying Net into his body, quickly entering the best state of cultivation where he lost track of himself and the outside world.

He didn’t know how long it had been until his spirit and energy were replenished to their peak before he ceased the flow of his practice.

The Innate Five Elements Skill had gained 1 point of experience.

This point of experience was hard-earned. Wang Chen had been mingling at the bottom levels of the Immortal City for some time, struggling to earn his Innate registration.

In the days to come, Wang Chen would head out early and return early, devoting more time to cultivation.

Striving to break through to the eighth level of the Purple Mansion!

He also became more familiar with the surroundings of the Evil Eye zone, at most walking a dozen or so miles away before returning.

But the central Evil Eye itself, Wang Chen never approached it by half a step, always staying beyond the safety ring’s radius.

As he grew more accustomed to the surroundings and environment, Wang Chen felt that staying to guard this place was no big deal. Although he was lonely by himself, he didn’t have to engage in any scheming or intrigue!

Of course, Wang Chen never shared such thoughts with anyone else.

Time flew swiftly, and before long, a month had passed.

With the Heavenly Dragon Evil-Slaying Net, Wang Chen cleared a large number of Evil Wraiths by conducting hit-and-run strategies everywhere.

They were mostly of the Resentment Level.

Having been reassigned to the Yongle Dungeon, Wang Chen first took a hot shower in the city, feeling significantly lighter, as if he walked with the wind.

What he never expected was that the next morning when he went to roll call, the staff of the Supervisory Hall called him into a small room again.

“You’ve done a very good job.”

The Director, who had once assigned him to guard the Evil Eye, said, “The higher-ups have decided to have you guard the Northern Evil Eye.”

What?

Wang Chen doubted he had heard correctly, “But I’ve just come back from the West Evil Eye!

You can’t work a production team’s donkey this hard!

“That’s correct.”

The Director said with a smile, “The thing is, higher-ups acknowledged your expertise in this area and decided to entrust you with this important duty once again.”

According to this Director, the cultivator who was responsible for guarding the Northern Evil Eye had an incident a couple of days ago.

The specifics remained undisclosed, as his counterpart was extremely reticent, but he emphasized that the problem was resolved—there was just no suitable candidate for the new guarding position, hence they chose Wang Chen once more.

The able takes on more work!

After hearing what the other party had said, Wang Chen was both amused and annoyed, “Isn’t guarding the Evil Eye supposed to rotate? Why can’t you just directly assign someone?”

So every time there’s trouble, they come to him and think a piece of Fragmented Spirit Stone is a good enough benefit?

Wasn’t this just openly taking advantage of him?

Empty words weren’t going to convince Wang Chen, especially when he wasn’t lacking resources for his cultivation.

“The situation here is somewhat complicated…”

The Director of the Supervisory Hall had a thick face, unabashed even when his motives were exposed, he continued to spin tales without so much as a change in expression.

In short, reassigning the task to Wang Chen was an act of desperation.

The Forbidden Prison Department was seriously short-handed, and the number of prison guards in the Yongle Dungeon was nearing an all-time low.

The situation was quite dire.

A “seasoned” prison guard like Wang Chen had been assigned some extra duties, more or less.

But Wang Chen did not believe such a claim.

Being reassigned to guard the Evil Eye, to say there was no trickery involved would be absolutely impossible!

With this thought, Wang Chen’s attitude was very firm.

If they insisted on imposing the task on him, then he demanded the right to appeal to the Forbidden Prison Department for arbitration!

But they would grant Wang Chen extra rewards and compensation!

That finally piqued Wang Chen’s interest, “What rewards and compensation?”

If they insisted on imposing the task on him, then he demanded the right to appeal to the Forbidden Prison Department for arbitration!

But they would grant Wang Chen extra rewards and compensation!

That finally piqued Wang Chen’s interest, “What rewards and compensation?”

That finally piqued Wang Chen’s interest, “What rewards and compensation?”