Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 707: Chapter 707: Participating Doll

Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao’s cultivation levels both approached that of Golden Core, and with a flash, they nearly simultaneously rushed outside the house.

However, looking around, they found nothing out of the ordinary.

It was as if the figure that had appeared so suddenly was merely an illusion.

But Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao were very certain that they couldn’t have seen it wrong!

Hu Jiaojiao’s eyes sparkled, “Don’t you feel that there’s something very wrong with this place?”

Wang Chen nodded.

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He had long sensed the strangeness of this Cave Mansion.

Cave Mansions are the places where cultivators conduct secluded cultivation; they can be large or small, with the smaller ones being called Cave Mansions and the larger ones Cave Heavens.

This Cave Mansion left by predecessors was not quite on the scale of a Cave Heaven, but it possessed some characteristics of one.

For example, it was equipped with a Restriction Array that only those who mastered the secret of entry could penetrate.

And it was also by means of teleportation.

Moreover, the inside of the Cave Mansion was filled with all kinds of exotic flowers and rare herbs, a sight not seen in ordinary Cave Mansions.

Most importantly, this Cave Mansion differed from the records Wang Chen had seen in books!

“I suspect that this place was once a Cave Heaven,” he said.

Hu Jiaojiao wore a thoughtful expression, “Then perhaps due to neglect, its spiritual energy dissipated and shrunk into a Cave Mansion.”

Cave Heaven, that’s a practice ground for Nascent Soul True Immortals and Divinity Transformation True Monarchs, higher than Golden Core!

“The question is…”

This Green Hill Fox Monster’s eyes glittered with a spine-tingling light, “Where has the spiritual energy of the Cave Heaven gone?”

The spiritual energy of a Cave Heaven would be extremely abundant. Even if it were ownerless and dissipating, it’s unlikely to degrade to this current state.

Unless something absorbed that spiritual energy.

Seven-leaf Mysterious Ginseng!

Upon Hu Jiaojiao’s reminder, a flash of Spiritual Light streaked through Wang Chen’s Sea of Consciousness instantaneously.

Heavenly treasures all grow in places abundant with Spiritual Energy, and their demand for nature’s spiritual energy is endless.

If there were a special heavenly treasure in this Cave Heaven that, over many years, could have turned the Cave Heaven into a Cave Mansion, it was entirely possible.

Where was it now?

Wang Chen immediately took out the Upper Clear Qiankun Mirror and put all his effort into stimulating his Divine Sense to search the space anew.

But no matter how hard he tried, the result was the same as before.

There were no findings!

Seeing this, Hu Jiaojiao let out a light cry, and a huge white fox tail suddenly appeared behind her.

Her tail quivered violently, shaking off countless white filaments which shot in all directions, covering the entire Cave Mansion.

After a moment, Hu Jiaojiao shook her tail again, retracting all the filaments.

She retracted her fox tail and shook her head at Wang Chen.

Clearly, she had found nothing as well.

Wang Chen stroked his chin thoughtfully.

He thought of a question.

The figure’s ability to conceal itself was extremely powerful, and neither he nor Hu Jiaojiao had managed to unearth it.

But why had the figure exposed itself?

His mind raced, and he asked, “Do you still have that Spiritual Monkey Wine in your gourd?”

Hu Jiaojiao picked up the Purple-skinned Gourd and gave it a shake, “There are still a few pounds left.”

“Good,” said Wang Chen with a smile, “Let’s try and see if we can lure it out!”

He took Hu Jiaojiao’s wine gourd and placed a porcelain bowl on the ground, filling it with Spiritual Monkey Millennium Drunk.

The amber liquid gently swayed, and the rich aroma of wine immediately permeated the air.

Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao exchanged a glance and, with a matching understanding, retreated back into the wooden house.

The eyes of the human and the monster were firmly Locked-On to the bowl of Spiritual Wine at the door!

Time trickled by, and there was no movement at the door.

But both Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao had enough patience to wait slowly.

After all, it would take twelve two-hour periods to get out of here, so there was plenty of time!

And indeed, Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao’s wait was not in vain.

Next to the bowl of wine, a tiny white whisker silently emerged from the ground, sneakily reaching towards the bowl, and in an instant, it touched the liquid.

It began to drink up quickly!

Although the appearance of the white whisker and the process of “stealing the wine” were very covert and quiet, they could not escape the watchful eyes of Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao, completely exposing its movements.

Wang Chen suddenly erupted, punching the ground with full force.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the formidable punch surged into the ground below.

Wang Chen’s punch was not meant to kill the “wine thief,” but rather to force it out from underground, so he controlled his strength with great finesse, like spreading a net into the soil layer.

The next moment, the ground at the door suddenly exploded, and a plump white figure soared into the sky.

Its speed was unbelievably fast.

Then, a massive fox tail suddenly struck down through the air, slamming hard onto its head.

There was a “smack” noise, and the figure was forcefully smacked back to the ground.

The combined oppressive aura of Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao locked onto it, binding it tightly!

It was only then that Wang Chen got a clear look at the newcomer.

It was a plump baby!

With a round and chubby body, round arms and thighs, and a round head topped with a ginseng flower, it wore a skirt made of green leaves around its waist, and its skin was dazzlingly white.

“Wah~”

The chubby baby sat down on the ground with its plump little hands rubbing its eyes, crying loudly!

It was a sight that could make anyone’s heart fill with pity.

Wang Chen exchanged glances with Hu Jiaojiao, who pointed at the green leaf skirt the chubby baby was wearing.

It was made of seven leaves!

The Seven-leaf Mysterious Ginseng, the highest grade of a thousand-year-old mysterious ginseng, and it had even developed sentience!!

Wang Chen took a deep breath.

Such a high-level treasure would excite not just a Golden Core True Person but even Nascent Soul True Immortals and Divine Transformation True Monarchs upon encountering it.

“Wah!”

Under the gaze of Wang Chen and Hu Jiaojiao, the Mysterious Ginseng Child cried even more sorrowfully.

Its tender little face was full of terror.

Hu Jiaojiao showed a look of reluctance: “Do we really have to…”

She didn’t finish her sentence, but Wang Chen understood her meaning.

For vegetation to attain sentience was not easy, often requiring hundreds or thousands of years, along with chance and luck—especially a Mysterious Ginseng Child as spirited as this one was incredibly rare, so to capture it for use in medicines did seem somewhat cruel.

However, Wang Chen needed the Seven-leaf Mysterious Ginseng to refine a third-grade Golden Core for himself and could not afford to be soft-hearted!

“Come here.”

Hu Jiaojiao suddenly beckoned, and the Mysterious Ginseng Child immediately flew into her embrace.

At that moment, Wang Chen could have stopped it.

But he shook his head, instead withdrawing his oppressive aura.

The Mysterious Ginseng Child was very clever; it clearly knew who its savior was, clinging tightly to Hu Jiaojiao’s collar with its little hands, pressing its face firmly against her chest.

Crying plaintively!

This made Hu Jiaojiao even more reluctant.

The Green Hill Fox Monster lovingly stroked its head, then looked at Wang Chen with pleading eyes.

Wang Chen said with a wry smile, “Forget it, do as you see fit.”

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Here’s the first release.