Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 713: Chapter 713: Misfortune Year

Wang Chen’s destination was the Thousand Star Immortal City, thousands of miles away from Yongle Immortal City.

Thousand Star Immortal City is also one of the cities within the Nine States Immortal Alliance system and is much stronger and larger in scale compared to Yongle Immortal City.

According to the Heavenly Earth Mysterious Yellow four-tier classification, Yongle Immortal City is ranked as Profound Level, while Thousand Star Immortal City is at the Earth Level.

Once Wang Chen was registered in the Immortal Register of Yongle Immortal City, he had the right to freely enter and exit most of the cities within the Immortal Alliance, and to live, settle, and run a business there.

He chose Thousand Star Immortal City as the second stop on his long journey because of the city’s booming commerce—it was said that the city gathered over a thousand immortal merchants and traders, hence its name “Thousand Star.”

Wang Chen hoped to collect the Condensing Core Treasure he needed in Thousand Star Immortal City.

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Then, to advance to Golden Core!

Such a decision, of course, was the result of Wang Chen’s deep contemplation, and he had made full preparations.

For this purpose, he had specifically purchased a Nine States Geomantic Chart from Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

A Spiritual Artifact-level map.

But while Wang Chen was fully focused on hurrying on his way, he suddenly felt a spine-chilling sensation.

It was as if a behemoth from primordial times had set its sights on him, arousing an instinctual fear.

Wang Chen suddenly looked up and was shocked to find a massive Flying Warship following right above him in the sky!

The sensation of danger was emanating from this suddenly appeared Flying Warship.

Before Wang Chen could react, a beam of white light shot out from the belly of the Warship and instantly bathed him in its glow!

Wang Chen’s aura instantly stagnated, his Mana froze within his body, leaving him unable to move.

The next moment, the white light emitted by the Flying Warship abruptly contracted, and Wang Chen, along with the Dragon Abyss Sword he was controlling, was taken away.

He had no ability to resist!

After a dizzying whirl, Wang Chen found himself already inside a secret chamber.

“Caught another one,”

a somewhat frivolous voice entered his ears, “He was flying quite fast.”

Even though his mind was in turmoil, Wang Chen, trapped in a crisis, did not lose his composure.

He immediately put the Dragon Abyss Sword back inside his body and then gave a bow to the speaker, saying, “I am Wang Chen, a citizen of Yongle Immortal City. I am not aware of having offended your esteemed self, may I ask for clarification?”

Wang Chen suspected that the one controlling the Flying Warship was a Nascent Soul True Immortal, as the power displayed was terrifying.

But for the moment, the other party had only captured him without inflicting harm, so Wang Chen tried to initiate communication.

That was why he spoke frankly, lowering his stance and revealing his identity.

Under someone else’s roof, one has to bow one’s head!

The speaker was a young cultivator in a white robe who said with a chuckle, “A citizen of Yongle Immortal City? That’s quite a coincidence. I am Zhao Chenhui from the Mount-Shifting Sect.”

“Mount-Shifting Sect?”

Wang Chen was taken aback.

He had heard of the Mount-Shifting Sect, but had little understanding of it.

He had no idea why they would target him.

“You have not offended us.”

Zhao Chenhui obviously saw through Wang Chen’s thoughts and said, “To tell you the truth, our Mount-Shifting Sect will soon be attacking Yongle Immortal City, and we have already sealed off the area within three thousand miles around Yongle Immortal City.”

“Taoist Friend Wang, you now have two choices.”

Zhao Chenhui held up two fingers, “The first one is for you to join the vanguard battalion of Mount-Shifting Sect. As long as Yongle Immortal City is taken down, you can regain your freedom, and if you wish, you may also formally join our Mount-Shifting Sect at that time.”

“As for the second option, you…”

“No need to choose!”

Wang Chen interrupted him without a second thought, “I am willing to join the vanguard battalion!”

Was there even a need to choose?

If the first option is about scraping by, then the second one must surely be a death sentence!

“Taoist Friend Wang is a wise man!”

Zhao Chenhui laughed loudly and clapped his hands, saying, “That’s best, it saves trouble for both of us, but according to the rules, you still need to make a guarantee.”

As he spoke, he handed Wang Chen an ebony Taoist hairpin: “Please put it on.”

This was clearly a restrictive or rather an enslavement method from the Mount-Shifting Sect.

Wang Chen silently took the hairpin and inserted it into his hair bun.

The moment Wang Chen affixed the Taoist hairpin, an extremely cold aura instantly invaded the Baihui acupoint on the crown of his head and coalesced into a mass of dark light within his Sea of Consciousness.

It was like a bomb had been planted in Wang Chen’s head, with the detonator in the hands of the Mount-Shifting Sect!

But at this particular moment, Wang Chen had no room for resistance.

The power that suppressed and bound him was still present!

“Very good!”

Zhao Chenhui praised, “Taoist Friend Wang, don’t feel aggrieved, perhaps in the future, you will thank me!”

Wang Chen gave a bitter smile, “Perhaps.”

His smile was filled with nothing but bitterness and helplessness.

For a cultivator, having life and death completely controlled by another was certainly not a pleasant experience.

And the so-called vanguard battalion was undoubtedly cannon fodder.

With the Mount-Shifting Sect sealing off a radius of three thousand miles around Yongle Immortal City and putting on such a grand force, could the cultivators conscripted as strongmen expect any good ending?

Zhao Chenhui chuckled, then clapped his hands.

The door to the secret chamber opened, and an armored battle cultivator with an expressionless face stepped in and barked at Wang Chen: “Follow me!”

Zhao Chenhui smiled and said, “We’ll meet again, Taoist Friend.”

His smile was very ill-intentioned.

Wang Chen followed the armored battle cultivator out of the secret chamber, then through a long corridor, and finally into a large room.

In this room, dozens of cultivators either stood or sat, men and women, old and young, with half practicing Qi Cultivation and the other half at the Purple Mansion realm, and their attire varied.

The only thing they had in common with Wang Chen was that everyone had an ebony hairpin stuck in their heads.

They, too, were obviously cultivators caught to be cannon fodder.

And as for Wang Chen’s arrival, these people at most only glanced once, with no one speaking or discussing.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely oppressive, making it hard for one to breathe.

Wang Chen found a corner, took out a meditation cushion, and sat down.

The actions of the Mount-Shifting Sect were inhumane, but they still retained a shred of decency by not taking away his Sumeru Ring and Storage Bag.

Otherwise, Wang Chen’s loss would have been great.

The wealth in the two Sumeru Rings on his hands combined was worth an astonishing number of Spirit Stones.

If Zhao Chenhui had searched him, Wang Chen did not think he would have been able to keep this fortune.

The other party didn’t search, probably because he cooperated sensibly, or perhaps they didn’t want to push people to desperation, leaving a bit of hope for them to fight desperately.

Truly an ill-fated year!

Wang Chen closed his eyes and sighed inwardly.

He hadn’t expected that after hiding out in the Scripture Pavilion for three years, the moment he left, he would run into such an affair.

Winning Yongle Immortal City would restore your freedom?

Wang Chen was not that naive!

Wang Chen dared to assert that by the time he was charging into battle for the Mount-Shifting Sect, like the cultivators in this room, he would not possibly live to see victory.

To put it plainly, he was just expendable caught by the Mount-Shifting Sect!

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