Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

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Phew!

The fire crow, burning with fierce flames, plummeted onto the heap of corpses.

And exploded with a bang.

The intense heat instantly devoured the bodies, reducing them to a pile of ashes.

Wang Chen flicked out several talismans with a shake of his hand, conducting rites for the souls who died by his own hand, to prevent the birth of new evil wraiths.

After cleaning up, he returned to the main hall of the City God Temple.

Adding more dry wood to the waning bonfire, Wang Chen began to tally his loot.

This encounter had netted him a total of seven storage bags.

Three of which came from Yang Yi.

Wang Chen first opened the storage bags of the so-called Qinghe siblings, only to be disappointed by the results.

Out of the four storage bags belonging to three people, the contents were meager, just a few worthless magic artifacts and some pills and talismans, with hardly even a few spirit stones.

This was actually quite normal.

Yang Yi was clearly a demon cultivator, and the Qinghe siblings were under his control.

Demon cultivators are commonly selfish, cold-hearted and ruthless, and struggling for survival in the unknown regions of the Nine Dragons Land Palace, how could Yang Yi possibly leave anything good for the three of them?

He would definitely have taken everything valuable for himself, and then forced them to confront other cultivators, reaping the benefits like a fisherman.

If Wang Chen hadn't dealt with the Qinghe siblings, this Purple Mansion demon cultivator wouldn't have made a move himself.

The valuable items would certainly be in his possession.

But the storage bag of a demon cultivator...

Wang Chen picked up one of them, attempting to inject a thread of mana into it.

He suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately flung it forward.

Boom!

The storage bag actually exploded in midair, and everything stored inside was reduced to nothingness.

As expected!

Demon cultivators liked to set up special prohibitions in their storage bags or the magic artifacts they used—anyone who got hold of them and tried to break in would be backlashed or have the items self-destruct.

This was the nature of demon cultivators and the result of the cultivation techniques they practiced.

Normal cultivators usually wouldn't do this because storage bags are frequently used, and such prohibitions are not only likely to harm oneself but also result in heavy losses.

However, demon cultivators and evil cultivators didn't have such problems due to their unique cultivation techniques.

And while such prohibitions could be dealt with, Wang Chen didn't know the tricks and techniques to do so—unless he brought them back to the sect for processing, such outcomes were quite normal.

Taking into account that Yang Yi was particularly adept at poison, Wang Chen thought for a moment and decided to destroy the other two bags as well.

Otherwise, carrying them with him posed no fear for himself, but it would be a nuisance if an accident were to harm others.

Crack!

However, to Wang Chen's surprise, as he destroyed the third storage bag, a jade strip half a foot long fell out!

Wang Chen was somewhat astonished.

Because if the storage bag was merely damaged, the items inside could still potentially burst out intact.

But with the self-destruction induced by a prohibitive measure, they were usually obliterated completely.

That the jade strip was undamaged was truly baffling!

Wang Chen reached out and drew the jade strip into his hand.

The more he looked, the more familiar it seemed—wasn't this the so-called Ancient Sealed Jade?

The so-called Ancient Sealed Jade referred to the spirit jade used by ancient Immortal Gates, families or loose cultivators to seal items, similar to a storage talisman, and also single-use.

Those who acquired Ancient Sealed Jade usually broke the seal to shake out and see what was inside.

But the results often left much to be desired.

Later, people got clever and started to price several pieces of Ancient Sealed Jade to sell.

Thus, creating the business of "blind box" openings.

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Wang Chen wore the Creation Cauldron on his chest, which had emerged from the Ancient Sealed Jade.

The problem was, he clearly remembered that the Ancient Sealed Jade could not be placed into a Storage Bag.

Wang Chen tried to do so, and to his surprise, it easily went in.

He took it out again and examined it carefully, only then did he notice some differences between this Ancient Sealed Jade and the ones he had seen and unsealed before.

It resembled more of a jade box.

Wang Chen attempted to open it, but it wouldn't budge as if it had a powerful seal set inside.

Injecting mana into it was like throwing a stone into the sea without causing a ripple.

The Ancient Sealed Jade appeared extremely sturdy, impervious to water and fire, and remained undamaged by axe chops or knife cuts.

But in reality, having weathered thousands of years, the Dharma Seals within it were incredibly fragile; once affected by an external anomalous force, its internal structure would immediately collapse.

This was unlike the Ancient Sealed Jade.

Could it be just an ordinary piece of jade?

Wang Chen felt that a Purple Mansion Cultivator would not store useless items in a Storage Bag.

Besides, this piece of jade had withstood the destructive power of the Storage Bag.

After some thought, Wang Chen placed it into his own Sumeru Ring.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

To him, the most important thing at the moment was to figure out a way to leave this unknown region and find a way back.

As for the secrets of this object, he would look into it after returning to his sect.

After all, if he couldn't make it back, even obtaining an unrivaled treasure would be in vain.

With a sense of resignation, Wang Chen took a leg of lamb out of the Storage Bag and began to roast it over the campfire.

The leg of lamb, of course, did not come from an ordinary sheep but from a Long-Horned Spirit Sheep raised by beast-taming Cultivators at West Sea Sect. It was said to be fed only Spirit Fruits, Spirit Grass, and water from Spirit Springs, making it quite expensive.

The Long-Horned Spirit Sheep was extremely delicious, and its effect on nourishing the Physique and Spiritual Power was potent, which is why Wang Chen had bought ten pieces of skinned and cleaned lamb to store in his Storage Bag.

Many Cultivators gave up their desires for taste and abstained from meat and fish after their Breakthrough Mansion, subsisting on Yellow Essence and Spirit Spring water, and even practiced breatharianism.

But Wang Chen never mistreated his stomach.

If Immortal Cultivation meant losing humanity and desires, then what was the point of everlasting life?

In a short while, a rich fragrance of roasted meat filled the great hall.

Wang Chen carefully controlled the fire.

The meat of the Long-Horned Spirit Sheep was of exceptional quality and completely lacked any gamey smell, so it didn't require any spices during roasting and didn't need to be fully cooked—seven or eight parts done was enough.

Finally, he sprinkled some fine salt over it, the taste surely irresistible.

When the lamb's surface turned a beautiful golden brown, the aroma of the roast reached its peak.

At this time, Wang Chen didn't notice that the City God Statue behind him suddenly moved its eyelids.

A carving of stone, long lifeless, seemed to come "alive" in an instant, with a faint glimmer of Spiritual Light in its eyes, looking down on Wang Chen with the hint of a ferocious smile.

The City God Statue slowly lifted the Giant Mace it held tightly in its hand.

Without any sound.

As the Giant Mace reached its highest point and then swung down furiously, it aimed a vicious blow at Wang Chen's head!

Bang!

Just as the Giant Mace was about to hit Wang Chen, he suddenly turned and raised his arms, catching the mace with both hands.

Crack!

The ground beneath Wang Chen suddenly cracked, and his feet sank nearly a foot into it.

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The strength of the blow was immeasurable, but Wang Chen resisted it head-on.

He only detected the danger as the mace swung down, and chose to block it because he had no time to dodge.

The City God Statue, having failed to hit with its strike, immediately raised its right foot to stomp on Wang Chen!

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