Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 866 - Jingyun

Chapter 866: Chapter 866 Jingyun

Chapter 866 -866 Jingyun

“Control!”

Wang Chen uttered a command, his right palm pressing down accordingly.

Hundreds of steps away in the forest, a cultivator who was fleeing rapidly was struck as if by lightning. His body became extremely rigid, and he immediately lost his balance, tumbling down onto the ground covered with fallen leaves.

Control was a divine power only cultivators of the Golden Core rank and above could master. Similar to the Binding Skill, it leveraged one’s own imposing aura to intimidate, creating a binding or suppressive effect.

Compared to simple oppressive presence, Control targeted a single individual, worked at much greater distances, and was far more precise.

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This was a powerful technique high-rank practitioners used against those of lower tiers.

For Golden Core cultivators, the more robust their Pill Force, the stronger the effect of Control.

Although this move was not unbreakable, the unfortunate cultivator from the Purple Mansion obviously lacked the ability to counter it and was struck immediately.

Like fish on the chopping board!

Wang Chen gestured with a palm upraised, and the Dragon Abyss Sword that hovered high above swiftly dove down, severing the opponent’s head in the span of a breath.

[Heavenly Merit +500]

Standing atop the crown of a towering tree, Wang Chen surveyed his surroundings. Within the range of his Divine Sense’s perception, he could no longer detect any surviving “prey.”

Wang Chen exhaled and glanced at his Cultivation Panel.

[Heavenly Merit (Change Fate): 11,200]

Thanks to the play he had performed in Jiuyou City, he had hooked nearly twenty “fish,” reaping over ten thousand Heavenly Merit.

Although a few fish slipped through the net, the haul was quite good!

Buzz~

A streak of radiance flashed by, and the Dragon Abyss Sword returned to Wang Chen’s side, emitting an excited hum.

A sword thirsted for combat and slaughter, for only through battle and carnage could it grow rapidly, revealing greater sharpness and might!

Wang Chen believed that after a few more encounters like this, the Dragon Abyss Sword would inevitably give birth to a true Artifact Spirit.

He smiled faintly, his sharp gaze turning to the southeast, and he called out, “Esteemed fellow daoist, may I ask if you’ve seen enough?”

As Wang Chen’s words fell, a slender figure suddenly appeared in the sky several miles away.

It was a female cultivator clad in a long skirt, with a graceful demeanor. With noble features and an authoritative air between her brows, she carried a longsword on her back and a horsetail whisk in her hand, resembling a celestial being.

Since the other party had concealed herself from a great distance, Wang Chen had only just become aware of her presence.

But the threat she posed was much greater than the rabble he had just dealt with.

Wang Chen’s guard was raised to its utmost peak.

“Lingyou Jingyun, at your service,” the Golden Core Female Cultivator saluted Wang Chen from afar and spoke in a grave tone, “Fellow daoist, wouldn’t you say that your actions lack a bit of honor and decency?”

For a Golden Core True Person to resort to schemes in hunting down Purple Mansion cultivators was surely beneath one’s status!

“So it’s True Person Jingyun.”

Wang Chen replied with a smile, “If others do not offend me, I will not offend them. If they had no greedy or vile thoughts, how would they have met with deadly disasters?”

“You should thank me for helping to cleanse your Lingyou Immortal City of its dregs!”

He felt absolutely no guilt in slaying these Purple Mansion cultivators, for not one among them was decent!

Wang Chen was merely enforcing justice on heaven’s behalf, what could be dishonorable or indecent about that?

True Person Jingyun remained silent.

Of course, she was well aware that these individuals had only themselves to blame and were not worthy of sympathy.

It was just that as the guardian True Person of Lingyou Immortal City, Wang Chen’s actions felt like a slap to her face, clearly showing her a lack of respect!

Within a single breath, the mind of this Golden Core Female Cultivator flashed with thousands of thoughts.

The presence of Wang Chen’s Golden Core was exceptionally vibrant, clearly indicating that he had only recently undergone Core Formation. Yet, the strength of his Pill Force was something that no ordinary Primary Tier Golden Core could possibly possess.

True Person Jingyun suspected that Wang Chen had condensed a top-tier Golden Core!

A top-tier Golden Core meant that, as long as the Taoist Foundation didn’t suffer any fundamental damage, the probability of successfully Breaking the Golden Core to Condense the Nascent Soul wasn’t guaranteed to be one hundred percent, but there were good odds, about nine times out of ten.

Even achieving Divinity Transformation was within reach!

If Wang Chen had just been an ordinary Primary Tier Golden Core, True Person Jingyun would have undoubtedly taught him a profound lesson, making him understand that the Immortal City of Lingyou shouldn’t be slighted, and that its defending True Persons were not to be trifled with.

But facing someone with a top-tier Golden Core, Jingyun hesitated and was reluctant to act.

Unless she could kill Wang Chen in one fell swoop, how would she fend him off once he held a Grievance against her and sought trouble after Breaking the Golden Core to Condense the Nascent Soul in the future?

More importantly, for the sake of a few Purple Mansion Cultivators with poor character, was it really worth offending a promising newcomer to Golden Core Cultivators?

After much deliberation, True Person Jingyun sighed and said, “That’s also true.”

She then shifted the conversation, “Fellow Daoist, although Lingyou is small, we do have the geographical advantage of a Cave Heaven. If you’re willing, we can offer you the position of a Golden Core Cultivator with Elder treatment!”

Wang Chen hadn’t expected such a rapid change in her attitude, and couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and disbelief: “Thank you for the kind offer, but I prefer to live like a carefree cloud or wild crane, so I’ll respectfully decline.”

“Very well.”

True Person Jingyun waved her horsetail whisk in disappointment, saying, “Then, we shall meet again someday.”

As soon as her voice fell, her silhouette instantly became a streak of light, heading towards the direction of the Immortal City of Lingyou.

She sure was forthright!

Wang Chen watched as she disappeared and stroked his chin.

This True Person Jingyun was quite interesting; he had initially wanted to exchange a few moves with her to witness the capabilities of a fellow practitioner at the same level.

But she had no intention of fighting, so it wasn’t appropriate for Wang Chen to force a confrontation.

With a sweep of his robe, he threw out more than a dozen wooden figurines.

These wooden figures expanded several times in size the moment they hit the ground, moving their legs and arms to hop forward with exceptional agility.

They quickly cleared the site at the fastest speed, collecting all the equipment and wealth on the bodies of those Purple Mansion Cultivators that Wang Chen had slain and finally surrendered it all to Wang Chen.

A mosquito might be small, but its flesh was still meat; having was always better than not having.

His savings had been nearly exhausted, and he planned to continue “feeding” the Transmission Array in the Underwater Cave Abode, so he had to think of ways to increase income and economize.

Of course, he couldn’t overlook these spoils of war.

As a result, the wooden figurines transformed by Wang Chen’s Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger brought him quite a surprise.

Just the Storage Bags alone amounted to three or four dozen, each containing a variety of things such as Spirit Stones, Talismans, Spiritual Artifacts, Pills, and so on.

A single Purple Mansion Cultivator might not have much wealth, otherwise, they wouldn’t resort to such banditry.

But the combined assets of twenty Purple Mansion Cultivators were quite substantial.

Wang Chen couldn’t be bothered with the details; he simply took everything back to the Nameless Valley and left it to Su Ziling to sort and classify.

He himself then entered a secret chamber and opened the Sumeru Ring to pour Spirit Stones into the Sacrificial Basin.

Wang Chen was determined to see if he could satisfy this Teleportation Array, and wouldn’t rest until he figured out its transmission target points.

He dumped Spirit Stones worth over a million into the Sacrificial Basin, which accepted every single one without leaving any behind.

The light emanating from the Teleportation Array grew a tad brighter, and it fed Wang Chen some fragmented information in return.

After some rudimentary sorting, Wang Chen deduced that it must be the Dharma Technique for controlling the Teleportation Array.

Unfortunately, it was still far from complete!

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