Chapter 662

Chapter 662: Bullying People

The Safe House.

The Safe House is a secure residence specifically for cultivators guarding the Evil Eye. Its official name is Qian Kun Tower, but it has significantly higher standards.

Upon returning to this small Safe House, Wang Chen could truly relax.

The Safe House serves as both a cultivator’s dwelling and a large high-grade treasure, possessing extremely strong Defense.

It can protect the guarding cultivator’s safety to the greatest extent, making it impossible for evil spirits below the Yuan Ying level to break through. Even the powerful evil spirits can be held back for a while under full attack.

This time is enough for the cultivator inside to teleport away.

Therefore, unless faced with higher-ranked spirits or disaster-level evil spirits, staying in the Safe House ensures one remains safe and sound.

In fact, the evil spirits appearing in the Evil Eye’s affected area are mainly wandering and resentment-level spirits, with fierce-level spirits occasionally showing up. The disaster-level spirits usually stay in their lairs and would never come to roam here.

Otherwise, sending a Purple Palace cultivator like Wang Chen to guard against evil spirits would be tantamount to asking for their death.

So for Wang Chen, the most dangerous factor is the sudden emergence of fierce-level evil spirits.

As for the wandering and resentment-level spirits, unless they attack in the thousands at once, Wang Chen has no reason to fear them!

The first thing he did upon returning to the Safe House was compile the findings from today’s patrol into a talisman, then ignite it with heavenly fire.

This special talisman is produced as a pair, with each held by different individuals. When one side writes down the text and uses a spell to incinerate it, the other side can understand the content of the letter.

Wang Chen’s report goes to the high-ranking officials in the Forbidden Prison Office.

As for who they are and what they intend to do, Wang Chen doesn’t care at all—he just needs to take care of himself.

After sending out his "work report," Wang Chen, noticing that it was still early, went to the quiet room to start his daily cultivation.

The area influenced by the Evil Eye is considered a forbidden zone for cultivation; practicing orthodox techniques here is akin to seeking death, as there’s no chance of success and one could easily fall into demonic paths.

Although the Safe House can sense the negative energy, dark forces, and malevolence from the outside, it does not generate any spiritual energy itself. Thus, while the living environment is decent, it cannot meet the daily cultivation needs of cultivators.

The great craftsman who created this large treasure certainly didn’t overlook such issues, so he set up a transformation formation inside that can extract and transform the spiritual energy from spirit stones and spiritual materials to create a suitable environment.

Of course, the spirit stones and spiritual materials must be provided by the cultivator!

It’s fair to say that this isn’t a cost-effective arrangement; in fact, it might even lead to a loss.

Having to spend money on what was originally free is something that doesn’t sit well with the heart!

And Wang Chen definitely wouldn’t settle for anything less. After sealing the doors of his home, he sat in the quiet room and began to draw on the spiritual energy stored in the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil.

Wang Chen could assert that even the best transformation formation can’t compare to the function of this treasure!

Sitting on the meditation mat, Wang Chen focused his heart towards the sky, urged the magical power in his dantian, and absorbed the spiritual energy from the Exorcising Net into his body, soon entering the optimal state of forgetting both self and the world in his cultivation.

He didn’t know how long had passed, but after his essence reached its peak, he finally stopped cultivating.

His Preheaven Five Element Technique gained 1 experience point.

This experience point was hard-won; it is important to note that during this time, Wang Chen had been struggling at the bottom of the immortal city, working tirelessly to gain qualifications.

In the days that followed, Wang Chen woke up early and returned late, spending more time on his cultivation.

He worked hard to break through to the eighth level of the Purple Palace!

As he grew increasingly familiar with the situation surrounding the Evil Eye’s area, he even walked several miles away on foot before returning.

But Wang Chen never ventured even half a step closer to the central Evil Eye; he always remained outside the safe perimeter.

As he grew more accustomed to his surroundings, Wang Chen began to feel that his role as a guard wasn’t so bad. Though solitude was his constant companion, at least he was spared the petty intrigues and schemes of others!

Naturally, Wang Chen kept these thoughts to himself.

Time sped by, and before he knew it, a month had slipped away.

Using the Heavenly Dragon Exorcising Net, Wang Chen had been actively patrolling and eliminating numerous Evil Spirits.

Most of them were of the resentment level.

After being recalled to the Yongle dungeon, Wang Chen first indulged in a hot bath in the city, feeling rejuvenated and lighter on his feet.

Little did he expect that the very next morning, upon reporting for roll call, he would be summoned once again to the Small House by the duty hall staff.

“You’ve done exceptionally well,”

said the chief steward, who had previously assigned him to guard the Evil Eye. “The higher-ups have decided to send you back to guard the Northern Evil Eye.”

What?

Wang Chen couldn’t believe his ears: “But the Lesser Steward just returned from the Western Evil Eye!”

Even a workhorse from the production team isn’t driven this hard!

“Indeed,”

the chief steward replied with a smile. “The higher-ups recognize your considerable expertise in this area, which is precisely why they’ve chosen to entrust you with this crucial responsibility once more.”

According to the chief steward, the cultivator tasked with guarding the Northern Evil Eye had encountered some trouble a couple of days prior.

The details were shrouded in secrecy, and the chief steward was reluctant to divulge more, but he assured Wang Chen that the issue had been resolved. However, with no suitable replacement available, they had no choice but to turn to Wang Chen again.

The capable bear more burdens!

Hearing this, Wang Chen was both irked and amused: “Isn’t guarding the Evil Eye supposed to be a rotational duty? Can’t you just assign someone else directly?”

When trouble arises, they come running to him—what did he get out of it? A measly spirit fragment?

Wasn’t it obvious they thought he was an easy target?

Empty promises were nothing but nonsense, and Wang Chen wasn’t about to accept such a deal. After all, he wasn’t lacking in cultivation resources at the moment.

“The situation here is rather complicated…”

The duty hall chief steward, unflappable even when called out, maintained his composure and continued to explain.

In short, reassigning Wang Chen was a matter of necessity.

The Forbidden Prison Office was severely understaffed, with the number of guards in the Yongle dungeon nearing a historic low.

The circumstances were dire.

“Experienced” guards like Wang Chen were being assigned additional tasks, whether they liked it or not.

But Wang Chen wasn’t buying it.

Being sent back to guard the Evil Eye—there was no way this wasn’t part of some underhanded scheme!

With this conviction, Wang Chen’s resolve hardened.

If they tried to force this task on him, he would demand an appeal to the Forbidden Prison Office for arbitration!

Though guards were low-ranking, they still had channels to seek redress if they faced injustice.

However, such paths were rarely taken, as they came at a high cost.

Even a successful appeal would bring its own set of troubles.

But Wang Chen had reached his limit!

Seeing Wang Chen’s unwavering stance, the chief steward felt a headache coming on.

Left with no other choice, he played his ace in the hole.

The higher-ups would offer Wang Chen additional rewards and compensation!

At this, Wang Chen finally showed a flicker of interest: “What kind of rewards and compensation?”