Chapter 240
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Chapter 240: Morning in the Town
The pale yellow magical aura silently seeped into the rock layers.
The once rigid rocks instantly softened into mud, even showing signs of overflow.
Wang Chen reached out and grasped, pulling over a large chunk of soft mud, which vanished without a trace in an instant.
A section ahead opened up immediately.
Wang Chen moved forward and repeated his previous action.
Across the entire Mountain-Sea Realm, aside from the Golden Core true masters and Nascent Soul true immortals, even the Purple Palace masters would struggle to find many who could rival him in the Earth and Stone Technique.
At the Perfected Level, Wang Chen had mastered the Earth and Stone Technique to an extraordinary degree.
With the increase in his cultivation level, his speed in digging tunnels now surpassed that at Sunset Peak Manor by several times.
The key factor was that Wang Chen had more than a dozen storage bags hanging from him!
These specially designated storage bags could hold a vast amount of softened stone and mud, greatly enhancing his efficiency.
Considering the looming great calamity, Wang Chen, who planned to cultivate in Dongwu Town until breaking through to open a house, prepared to create another great excavation achievement and dig out a large maze-like hideout.
Currently, the project’s progress had exceeded one-third, and he was digging the second escape tunnel.
This tunnel extended from underground beneath Wang Chen’s home, running north deep into the mountains.
The tunnel went a hundred feet underground, and Wang Chen, like a diligent mole, worked hard at digging.
It felt as though he had returned to his days in the outer sect of the Yunyang Sect.
Wang Chen only stopped working when the magical energy in his dantian was nearly depleted, returning from the tunnel he had just dug to the hidden chamber to gather his energy and recover.
Once his Qi Sea became filled again and his energy, spirit, and mind fully restored, the long night passed.
He returned to his house above ground and quickly washed up.
In fact, many cultivators used the Cleansing Technique to clean their bodies, which was simple, convenient, and effortless.
But Wang Chen maintained the habits from his previous life; whenever conditions permitted, he brushed his teeth once in the morning and once at night with a toothbrush made from pig bristles dipped in tooth powder mixed with bamboo salt.
Additionally, he followed his past preferences for washing his face, soaking his feet, and bathing.
Though such practices held little significance for a practitioner, as his physical condition meant he could go without cleaning for a hundred years without suffering any gum disease, Wang Chen still chose to spend a little time on them.
Perhaps some habits had already seeped into his soul and could not be erased even through rebirth!
After completing his washing, Wang Chen stepped outside to get breakfast.
Recently, he discovered a breakfast shop two streets away that served delicious beast meat pastries and tofu pudding.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As soon as Wang Chen walked out of his home, he heard the crisp sound of clanging from the alley.
At dawn, the doors of the neighboring houses almost opened simultaneously, and several women brought out their night soil buckets.
They greeted each other, chatting and laughing.
“Good morning, Wang Xiu, fellow traveler!”
One plump woman with a face like a silver plate brightened up when she saw Wang Chen just stepping out.
She quickly set down her night soil bucket and bowed to him.
Although Wang Chen had an ordinary appearance, his cultivation at the Qi Training seventh level made him a top presence in this alley, deserving of respect even as a newcomer.
Wang Chen cleared his throat and nodded back, saying, “Good morning, Chen, fellow traveler.”
“Wang Xiu” was his alias.
This woman was his neighbor from across the street, a member of the Chen family, at the fourth realm of Qi Training.
As he spoke, Wang Chen quickened his pace toward the alley entrance.
The cart for collecting night soil was about to arrive, and that smell was truly overwhelming!
Most residents living in this alley were cultivators.
The conditions in loose cultivator towns were far from comparable to those in immortal sects, making life significantly more difficult.
For their three meals a day, very few loose cultivators could enjoy spiritual food at every meal, let alone take pills or practice fasting.
To fill their stomachs, most people had to consume tribute rice and food with very little spiritual energy.
This inevitably led to the troubles of the cycle of grains.
Some people specifically collected the night soil from cultivators to sell it to spiritual plant farmers both inside and outside the town for fertilizing fields.
It was said that the fermented “human fertilizer” had quite a good effect and could significantly increase rice yields.
The environment in the loose cultivator towns really couldn’t compare to the immortal sects situated on spiritual veins.
The people here had to think of every possible way to utilize all available resources to sustain their survival and cultivation.
Wang Chen had a deep understanding of this during his time in Dongwu Town!
As he walked out of the alley, he brushed past a swaying bullock cart.
Wang Chen had heard people discussing in the teahouse that the night soil business in Dongwu Town was contracted out to two cultivators, one surnamed Xu and the other surnamed Ding, and the profits were quite substantial!
Every path has its own way; despite Dongwu Town being just a settlement for loose cultivators, it had its own depths.
After crossing two streets, Wang Chen arrived at the breakfast shop.
Although it was just dawn, many patrons were already seated inside the stall.
“Senior Wang, please come in!”
Seeing Wang Chen, the owner, who was standing in front of the hot oil, immediately greeted him with a warm smile, “Would you like the same as yesterday?”
“Just like yesterday,” Wang Chen replied as he found a place to sit. “One more beast meat pastry, please.”
The beast meat pastries were made with spiritual rice and magical beast meat, making them much more expensive than regular pastries, but they also tasted better.
“Alright!”
The owner of the breakfast stall, at the third level of Qi Training, shouted to his wife, who was at the second level, “Five beast meat pastries, three fried evil spirits, and one bowl of sweet tofu pudding!”
Wang Chen smiled slightly upon hearing that.
The so-called “fried evil spirits” were actually just fried dough sticks, and the method of making them was something he had taught the owner.
As for the name “fried evil spirits,” it was purely Wang Chen’s little quirk.
Thanks to Wang Chen’s guidance, the breakfast stall owner had successfully created it, and it was very popular with the diners.
Thus, he was especially warm and polite to Wang Chen, not only because of his high cultivation level.
Soon, five beast meat pastries, three fried dough sticks, and a steaming bowl of sweet tofu pudding were placed on the table, allowing Wang Chen to feast.
In fact, he preferred savory tofu pudding over sweet, which was made by adding soy sauce, fried skins, seaweed, pickled vegetables, scallions, and other seasonings.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t gather all those ingredients here, and the taste was far from what he remembered.
In contrast, he could settle for sweet tofu pudding.
The beast meat pastries were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with rich, sweet meat juices, while the fried dough sticks were crispy and delicious, pairing wonderfully with the sweet tofu pudding—so soothing to the stomach.
Wang Chen felt thoroughly satisfied after such a simple breakfast, sensing that life had ascended to a new level.
After paying for his breakfast, he set off toward the market in Dongwu Town amidst the owner’s warm farewells.
Today, Wang Chen planned to set up a stall there, and if he was late, there might not be any spots left.
