Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Harvesting, drying, threshing...

The task of producing rice from five hundred mu of Spirit Fields by himself was undoubtedly a daunting one for Wang Chen.

Fortunately, he was now a cultivator of the intermediate level of the Purple Mansion, and he had prepared a set of tools from the Spiritual Plant Farmer, combined with the fact that the ripening of the crops in the Three Heroes Valley happened in stages, made the work not especially tiring.

But the joy of harvest was indeed genuine.

Having been in the Yin Nether Realm for about four or five months, the total yield of over eighty thousand jin of rice was his greatest achievement in pioneering this land!

During this period, Wang Chen had returned to Weifa City once, where he sold half of his Spirit Rice.

The trading partner was, of course, the Sect's Law Hall, because only there could he exchange for essential resources like the rice seeds.

The amount of Spirit Rice needed to exchange for the seeds was not much.

The rest, he did not exchange for Merit Points but instead traded for a Puppet Servant Taoist Soldier!

Wang Chen had discovered that the exchange rate for Spirit Rice into Merit Points was very low, and it was not a worthwhile trade at all.

Obviously, the Sect had no particular need for the Spirit Rice and thus could not offer high Merit Points.

This was actually quite normal.

Wang Chen decisively chose the most practical thing.

The Puppet Servant Taoist Soldier was a high-grade item among Puppet Mechanisms, with high defense and strong attack capabilities, able to cast spells through its built-in array, and excellently capable of executing the master's orders.

Quite "intelligent".

The Puppet Servant Taoist Soldier that Wang Chen obtained was of the Spiritual Artifact tier, with five spells built-in, which made it most suitable for guarding a home.

Wang Chen chose it, of course, to guard his own Spirit Fields.

Unfortunately, such items were too expensive, and their daily use required a significant consumption of Spirit Stones, otherwise, Wang Chen would have bought ten or eight at a time to place around the perimeter, and then his position in the Defense Area would have been worry-free.

And on this return trip to Weifa City, Wang Chen received some news.

A Yin Sha surge seemed very likely to erupt soon!

The Yin Sha surge could be considered a natural disaster of the Yin Nether Realm, though this only applied to outsiders.

Once the Yin Sha surge arose, even the dark moon would lose its luster, and the bone-piercingly cold wind would sweep across the land; even Purple Mansion cultivators with Magical Armor could not survive in the wilderness without shelter.

You should know that once the Yin Sha surge burst forth, the dense Yin Sha Energy would ravage everywhere with the wind.

If a cultivator carelessly allowed the Yin Sha Energy to invade their body and couldn't remove it in time, the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, both the emergence and disappearance of the Yin Sha surge were very sudden. Although there were some signs beforehand, no one could guarantee when exactly it would break out.

Or if it would not break out at all.

And according to the Sect's rules, even if a Yin Sha surge struck, pioneering cultivators couldn't shrink back in Weifa City to avoid it.

Unless they gave up their pioneering tasks, upon returning, they would be expelled from the Inner Sect!

Incapable and useless, what right do they have to hold a position in the Inner Sect?

This rule was incredibly ruthless, and it also highlighted the Sect's iron-blooded attitude toward disciple training.

Wang Chen didn't intend to avoid the natural disaster, but he also didn't continue to plant more Three Heroes Valley. After harvesting the last batch of ripe rice, he made another trip to Weifa City.

He purchased a large amount of supplies out of his own pocket.

Once the Yin Sha surge rose, it could last as short as one or two months or as long as half a year.

Although it didn't appear every year, one must be prepared as soon as it appeared, otherwise, when the time came, the Defense Area would become an isolated island, with almost no connection to the outside, forcing one to rely on themselves for survival.

What Wang Chen hadn't expected was that just after returning to his Defense Area, a visitor came calling!

"Senior Brother Wang."

The visitor was a beautiful female cultivator, who greeted Wang Chen with a radiant smile and a bow, "I apologize for the intrusion, please do not take offense."

"Junior Sister Yun, you are too polite."

Wang Chen invited her to sit in the living room of the Defense Area and then prepared to make Spiritual Tea to entertain his guest.

This Junior Sister Yun Feifei was one of the Inner Sect Disciples who had descended into the Yin Nether Realm with him.

Among the thirty-eight in the Purple Mansion, there were only five female cultivators.

Yun Feifei was indeed one of them.

Purple Mansion third-tier cultivation level.

To be honest, Wang Chen had considerable respect for female cultivators who dared to pioneer the Yin Nether Realm.

After all, it was arduous and dangerous work.

Among cultivators, males have always outnumbered females, and a Purple Mansion female cultivator with outstanding talent, might even become the Dao companion of a Golden Core True Person.

Let alone those of the same tier, they would certainly have many pursuers.

A Purple Mansion female cultivator like Yun Feifei could completely cling to a "golden thigh" and thereafter comfortably lie down and improve her cultivation level.

Yun Feifei was not a member of the Mutual Alliance Society, and Wang Chen had only met her once.

He only remembered her name.

As for the intentions of this female cultivator, Wang Chen was still quite curious.

"Senior Brother, let me do it,"

Seeing that Wang Chen was about to take action himself, Yun Feifei quickly intervened, "I have a puppet servant I can use."

With that, she took a human-shaped puppet mechanism out of her storage bag.

A puppet servant is just that, a puppet attendant without much combat ability, specially used to serve people.

The puppet servant Yun Feifei brought out was a maid, crafted to look lifelike, with a set of movements for boiling water and preparing tea as smooth as flowing clouds and water, clearly not an ordinary item.

Wang Chen couldn't help but take a second look.

Noticing this, Yun Feifei smiled with pursed lips and said, "Junior Brother Wang, I brought a total of four puppet servants with me during my time in the Yin Nether Realm, and one person doesn't need so many. I will give you this one."

Hmm?

Wang Chen thought, can there actually be such a good deal?

"Junior Sister Yun, you are too polite, but I can't accept rewards without merit,"

He was very aware of one thing: Free gifts are often the most expensive.

This Junior Sister's purpose was unclear, and to take things from someone for no reason is like the saying: receiving favors softens the tongue, and perhaps he would need to pay a greater price to even out the kindness, which would then be undesirable.

Yun Feifei, who also had a clever mind, immediately said, "Senior Brother, the main reason for my visit is that our territories are quite close, and I hope that we can watch over each other and provide mutual assistance in the future."

Wang Chen nodded, "That is as it should be."

The territory Yun Feifei chose, Wujiuyi, was indeed close to where Wang Chen was in Wujiuwu, so calling them neighbors was not an overstatement.

The two were only separated by two to three hundred li, and one could quickly arrive there by sword flight.

"There's also…"

Yun Feifei continued, "I heard Senior Brother planted a lot of Three Heroes Valley and wanted to buy a batch of spirit rice from you. I wonder if Senior Brother is willing?"

Buying Spirit Rice, huh!

Wang Chen was not surprised that she knew he planted Three Heroes Valley, he just didn't expect that this fellow sect female cultivator would come for this reason. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "That's possible."

With more than 80,000 catties of paddy, he had produced nearly 60,000 catties of Spirit Rice, of which Wang Chen had used half.

He still had 30,000 catties left.

Since Yun Feifei had brought it up, he simply exchanged 5,000 catties of Spirit Rice for her puppet servant.

The price of the puppet servant certainly couldn't compare with those of puppet Taoist soldiers, but it was still very good for everyday chores like serving tea and water, suitable for a solitary cultivator like Wang Chen.

Both parties were overjoyed.

At this time, the spiritual tea was already brewed.

While drinking tea, Yun Feifei sat across from Wang Chen and they talked.

Through this female cultivator, Wang Chen learned a lot of information.

That included some things about the Mutual Alliance Society!

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The second update is delivered.