Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Treasure Pavilion...

Looking at the three True Seal Talisman Script on the stone door, Wang Chen really wanted to talk.

Is this the reward for clearing the instance?

It had to be said that the Ancient Immortal Sect, which built the Nine Dragons Land Palace as a training ground for disciples, was indeed quite creative.

Wang Chen carefully inspected the stone door and discovered a hexagonal recess in the center, with a rectangular groove beneath it, seemingly where something had once been set.

His heart moved, and he pressed the earthy yellow crystal in his hand onto the hexagonal recess.

Click!

It fit perfectly, without a seam.

The ancient bronze stone door suddenly shook, and its surface began to exude a faint glow.

But after waiting for a moment, Wang Chen encountered no further movement.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

That's it?

He thought for a bit, then shifted his gaze to the rectangular groove below.

It can't be, can it?

Wang Chen took out a long strip of stone from the Sumeru Ring, which he had acquired from the Demon Cultivator Yang Yi, and tried to fit it into the groove.

He had originally thought it was an Ancient Sealed Jade, but later discovered it could be placed into a Storage Bag, and couldn't understand its origins.

With a "click," the jade stone perfectly matched the groove!

Humming sound~

The stone door suddenly began to shake violently, and the talismans carved onto its surface lit up one by one in dazzling, flowing colors.

The intense light forced Wang Chen to close his eyes involuntarily.

The next moment, a powerful, unmatched suction force suddenly pulled him forward.

Before Wang Chen had time to react, he found himself within a room ten feet square.

In the center of the room was an ancient-looking table, on which were placed a Jade Slip, a short blade, and a white jade box.

All three items were enveloped in a transparent film of light.

Without any explicit explanation, as if the room could impart its information to the intruder, Wang Chen instantly understood that these were the rewards he deserved.

But he could only choose one of the three.

I want them all!

Wang Chen's thought was excellent, but unfortunately, his intuition told him that the rule of choosing one of three was not something he could defy.

The result of greed might be not getting anything at all, or even losing his life!

Wang Chen suppressed the unrealistic impulse in his heart and seriously considered which item he should choose.

There was only one chance, and once he chose, there was no going back.

And he couldn't even touch them first.

His gaze swept over the Jade Slip, short blade, and white jade box in turn.

The Jade Slip was most likely a Cultivation Technique, the short blade was definitely a weapon, and what was inside the white jade box was hard to say; it could be Pills, Talismans, or some natural treasures.

So, what should he choose?

Just as Wang Chen's gaze fell on the white jade box, the Creation Cauldron hanging in front of his chest suddenly vibrated.

And it became hot!

"Eh?"

Wang Chen was momentarily stunned.

He felt that there was some connection between his treasure and the white jade box, which caused such a violent reaction.

That's the one!

Wang Chen was never the type to be indecisive or hesitant, so since the Creation Cauldron had made the choice for him, he would let this treasure decide.

After all, there was no way he could lose out!

He reached out for the white jade box.

Wang Chen's hand penetrated the light film without any hesitation, grasping the box in his hand.

In that instant, he felt dizzy, completely losing control with everything turning white around him, unable to distinguish up from down, left from right, and finding himself in a state of weightlessness.

It felt as long as a century, yet it seemed to happen in the blink of an eye.

When Wang Chen's consciousness and vision returned to normal, he was astonished to find himself surrounded by a brightly lit, noisy, and bustling environment, filled with the vitality of people.

Wang Chen had actually returned to the Nine Dragons Great Hall, standing in front of the transmission stone pillar!

Surprise, curiosity, confusion...

All sorts of peculiar gazes focused on him, brimming with an intense sense of inquiry.

Wang Chen's appearance at the time was quite terrible; his robe was severely damaged, and it was also stained with spots of blood.

It was evident that he had just been through a gruesome battle.

And even more people's gazes were fixed on the box tightly held in Wang Chen's hand.

This white jade box shone with a luminous glow, its entire body pure and flawless; anyone could tell that it was extraordinary.

These gazes carried much greed!

Having snapped out of it, Wang Chen discreetly stuffed the white jade box into his chest.

He had just found out that this item couldn't be put into the Sumeru Ring either.

"This junior brother..."

Just at that moment, a Purple Mansion cultivator approached with a smile, attempting to strike up a conversation.

Wang Chen didn't give the other party the slightest glance and turned his head to walk toward the exit of the hall.

He was now only interested in figuring out the situation, without any thought of pretense or flattery.

That Purple Mansion cultivator stood in surprise, a hint of embarrassment and annoyance flashing through his eyes, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

Wang Chen didn't care that much, upon leaving the Nine Dragons Great Hall and returning to the ground, he swiftly summoned his Glowing Light sword and flew towards Wanling City.

At the same time, he sent out a Message Talisman.

When Wang Chen was nearing Wanling City, he received a reply.

Half a two-hour period later, Wang Chen met Zuo Xiaomo at the Xu Family's place.

"Senior Brother Wang!"

Upon seeing Wang Chen, Zuo Xiaomo was as if he had seen a long-lost relative, almost moved to tears, "It's so good that you could come back!"

Having just taken a bath and changed clothes, the refreshed Wang Chen smiled and said, "It's good that you're unharmed."

Previously, Wang Chen had been very worried about Zuo Xiaomo's safety.

If the latter ended up in the same situation as himself, he probably would have found it very difficult to make it back alive.

He asked seriously, "Do you know what happened?"

Zuo Xiaomo sighed, "It's a long story."

It turned out that when he was teleported to the second layer of the Nine Dragons Land Palace, he found that Wang Chen had not come with him.

But all the other Outer Sect disciples participating in the assessment were there.

It wasn't just Zuo Xiaomo who experienced the same situation; in fact, all the Purple Mansion Taoist Protectors who were teleported at the same time had disappeared!

What was worse, everyone discovered they had been transferred to an unknown region!

This scared everyone terribly.

For their own safety, they could only huddle together for warmth, forming teams to explore and search for the way back.

During this process, they encountered attacks from monsters and evil wraiths.

Some disciples were seriously injured, and there were also unfortunate casualties in battle.

Zuo Xiaomo was lucky; he mixed in with the team and didn't meet with any major crisis, persisting until he left the unknown area.

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By the time he returned to Wanling City, it was already the seventh day of the assessment.

After the West Sea Sect learned about the situation, they immediately closed the Nine Dragons Land Palace again, but soon after they reopened it.

Because missing Taoist Protectors were gradually coming back.

The Sect speculated that the transmission array in the Nine Dragons Great Hall might not have been very stable.

Now, they don't allow Qi Cultivation cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators to be teleported together.

As for the disciples who returned safely, they are all counted as having passed the assessment.

That is to say, Zuo Xiaomo is now a formal Outer Sect disciple of the West Sea Sect!

Then, he had been waiting for news of Wang Chen.

Wang Chen couldn't help but ask, "How long was I missing?"

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