Chapter 1037

Chapter 1037: Inventory

【Heavenly Merit -100】

The sudden message alert in his vision startled Wang Chen, who was moving away from the nameless small valley.

Wang Chen was quite familiar with this strange deduction of Heavenly Merit; it was undoubtedly someone using the Heavenly Merit technique to trace his causal line.

Although it seemed like just a deduction of 100 points of Heavenly Merit, this number indicated that it was a Yuan Ying-level cultivator who had taken action!

Such a situation was certainly related to his previous intense battle with Lu Hongye and others.

Wang Chen felt relieved that his actions had been decisive; otherwise, there was a 90% chance he would have been cornered by a true immortal in his cavern.

The outcome would have been hard to predict.

This served as another reminder for Wang Chen.

In the Cangqing Realm, he stood as the unrivaled strongest individual, a formidable force beyond comparison.

But returning to the Haotian Realm, he was just a small fish in a vast ocean.

A Golden Core, even a higher-level Golden Core, was not that powerful!

After swiftly fleeing over a thousand miles, Wang Chen found a hidden spot among the rolling mountains, spending half a day digging out a secret cave hidden underground.

This was to serve as his temporary refuge.

After setting up a warning formation at the entrance of the tunnel, Wang Chen hid inside the secret cave and began to tally up his gains.

In nearly ten years since arriving in the Cangqing Realm, he had not yet mastered this small world, but he had truly touched the world’s essence of the Cangqing Realm and established his own milestone within it.

In the future, he would not need to recreate the teleportation formation to return; Wang Chen could rely on the Cangqing Ring in his hand to descend into the small world anytime.

The prerequisite was to charge the Cangqing Ring with sufficient spiritual energy.

From a certain perspective, the Cangqing Realm was Wang Chen’s exclusive small world, giving him the foundation to strive for Yuan Ying, transform into a spirit, and even merge with the Dao and achieve Great Ascension.

Moreover, it was the most powerful and perfect foundation.

Of course, the Cangqing Realm couldn’t be said to belong solely to him; after all, there might be a second teleportation formation or Dao instrument leading to this small world.

However, based on Wang Chen’s understanding of the Cangqing Realm, such a possibility was minuscule and could almost be ignored.

He should have no competitors in conquering the Cangqing Realm.

That was his greatest reward.

Next was Wang Chen’s uncontrolled, rapid advancement in cultivation level upon his return to the Haotian Realm, astonishingly rising from the first level to the seventh level, a leap thousands of times more powerful than any enhancement offered by panels.

Wang Chen speculated that this was likely a reward from the Haotian Realm!

His return had likely brought back a trace of the source power from the Cangqing Realm.

And this was precisely what the Haotian Realm needed, naturally leading to a reward from the Heavenly Dao!

Wang Chen’s deduction was based on his own insights and the knowledge accumulated from the many Dao classics he had previously perused.

As for whether the truth was as he guessed, that still awaited the test of time.

Next, there were his gains from using the Xuan Yuan Formation to slay a group of Golden Core and Purple Palace cultivators.

First, of course, was the nearly 200,000 points of Heavenly Merit obtained.

Wang Chen’s total Heavenly Merit points had surpassed 200,000, enabling him to enhance any two basic attributes by 1 point each.

However, after a quick glance at his Cultivation Panel, he decided to postpone the decision.

His four main attributes—body, root bone, comprehension, and spirit—had each been enhanced five times already, and the sixth enhancement would require 100,000 Heavenly Merit points.

The cost was simply not worth it!

Most importantly, due to his rapid advancement in cultivation level or perhaps the favor of the Heavenly Dao, Wang Chen’s four main attributes had already seen significant improvement compared to before.

Adding another point or two wouldn’t make much of a difference.

Moreover, possibly due to breaking through a certain threshold, his Heavenly Merit points had unlocked a new function: the ability to exchange for luck!

This was a recent discovery for Wang Chen.

By burning Heavenly Merit points, he could exchange them for a certain proportion of luck to enhance himself.

As for the effect of luck, Wang Chen believed it must involve good fortune!

The specifics would require further exploration and research.

But Wang Chen was confident that this new function of Heavenly Merit would prove highly useful, so he could hardly bear to waste it on attributes.

Finally, there were the spoils he had collected from Lu Hongye and his group of cultivators.

He had obtained four complete Xumi Rings, though one was slightly damaged, it hadn’t been fundamentally compromised, and everything inside was well preserved.

Additionally, there were more than twenty storage bags, all with substantial capacity.

Lu Hongye and his companions were not poor loose cultivators; besides their storage equipment, they had many spirit tools and treasures, most of which were undamaged.

Wang Chen released Su Ziling from the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Dragon True Form Image, and together they opened their treasure boxes.

Then…

“Ah!”

“Hmm?”

“Ha!”

Delighted exclamations and gasps repeatedly sounded, all coming from Su Ziling’s shouts and cries.

Spirit stones, spiritual jade, spirit tools and treasures, spiritual materials, spirit pills, spiritual rice, spiritual wine, talismans, and so on—everything one could imagine quickly piled up before them into small hills, their luster illuminating the entire underground cavern, revealing every detail!

The light reflected on Su Ziling’s excited face.

It truly was a gold belt of killing and burning!

Wang Chen couldn’t help but sigh in amazement.

He and Su Ziling roughly counted that they had just opened over 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones and nearly 3,000 high-grade spirit stones!

These spirit stones mainly came from the four Xumi Rings, belonging to four Golden Core cultivators.

Additionally, in Lu Hongye’s Xumi Ring, Wang Chen uncovered four treasures!

This guy was strong in both power and wealth; if he hadn’t fallen into Wang Chen’s scheme and been suppressed by the Xuan Yuan Formation, it would have been uncertain who would take the kill.

Speaking of which, Wang Chen was indeed quite lucky in the battle at the nameless small valley.

As for everything else, it was truly countless; even if sold at a discount, it would still amount to an astonishing fortune.

Wang Chen organized all the items, categorizing them for storage, selecting some for personal use while hiding most in a separate storage ring to sell at a more suitable time in the future.

He even chose a storage ring without a mark, removed the restrictions inside, and gave it to Su Ziling for use.

As for the storage bags, after emptying them of any valuable items, he destroyed them along with all useless junk.

After this flurry of activity, Wang Chen’s pockets felt significantly heavier, boosting his confidence greatly.

Next, he spent seven days in the Secret Cave, consolidating his cultivation level.

Wang Chen’s rapid rise in cultivation level had caused a serious imbalance with the primary technique he practiced, making his power unstable.

This issue could not be resolved in a short period and was not suitable to fix in this temporary refuge.

Wang Chen needed a new place to cultivate.

Therefore, after seven days, he left the Secret Cave and headed for Luodu Immortal City!

Wang Chen planned to check out this Di-level immortal city and see if he could find a suitable place to hide for ten or eight years.

He aimed to elevate his cultivation level to the peak of Golden Core.

Then he would seek the opportunity to challenge the Yuan Ying realm!