Chapter 741 -741 Journey to Green Hill (Continued 2)
Indeed, he has a background.
Wang Chen sneered to himself.
If the Heavenly Merit he just lost was 100, then his pressure must have been immense—being targeted by a Nascent Soul True Immortal was not a pleasant thing.
For a Golden Core True Person, it was no matter.
With Wang Chen’s current cultivation level and strength, coupled with the power of the External Core, fighting several rounds with a regular True Person was no issue.
Updat𝓮d from freewēbnoveℓ.com.
Escaping was also completely possible.
...
If it was a high-tier Golden Core, he might even have a chance to escape by sacrificing the External Core.
The key was that Ever Prosperous Immortal City was very special; it had no high walls, nor was the City-Protecting Array activated, and inside was a mix of good and bad folks. With Wang Chen disguised and hiding among them, he was quite safe.
Thus, Wang Chen quickly put the bounty notice out of his mind.
In the following two days, Wang Chen wandered around the city, buying many items characteristic of the local area.
Including some common Artifact Refining materials.
The prices in Ever Prosperous Immortal City were truly more reasonable than those in Thousand Star Immortal City; he even considered coming back here for supplies in the future.
In addition, while Wang Chen was browsing street stalls, he bid and got his hands on three pieces of Ancient Sealed Jade.
There were many Loose Cultivators in Ever Prosperous Immortal City, and such business akin to gambling was incredibly popular; no one knew where these guys got their stuff.
Regrettably, all three pieces of the sealed jade crumbled, wastefully costing him several thousand Spirit Stones.
Wang Chen thus suspected that perhaps he had not been performing good deeds lately, which led to a decline in fate, causing him to miss any good finds.
This was indeed a possibility!
However, he didn’t have time to search for good deeds to do because the appointed two hours with Hu Fei had arrived.
As agreed, Wang Chen went to the same place where he had met the other party last time.
After only a short wait, Hu Fei appeared.
Seeing Wang Chen, he showed a strange smile, almost exactly like a fox’s.
Wang Chen instantly felt dizzy and his consciousness blurred.
He had been trapped!
This was the only thing he thought of before passing out.
He didn’t know how much time had passed as he remained dazed, as if caught in a dream from which he could never awaken.
Until whispers tickled his ear.
“Who is this?”
“Don’t know, how did he end up lying here?”
“Ah, look, he doesn’t have a tail, how strange!”
“What’s so strange about no tail? My uncle has no tail!”
“That’s because your uncle is hiding it.”
“How do you know this one isn’t hiding it too?”
“But, but he looks different from daddy and the others.”
“How is he different!”
The originally quiet discussions quickly turned into loud clamor, which not only woke Wang Chen from his stupor but also annoyed him so much that he couldn’t help but roar, “Shut up!”
The noise around him vanished in an instant.
Wang Chen sat up abruptly from the ground and opened his eyes, exhaling a long breath.
That was suffocating!
At this moment, Wang Chen startlingly realized he was in a beautiful mountain valley shaded by lush trees.
Beneath him was soft, green grass, surrounded by towering trees, with a stream flowing nearby.
And the source of the stream was a waterfall at the deepest part of the valley.
The waterfall, a hundred feet high, cascaded down like a milky galaxy, with mist engulfing and rainbows darting across as the thunderous sound faintly reached his ears.
There were mountains beyond mountains, and a cyan peak stretching into the clouds stood amidst heaven and earth, its majesty and splendor beyond words!
Green Hill, the holy land of the Fox Tribe!
Wang Chen’s mind was completely captivated by the sight, so much so that he ignored the situation around him.
“Hey!”
A crisp voice brought him back to reality, “Who are you? How did you come to our place?”
Wang Chen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a little girl with her hair in twin buns curiously staring at him.
The little girl seemed to be about eight or nine years old, dressed in a white short skirt, with bright eyes and pearly teeth, and pointed ears, a big fluffy tail standing up behind her.
A fox woman?
It was only then that Wang Chen noticed there were about a dozen other children around, all pointed-eared little creatures with tails!
Some of them looked astonished, some wary, and others eager to try.
Had he stumbled into a den of foxes?
Where had Hu Fei gone?
And Hu Jiaojiao!
Wang Chen calmed his mind and simply sat down, flashing a friendly smile at the little fox girl in front of him, “Hello, do you know where Hu Jiaojiao is? I’m here on her invitation.”
The little fox girl’s shiny big eyes twirled, and with a pout, she said, “You haven’t told me who you are yet!”
Wang Chen had no choice but to reply, “I am Wang Chen, a human cultivator.”
“Ah!”
Instantly, a chorus of shocked cries rang out, including the little fox girl; all the fox children took to their heels and ran.
As if Wang Chen were some flood beast!
“A human, really a human!”
“Wuu wuu wuu, Mother save me, there’s a person here!”
“Wah~ I don’t want to be eaten by a human!”
Wang Chen, with three black lines appearing on his forehead, quickly shouted, “I’m not a bad guy, I won’t eat you all.”
They ran even faster.
Only the little fox girl stopped in her tracks and, hesitating, approached Wang Chen again, “Are you really not a bad person?”
“Really not.”
Wang Chen, smiling wryly, said, “Like I said, I came here at the invitation of Hu Jiaojiao. If I were a bad person, would your sister invite me over?”
“Makes sense.”
The little fox girl seemed to understand, then asked, “So, what do you want with her?”
Wang Chen patiently explained, “It’s very important, just ask her to come over, and you’ll find out, I won’t run away from here.”
This was the Fox Tribe’s holy land; although he did not know why Hu Fei had left him here, staying put was undoubtedly the best choice.
The little fox girl’s eyes rolled around, “Then what’s in it for me?”
Already asking for benefits?
Wang Chen was speechless.
But that wasn’t a problem for Wang Chen, as he frowned and an idea formed in his mind.
“Wait a moment,”
Wang Chen took out from the Sumeru Ring…
A refrigerator!
First, he activated the cooling mechanism of the Frost Artifact inside it, then took out the various ingredients for making ice cream.
In just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, a full box of ice cream in various flavors was freshly made!
Wang Chen handed a stick of ice cream to the little fox girl with a smile, “Try this and see.”
The little fox girl hesitated but accepted the ice cream.
She did not eat it right away; her small hand fumbled inside her sleeve, and surprisingly, she pulled out a Brocade Fur Rat.
“Squeak squeak!”
The little fox girl brought the ice cream close to the Brocade Fur Rat’s nose, which smelled it vigorously, then squeaked a few times.
Only then did the little fox girl show a satisfied expression and put the Brocade Fur Rat back into her sleeve.
She then stuck out her tiny tongue and licked the ice cream in her hand.
The next moment, her eyes widened in surprise!
Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp…
An ice cream three fingers thick was licked down to just a stick by the little fox girl, disappearing at a visible rate.
“I want more!”
——–
The first update is here.