Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 82: But Do Good
Upon forming his Dao Heart, Wang Chen felt as if he had shed a burden of ten thousand jin.

His entire being was much relaxed.

In fact, his Dao Mind was quite rogue-ish, deeply imbibed with the essence of the yellow school of thought.

However, for a transmigrator from a modern civilized society, such a Dao Mind was the most fitting for himself.

“I only do what I think is right!”

This would not conflict with the beliefs he had formed over more than twenty years of his previous life.

With such conviction, Wang Chen was also able to subdue the Heavenly Dragon within his heart, preventing it from causing trouble!

He began to take stock of the gains from this adventure.

From the storage bag of the Black-faced Cultivator, Wang Chen took out several hundred Low Spirit and thousands of Fragmented Spirit Stones.

Besides Spirit Stones, there was nothing else!

Without a doubt, these Spirit Stones were all acquired from “selling” the rice seeds.

Each one tainted with the blood and flesh of low-level cultivators like himself.

These guys really deserved to die!

Wang Chen’s righteous anger was not solely directed at the newly appointed Village Chief’s lieutenant.

He knew the other was just a lackey.

Merely a vicious dog kept by those higher-ups.

But if bitten by a dog, one must strike back fiercely!

The contents of the other storage bag were more miscellaneous, with talismans, pills, spirit rice, and beast meat all present.

The sole magic artifact was a Goose-quill Saber, standard issue for the Outer Sect.

Such a saber, Wang Chen possessed one himself.

It was not valuable and he could not sell it.

But the combined value of the two storage bags was also over a thousand Spirit Stones.

Wang Chen consolidated them into a single storage bag.

He now had as many as five storage bags at his disposal, allowing him to store various items separately.

After dealing with the spoils of war, Wang Chen took out the Thousand Mechanisms Changing mask again.

This mask was quite sinister.

Previously, when he impersonated the monk Zhi Shen, he completely entered into character, feeling as though he had really become that helpless officer forced onto Liangshan.

That punch carried an endless surge of injustice!

And that poem…

Wang Chen did not believe his acting skills were that remarkable.

He suspected that the mask had a mystery to it that he had yet to uncover.

At this moment, Wang Chen discovered something new on his Immortal Cultivation panel.

[Thousand Mechanisms Changing (Sealed): 104/100000]

The seal-breaking point count had increased by 100 points!

When the Thousand Mechanisms Changing mask was first acquired, the seal-breaking point count was at 3.

Wang Chen had once tried boosting it with 1 point of Human Virtue, turning it into 4 points.

After that, he had completely given up hope.

With a total of 100,000 points needed to break the seal, when would he ever accumulate enough?

Let it remain sealed then, as long as it could change his appearance, it was enough.

Unexpectedly, this one disguise had netted him 100 points.

Although this was a drop in the bucket compared to the total of 100,000 points, it unquestionably gave Wang Chen hope of unlocking this equipment!

After some thought, Wang Chen placed the Thousand Mechanisms Changing mask back into the storage bag.

Then he added 1 point to his Divine Soul attribute.

[Divine Soul: 3+11]

The Black-faced Cultivator’s level was at the fifth level of Qi Cultivation, whereas the Spirit Planting Hall Disciple was at the sixth level.

Together, the two had granted Wang Chen 11 points of Heavenly Merit.

Since his Root Bone and Comprehension had already twice been enhanced, a third enhancement would likely require 100 points of Heavenly Merit.

Therefore, he resolutely invested the Heavenly Merit he had just acquired into his Divine Soul, which had only been enhanced once.

The higher the Divine Soul attribute, the sharper the Perception, even to the point of sensing the approach of danger.

Moreover, Wang Chen felt that his success in effortlessly forming a Dao Heart was directly related to his high Divine Soul score!

Adding points there was definitely the right choice.

Dressed in a clean set of clothes, Wang Chen left the secret room and returned to the room above ground.

He went to visit Old Sun, his neighbor.

Old Sun’s family had also suffered greatly from the recent troubles, and it was only right, both emotionally and rationally, for him to pay them a visit.

Check to see if anyone needs help.

One of the doors of Old Sun’s house had fallen down, and the courtyard was a scene of disarray.

Wang Chen knocked on the intact door panel and asked loudly, “Old Sun, are you home?”

After a moment, a woman with swollen red eyes hurried out from the inner room.

It was Lady Li.

Upon seeing Wang Chen, she quickly came forward to greet him: “Greetings to the Immortal Master.”

Lady Li had been living with Old Sun along with her son for some time now.

Naturally, she recognized Wang Chen.

Her voice was hoarse.

Wang Chen replied with a greeting, “Auntie, are you all okay?”

Lady Li immediately burst into tears.

Wang Chen sensed trouble: “Is he gone?”

Lady Li hastily wiped her tears and shook her head, “His injuries are very serious, and he still hasn’t woken up.”

Wang Chen said solemnly, “Take me to see him!”

In the room, he saw Old Sun lying unconscious on the bed.

The old Spiritual Plant Farmer’s face was pale as gold paper, with a trace of blood still remaining at his nose and mouth; he looked to be in extremely bad shape.

And Lady Li’s son, with a blank look in his eyes, sat by the side, half of his face swollen.

Wang Chen frowned, “Why didn’t you go to call a doctor?”

With the state Old Sun was in, it was likely that even Healing Pills would be of little use.

Lady Li said with teary eyes, “We’ve traded all our Spirit Stones for rice seeds.”

Wang Chen immediately took out ten Low Spirit Stones and handed them to her, “Go call a doctor right away, I’ll cover the consultation fee.”

In the dozens of Defense Areas of the Outer Sect of the Cloud Sun faction, there are doctors in residence.

Additionally, there are medically trained neighbors in the village.

But to invite them for a house call would definitely require Spirit Stones.

Lady Li had no Spirit Stones, so she could only watch Old Sun suffer.

Wang Chen was helping with the cost not only because of their relationship.

These Spirit Stones originally belonged to the latter!

Lady Li hesitated, “But…”

These days, no family has it easy.

Lady Li knew somewhat of Wang Chen’s family’s situation and didn’t feel right taking his Spirit Stones.

“It’s nothing,”

Wang Chen explained, “I have an uncle in the sect who helps out, and we can still get by. Saving people is what’s important, go quickly!”

“Thank you, Immortal Master!”

Lady Li no longer hesitated and hurriedly took the Spirit Stones and left to call the doctor.

Wang Chen stayed behind, dissolving a Healing Pill in mountain spring water and administering it to Old Sun.

It might not be the exact cure, but at least it could hang on to life.

Seeing that Lady Li’s son was also injured, he gave him a pill to take as well.

Wang Chen wasn’t looking for anything in return; he just wanted his conscience to be clear.

Before long, a doctor was brought over by Lady Li.

He examined Old Sun’s condition and treated his internal injuries by setting his bones correctly.

Old Sun soon regained consciousness.

But he couldn’t speak for the time being.

He was relatively lucky.

Even though he had been beaten badly, there was no danger to his life.

After the doctor left, Wang Chen gave Lady Li five more Low Spirit Stones, “Use this to help the elder recover his strength.”

That was all the help he could offer.

And he could only help out Old Sun so much.

Otherwise, showing too much generosity could invite suspicion, and the Punishment and Defense Halls weren’t there just for show!

Lady Li was naturally effusive with her thanks.

After sending Wang Chen off, she returned to the room, sat by the bed, and tearfully said, “We really owe Wang Chen a big one this time, otherwise I really wouldn’t have known what to do.”

“Those people from the Defense Area, they truly deserve to be struck by heavenly lightning…”

Lady Li kept on talking, completely unaware that a complex expression had appeared on the pallid face of Old Sun lying on the bed!

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The second update is here.