Chapter 22 Excellent Sleep

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Under the bright light, a brand-new Joy Coin spun to the top of its parabolic trajectory and landed in the open backpack beside the bed.

The third day after the fierce battle at the spire.

After a busy day, Master Wang returned to a high-end hotel in the Happy City dance hall area on the 46th floor. He lay down on a soft, two-meter-wide bed and let out a soft breath.

This is a deluxe king room costing two Happy Coins per night, complete with a white porcelain bathtub, and…

A toilet that can be flushed at will without needing to insert coins.

He quite liked this chamber pot; it was much better than the wooden bucket he used before he went up the mountain.

Wang Jixuan glanced at the backpack, the bottom of which was covered with Happy Coins and fixed-amount Happy Coin credit cards.

This is all the savings of Kooncho.

Master Wang turned his head and glanced at the several jars of blood from deactivated Blade Beasts on the table, the several iron boxes containing complete exoskeletons of Blade Beasts, and the Soul-Capturing Talismans pressed under the iron boxes…

He felt a subtle sense of accomplishment.

This is how cultivation works: inner sect elders only need to focus on their arduous practice, while outer sect elders have many more things to consider.

In this life, he retraced the path to ascension, having to earn every resource himself, and surprisingly, he felt a sense of fulfillment.

Is this what it means to temper one’s heart in the mortal world?

Wang Jixuan raised his hand to his forehead.

He recently discovered that he seems to have a real talent for becoming a demonic cultivator…

After fighting with Wen Heisen, the third-in-command of the Blackfire Gang known as “Giant Bone Fish,” Wang Jixuan put away his contempt for these gangs.

The whereabouts of the Blackfire Gang’s big boss remain a mystery. Wang Jixuan has begun to suspect that this boss was never in the lower city, and that the Blackfire Gang was being remotely controlled by someone in the upper city.

Now, for Wang Jixuan, this BOSS is actually secondary.

Psionicists and Blade Beasts.

Wang Jixuan had a strong premonition that these two events were definitely related to his future path of cultivation!

The spiritual energy in the air of this world is too thin. If one wants to become an immortal through meditation and ascetic cultivation, the lifespan at each stage will probably not be enough. He might cultivate until he dies of old age and still not be able to condense the golden core…

Spirit stones, demon cores, or other treasures containing spiritual energy are extremely important to Wang Jixuan.

The Black Fire Gang holds relevant clues.

What Wang Jixuan wanted to do most right now was to give Wen Heisen a head massage and then casually apply a soul-capturing talisman.

However, there’s no chance for now.

The Blackfire Gang has now imposed martial law throughout the territory, with drones flying everywhere and lights turned up to the maximum, searching for ‘Mu Liang’s’ whereabouts without any blind spots.

Wang Jixuan could only temporarily avoid the limelight and take the opportunity to prepare.

He used the coins from the lower city to pave the way and found quite a lot of 【Dead Blade Beast Blood】, enough to make a thousand low-level talismans;

Some 【Blade Beast Exoskeleton】 have also been found. Once you find some ore, you can try to refine some bone-piercing nail-type magical artifacts.

But he didn’t find even a single demon core of the Blade Beast.

Wang Jixuan speculated that if such cultivation resources really exist, they are likely controlled by the powerful and influential in the fortress, especially the Thirteen Institutes.

If he gains nothing from the Blackfire Gang matter, then after his cultivation reaches the Gathering Spirit Realm or even higher, he will continue to deal with Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na, asking them to help him find the Blade Beast Demon Core.

For this, Wang Jixuan was willing to pay a price that would not endanger his own safety.

For example, helping Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na improve blood circulation, helping their relatives and friends cure some difficult diseases, giving them some self-created breathing techniques to prolong life, and so on.

—If he can obtain the necessary cultivation resources on his own, then he should continue to maintain a certain distance from Zhou and Wei.

In the past two days, Wang Jixuan has also been searching for other materials to refine magical artifacts.

This left him even more speechless.

Almost all the metals he could access had been reused many times and had lost all their spiritual energy; most of them were alloys.

What he needs is ore.

The kind that’s freshly dug up and has a spiritual aura.

Wang Jixuan was already starting to worry about his future sword control skills.

What is most important when one is adrift in the immortal realm?

Of course, a top-quality flying sword with shimmering water!

“Sigh, let’s take our time looking. These things have to be done one by one.”

Wang Jixuan kept calculating in his mind.

“Next, I need to find a way back to the forty-ninth floor, find an opportunity to eliminate Wen Heisen, and obtain the secrets of the psionicists. If I can find the Blade Beast Demon Core in the Blackfire Gang, that would be even better.”

‘We can’t let that mysterious boss of the Blackfire Gang escape. We need to find out his whereabouts as soon as possible and put an end to this karmic entanglement.’

‘I wonder about the extent of Wen Heisen’s injuries. Will he call down more psionicists to help?’

Wang Jixuan closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly jolted awake, sat up, and quickly formed hand seals.

Embrace the original essence and guard the oneness; internalize the circulation of Qi.

“Cultivation must not be neglected; strive to reach the state of abundant vital energy as soon as possible.”

Wang Jixuan flicked his finger, and a wisp of energy precisely struck the chandelier switch.

clatter.

The room immediately plunged into darkness.

Outside the concrete-sealed windows lies the bustling night market of the “dance hall district” in the city of pleasure. The dazzling lights and decadent scenes easily lead one to mistakenly believe that humanity’s golden age has not yet passed.

Wang Jixuan had only been in meditation for a short time.

Snap, snap.

Light footsteps came from the thickly carpeted corridor.

The soul-capturing talisman, which was pressed under the iron box and sealed the soul of the ‘bartender’, fluttered slightly.

Someone is approaching.

Wang Jixuan suddenly opened his eyes, silently jumped from the bedside to the corner behind the door, and placed his legs firmly on the walls on both sides, carefully sensing the situation outside the door.

‘Such a strong aura of malevolence.’

There were five people in the corridor, each breathing very lightly and making very faint footsteps.

His whereabouts have been exposed?

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Did the Blackfire Gang send elite thugs to retaliate?

Or is there some other situation?

Thump! Thump!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and a young woman called out in a high-pitched voice:

“Hello, could the server who brings you hot water please come to the door to meet you?”

Wang Jixuan did not answer. He held his breath, his left hand gripping five gleaming utility knife blades, and his right hand holding a pistol fitted with a silencer.

The sound of a conversation being conducted in hushed tones could be heard from outside.

“Is nobody here?”

“The scanner didn’t find any living people in the room. I mean, not on the bed, not in the bathroom, not under the bed. That’s strange.”

“It might be a trap. Prepare high-frequency flashbangs. Our goal is to bring him back, by whatever means necessary and whether he’s injured or not… Brush the door open.”

Click, sizzle—

The electronic lock, which the hotel staff claimed could resist all kinds of electromagnetic interference, was easily cracked by the five people outside.

A black aluminum can was thrown in from outside, and the door was slammed shut.

Snap!

A blinding light instantly filled the entire space!

Even though Wang Jixuan reacted quickly and raised his hand to cover his eyes, large white patches still appeared in front of his eyes!

One person kicked open the door, and three men and women carrying rifles rushed in at the same time. One person knelt on one knee, two others swept their gun barrels left and right, and they tacitly blocked three areas inside the room with the muzzles of their guns, while the other two stood guard at the door.

Wang Jixuan carefully sensed it.

The light spots in front of him had not yet faded, and the other person did not look up at the corner of the door.

So he held his breath and waited patiently for the best opportunity to strike.

“The wardrobe! Under the bed!”

The three people below moved forward simultaneously, approaching the wardrobe, under the bed, and the sealed window. Because the three of them made room and said “there is no danger,” the two people outside slipped into the room and quickly and gently closed the door.

Now!

A sudden, piercing sound filled the air!

Wang Jixuan swung his left hand violently, and five cold lights shot past as the silenced pistol in his hand fired in succession!

After a series of “diu diu diu” sounds, the room became completely quiet.

Wang Jixuan slowly slid down, crouched down to brace against the security door, closed his eyes to sense the movements around him, and felt a cool breeze soothing his eyes.

A short while later, Wang Jixuan’s vision returned to normal. He turned on the fluorescent light and stared expressionlessly at the five corpses in the room.

Um?

Not a green tracksuit?

The cause of death for all five people was that a utility knife blade was inserted into the back of their necks at a similar location.

Because of obstructed vision, Wang Jixuan’s firing angle was somewhat unstable this time, and only three of the five corpses were shot in the head and two were shot in the back.

And then I recall the last time a pistol couldn’t penetrate the thick skin of a Venhessen…

‘Magic implements are still the most useful.’

Wang Jixuan raised an eyebrow and shrugged, then put the safety on the pistol and stuffed it into the inner pocket of his jacket.

This is no longer a place to stay.

He stepped past the corpses, intending to collect the blood exoskeleton he had painstakingly acquired, when his gaze was suddenly drawn to a glowing green light emanating from the body of one of the corpses.

What is this?

He cautiously approached, activating his senses to their maximum, and found a device the size of a watch face in the arms of the muscular leader, examining it closely for a few moments.

This thing is very similar to Lan Yuzai’s holographic video player.

Master Wang tried clicking the green play button.

Four rays converged from the outside of the instrument, revealing a somewhat blurry 3D projection video within them.

Zhou Zhengde, sitting behind his desk and wearing a light blue uniform, appeared before him with a smile.

“Recording is starting now? Okay! Mu Liang!”

“When you see this video, I think the five elite mercenaries I hired from the lower city should already be in front of you.”

“They came to escort you back. I think you should have a basic understanding of each other by now, right?”

“Trust in their abilities. They are at the top of the food chain in the lower city, true killers who disregard gang rules. Each one is highly skilled, and of course, they are extremely expensive.”

Zhou Zhengde made a pained expression on the projection screen.

Wang Jixuan: ……

He looked at the corpses that were beginning to cool;

Being young is great; you can fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow.