Chapter 599: Chapter 592: Request

Miaozhen Cave Mansion, the main gate was still open, allowing free entry and exit.

As long as he returned to the foot of the mountain and continued forward for a certain distance, the gray Great Path would automatically appear before him.

A saying goes, a day’s companionship as husband and wife binds with a hundred days’ grace. Having spent a few days as a dew couple with the Heavenly Maiden, although she was somewhat heartless and insisted on leaving, Chen Hai still kindly escorted her to the foot of the mountain.

After she stepped on the gray Great Path, Chen Hai then returned.

Encountering Zhang Tianci and his group and following them into this valley was a complete surprise for Chen Hai.

Originally, he had wanted to continue observing for a while.

However, upon seeing the Longevity King Fruit within the valley, which could extend life by two hundred years, he could not help himself and revealed his presence.

“Taoist friend, everything has its order. The treasures of the valley were clearly to be harvested by us, the Five Thunders Sect. Yet you claim they are fated for you and you came to pick them. What does this mean?”

Upon hearing Chen Hai’s voice, and seeing his sudden appearance, Zhang Tianci and his companions were visibly stunned.

The next moment, this millennium’s rare cultivation genius, his handsome face immediately darkened.

Pointing at Chen Hai with one hand, he angrily questioned.

“Taoist friend, your words are mistaken. Inside Miaozhen Cave Mansion, all things belong to no one.”

“This valley, it’s true you entered first, but that doesn’t mean these rare flowers and fruits belong to you.”

“Opportunity talks about fate, and since I have appeared here, it just shows that the things here are fated with me…”

With a warm smile spreading across his face, Chen Hai responded.

Bullying others was never his desire.

He always liked to convince people with reason; only those who refused to listen would he deal with by turning them into dead bodies.

“Daring to grab my opportunity, Zhang Tianci, you are quite audacious!”

“Let’s attack together and kill him…”

Compared to the kind-hearted and helpful Chen Hai, the group from the Five Thunders Sect was evidently much more aggressive.

Chen Hai had not even finished speaking when Zhang Tianci had already let out a furious roar.

He pointed his hand towards the sky, and a purple lightning bolt as thick as a baby’s arm was called down by him, striking straight at Chen Hai.

The rest of the Five Thunders Sect took him as their leader.

The moment he made a move, the others, led by Elder Sun, almost simultaneously burst forth, charging at Chen Hai.

The members of the Medicine King Valley and the Heavenly Extreme Holy Sect, those True Immortals and True Demons who had entered Miaozhen Cave Mansion, were already known to the people of the Five Thunders Sect.

At that time, they had already reached the area below the cave mansion and had clearly witnessed that scene.

Even the situation when the presumed True Immortal or True Demon level Heavenly Maiden entered the Miaozhen Cave Mansion was clearly observed by them.

If the person now before them was any one of those at the True Immortal or True Demon level, Zhang Tianci and Elder Sun would definitely not hesitate to turn around and leave.

After all, they knew their own strength well.

They were well aware of the immense gap, nearly impossible to bridge, between them and those at the level of True Immortals and True Demons.

But the Chen Hai before them looked utterly unfamiliar, not belonging to any known True Immortal or True Demon level.

Being able to stealthily follow them into this valley, he might have some capability.

Yet even so, he could at most only be subject to the Nine Realms’ Heavenly Tribulation.

Facing such a person, Zhang Tianci and his group had nothing to fear.

Every move they made was a killing technique, and it seemed, they were intent on silencing him by killing Chen Hai here.

“I was merely presenting facts and reasoning with you, you were stubbornly unenlightened, insisting on fighting with us. Why bother?”

“Do you think that someone honest like me is easy to bully?”

With a soft sigh, as if coming from all directions, it entered the ears of Zhang Tianci and the others.

Their killing moves had not truly fallen yet, and Chen Hai who was clearly just a few steps away from them, had suddenly disappeared.

The next moment, a titanic force struck them. Whether it was Zhang Tianci or Elder Sun, there was no distinction; they were flung out straightaway.

After they fell to the ground, their heads lolled, and they had all fainted.

This was the result of Chen Hai showing restraint. Otherwise, with Chen Hai’s strength, crushing such weaklings would have been nothing more than a trifle.

“With strength as weak as this, I really didn’t want to move against you.”

“Bullying such weaklings, if word got out, people would think I, Chen, only know how to bully the weak.”

“My reputation in this life would be ruined by people like you!”

Chen Hai’s figure reappeared.

Looking around at Zhang Tianci and the others, who had succumbed to unconsciousness, he gave a rueful smile and sighed.

Actually, he had hardly done anything—just used Nether Shadow Step to take a step forward, and then swatted them away like flies.

The result Zhang Tianci and others had faced could only be blamed on their own inadequate strength.

“Yin Containing Demon Flame Grass, Purple Spirit Body Shaping Flower, Longevity King Fruit… These are all rare Immortal Medicines and Fruits.”

“The Longevity King Fruit increases lifespan; it would be perfect to take back for Qingqing to consume. As for the other items, if I refine and absorb them, they should significantly enhance my strength.”

“It’s just a pity that the range of this valley is too small; the total count of Immortal Medicines and Fruits here barely reaches twenty or thirty.”

“If the number of these Immortal Medicines and Fruits were fifty or a hundred times what it is now, I might even become an Earth Immortal straightaway.”

Chen Hai muttered to himself.

The Cultivation Method he practiced had bestowed him with some Devouring Characteristics since the moment he stepped into the threshold of Cultivation.

His power having reached its current Realm, the characteristics he possessed had grown incomparably stronger than they had been before.

Even the Pure Essence Qi when True Immortals die and their Immortal Bodies dissipate—he could forcibly seize a portion from the cosmos, devouring and refining it to strengthen himself.

It was undoubtedly because his Devouring Characteristics had grown to such an extent.

Given that the potency within these Immortal Medicines and Fruits were greatly beneficial to Cultivation, Chen Hai simply devoured them, which for him, was a trivial matter.

Compared to when he had first integrated into this world, his breadth of knowledge had vastly improved.

He had specifically studied up on precious treasures and Immortal Medicines—which allowed him to recognize these Immortal Herbs and understand their properties along with some taboos, making it much easier and swifter for him to process them.

Carefully, it took him almost half a two-hour to collect all the valuable items in the valley.

Ensuring nothing was overlooked, just as Chen Hai was about to leave, he abruptly stopped.

“Since you’ve already come to, is there any point in continuing to feign death?” His gaze fell on Zhang Tianci, who lay motionless ten-odd steps away; he smiled meaningfully and spoke.

Unfortunately, his words fell on deaf ears, like playing music to a cow.

Lying on the ground like a dead dog, Zhang Tianci still did not move.

“If you don’t get up, my next step will actually kill you!” Chen Hai stepped forward and appeared right beside Zhang Tianci.

He lifted his right foot, his sole already touching Zhang Tianci’s hair, though he hadn’t truly stepped down yet.

“No… I’ll get up right now…” Finally, Zhang Tianci could no longer pretend.

He flipped over and sat up straight from the ground.

Scanning the nearby area, looking at Elder Sun and the others who remained unconscious, he seemed to want to say something but hesitated and remained silent.

“You were able to wake up early because you have a somewhat unique constitution.”

“Your companions here, knocked unconscious by my casual slap, will certainly not wake up for less than a two-hour.”

“Whatever you want to say, just speak openly, no need for reservations!”

Seeing through Zhang Tianci’s thoughts, Chen Hai smiled and spoke.

“You must be the Senior Sea King, please take me as your disciple.”

“I am willing to assist the Senior in completely taking control of Miaozhen Cave Mansion, making it your private possession!”

Biting his lip, Zhang Tianci knelt down and prostrated himself fully before Chen Hai, performing a grand salute.