CHAPTER 13: CHAPTER 13 FOG DEW UNIVERSE NET【SEEKING COLLECTION SEEKING RECOMMENDATION TICKETS】_1

King Bi Han stood on the bank, smiling confidently.

"General for Folding the Curtain, we three brothers indeed came to express our gratitude. Thank you for saving my youngest brother. This proves that you and our three brothers have a bond."

Sha Chen, below the Flowing Sand River, did not respond and even wore a face of vigilance.

King Bi Han continued, "Please come ashore, General for Folding the Curtain. Let’s talk face to face so my brothers and I can repay you for your kindness."

Sha Chen still did not respond.

King Bi Han immediately frowned, feeling the situation was getting tricky.

King Bi Chen said awkwardly, "Big brother, when I tried to persuade him earlier, I talked until my tongue was numb, but he wouldn’t answer."

King Bi Han felt somewhat embarrassed and powerless. No matter how eloquent he was, if the other person would not respond to him, he was left helpless.

However, he still intended to stick to the strategy of negotiation, catering to the other’s preferences.

"General for Folding the Curtain, it’s fine if you don’t come out. To show our sincerity, we are willing to offer you some cultivation resources. After all, as a deity, you’re quite poor, suffering here without any income."

As he spoke, he took out a Qiankun Bag, and the three brothers, albeit reluctantly, put some Elixirs and Immortal Herbs inside before tossing it into the water.

They left a trace of their Divine Consciousness inside the Qiankun Bag.

When Sha Chen saw the Qiankun Bag and heard that it contained cultivation resources, he was immediately tempted.

After hesitating, he still decided to accept it. Indeed, he had saved King Bi Chen, so accepting some items would settle things fairly between them.

Seeing Sha Chen take the items, King Bi Han grew more confident. He refused to believe that Sha Chen could be more ascetic than a Monk.Having accepted the items, the situation was now easier to handle.

King Bi Han said, "General for Folding the Curtain, we heard that you are trapped here, suffering immensely, and we cannot bear to see it. Why not let us release you, so you can travel the world with us, free and unfettered?"

"If you’re worried about being tracked, we can trap these two minor gods for you. Just come out and kill them yourself, then you can leave."

God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan were terrified and extremely worried.

At that moment, the system’s voice rang in Sha Chen’s head.

"Detected: The three rhino demons are persuading the Host to become a demon. You have the following choices."

"Choice one: Agree to the rhino demons, emerge from the water, kill God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan, become a demon living freely, and be rewarded with the Magical Tool [Wind Fire Wheel]. Wind Fire Wheel: The Magical Tool of Nezha, capable of traveling a million miles in a day, convenient for wandering the world once you become a demon."

"Choice two: Ignore the rhino demons’ temptation, endure the loneliness, continue your Cultivation, and be rewarded with the Magical Tool [Misty Dew Grand Universe Net]. Misty Dew Grand Universe Net: The Magical Tool of Princess Longji, containing Mysterious Heavenly Water and sweet dew, it can extinguish ordinary heavenly fires."

Upon seeing the options, Sha Chen was overjoyed. He had been troubled that the Spiritual Medicine of the Post-Heaven Earth lacked proper water for irrigation, and then came the Fog Dew Universe Net.It contained Mysterious Heavenly Water and sweet dew, perfect for watering his Spiritual Field and accelerating the growth of the Spiritual Medicine.As for the Wind Fire Wheels, he did not even consider them.

Without hesitation, Sha Chen chose to ignore the rhino demons and continue his secluded Cultivation. He remained silent, waiting for the rhino demons to leave so he could receive his reward, feeling somewhat expectant.As for what Boss Rhino Monster Bi Han was saying on the shore, he did not care at all.

On the bank, Bi Han had been talking for four hours, leaving him with a dry mouth and exhausted tongue, but it was as if Sha Chen had gone deaf, not giving any response whatsoever.

He grew angry, "Damn it, taking the advantage and still daring to ignore us."

"Brothers, if he won’t come out, we’ll go in and drag him out, force him to kill these two minor gods. How could he refuse to become a demon then?"

God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan felt like crying but had no tears to shed. Their lives now entirely depended on Sha Chen.

King Bi Chen hastily said, "Big brother, Second Brother, regardless of anything, General for Folding the Curtain did save me. It’s not right to coerce him."

King Bi Han replied, "We’re helping him. After he becomes a demon, Buddhism will convert him into a Buddha. It’s better than letting him drag it out and suffer here longer."

King Bi Chen thought it over carefully. That made sense.

Then he said, "Let me persuade him again."

He tried to persuade for another four hours but still received no response.

The three rhino demons were gradually losing their patience and were about to enter the river when suddenly, they saw a light blossoming from the riverbed.

"What’s happening at the bottom of the river?" King Bi Han looked towards God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan.

God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan hurriedly said, "It’s time for General for Folding the Curtain’s tribulation. It’s the routine activation of the Thousand Swords Piercing The Heart."

King Bi Han said, "So that’s how it is. Then let’s wait. When the Formation ends, it will definitely be the moment when he is the most exhausted and his psychological defenses are the weakest. That’s when we’ll persuade him."

The other two nodded in agreement. They had all heard of the Thousand Swords Piercing The Heart Formation, and they wouldn’t be able to withstand it themselves. Even if Sha Chen had great resilience, his psychological defenses would surely be shaken after enduring it, making persuasion much easier.

A moment later, the Formation ended. Sha Chen must have completed the tribulation.

King Bi Han and his companions tried to persuade him again, full of confidence.

But three days passed like this, with Sha Chen enduring it three times and them attempting to persuade him for three days and nights. Yet Sha Chen did not respond even once.

The three were on the verge of collapse.

"How can his resilience be so strong, so stubborn and unyielding!?"

God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan also let out a sigh of relief, glad that Sha Chen had held on, though they too were shocked by his resilience.

King Bi Han was disappointed, completely losing patience, ready to go down and force Sha Chen out of the water.

Just as they were about to enter the water, Sha Chen finally responded.

However, he didn’t speak; instead, he threw out a stone with a character on it.

"Heart."

Seeing the character "Heart" on the stone, King Bi Han and his companions were stunned.

King Bi Chen, puzzled, heard the eldest, King Bi Han, sigh. After a moment’s hesitation, King Bi Han said, "Let it be. Let’s give up. He won’t agree to our terms."

King Bi Chen asked, "Big brother, how did you know?"

King Bi Han pointed at the stone and said, "He carved the word ’Heart’ on the stone to express that his heart is as firm as a rock. Such a person will not be swayed by the words of others. At least, we can’t persuade him."

Afterward, the three rhino demons looked at each other, then turned to leave.

God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan were bewildered, unable to understand why the three demons didn’t kill them and blame it on Sha Chen, forcing him to become a demon. However, they were relieved that they didn’t die there.

In the air, King Bi Chen said, "Brother, we have failed. How can we face Jinmaohou when we return?"

King Bi Han replied, "Face him? Nonsense! Let’s find a place to become kings of our own mountain. Wouldn’t that be delightful? Why should we return to suffer his berating?"

The three rhino demons then soared away.

Sha Chen, beneath the Flowing Sand River and within the Formation, also received a Magical Tool reward from the system—the Fog Dew Universe Net.

These past few days, he had been so perturbed by the incessant noise from the three rhino demons that he couldn’t cultivate in peace, feeling frustrated. Now that he had received the Magical Tool, all his frustrations had dissipated.

In fact, he had also considered what would happen if the three rhino demons killed God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan and blamed him. But as time passed, he ceased to worry.If someone from the Heavenly Court died at the hands of a demon, how could they blame it on him, a condemned general trapped here?Even if others came to disrupt the execution, not leaving meant no complicity.Moreover, three days had passed. Would the Heavenly Court not know what was happening here? If they didn’t care, he cared even less.

Based on these thoughts, Sha Chen chose to ignore the situation.

After he got his reward, he spread the Fog Dew Universe Net over the Post-Heaven Earth, irrigating it with Mysterious Heavenly Water.

The Spiritual Medicine in the Spiritual Field, thriving vibrantly, made Sha Chen forget about the rhino demons.

But the people of the Heavenly Court couldn’t forget.

Great White Plane, whom the Jade Emperor had assigned to watch Sha Chen, as well as the Jade Emperor himself, were especially frustrated.

They had been hoping that the three rhino demons could persuade Sha Chen to come out, but instead, they listened to three days’ worth of their useless babble.

They also hoped the three rhino demons would threaten Sha Chen with the lives of God Riyou and Guardian Jia Lan, but the rhino demons didn’t, and Sha Chen wasn’t tricked either.

It goes without saying, their frustration was immense.