Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

The sudden increase in potential value sparked a strong curiosity in Wang Chen.

Because this potential value could be directly added to a Cultivation Technique, it was the biggest external boost to rapidly improving one's Cultivation Realm. Even if he couldn't raise it all at once, he could slowly stack it up point by point.

For example, he could practice to gain one point of experience and then add another point; this way, he could save half the time and effort.

Currently, Wang Chen had only practiced one Cultivation Technique, but he would definitely master more skills in the future. Uncovering the secret of this potential value now would undoubtedly save him from taking many detours.

He carefully reflected on everything since his arrival and quickly figured out some tricks.

Wang Chen suspected that this potential value might be related to the food he had consumed.

He had previously eaten two Marching Pills and just now had eaten a roasted giant snake.

Could this potential value then originate from food?

With this idea in mind, verification would be simple, but Wang Chen was not in a hurry. He'd first secure a place to live.

He began clearing the area not far from the cave entrance, removing loose rocks and dirt, and constructing a rudimentary stone bed and table.

Then Wang Chen returned to the small valley to collect a large amount of dry grass and kindling, which he brought into the cave for padding and storage.

He also made a fire pit to preserve the fire source.

Fortunately, he had a very sharp short knife; otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome.

He busied himself until evening, and this "Wild Dwelling Cave Mansion" now looked somewhat presentable, suitable for shelter.

He even made two wooden bowls.

But after all the hustle, the roasted snake he had eaten earlier was thoroughly digested, and Wang Chen's stomach began to furiously protest.

With no other choice, Wang Chen had to stop his finishing work, find a resilient tree branch, strip it of leaves and knots, and skin, and then tie the short knife to the front end with vines.

A crude spear was thus fashioned.

Holding this spear, Wang Chen went to a large rock by the pool and looked down at the water from above.

When he first arrived in this small valley, he noticed there were fish in the pond, and they were not small.

However, the pond was very deep, and as Wang Chen waited for the fish to come into the shallow waters, he did not see any movement.

Clearly, this was not working.

After thinking for a moment, he took advantage of the remaining daylight to quickly search around in the nearby grass.

He caught quite a few locusts and other grass bugs.

Wang Chen pinched these insects until they were half-dead and scattered them over the pond.

This baiting tactic proved effective; after only a short while, dark shadows of fish appeared under the water.

The largest was over two feet long!

The next moment, water splashed, creating ripples as the fish in the pond swiftly devoured the insects Wang Chen had dropped.

These fish clearly had no guard up, some jumping out of the water to grab the food, flaunting their silvery scales in the air.

At this moment, Wang Chen thrust out the spear in his hand!

He had been gathered strength for this attack, focusing intently, and his spear pierced a large fish over a foot long in an instant.

Wang Chen flicked his wrist, lifting the spear high, and the unlucky fish was immediately thrown off the blade and flew backward.

Wang Chen paid no mind to the fish that had landed on the shore and took the opportunity to strike again.

This time he aimed for the fish in the water!

The madly feeding fish scattered instantly, but one of them had already been pierced through the head.

Crimson blood gushed out.

Wang Chen retracted the spear to continue thrusting but missed on his next attempt.

The startled fish had all dived deep, no longer affording Wang Chen an opportunity.

But Wang Chen was already quite satisfied.

He first scooped up the dead fish floating on the water, then picked up the one he had flung ashore earlier, and started to process them with his short knife.

After descaling, gutting, and cleaning the fish, Wang Chen brought them back to the cave.

He skewered them on branches and roasted them over the fire pit until they were cooked.

The fish was fragrant and sweet, but, unfortunately, it lacked flavor without salt. He made do and filled his stomach.

After eating and drinking his fill, Wang Chen moved a large rock to seal the entrance to the cave, not completely, leaving a gap for ventilation.

Then he lay down beside the warm fire pit and quickly fell soundly asleep.

Wang Chen had never felt so exhausted, nor did he know if it was a side effect of his arrival; he had just relied on his strong will to push through until now, when he felt safe, it all burst forth.

Anyway, Wang Chen slept soundlessly that night, without dreams or waking up, estimating that if someone had suddenly broken in and killed him on the spot, he would have had no awareness of it.

The following morning, Wang Chen awoke to the chirping of the little birds.

The firewood in the fire pit had long burned out, leaving only a wisp of blue smoke trailing, and his stomach began to rumble again.

Wang Chen was speechless.

In the memories Ling Zhiyuan left him, there was no experience of hunger or gluttony!

Could it be because of his soul transmigration?

Wang Chen shook his head, got up, moved the stone blocking the cave's entrance, and went out to get breakfast.

Just like the day before, he used the same fishing bait trap method.

The fish in the pond apparently had no memory and Wang Chen seized the opportunity to spear three in a row.

Breakfast was sorted.

Now it was time for the real deal—cultivation!

Wang Chen had set ten years as the limit for his first exploration of the Cangqing Domain, and though ten years was quite long, he couldn't predict the dangers he might face, especially now at his weakest.

Every single second now was precious!

Since it was extremely difficult to practice Taoist skills in this realm, and he couldn't cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Right Method, Wang Chen could only focus on the Mysterious Sun Haven Seven Fiend Wheel that his original body had mastered.

He carefully recalled the contents of the Mysterious Sun Haven Seven Fiend Wheel's First Layer.

Wang Chen's martial arts mentor, Dai Peng, was a Third Order martial master, but he only taught him basic body-strengthening techniques and martial arts knowledge related to "Life Qi."

Life Qi is the source of martial arts for the warriors of the Cangqing Domain, similar to True Qi and mana.

However, Life Qi originates from the warrior's skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and veins, hidden within the five viscera and six bowels and in the limbs and bones, with no concept of a dantian—essentially, the entire body is a Qi Sea.

The stronger and purer the Life Qi hidden in the body, the higher the warrior's cultivation realm naturally becomes.

But to fight using Life Qi, one needs to cultivate martial techniques!

The Mysterious Sun Haven Seven Fiend Wheel currently possessed by Wang Chen uses Life Qi to condense seven wheels: Corpse Dog, Obscure Tortoise, Sparrow Shadow, Swallowing Thief, Non-Poison, Chu Hui, and Chou Fei, each wheel's power stacking upon the others, forming an unbeatable force.

Originally, Ling Zhiyuan had already mastered the Corpse Dog Wheel, qualifying as a First Order warrior, the level of a Martial Apprentice.

But he really did not like practicing martial arts, so he hadn't even mastered half of the Second Wheel, Obscure Tortoise, compared to his father, Ling Hongyun, who was a Fourth Order Martial General—a case of the tiger father and his dog son!

However, Ling Zhiyuan's Mysterious Sun Haven Seven Fiend Wheel technique had been taught to him personally by Ling Hongyun, and was explained in extreme detail.

It's as if the only thing left was to feed the food directly into his son's mouth.

Countless memories fluttered in Wang Chen's mind, and for a moment, he couldn't distinguish whether he was truly Wang Chen or Ling Zhiyuan.

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