Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit
Chapter 135 - 106 Robbing Houses, Striking it Rich! [Vote for Monthly Tickets!]

Chapter 135: Chapter 106 Robbing Houses, Striking it Rich! [Vote for Monthly Tickets!]

"There are truly quite a lot of good things here."

Chen Jichuan looked at the pile of items in front of him and couldn’t help but laugh.

Compared to the previous two Postnatal cultivators, the wealth of an Innate cultivator was undoubtedly far greater.

Hundred-Mile Listening Shell.

Mystic Guiding Sword.

Liangyi Shield.

Dust-Stepping Boots.

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"Four magical artifacts!"

Chen Jichuan had lived frugally on White Jade Island for three whole years, only then managing to purchase two mid-level magical artifacts.

Yet this time—

Just from Zhao Mingzhang alone, he had obtained four magical artifacts, among them the ’Mystic Guiding Sword’ and the ’Liangyi Shield,’ both of which were high-level magical artifacts, each worth at least three or four hundred Spirit Stones.

"I’m in luck!"

Chen Jichuan couldn’t stop laughing.

He turned over the Mystic Guiding Sword and Liangyi Shield repeatedly, promptly replacing the ’Flying Rainbow Sword’ on his person.

With high-level magical artifacts, who would still use mid-level ones?!

[Magical Artifact: Mystic Guiding Sword]

[Level: High]

[Description: Forged from ’Washing Stream Sands,’ unparalleled sharpness, fluid as water, cold as ice, its strikes akin to cascading silk.]

Not just the Mystic Guiding Sword.

He also kept the Liangyi Shield close at hand.

Back on White Jade Island, he had hesitated between the ’Three Suns Cauldron’ and a defensive magical artifact, ultimately choosing the alchemy furnace for its technical utility.

In retrospect, it seemed like the right choice.

A defensive magical artifact had now delivered itself to him, and it was a high-level one at that.

[Magical Artifact: Liangyi Shield]

[Level: High]

[Description: Created from the shells of one male and one female Moon Sun Turtle, Yin and Yang united, with exceptional defense capability.]

"Mystic Guiding Sword."

"Liangyi Shield."

"One for offense, one for defense. Once I refine them, I’ll have a reasonable degree of self-preservation even against cultivators of the Innate Second Realm and Third Realm!"

Still grinning, Chen Jichuan turned his attention to the other two artifacts.

Among them, the ’Hundred-Mile Listening Shell’ was a reconnaissance artifact, capable of hearing sounds within a hundred miles and excelling in stealth, far superior to his half-baked ’Sharp-Hearing Ear.’

Zhao Mingzhang had used this artifact to track and monitor Chen Jichuan.

Unfortunately, he ultimately was counterattacked and killed.

But the artifact remained top-notch.

Meanwhile, the ’Dust-Stepping Boots’ were famously known as ’walking atop the mortal world.’ When activated, their speed was akin to flight, far surpassing any Qinggong technique.

Four magical artifacts in total.

Covering offense, defense, speed, and reconnaissance comprehensively.

"That Zhao Mingzhang—"

Chen Jichuan chuckled repeatedly.

Zhao Mingzhang had made ample preparations for robbing and plundering, yet by misfortune landed himself in Chen Jichuan’s hands, turning his scheming into a journey straight to the Yellow Springs.

Even in the depths of the Yin Mansion, he was likely still cursing in anger.

"Kill, and others will kill you in turn."

Chen Jichuan certainly didn’t care about curses from dead men.

Feeling joyful, he proceeded to tally up Zhao Mingzhang’s talismans, pills, Spirit Stones, and silver taels.

"Eight high-level talismans."

"Three stacks of mid-level talismans."

"One high-level pill, ’Green Cloud Pill.’"

"Two bottles of mid-level pills, ’Qi Storage Pill.’"

"Twenty pieces of standard Spirit Stones."

"Fifty silver taels."

Chen Jichuan categorized and stored each piece meticulously, his joy growing stronger with every moment.

After finishing the inventory, Chen Jichuan placed the Mystic Guiding Sword, Liangyi Shield, Hundred-Mile Listening Shell, and Dust-Stepping Boots before him.

One by one, he began refining them.

Currently, Shamen Island was teeming with Postnatal and Innate cultivators, most of whom had disembarked from the Qingshan vessel, their possessions quite valuable.

While Chen Jichuan didn’t intend to go on a spree of arbitrary killings, he did plan to take advantage of a few opportunities to eliminate some wrongdoers.

"Opportunities like this are rare."

"If I pull off this one job successfully, I won’t have to worry about my livelihood for several decades!"

Even from aboard the Qingshan, Chen Jichuan had been planning meticulously when he found out that many cultivators aboard harbored ill intentions.

For example, the ’Cooking Rice and Meat Spell’ on Zhao Mingzhang’s body had been a trap Chen Jichuan had deliberately set up earlier.

However, on a ship as large as the Qingshan, Zhao Mingzhang was by no means the only privileged one who fell victim.

And this was not purely for self-defense.

"No need to rush."

"Let me finish refining these artifacts first."

Chen Jichuan picked up the Mystic Guiding Sword.

He wasn’t holding back from making a move due to procrastination or laziness, nor because he wanted the other cultivators to continue killing and looting among themselves to gather more artifacts, talismans, and pills.

It was simply because he wanted to boost his strength as much as possible before acting.

Lest he stumble where he least expected.

Caution was all.

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Time sped by.

Ten days passed.

Swish, swish, swish!

One evening, Chen Jichuan, with Dust-Stepping Boots on his feet, dashed to a mountain hollow and activated the ’Insight Skill’ to observe.

Within the foggy mountain hollow, eight mirrors hung in eight directions, reflecting hazy radiance and emitting waves of mist. Even careful examination revealed no obvious anomaly.

Chen Jichuan, armed with the Insight Skill, could discern traces clearly—

[Array: Eight Gates Glass Light Formation]

[Description: Formed by eight ’Liguang Mirrors,’ the formation combines effects of concealment, illusion, and offense. Its eight gates shift unpredictably; the gate of life is hard to find, while the gate of death is easy to enter, with endless mysteries.]

"Eight Gates Glass Light Formation."

Chen Jichuan burst into laughter: "What a treasure!"

Too bad.

It was now his.

"Open!"

With the ’Illusion-breaking Treasure Pearl’ hovering above his head, Chen Jichuan didn’t rush to break the formation but walked directly into its midst.

On the ground lay a heap of clothes scattered with various objects.

Chen Jichuan used his sword to lift the clothing, revealing a pile of ashes beneath.

"Daoist Skills are indeed deadly," Chen Jichuan remarked, blowing the ashes away with a wave of his hand. Then he gathered all the pills, artifacts, talismans, Spirit Stones, and silver taels scattered around.

Without hurrying to check them.

He turned instead to dismantle the unguarded ’Eight Gates Glass Light Formation,’ collecting all eight ’Liguang Mirrors.’

Finally, satisfied, he returned to the temporary residence he had established.

"The eighth one."

Back at his dwelling.

Chen Jichuan took out the spoils he’d just acquired, his grin widening even more.

In just ten days.

Including Zhao Mingzhang earlier, eight Innate cultivators had fallen to his hand. He had repeatedly killed with Daoist Skills, striking and fleeing without lingering.

Eight consecutive kills.

Yielding a significant haul.

Inside the casually excavated cave dwelling, piles of magical artifacts crowded the space, countless jade bottles contained pills, and the accumulated Spirit Stones formed a miniature mountain.

Talismans, being lighter, were kept close to him. Even so, he had filled several talisman bags, with a total of over three hundred talismans of various levels.

Altogether:

Low-level magical artifacts: 21 pieces.

Mid-level magical artifacts: 23 pieces.

High-level magical artifacts: 6 pieces.

Arrays: 3 sets.

Low-level pills: 860 pieces.

Mid-level pills: 190 pieces.

High-level pills: 18 pieces.

Low-level talismans: 234 pieces.

Mid-level talismans: 112 pieces.

High-level talismans: 28 pieces.

Super-level talismans: 1 piece.

Standard Spirit Stones: 125 pieces.

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"Robbing and plundering truly is the quickest shortcut to striking it rich!"

Looking at the spoils from the past few days, Chen Jichuan’s face almost stiffened from laughter.

Although he had only killed eight Innate cultivators, these cultivators had each killed a few Postnatal cultivators before their demise.

And most Postnatal cultivators carried their entire wealth with them, dreaming of returning to the mainland to live the life of a wealthy landowner.

Hence, they had purchased numerous pills and talismans, though they typically possessed only one or two magical artifacts.

As for Spirit Stones—

"A single standard Spirit Stone is as large as a fist, inconvenient to carry, and overly conspicuous."

Thus, the quantity was relatively limited.

Even so, when added up, Chen Jichuan now had more than a hundred Spirit Stones at hand.

Altogether, they were enough to fill a burlap sack.

"Indeed, very eye-catching."

Chen Jichuan packed the Spirit Stones into the sack, which now bulged conspicuously, but he couldn’t bear to abandon it.

At the same time, he muttered regretfully, "It’s a shame that while I can claim Immortal Salary in the Dao Fruit World, I can’t absorb these Spirit Stones and convert them into Source Power as I can in reality."

Chen Jichuan shook his head repeatedly.

Back in the worlds of Great Yann and Da Liang, which were deprived of Spiritual Energy, Chen Jichuan had never encountered Spirit Stones and thus was unaware of this limitation.

This time, in Jade Spring World, he finally came across Spirit Stones.

Initially, he was ecstatic, envisioning a future where he could reach the pinnacle of cultivation in Jade Spring World, with Spirit Stones at his disposal.

However, the reality was harsh.

After obtaining the first Spirit Stone, he tried to absorb it with his ’Dao Fruit’ but failed, realizing the restriction only then.

"It’s probably because my actual body is in reality, while the Dao Fruit World is just a projected copy."

Thinking it over.

This seemed the only plausible explanation.

Chen Jichuan had no choice but to accept the reality.

Still, the ’Dao Fruit’ was sufficiently miraculous. The inability to absorb Spiritual Energy and convert it to Source Power in a Dao Fruit World such as Jade Spring was a minor imperfection.

"Gratitude lies in contentment."

He brushed off these stray thoughts.

With swift hands, Chen Jichuan packed the Spirit Stones into the burlap sack, sorted the artifacts, pills, and silver taels into smaller bags, and gathered everything into two baskets.

He tested lifting the load with a shoulder pole.

The weight was considerable, but manageable with Chen Jichuan’s strength.

Nonetheless—

"To think I’m a cultivator, yet here I am using baskets and a shoulder pole to carry Spirit Stones and magical artifacts. If word gets out, people will laugh themselves to tears!"

Looking at the two brand-new baskets and the sturdy pole, Chen Jichuan couldn’t help but laugh aloud.

What kind of immortal cultivator was this?

First, farming on Jade Spring Mountain and Flying Bird Island.

Now, hauling baskets around Shamen Island.

Truly no different from an ordinary farmer.

"Indeed."

"Postnatal cultivators probably aren’t even as well-off as regular farmers in the Immortal Cultivation World."

Chen Jichuan shook his head, driving away these scattered thoughts.

He took out a map and spread it open.

"It’s about time."

"I’ll leave tomorrow."

Chen Jichuan understood the importance of knowing when to stop.

Engaging in robbery and plundering was lucrative, but one misstep could lead to a fate like Zhao Mingzhang’s.

Now, he had amassed considerable wealth.

Should he experience a mishap, the loss would be immeasurable.

Moreover—

Ten days had passed. Most cultivators disembarking from the Qingshan were either dead or had left the island. The person he killed moments ago was already his last target.

With this job successfully done, it was time to leave the island.

"Heading west from Shamen Island, a half-day’s journey would bring me to the nearest ’Feixing Port.’ From there, it’s the territory of ’Zheng Kingdom.’ Zheng Kingdom lies coastal, with many cultivators active there, making it rather unstable. If I continue moving westward, the deeper inland I go, the fewer cultivators I’ll encounter; yet the Spiritual Energy will also become increasingly scarce."

Chen Jichuan traced the map with his finger, brushing past Feixing Port, the borders of Zheng Kingdom, and then further west through ’Zhangg Country’ and ’Xue Country,’ finally landing on ’Ying Country.’

"With my cultivation experience from Great Yann and Da Liang worlds, reaching Level 9 is a breeze. The only thing required is time."

"During this period, there’s no need for me to cultivate in the conflict-riddled Mysterious Nether Sea, nor to fight day and night in cultivator-heavy territories like ’Zheng Kingdom’ or ’Zhangg Country.’"

"Stability."

"What I’m after is stability!"

Chen Jichuan was clear about his goals.

His departure from the Mysterious Nether Sea was partly to facilitate "logging out" and tending to reality, but also due to the fraught environment of the sea itself. Leaving Jade Spring Mountain meant venturing out into the world, bringing significant uncertainty.

The dangers far outweighed those found inland territories like Zheng Kingdom or Zhangg Country.

To return to Level 9 from scratch would take at least twenty years.

Factoring in the demands of re-entering reality, this timeline might extend to thirty or forty years.

Staying in the Mysterious Nether Sea during this span presented far too many opportunities for things to go wrong.

"Too risky."

"Not worth it."

Chen Jichuan’s thoughts were crystal clear.

His gaze landed firmly on the ’Ying Country’ region, and he made his decision.

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