Unlimited employment

Chapter 201 [The Treasure Vault Opens]

The area surrounding the continuous fairy palaces and temples still retains the peaceful and serene atmosphere of the past.

Neither the corpses falling from the sky nor the resurrected demons were to be seen.

The rising sun in the east casts countless rays of light, which fall on the glazed tiles and reflect a dazzling, ethereal glow, while falling on the vast sea of ​​clouds and creating a magnificent, colorful effect.

When Chen Sheng and Fairy Du Xuan arrived nearby, they deliberately landed on the clouds and walked forward on the straight path leading to the celestial palace.

It's not that I don't want to fly in directly, but the Immortal Palace has already activated a protective formation called [Universe]. The seemingly peaceful space and time around us are constantly being affected by the power of the formation.

Those who rashly fly or teleport within it will either die of old age in the fleeting time or be teleported to some desolate place in the Northern Path World.

Above the celestial palace, a dense rain of corpses was actually falling, but it was not visible to anyone because it had all been moved away by the formation.

As Chen Sheng walked along the wide, straight road, he saw many cultivators walking briskly in front of and behind him.

Clearly, the Celestial Palace was not as peaceful as it appeared on the surface in the face of the invasion of the Heavenly Demons.

It took Chen Sheng and Fairy Du Xuan an hour to reach the gate of the Immortal Palace, where they were stopped by the majestic door gods carved on the gate, who held axes and questioned them.

"By order of the Heaven-Mending Sect, all those entering and leaving the Immortal Palace must have their identities verified by the Demon-Suppressing Mirror. Do either of you have any objections?"

"Wait a moment!"

Chen Sheng's voice instantly made the atmosphere at the scene heavy.

Golden flames ignited on the door god's axe, and the cultivators behind him quickly moved away, all thinking there was something wrong with him.

In this dangerous situation, Chen Sheng simply raised his head and smiled at the door god, which made the incense deity pause in surprise.

This subconsciously made the other person feel that they should listen to what he had to say, and prevented them from taking action against him immediately.

Next, Chen Sheng would truthfully explain that he had captured several fifth-tier demons on the road and wanted to record his achievements as soon as possible after obtaining the Demon-Slaying Order.

He stated that since the Celestial Palace does not allow the Heavenly Demon to enter, he hopes to invite a member of the Four Duty Officers to come here and witness his achievement in slaying the demon.

Logically speaking, such an unreasonable demand should not be allowed.

Although Chen Sheng was very handsome and spoke very well, rules are rules, and we cannot make an exception just because he is handsome!

But just as the door god was about to refuse, a message sent through telepathy changed his attitude, and he spoke to Chen Sheng in a friendly manner.

"Since you're doing this to contribute to the sect, I can help you hire a merit officer."

But this is a one-time exception.

As he spoke, the door god turned around on the door and said something to the empty space behind him, as if he were communicating with someone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chen Sheng bowed deeply and remembered the favor the door god had done for him.

Bringing the Heavenly Demon to the Immortal Palace this time was indeed somewhat inappropriate.

However, based on his understanding of the Heavenly Demons, this race is actually best at stealthy sabotage. As long as the membrane of the Northern Ke World is not breached immediately, this massive invasion will soon turn from open to covert.

At that time, the Heavenly Demon will be hiding in the shadows, and it won't be as easy to find as it is now.

Since he had encountered them on the way here, he had to seize the opportunity, as fifth-order celestial demons were still quite common, to earn more merit.

He was very envious of the million-year-old treasures of the Butian Sect.

Chen Sheng waited outside the door for a while.

On the gate of the celestial palace, a deity dressed as a civil official appeared. This deity stood next to the gate god and nodded to Chen Sheng.

"You must be Zhong Kui, the God of Reincarnation. I've heard you have merits to be recorded. Let's begin."

Chen Sheng had lived in the celestial realm for over two hundred years and was extremely familiar with the institutions within the celestial palace. Naturally, he could recognize that these were the four officials in charge of recording merits: the year-duty official, the month-duty official, the day-duty official, and the hour-duty official.

As a pure incense god, this god's annual divine body can be divided into twelve monthly gods, each monthly god can be divided into twenty-nine to thirty daily gods, each daily god can be divided into twelve hourly gods, and the hourly gods can even be further divided into hourly gods.

Among the many clones, the one who is in charge of the month is in the fourth rank, the one who is in charge of the day is in the third rank, the one who is in charge of the hour is in the second rank, and the one who is in charge of the moment is only in the first rank.

Although numerous, they are all essentially transformed from a fifth-order year-duty god.

Because of the divine authority bestowed upon them, even a first-order God of Timekeeping possesses an unfathomable ability to perceive and record, coupled with the ability to differentiate into countless forms, enabling them to shoulder the responsibility of recording the merits of fifth-order cultivators.

Upon seeing this god, Chen Sheng flicked his sleeve and released the three heavily wounded demons that had been suppressed within the Ghost King's Robe.

With a series of crackling sounds like burning dry firewood, three fireballs enveloped in crimson Samadhi True Fire were flung out from the wide sleeves of his black robe.

The fireball radiated astonishing heat, scorching and distorting the surrounding space. Hands, feet, and face-like limbs kept protruding from its surface, as if something was struggling within it.

At the same time, a vicious curse with real power could be faintly heard from within the fireball, stirring the emotions of the nearby low-level cultivators.

Chen Sheng made a fist with his five fingers, which made the curses disappear after a series of screams. Then he held up several fireballs in his hands and addressed the Four Gods.

“These three demons are fifth-order celestial demons that I have captured. I humbly request that Your Excellency verify their identities.”

"it is good."

On the gate of the celestial palace, the figures of the four guardian deities, resembling relief sculptures, reached out and grabbed forward, then swept past the fireball like phantoms.

Seemingly confirming the identity of the imprisoned person in the fireball through this method, he couldn't help but nod in admiration.

"A Plague Demon at the mid-fifth level, a Lust Demon at the mid-fifth level, and a Tragic Demon at the early-fifth level."

"The God of Reincarnation, with only a mid-fifth-tier cultivation level, managed to find and capture them; that's quite an impressive feat."

"For the sake of the sect and all living beings, Zhong Kui would not hesitate to be shattered to pieces."

Muttering some high-sounding nonsense, Chen Sheng raised his head, carefully discerned the cosmic power within the cosmic array, and then threw the fireball in his hand into the array.

Silent and still, as if tens of thousands of years had passed in an instant.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the flames on the outer layer of the fireball went out, and the demonic energy compressed inside turned into demonic energy, like three ink paintings with ink fading more and more, turning into nothingness in the blink of an eye, leaving not even ashes behind.

"The God of Reincarnation slays three demons, gaining a total of 13,600 merit points."

After completing his task, the four duty officers turned and left, their figures disappearing through the gate.

Perhaps it was this unexpected incident that caused the delay to be a bit longer.

As the four duty officers left, the door gods immediately turned around on the door, bowed to some unknown place behind them, and summoned a beam of light from the outer heavens to land on the Yang spirits of Chen Sheng and Fairy Du Xuan.

The light carefully illuminated their bodies and minds, verifying their identities and confirming that they were not possessed by celestial demons, before drawing them into the gates of the celestial palace.

Cultivators are all highly perceptive, and even if they communicate with each other using divine sense, it can still be detected by others using magic. Discussing others face-to-face is even more likely to be discovered by the person involved, thus offending them.

Therefore, it wasn't until Chen Sheng left that the cultivators on the straight path began to communicate.

"Heavenly Demons are both difficult to kill and difficult to capture. Who is this person who has the ability to take down three Heavenly Demons?"

"You don't know this? Zhong Kui is a famous beauty in the Three Realms. He's even known as the Fairy Beauty in private."

"He's just a gigolo who lives off women. What's so great about him? A real man should have strength and vigor."

"The reason Zhong Kui is where he is today is because he is strong and healthy. Otherwise, how could he have such close relationships with so many fairies? That's real skill."

"Don't speak ill of Brother Zhong. He is devoted to the Dao and is good friends with all those fairies. He's not as bad as you make him out to be."

"Speaking of which, he just used the Samadhi True Fire, right? That's a unique immortal technique of the Primordial Palace lineage. How did he learn it?"

……

The palace was heavily guarded.

Just like when Chen Sheng entered the Gate of Mending Heaven, after passing through the outermost gate, there were several more heavily guarded gates behind him.

Each time you pass a level, you are examined by the Demon-Suppressing Mirror. Only after passing through these levels do you finally arrive at a grand hall.

In the crowded hall, Mingluan was already eagerly waiting.

Chen Sheng was very happy to see her and went up to take her hand.

"You must have greeted the door gods earlier, right?"

"Someone must have made the introductions, but I have no idea which of your good sisters it was."

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. Now that even outsiders know that Chen Sheng has many good friends, how could Mingluan possibly be kept in the dark?

She casually tossed a token over and transmitted her voice to the man.

"I just returned from the mortal realm. While passing through the celestial palace, I intended to visit my brother first."

Little did I know, he had already gone to the outer heavens, leaving me only a letter of instruction, telling me to be careful in everything until he returned.

He also said, "If I stay by your side, I can try to go out and kill some celestial demons to improve my cultivation."

Chen Sheng's mind raced, and he asked.

"Now that your brother is gone, shouldn't Sun Wukong, the Lord of the Lingbao Hall, and Nezha, the Lord of the Yuanshi Hall, also be gone?"

"I don't know about that. You can ask your sister Yu Shu and sister Xiang Yun. They must know the answer to this kind of question."

Mingluan glanced at Chen Sheng with annoyance, then pulled Du Xuan, who was beside him, and led the gentle young woman deeper into the palace.

It's obvious that she was trying to get Du Xuan to process the Demon Extermination Order.

Compared to her strong-willed second-generation immortal sisters, Du Xuan was gentle and had no background, making her a woman who could be won over.

Women are creatures born to form alliances.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Chen Sheng pondered to himself.

"The invasion of the Heavenly Demons is both a crisis and an opportunity."

Currently, all sixth-order cultivators are concentrated in the Outer Heaven, presumably to deal with that seventh-order demon king, which has created a situation where there is no one above to supervise them.

In order to deal with the damage caused to the fruit by the Heavenly Demon, the Patching Heaven Sect opened its treasure vault, which was another opportunity for rapid advancement in cultivation.

I must seize this once-in-a-million-years opportunity!

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng examined the Demon-Slaying Order in his hand.

This is essentially a summoning and communication device.

When slaying demons, one can temporarily summon the clones of the Four Duty Officers to enter and record the merits of the demon-slaying. When not in use, the Four Duty Officers can also be dismissed to ensure the user's privacy.

At other times, it can be used to view the list of merit redemption items.

Chen Sheng connected with the Demon-Slaying Order through his mind and saw a simple interface. At the top was the name of the order's master and the number of merit points he possessed.

Zhong Kui: 13,600 (Under review by the Morality Hall/Unavailable)

Looking down, there are six menu bars: [Divine Position], [Spiritual Fruit], [Artifacts], [Classics], [Fairy Appearance], and [Publish].

He opened the list of deities with his mind and found that several deities could be exchanged: Qinghe Water God, Nanyue Mountain God, and the City God of the Mortal Realm.

Chen Sheng remembered very clearly that these three divine positions originally had owners, but now they were being put up for exchange, which meant that the three gods must have perished in the Heavenly Demon Tribulation.

This section also includes an announcement stating that after receiving a divine office, cultivators will automatically and continuously receive a certain amount of merit as long as they maintain the normal operation of their divine office during the invasion of the Heavenly Demons. It's first come, first served, so eligible cultivators are urged to redeem it as soon as possible.

Aside from divine positions related to war and warfare, Chen Sheng was not optimistic about the prospects of most divine positions.

Because the Heavenly Demons also know the importance of the gods in maintaining the operation of the fruit, some extremely important divine positions will become particularly dangerous as a result.

It's quite ironic that a clergy position, which was once so difficult to obtain even through various connections, is now unwanted.

After that, Chen Sheng opened the section on spiritual fruits.

The top item in this section is a peach, with a simple description that eating it can increase lifespan by ten thousand years. It is listed as priced at ten thousand merits per peach, and there is also a remaining quantity of (thirty-seven).

While Chen Sheng was checking, he noticed that one item was missing from the remaining quantity, indicating that it had been exchanged by someone else.

Further down the list are various spiritual fruits such as apricots, pears, and jujubes, which are said to prolong life or aid in cultivation, and their effects are quite enticing.

"I still have a long lifespan, so my need for spiritual fruits is not urgent."

The next section, "Artifacts," contains various high-grade divine weapons and magical artifacts, as well as a considerable number of secret treasures from Jambudvipa.

The origins of these artifacts are varied. According to the descriptions in the submenu, some of them were weapons used by the ancestors of the Butian Sect. After their deaths, they were neither passed down to their disciples nor taken to the cemetery, but were left to the sect.

Some were practice pieces made by the sect leader and elders of the Butian Sect, and after they were successfully forged, they were left to gather dust in the treasure vault.

Others are the secret treasures of Jambudvipa that are naturally produced by the fruit itself, and their effects are outstanding.

There are also weapons brought in by people from outside the realm, with extremely diverse styles in terms of shape and ability.

Chen Sheng quickly scanned the area and found more than forty weapons of comparable quality to the Chixiao, Tai'a, and Dinghai Divine Needle.

There were even a few magical artifacts marked as being of the sixth rank.

(End of this chapter)