A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 760 Keep Your Wealth to Yourself

Without making a sound, he scooped the treasure box into his hands.

The box was opened using the opening token.

The treasure box was completely empty.

Wu Cheng was dumbfounded.

The shop assistant, however, said matter-of-factly, "Sir, winning and losing are common occurrences in war. Maybe you'll be lucky next time."

Wu Cheng put the empty box away and asked Qing Li, "Didn't you say that anything that could neutralize the water-based divine light would contain treasure? How come I opened an empty box?"

"I don't know about that. Why don't you open another one?"

Wu Cheng had no choice but to accept it.

He used the same method to choose a box as before and quickly found another one.

I took a deep breath and opened the box.

At the bottom of the box was a green bead. This bead was smaller than the one Wu Cheng had obtained on the steps, but its green color seemed to be deeper.

Upon seeing the bead, the shop assistant gasped, "Congratulations, sir, this Earth-enhancing bead is very valuable."

Wu Cheng asked, "What is this Earth-Enhancing Bead used for?"

"Sir, the Earth-Enhancing Pearl is of course used to increase the Earth Element Crystal Core. Generally speaking, a person's crystal core is impure. Pure crystal cores are one in a billion, so you need to use the Earth-Enhancing Pearl to strengthen it and continuously improve the purity of your crystal core."

"So does that mean people with pure crystal cores can't use these Earth-Enhancing Pearls?"

"That's not the case. Even a 100% pure earth element crystal core can be enhanced with an Earth Enhancement Bead. The Earth Enhancement Bead can be used to increase the earth element affinity of the pure element crystal core, making the earth element power even stronger. If you don't need it, sir, our shop is willing to buy it for 500 mithril."

That's five hundred mithril?

So if you give the old gatekeeper 100 mithril, you'll still keep 400 for yourself.

"Then sell it."

Although Wu Cheng also wanted to enhance his elemental crystal core, his immediate priority was to quickly obtain mithril.

The shop assistant gave Wu Cheng 500 mithril, and Wu Cheng bought twenty more opening tokens, spending a total of 300 mithril.

It turns out that the first box-opening token costs one mithril, the next one costs ten mithril, the eleventh to twentieth tokens cost twenty mithril, and the next one costs thirty mithril.

Wu Cheng figured he couldn't be too conspicuous, as having too many would inevitably arouse suspicion. So he used his water-based divine light to sweep around and picked out five boxes that could neutralize his divine light. The rest were randomly swept around with other divine lights, some of which could neutralize the light, and some that didn't react to the divine light. Wu Cheng picked those up to make up the numbers.

It's not uncommon to see people buying twenty opening tokens at once, since opening treasure boxes is a gamble, and there are plenty of gamblers out there.

Moreover, despite the small size of Dongji Town, there are quite a few wealthy people, including sect disciples, high-level rogue cultivators, and many who come to gamble on boxes.

Wu Cheng opened ten boxes in a row, but only two of them contained items: an earth element storage bag and a water element gauntlet.

The shop assistant estimated the price: the storage bag had about ten cubic meters of space and was worth about one hundred mithril, while the water elemental gauntlets were not easy to sell at the Earth Spirit Treasure Bureau, so he estimated it at one hundred and fifty mithril.

These ten boxes were randomly scanned by Wu Cheng using other divine lights. He was considered quite lucky to open two of them. He wasn't in a hurry to open the remaining boxes, but instead put them all into his newly acquired storage bag and hurriedly left the treasure room.

What he didn't know was that, although he felt he hadn't revealed anything, someone was secretly watching him.

There were two people eyeing Wu Cheng, both of whom were regular customers of the shop: one named Xu Qian and the other named Zhou Fei.

Xu Qian and Zhou Fei had bad luck today; they opened boxes containing hundreds of mithril, but got nothing.

It wasn't that they didn't get anything, but rather that their gambling addiction was too strong. They exchanged almost everything they got for mithril and bought more opening tokens to open more boxes.

By the time they calmed down, they were penniless.

They happened to witness Wu Cheng opening a box. Seeing that Wu Cheng had opened two nice items, they were a little envious. More importantly, Wu Cheng still had ten boxes and ten box-opening tokens.

Wu Cheng's skills seem to be quite poor.

This kind of person must be a country bumpkin who just came up from the lower universe to the Purple Abyss universe.

Judging from his attire, he had neither sect insignia nor the emblem of the Loose Cultivator Alliance; he was simply easy prey.

They quietly followed Wu Cheng.

Wu Cheng was unaware that someone was following him at first. After walking for a while, he felt as if someone was constantly dragging him down from behind.

He asked Sanwu to investigate, and Sanwu quickly discovered that someone was following him and alerted Wu Cheng.

Although Wu Cheng knew the situation, he had no way to retaliate, since he was now just an ordinary person in the Purple Abyss Universe.

At most, he could only quicken his pace, thinking about how to register at the Loose Cultivator Alliance as soon as possible. Once he registered, he could join the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and probably no one would dare to bully him anymore.

He turned into a small alley, intending to take a shortcut through the alley to the registration point.

But as soon as they entered the alley, they found themselves blocked by two people.

These two people, one in front and one behind, completely blocked Wu Cheng's way in and out.

Xu Qian chuckled: "I didn't expect you to be so vigilant, brother. But no matter how vigilant you are, it's useless in front of us brothers. How could someone who hasn't even reached the first level of Yuan Apprentice escape from us second-level Yuan practitioners?"

Wu Cheng learned roughly about the division of the Purple Deep Universe from Qing Li: the first rank is also called Yuan Apprentice, the second rank is also called Yuan Scholar, the third rank is Yuan Warrior, and the fourth rank is Yuan Master...

They are roughly equal in rank, but their strengths differ greatly.

However, he couldn't back down so easily. He took two steps back, glared at them, and asked, "What do you want?"

"Actually, don't misunderstand. We don't want to kill you either. As long as you obediently hand over what you got from the treasure bureau, we will spare your life."

Wu Cheng sighed.

It's true what they say: people die for money, and birds die for food.

What might seem like a small amount to them was a risky proposition to these two.

"Don't be so pessimistic. The patrols in Dongji Town are not strict, and they won't care about outsiders like you who are neither from a sect nor a rogue cultivator."

"What if I don't give it to you?" Wu Cheng asked.

"You won't give it to me? Haha, you've got some guts." Zhou Fei stepped forward and punched Wu Cheng in the stomach.

He used the earth element attribute in this punch.

The Yuan Tu realm involves refining the body with elements, while the Yuan Zhe realm allows one to use elements to enhance their offense and defense.

This punch is so powerful that even a regular cultivator might not be able to withstand it, let alone a disciple.

Wu Cheng was also taken aback; the power of that punch was visible to the naked eye.

However, this punch seemed to tickle Wu Cheng, and Wu Cheng did not feel any pain at all.

What exactly is going on?

Wu Cheng was stunned, and Zhou Fei was even more stunned.

He seems to never make a mistake.

A cultivator with 60% earth element is already quite powerful, yet this punch failed to break through Wu Cheng's defense.

How is this going?

Xu Qian, who was watching from the side, saw that Zhou Fei's punch had failed to break through his defenses, so he hurriedly came over and pulled Zhou Fei away, saying, "You're really useless. Watch me."

He also condensed earth elemental energy and threw a punch at Wu Cheng.

Wu Cheng, however, gained the confidence to take the beating and stood there to take the punch head-on.

The punch landed on Wu Cheng, but it was neutralized by the physical strength accumulated from the Xuanhuang Universe.

Xu Qian and Zhou Fei were stunned by Wu Cheng's ability to withstand blows. Was he even human? Was he really someone from a lower universe who hadn't even reached the first rank?

They exchanged a glance and decided to unleash their ultimate move.

The Yuan cultivators can condense earth elements to strengthen their fists. Previously, they hadn't condensed enough earth elements, so now they're going to get serious because Wu Cheng's body is just too tough. They can't defeat Wu Cheng with an ordinary punch.

Xu Qian pushed Zhou Fei, and a surge of earth elemental power flowed into Zhou Fei's back. Zhou Fei also mobilized the earth elemental power within his body, condensing it into his left fist, and forcefully punched Wu Cheng in the chest.

The power of this punch exceeded all of Zhou Fei's own strength, equivalent to the combined strength of two people.

However, even though the punch landed on Wu Cheng's chest, Wu Cheng remained completely unmoved.

He looked at the two guys and shook his head with some disappointment: "I thought you were really capable, but it turns out you only have these skills. If that's the case, then I'll have to fight back."

As he spoke, he slapped Zhou Fei across the face.

This palm strike carried no power, because Wu Cheng didn't actually know how to use elemental power.

However, when this slap landed on Zhou Fei's face, Zhou Fei's face swelled up immediately.

Upon seeing that Zhou Fei's face was asymmetrical, Wu Cheng shook his head and said, "It seems that beauty in the universe still requires symmetry. Let me help you."

As he spoke, he slapped Zhou Fei's other cheek.

Zhou Fei has demonstrated symmetrical beauty this time.

However, more alarmed than the pain on his face was Wu Cheng's strength.

How can someone who has never cultivated himself so easily slap himself in the face?

You should know that you are a being with 60% earth element.

Yuan Zhe is much higher than Yuan Tu, and the earth element provides defense. Logically speaking, his skin should be thicker than the earth. Although he is not invulnerable to swords and spears, he would not feel much pain if hit, and it would be impossible for his skin to swell up like this.

He doesn't even need to look at his face now; it must be swollen like a pig's head. He feels like he doesn't have enough skin to cover his face, and his eyes are squinting into slits.

He peered at the man through his slits, but instead of looking down on him, he saw Wu Cheng as even more imposing and powerful, which was truly astonishing.

He was secretly astonished. Was this really just an ordinary mortal? He had heard that people from the lower realms were very strong, but he hadn't expected them to be this powerful.