Chapter 23 Demon's Den? Rice Jar?
"Qi residence? Here?"
In a few blinks, Wang Zijia stopped in front of a magnificent mansion.
This was a standard classical courtyard, appearing to occupy a vast area. In front of the gate stood a pair of stone lions, guarding the double doors, showcasing mundane traditions, like a royal mansion.
Standing at the gate, looking at the door, Wang Zijia keenly felt the unsettling fluctuations emanating from here, as if driving him away or driving away his kind.
And his internal energy became very active upon contact with this place, a sense of pleasure rising from the depths of his heart.
Two conflicting emotions entangled simultaneously, furrowing Wang Zijia's brow.
After sizing up for a moment, Wang Zijia was about to leap into the courtyard to investigate, but just as he took a few steps forward, it seemed like he triggered something.
"Squeak!"
At this moment, the gate suddenly opened from inside, and a middle-aged gatekeeper walked out, his face expressionless.
Seeing this, Wang Zijia immediately stepped forward and asked, "Friend, in the past two days, has there been any activity in your mansion?"
The middle-aged gatekeeper seemed to have also approached Wang Zijia, almost simultaneously opening his mouth, "Evildoer, leave this place, this is not where you should be!"
Wang Zijia was taken aback by the scolding, feeling even more agitated in his mind, as if the urge to drive him away had solidified.
Evildoer?
Talking about me?
Am I being regarded as a contaminating evildoer?
Before he could even argue, as Wang Zijia and the gatekeeper drew closer, Wang Zijia's inner qi became increasingly active. And with this reprimand, it seemed to trigger something, causing his inner qi to automatically form a protective layer.
As the true qi surged, a chilling aura was drawn out of the gatekeeper's body by the true qi and swiftly entered Wang Zijia's body like lightning.
"Crash!"
The gatekeeper, who had been imposing just a moment ago, collapsed suddenly as his aura left his body, the change incredibly abrupt.
"What the heck!"
"Is this person also a contaminator? But wait, wasn't it impossible to extract essence from living demons before?"
The sudden turn of events didn't catch Wang Zijia off guard.
The experiences of the past two nights had instilled in him a kind of instinct, so that whenever he sensed something amiss entering his body, he immediately retreated into his consciousness to assess the situation first.
Weight: Sin Element
Status: Contamination
Value: 11
Introduction: When a new sin demon is gestating, there will be a certain amount of sin element automatically spreading, eroding, enslaving surrounding mundane objects, and quietly forming a sinister domain.
Looking at the weight in front of him, Wang Zijia was stunned in place.
Not the previous evildoer?
A new sin demon?
The sheep-headed monster from two nights ago?
There's still one gestating in the city?
With a flash of thought, Wang Zijia, who wanted to run away, looked at the words "gestating" and his eyes flickered.
"Let's see if there's any cheap gains first, and if anything seems off, just run. After all, contamination is just a resource for me!"
After making a decision, Wang Zijia exchanged this weight for cultivation, then exited his sea of consciousness.
Taking a few steps forward, he carefully examined the gatekeeper, finally understanding why his internal energy could extract the contamination from the other party!
The gatekeeper on the ground at this moment had a pale complexion, stiff body, and even hidden signs of decomposition, obviously having been dead for at least two days!
But Wang Zijia vividly remembered that the other party had just been a living person, apart from being somewhat stiff, there was nothing abnormal.
Sin element?
Looking up at the slightly open gate ahead, without hesitation, he carefully moved towards the courtyard.
Upon entering the gate, Wang Zijia found that this courtyard was not at all like a royal mansion, but rather a replica of a mundane mansion layout.
Before he could delve deeper, another gatekeeper suddenly appeared in front of Wang Zijia.
"Evildoer, leave…"
This time, because Wang Zijia had been cautious and had been actively stimulating his internal energy, before the other party could finish speaking, the sin element maintaining his action rushed towards Wang Zijia.
It seemed that after experiencing two nights of being entrapped in sin, his true energy had become even more abnormal. Like a deeply addicted nobleman, longing to become evil, to sin.
And such an aura also attracted sin, even considering him as one of their own. It had a taste of collusion and indulgence.
Moreover, this contamination of sin elements was even more terrifying than the contamination of previous sin demons, making his innate true energy even more active, almost actively embracing sin.
Wang Zijia skillfully exchanged the weight, looking at the body of the gatekeeper who fell without any effort, his expression eerie.
It seems like he didn't enter a demon's den, but fell into a rice jar?
With a slight hesitation, he jumped onto a nearby roof, overlooking the entire mansion.
Only to see shadows moving in the courtyard, maids carrying lanterns, patrolling guards, busy servants, forming a very harmonious mundane mansion night scene, without any abnormalities.
But after experiencing the strangeness of the two gatekeepers just now, Wang Zijia carefully looked for a while and found a problem.
All the people in the entire mansion courtyard were operating according to a predetermined pattern. It seemed very normal, but after watching for a minute, it was clear that everything was in a loop.
Like a fixed scene, a scroll of dynamic painting, or a game scene.
Yes, it was like a game scene from the previous life's online games, those scenes without players entering were probably running like this.
And the two gatekeepers just now were probably because Wang Zijia triggered some kind of mechanism, they suddenly took the initiative to drive him away!
"In the process of forming a sinister domain? In that case, let's lure monsters to try?"
Looking at the moving figurines, Wang Zijia pondered for a moment and began to act.
Gliding down, heading towards the depths of the courtyard, while fully stimulating his true energy, forming ripples on his body, trying his best to make himself 'charming'!
"Evildoer…"
As Wang Zijia triggered the first wave of guards, seven or eight guard teams in the entire compound moved simultaneously, rushing towards Wang Zijia, scaring him almost to turn around to run away.
"crash… crash…"
Fortunately, as all the guards approached within five meters of him, a cold aura flew out of their bodies, and then they all fell on the ground, becoming dead.
After a while, all the guards in the courtyard fell around Wang Zijia, forming a small pile of corpses.
Wang Zijia then retreated to his sea of consciousness, looking at the steadily growing weight, feeling somewhat strange.
Isn't this dungeon run a bit off?
Weight: Sin Element
Status: Contamination
Value: 343
Introduction: Even when the evildoers are treating you as one of them, you're bullying the undeveloped puppy-like guards who haven't even grown up yet. You really have some perverted ambition!
Looking at the hundreds of inexplicably gained value points, Wang Zijia was overjoyed!
After hesitating between cultivation and skill experience, he ultimately chose cultivation. After all, for making money, the minor accomplishment card was already enough and stacking five hundred value points to achieve major accomplishment would only increase the success rate by a little over one percent, which was not cost-effective!
Moreover, true energy cultivation not only provided self-protection now, but also could be exchanged for qi cultivation after having spiritual roots.
Cultivation: Innate (538/?)
Martial Arts: Shadow Submersion
Technique: Nineteen Cuts of the Wandering Dragon Blade
Spells: Talisman Card Crafting technique(Minor accomplishment 516/1000)
Over five hundred years of cultivation!
Feeling the surging true energy in his body, Wang Zijia's face was filled with joy as he exited his sea of consciousness.
(End of this chapter)