Chapter 816: Chapter 816: Enter the Spirit World, Start Mining First!

Lu Chen seemed to have fallen into a vortex, the world spinning around him. Though he tried to use the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique, he still couldn’t see his immediate surroundings clearly.

After an unknown duration, he realized that his spinning speed had slowed down. In the endless darkness, a glimmer of light appeared in the distance.

"Is that the Spirit World?"

Lu Chen’s entire body trembled as he steadied his gaze toward that direction, finally catching sight of the vibrant spiritual energy flows!

Beyond the fundamental elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, Lu Chen saw other types of spiritual power!

In the Mortal Realm, these were known as mutant spiritual powers!

But he could only identify two types, lightning and ice!

"I wonder if there are guards over there."

Lu Chen perked up, sensing the overwhelming Chaos Spirit Power within his body. He gripped the Heavenly Inquiry Spear in one hand and surreptitiously gathered Earth Fire in the other!

He waited another hour before his spinning finally ceased. Thankfully, having reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul, he was prepared and thus not greatly affected.

Once his body was fully afloat in the black void, Lu Chen was completely ready.

The light expanded into a portal just big enough for one person to pass through.

Then, he heard a voice from outside.

"Someone else has arrived, whose turn is it now?"

"It’s, it’s us, the Martial Spirit Sect!"

"Then why aren’t you coming over quickly? If we’re short of people, don’t complain about unfairness later!"

"Yes, yes, coming now!"

As the voices ceased, Lu Chen heard hurried footsteps. When his body fully passed through the portal, the blinding light forced him to shut his enhanced eyes.

Instinctively shielding his face, Lu Chen felt a rope looped around him in the next instant!

Tightening abruptly, his hands were bound tightly to his waist!

At the same time, an invisible pressure emerged, causing the spiritual power he had barely managed to gather to disperse as well.

"No good!"

Lu Chen inwardly tightened, hastily retracting the Heavenly Inquiry Spear into his left palm.

The Earth Fire also slid back into his Dantian under his control!

Before he could get a clear view, he was dragged away from the spot, walking a hundred steps before he slowly adapted to his new surroundings.

The spiritual energy was abundant, but the physical pressure was also very strong.

Lu Chen’s body had to condense spiritual power to counter this immense pressure from the surrounding environment.

"Got used to it? The Spiritual Energy in the Spirit World is hundreds to thousands of times that of the Mortal Realm. Training is faster, but the pressure is also great!"

The voice that previously claimed to be from the Spirit Martial Sect called out, and Lu Chen looked over, seeing his bound rope in that person’s hands.

"May I know who the senior is?"

Lu Chen cautiously inquired with politeness.

"Don’t bother calling me senior; you’re not qualified to say that."

The person spoke indifferently, "My last name is Xu, you can just call me Manager Xu."

"Yes, Manager Xu."

Without daring to misuse the Hateful Heaven Pupil Technique, and unable to discern his realm through ordinary sight, Lu Chen temporarily complied.

"Very good," Manager Xu seemed pleased, "Joining our Spirit Martial Sect is fortunate for you. Work in our mines for three years, and you can earn your freedom. By then, you’ll have adapted to the Spirit World and can cultivate here peacefully!"

"Work in the mines?"

Lu Chen raised his eyebrows.

"Exactly, mining. Our Spirit Martial Sect only requires three years; other sects need at least five years, or even... a lifetime!"

Saying this, he tugged on the rope, leading Lu Chen to a Flying Boat.

Onboard, there were two others whose gazes were defiant and whose aura was very similar to, if not slightly superior to, Lu Chen’s; apparently, they were in the late-stage peak of the Nascent Soul!

Clearly, these two were not from his Mortal Realm!

Could it be that there are many Mortal Realms?

A doubt arose in Lu Chen’s heart as he was pulled onto the Flying Boat.

"Wait here for a while. Once we have five people, we can depart!"

Manager Xu spoke indifferently, then tied the rope to the Flying Boat and returned to the portal.

Lu Chen watched him go, just as another person was flung out of the portal and caught by someone else with a rope.

He was momentarily stunned, then laughed at himself.

Mortal Realm cultivators, after all their hardships, ended up as laborers in the Spirit World.

How ironic is that?

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