Chapter 44

```It's not so much regret as it is envy.

The man on the stage who'd gone completely mad was just lucky, not only did he randomly get two "Nine Ox Power" entries, but he also got the "Self-Destruction Term". How many people could boast such luck? Now that's what you truly call a gamble on entries.

And Fat Long did not consider himself particularly fortunate. Even if he had another chance, he'd probably not choose the "self-extinguishing root". Pain was only one reason, the main reason he felt things were fine as they were, and the pleasures of the bedroom were, after all, quite enjoyable. Besides, aesthetically, it's much better than eight bloody holes and not as good as the Nine Ox.

One could only say it was fate, that this middle-aged man was destined for this fortune.

However, this also proved from a certain perspective, that even the most useless-looking White entries, as long as one is fated to obtain and match them with the right entries, can be useful. The challenge is precisely in obtaining the entries that can match.

...

The drama had come to a close.

The audience in the square had gradually departed, yet the smiles on everyone's faces had disappeared without them noticing and what mattered most now was not envy, it wasn't witnessing a lucky fellow soar to the heavens.

It was whether this damn Foundation Establishment man's Cultivation had exceeded the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment!!!

If it hadn't...

Having such a monster with them in the Secret Realm, there would be no point in thinking about competing for treasures, all they would need to do is run for their lives. What was supposed to be a 'challenge' type Heavenly Dao Secret Realm would completely turn into a survival game.

None of the people present were confident they could handle such a monster.

"Um... Boss."

In a corner of the square, a thin man clad in a cloak cautiously approached a brawny man beside him and hesitated, "Are we still going to follow him to look for an opportunity to make a move?"

This spectacle had attracted quite a crowd, including desperados. Their thoughts were simple, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator carrying so many Spirit Stones was no different from a walking spirit stone mine.

If they didn't rob him, it would be like refusing the gifts of heaven, and they would surely be struck by divine punishment.

They would be courting retribution.

But now it looked like it wasn't a good time to make a move.

"Rob your mother's head!!!"

The brawny man, somewhat infuriated and embarrassed, slapped the cloak off the thin man's head, "If I said let's go rob, would you dare be the first motherfucker to go?"

"I dare."

"Get lost!"

The brawny man angrily turned and walked towards the exit of the square. What he forgot was this, that his brother had the courage to risk his life, who could have predicted that this man's luck could be so good? Not only didn't he snatch a single Spirit Stone, but he also lost two Spirit Stones for nothing.

Pure fucking nonsense!

...

Meanwhile, in a courtyard in the center of the square.

Wang Tiedan, the middle-aged man who had gotten lucky, was now excitedly standing in the courtyard, looking towards the west side of Fufeng City with anticipation, "Heaven truly favors me, who could have thought that I, Wang Tiedan at the age of fifty-six, would still encounter such an opportunity!"

"I had already given up on the idea of climbing higher, but now it seems possible that I might not have to give up on reaching the Golden Core Stage in my lifetime!"

"My Cultivation is at the third layer of Foundation Establishment, just right to enter the soon-to-open Heavenly Dao Secret Realm. Steward Liu, do you think anyone in that Secret Realm can match me?"

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He originally had no intention of entering the Secret Realm. He was just taking advantage of the crowd to make a quick profit. However, times had changed, and now he was equipped with dozens of talismans, each with the full strength of a third-level Golden Core strike.

His confidence soared.

Perhaps he could gradually shift his focus away from his family and once again set foot on the Cultivation Path. After so many years without descending into a Secret Realm, he found himself missing it. Back then, he hadn't yet broken through to Foundation Establishment, and he remembered the fellow Daoists he met along the way, eager to charge into the Secret Realm.

They battled through challenges and were the last ones standing.

It was incredibly satisfying, but as one grows older, their courage dims. He no longer possessed the same fervor and even felt a sense of fear when thinking about the past. Truly, ignorance knows no fear.

"..."

Standing to the side, Minister Liu let out a resigned sigh before waving his hand to dismiss the servants nearby and spoke with a serious expression, "My lord, let me sort this out for you, your emotions are a bit too agitated right now."

"First of all, we have definitely won this time, and won very convincingly."

"Not to mention anything else, just the Spirit Stones alone we've earned over 5,000 pieces. That's already equivalent to more than a decade of our family's Spirit Stone output, and this batch of Spirit Stones can also serve as very good seed capital."

"My lord, although you are now akin to half-step Golden Core, think about it, can you defeat a true Golden Core expert?"

"How many times can you use your full-strength strike? How many times can a Golden Core expert use theirs?"

"A Golden Core expert can withstand your full-strength strike, but can you withstand a Golden Core expert's full-strength strike?"

"A Golden Core expert can control everything within dozens of miles with a single thought. My lord, can you outrun a Golden Core expert?"

"To use a phrase from my hometown, you're currently a target with high attack but low defense and low mobility. Bullying the weak may work, but facing the strong, it's impossible for you to win."

"..."

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Wang Tiedan's head, snapping him back to reality. After a long while, he muttered, "Minister Liu, what you say makes a lot of sense, but..."

"You're telling me that before I had these entries, I had to keep laying low. Now that I already have so much strength from these entries, I still have to keep hiding my power. Then isn't all the pain I've endured fucking pointless?"

"No."

Minister Liu shook his head with a serious look and replied, "Didn't I just say? Bullying the weak is fine. So let's go bully the weak, that's all. What good does it do to kill all those disciples from the Major Sects and powerful families in the Secret Realm?"

"If a few of them die in normal Secret Realm skirmishes, those sects won't make much fuss about it. It's very common for people to die in the Secret Realm. But if you go on a killing spree like you suggested, the Golden Cores from those sect families will come after you. My lord, how would you deal with that?"

"Provoking such major powers has no benefits whatsoever."

"Now everyone knows you possess the strength comparable to that of the Golden Core Stage. This is a deterrent. We should use this deterrence to harshly bully the Foundation Establishment families. We can't provoke the Golden Core Powers, but aren't the Foundation Establishment families easy to crush?"

"The weak deserve to be trampled mercilessly!"

"Once we bully the Foundation Establishment families and obtain a large amount of Spirit Stones and Cultivation Resources to grow stronger, with each small realm breakthrough in your Cultivation, my lord, your deterrence will increase. When you break through to the Golden Core Stage and possess Nascent Soul combat power, then we can go bully those Golden Core Powers fiercely!" seaʀᴄh thё Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"It makes sense," Wang Tiedan pondered thoughtfully for a long time before hesitantly saying, "There's just one small problem. You say that if I'm close to breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, will those Golden Core experts just let me break through so easily?"

"It's hard to say."

"What do you mean 'hard to say'?"

"Well, if I were a Golden Core expert living near you, I would already be on my way to kill you."