Chapter 156: Making Plans (Seeking Subscriptions)

Sunlight and hope are blocked outside the main gate; all that remains for the prisoners is pitch-black despair.

"I clearly didn't do anything!"

"Sob! Sob! Superintendent, oh Superintendent, I am truly wronged!"

"I even killed an evil cultivator; I have merit! Why has it come to this!"

A crowd of new prisoners could not contain their emotions, some rushing to grab the bars, others curling up on the spot, making all sorts of noises.

The disheveled old prisoners glanced at each other, their originally numb gazes showing a change.

"Heh heh! You ask why so many people are locked up here? Isn't it because they caught the wrong ones, and fearing we might rise up after getting out, they figured since the conflict is already made, they might as well go all the way and just crush us all to death here!"

"Although it is a second-tier top-grade, relying solely on spirit meals is indeed quite difficult; one could say it is twice the effort for half the result. The base cultivation efficiency is only half left, while the number of times I can circulate my energy can barely be maintained."

It looked strange, as if mocking their inability to read the situation, as if pained that they themselves were once like this, and also carrying a touch of madness from the gradual disintegration and dissipation of their cultivation under long-term confinement and torture.

The low-grade spirit stones, originally just a seasoning and a secondary supplement, had to be added in large quantities.

Finished product, second-tier top-grade.

That single cell over there was deathly silent, as if this person didn't exist at all; was the scene they had just seen actually just a demonic hallucination born from long-term despair and torture here?

But that's impossible; that old fellow's ferocious appearance was enough to make one's heart tremble—it shouldn't be fake...

They wanted to use this to probe something, preferably to goad him into speaking out.

The surge of emotion was only momentary, and soon they returned to numbness.

It looks like the same old routine, but in fact, changes need to be made.

Who told them they weren't dead yet?

"Oh? You can kill an evil cultivator, impressive! What a pity, once you enter this Forbidden Prison, it doesn't matter if you have merit or faults, you can only wait for death in peace. Oh, that doesn't seem right either; it's also possible you'll be interrogated and then beaten to death directly. Sigh, it's better to live a wretched life than to die well; being locked up here is still better than going straight to the guillotine."

"That's what I'm saying, staying here, although your cultivation leaks away bit by bit every day, making one despair to the point of collapse, at least you're still alive, haha!"

Although the subsequent life in the Forbidden Prison is visibly a fate worse than death!

Inside this Forbidden Prison, it quickly returned to deathly silence.

Someone spoke mockingly, ridiculing the person who was feeling indignant, but as they spoke, they couldn't help but reveal a desperate and miserable tone.

In this Forbidden Prison, no matter how wealthy Du En is, without the support of external spirit Qi, he can at most cultivate to the Foundation Establishment perfection; wanting to break through to the Golden Core stage is normally impossible.

Moreover, it's fortunate that this time he looted Xiang Tao's wealth and raided the camp warehouse's inventory; now he has plenty of various resources, so he doesn't need to worry for a short time.

"But in the Forbidden Prison, only our side has spirit Qi input. Even if his magic power isn't sealed, without spirit Qi replenishment, it will only decrease the more he uses it. Is there something wrong with him plastering a layer of earth armor on the wall to block the view the moment he got in?"

Let's ignore Du En for now!

To cope with the situation where spirit Qi is completely cut off, his plan here is spirit meals.

The situation is a bit bad, but not a major problem; it is still acceptable.

"But I have a panel, success will come naturally when conditions are ripe."

Focus back on the present.

It is thanks to the Firm Spirit Art already reaching great completion, with the whole body internally and externally having initially undergone firm-spirit transformation, that the external spirit Qi pressure step is gradually turning into an internal traction effect, significantly lowering the requirements for the spirit Qi environment; otherwise, it would be a rather big problem, the number of times he could circulate his energy could not be maintained, and his cultivation efficiency would be even worse.

Someone had a change in emotion and couldn't help but kick him, directly making him shut up.

They reached a conclusion, and Du En also reached a conclusion.

After tasting it, Du En silently contemplated and judged.

He must use the spirit Qi of spirit stones to fill the deficit as much as possible!

He took out a pot and started cooking, relying on his already minor-completion culinary skills to quickly adjust the amount of spirit stones, starting from one thousand low-grade spirit stones and finally adding up to one thousand five hundred.

"Can it even be used like this?"

"That's what I'm saying, this is clearly house arrest, using an environment where spirit Qi is cut off to slow down his cultivation speed. This background is rock solid!"

As long as it is confirmed that he is still in the cell, that is enough.

"What could be wrong? It's visibly obvious, he's just wealthy! I bet he definitely has a second-tier storage bag, that's why he needs to do this, it's like saying 'there is no silver three hundred taels buried here'!"

In a short amount of time, Du En had already brewed a plan to adapt to local conditions.

It is not the Artifact Control Art, but the Hundred-Artifact Control Art!

The jade slip Du En saw earlier on the wasteland of buried corpses was the superior version of this Artifact Control Art, the high-grade spell Hundred-Artifact Control Art!

Compared to the Artifact Control Art, it has a very different focus; it is clearly quantity-based. When just starting to learn, one can control one hundred magical artifacts, which is ten times more than the theoretical maximum of ten for the Artifact Control Art!

Du En has many magical artifacts, basically meant for self-detonation, so the Artifact Control Art isn't actually suitable because he can only control a few at a time, and only by rapidly switching and replacing them can he form a situation of massive input at once.

"So, don't count on crying and shouting being useful, accept your fate. Once you've entered here, no matter what the truth is, you can't run away!"

But there wasn't.

"This, a layer of earth wall?"

Someone scolded, their voice filled with hatred; in their irritability, they actually grabbed the other person's hair and pressed it against the bars, wanting to make them see this reality clearly.

Second-tier middle-to-high-grade main ingredient monster meat, add a large amount.

The jailers and prison guards were noisy, but in the end, their attitudes appeared consistent.

"However, other resources are also needed; this aspect still seems insufficient, so next, I must..."

"Cry! What's the use of crying! Your superintendent is clearly trying to frame you! He doesn't care about a small fry like you at all!"

And so, more old prisoners responded and agreed with this sentiment.

Intentionally acting like "there is no silver three hundred taels buried here" is mainly to show off his "background," warn these jailers and prison guards who are very unscrupulous here, and probe the orders they received regarding the scope of his daily activities.

At the same time, the jailers and prison guards here were huddled together in the room they usually used to monitor the general situation of the entire Forbidden Prison, looking at the image presented on a jade screen, unable to help but look at each other in dismay.

"Especially in terms of magic power recovery, because there are enough related pills, spells can still be practiced. Of course, things like the Earth Cannon Art that make too much noise won't work; it's mainly the Sand Flying Art, Earth Armor Art, Fire Burning Art, and, the Hundred-Artifact Control Art."

"Is that Earth Armor, ah no, Earth Shell?"

"Do you brothers dare to get rich?"

"If you want to die, go ahead yourself. That is something the superintendent specifically instructed; as long as he is locked here, that's enough. Don't touch or manage anything else!"

The newcomers also began to accept reality; although their moods were miserable, they could only adapt.

"Besides, he hasn't had a shred of his magic power sealed, and his personal belongings are all intact. If you still want to go and rob him, don't end up getting killed by him instead; that would truly make you the biggest joke since this prison was opened!"

Aside from being stirred by the scenery and thinking of the past, it was mainly because of Du En, this unusual prisoner!

"What are you shouting for? If you hadn't done anything, you wouldn't be here!"

A large quantity of top-grade Tier 2 auxiliary spirit herbs.

The old prisoners looked at each other, gradually stopped talking, and one after another retreated, crouching back in the corners.

Just as the old prisoner said, since a conflict had already started, it was better to go all out and finish him!

Even if he couldn't be killed outright, he had to be suppressed by any means necessary!

The old prisoners were much more active than usual, with greater fluctuations in their emotions.

No one came to stop it, and no one appeared before his eyes, which proved that Gao Feng was indeed placing him under house arrest in disguise, while at the same time certainly minding his breakthrough speed, which was growing shorter the more he cultivated, and wanted to use the environment here to severely slow it down.

Facing ordinary enemies, there was naturally no problem, but facing experts and powerhouses, it was very easy to have gaps exploited!

Previously, it took six hundred blades just to beat the crippled Xue Song, and that was the reason why.

The firepower net was not dense enough!

Now that he had the Hundred Controls Art, which was more suitable for his situation, he had no obsessive-compulsive disorder; naturally, he chose to switch his cultivation directly to fully bring his advantages into play.

(End of this chapter)