Chapter 240

However, even if infinitely close to the truth, it was merely Chen Shicheng's guess.

Given that the Dao Fruit determines whether one can smoothly become an immortal, even a 0.1% uncertainty cannot be gambled; everything prioritizes stability.

Of course, he also isn't lacking capital to gamble! Chen Shicheng currently holds three fragments in hand; one is a "suspected" Tang Valley token fragment, not yet fully obtained by players, and the other two are fragments of the same token, currently unknown which Cave Heaven Bliss Land they belong to.

Given his strength among players, as long as he isn't continuously bombed by missiles in reality, the chance of the fragments dropping upon death is infinitely close to zero.

After all, if he can't beat them he can still run; this teleportation skill, Compress Earth to an Inch, remains unsolvable among current players.

Therefore, the three copper pieces he holds are his safety net; whether or not he can find Tang Valley, he has backups waiting there to be favored, and there are two of them!

However, he hasn't forgotten that travelogue written by a senior of Zixiao Palace, which clearly states he discovered a Cave Heaven Bliss Land, but was blocked by a mass of mist, making entry impossible.

Even an ancient Zifu Realm monster over a thousand years old is helpless, let alone him.

"Let's just proceed step by step."

Chen Shicheng took a deep breath, put the copper pieces back into his storage slot, held his breath and focused, then began to scorch the Ao shell with Fusang leaves, not thinking about taking shortcuts.

After confirming with Hui Siye that today is the correct time, he began to produce a new batch of Yinxiang Incense.

However, to let the players liven up quickly, he didn't choose to air-dry it in an extremely yin place; anyway, the semi-finished product merely shortens the teleport distance, using two more stalks makes no difference.

After loading this batch of semi-finished goods into his storage slot, Chen Shicheng launched La Tiao and the Yellow Turban Strongman to ensure safety, then immediately exited the game and began selling goods on the forum.

Of course, he also happened to browse the forum posts.

At this moment, the forum had already become a chaotic mess due to the appearance of a specific task.

"High-price purchase of any token fragment, interested parties private chat, price absolutely satisfying!"

"Hey, the Breaking Formation Task just ended; I thought I could have a peaceful game, but another task like this shows up—are we even allowed to play?"

"Damn, the copper pieces are that important? If only they'd said earlier, I would have traded mine for a cheap price to someone else!"

"Those upstairs, don't worry; even if it's in your hands you can't keep it—this is the big shots' stage, and ordinary people who get involved just die."

"Top floor!"

"I have no fragments, just want to ask those big shots who have fragments: do you need a leg accessory? I like fur pants."

"I happen to have a token fragment obtained by accident; I found it a few days ago while doing archaeology. Although the back lacks an arrow indicator, I know I can't keep it, so I'm putting it up for sale—interested parties private chat, no insincere disturbances."

As he scrolled, Chen Shicheng actually saw a post selling copper pieces; he hurriedly clicked in to check the comments.

"Is it real or not? Does the OP really have it? Or are they just hyping it up?"

"No picture, no truth; show us a photo to broaden our horizons."

"Sincerely asking, which grave did you dig it up from?"

This post also struck a chord with players, and the number of comments below increases by hundreds each time it's refreshed.

Chen Shicheng scrolled down a few thousand floors and saw the original poster's reply, which contained only one photo, but the photo's quality was extremely blurry, as if taken with a landline phone, making its authenticity questionable.

However, while others might not notice, Chen Shicheng immediately recognized it as a Token Fragment; the blurriness was due to the surface energy affecting the photo, so the OP wasn't lying or trying to deceive.

He then scrolled down a few hundred more floors; the OP rebutted the comment about grave-digging, repeatedly insisting it was archaeology, and even disclosed the exact archaeological site—the copper piece was found underground at a place called Four Bright Mountain. Soon, the so-called location of Four Bright Mountain was dug up by players.

This place corresponds to real-world Yuezhou, and since ancient times it has been said to be the location of Cinnabar Mountain and Red Water Heaven, ranking ninth among the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens.

"You unearthed a Token Fragment of a blessed land at a place corresponding to a real-world cave heaven? How coincidental!"

"I have a bold idea."

"Don't bother thinking; the quick ones have already set out."

"Wait, according to your logic, if we go to the real-world locations where blessed-land legends exist to seek the corresponding game spots, we might very well find Token Fragments nearby?"

"Very likely!"

"Perhaps."

Later, more and more Token Fragment owners came forward in the thread; based on the approximate locations where they obtained the fragments, these bored players actually pieced together a conclusion of uncertain truth.

The places where Token Fragments are most likely to appear are precisely the game locations corresponding to real-world blessed lands, and there is a strong possibility that when these fragments are combined, they can unlock the nearby blessed land.

Chen Shicheng stared at the thread's replies, falling into deep thought.

Frankly, those players' conclusion might actually be true.

Aside from that, he couldn't be certain, but the "suspected" Tang Valley Token Fragment he truly snatched from the emissary of the East Sea Island Nation.

According to the correspondence theory, Tang Valley lies somewhere in the Eastern Sea, and coincidentally the East Sea Island Nation is located exactly there, and since ancient times this place has had another name.

"The Fusang tree!"

This makes it hard not to link the East Sea Island Nation with Tang Valley.

In other words, if he wants to go to Tang Valley, does he still need to make a trip abroad?

No, putting it differently, has the East Sea Island Nation always been an inseparable part of the Chinese mainland?

"Fortunately, fortunately, heaven has eyes!"

Chen Shicheng hastily glanced at the copper piece placed in his storage slot and let out a long breath.

Fortunately, the Tang Valley Token Fragment is now in his hand; if it were really all taken by those Japanese pirates, who found Tang Valley's location and also obtained the Dao fruit, Lu Ya Dao Jun would likely burst from the river of history in anger, reenacting the scene of ten suns scorching the sky to destroy the world.

Now there is a piece of good news and a piece of bad news before Chen Shicheng.

The good news is that domestically, no one will compete with him for the Tang Valley Token Fragment.

The bad news is that to enter Tang Valley, he must go abroad and fight to the death with the islanders.

This is damn tough! A great instructor once said, let the enemy sink into the sea of people's war.

But now the situation is that Chen Shicheng must actively walk into the net, falling into the enemy's sea.

Although he masters the Slaying Immortal Formation and Assisting the Tiger, two skills he excels at for group attacks, TM the island nation's players number at least over a hundred million.

Even if not everyone comes to deal with him, this invader, even if only one percent shows up, that's still over a million people—one spit each could drown him; isn't that just asking for death! (End of chapter)