Chapter 1633

Originally, Shoumu's cultivation realm was at the fifth stage, which was two stages lower than normal. This was already suspicious.

But now, Shoumu was lying there very weakly. As for the aura surging around him, it was actually not even at the first stage. It was barely comparable to someone who had just entered the Domain realm.

In just seven days, he had actually fallen to the fifth stage.

"What's going on?" asked Zi Chen with a frown.

Shoumu opened his eyes. This time, he appeared very weak and tired. When he saw Zi Chen's expression, he smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just the price of condensing the Devouring God Seal."

As he said that, Shoumu stretched out his hand and a bright ball of light appeared in his hand.

Zi Chen focused his eyes and saw a rune within the ball of light. It was just a rune, but it seemed to be able to connect the entire heaven and earth. As the ball of light appeared, the surrounding energies of heaven and earth became active.

"This is the Devouring God Seal?" asked Zi Chen as he looked at the ball of light.

Shoumu nodded.

"How do I use it?" asked Zi Chen in a deep voice. There was no joy on his face.

Shoumu said weakly, "It is imprinted between your eyebrows. Next, you have to carefully comprehend it. When you have thoroughly comprehended the Devouring God Seal, you will understand how to improve yourself."

Zi Chen looked at Shoumu and did not take the divine seal.

Shoumu didn't care and said again, "Don't worry. I won't play any tricks on this. My realm has fallen. Before I return, my realm can't be restored. If I tamper with the God Seal, I will only harm myself. You can sense it. There is only my power in the God Seal, not Viper's."

Zi Chen took the divine seal and said, "I hope so. Alright, you two go out and rest. Also, call Shendao, Fortune Teller, Wu Xie, and Man Shi. I want them to protect me."

Shoumu nodded again. At this moment, Viper opened his eyes and stood up. He supported Shoumu and walked outside.

After watching the two leave, Zi Chen took out the divine seal. At the same time, he summoned Cauldron Spirit to carefully examine the divine seal.

"He still doesn't trust you," said Viper in the secluded forest.

"This is a necessary precaution. I would have done the same if I were him."

After speaking, Shoumu closed his eyes. In a short seven days, he had fallen by five realms. His loss could be said to be enormous.

And this time, Shoumu had bet all his assets. If he couldn't win, then he wouldn't have the capital to gamble anymore.

Cauldron Spirit examined the divine seal for a moment before he said, "It's a very peculiar mark that resonates with this heaven and earth. It seems that what that little fella said was true."

"Can it be mass produced?" Zi Chen asked. This was the question he was most concerned about.

Cauldron Spirit shook his head and said, "It is a kind of peculiar energy that condenses this divine seal. This is the key to the seal. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the fifth stage of that little guy's cultivation realm."

"In other words, every stroke is heavy."

Condensing the Divine Seal required a total of five strokes, but Shoumu lost five layers of cultivation.

Cauldron Spirit sighed and said, "This is going to be difficult. Let alone the fact that we can't find the next native, even if we could, I wouldn't be able to extract his vitality."

Zi Chen nodded. He finally understood how precious this thing was.

Shoumu and Viper walked out of the secluded forest. During this period of time, those saplings seemed to have entered a dormant state and did not launch an attack at all.

Shoumu was very weak and needed to rest. Viper said in a stupefied manner, "Obedient Way, Fortune Teller, Man Shi, Wu Xie, His Lordship has asked you to enter."

The party was chatting when Shang Guan Hong heard Viper's words. She asked puzzledly, "Which Lordship?"

Man Shi smilingly replied, "Of course it's Lord Zi Chen. He's our leader."

"Then I'll go with you," Shang Guan Hong immediately said.

Wu Xie forced a smile and said, "Don't. This secluded forest is very dangerous. The reason why Zi Chen asked the four of us to enter is because he is worried that we will be in danger if we go in alone."

"That place is very dangerous."

"It's far more dangerous than you can imagine."

The party of four walked towards the secluded forest with weapons in hand. Just as they arrived at the edge of the forest, a battle broke out.

Soon after, the party of four disappeared into the forest.

Hearing the commotion, Zi Chen purposely went out to receive the party of four before returning to the safe zone.

"Why are you looking for us?" Man Shi asked as soon as he entered.

"I want to refine something. I need you to protect me." The party of four nodded.

Zi Chen didn't explain further. He sat down cross-legged, took out the Divine Seal, and placed it between his eyebrows.

The Divine Seal immediately fused into the space between his eyebrows and entered Zi Chen's sea of consciousness. Soon after, Zi Chen saw a vast world. In this world, there were all kinds of colorful lights, and these lights were the power of the rules.

It was just like the power of the rules that Zi Chen saw when he broke through. However, at this moment, these powers were clearer.

At this moment, under the attention of the four of them, Zi Chen's entire body was glowing. It was a blazing light.

Standing beside Zi Chen, under the cover of this light, the four of them also became sensitive. The power of the rules that were originally difficult to sense also became clear at this moment.

In front of Zi Chen's eyes, there was a vast sea of rules. In an instant, it was as if he had seen the sea of origin of the world.

As the Divine Seal fused into the space between his eyebrows, the light gradually converged and finally disappeared.

At this moment, Zi Chen's perception obviously changed. It was as if the oppressive rules had disappeared, or he had gained the recognition of this world.

As Zi Chen's perception sharpened, the light around Zi Chen's body gradually converged and finally disappeared without a trace.

Next, it was time to quietly comprehend the magic of the Devouring Divine Seal. Zi Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, didn't move at all. He sat there for a whole month.

During this month, the Dark Mantle members who didn't see Zi Chen took the initiative to take on the task of leading the newcomers. Although they didn't know Zi Chen's plan, they could vaguely guess that Zi Chen's time was extremely precious.

Of course, all the spiritual crystals and other resources consumed during this period would be recorded in the account and handed over to Zi Chen to settle.

It was time for the transaction again. Old Man Schenker had been here for a few days. While waiting for Zi Chen to come out, he had been sizing up these people. Speaking of which, he was still surprised for a long time when he saw Shoumu, who was not even at First Stage Domain.

Shang Guan Hong and Dong Qing hadn't seen Zi Chen for more than a month since they came here. They seemed to be absent-minded, which led to them owing a lot of debts.

Finally, there was some movement in the secluded forest. Trees fell down one after another. Amidst the rumbling sounds, Zi Chen and the other four walked out of the secluded forest, talking and laughing.

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Zi Chen, especially some of the newcomers. They all wanted to meet this legendary leader.

"It only took him a month to refine the Devouring Divine Seal." Shoumu and Viper looked at Zi Chen in amazement.

It should be noted that the existence back then had used a full three months.

"Good boy, you finally came out. I thought you had died in there." Old Man Schenker walked towards Zi Chen with a smile.

At the same time, the Dark Mantle and the others also came to Zi Chen to report on the situation over the past month.

The people he had subdued also came forward, obviously waiting for the transaction.

In an instant, Zi Chen was surrounded by people. This made it impossible for Shang Guan Hong and Dong Qing to go forward, so they could only stand in the distance angrily.

"Disperse, we will do the transaction later." Zi Chen waved his hand and then walked away with Old Man Schenker.

"Little Zi Chen, what's the matter with that little guy in your team who has just entered the Domain realm?" Old Man Schenker asked as the two walked forward.

"His realm dropped due to serious injuries." Zi Chen said.

"Bullsh * t, in the Battlefield of Despair, there is no such thing as a realm drop due to serious injuries." Old Man Schenker refuted directly.

Zi Chen smiled mysteriously and said, "That's a secret."

Seeing that Zi Chen didn't want to say more, Old Man Schenker didn't ask anymore, but said to himself, "This world doesn't belong to us, nor does it belong to other races. To be precise, this world hasn't been completely occupied. There are still some native humans alive. In their eyes, we are all invaders, aliens. They only have endless hatred for us. If possible, they would kill all invaders."

Old Man Schenker looked at Zi Chen meaningfully and said, "It's fine if you don't encounter them, but if you are lucky enough to encounter them, you have to be more careful, lest you fall into their trap. In the end, you won't even know how you died."

Zi Chen nodded solemnly and remembered these words in his heart. Then, he said, "Alright, what did you bring this time?"

"As per your instructions, seven hearts, refined weapons without special effects, some defensive equipment, and of course, some things that little girl needs."

After saying that, Old Man Schenker took out a storage pouch. Every time he came, he would specially bring some things for Jin Qingcheng. These items were personally custom-made by Jin Qingcheng and were very expensive.

Zi Chen added, "The plan has already begun. Let's make it clear in advance, these things are all half price."

Old Man Schenker laughed and scolded, "Stinking brat, are you afraid that this old man will cheat you?"

After finishing the transaction with Old Man Schenker and seeing him off, Zi Chen returned to the rendezvous point and started another transaction.

This time, not only did the party want to exchange for spirit crystals, they also wanted to exchange for some principle crystals. More than a hundred people wanted to exchange for them. Furthermore, Cauldron Spirit hadn't been working for the past month, so Zi Chen had deliberately limited the number of transactions.

More than a hundred people wanted to exchange for principle crystals. Although there was no need to haggle, it still took quite a long time.

As soon as the transaction was completed, Dark Mantle walked up and took out a bill. There were clearly some debts recorded on the bill. As for the profits, there was no tally yet.

"Tally up the profits as well. Then, find me thirty people to take care of them."

Due to the early arrival of these people, Zi Chen's plan was completely disrupted. His original plan was to have all fifty or so of them break through. It seemed that the breakthrough would have to be delayed.

Dark Mantle nodded and went to take care of these matters. Zi Chen, on the other hand, was thinking about other things.

Suddenly, Zi Chen saw two familiar figures appear in front of him.

Shang Guan Hong and Dong Qing looked at Zi Chen with nervous and excited expressions.