Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 649 - 645: Celestial Prison

After a pause, for a good while, Ling Que'er looked solemnly at Lu Ren's face, staring for a long time, and softly said, "Brother Lu, I will remember you, but I have my own path to follow, I also have a sect, and I want to go back and see."

She gracefully saluted Lu Ren: "Thank you, Brother Lu, for saving me from the Sea of Suffering. If you ever need anything in the future... I will definitely not refuse!"

Lu Ren smiled and said, "I wish you to achieve the Great Dao."

Seeing Ling Que'er turn around and leave freely, Lu Ren didn't have too many thoughts. What he gave had already far exceeded, strictly speaking, the relationship between the two was purely monetary.

Standing in place lost in thought for a while, when Lu Ren was about to turn around and leave, he saw that the departing Ling Que'er was actually standing behind him with a charming smile.

Lu Ren was surprised, as it had been a long time since he was so engrossed that he wasn't aware of his surroundings.

Ling Que'er said with a relaxed expression: "Brother Lu, I know you are a person who does big things, I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to try one last time?" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Lu Ren's face showed a smile: "That sounds great!"

Not to mention the further part of the journey, before leaving, Ling Que'er was confined to bed for three days, with various uniforms and stockings casually thrown aside, covering her rear and shouting for Lu Ren to leave.

Lu Ren was helpless, as he had only indulged a little, yet Ling Que'er could not bear it.

Indeed, only an Ancestral Witch with full muscles could confront another Ancestral Witch...

After leaving Yingzhou, Lu Ren blended with the crowd onto a teleportation channel to a settlement on a Xuankong Mountain beneath Emperor Gouchen. After staying for a day, he slowly left, heading into the depths of thunderclouds ahead.

This place is on the outskirts of the Celestial Prison area of the Celestial Court. Here, Thunder Fruits, born from thunder, are produced. They can strengthen the Physique and refine the Divine Soul. Although not of high quality and limited in production, it is still a decent livelihood.

So much so that on the nearest Xuankong Mountain, a small town settlement gradually gathered over time.

After suddenly entering a layer of thunderclouds filled with dark clouds and lightning, Lu Ren weaved through the clouds, using his Celestial Eye, which he had condensed, to avoid the formation of the Concealment Array in the void.

After traversing the layers of thunderclouds filled with Array for a full two hours, Lu Ren's vision suddenly cleared. Unexpectedly, he saw a building standing in the void.

The building resembled a giant space station in space, extremely futuristic. In the center was a giant pillar engraved with strange runes, with Immortal Spirit light constantly flowing out and appearing at the top. Surrounding it were massive rectangular circular rings like iron hoops, constantly orbiting the giant pillar, slowly rotating.

A single circular iron ring could easily encircle a massive mountain four or five hundred kilometers in diameter.

These gigantic iron rings were composed of prison cells.

"This place is the Celestial Prison. Since the ancient establishment of the Celestial Court, it has imprisoned countless Demons, Devils, ancient Great Demons, and even some strange races from the Primordial Chaos era."

A man with a sly and furtive look, no taller than 1.3 meters, whom Lu Ren had grabbed, pleaded repeatedly after speaking: "Big brother, I have already brought you in, can you let me go now?"

Lu Ren's eyes were crystal clear, faintly projecting a captivating glow.

"You have the background of a Treasured Mouse, naturally curious and love exploring. You must have been inside this Celestial Prison, right?"

The Treasured Mouse made a bitter face, preparing to deny, but upon seeing Lu Ren's meaningful gaze, he had to say: "This Celestial Prison is an important place of the Celestial Court, guarded by the True Martial Demon-Vanquishing True Monarch. Moreover, it is full of Array, making it hard to move even a step. Even if you don't have a waist token, you will be discovered as soon as you get close."

Lu Ren raised an eyebrow: "Looks like you've been inside before. Who would have guessed you had such an ability?"

The Treasured Mouse immediately felt a bit smug and said: "In this heaven and earth, other than the Celestial Venerable Taoism Field and closed forbidden land, there's really no place that can stop me."

"So where do we go from here?"

The Treasured Mouse scratched its head, looking again at the large bag of Gold and Jade Coins in Lu Ren's other hand.

"Great deity, if I take you in, will you really give me this bag of Gold and Jade Coins?"

"Of course, I've never gone back on my word."

Lu Ren answered seriously.

He discovered that since he could gather Thick Earth Essence Qi through the Earth Path Principle and transform it into these Gold and Jade Coins, paving the way with money made many things much easier to achieve.

At least many times, it can avoid a lot of troublesome matters. Just take out this bag of Gold and Jade Coins, and naturally, someone will handle things properly, then throwing the money bag out will naturally have a large group of people swarming in.

"From ancient times to the present, this has never changed. Now, with money paving the way, I think God of Wealth Zhao Gongming could take up the position of Jade Emperor."

Hearing Lu Ren's slightly sarcastic words, the Treasured Mouse was spooked and said: "Don't dare say that. Back in the day, not just anyone could become the Jade Emperor. That person endured thirty-six thousand calamities and an infinite number of Primordial Assemblies to become a position of worth; those who got up there were not simple characters."

After a pause, the Treasured Mouse's gaze lingered on the money bag in Lu Ren's hand, then looked around before saying, "Sir, we shouldn't waste any time. We should leave quickly; the patrolling Celestial Soldiers will soon be passing through here."

Lu Ren's eyes flickered. Seeing the Treasured Mouse's familiar and easygoing manner, it was clear he had done this sort of thing quite a few times.

It seems he really found the right person.

Back when he lingered on the outskirts of the Celestial Prison for a day, it was to find a guide, and this crafty Treasured Mouse was naturally a treasure-hunting expert, able even to naturally see through most Arrays, allowing it to freely traverse many places.

The oil lamp successfully stolen from under the nose of the Tathagata Buddha was thanks to the Treasured Mouse's background.

Although this Treasured Mouse was genuinely timid, its desire for wealth and curiosity for exploration put it in an extremely contradictory state.

And the five hundred Gold and Jade Coins in Lu Ren's bag were enough to make the Treasured Mouse's heart burn with extreme enthusiasm. How many years of plucking Thunder Fruits in the thunderclouds would it take to earn those five hundred Gold and Jade Coins?

Ten Thunder Fruits equaled one Silver Jade Coin, a hundred fruits made one Gold Jade Coin. For those five hundred Gold and Jade Coins, how many fruits did it take and how many years to gather them?

The Treasured Mouse calculated secretly for a hundred years while skillfully concealing his figure. When he turned to look at where Lu Ren was, he surprisingly found that the other party had vanished without a trace.

"Stop looking, just lead the way forward."

Lu Ren's voice reached the Treasured Mouse's ears, making it shiver slightly, hastily assuming its true form and nimbly avoiding the cross-patrolling Celestial Soldiers and Generals.

Watching the Treasured Mouse lead him forward on an extremely precise trajectory, sometimes silent, sometimes agile, it was as if he was intimately familiar with the rotation of the Array operations.