Winter Hibernation

Achoo!

Wang Chen sneezed forcefully.

Heavenly Merit -10

Without any surprise, a notification instantly flashed across his vision.

Soaking in the hot spring pool, Wang Chen thoughtfully stroked his chin.

He had cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma to the seventh level and possessed a Vajra Indestructible Body. He had long since reached the state of being impervious to heat and cold, free from all illnesses, and unafraid of every poison.

Catching a chill and coming down with a cold was simply impossible.

Yet over the past half year, Wang Chen had sneezed five times in total.

Every sneeze had deducted 10 points of Heavenly Merit.

He had encountered this inexplicable situation of sneezing and then losing Heavenly Merit back in the Mountain Sea Realm.

Later, he had deduced that someone might have used the Heavenly Secret Art to calculate his whereabouts.

But the Cultivation Panel had blocked or isolated it.

Previously, only 1 point of Heavenly Merit had been deducted each time. These five instances, however, had each cost him 10 points.

Wang Chen guessed that the people calculating him before had possibly been Purple Mansion cultivators.

Now, the one calculating him was a Golden Core True Person!

Paying ten times the price was only natural—and perfectly reasonable.

That raised a new question: why, after arriving in the Haotian Realm, was he being repeatedly calculated by a Golden Core True Person?

Wang Chen recalled the white-robed cultivator he had killed.

The other man's attire, bearing, words, and conduct had all clearly marked him as the descendant of a great clan or aristocratic family.

Wang Chen now suspected that fellow had been a direct-line elite member of some immortal clan!

Otherwise, this would not have happened.

One had to know that using the Heavenly Secret Art to