No Room for Retreat

Three bottles of top-grade Meridian Clearing and Evil Banishing Pills, with ten pills per bottle—enough for a month's use.

There were also several bottles of Essence Cultivating, Qi Nourishing, Soul Strengthening, and Body Fortifying Pills.

They were for daily cultivation.

Two sets of Four Seasons casual wear and two sets of Prison Department uniforms, all of them spirit artifact-grade robes and garments.

A set of four-phase spirit talismans—Evil Suppression, Wraith Exorcism, Break Delusion, and Demon Annihilation—along with a complimentary specialized Talisman Belt.

Lastly, there was a monthly salary of fifty Medium Spirit Stones.

According to the manager of Zone J-9's Duty Hall, there were additional allowances during the cold and hot seasonal terms, as well as the new year celebration.

Besides these benefits, Wang Chen had also been assigned a small house with its own courtyard.

Its living conditions were far better than his previous residence.

Wang Chen finally understood why, despite the Prison Department's notorious reputation, people continued to join it in an endless stream.

The reason was that it offered both opportunities for advancement and generous benefits.

There were countless cultivators in the world, and no shortage of those willing to gamble with their lives!

The house assigned to Wang Chen was not far from the Duty Hall. It stood beside the homes of other prison guards, faintly forming some kind of array.

The moment he entered the small courtyard, he immediately sensed that the Yin Sha energy here was much thinner than outside.

There was no trace of evil power or malicious intent either. As long as he was willing to spend Spirit Stones to activate the Spirit Gathering Array, it would meet his basic daily cultivation needs and keep his realm from regressing.

The price was that Wang Chen had originally been able to rest one