Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 123 The Water Dragon Sect and the Joyful Palace Join Forces

Because he hadn't been back for so long, Ji Yuan returned to Chulong Island first this time.

He was worried that if he stayed away for too long, the sect might think he was dead and give his cave dwelling to other senior and junior sisters. He was just kidding when he came back.

All formal disciples have had their life lamps lit in the Ancestral Master Hall.

As long as the life lamp remains lit, the person is still alive.

It was already evening when Ji Yuan returned to Dragon Hatchery from Misty Island. Just as he was thinking of opening the door and going in, he heard the sound of a door opening from the house next door.

Moreover, people came out at the same time, one from the left and one from the right.

Like the extremely contradictory child Tang Ran, and the old man Pi Fangzhi.

When they came out, they were both surprised to see Ji Yuan, who was about to come in.

"Brother Ji, you're still alive... cough cough, you're finally back."

The child was taken aback and almost blurted out what was on his mind.

Pi Fangzhi sneered upon hearing this, "Heh, you can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth. With Brother Ji's talent, you must be preparing to establish your foundation after being away for so long."

"Brother Ji, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"

Pi Fangzhi bowed slightly and said in a deep voice.

Ji Yuan replied with a forced smile, "I was injured while I was out and about, and I only managed to escape by sheer luck. It's already a miracle that I'm still alive, let alone thinking about Foundation Establishment."

"Injured?! Who dares to bully a disciple of our Water Dragon Sect! Brother Ji, speak quickly, let's go and kill that scoundrel right now!"

Tang Ran immediately jumped up and shouted.

"Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist. I have already killed that thief."

His answer was impeccable.

Just as Ji Yuan was about to enter the house, he was stopped by the old weapon-forging man, Pi Fangzhi. "By the way, Brother Ji, in the past few months, a woman has been coming to see you from time to time. I'm afraid she has something important to discuss."

She also told me that if I saw you, I should go and find her, because she said she was your second sister.

"Alright, thank you for your trouble, Brother Pi."

Ji Yuan had not anticipated that Du Wanyi would frequently come to see him.

It's been a long time since we last saw each other, so I can ask her for some news later.

After checking his own home and finding no difference from when he left, Ji Yuan took advantage of the night to arrive at Du Wanyi's house.

Du Wanyi was naturally overjoyed at Ji Yuan's arrival.

"I just got back, I'm sorry to have worried my second sister," Ji Yuan said with a smile.

"Where have you been? I haven't heard from you for over half a year! I was so worried!"

Du Wanyi patted her firm chest.

"I accepted a mission and went on a trip to the north."

"Second sister, you know my personality. As long as I don't try to kill myself, there's no big problem. Don't worry too much."

"That's true, but next time you go on a long trip, please let me know so I can feel at ease."

As she spoke, Du Wanyi brought Ji Yuan a cup of spiritual tea.

Ji Yuan also took this opportunity to look around Du Wanyi's house. When he first arrived, her yard was not much different from Ji Yuan's yard, both having a kind of sparse beauty.

But that's not the case now; Du Wanyi has rearranged the room.

She even covered the floor with a soft, off-white carpet.

The tea table and other furnishings were also replaced with a small, exquisite round table, and a transparent fish tank was placed next to it, filled with colorful fish, which looked quite beautiful.

And no one knows what method she used, but the whole room was filled with a faint floral fragrance.

Indeed, a home with a female cultivator is different...

"Yao Jingfeng is back."

After Du Wanyi sat down, she suddenly spoke.

"Big brother's back?" Ji Yuan asked in surprise. "Where does he live? Let's go see him later."

"Yes, he lives in District A, not far from here. If we want to go, let's go now, otherwise it's too late and it wouldn't be good to bother him."

When Du Wanyi said this, her voice was clearly a little off.

Moreover, Ji Yuan also discovered a problem... Ever since Yao Jingfeng was injured in the battle against the demonic cultivator, Du Wanyi has stopped calling him "elder brother" and always addresses him by his given name.

Although this happened sometimes before, you could still occasionally hear the word "elder brother" from Du Wanyi's mouth.

But that's no longer the case.

"Second sister, do you know something about eldest brother?"

Ji Yuan asked softly.

"what?"

Du Wanyi was clearly taken aback by Ji Yuan's question, but the panic in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Ji Yuan did not look away, and his meaning was quite clear.

If Yao Jingfeng really has some kind of problem, Ji Yuan will definitely know... He can't let someone stab him in the back.

Seeing Ji Yuan's persistence, Du Wanyi nodded slightly.

"I do know a little bit about it, back when we were in Yunyuze."

"Yes, Second Sister, you go ahead."

"Do you remember when the three of us were fleeing for our lives, on the way back, my eldest brother said he would send the spirit stones to Luo Tian? Do you remember?"

"Remember."

Ji Yuan nodded. "I was the one who gave him that spirit stone back then."

"Later, I thought that since he was so badly injured, I should go and take care of him. When I went to his house to ask him, he said he had already sent it over..."

"But it wasn't delivered, was it?"

As Ji Yuan spoke, he stood up first. He stepped onto the soft carpet, his face expressionless, but his feet kept pacing back and forth.

Du Wanyi first hummed in agreement, then forced a smile and said:

"It's possible that it was sent over afterwards."

"Second sister, do you really think that way?"

Ji Yuan turned around and looked at her very seriously.

This was the first time Du Wanyi had seen such a calm look in Ji Yuan's eyes, and she was momentarily flustered. "No...no, it's just that I'm worried that you're overthinking things, Fourth Brother."

"What are you overthinking?"

Ji Yuan laughed when he heard this, but the smile was somewhat bitter.

"I can understand why Yao Jingfeng would do such a thing, after all, he was already so badly injured and he was short of spirit stones... but he shouldn't have swallowed Third Brother's."

Ji Yuan finally sighed, "If he needed spirit stones and asked you or me, would you refuse to lend them to him?"

"Of course not."

Du Wanyi hurriedly said.

"But what he swallowed was something that Third Brother paid for with his own life. You could even say that the three of us survived because Third Brother risked his life."

Du Wanyi listened to Ji Yuan's words without commenting.

To be precise, she and Yao Jingfeng survived because Luo Tian sacrificed himself by blowing up the bomb at the last moment.

But Ji Yuan was different; he had that flying boat at the time... he could have easily escaped.

"He shouldn't have swallowed those spirit stones."

Ji Yuan shook his head.

He almost said that Yao Jingfeng was a bad person.

If someone's character is truly lacking, how can they accept such a spirit stone?

Even if everyone is looking out for themselves, you should at least have some bottom line!

If swallowing such spirit stones is still within Yao Jingfeng's bottom line, then there's nothing more to say.

"Let's go, let's at least go see him."

When Ji Yuan said this, his voice was noticeably less intimate than before.

"it is good."

Du Wanyi led the way, and before long, the two arrived at Zone A from Zone B of Chulong Island.

House No. 78, Jia.

Ji Yuan looked up, but Du Wanyi had already called for the door to open.

This was the first time Ji Yuan had seen Yao Jingfeng since he was injured... Although Ji Yuan was somewhat prepared thanks to Du Wanyi's advice.

But when he actually saw Yao Jingfeng, he was still somewhat surprised.

There's no other reason than that Yao Jingfeng is too old.

Ji Yuan's impression of him was still from a few years ago, when Yao Jingfeng introduced him to everyone at the first gathering of the Lower Society, with that spirited and high-spirited face.

But now?

His hair and beard were completely white, and even his face was covered with wrinkles... He looked extremely old.

The previous battle had already damaged his foundation, and I heard that he damaged it again on the front lines, which is why he is in this state now... Ji Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

You can't gamble.

One must not gamble on the path of spiritual practice.

"Second sister, fourth...fourth brother, you've arrived."

Yao Jingfeng's voice trembled, and his gaze toward Ji Yuan was extremely complex, but mostly filled with envy. Once upon a time, he was just as young as Ji Yuan, with endless possibilities for the future.

But now, everything has become like a flower in the water, or the moon in the mirror.

"Um."

Ji Yuan nodded. "I heard you're back from the front lines. It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."

Ji Yuan didn't know what else to say.

"Come in...come in and sit down."

Yao Jingfeng immediately changed the subject and invited the two of them into the house.

As soon as he entered, Ji Yuan smelled a strong medicinal smell. It wasn't the fragrance of pills, but the bitter smell of dregs... He guessed that Yao Jingfeng might be trying to repair his foundation.

Or perhaps he suffered some other hidden injury?

There were very few things in his room.

There was only a table and a few chairs left, giving it a truly bare and destitute feel.

Seeing that Yao Jingfeng, who was using a cane, was about to pick up something, Ji Yuan quickly said, "I just came back from outside. I have to go to Qianji Island to report back later, so I won't stay any longer. I'll be leaving soon."

"That's right, you don't need to bother anymore."

Du Wanyi continued.

Yao Jingfeng then stopped what he was doing.

So the three of them stood there in the room, not knowing what to say to each other, and remained silent for a long time.

It wasn't until Du Wanyi took her leave that Yao Jingfeng spoke up, saying, "Before I returned from the front lines, Han Feiyu and the others had already arrived... There's something I think you should pay attention to."

"What is it?"

Ji Yuan asked.

"Han Feiyu... is very bloodthirsty. He never lets anyone live. Anyone who falls into his hands is killed by him. He didn't even spare some disciples of Medicine King Valley who were in the mid-stage of Qi Refining."

As Yao Jingfeng spoke, he tucked his hands into his sleeves and let out a long sigh.

"You don't need to worry about me trying to sow discord between you, because what I said is just the truth. You can find out by asking anyone who comes back from the front lines."

"Okay, we'll be careful. Yao Jingfeng, take care."

Du Wanyi clasped her hands in a fist salute to him.

"Yes, you too."

A smile finally appeared on Yao Jingfeng's face.

"From now on, I should stay home. You are the ones who need to be careful while you are out and about."

Just as Ji Yuan was about to summon the flying boat to leave, Yao Jingfeng said to him:

"Fourth brother, among the four of us, you are the most talented. This is all I can do in my life, and I have no chance of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. So you must live well and see for me what it's like to reach the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages."

Ji Yuan paused for a moment, then spoke:

"I will."

After he finished speaking, he released the flying boat and left.

Upon returning to Du Wanyi's courtyard, the two tacitly refrained from discussing Yao Jingfeng's affairs.

"Second sister, how's things going at Liancheng Mountain?"

Ji Yuan had just heard Yao Jingfeng say that fighting had broken out again on the front lines.

However, when he joined the Water Dragon Sect, the Foundation Establishment cultivator Yun Shangping said that the front line was already in a three-way standoff and a fight was not going to break out.

Du Wanyi didn't ask Ji Yuan how he could not have heard about this while he was away from home.

In short, Ji Yuan asked, so she answered.

"Our sect is now joining forces with the Joyful Palace to kill the people from Medicine King Valley."

"Um?"

Ji Yuan, who had just sat down, immediately looked at her in surprise.

For a moment, Ji Yuan even doubted whether he had misheard.

"Yes, you heard right, our Water Dragon Sect has now joined forces with the Joyful Palace."

Du Wanyi repeated the sentence.

Ji Yuan then believed that he had not misheard. Since he had not misheard, it was worth thinking about.

But then I thought about it again, and there's really nothing to think about in detail.

There are no permanent enemies, only permanent benefits.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

"Medicine King Valley, relying on the fact that it suffered no losses in the early stages, wanted to play the role of the cicada that stalks the cicada, and forcibly take 40% of this spiritual vein... To this end, they went to Joyful Palace and said that they would split the extra 40% with Joyful Palace, which means that each of them would take 35% and our Water Dragon Sect would take 30%."

Du Wanyi explained.

"Why doesn't the Joyful Palace do this?"

Ji Yuan asked in confusion.

This is a good thing for Huanxi Palace no matter what... The hatred has been absorbed by Medicine King Valley, and they can get more benefits.

Don't underestimate this half-grade when it comes to spiritual veins.

"The Grand Elder of Huanxi Palace is a straightforward man," Du Wanyi said, barely suppressing a smile. "After hearing the conditions from Medicine King Valley, he flew into a rage and said bluntly, 'What kind of thing is Medicine King Valley? Do you think you're worthy to play the role of the oriole in front of me, True Person Shenxu?' Then a fight broke out."

"Now it seems that once our two families join forces and have dealt with Medicine King Valley to a considerable extent, the three of us should be able to sit down and properly discuss the allocation of the spiritual veins."

"indeed."

Even if negotiations take place, the final result will likely be a split among the three parties.

After all, the three forces are actually quite similar, and it's impossible to determine which is superior.

Originally, Joyful Palace and Water Dragon Sect would split the spoils equally, with each sect receiving half. But now Medicine King Valley has suddenly appeared out of nowhere... Water Dragon Sect and Joyful Palace are definitely unhappy about it.

So this fight was pretty much normal.

"Do those three Foundation Establishment Pills belong to someone?"

Ji Yuan was still curious about this.

"Yes, Feng Yichen cleared all his military merits and exchanged one for another. The other two are still there."

It's this person again... Ji Yuan is also a little curious about this influential figure.

"Is there anything else?"

Du Wanyi thought for a moment, then suddenly slapped her forehead. "There are two more things. One is the Nine Nether Cave Heaven. The news is spreading more and more, so it's probably really going to open soon."

"One of them is related to Liu Cangke, the leader of our Water Dragon Sect Mutual Aid Association."

"he?"

Ji Yuan still had a strong impression of that old man.

Because he gave Ji Yuan a very strong feeling, and it makes sense, otherwise he wouldn't be able to become the leader of this association.

"He died, he died in Liancheng Mountain."

(End of this chapter)