Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 141 Scheme to Kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator

Ji Yuan originally thought that the Yang family would send people to intercept him on his way back.

So from the very beginning, he used the Thunder Falcon Boat and activated the Thunder Falcon spirit inside, returning at full speed.

Fortunately, the Yang family didn't go too far... The two returned safely all the way back to Chulong Island.

By this time, the sky was already beginning to lighten.

After bidding farewell to Du Wanyi, Ji Yuan returned to his home.

"Um?"

Ji Yuan seemed to hear some strange noises as he entered the room, but after he sensed it carefully, he found that there was no movement at all.

He checked it inside and out, and finally discovered that a rotten peach had fallen down.

He only relaxed a little after confirming that there were no problems.

Are you going to kill the Yang family?

Admittedly, given Ji Yuan's current situation, killing the Yang family and Yang Shun'an is the most appropriate course of action. Killing him would not only fulfill the upgrade requirements for the [Meditation Room], but also resolve Du Wanyi's current predicament.

Judging from what Du Wanyi is currently experiencing, the island master of the Water Dragon Sect, who is also Yang Yunxiang's second uncle, definitely doesn't know about it.

If the Foundation Establishment Island Master has to handle such a trivial matter personally, then that would be beneath his dignity.

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that Yang Yunxiang, taking advantage of his second uncle's influence, intends to force Du Wanyi out of the Water Dragon Sect first.

Without the protection of the Water Dragon Sect, a mere Qi Refining Peak cultivator was at the mercy of the Yang family.

As for whether Yang Shunan knew about this matter, Ji Yuan didn't know either. He only knew that if Yang Shunan could be killed, Du Wanyi's current predicament would definitely be resolved.

Moreover, killing Yang Shun'an... is not a difficult task for Ji Yuan at present.

Although he wanted to test his own abilities and see if he could kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator in a one-on-one fight, he wasn't foolish enough to take that risk.

When he was about to take action, he naturally brought along the giant toad.

Especially now that we have this second-tier spirit beast pouch, we can put the giant toad in the pouch, sneak into Qingyang Manor, and then release it.

When that time comes, everything will naturally settle down.

After a little thought, Ji Yuan had already made up his mind.

Dry!

The meditation room needs to be opened as soon as possible. Du Wanyi has encountered this problem again. It is worth doing this job for both reason and emotion. Moreover, the fact that the Yang family can raise such a second-generation immortal is obviously not a good thing.

That's really true.

The next day, Ji Yuan arrived in Red Leaf City and inquired, only to find out what kind of people the Yang family was.

Compared to the Qin family in Zengtou City, they were even more powerful.

The Yang family's rise to power is relatively recent, and it was only during the time of the two brothers, Yang Shun'an and Yang Tai'an. They were originally rogue cultivators in Red Leaf City, but due to some unknown opportunity, they rose from the early stage of Qi Refining to the peak stage in just over ten years.

During the rise of these two brothers, their actions could already be described as burning, killing, and looting.

Later, they attracted too many people, and some late-stage Qi Refining and peak Qi Refining experts joined forces to deal with the two brothers. During that time, the two brothers were killed and forced to flee everywhere.

Later, when the Water Dragon Sect was selecting members, Yang Tai'an joined the sect.

Only after receiving protection from the sect did the group stop.

After Yang Tai'an joined the righteous sect, the two brothers finally restrained their behavior and at least stopped committing such large-scale killings and plundering.

Later, Yang Tai'an successfully established his foundation, and the two brothers joined forces to build the Yang Mansion on Qingyang Mountain outside Red Leaf City, also known as Qingyang Mountain Villa.

The original villain Yang was transformed into "Master Yang" and "Lord Yang".

As for now, the Yang family, with the help of two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family, has "purchased" many properties in Red Leaf City, and has also turned Qingyang Mountain into a spiritual field, and taken this opportunity to "protect" many Qi Refining cultivators.

The Yang family has gradually become a renowned cultivation family in Red Leaf City.

After learning about the Yang family's rise to power, Ji Yuan became even less hesitant to take action.

He had previously worried about killing the wrong innocent person, but now he only feels that he acted too late.

After finding out about the Yang family's situation, he returned to Misty Island ahead of time.

When he returned, the giant toad was playing with several spirit pigs on the island. It was probably because he had released the spirit pigs from the pigpen and was chasing them all over the mountains and fields.

Those that run fast are naturally unharmed, but if they run slowly, it will shoot out its tongue.

Roll up the spirit pig and swallow it.

But he didn't swallow it; he just tasted it in his mouth and then spat it out.

As a result, the spirit pig was so frightened that it ran away frantically. The one that ran fast ran fast, and the one that ran slow ran slow had to go to the big toad's mouth to take a bath.

The cycle repeated itself, and the big toad had a lot of fun.

Of course, the main reason was that Ji Yuan had warned it not to steal the food, otherwise it would never have any more spirit pig meat to eat. Otherwise, it wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.

Ji Yuan is coming back today to ask it to kill someone, so it definitely needs to be fed a full meal.

So after landing on Misty Island, he took out three spirit pigs from his storage bag and threw them on the ground for the giant toad to eat.

Ji Yuan felt that three pigs were enough to exchange for Yang Shun'an's life, who was only in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

While the giant toad was eating, Ji Yuan took another stroll around Misty Island.

This is his stronghold; he cannot afford to lose it in the slightest.

Of course, the main problem is that the cave dwelling can't be upgraded yet. Otherwise, once the cave dwelling is upgraded to level 3 and he obtains the "Starry Cloud Barrier Array", he won't have to worry about anything.

Fortunately, the examination revealed no problems whatsoever.

Tu Yue takes good care of the family.

After checking the situation at home, Ji Yuan went to the giant toad again.

After eating the three spirit pigs, its belly was round and full, and it was obviously very satisfied. When it saw Ji Yuan coming over, it wanted to rub against him.

Ji Yuan pushed him away, then sighed sadly, and finally collapsed to the ground.

The giant toad in the late second stage naturally became more intelligent.

Although it didn't know what had happened, it could tell that Ji Yuan was unhappy.

"Croak—"

It was asking Ji Yuan what was wrong.

Ji Yuan shook his head and remained silent, looking up at the sky with an increasingly distressed expression... Wasn't it a bit unethical to deceive the big toad like this?

Ji Yuan was mainly worried that it wouldn't stay in the storage bag.

If it's your own contracted spirit beast, then you don't need to worry; you can recall it with a thought.

If it's not a contracted spirit beast, then it depends on whether the other party is willing.

"Quack quack—"

The giant toad moved closer, its croaking filled with obvious doubt.

This time, Ji Yuan stopped hiding it and started explaining to the big toad using both spoken and sign language.

Basically, he bought a lot of spirit pigs when he went out to buy meat, and then someone started targeting him.

That person was very powerful; he jumped out, beat up Ji Yuan, and stole all the spirit pigs he had bought.

This made Ji Yuan feel useless, as he had failed to protect the food that the giant toad liked to eat.

That's why Ji Yuan looked so sad when he came back.

Ji Yuan explained with exaggerated gestures for a long time before the big toad finally understood.

"Croak————————"

The giant toad was enraged.

It roared to the sky, its sound waves rolling.

This was the first time Ji Yuan had ever seen such a ferocious giant toad. Its roar alone caused the fog array above the island to loosen.

Its cries dispersed much of the fog in the vicinity.

Ji Yuan, standing in front of it, felt a chill run down his spine.

Normally, it would bully Ji Yuan at will.

So much so that Ji Yuan forgot that this was a late-stage second-tier demon beast.

What is the late stage of the second tier? That's equivalent to the late stage of Foundation Establishment...

Among the Foundation Establishment Island Masters of the Water Dragon Sect, they would all be renowned figures.

After venting its anger, the big toad looked down at Ji Yuan and croaked again.

The meaning is quite obvious.

"Where is that person? I'll go avenge you!"

Ji Yuan hesitated for a long time before taking out the second-tier spirit beast bag he had prepared in advance from his storage bag.

As spiritual energy was injected, a slight suction force emanated from within.

After hesitating for a few breaths, the giant toad finally jumped in and hid inside.

Upon seeing this, Ji Yuan immediately put the spirit beast bag away.

Having done it once, it will be much easier to get that giant toad into the spirit beast pouch next time.

After capturing the giant toad, Ji Yuan didn't linger. He immediately summoned the Crimson Sky Boat and headed straight for Red Leaf City.

Compared to Green Leaf City, Red Leaf City is much smaller, not only in terms of area but also in its layout, which is somewhat chaotic.

The Yang family has businesses both inside and outside the city, and Ji Yuan doesn't know where Yang Shun'an is.

So he spent another day gathering information in the city. With spirit stones as a means of communication, he made excuses to prepare to join the Yang family. Naturally, he made rapid progress. In the end, he even accidentally met a "brother" from the Yang family.

That fellow was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining. When he saw Ji Yuan, who was at the peak of Qi Refining, say that he wanted to join the Yang family, he immediately led Ji Yuan to Qingyang Manor outside the city.

"Brother Qiu, it's rare to find someone with such vision. Our Yang family will soon become the number one family in Red Leaf City."

"Oh?"

Ji Yuan looked extremely pleased. "That's great."

"Of course. Do you know our Second Master? He is the island master of the Water Dragon Sect, and a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. Those who used to associate with him were all important figures in the Water Dragon Sect."

"Even the sect leader of the Water Dragon Sect has visited our Yang family."

The man named Yang Dianfeng said with great pride.

Ji Yuan naturally didn't believe this rhetoric.

Because during his year or so at the Water Dragon Sect, he had heard these words at least ninety-nine times, if not a hundred.

Especially the shops on Wanwu Island. Once you enter and see something you like but hesitate, the shopkeeper will start to exaggerate its value.

Some say it's because the sect leader of the Water Dragon Sect, Master Xuan Shui, used it and said it was good, while others say it's because the Grand Elder highly recommended it.

Yang Dianfeng's current rhetoric is clearly a set of tactics.

Ji Yuan gasped dramatically, "My goodness! That's a Golden Core cultivator!"

"That's natural."

Yang Dianfeng grew increasingly proud, then looked Ji Yuan up and down, "Brother Qiu, at your age, to have reached the peak of Qi Refining, you're most likely to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. When that time comes, don't forget your little brother!"

"That's natural, that's natural."

Ji Yuan nodded repeatedly.

"Hey, Brother Qiu, since you're at the peak of Qi Refining and can come to our Yang family, the family head will definitely receive you personally. Don't forget to put in a good word for me then."

Yang Dianfeng leaned closer and whispered.

This attracted a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining to the family, so there would definitely be some reward.

This family is giving away benefits for free; why not take it?

"Of course, without Brother Yang, I would never have been able to meet Patriarch Yang."

As the two were talking, they arrived at Qingyang Villa outside the city.

Ji Yuan had already observed from afar that there was a protective formation on the mountain, which he estimated to be a second-tier formation. If he were to fight it alone, it would be difficult for him to deal with it.

But now, with Yang Dianfeng leading the way, they easily entered the manor.

If Ji Yuan's cultivation level were higher, even if they were both at the early Foundation Establishment stage, it wouldn't be so easy for him to get in. But he just happened to be at the Qi Refining stage... No one in the Yang family suspected anything.

Moreover, after he entered, he discovered that although the Yang family's exterior appeared very sturdy, its interior was extremely loose.

They probably never imagined that someone would dare to attack them within the territory of the Water Dragon Sect.

Ji Yuan had already prepared himself for the Yang family to first be settled and questioned before he could meet Yang Shun'an, but he never expected that after arriving at the Yang family, Yang Dianfeng would first have him sit in a side hall for a while before he went to inform them.

Then, after waiting for less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he returned.

"Brother Qiu, I have fulfilled my mission."

"The patriarch is home. He heard that you are willing to join our Yang family and wants to see you now." Yang Dianfeng rushed in.

"Oh? That's great."

Ji Yuan got up and rubbed his hands together, looking extremely happy.

"Brother Qiu, come with me."

Yang Dianfeng led the way, passing through several courtyards, and then climbed to the top of Qingyang Mountain, where there stood a grand hall comparable to the Chulong Hall.

"Damn it, if a Foundation Establishment family is this extravagant, what would a Golden Core family be like?"

Ji Yuan looked at the gilded pillars with dragon and phoenix carvings all around him and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

After he entered the main hall, he saw a middle-aged man sitting in the main seat. He was tall, with a slightly gloomy face, graying temples, and half of his left ear missing.

To his left sat a young man who looked somewhat similar to him. Though he was young, he appeared to be much older than Ji Yuan.

Besides that, there were the many maids inside the house.

They were all beautiful in appearance and figure, and all possessed cultivation.

"Tsk, that's fucking corrupt."

Ji Yuan stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Qiu Qianhai, a rogue cultivator from Hebei, greets Patriarch Yang."

Hebei, of course, refers to the area north of the Falling Star River.

"Oh? So you're a young friend from the North."

Upon hearing this, Yang Shunan became somewhat interested.

"Exactly."

Ji Yuan stood up and nodded.

"Come, young friend Qiu, sit down and let's talk."

Yang Shunan pointed to his right, which was the spot opposite the young man.

Ji Yuan didn't hesitate, striding over and plopping down on the floor.

Seeing this, Yang Shunan nodded to himself... Judging from this reaction, they shouldn't be here to cause trouble.

Yang Dianfeng, who was outside, had already bowed and taken his leave.

"Young friend Qiu, you've already achieved this level of cultivation at such a young age. You must not be an ordinary rogue cultivator, right?" Yang Shunan asked, gently rubbing the teacup in his hand.

"No, I am also from a Foundation Establishment family. If Patriarch Yang is afraid and unwilling to take me in, I will leave right now without saying another word."

Ji Yuan said crisply and decisively.

At the same time, his eyes were also scanning the many maids in the room; too many people would make things difficult.

"Young friend Qiu, you've said a bit too much."

Yang Shunan chuckled and said, "Since young friend Qiu has come to our Yang family, he must know something about us. Let alone the Foundation Establishment families in Hebei, even the Water Dragon Sect in Henan, our Yang family is not afraid of them."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan smiled slightly.

"Well done, as expected of Patriarch Yang, you speak your mind promptly. I, Qiu, was right about you!"

Hearing Ji Yuan's cheerful words, Yang Shunan couldn't help but laugh a few times.

"In that case, young friend Qiu, why don't you tell us what has caused you to cross the Falling Star River and come to our Water Dragon Sect?"

"this……"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan seemed somewhat troubled.

His gaze swept over the many maids present.

Unwilling to speak.

"You may all leave."

Yang Shunan waved his hand, and the maids performed another ten thousand curtsy before leaving the hall one after another.

"Alright, young friend Qiu, you can speak now."

Yang Shunan stroked his beard and smiled.

Ji Yuan's gaze fell on the young man opposite him again.

"This is my son, Yang Yunxiang. Yunxiang, haven't you met young friend Qiu yet?"

Yang Shunan explained.

Admittedly, he was somewhat surprised and delighted by Ji Yuan's arrival.

The fact that a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining could join the Yang family was already enough to make him happy, but considering Ji Yuan's age... it made him even more surprised.

With proper training, this person would most likely become a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

When that time comes, even if Qiu Qianhai establishes his own sect, it won't matter.

As expected of talented individuals from the Yang family, if this familial bond is used well, it will be enough to propel the Yang family to even greater heights.

"Greetings, Brother Qiu."

Yang Yunxiang stood up and bowed to Ji Yuan with clasped hands.

Looking at his dignified appearance, Ji Yuan never expected that he would be such a person, who would do anything to get what he set his sights on... Brother Lao, your father is not a Nascent Soul cultivator!

"So it's Young Master Yang. My apologies for my rudeness."

Ji Yuan quickly stood up and returned the greeting.

This time, however, he didn't sit down again. He turned and bowed to Yang Shun'an once more, slowly saying, "Of course, it's to... kill you!"

"Varied……"

Before Yang Shunan could react, a huge black shadow, as big as a small mountain, appeared in front of him. As soon as the shadow appeared, it shattered the roof of the main hall. Its massive body pressed down on him with an extremely strong suction force. Before he could cast any spells or release any magical artifacts, everything went black, as if he had been sucked into a vortex.

Along with one of them, Yang Yunxiang was also swallowed up.

Ji Yuan never expected things to go so smoothly.

No, I haven't killed anyone yet... Ji Yuan quickly gestured, "Spit it out, spit it out!"

Upon seeing this, the giant toad hesitated for a moment before opening its mouth and spitting out two storage bags. It wasn't stupid; it knew these were valuable items.

Ji Yuan was taken aback at first, but ignoring the filth on it, he immediately put it away.

"And another thing, spit out the person too!"

Ji Yuan spoke extremely fast, afraid that if he spoke too late, the man would be refined by the giant toad.

After all, he had witnessed the giant toad's digestive abilities firsthand; it could devour a pig in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and then vanish without a trace.

Although the giant toad was puzzled, it opened its mouth again and spat out two figures.

In just a few breaths, Yang Yunxiang, who had previously called him "Brother Qiu," was now lying on the ground like a dead dog, his body already beginning to rot.

On the other hand, Yang Shun'an, who was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, was "much more powerful." Even after being refined by a large-mouthed clam in the late stage of the second tier, he could still move around a few times.

He lay on the ground, struggling to get up, but failed repeatedly.

Ji Yuan dared not delay and immediately threw out a second-tier low-grade Thousand Sword Talisman that he had obtained from the patriarch of the Jian Sect.

As the sword energy swept across, Yang Shunan, who was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, didn't even have a chance to resist before he was instantly killed.

Ji Yuan tossed out two fireballs with a wave of his hand, and the corpse instantly burst into flames.

The flames rising from Yang Shun'an's corpse were noticeably more vibrant... Foundation Establishment cultivators are indeed capable; even in death, they stand out from the crowd.

Under the firelight, Ji Yuan's face was calm, his eyes as still as an ancient well.

"Hey clam, let's go!"

Ji Yuan took out the spirit beast pouch, put away the giant toad, and immediately activated the Thunder Falcon Boat. His figure was like a purple lightning bolt, and he disappeared into the distance in an instant.

Perhaps because Ji Yuan acted too quickly and annihilated Yang Shun'an in the first instance, no one activated the second-tier formation.

He killed someone with a single blow and fled far away.

Before leaving, Ji Yuan didn't forget to call up the panel and take a look.

Meditation Room: Level 0 (Upgradeable)

Thank you to Immortal Qitian for the 10000 spirit stones reward!

(End of this chapter)