Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 173 Dong Qian Establishes Foundation [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"At the pinnacle of immortality, reigning supreme over the world, the Celestial Pivot existed before Heaven itself!"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Yaoyue suddenly looked up, casually grabbed Yun Qianzai, who was trying to escape, and threw him to the ground like a chick.

"Who gave you permission to say such a thing?"

Hua Yaoyue's voice turned somber.

Yun Qianzai quickly stood up again, made another hand seal, and his slightly wrinkled robe became neat and tidy again.

He calmly flicked his sleeves without changing his expression and said indifferently:

"Why should I explain my actions, which have been carried out for a thousand years, to others?"

"Oh?"

"OK."

Hua Yaoyue seemed to have heard a big joke and sneered.

With a light stomp of her foot, a crevice appeared in the middle of the mountain. Coincidentally, the crevice passed right under Yun Qianzai's feet, and his body fell straight down through it.

Even with all his methods, he still couldn't rise even a fraction.

He let out a final scream, about to explain.

But when he opened his mouth, he found that he could no longer speak.

"You don't need to explain to others, right? Then there's no need to explain. We'll talk about it when you've figured it out."

As soon as Hua Yaoyue finished speaking, the ground suddenly closed up without leaving any gaps, as if everything she had just seen was an illusion.

She never expected that Yun Qianzai, who had come to pay his respects today, would suddenly utter such arrogant words.

Compared to that, all his previous actions are nothing. If what he said today were to be released... Hua Yaoyue can say for sure that she couldn't protect this disciple.

Simply put, they're too arrogant and deserve a beating.

Even Hua Yaoyue felt an urge to grab him and beat him up after hearing this.

Why would Yun Qianzai suddenly say such a thing?

If he had such a sentence earlier, he would never have kept it hidden; he would have said it long ago. Why wait until now?

Therefore, he must have only come up with these words recently...

Hua Yaoyue thought for a moment and took out the Phoenix Peach communication talisman.

Not long after, her third disciple, who lived closest to her, arrived.

"Master, what is it?"

As soon as Feng Zhitao arrived, she thoughtfully massaged Hua Yaoyue's shoulders.

"How's your second senior brother doing lately?"

Hua Yaoyue asked casually.

"Second Senior Brother? Hasn't he been teaching Junior Brother formations all this time? He's been living a secluded life, and he hasn't even gone to his favorite Four Directions Island Formation Hall for discussions."

Feng Zhitao replied, "Did Second Senior Brother upset you, Master? It's alright, Master, just tell me, and I'll find a chance to beat him up!"

As Feng Zhitao spoke, she raised her little fist.

"A plan?"

Hua Yaoyue looked somewhat surprised... This kid looks so honest, how come he has such a dark mind? But to be fair, his words are really domineering.

If this were applied to someone who cultivates a domineering path, it might even inspire their mindset and lead to some insights.

"Yeah, humph, junior brother is not loyal at all. He promised to refine pills with me, but he ran off to learn some kind of formation."

"He doesn't even understand the principle of 'biting off more than he can chew,' Master. You should talk to him when you have time, lest your last disciple go astray."

Feng Zhitao muttered to herself from the side.

Hua Yaoyue casually replied "okay" and then put the matter out of her mind.

Once Feng Zhitao said that, she could guess what had happened... A junior brother seeking enlightenment, plus a second senior brother who liked to boast, had caused this farce.

But it's good, it's a good opportunity to give Yun Qianzai a warning.

To prevent him from causing trouble in the coming years.

It's fine to provoke them in front of me now, but if they provoke the demonic path later, even a god couldn't save them.

……

"Hey, with your pills, I've already opened up more than a hundred acupoints."

In the underground chamber of Iron Hammer Island, the island lord, whose hair had turned quite black, laughed loudly.

Seeing the sprightly senior colleague, Ji Yuan felt much more at ease.

Now it seems that this physical foundation building is not only useful, but extremely useful. The Iron Hammer Island Master has not yet achieved physical foundation building, but he looks much younger.

Therefore, once the physical foundation is established, it is certain that lifespan will increase somewhat.

With a longer lifespan, one's cultivation level might even improve further, thus extending lifespan even more.

Perhaps this will create a positive cycle.

After giving out the pills, Ji Yuan asked, "Has Old Master Xu returned? I haven't seen him in a long time."

"No, they're still up north."

The Iron Hammer Island Master put away the pills and said, "He's the kind of person who can't sit still. If he can run away, he won't stay in the Water Dragon Sect."

"That's true."

Ji Yuan nodded. He had originally planned to invite Xu Fugui along so the three of them could get together again.

Now that Xu Fugui was not here, he had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to remind the Iron Hammer Island Master to help him forge a few more iron boxes as backup mobile [cave dwellings] and [array rooms].

Upon returning to Misty Island, Ji Yuan began to review his experiences over the past month. First of all, the difficulty of array formations was truly immense. Initially, without the aid of architectural effects, he found it extremely difficult to comprehend them.

Just like solving a math problem, you have to think for a long time and try many methods before you can find the solution.

Later, he asked Yun Qianzai for a cave dwelling to use as a [Formation Room], which improved his comprehension skills.

Even so, it still took more than a month to upgrade the formation from the first level to the second level.

Having learned a few quick formation techniques, it was not only that he had learned some methods for breaking formations. For example, when he encountered Hu Li's Thirty-Six Dense Smoke Formation, Ji Yuan felt that even without using the Star Dust Illusion Killing Formation, he could break the formation on his own, it would just take some time.

With this improvement in formation skills, I can now try modifying the Yin Ghost Formation.

After all, the previous improvements were entirely due to the increased strength of the Yin Ghost, which raised the Yin Ghost Formation from the category of a first-order formation to the category of a second-order formation.

The Yin Ghost Formation itself wasn't significantly altered, and Ji Yuan had attempted to modify it, but all his attempts failed.

Now we can give it another try.

In addition to this, there is another important matter, which is that Ji Yuan is preparing to break ground on Wuyou Island. Previously, no changes had been made to it because the island had only recently emerged from the water, and there were not many saplings yet. It was too bare to be properly decorated.

Now that several years have passed, it's time to revamp and rearrange it.

Especially after Hua Yaoyue mentioned that matter, when the demonic path launches a full-scale attack... this Misty Island might not be so safe. If necessary, we might have to retreat to the Water Dragon Sect and rely on the sect's protective formation to defend ourselves.

Therefore, it is still very necessary to develop multiple buildings on Worry-Free Island in advance.

Another thing is to try to continue developing buildings in preparation for the natal magic weapon of the Golden Core stage.

Ji Yuan also had some ideas about this, but whether it would work or not would only be known after the experiment.

With this matter settled, Ji Yuan didn't pursue the matter of the demonic cultivators attacking Linshui City any further. He believed that the Water Dragon Sect would definitely do its best, and if he pressed for details... it wouldn't make much difference.

If the Water Dragon Sect doesn't do its best in something like this, then it would truly be unworthy of being one of the six great immortal sects of Shangdong.

His life then returned to normal.

He only occasionally travels between the two islands, either building structures on Worry-Free Island or meditating and cultivating on Misty Island.

During this time, another corpse puppet was produced at the [Mass Graveyard].

Compared to "first year of junior high," this "second year of junior high" is even more embarrassing... An old woman who is about to die, although her cultivation has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, due to old age and frailty, he was very slow, not to mention working, even walking was very slow.

Ji Yuan suppressed the urge to slap her to death and handed over the easy tasks of feeding the chickens to her, secretly deciding that once they no longer needed corpse puppets...

We absolutely have to remake the name "Chu Er"... which means killing this old woman and finding a young and strong corpse puppet to be Chu Er.

I don't know if Ji Yuan's idea worked.

The very next day, a young and strong corpse puppet crawled out of his mass grave.

His cultivation level is not high, only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, but he has the advantage of being young. Judging from his appearance alone, his physique is even stronger than Ji Yuan's.

Strong and healthy, good at working.

So Ji Yuan brought this "third-year junior high student" to Wuyou Island, where a good helper was needed.

In the third year of junior high school, Ji Yuan took on the task of developing Worry-Free Island, which reduced his burden considerably. At least he no longer had to do some repetitive and mechanical tasks himself.

Even though doing it personally involves using magic, you still need to be present.

It's not magic power that's being wasted, but time.

During this time, Ji Yuan would go to the [Fish Pond] every day to collect the 3 drops of Ice Soul Dew each day, and also to see if any third-tier monster cubs of the Frost Dragon had been born.

It's a pity I watch it every day.

Nothing every day.

As time went by, buildings on Worry-Free Island sprang up one after another.

Ji Yuan did not build any grand halls or pavilions; it was just a series of houses that eventually formed a circle around each other.

The buildings are close together, so whatever building is needed, we can get there instantly.

He built these houses not for enjoyment, but for better spiritual practice.

is the day.

Ji Yuan, who was studying the "Sword Canon" on Misty Island and preparing to try to condense a second sword embryo, was suddenly awakened by Tu Yue.

He quickly calculated the time and realized when Tu Yue had called him.

The Spirit Field has yielded a harvest; the Thousand-Year Illusionary Spirit Grass has matured again.

More than a year has passed since the last time he refined the Foundation Establishment Pill. During the year he was stationed in Linshui City, Ji Yuan once again obtained a thousand-year-old Illusionary Spirit Grass.

Unfortunately, there was no critical hit when I harvested the loot.

Only one plant was harvested.

So today, Ji Yuan deliberately cleaned himself up and chased the giant toad to the west side of the island before arriving at the [Spirit Field].

This harvest isn't the Thousand-Year Illusionary Spirit Grass, it's spirit stones!

There are so many spirit stones!

A thousand-year-old Illusionary Spirit Grass means that Ji Yuan can harvest at least three Foundation Establishment Pills, at least one of which is of the second grade... But even these Foundation Establishment Pills can be sold for more than a thousand spirit stones.

Therefore... it's worth taking seriously!

Ji Yuan took out the jade shovel he had prepared beforehand and carefully dug in the [spirit field]. But what he finally got was still a thousand-year-old Illusionary Spirit Grass.

Ji Yuan: "..."

Well, I can't treat the profits I haven't received as my own loss.

After calming himself down, Ji Yuan regained his composure. The next day, he suddenly received a message from Dong Qian asking if he was on Wuyou Island. If he was, she was prepared to visit him.

"Senior Sister Dong?"

Ji Yuan looked at the communication talisman in his hand, slightly surprised.

This was the first time Dong Qian had contacted him proactively after Ji Yuan gave her the message talisman.

Over the past few years, Ji Yuan has gradually "collected" eight Foundation Building Pills for Dong Qian.

But she only ever wanted one tattoo, which surprised Ji Yuan quite a bit. What surprised him even more was that she always used spirit stones to buy them.

Except for the first one, which cost 450 spirit stones, each of the subsequent ones cost 400 spirit stones.

It's still of medium quality.

In other words, over the past few years, Dong Qian has given Ji Yuan a total of 3250 mid-grade spirit stones... This amount is unimaginable, let alone for a Qi Refining cultivator.

Even for someone in the late Foundation Establishment stage... that's quite an exaggeration.

If Wu Nanchun had had these spirit stones back then, he wouldn't have gone to fight to the death with the Lord of Qinghan Island. As for now, he had a chance to communicate with this Senior Sister Wu not long ago.

Her injuries have healed.

The sect has already distributed the reward for her killing the Lord of Qinghan Island, so she will now go into seclusion to try and break through to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Ji Yuan didn't ask her if she had found the treasure left by the Lord of Qinghan Island. Even if they had a very good relationship, it was impossible to ask such a question, let alone since their relationship was only ordinary.

Both of them had repeatedly agreed to keep the secret.

Dong Qian asked Ji Yuan to keep the secret and not reveal that she had so many spirit stones.

As for Ji Yuan... as long as Dong Qian doesn't reveal the matter of collecting Foundation Establishment Pills, it'll be fine.

Because Ji Yuan not only agreed to help Dong Qian collect Foundation Establishment Pills, but also agreed to help Du Wanyi collect Foundation Establishment Pills, and coincidentally, the two of them had a very good relationship.

If the two of them were to openly discuss this, Ji Yuan would be unable to cover it up.

If Ji Yuan gives a few coins each time, that's fine.

They all knew that Ji Yuan had reached the Foundation Establishment stage and had even become a disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, so they didn't have too much doubt that he could find a few Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, if it were revealed that Ji Yuan had given away more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Pills, then it would be suspicious.

"Okay, I'm coming right now."

Ji Yuan spent his days cultivating himself, and having nothing else to do, he said he was on Worry-Free Island.

After replying to the messages, Ji Yuan spent half a day traveling from Misty Island to Worry-Free Island, and then waited another day before Dong Qian arrived.

"It's rare to see Senior Sister Dong out."

Ji Yuan said with a smile.

That's true. In the past, when making transactions, Ji Yuan would always go to Chulong Island.

As for Dong Qian, when she occasionally went out, it was always to Sifang Island to refine pills. The rest of the time, even when she took on missions, she mostly took on missions within the sect.

For example, going to Medicine Island to grow herbs, or going to Sifang Island to work on duty.

But she lives such a secluded life, where did she get so many spirit stones?

Ji Yuan became increasingly curious about this matter, but he didn't dare to ask.

"Uncle Ji is just talking nonsense."

Dong Qian could tell that Ji Yuan was joking, so she joked back, and rolled her eyes at Ji Yuan as well.

The mature woman's alluring charm calmed Ji Yuan down considerably.

"Please have a seat, Senior Sister Dong."

Ji Yuan then brewed her some spiritual tea.

After exchanging pleasantries, Dong Qian said she wanted to visit Ji Yuan's Worry-Free Island.

Ji Yuan had no problem with such a trivial matter. He was upright and honest on the island and had no privacy. After wandering around for a while, Dong Qian finally arrived at the peach grove.

It was already late autumn, and the peach leaves had all fallen and covered the ground.

"Junior brother likes to eat peaches?"

"It's alright, the peach blossoms are quite beautiful when they bloom."

Ji Yuan didn't say that these peach trees were planted by Feng Zhi Tao, to avoid having to explain it later.

Wearing a long black dress that accentuated her voluptuous figure, Dong Qian remained silent for a while before suddenly speaking, "Actually, the reason I came here today is to ask my junior brother to help me buy a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Oh?"

Ji Yuan said with some surprise, "For such a matter, Senior Sister could have simply sent a message; there was no need for her to come in person."

"No, this time I need a two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pill."

Dong Qian hesitated for a moment, but eventually spoke.

She hesitated because she felt this matter was somewhat difficult. Ji Yuan had already helped her collect so many One-Pattern Foundation Establishment Pills, and now she also needed Two-Pattern Foundation Establishment Pills...

For her, Ji Yuan had provided far too much help.

She finally spoke up because, apart from Ji Yuan, she didn't know who else to turn to.

Han Feiyu was originally capable, but after he successfully established his foundation and became a disciple of True Person Xuanshui, he distanced himself from Dong Qian and others, and usually associated with other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Dong Qian had tried to subtly inquire about it a few times. Casual conversations were fine, but whenever the topic of Foundation Establishment Pills came up, Han Feiyu would evade the question.

Not answering is itself a form of answer.

"Is Senior Sister about to reach Foundation Establishment?!"

As soon as Ji Yuan heard that Dong Qian wanted the Two-Pattern Foundation Establishment Pill, he guessed what she was thinking.

"Um."

Dong Qian nodded slightly and said, "Junior brother bought so many Foundation Establishment Pills for me, and I've been preparing for so long. It's time to try Foundation Establishment."

"Too."

"I'm already 41 years old this year, and in a few months I'll be 42... Although the final age for Foundation Establishment is 60, I can't really wait until that age to try. Besides, I've read a lot of information, and there are very few people who have successfully established their foundation after the age of 45."

Ji Yuan remembered that when Dong Qian joined the Water Dragon Sect, she was only thirty-five or thirty-six years old, and at that time she was in the prime of her life.

"Don't worry, Senior Sister, I'll do my best to find you a Second-Rank Foundation Establishment Pill before the New Year!"

There's no need to rush.

Dong Qian quickly replied that she was already extremely grateful that Ji Yuan was willing to help, let alone urge him to hurry up.

"Don't worry, senior sister, I won't do anything that's unsafe."

Ji Yuan smiled.

Admittedly, Ji Yuan only has two Foundation Establishment Pills left. As for the rest... he sold them at the auction house when he was guarding Linshui City, and used the spirit stones he got to purchase spiritual weapons and many trump cards.

On the other hand, he traded eight Foundation Establishment Pills with Dong Qian alone.

In addition, Du Wanyi also traded a few coins.

There really wasn't much left on him.

So he planned to collect some Qinghui grass and then go to Sifang Island to refine two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills. This was a simple matter for him at the moment.

"Okay, thank you then, junior brother."

As Dong Qian spoke, she gave Ji Yuan a slight bow.

This was indeed a great favor to her.

"Senior sister, there's no need for such formalities."

After discussing the matter, Dong Qian gave Ji Yuan 400 mid-grade spirit stones in advance, saying that she was worried that it wouldn't be enough to buy the two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills, and asked Ji Yuan to take them first.

Ji Yuan did not refuse.

Two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills are usually only available at auctions, so it's reasonable to prepare more spirit stones yourself.

Two months before the New Year.

Ji Yuan found Dong Qian and traded a two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pill with her.

Dong Qian then went to Sifang Island for seclusion.

The following April, Dong Qian emerged from seclusion.

The foundation has finally been laid.

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