Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 253 Ice-type Cultivator - Ji Yuan! [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"You... also want to become an immortal?!"

The moment that voice rang in Ji Yuan's mind, he watched helplessly as the Soul-Suppressing Bell outside his soul dissipated inch by inch.

Therefore, the first thought that came to his mind was not a response to the question.

It's just four simple words.

"My life is over!!!"

After the thought passed, Ji Yuan's mind was completely filled with this question.

Becoming an immortal? Who doesn't want to become an immortal?

If you don't want to become an immortal, then why bother cultivating immortality!

The immortal cultivators seek longevity and eternal youth, isn't it all for the sake of becoming an immortal?

"think."

After giving a simple one-word answer, Ji Yuan was immediately captivated by the purple vertical eye before him. He found it to be exquisitely beautiful and ingenious.

It seems to contain supreme Taoist teachings and hidden celestial arts.

As long as you step into it, you can attain immortality!

He had already retreated to the entrance of the stone hall, but now his legs moved uncontrollably toward the pool of ice and fire.

With each step he took forward, the scorching heat in the air would cool down a bit. By the time he arrived at the Ice and Fire Pool with his eyes glazed over, the scorching heat in the surrounding air had completely disappeared.

Even this deep pool has returned to its normal color.

That is to say... it's getting dark.

Ji Yuan stood on the bank of the icy-fire pool, his body involuntarily raising his right leg, and then... falling back down.

He stepped into the pool of ice and fire, and he sank right in.

As soon as he stepped in, the once calm lake surface immediately rippled, like wrinkles appearing on a human face.

As the ripples passed, waves moved back and forth.

The once crystal-clear purple vertical eyes have become somewhat blurry.

It was unclear whether the water in the cold pool was too frigid, or whether the vertical eye had become somewhat blurry, or whether the Soul-Suppressing Bell that had disappeared outside the soul was beginning to condense again.

In short, after stepping into the icy pool, Ji Yuan's previously unfocused pupils immediately regained some clarity.

His previously muddled mind regained some consciousness.

"How...did I get into this icy pool?"

He instinctively tried to lift his right leg to pull himself out of the icy pool, but when he saw the purple vertical eye in the pool again, his body went out of control.

And that ethereal voice rang out again.

"Come, come, come here... and you will become an immortal."

As the sound rang out again, Ji Yuan was already standing in the Ice and Fire Pool.

Fortunately, the cold pool slopes downwards with a slight incline, allowing one to move forward step by step; otherwise, stepping into the water would be utterly fatal.

Drawn by the sound, Ji Yuan took two more steps toward the middle of the pool.

Perhaps it was because it was getting later and later, but the chill in the pool water was becoming more and more obvious.

We've arrived at this point, at this place.

Ji Yuan was shivering from the cold, his face was pale, and his lips were purple.

But at that moment, the Soul-Suppressing Bell, which had already dissipated twice outside his soul, condensed for the third time.

Having learned from his previous two experiences, Ji Yuan closed his eyes and also blocked his ears as soon as he regained consciousness this time.

The strangeness all comes from that eerie purple vertical eye. As long as I don't look at it or listen to it, everything should be fine, right?

And that was indeed the case. He didn't see the vertical eye again, so he didn't lose consciousness immediately. But just when he thought he was safe and could leave,

That ethereal voice rang out once more.

This time, however, the voice carried a distinct hint of resentment.

"Don't you want to become an immortal?"

The sound didn't come through his ears, but rang directly in Ji Yuan's mind, and he subconsciously thought of speaking.

"I……"

The first word was already out, but what came out was, "Fuck your mother."

Ji Yuan tried his best to make his words sound fierce, but the extreme cold in his body made it difficult for him to even speak.

Fortunately, he did not completely lose consciousness this time. He could clearly feel the attraction of the depths of the pool, which made his body unconsciously move towards the depths.

But Ji Yuan's last remaining consciousness told him that he could not go any deeper.

Going there again would really mean death.

As they pulled at each other, Ji Yuan's body froze in place.

He wanted to back away, but he was drawn by this attraction and couldn't do it. In fact, every time he had the thought of backing away, the thought would be instantly crushed.

But he couldn't move forward either.

"But this won't do either. If this stalemate continues, even if I'm not pulled into the deep pool, I'll probably freeze to death here."

Ji Yuan's first thought was to call for help, to call for the Ice and Fire Elder to come to his rescue.

But when he opened his mouth, he found it difficult to speak.

The same applies to casting spells. Moreover, being deep underground and unaware of one's own surroundings, even if a spell is cast... there might be no abnormality on the surface. No, we can't wait any longer.

Ji Yuan focused his mind and activated the Flaming Sword that had just formed in his dantian, causing it to travel along his meridians throughout his body.

During the first lap, Ji Yuan did feel much more comfortable and warmer.

Just as the Flaming Sword was about to make its second circling motion, the icy pool seemed to be stimulated by something, suddenly unleashing a tremendous chill that directly chilled Ji Yuan to the bone.

...Ice and fire cannot coexist.

The thought popped into Ji Yuan's mind unconsciously.

Because coldness belongs to the night, while the Fiery Sword belongs to the day, if this cold pool were sentient, his actions would be tantamount to provoking it!

Damn it, this won't work, that won't work!

Seeing that his meridians seemed to be frozen, Ji Yuan had no choice but to try anything and start circulating his cultivation technique.

The cold itself is unsolvable, so I might as well seek refuge in the cold and see if I can find a way to survive!

Upon realizing this, Ji Yuan's spiritual energy began to circulate slowly, and wisps of cold air were drawn into his body along with the circulating cultivation technique.

At first, he felt as if his dantian was about to freeze.

He froze on the spot, his mind completely blank.

But after a few breaths, he realized... things had taken a turn for the better.

His dantian seemed to be able to adapt to the cold.

Why?

Because over the past few years, Ji Yuan has consistently absorbed the Ice Soul Dew.

[Fishpond] produces 3 drops per day.

Two drops were fed to the Frost Dragon, and one drop was fed to himself.

But when the Ice Dragon's progress slowed down, Ji Yuan simply absorbed and refined all three drops himself.

He had long been thinking about whether he could transform the water-based spiritual energy within his body into ice-based spiritual energy.

If this works, wouldn't I be like someone with an ice spirit root?

The spiritual energy inherently possesses the attribute of ice.

Putting everything else aside, any spell I cast will inflict a layer of frost damage.

This works so well.

The only slight pity is that its spiritual energy absorption speed cannot compare with that of the Ice Spiritual Root.

Therefore, Ji Yuan's dantian had long been subtly "frozen".

At first, Ji Yuan found it very difficult to endure the severe cold, but after he got through it, he found that the spiritual energy in his body seemed to have become colder.

"So... the transformation was successful?"

Ji Yuan sensed it, but still couldn't quite believe it.

But as the amount of spiritual energy in his dantian increased, he couldn't help but believe it.

The spiritual liquid in his dantian gradually became covered with a layer of frost, and slowly it seemed to freeze.

But it's more like the spiritual energy transformed from liquid to solid.

"But I haven't even formed my core yet, so how could I have done this?"

"If that's the case, then this is most likely a characteristic of ice-type spiritual energy."

Since the water elemental energy in his dantian began to transform into ice elemental energy, Ji Yuan found himself gradually regaining control of his body.

The coldness in the pool wasn't so terrifying anymore, and the body that had been frozen was gradually returning to normal.

I just felt that the water in the pool was unusually cold, but it wasn't unbearable.

As his internal energy circulated, a continuous stream of icy energy was drawn into his body, enriching and transforming the spiritual liquid within his dantian.

After a long while, when the water spiritual energy in Ji Yuan's dantian had completely turned into ice spiritual energy, he suddenly woke up.

With a single hand gesture, he transformed into black mist and vanished from the icy pool, reappearing on the shore.

An unusual silence fell over the stone hall; everything had returned to normal.

The purple vertical eye in the cold pool disappeared.

Even that ethereal voice never rang out again.

If Ji Yuan's lower body hadn't been still wet, and if the spiritual energy in his dantian hadn't been converted into ice spiritual energy, he probably would have thought it was all a dream.

Everything was just his imagination.

Now, Ji Yuan, realizing what was happening, was instantly drenched in cold sweat.

Although the experience was brief, it truly felt like a brush with death.

"Fortunately, my soul is inherently different from ordinary people, and I also have the 'Nine Palaces Soul-Suppressing Scripture' to protect it. Otherwise, even if I didn't die today, I would probably have become a split personality like the Ice and Fire Elder."

"Now it's all good; I've finally converted the spiritual energy in my body into ice-type spiritual energy. In a way, it's a blessing in disguise."

With this thought in mind, Ji Yuan channeled his spiritual energy into his robe. In an instant, a wisp of steam rose from his body, and the robe, which had been dampened by the cold pool, dried instantly.

He looked at the icy pool so close at hand and had some thoughts in his mind.

"This icy pool water can convert the water-based spiritual energy in my body into ice-based spiritual energy, but the main reason is that I had already consumed a large amount of Ice Soul Dew beforehand."

"Since I was able to obtain this opportunity, what about the Ice Dragon, which is inherently of the ice attribute?"

"It consumed a lot of my Ice Soul Dew, yet its strength hasn't increased significantly... Perhaps I should try it here."

"The worst that can happen is death. They say a subject dies for his lord's honor. I, as the lord, almost died here. Shouldn't you, as the subject, go and try?"

With this in mind, Ji Yuan released the Frost Dragon from his storage bag.

However, he didn't simply throw this "Monday" into the cold pool; instead, he gave it the opportunity to choose for itself.

Ji Yuan looked at the enormous dragon that had coiled around him after they came out, then pointed to the icy pool in front of him, "If you dare to go, you'll have your chance; if you don't dare, then forget it."

Even if the Frost Dragon, already at the mid-stage of the second tier, couldn't understand the meaning behind Ji Yuan's words, it could still discern the intentions of its master.

It looked back at the cold pool, then at its master Ji Yuan, without the slightest hesitation.

With a burst of strength from its limbs, it leaped into the icy pool and then... disappeared.

No, you stupid dragon!

If Ji Yuan, as its master, couldn't still sense its presence, he would have truly thought it was gone.

After all, Ji Yuan had personally experienced the power of this icy pool.

After entering the icy pool, the Frost Dragon plunged straight into its depths. As for the exact depth, Ji Yuan had no idea.

All he knew was that the ice dragon had dived down.

'I wonder if it can dive to the deepest part of this icy pool? What lies in that deepest part? Is it the source of that purple vertical eye?'

These thoughts inevitably arose in Ji Yuan's mind.

After about ten breaths, Ji Yuan suddenly noticed that the submerged ice dragon had stopped moving.

It's as if it's stopped in a certain place.

What happened? Could it be that we've encountered some kind of danger?

The moment the thought crossed Ji Yuan's mind, he sensed that the aura of the Frost Dragon was growing stronger. Before entering the water, it was only at the mid-stage of the second tier, but in just a short while, it already showed signs of reaching the late stage of the second tier.

We're finally about to break through!

Ji Yuan, who had been somewhat worried, was now relieved.

Since there's no problem, that's fine.

As for the timing, Ji Yuan had already entered the water when the fire pool had just turned into a cold pool. He was delayed for about half an hour, so it was still relatively early.

There is plenty of time for the Frost Dragon to break through.

So all we have to do now is wait.

Even while waiting, Ji Yuan walked a distance from the entrance until he could no longer see the cold pool before he sat down with peace of mind.

He worried that the purple vertical eye would reappear out of nowhere and pull him into the icy pool.

He then began to experience the ice-type spiritual energy within his dantian.

Although it changed from water to ice, the difference was not significant for Ji Yuan, the body's owner.

Because no matter how he changes, he is still the master of this body.

Just like now, with a thought, a wisp of spiritual energy emerged from his dantian and formed a sharp ice blade in front of him.

If it were the water-based spiritual energy from before, it would have transformed into a water blade by now, but it is now an ice blade... Under normal circumstances, an ice blade would naturally be harder than a water blade.

When it hits someone, even if the opponent wants to defend, they will have to expend a little more magic power.

This is the most basic benefit of ice-type spiritual energy. As for the other benefits, Ji Yuan will naturally have to discover and try them out gradually. But in any case, ice-type spiritual energy, as a different type of spiritual energy, is definitely stronger than water-type spiritual energy.

"The only problem is that this spiritual root remains a water spiritual root and hasn't transformed into an ice spiritual root. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

Ji Yuan stopped thinking about the problems he couldn't figure out.

After waiting for about three hours, he suddenly sensed that the aura of the Frost Dragon was rapidly rising, and its cultivation level had also changed from the mid-stage of the second tier to the late stage of the second tier!

"Splash—"

The sound of a dragon emerging from the water came from inside the stone hall. Ji Yuan, who had already stood up, hesitated for a moment and still did not choose to go deeper into the stone hall. Instead, he waited for the Frost Dragon to come over.

Fortunately, less than a breath later, a huge dragon head burrowed into the tunnel.

Ji Yuan looked at the two orange-yellow longans, each the size of a copper bell, and couldn't help but feel a little happy.

This guy has grown quite a bit bigger. It seems the day I can ride a dragon and fly is getting closer!

Ji Yuan scanned the Ice Dragon with his divine sense but found nothing unusual about it. The only thing was that it was still dripping with water from the icy pool, and its scales were unusually cold.

Ji Yuan reached out and touched the head of the Frost Dragon, and quickly sensed its thoughts.

...Now that I'm like this, I should be able to beat that big toad, right?

Ji Yuan: "..."

"Did I raise you all these years just so you could fight with giant toads?"

Thinking about this, Ji Yuan really wished he could throw it into the storm zone and let it compete with that thunderstorm dragon.

No, that thunderstorm dragon is female and has just laid eggs, which means there is most likely another male dragon in this storm zone.

There might even be a group of dragons.

With this thought in mind, Ji Yuan reached out and patted the Frost Dragon before putting it into his spirit beast pouch.

Regardless, it's definitely not appropriate to release it into this Ice and Fire Pool. If the Ice and Fire Elder were to come in, it would be difficult to explain.

Then Ji Yuan came to the stone hall and saw the water stains on the shore. With a few spells, the ground became clean.

After making sure nothing was missed, he took one last look at the icy pool before turning and leaving.

It's slow to come, but quick to leave.

Even though Ji Yuan didn't use any magic, it only took him the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before he emerged from underground.

When he emerged from the cave halfway up the mountain, the sky was already beginning to lighten.

But the sky was still filled with countless stars, twinkling brightly. Ji Yuan looked up at the Milky Way, which seemed to hang in the sky, and then at the faint light on the horizon.

For a moment, he felt as if he had been transported to another world.

After all, that fall into the icy pool almost cost him his life.

But upon closer reflection, there's no way to prevent this kind of trouble no matter how careful you are... No one from the Li family has had any problems coming to this cold pool, so why did I have a problem?

All I can say is that it's a matter of timing and fate.

Ji Yuan stood there for a while, and only after his mindset changed did he look down at the palace below and prepare to descend the mountain.

But at this moment, the palace was completely dark, without even a single lantern.

"I remember when I stayed here a couple of days ago, it was magnificent and bright, even the night was as bright as day. But now... that's probably for one reason."

The Fire-type Ice-Fire Elder, also known as the Emperor, has "gone offline."

Instead, the ice-type old man with ice and fire powers came online.

...This is getting a bit tricky.

Just as Ji Yuan was wondering whether to wait until dawn to go down the mountain, he suddenly noticed a figure standing up in front of the mountain wall beside him out of the corner of his eye.

"scare--"

Ji Yuan was startled.

Because he had been out for so long, he hadn't even noticed that there was someone sitting there!

The only person who could sit here without being discovered by him was that old man of ice and fire in the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

However, he had returned to his previous appearance, dressed in gray linen clothes, his figure slightly hunched. Even so, he still raised his head and stared at Ji Yuan.

"Did you fall into the icy pond?"

"……No."

Ji Yuan shook his head and then blinked.

Then the purple vertical eye between his eyebrows blinked as well.

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