Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 263 [Spiritual Field: lv4]; Pill Essence Fruit obtained! [Seeking monthly votes]

Ji Yuan had no romantic feelings for Du Wanyi.

He was somewhat frightened when he saw the hideous wound on Du Wanyi's right leg.

The wound doesn't look very old; it must have been made recently.

Even though it had healed by now, the bright red, twisted wound, resembling a centipede, was still visible.

Judging from its location, it's deeper and higher.

Du Wanyi's entire right leg will have to be removed.

"Second sister, how...how did you get so badly injured?"

If external injuries can be this severe, what about internal injuries?

Needless to say.

Du Wanyi lowered her skirt and said with a bitter smile, "I was stationed at Tianxuan Mountain to guard the spiritual veins. In just three short years, I faced five attacks from the demonic path. I'm already lucky to have survived."

"This... this damned demonic path."

Ji Yuan was furious and slammed his hand on the table, but dared not use force.

"I was fine the last few times because my cultivation level wasn't high to begin with, so I didn't have to charge too far ahead."

But half a year ago, he was ambushed by a mid-Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator. He was incredibly lucky to have survived.

Du Wanyi shook her head as she spoke, "It's only because my injuries were so severe that the sect allowed me to come back and heal first. Otherwise, I would probably have been transferred to another place by now."

"Here, second sister, eat this."

Ji Yuan took out an improved Qi and Blood Pill.

"Qi and Blood Pill? I've taken it before, but it didn't have much effect."

"Listen to me, you'll know once you eat it."

Ji Yuan didn't offer much explanation.

Upon hearing this, Du Wanyi no longer hesitated to ask any further questions and nodded, saying, "Okay."

She took it from Ji Yuan and swallowed it. She immediately felt the difference of this Qi and Blood Pill. A pure blood energy spread through her body, and some of her original hidden injuries were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The original stagnant blood was squeezed out by the abundant blood and qi. Du Wanyi coughed and finally spat out a mouthful of black blood.

With a sweep of her divine sense, she even noticed that the wounds on her thighs had healed considerably.

"Fourth brother, what you've done..."

Du Wanyi had never taken the Qi and Blood Pill, which had such a good effect.

Ji Yuan stuffed the remaining nine Qi and Blood Pills into Du Wanyi's hand, saying, "Here, these can save your life. Second sister, keep them, but remember not to let anyone else know."

"And what about you, Fourth Brother?"

Du Wanyi would accept the things Ji Yuan gave her, but she felt it was too much; nine coins, she felt that four or five would be enough.

"I still have some, Second Sister, you don't need to worry."

Tu Yue also kept dozens of spirit pigs on Wuyou Island, and there were also hundreds of spirit pigs in the storage bag she gave her that had not yet had their acupoint tempering beads removed.

Therefore, given a little time, Ji Yuan could refine a large quantity of the improved Qi and Blood Pill.

And this is only because the [Pigpen] has not been fully activated. Otherwise, the number of spirit pigs that can be ready for market in half a month would be terrifying if they were fully cultivated for a year.

"Alright then, thank you, Fourth Brother."

After putting away the Qi and Blood Pill, Du Wanyi lifted her skirt, revealing her long, snow-white legs.

"Fourth brother, look, even this external injury has healed a lot."

The once hideous and terrifying scar has now turned into a red line. Although it still leaves a scar, at least it doesn't look as serious.

"I'll keep an eye out for my second sister and see if there's any miracle cure for scars."

Du Wanyi lowered her skirt, and her smile relaxed a bit.

"Having been through so much, I've long since become indifferent. Being alive is a blessing in disguise; the rest is whatever."

Ji Yuan smiled and said, "Second Sister is a fairy, and of course a fairy has to be beautiful."

"Tch, you're all talk... Oh right, Fourth Brother, did something happen between you and Dong Qian?" Du Wanyi seemed to have thought of something, and leaned closer, looking at Ji Yuan with a suspicious expression.

"Senior Sister Dong? No, everything's still the same."

Ji Yuan's expression was normal... Damn it, I seem to be acting more and more, lying to everyone.

Damn it, why isn't a single word of truth coming out of my mouth!

"real?"

Du Wanyi was still not quite convinced. She knew Dong Qian's appearance and figure; few men could resist her.

Especially with the seductive air she inadvertently exuded.

It is also a favorite among men.

"Why does it seem like there's something off about your relationship when she mentions you?"

"Second sister, you're overthinking it. If that's the case, the way you mention me is different too," Ji Yuan said helplessly.

"If that's what you're saying, then so be it..."

Du Wanyi was unable to refute.

"By the way, speaking of Senior Sister Dong, she doesn't seem to be in the sect. Could she be on some sect mission?"

When Dong Qian was mentioned, Ji Yuan naturally took the opportunity to ask her a question.

"Dong Qian? No, I visited her recently, and she didn't mention having any missions."

As she spoke, Du Wanyi took out a communication talisman, "Let me ask her."

After saying that, she sent a message to Dong Qian in front of Ji Yuan: "Senior Sister Dong, are you in the cave? I'm coming to visit you."

After sending the message, I waited for a while but received no reply.

"Huh, it really isn't here."

Du Wanyi put away the communication talisman.

"She's probably out. If you message her again in a while, she'll reply."

That's what they say, but how could Dong Qian possibly go out at this time?

Could it be that you've run into some kind of trouble?

But with a six-tailed, third-tier demon beast inside her, it would be difficult for her to cause any trouble.

Ji Yuan pondered for a while and then put the matter aside. In any case, he would find out when Dong Qian returned and asked her.

"Then, Second Sister, you shouldn't need to go out anymore, right?"

"I don't think that's necessary. I've come back with such serious injuries; the sect should let me rest for at least a year or two. What about you, Fourth Brother?"

"I just got back from outside, so I shouldn't be in a hurry to go out."

Even if Ji Yuan wanted to comprehend the embryo of the eighth flying sword, it would still take him one or two years.

I wonder how the alchemy workshop over there is going. If it's finished, I might have to go there and stay.

Du Wanyi was very happy after hearing this, "That's good, we can finally get together."

"That's true."

Ji Yuan nodded slightly.

But just then, a sound came from outside the island.

"Junior brother, where have you been?!"

The voice of Phoenix Peach.

She must have brought Danyang soil!

Ji Yuan immediately stood up and said, "Second Sister, my Senior Sister needs to see me, so I'll go over there first."

"Alright, Fourth Brother, you're busy."

Du Wanyi got up to see him off.

Ji Yuan took a few steps to the door, leaped up, and then rode the Wind Locust Flying Boat straight to the east. When he came out of the formation, Feng Zhi Tao discovered him.

Feng Zhitao didn't speak until Ji Yuan came up to her and called out "Senior Sister" with a smile.

"Oh, so that's why you're back so early. Turns out you were rushing back to have some romance."

"Senior sister, I..."

Before Ji Yuan could finish speaking, Feng Zhitao threw a bag of Danyang soil into his hand.

"Hmph, save that for your senior brother to explain. I always said you didn't focus on cultivation after coming back; all you did was flirt!"

After speaking, Feng Zhitao steered her fiery red flying boat into a streak of red light, piercing the sky and heading northeast.

Ji Yuan had no choice but to look back. Fortunately, Du Wanyi did not chase after him, so he turned around and returned to Wuyou Island.

Now that the resources are ready, it's time to upgrade the [Spirit Field].

Inside Worry-Free Island.

After receiving Ji Yuan's instructions, Tu Yue drove all the corpse puppets back to the mass grave. The spirit wheat and spirit grain planted on the [Spirit Field] were left to grow and die on their own, to be harvested in the autumn.

With the remaining pig and chicken farming, Tu Yuesheng had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, making management much easier.

Furthermore, Ji Yuan also told her that if she was too busy, she could call Yin Tongzi out to raise pigs together. After all, Yin Tongzi was a mid-Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator, so raising pigs was a piece of cake for him.

After returning today, Ji Yuan went straight to the [Spirit Field].

Tu Yue followed, standing obediently behind her master.

Looking at the lush green wheat before him, Ji Yuan was in a very good mood.

During the two years he was away, the [Spirit Field] also produced two thousand-year-old Illusionary Spirit Grasses.

Find an opportunity to refine it into a Foundation Establishment Pill, and then another large amount of spirit stones will come in.

After visiting several [spirit fields], Ji Yuan retrieved the materials for this upgrade from an empty spot.

A total of 500 mid-grade spirit stones, a third-tier wood-attribute demon core from the auction in South China Sea City, and 10 jin of Danyang soil given by Hua Yaoyue.

Bai Piao gave a total of 25 jin of Xuan Yin Soil, and Ji Yuan took out 20 jin and placed it on the ground.

Finally, there was the family of three he personally killed.

Three burrowing earthworm carcasses.

After all the materials were ready, Ji Yuan glanced at the panel.

[Spirit Field: lv4 (upgradeable)]

Lift!

There's nothing to hesitate about.

As soon as Ji Yuan's thought came to mind, all the materials in front of him turned to ashes and vanished.

A flash of white light appeared on the panel.

Before Ji Yuan could even take a look, he was drawn to the strange phenomenon of the building's upgrade.

The spiritual plants growing on the entire [spirit field] have increased in size at a rate visible to the naked eye.

You can even see the cyan wood-attribute spiritual energy that is shaken out from it.

In an instant, the plants on the entire Worry-Free Island became lush and green, as if they had undergone a baptism.

Ji Yuan, who was in the [spiritual field], could clearly feel that the air around him was much fresher.

He looked up and stared at the line of small characters above his head.

It changed from 3 to 4.

[Spirit Field] has finally reached level 4, so what about the "Dan Yuan Fruit" it produces?

Ji Yuan released his divine sense and carefully examined every piece of land on Worry-Free Island.

Finally, atop the highest point of the Worry-Free Island, above the Spirit Field, he saw a fruit that had transformed from an illusion into a solid one.

Ji Yuan summoned a flying boat and flew straight to the highest point of the mountain.

The Dan Yuan Fruit in front of him was gradually taking shape.

It was about half the size of a fist, and its color was bright red, almost dripping with color.

As for its appearance, it resembles the snow pear that Ji Yuan ate in his previous life.

But why does it have no taste...? Just as Ji Yuan had this thought, the Dan Yuan Fruit completely solidified.

Its body trembled slightly, and a mysterious aura instantly spread throughout the entire island.

What follows is an extremely rich fruity aroma.

"not good!"

With a thought, Ji Yuan quickly took out the jade box he had prepared beforehand and put away the Dan Yuan Fruit.

He then instantly activated the Starry Cloud Barrier Array that came with the [Cave Abode].

As the mist enveloped the entire island, it also slowly diluted the fragrance.

Otherwise, if this aura were to spread...

This might attract the attention of Golden Core cultivators.

After all, Ji Yuan was at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and just smelling the Dan Yuan Fruit caused the spiritual liquid in his dantian to fluctuate.

A rare and precious herb that can assist in the formation of the Golden Core is truly no ordinary thing!

Having obtained the most important Dan Yuan Fruit, there's not much left to focus on for the regular upgrade of the Spirit Effect 1.

Ji Yuan stopped in place and brought up the control panel.

He needs to see just how exaggerated the effect of this second level 5 building must be.

[Spirit Field: lv5 (cannot be upgraded)]

[Effect 1: Reduces crop growth cycle by 70%; at harvest, there is a 50% chance of harvesting double crops and a 15% chance of harvesting triple crops.]

[Effect 2 (Farming to Immortality): Personally farming increases affinity with the Wood element.]

[Effect 3 (Infant Transformation and Profound Understanding): One Infant Transformation Fruit can be harvested every 80 years.]

【升级条件：上品灵石×500块；四阶木属性妖丹×2；阴阳土×1斤；垚土沙×1斤；三阶玄影蝗尸体×2具。（未达成）】

Another building with 3 spirit effects.

So it seems that once this building is upgraded to level 5, it will basically have 3 spirit effects?

There's not much to say about the first effect; it's just a standard upgrade.

As for the third level of efficacy... the Nascent Soul Fruit, just from the name, it's inseparable from the concept of forming a baby.

Most of them are spiritual objects that assist in the formation of the Nascent Soul stage, just like the Dan Yuan Fruit produced by a level 4 [Spiritual Field].

...[Spirit Field] is just too good to be true!

Each breakthrough in realm generates a corresponding spiritual object, it's practically made for someone like me with a pseudo-spiritual root!

The only problem is that the production time of the Infant Transformation Fruit is a bit long.

A Dan Yuan Fruit is produced once every 10 years, but this Hua Ying Fruit takes 80 years... Even if I form a core, I can only live for 7 80-year cycles at most.

But if six or seven Nascent Soul Fruits fail to form a Nascent Soul, then one's fate is sealed.

Hmm... I can inquire about the specific effects of this Nascent Soul Fruit later.

Another one is this second spiritual effect: farming leads to immortality and it has a wood attribute affinity. It's just a pity that although I also have a wood spiritual root, I'm a water spiritual root ice magic cultivator.

It would be great if it had a water affinity.

I wonder if a level 5 [Fish Pond] will give me water attribute affinity.

If it's wood attribute, I'll try it after upgrading. Anyway, it's all about farming, so I'll just keep farming!

Finally, there are the upgrade requirements. For Ji Yuan, there are 5 upgrade requirements, and apart from the one for high-quality spirit stones, the other 4 are all very difficult to obtain.

It's still a demon core.

"Where the hell am I supposed to get so many fourth-tier demon cores by then?!"

Ji Yuan couldn't help but feel curious... What kind of attribute does the demon core of Plum Manor have?

Lightning attribute?

Unfortunately, his strength is too great. By the time I reach the late Nascent Soul stage, what level of cultivation will he be? Could he be at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, or perhaps he has already advanced to the Divine Transformation stage?

After thinking for a while, Ji Yuan stepped down from the [spiritual field].

I just got back, and I still have a lot to do, so I don't have much time to waste.

So for the next few days, Ji Yuan stayed at home... slaughtering pigs!

Although these spirit pigs had died long ago, the tempering beads inside their bodies had not been extracted.

Furthermore, the spirit pigs produced after reaching level 4 [Pigpen] have a certain chance of developing "Crimson Sun Bone" within their bodies.

This thing is a rare treasure for cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Yang Technique.

The spirit pigs produced in level 3 [Pigpen] all look ordinary, while the spirit pigs produced in level 4 [Pigpen] all have blood patterns on their bodies.

The plan initially involved disemboweling people and grabbing whatever part of their body they could find.

But after killing over a hundred spirit pigs, he still hadn't found a single piece of Crimson Sun Bone, so he gave up.

He used his divine sense to enter the storage bag, took out all the spirit pigs produced by the level 4 [Pigpen], and threw them into the lake below the waterfall in front of him.

It's fortunate that the pig was slaughtered here; otherwise, making such a commotion elsewhere would have been rather creepy.

Even now, when he threw the nearly one hundred spirit pigs into the lake in front of him and let them float on the surface, they still looked somewhat frightening.

But Ji Yuan couldn't care less about that.

Slaughter the pig!

Keep killing!

After we've killed all of them, surely we'll get at least one Crimson Sun Bone?

Moreover, he planned to keep these spirit pigs for himself to eat slowly.

The spirit pigs produced by level 4 [Pigpen] have enhanced body tempering effects.

Its internal energy must be extremely rich; as for the rest, let others have a taste.

After Ji Yuan killed twenty of them, he sensed something sneaking up behind him.

On this carefree island, Ji Yuan had nothing to fear. With a sweep of his divine sense, he discovered who had come.

Tuesday.

Without making a sound, he has already broken through to the second level of Tuesday!

At this rate of upgrade, will it eat up all the fish in my [fishpond]?

But Ji Yuan clearly remembered that when he went to check on the fishpond a few days ago, there were still quite a few fish in it.

Ji Yuan extended his divine sense until it completely enveloped the [fishpond], and then conducted a thorough investigation... not much was missing.

It's just that two second-tier spirit fish are missing.

He also discovered the Ice Dragon's cave in this [fishpond].

It actually maintained its previous habits and dug a hole underground, which surprised Ji Yuan.

If that's the case, how did it achieve such a rapid breakthrough?

The breakthrough on Monday was rapid because I ate a lot of spirit pig meat with Ji Yuan, plus Ice Soul Dew.

It can be said that it was built up with resources.

But on Tuesday... it wasn't that Ji Yuan was reluctant to give it away, but rather that Ji Yuan had gone on a long trip shortly after it was born.

After much thought, only one possibility remained.

It has great talent.

Although they are all Frost Dragons, there are differences in their talents.

It seems that Tuesday's talent is probably much better than Monday's, but he's just too damn sneaky.

I'm your boss! Who the hell are you hiding so far away from?

Ji Yuan was really worried that if he took it out, it wouldn't be him protecting it, but rather it protecting him.

"come over."

Ji Yuan waved to it.

Gou Jiao took a few steps forward, then dared not move again.

"come over."

Ji Yuan called out, and it took a few steps forward, then stopped moving again.

"You fucking bastard."

Having no other choice, Ji Yuan had to step forward, grab it by the neck, and lift it up.

Even so, it still clung tightly to Ji Yuan's arm, not daring to loosen its grip at all.

"eat!"

Ji Yuan pressed it down onto a spirit pig with blood-stained markings. After smelling the enticing aroma, it still looked up at its master first.

It only dared to open its mouth after Ji Yuan nodded repeatedly.

It's fine if they don't eat, but once they start eating, they eat like crazy, taking huge bites.

Ji Yuan casually tossed it aside and then continued with the important task of disemboweling it.

With this dragon on board, Ji Yuan had a companion.

Moreover, it is obedient; it will only eat whatever Ji Yuan gives it, and if not, it will just watch and drool.

If this were Monday... well, it would definitely be a battle of wits and courage, all for just one more bite of meat!

Ji Yuan cleaved open the belly of a spirit pig with another sword strike, and with that one strike, he sensed something was wrong.

This blood-striped spirit pig contains a strong masculine energy!

(End of this chapter)