Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 265 The Days of Learning Fox Language from Senior Sister Dong [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Oh?"

After hearing this, Mei Zhuang couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Did he really say that?"

"Really."

The Cloud Mist Island Master nodded.

But looking at Plum Manor's reaction... she was somewhat puzzled. "So, the Manor Lord really accepted this offer?"

"Yes, I accepted him. He's one of our businessmen."

Mei Zhuang nodded very seriously, and then said, "So if you meet him again next time, remember to bring him to me."

"Yes……"

The Lord of Yunmiao Island bowed slightly and said, "This subordinate takes his leave."

"Go."

Mei Zhuang waved his hand until she disappeared into the mountains before he looked away, lost in thought.

...They don't bow to me to my face, but afterwards they want to use my name to do evil and deceive the world?

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Mei Zhuang was determined to win over Ji Yuan the next time she saw him, no matter what, even if it meant forcibly keeping him by her side.

Since you like being part of my business family, then you can stay by my side.

However, compared to the major events of the world, Ji Yuan's affairs are merely trivial matters and are ultimately not of interest to Plum Manor.

The thought only flashed through his mind before he quickly put it out of his mind.

What he was really concerned about was the business affairs of the commercial court.

He originally didn't plan to show himself; he intended to observe from the shadows, watching the world's affairs swirl and revolve, waiting for the crucial moment to make his move...

Then one person will decide the fate of the world.

Unexpectedly, not long ago, Mei Zhuang met someone and learned from that person that Shang Xi's group of demonic cultivators had joined forces with the madmen of the Abyss Continent to launch a pincer attack on Shang Dong's Six Immortals Sect.

As a result, Plum Manor could no longer sit still.

If things were to continue like this, they would spiral out of his control.

If those madmen from the Abyss Continent were to come, even someone as powerful as him wouldn't be able to change the situation.

The Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong would absolutely not be able to withstand the combined attack from the Shangxi Demon Cultivators and the Abyss Continent.

So, left with no other choice, he had to issue a summons, which led to today's meeting.

But who would have thought... a leopard can't change its spots.

Even at this point, a group of people are still thinking about infighting.

Not to mention Shang Xi's group, even Shang Dong's group couldn't be of one mind.

Some people went to Shangxi for their own benefit, some went for personal gain, and some just sat and watched.

"Fine, they themselves aren't afraid of death, why should I worry so much? At worst, I can just leave this Canglu Continent. The world is vast, where can't I make a home?"

Mei Zhuang was somewhat disheartened, and then took a step forward, his figure instantly disappearing from the spot.

……

"The elixir is complete!"

As Ji Yuan cast several pill-condensing hand seals, a burst of light shone from the inverted golden ear cauldron, followed by a rich aroma of pills filling the entire pill room.

Ji Yuan casually brushed away the fragrance, and with a thought, took out the Foundation Establishment Pill inside.

The second batch of pills produced... still four pills.

Ji Yuan looked at the four round pills lying in his hand, feeling somewhat disappointed, but not much.

The disappointment stemmed from the fact that they still couldn't refine the Three-Pattern Foundation Establishment Pill.

The reason it's not much is that out of these four coins, three have two patterns, and the remaining one has one pattern.

Adding to the previous batch, there are now 5 two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills and 3 one-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Not bad, just barely enough. It's just another few thousand mid-grade spirit stones in the pocket."

Ji Yuan put away the pills, stood up, and casually flicked his hand.

He put the inverted golden-eared cauldron, which could be used as both an offensive magical weapon and a pill-refining furnace, into his storage bag.

But then I thought about it again. During this month-long seclusion to refine pills, the [Spirit Vein] had already produced more than 4000 mid-grade spirit stones... This life was becoming rather dull and boring.

I've tried my best to spend the spirit stones, but why can't I ever use them all?

Ji Yuan shook his head and came out of the [Tiangongfang].

Tu Yue was waiting outside the door, as if something was wrong... Ji Yuan sensed it and knew what it was.

Someone came to the island looking for him.

He infiltrated the storage bag with his divine sense and immediately learned of the news.

Dong Qian is back. She sent me a lot of messages, all asking what I was doing. Finally, she told me to come find her after I finished my seclusion.

In addition, there are people from the sect.

News has come from both Ran Kui and Feng Zhitao.

Ran Kui said, "Junior brother, what's wrong with you? Third junior sister said that you threw yourself into the arms of a woman as soon as you came back. Romantic love is only a momentary pleasure, while eternal life is the path to immortality. How about this, if your willpower weakens, you can come and cultivate with your senior brother."

Half a month later, Ran Kui said again, "Junior Brother, why aren't you replying to my messages? Could it be that you've gone into seclusion? It seems that Third Junior Sister stirred things up again. I knew Junior Brother was definitely not the kind of person Third Junior Sister described."

"Alright, I'll go and capture my third junior sister now so she can cultivate with me."

Feng Zhitao sent many messages, initially speaking in a sarcastic tone, but then suddenly changed her tone, saying that Ji Yuan lacked martial ethics and actually filed a complaint.

It seems that Ran Kui captured her and made her cultivate.

Du Wanyi's message was simpler. She first asked Ji Yuan if he was free, saying that she had made some pastries and asked him to come over and try them.

Ji Yuan didn't reply, so she asked if he had gone into seclusion, and then there was no further news.

In addition, news also came from Li Changhe.

Before Ji Yuan went into seclusion, he sent him a message asking how the preparations for the alchemy workshop were going.

His response is as follows:

"The preparations are almost complete. Currently, alchemists are being drawn from the six sects. I also have to go to Shangshan with my sect. Damn it, I'll talk about it when I get back."

"I've already had my father submit the list of people going to the alchemy workshop. With you here, you can rest assured."

Brother Li's messages are as reassuring as ever.

Ji Yuan replied to each of the message tokens.

Just as he had everything ready and was about to go to Fox Moon Island to learn fox language from Senior Sister Dong, he saw two communication talismans light up in his storage bag.

Ran Kui and Feng Zhi Tao.

What happened?

Ji Yuan's divine sense invaded and he learned the news.

It turns out they were all talking about the same thing, which was... Rouyi had formed a golden core.

A picture immediately appeared in Ji Yuan's mind: a beautiful female cultivator with long legs, holding a giant sword that looked like a door panel, with an extremely heroic posture.

She is the eldest disciple of Yun Yuan Zhenren, the Grand Elder of the Water Dragon Sect, and can be considered the number one among the younger generation of the Water Dragon Sect.

It's actually quite late for him to form his core at this point.

Based on what Ji Yuan already knew about his fellow cultivators, Ran Kui goes without saying, and even Lady Meiru of the Joyful Palace has already formed her core.

Rouyi, as the eldest disciple of the Water Dragon Sect's Grand Elder, only just achieved Core Formation... but it's alright.

Because the Third Elder's eldest disciple, Xiao Chengyi, hasn't formed his core yet.

Ji Yuan hadn't forgotten how he almost got tricked by this person back then.

Ji Yuan doesn't hold grudges; he just habitually remembers small things.

"Isn't this a wonderful thing?"

After thinking it over, Ji Yuan decided to send a message to Feng Zhitao.

It's not that I have a good relationship with her.

It's not because she's simple-minded, but because she can reveal a lot of information.

Ran Kui, the senior disciple, spoke very uprightly.

"That's right, you have no idea how smug Uncle-Master Yunyuan is. He tells everyone he meets, 'How did you know my family has two Golden Core cultivators?'"

Feng Zhitao laughed so hard she almost fell over. "It was the same when we came to see Master. We were all holding back our laughter, and it was so hard to hold it in."

The fact that Ran Kui had achieved the Golden Core stage was still kept secret and not made public.

In addition, he also practiced the "Concealing Breath Technique," so his external cultivation level still appeared to be nothing more than a fake core.

"Also, everyone around Uncle Xuanxiao has been behaving themselves lately, avoiding Uncle Yunyuan. Oh, right, Uncle Yunyuan also said that he's planning to hold a Core Formation celebration soon, and we'll have a proper celebration then."

Reaching the Core Formation is a major event, and it is only natural to hold a celebration.

Just as Ji Yuan was about to reply, she heard her transmit her voice again: "But Senior Sister Rouyi refused, saying that the demonic path has not been eradicated, so what is there to celebrate?"

These are indeed words that Senior Sister Rouyi could say... Ji Yuan sighed inwardly.

Just as Ji Yuan was about to speak, he saw Ran Kui's communication talisman light up.

"Well, junior brother, you've been so busy chatting with your third senior sister that you're ignoring me. Now I'm starting to suspect that what she said last time was true. You're just a womanizer!"

...No, are you two together?

Ji Yuan put away the communication talisman and decided to ignore both of them.

Why not have a heart-to-heart talk with Senior Sister Dong and talk about love?

Ji Yuan then summoned a flying boat, left Worry-Free Island, and instantly traversed the waters, disappearing straight into Fox Moon Island.

Its speed was so fast that unless a Golden Core cultivator was constantly watching this place, no one would be able to detect it.

"What do you mean by 'it just feels like an affair'?"

When Ji Yuan arrived at Dong Qian's residence on the cliff, he found that Dong Qian was not waiting for him in bed this time.

Instead, she was wearing a long black dress and sitting at a stone table making tea.

"Junior brother!"

Upon seeing Ji Yuan approach, Dong Qian could no longer contain her joy and quickly stood up.

"Senior sister."

Ji Yuan stepped forward and saw Dong Qian with her arms outstretched; the two embraced gently.

"Long time no see."

"Yes, it's been two years, three months, and eight days," Dong Qian said quietly.

...Senior sister, you remember everything so clearly!

Ji Yuan followed and sat down to the side. "It wasn't for cultivation, but I also took on a mission from the middle sect, so I had no choice but to go out."

"Just kidding, why would I blame you?"

Dong Qian came to Ji Yuan's side and poured tea with her delicate hands.

However, Ji Yuan couldn't help but glance at Dong Qian out of the corner of his eye... It seemed that his senior sister wasn't wearing anything else under her wide black dress.

"Why did my senior sister go out for a while recently?"

To divert attention, Ji Yuan had no choice but to bring up other things.

Unexpectedly, after asking the question, Dong Qian paused slightly, her expression showing some difficulty, and finally she could only take a deep breath.

"Let me think this over before I tell my junior brother, okay?"

"Okay, what's wrong with that?"

Ji Yuan smiled, naturally respecting Dong Qian's opinion.

Everyone has secrets, just like Dong Qian wouldn't pry too much into his secrets.

Dong Qian visibly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Ji Yuan's answer.

To Ji Yuan's surprise, after pouring the tea, Dong Qian sat directly on his lap.

With a beautiful woman in his arms, Ji Yuan had no interest in drinking tea at all.

So the following conversation went like this.

"Senior sister, can you teach me fox language?"

"Fox...fox language, how...how do you teach it?"

"Let's teach it now."

"But...but I don't know how either. I communicate with the Six-Tails through telepathy..."

"There... *sobs*"

"My senior sister even said she didn't know fox language, she just knew how to lie to me."

"..."

Ten days later.

Ji Yuan was kicked out of Fox Moon Island by Dong Qian, and no matter what he said, she wouldn't let him go back in.

This was certainly not because Ji Yuan had angered her.

It was because of her current physical condition that she couldn't withstand the strain.

She said she didn't want it anymore several times, but Ji Yuan eventually won her over.

Finally, having no other choice, they resorted to this desperate measure and drove Ji Yuan away.

Ji Yuan, piloting the Wind-Locust Flying Boat, looked at Fox Moon Island before him. If he wanted, he could naturally go back in.

A mere formation cannot trap him.

But after thinking about it, he ultimately gave up on the idea.

Shouldn't we at least show some respect to our senior sister?

After Ji Yuan returned to Wuyou Island, he lost the smile he had shown outside.

Because this time he sensed that Dong Qian seemed to have changed.

She's the one saying it's no longer possible, but she was also the one who was incredibly reckless at the beginning.

Moreover, Ji Yuan seemed to sense a faint... reluctance from Dong Qian.

Is she leaving?

This was Ji Yuan's subconscious reaction.

But given the current state of the world, where can she go?

Everywhere is so dangerous, and she, like me, is someone who doesn't like taking risks. So where can she go?

Ji Yuan couldn't answer the three soul-searching questions, and judging from the previous questions, Dong Qian's hesitation and struggle probably stemmed from this very point.

"Never mind, she'll tell me when she figures it out."

Ji Yuan thought it over and over but decided it wasn't appropriate to ask, so he put the matter aside for the time being and went to his room on Worry-Free Island. He poured a wisp of spiritual energy into the vase by the windowsill, and then the ground opened up, revealing a dark hole, from which a rich spiritual energy emanated.

Ji Yuan stepped into it and disappeared.

The opening closed again, and everything returned to normal.

The iron gate at the entrance of the cave was made of special materials by Ji Yuan, which not only prevented it from being detected by divine sense, but could also withstand attacks from Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The purpose, of course, is to find the [spiritual vein] hidden beneath.

The [Spirit Vein] is different from others. It is extremely difficult to move and quite troublesome to build. More importantly, even if Ji Yuan remotely turns off the building effect, the spirit stones embedded in the [Spirit Vein] are still real.

Therefore, it's never too much to be careful.

Ji Yuan followed the passageway down and finally saw the faint white light emanating from the underground spiritual vein. At this point, the spiritual energy was extremely abundant.

With the combined blessing of the [spiritual vein] and the [cave dwelling], the spiritual energy is even more abundant than that of the Liancheng Mountain spiritual vein that Ji Yuan visited.

And this is the perfect place for him to cultivate.

He absorbed the free spiritual energy between heaven and earth while holding two mid-grade spirit stones in each hand, doing his utmost to improve his strength.

After absorbing spiritual energy for a day, he would take out a three-colored spiritual egg from his storage bag and swallow it to compress the spiritual energy in his dantian.

After his cultivation was nearly complete, he went to the Enlightenment Chamber and, with the help of the Sword Manual given to him by the Li family, tried to comprehend the next mysterious flying sword.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

When he took a walk by the fishpond during a break from his cultivation, a sudden inspiration struck him, as if he had thought of something.

He then quickly returned to his residence, found a slightly empty room, and first put all the miscellaneous items in the room into his storage bag.

Then he took out a series of empty bookshelves from another storage bag.

There are three rows each, horizontally and vertically.

After arranging them neatly, he took out books one by one from the storage bag.

The book contains some basic spells suitable for the Qi Refining stage, plus some cultivation techniques that can only be practiced up to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Although Ji Yuan hasn't killed countless people since he started cultivating, he has still killed quite a few.

The gains were considerable.

Although most of his belongings were sold, he kept the cultivation techniques and spells.

After visiting the books that recorded low-level spells, he came to the second shelf, where there were not books, but some... jade slips.

In comparison, jade slips occupy less space and are fewer in number.

Ji Yuan then laid them out one by one, and thoughtfully labeled the techniques or spells recorded in the jade slips with white paper below them.

The Art of Mountain Splitting with an Earth Axe

Forest Life and Rest Exercises

The Art of Cutting Off Rivers

"..."

In comparison, the second bookshelf contained far fewer cultivation techniques and spells, about half the number of the first bookshelf.

Moreover, among these few orthodox cultivation techniques, there are also many demonic cultivation techniques mixed in.

But there's nothing we can do about it; Ji Yuan just kills more demons than righteous people.

When they arrived at the third bookshelf, Ji Yuan hesitated for a moment.

Because what's displayed here must be advanced spells or cultivation techniques that can lead directly to the Golden Core stage.

But this thing is... scarce.

Throughout his cultivation journey, the only thing he has truly acquired and been able to possess through his own strength is the metal-based cultivation technique given to him by the Mourning Hermit.

"The Jade-Slaying Gold Technique".

Even the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal didn't possess this technique, but judging from his combat prowess after his death, the cultivation method he practiced during his lifetime must have been quite impressive.

Unfortunately, he didn't leave any cultivation techniques in his storage bag.

Ji Yuan first placed the cultivation technique on the top shelf of the bookshelf, then took out a piece of white paper, wrote down the name of the technique word by word, and pasted it below the jade slip.

At that very moment, his panel refreshed.

Immediately afterwards, a line of small characters appeared in the air above the room.

[Library: lv0]

It finally appeared!

Ji Yuan quickly pulled out the panel to take a look.

[Library: Level 1 (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Effect: Diligent study day and night can increase proficiency in the cultivation technique. The effect is even better when used in conjunction with the "Enlightenment Room".]

[Upgrade Requirements: Golden Core Cultivation Technique x2; Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique x10; Second-Tier Demon Core x3; Mid-Grade Spirit Stones x100. (Not yet achieved)]

(End of this chapter)