Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 281 Dong Qian Departs [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

When Ji Yuan heard the news, he was brewing spiritual tea for Li Changhe.

Shocked?

Are you panicking?

nothing.

Because he had already learned of this news from Hua Yaoyue when he returned from Black Dragon Island... Once Shang west found out that things had been exposed, he would definitely launch a full-scale attack.

So, this day was bound to come sooner or later.

I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Li Changhe brought back news from Shangshan, indicating that when he left, the demonic cultivators in Shangxi were already gathering.

So, does that mean the attack has already begun?

Ji Yuan subconsciously turned his head and glanced westward.

"Since things have come to this, Brother Li, why don't you have some hot tea first?"

Li Changhe took the spirit tea, drank it all in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and handed the teacup back, saying, "Another cup, please."

After drinking the tea, Li Changhe calmed down a bit.

He cast a spell on himself, and the dust from his journey vanished instantly. Then he took a pill, and his slightly tired spirit was restored.

He reverted to his former demeanor as the eldest son of the Li family, placing his hands on his thighs, leaning slightly forward, and staring at Ji Yuan as he said:

"Let me be honest with you, Brother Ji. Our Li family, along with other Nascent Soul families, all agree that not only can Shangshan not be defended, but our six immortal sects cannot either... Senior Aunt Wangyou should also be able to see this. You can ask her what her plans are. At this point, it's time to think about yourselves."

What are Master's plans?

She's a Nascent Soul cultivator, so I don't need to worry about her.

"Was that a question asked by Uncle Li?"

"Yes, my father said that if Uncle-Master Wangyou doesn't have a good place to go, he can come to our alchemy workshop. If a fight really breaks out, the Water Dragon Sect will be the first to bear the brunt, while our alchemy workshop will be safer..."

Li Changhe did not deny it; instead, he stated it directly.

"Okay, I'll talk to Master... What about Shangshan?" Ji Yuan asked softly.

"This is the only way we can resist with the full strength of Shangdong."

"..."

After telling Ji Yuan about this matter, Li Changhe left in a hurry.

Ji Yuan understood the Li family's actions, just like the old saying goes... a thousand-year-old sect, a ten-thousand-year-old family.

The Li family is a Nascent Soul family. Even if the Water Dragon Sect is destroyed, it will affect them, but it won't lead to their downfall. Firstly, they have multiple escape routes, and secondly, they have a lineage.

The inheritance of Nascent Soul cultivation techniques.

Even if their generation dies out, as long as a genius emerges from among their descendants a thousand years later and condenses a nascent soul by relying on the inherited cultivation method, then the Li family will prosper again.

Even if they can't reach the Nascent Soul stage, but only the Foundation Establishment or Golden Core stage, their path will be much easier.

Ji Yuan arrived at the door and watched Li Changhe leave.

After he left, Tu Yue piloted her airship from the other side of Wuyou Island and landed behind Ji Yuan, obediently handing over a piece of "Crimson Sun Bone".

Ji Yuan then remembered that today was the agreed-upon "pig-slaughtering day".

The task of killing the spirit pig can currently only be entrusted to Yin Tongzi.

The spirit pig has already developed blood patterns, so ordinary Qi Refining stage corpse puppets dare not approach it.

If you let them do the slaughtering, they might not even kill a few pigs before they get scalded to death by the boiling blood.

Pure yang substances are the nemesis of yin substances.

Even Yin Tongzi, a corpse puppet at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, was not having an easy time.

When Ji Yuan arrived, he was still manipulating a throwing knife, "churning" as he slaughtered a pig.

My hands were scalded bright red by the pig's blood, and some of the splattered blood even burned small pits on my body.

Originally, he could have used Yin energy to resist it, but using Yin energy would affect the quality of the spirit pig meat, so Ji Yuan didn't let him resist.

"Hmm...we'll just have to make things a little harder for Yin Tongzi."

Ji Yuan was also quite helpless, because he had not produced a second Foundation Establishment stage corpse puppet during this period.

He couldn't bear to part with Tu Yue.

"Work hard, and I'll treat you to something nice next time."

Ji Yuan didn't care whether he could understand or not; he just dangled a big pie in his sky for him.

He then took the piece of Crimson Sun Bone and left.

Xuan Yang Blood Amber is easy to obtain, with one or two ounces available every month, but Crimson Yang Bone is much rarer.

Over the past few months, Ji Yuan has only managed to produce that one piece.

Just as he was thinking of taking this Crimson Sun Bone and going to the deep abyss to absorb it by standing in a meditation posture.

But before he could even leave, he suddenly heard the resounding sound of bells coming from the north.

Its sound resounded throughout the entire Water Dragon Sect.

"when--"

"when--"

"when--"

"..."

Nine rings of the golden bell signify the annihilation of the entire family!

Ji Yuan immediately put away the Crimson Sun Bone, summoned the Wind Locust Flying Boat, and just as he rushed out of the island, Du Wanyi also happened to come out of Tai'an Island.

Ji Yuan glanced eastward again, almost subconsciously.

Dong Qian still hasn't returned.

"Walk."

Du Wanyi came forward to greet them, and after the two met, they headed north together.

When Ji Yuan arrived near Water Dragon Island, there were already quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it was nothing compared to the last time.

After all, the Water Dragon Sect has already sent two batches of Foundation Establishment cultivators to Shangshan.

Although some returned, the number of dead and injured was much greater.

After Ji Yuan arrived, he found Feng Zhitao and the other two and went to greet them. After only a short while, seeing that most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators had arrived, Xuan Shui Zhenren finally appeared.

After several months apart, the Water Dragon Sect leader had even more white hair, and even the corners of his eyes had more wrinkles.

With a stern face, he waited until the other cultivators quieted down before his first words were:

"Gentlemen, the time has come for the Water Dragon Sect to be wiped out! The time has come for all of us righteous cultivators to step forward!"

"..."

……

The sun revolves in its golden phase, while the moon shines brightly without ceasing.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye.

"Brother Ji, Shangshan is urging us to deliver this month's Spirit Recovery Pills. How are your preparations going?"

Li Changhe's figure hurriedly fell from the sky. Before he could even stand up, the sound had already entered the house.

"Ready."

Wearing a jade crown that bound his hair and dressed in a blue robe, Ji Yuan slowly walked out of the house. He pointed forward with his right hand, and a jade slip appeared in front of him.

"The six sects alliance requested seven regions in total, namely the first, third, and seventh regions, which is equivalent to 36,758 Spirit Recovery Pills. I rounded it up to 36,800."

"The process output is all in this jade slip, and the pills are here."

Ji Yuan then handed him a storage bag.

Li Changhe first put away the jade slip, since it contained process materials that could not be lost.

He then took the storage bag, scanned it with his divine sense, and put it away. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Ji, you're the most reliable one. Damn it, that son of a bitch Huang Richeng, if it weren't for the pressure from above, I would have chopped him down with a knife."

Li Changhe cursed and swore.

"What's wrong with him now?"

Ji Yuan had dealt with that person a few times, and could only say that he was indeed bad-tempered. The reason he was able to stay in this alchemy workshop was because of his relationship with Xiao Chengyi and the Third Elder.

"What else can we do? We've already made the simplest Spirit Gathering Pill. We haven't even had him make it yet. We just asked him to urge the group of alchemists under his command, and we're still short nearly three thousand pills."

"So many?"

Ji Yuan raised an eyebrow. Three thousand Spirit Gathering Pills—that was no small amount.

"Hmm, I still need to coordinate with the people at the Shuibei Alchemy Workshop to see if they have any extra Spirit Gathering Pills."

Li Changhe turned and walked towards the door, saying, "I have something to do, we'll talk next time, Brother Ji."

"it is good."

Just as Li Changhe reached the door, he seemed to remember something and turned back to transmit his voice:

"If this happens again, I'll chop Huang Richeng down with one sword!"

Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then nodded slightly, "I will make my second move."

"Hey, good job, you're a true brother!"

Li Changhe got the answer he wanted and left laughing.

After seeing him off, Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then left his residence and headed towards the street under his jurisdiction.

At the same time, I couldn't help but recall the events of the past few months.

Since the Water Dragon Sect's golden bell rang nine times, the entire Shangdong region has begun to function again.

Naturally, boatloads of cultivators were sent to Shangshan, this "slaughterhouse," and these were only the cultivators from the Six Immortals Sect.

The remaining six alliances also placed buildings similar to "recruitment points" in every city in Shangdong.

Its purpose was to mobilize all the independent cultivators in the world to jointly resist the demonic path of Shangxi.

But the effect... can only be described as barely better than nothing.

The concept of righteous and demonic paths is already vague among independent cultivators; their primary concern is self-preservation.

Although the demonic path doesn't treat them like human beings, how much better can the so-called righteous path be nowadays?

Now that I'm in the territory of the righteous path, I'm a rogue cultivator of the righteous path. But when the demonic path unifies the land, then sorry, I'll be a rogue cultivator of the demonic path!

Ji Yuan visited several cities and received similar answers on this point.

Without the support of independent cultivators, Mount Shang will likely be even harder to defend.

On the Water Dragon Sect's side, the day after the nine rings of the golden bell, a magic ship was dispatched, heading straight for Shang Mountain, with quite a few cultivators on board.

Five days later.

A second French ship was dispatched.

There were no acquaintances of Jiyuan on the first Dharma boat, but there were on the second Dharma boat.

Ran Kui and Feng Zhitao are both inside.

Although Hua Yaoyue had already exempted her four disciples from these matters, Ran Kui couldn't sit still when the demonic forces began to press in.

The same applies to the Phoenix Peach.

Yun Qianzai actually wanted to go, but because his injuries from Black Dragon Island had not fully healed, Ran Kui persuaded him against it.

Compared to Ji Yuan, they were all more purely righteous cultivators.

Everyone has their own destiny, and Hua Yaoyue didn't try to persuade them again and again. She simply gave each of them a wine cup and let them go.

Everyone was fighting for the cause of good and evil, so Ji Yuan felt embarrassed to actually stay on Wuyou Island to cultivate.

However, not wanting to go to Shangshan, he sought out Li Changhe and found a job refining pills at the alchemy workshop. He devoted himself to refining pills and ensuring logistical support, which could be considered as contributing his modest efforts to the war between the righteous and the demonic.

As for his other friends, Liu Yuan had already gone to Shangshan and hadn't returned.

Judging from the occasional letters that came back, he was doing quite well up there. He was capable and talented, and it was said that he had even been given some swordsmanship instruction by "Xu Sheng" from the Sword Ruins.

So much so that he earned the nickname "Little Sword Immortal" on Mount Shang.

He also asked Ji Yuan to prepare more wine and drinks to welcome this little sword immortal.

Dong Qian still hasn't returned, and the "one-year promise" she mentioned before leaving last time is almost up. Ji Yuan plans to go back to see her in a few days.

Du Wanyi's injuries had healed, but she did not go to Shangshan after being persuaded by Ji Yuan.

Instead, he followed the sect's arrangement and went to a weapon-refining market.

She cultivated the path of "Spirit Weaving," which, in a sense, can also be considered part of weapon crafting.

After learning about the market where she was located, Ji Yuan used the Li family's connections to ask the market's manager to take good care of Du Wanyi... for example, since she was not good at fighting and was injured, she should not be allowed to charge into battle if she encountered a demonic attack.

As for the others, the relationship was even more distant, so Ji Yuan didn't pay much attention to them.

In short, he came to the alchemy workshop after settling things on Worry-Free Island.

Anyway, this alchemy workshop is mainly managed by the Water Dragon Sect, and it was jointly built by the Li and Huang families of the Water Dragon Sect. In addition, there are some alchemists transferred from the Medicine King Valley, so Ji Yuan is quite comfortable here.

Of course, excluding Huang Richeng.

If it weren't for the fact that they were fellow disciples and it was inconvenient to fight, Ji Yuan would have wanted Qiu Qianhai to kill him with poison needles in a day.

In terms of the structure of the alchemy workshop, there are two Golden Core cultivators guarding the top, and several Pseudo-Core cultivators responsible for running around, such as delivering pills to the front line of Shang Mountain, or drawing medicinal materials from various places. Finally, there are the Foundation Establishment cultivators like Ji Yuan.

They manage streets, and each street is responsible for refining a type of elixir.

Ji Yuan was in charge of the Rejuvenation Pill, while Huang Richeng was in charge of the Gathering Spirit Pill. The two lived on adjacent streets.

The refining of the elixir was already going to be more complicated, but Huang Richeng still kept causing trouble from time to time.

For example, they might trick the alchemists who refine Rejuvenation Pills in Ji Yuan's area into going there to refine Spirit Gathering Pills for him, or they might use the pretext of not having enough medicinal materials to get some alchemists to exchange them privately, and so on.

It's harmless, but extremely annoying.

The reason he was able to come to this alchemy workshop was because he had heard that he had presented some kind of treasure to the Third Elder in his early years, and that the Third Elder had valued him.

So even though he wasn't accepted as an apprentice, they could still maintain a connection occasionally.

This is the case with our visit to the alchemy workshop this time.

Ji Yuan was already annoyed by him even though he didn't have much contact with him, let alone Li Changhe, who had a lot of contact with him.

Therefore, Ji Yuan understood Li Changhe's intention to take action... It was just a matter of one sword strike; they could find an excuse to kill him.

Just then, Ji Yuan arrived at "Hui Ling Street" where he was.

Upon arrival, the atmosphere became lively. One after another, Qi Refining cultivators dressed in standard white robes moved among the many houses. Some of them on the street greeted Ji Yuan with cupped hands and called him "Senior Ji".

Ji Yuan nodded in response and then asked them if they had any difficulties.

After completing his inspection and finding nothing unexpected, he went to his "office" in this Haunted Street, which was actually a large room.

Upon arriving here, he first activated the effects of the [Heavenly Crafting Workshop] and casually refined a few batches of Rejuvenation Pills to warm up his skills before starting to forge weapons.

He wanted to refine this "Heavenly Thunder Seed" as soon as possible.

Previously, when the [Refining Room] was upgraded to level 2, I obtained the method for refining this Heavenly Thunder.

However, to successfully refine it, one must have the skill to refine a second-tier high-grade spiritual weapon.

When Ji Yuan upgraded the building earlier, he was able to refine a second-grade low-level spiritual weapon.

Later, under Ran Kui's guidance, his weapon-refining skills improved significantly, and he gained the ability to refine mid-grade second-tier spiritual weapons.

Since arriving at this alchemy workshop, he has taken the time to practice his crafting skills, and his experience in weapon forging has been steadily improving.

Even now, he has vaguely grasped the threshold of a second-tier high-grade spiritual weapon.

Once the breakthrough is successful, refining Heavenly Thunder Seeds will be a piece of cake.

The days passed by.

Ji Yuan's life in this alchemy workshop was not very peaceful, as he experienced several attacks by demonic forces.

However, because a Golden Core cultivator was stationed here, those Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators were killed as soon as they showed up.

As for the Golden Core demonic cultivators above that... before Shangshan is breached, even if Shangdong has any, they will choose to lie low.

Nearly another month passed.

Li Changhe, who went to Shangshan to "deliver goods," has finally returned, and the day that Ji Yuan and Dong Qian agreed on is approaching.

Ji Yuan has been away for more than half a year now, and he thinks it's time to go back to the sect for a visit.

After arranging things to return to Ling Street, Ji Yuan went to say goodbye to the two Golden Core cultivators.

One of these two Golden Core cultivators came from Medicine King Valley and was named "Miraculous Medicine Master," while the other came from Joy Palace and was named "Spiritual Life Master." Both of them were quite easy to talk to, especially after learning that Ji Yuan was returning at the invitation of his Golden Core master, they generously let him leave.

Ji Yuan then piloted the flying boat straight eastward, witnessing countless chaotic phenomena in the human world along the way.

In the early years, the Six Immortals Sect was above them, so some people still suppressed their evil thoughts.

Now that the Six Immortals Sect is struggling to protect itself, they have completely unleashed their evil intentions.

For example, Ji Yuan once heard a sentence outside a small immortal gate that left him speechless for a long time.

"A bad person can repent after doing one good deed, but a good person is driven to extinction after doing one bad deed? Do we really deserve to die?!"

The reason for this was that a disciple of a celestial sect, seeing the world in turmoil, joined in the chaos and became a tribulation cultivator.

They robbed him of both money and his virtue.

It just happened afterward.

Ji Yuan listened for a while, but found it uninteresting. So he casually handed over a flying sword, and after finishing his business, he left.

When he returned to the Water Dragon Sect, it was already more than half a month later.

This was only because he used the Sky-Splitting Flying Boat during his journey; otherwise, it would probably have taken even longer.

He discovered this when he returned to the Water Dragon Sect.

The sect even felt deserted. Ji Yuan flew from the westernmost part of the Water Dragon Sect to the southernmost Wuyou Island, and only saw two Foundation Establishment cultivators. One of them was injured and had hurriedly escaped from outside.

When he passed by Sifang Island, he also used his divine sense to investigate it.

In just a few months, the island of Sifang has become overgrown with weeds.

There is no way.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators went to Shangshan, and the remaining Qi Refining disciples... most of the disciples from Sifang Island were transferred to various markets.

So it's normal that there's no one here.

After a while, Ji Yuan returned to the long-lost Worry-Free Island.

But as soon as he returned, Tu Yue handed him a jade slip.

"Um?"

Ji Yuan first looked at Tu Yue.

Tu Yue pointed to Fox Moon Island to the east.

In fact, the moment Ji Yuan received the jade slip, he sensed that it was Dong Qian's aura emanating from it.

The jade slip was left by Dong Qian; has she already returned?!

Ji Yuan quickly invaded it with his divine sense, and immediately Dong Qian's slightly tearful voice rang in his mind.

"Ji Lang, please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. I'm leaving for a very, very far place. If nothing unexpected happens, we will most likely never meet again in this life..."

(End of this chapter)