Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 312 Hearing News of Du Wanyi Again [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

"Junior brother, run...run! This is a great demon! He kills even those from the demonic path!"

Under the cover of night, two airships weaved through the dense forest, seemingly trying to shake off the dark figure behind them.

No matter how they ran, the dark figure never left their side.

It was as if they were being toyed with.

"Senior sister, you go first, I'll fight this demon to the death!"

The young man made a hand seal, and a short blade flew out from his sleeve, hovering beside him. He turned the flying boat beneath his feet and headed straight for the dark figure that was rushing towards him from behind.

Just when he thought the demon was about to attack him, and he was ready to fight to the death.

He discovered that the demon had actually flashed past him and his senior sister, and then a hoarse voice rang out in their minds.

"Two hundred li to the west, there is a Zhengdao Market hidden in the mountain. You can go there to rest and heal your wounds for the time being."

By the time they realized what was happening, the demon was nowhere to be seen.

In the end, it was the woman who reacted first, and the two landed on the spot in the dense forest.

"Junior brother, this...this is our righteous senior!" the female cultivator said with delight.

The man in the light blue robe shook his head. "Senior sister, don't trust others so easily. There aren't many people you can trust in this world, especially old demons like this who are killed by both righteous and demonic forces."

"That's true, junior brother, you're right."

After calming down a bit, the female cultivator also assessed the situation.

"And Senior Sister, didn't you hear? When he killed those demonic cultivators, he self-destructed his name."

"Yes, he said his name is... Qiu Qianhai! Yes, that's his name."

"yes."

The man nodded. "Anyone who dares to reveal their name is not simple. Right now, only those madmen from the demonic path would dare to do so."

The female cultivator found it increasingly plausible. "And listen to this, his surname is Qiu. That surname sounds like it belongs to a demonic sect. So, do you think we should go to the place Qiu Qianhai mentioned?"

The man remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he said, "Let's not go. I know where one of our Foundation Establishment senior uncles from the Water Dragon Sect is staying. Let's go ask him and see if he knows where there's a market nearby."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

"..."

"Including the demonic cultivator I just killed, I've collected a total of ten Foundation Establishment cultivator corpses on this trip north, including two corpses of Medicine King Valley disciples."

"However, I didn't expect that Medicine King Valley would surrender to Shangxi."

Ji Yuan scanned the area with his divine sense and found no one else nearby. He then fell from the sky and landed on the mountaintop, before disappearing with a hand seal.

It has been more than a month since he left Jinglei Marsh.

In the past month or so, although he was on the move, he had also learned about the situation on the Canglu Continent.

Less than half a month after the Water Dragon Sect cultivators left, some people within the sect noticed something amiss.

That makes sense. With the sect leader and all the elders absent, the other disciples would surely notice something was wrong very quickly, not to mention that some disciples already knew something.

Once the news spread, the remaining Water Dragon Sect disciples who were left behind naturally scattered.

With more of them leaving, the demonic cultivators stationed outside will surely notice something amiss.

As a result, the news spread, and the three major demonic sects conspired to launch a final attack on the Water Dragon Sect.

It would have been better if they hadn't made a move. Once they did, they discovered that the Water Dragon Sect had quietly replaced all the original fourth-order formations with third-order formations.

After an easy breakthrough.

This means that another branch of the Shangdong Six Immortals Sect has been wiped out.

Only Sword Ruins, Medicine King Valley, and Joy Palace remain.

Less than a month after the Water Dragon Sect was breached, Medicine King Valley announced that it would merge into the most powerful of the three demonic sects, Blood Luo Mountain.

There are even rumors that the Supreme Elder of Medicine King Valley, Medicine Master Wang, has already passed away.

However, this news did not receive a positive response from Medicine King Valley.

In short, after Medicine King Valley surrendered again, only Sword Ruins and Joy Palace remained of the Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong.

"The cultivators of Sword Ruins are the most principled; they would never surrender."

Ji Yuan looked at the few spirit stones in the powder in his hand and sighed inwardly.

"The remaining Joy Palace... I didn't expect it to last this long."

Ji Yuan originally thought that the Huanxi Palace disciples who were skilled in dual cultivation techniques would be the ones with the weakest knees.

Unexpectedly, they have managed to hold on until now.

But now four of the Six Immortals Sects are gone, and Sword Ruins is far away in Shang Mountain, isolated and helpless.

The Palace of Joy probably won't last much longer.

They were left with only a few paths: either follow the example of Medicine King Valley and Imperial Spirit Sect, or surrender.

Either be wiped out.

They either ran away or they did.

I just don't know what they will choose.

If we return to the Water Dragon Sect now, it should take less than two days to get there from here at full speed.

During this time, Ji Yuan had been loitering around the area, partly to gather information and partly to protect the remaining fellow disciples.

Regardless, he is now the sixth generation leader of the Water Dragon Sect.

Of course, it's inevitable that one or two Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivators will need to be killed along the way.

This can be considered as eliminating a scourge for the people.

After absorbing more than ten mid-grade spirit stones, the mana in his dantian was once again replenished.

Ji Yuan swallowed three more drops of Ice Soul Dew in one gulp.

As the spiritual energy dissipated, Ji Yuan felt a refreshing coolness throughout his body.

...As expected, ice-type cultivators still need some ice-attribute items.

After resting, he was about to leave when he released his divine sense to investigate his surroundings. He discovered that someone was being chased to the south of the area, and... it was someone he knew!

"..."

"Fellow Daoist Youlan, why are you still running away? Now that the Water Dragon Sect is gone and you have no sect, you are nothing but rogue cultivators. Why not join our Medicine King Valley and cultivate the Great Dao with me?"

A long-faced man wearing a dark yellow robe was riding a medicine gourd, frantically chasing a female cultivator in a light green robe.

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Youlan Island, who was riding a sword ahead, spat.

"Pah!"

"Even if I, Youlan, die, I will never be like you people of Medicine King Valley, bowing and scraping before the demonic path, begging for mercy, and running off to be someone else's dog!"

The long-faced man was furious after hearing this.

"You lowly servant, I advise you to watch your mouth!"

"If it weren't for your looks, I would have killed you long ago. Now that I'm giving you a chance to live, you should cherish it."

"Besides, your entire Water Dragon Sect deserted, and you even ran away before our Medicine King Valley. Everyone in the world has the right to laugh at our Medicine King Valley, but your Water Dragon Sect has no right to!"

After the long-faced man finished speaking, he made hand seals, and suddenly spiritual patterns appeared behind him, from which fireballs were launched one after another.

The Island Master of Youlan Island has limited talent, and is only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, while the long-faced man in front of her has already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment... It is already extremely difficult for her to dodge.

"Ha, they're the ones running away, I didn't!"

While fleeing, the Lord of Youlan Island unleashed the Water Dragon Sect's ultimate technique, "Water Dragon Technique."

The fireball struck, and the Sea Dragon Armor barely managed to protect him, but it still managed to knock the Lord of Youlan Island from mid-air to the ground.

"Is it that you don't want to escape? It's just that you have no identity, no background, and therefore weren't chosen. If you had been chosen, wouldn't you have run? What a joke!"

As the long-faced man spoke, his flying artifact descended, landing in the dense forest.

He looked at the somewhat flustered Lord of Youlan Island opposite him, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes.

Everyone loves young girls, but Cao Xiangyu prefers middle-aged women.

Especially female cultivators like the Island Master of Youlan Island, who appear to be older but still possess a charming figure, are his favorites. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chased her all the way here.

He had several opportunities to kill the Lord of Youlan Island before.

Seeing the fearful look on the face of the Lord of Youlan Island as he retreated step by step, Cao Xiangyu felt increasingly smug.

"Well, Fellow Daoist Youlan, I'll give you one last chance. If you're willing to become my Daoist partner, I'll let you go. When we go back, we'll both be Foundation Establishment cultivators, and we'll be seen as a divine couple by others."

The Lord of Youlan Island sneered.

Have you ever heard of Liu Baicao?

"How could I not know that?"

Cao Xiangyu frowned slightly. "Isn't that the famous ugly cultivator from our Medicine King Valley? In order to cure his face, which was almost disfigured, he swallowed hundreds of herbs for treatment. Not only did it not cure him, but it made his appearance even uglier, so he changed his name to Liu Baicao (meaning Hundred Herbs)."

That's right.

The Lord of Youlan Island nodded.

Cao Xiangyu felt that the Lord of Youlan Island was stalling for time to take the opportunity to heal his injuries, but that didn't matter.

Even if she recovers, so what?

There's no escaping it, there's just no escaping it.

"Why did Fellow Daoist Youlan bring him up? Could it be that Liu Baicao is also pursuing you? If that's true, then I have to admire Liu Baicao's taste."

"It's amazing that she's taken a liking to the same female cultivator as me, Cao Xiangyu."

Cao Xiangyu gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

"no."

The Lord of Youlan Island shook his head. "What I mean is, I would rather marry Liu Baicao than marry you."

"What?!"

Cao Xiangyu initially thought he had misheard, but when he realized what he had heard, he was furious.

"I knew you had some good looks, so I was going to spare your life, but since you're determined to die... don't blame me!"

As Cao Xiangyu spoke, his figure floated up from the ground. His hair was disheveled, and his sleeves fluttered. At that moment, a wave of fire rose up all around, sweeping across the surrounding area and turning it into a sea of ​​fire.

The Island Master of Youlan Island was also prepared. She kept forming hand seals and chanting.

Soon, dark clouds gathered above the dense forest, and a torrential downpour began.

The rain was heavy, but it did not extinguish the fire. Instead, it stirred up thick smoke that covered the surrounding area and instantly enveloped the Island Master of Youlan Island, causing her to cough incessantly.

The Lord of Youlan Island tried to escape, but no matter which direction he went, he would crash into the sea of ​​fire.

In other words, there was simply no way to escape!

"Ha ha ha ha."

Upon seeing this, Cao Xiangyu laughed maniacally, "How about my Water Retreat and Body Burning Technique? It's specifically designed to counter your Water Dragon Sect's group of water magic cultivators."

"die!"

Amidst the thick smoke, the shouts of the Lord of Youlan Island could be heard.

Immediately afterwards, a light blue flying sword emerged from the thick fog, surrounded by countless dense water arrows, seemingly intent on piercing through Cao Xiangyu in one fell swoop.

"Tsk tsk."

Cao Xiangyu sneered and snapped his fingers in a very conspicuous manner. Immediately afterward, a huge wave of fire spewed out from the medicine gourd floating above his head.

The wave of fire collided with the flying sword and instantly transformed into a shield in front of him, blocking the flying sword and also stopping the dense barrage of water arrows.

"This is utterly boring. Fine, then I'll just kill you."

As Cao Xiangyu spoke, he brought his right index and middle fingers together, forming a sword-like shape, and raised it diagonally.

Immediately afterward, an arc of light streaked across the distant flames, circling around from the front and then piercing out from behind the Lord of Youlan Island, its speed incredibly fast.

"laugh--"

By the time the Island Master of Youlan reacted, the fiery red streak of light was already only a foot behind her.

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

Just when she thought she was about to die, she heard a soft "ding" and a faster streak of fire flashed from afar, instantly knocking the streak of fire away.

"Who?!"

Cao Xiangyu reacted instantly and with a wave of his hand, he retrieved the flying sword that was burning with flames.

Just when he thought he could react, he saw that the streak of fire that had gone far away earlier was now in front of him, and it was even faster than his flying sword!

"not good!"

Cao Xiangyu lightly tapped his chest with his right hand.

Immediately afterwards, his spiritual robe emitted a white light, which eventually converged on his chest, transforming into a protective mirror that shielded his body.

Only now did Cao Xiangyu realize what the flames were.

That was actually a fire-based willow-leaf throwing knife!

Judging from the aura emanating from it, this is most likely a top-grade spiritual weapon. What's even more terrifying is that after two exchanges, I still couldn't even locate the opponent.

He knew something was wrong and immediately summoned a protective talisman.

As his magical power surged in, a spark flew out from his sleeve and soared into the sky.

"He wants to deliver a message!!"

The Island Master of Youlan Island shouted in alarm, and at the same time, she activated her flying sword, no longer trying to kill Cao Xiangyu, but instead trying to intercept the spark.

However, the speed was a fraction slower.

Her flying sword wasn't fast enough.

Just when Cao Xiangyu thought he could get the news of his danger out, he suddenly discovered that the flame that shot into the sky... had gone out.

Something is wrong!

He was still urging the talisman to work when he subconsciously looked up.

Under the cover of night, a tall, slender figure in a blue robe floated in mid-air. He seemed to have just taken off, as he was still holding the flame in his hand.

Then Cao Xiangyu watched as the figure exerted a little force and extinguished the flame.

He can fly without using any flying artifacts... This person is actually a Core Formation cultivator!

No wonder I couldn't detect his presence!

"Senior... Senior, I am Cao Xiangyu, the third disciple of Master Qingbo of Medicine King Valley. May I ask your honorable title?"

After discovering that the person in front of him was a Core Formation cultivator, Cao Xiangyu lost all will to resist.

Even if this person is only a Core Formation stage cultivator, he is still someone that Foundation Establishment cultivator cannot contend with.

"You dare to know my title?"

Ji Yuan looked down at him slightly, then gently raised her right hand.

Four flying swords suddenly rose from the ground beneath Cao Xiangyu's feet.

"laugh--"

With a soft sound, the four flying swords pierced through Cao Xiangyu's protective aura in an instant, pinning him to the ground.

Seeing that he still wanted to speak, a small, blood-red flying sword fell from the sky and pierced straight through his forehead.

"Um?"

No sooner had Cao Xiangyu died than a gray shadow darted out from his body and sped southward along the ground.

Ji Yuan, who was in mid-air, swooped down and descended. His speed was even faster than that of the gray shadow. In the blink of an eye, he landed in front of the gray shadow and gently stepped on it.

"Spare me, senior! Spare my dog's life!"

Cao Xiangyu's voice came from within the gray shadow.

Ji Yuan scanned the area with his divine sense and found that the Lord of Youlan Island was still some distance away. He then casually summoned the Thousand Soul Banner and recited an incantation to collect the vengeful spirit into the banner.

He then put the Thousand Soul Banner away, and everything vanished without a trace.

...There are still many tricks up my sleeve when it comes to cultivators. If I hadn't been lucky enough to cultivate the Thousand Soul Banner and be able to recognize people's souls, he probably would have escaped today.

As soon as the thought flashed through Ji Yuan's mind, the figure of the Lord of Youlan Island flew over from a distance.

Only when she got closer could she see the face of the person who had saved her.

"Wu... Junior Brother Wuyou, it's actually you!"

Admittedly, when the Lord of Youlan Island saw Ji Yuan's appearance, he was quite surprised. "You, shouldn't you have left with your sect?"

"This is not a place to stay for long. Let's find another place to talk."

Ji Yuan said in a deep voice.

"……good."

The Lord of Youlan Island belatedly realized what was happening and hurriedly handed over Cao Xiangyu's storage bag with both hands, along with his spiritual weapon and the protective talisman.

Ji Yuan casually put it into his storage bag, then asked, "Where is his body?"

The Lord of Youlan Island quickly replied:

"Don't worry, junior brother. I have completely burned his body. There is no way anyone could find any trace of it."

Ji Yuan's lips twitched slightly upon hearing this... This was the corpse of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator! I finally managed to get my hands on one, and you just ruined it.

Upgrading the [Mass Graveyard] requires ten corpses of peak Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Ji Yuan never forgot.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble, Senior Sister."

Ji Yuan quickly determined the direction, then summoned the Sky-Splitting Flying Boat. He then had the Lord of Youlan Island board the boat, and the two of them glided away into the night, close to the dense forest.

The next morning.

When the Sky-Splitting Flying Boat came to a stop, Ji Yuan had already brought the Lord of Youlan Island to a deserted river valley. At the same time, he also released the Inverted Jianghu Formation given to him by Yun Qianzai to conceal his presence.

"Junior Brother Wuyou, you've... already formed your core?"

After landing, the Island Master of Youlan Island finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been on her mind the most.

Having shown off his ability to fly through the air, Ji Yuan could no longer hide it. If he said he hadn't formed his core, it would only arouse more suspicion.

So he could only nod and say, "Luckily."

"Junior brother is quite talented."

A deep hope flashed in the eyes of the Lord of Youlan Island.

When Ji Yuan first established his foundation and opened the island, she was already a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. Now she is only at the late Foundation Establishment stage. But look at Ji Yuan!

However, he had already formed his core.

This contrast, this disparity, was truly painful for her.

Before Ji Yuan could speak again, the Lord of Youlan Island seemed to remember something and quickly said, "By the way, Junior Brother, I saw Junior Sister Tai'an, whom you asked about earlier! She recently returned after learning about the sect's affairs."

"What?! You saw her?!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan raised his voice several decibels.

"right."

"Where is she? Is she alright now?" Ji Yuan asked very quickly.

He returned this time for two reasons, firstly to see how the sect was doing.

Secondly, he wanted to find Du Wanyi's whereabouts, but unexpectedly, he actually found her!

"Fortunately, she's currently hiding in a mortal kingdom, and from what she's said... it seems she plans to stay there indefinitely."

(End of this chapter)