Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 322 "The Azure Continent - Old Demon Chou" [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

As he thought about it, he learned the number of Soul-Devouring Bees needed to condense the "Soul-Devouring Armor".

If the queen bee is included, a total of 13478 Soul-Eating Bees are needed.

If we don't use this third-tier queen bee, then we'll need a lot more Soul-Devouring Bees, a total of 53823.

Moreover, as one's cultivation level increases, the number of Soul-Devouring Bees required will also increase, but this is not a problem, because there will be more and more Soul-Devouring Bees.

But now...

With a wave of his hand, Ji Yuan summoned the queen bee and the many spirit-devouring bees before him, which all transformed into a dark golden light that landed on his body.

Then the golden light began to evolve on his body, covering him with a thin layer of armor.

He opened his arms, waiting for his transformation while glancing at the panel.

[Effect 2 (Spirit-Devouring Armor): The Spirit-Devouring Bee can transform into armor, devouring all surrounding spiritual energy without being detected by cultivators.]

The Soul-Devouring Armor not only isolates one's aura, but also provides powerful defense when worn.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that the Queen Bee, a third-tier demon beast, is on her body, how could her defense not be strong?

After a while, Ji Yuan put on the Soul Devouring Armor for the first time. Looking at himself, fully armed, Ji Yuan felt a surge of joy.

"With this Soul-Devouring Armor combined with my physique, I'm practically invincible!"

"I was worried before that my physique wasn't well-equipped, but now that I have this 'Soul-Devouring Armor,' what do I have to fear?"

Ji Yuan looked at the dark gold armor he was wearing.

There's only one word in my mind.

Handsome!

However, there is a shortcoming: we have the armor, but we still lack a suitable weapon.

However, the only effect of the [Honeycomb] is the "Soul Devouring Armor," and it doesn't have any weapons.

So Ji Yuan set his sights on another building.

[Ant Nest]

Currently, the anthill is still a level 1 building. A level 2 anthill has the effect of "ten thousand ants forming a ball", which can transform into an ant giant.

So what about the effects of level 3 [Ant Nest]?

Could I evolve a powerful divine weapon like this [Honeycomb] to use in conjunction with the "Soul Devouring Armor," combining offense and defense to enhance my physical abilities?

Ji Yuan thought about it more and more and it seemed very possible.

If that's the case, then the next step should be to focus on cultivating this [ant nest].

To help him reach level 3 as soon as possible.

Since he had already put on the Soul-Devouring Armor, he naturally couldn't waste it, so Ji Yuan flew out of the cave.

A black light silently passed through the dense forest and finally landed in a courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

It landed silently.

Huli was sitting in the courtyard, seemingly looking through a historical document, so he was completely absorbed in the book in his hands.

Ji Yuan drifted past little by little in mid-air.

It drifted all the way to behind Huli.

It was midday.

It wasn't until Ji Yuan's shadow fell on the stone table, blocking the sun from Hu Li's book, that he realized something was wrong.

He paused for a moment, and Ji Yuan could clearly feel that he had even stopped breathing.

This time, he was truly frightened.

Just when Ji Yuan thought he was about to use some kind of escape or defensive tactic.

But then he suddenly turned around and slipped down to his knees.

"Please spare my life, senior!"

At first, he thought the person behind him was Qiu Qianhai, but when he turned around and saw the unfamiliar figure, clad in armor and whose face was not even visible, he was still frightened.

"Senior, you...you are...?"

Having learned from his previous experiences, Huli now doesn't dare to say another word.

What if this figure in front of me is just another illusion conjured up by Old Demon Qiu to scare me?

Wouldn't that mean the end?

"it's me."

Now that it has been discovered, there is no need for Ji Yuan to continue the performance.

He extended his right hand to his side, and his armor transformed into specks of golden light that dissipated and shattered, eventually turning into spirit-devouring bees that flew back into Ji Yuan's right sleeve.

The same applies to the third-tier queen bee.

"Senior, it's you!"

Hu Li's eyes were full of joy, and without waiting for Ji Yuan to ask any further questions, he praised himself:

"Senior's methods are truly superb. You walked right behind me, and I didn't even sense your presence at all."

"With this method of assistance, your strength must have increased significantly."

"Congratulations, senior! Congratulations!"

Hu Li bowed deeply to Ji Yuan.

"Alright, there's no need for any more flattery."

Ji Yuan waved his hand, sat down opposite him, and naturally picked up the book on the table.

"What are you looking at so intently?"

Ji Yuan sat down, and Hu Li dared not sit down.

He jogged up behind Ji Yuan, bowed slightly, and said with a forced smile, "It's nothing, just reading some ancient books and unofficial histories."

"Oh?"

Ji Yuan scanned it with his divine sense and found it to be quite thick, containing records of matters related to the Shang Court.

"Now that our Cangluo Continent and Jiyuan Continent have established contact, I thought I should learn about the affairs of both sides, so I collected some historical materials to look at."

Huli quickly explained.

"However, after reading a lot, I found that most of them are just unofficial histories fabricated by later generations and should not be taken seriously."

"Unofficial history of Duoye?"

Ji Yuan was in a good mood and asked with a rare smile.

"Just like what this book says, it says that the original Holy Lord couple of the Shang Court... was actually the younger brother marrying his sister-in-law, and it also says that the former Master Mei was actually the Holy Lord's mount."

"By the way, isn't there a Holy Mother in Shangxi who claims that she orchestrated all of this? But according to some unofficial historical records, this Holy Mother was actually a handmaid of the real Holy Mother back then..."

When it comes to gossip, Hu Li is extremely interested and easily startled.

"Also, the strongest force on the Extreme Abyss Continent right now is called the Black and White Temple. I read in a fragmented ancient book that the Black and White Temple has an ancestor at the Nascent Soul stage."

"That ancestor and the Holy Lord of the Shang Dynasty back then were fellow disciples."

"There's even a rumor that they both came from the same sect, something like... Yin Gui Mountain?"

Ji Yuan, who had been listening to the story, suddenly sat up straight.

"Yin Gui Mountain? It must be the Yin Gui Sect."

"Yes, yes, it's the Yin Ghost Sect!"

Hu Li slapped his forehead. "It's true that you're very knowledgeable, senior. You even know this."

...Yingui Sect.

Ji Yuan's eyes lit up. The Yin Ghost Sect he had been searching for for decades was actually on this Extreme Abyss Continent.

Leaving aside the "Nine Palaces Soul Suppressing Scripture," a divine soul cultivation technique, the Yin Ghost Array and Yin Ghost Flag alone are enough to demonstrate its power.

He couldn't help but think of the ring and token in his storage bag.

Perhaps only by going to the Abyss Continent can we unravel its secrets?

"It seems that I really have no choice but to go to the Abyss Continent."

Ji Yuan muttered to himself, then asked again, "Have you seen any news about the Yin Ghost Sect?"

"this……"

Hu Li frowned and recalled for a moment before saying, "The Yin Ghost Sect is a sect from the Extreme Abyss Continent. There are very few records of it on our Canglu Continent."

"I only saw that the Yin Ghost Sect was extremely powerful at the time, dominating the two continents of Jiyuan and Cangluo, but for some reason it was just a flash in the pan, rising quickly and perishing just as quickly."

"It is said that it took only fifty years from the unification of the Abyss Continent to its demise, but the specifics are unknown."

...fifty years.

For the cultivation world, it was truly a fleeting phenomenon.

Especially for those Nascent Soul stage monsters, it might just be the time it takes for them to go into seclusion.

Everything was fine before the seclusion, and I was waiting to come out after the seclusion... What? A sect that has unified the entire Abyss Continent has appeared?

What?

Has this sect already been wiped out?

But in most cases... it's a scenario where you're invincible, but an enemy comes from the sky.

Ji Yuan could easily guess that most of the cultivators who founded the Yin Gui Sect came from other continents.

When they established the Yin Ghost Sect, their enemies also came after them.

Then I wiped them out as well.

"How's the collection of Foundation Establishment stage corpses that I asked you to help collect coming along?"

Ji Yuan looked up and asked.

Hu Li quickly waved his right hand, and five corpses of Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared on the ground in front of him.

Both the righteous and the demonic paths exist.

Since he didn't know anyone there, Ji Yuan simply waved his hand and put it away.

"Now the control over immortal materials in Xueluo Mountain is even stricter. For example, the stall that the Hundred Insect Demon used to frequent in Peony City has been shut down. I heard that the people who traded immortal materials have become immortal materials themselves. These are what I got from other friends."

Hu Li sighed as he spoke, revealing the hardships and difficulties he had faced along the way.

"alright."

Ji Yuan stood up and patted him on the shoulder, which startled him so much that he quickly fell to the ground, looking flattered.

"Now I've removed the insect eggs for you, and I have to go out for a while, so I'll leave this place in your care."

"Of course, if you want to run away, you can run away anytime. The choice is yours."

Upon hearing this, Huli surprisingly did not respond immediately, but fell silent, as if deep in thought.

Ji Yuan ignored him and instead placed his hand on Hu Li's back, channeling his spiritual energy into him. Following the method recorded in the jade slip, he guided the energy and quickly sensed the location of the insect egg.

No need to take it anymore.

With a little more magic power injected, the insect egg was instantly refined.

"That's... all?!"

Huli never expected that the insect eggs that had tormented him for years would be dealt with so easily.

For a moment, he found it hard to believe.

"How difficult do you think it is?"

Ji Yuan smiled and asked in return.

"Alright, I'll pack up and leave in a bit. If you have time, could you help me collect the bodies?"

As Ji Yuan spoke, he leaped up and headed straight for the Hundred Insect Cave.

ground.

Hu Li watched his retreating figure and shouted, "Senior, I'll stay here on Xuanjing Mountain and wait for you!"

"Whatever you want."

Ji Yuan landed in the Hundred Insect Cave, summoned the panel, and looked at the level 4 [Honeycomb].

[Honeycomb: Level 4 (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Effect 1: Bee colony reproduction speed +60%; Bee colony recovery speed +50%; Bee colony advancement probability +20%.]

[Effect 2: No bee without poison and the effects of Soul-Eating Armor are enhanced.]

[Effect 3 (Birth of Spirit-Eating Bees): When the Spirit-Eating Bees attack an opponent, they can lay "bee larvae" inside the opponent's body. The bee larvae can follow the opponent's spiritual energy flow, enter the opponent's dantian, and devour the opponent's spiritual energy.]

[Upgrade Requirements: 30000 mid-grade spirit stones; Queen Bee cultivation level reaches 4th rank; Bee colony size reaches 150000; 2 4th rank demon cores. (Not yet achieved)]

The effects of the first and second effects are just standard upgrades, nothing special to say about them.

If the effect is level 3, the effect will be much greater.

"Birth of a Child and Devouring the Spirit" is essentially a new method of poisoning.

Moreover, it's a level 4 building's effect. Ji Yuan felt that once the bee entered the opponent's dantian, it wouldn't be so easy for the opponent to get rid of it.

If used during combat, it can accelerate the opponent's depletion of spiritual energy.

If they were to attack while the other party was escaping, it would likely take them a long time to recover from their injuries.

Perhaps we can even use these bees to locate them.

The effect will definitely be excellent.

Finally, there are the upgrade requirements.

Compared to the requirements for leveling up to level 3, the requirements for leveling up to level 4 are actually simpler.

At least they didn't ask to find the corpse of some fourth-tier bee demon anymore.

Otherwise, Ji Yuan felt that even if they searched both continents, they wouldn't be able to find it.

A day later, he flew out again, put away the Mountain-Protecting Inverted Jianghu Formation, and left the formation left by the Hundred Insect Immortal behind.

In any case, this is a suitable place to settle down.

That night.

Hu Li watched as this Senior Qiu disappeared into the vast night.

A month after Ji Yuan left Xuanjing Mountain, a name gradually spread throughout the entire Shuinan region.

Even many people in Shuibei have heard about it.

That's because a wicked old devil named Qiu came from Shuinan.

The righteous path is killed, and the demonic path is also killed.

It is said that the worst thing that happened to him was when he flew over the sky and a demonic cultivator on the ground looked up at him.

He landed and asked the demonic cultivator what he was looking at.

The demonic cultivator said he hadn't looked at anything.

As a result, Old Demon Qiu said, "I passed by in the sky and you didn't even glance at me. Isn't that obviously because you look down on me?"

Then they beat him to death.

After this matter spread, the people of Shuainan harbored even greater resentment towards this old devil Qiu.

Afterwards, someone else encountered Qiu Qianhai and met the same problem.

This person has become very shrewd.

Seeing Senior Qiu's heroic bearing filled them with immense respect and admiration.

They thought they had escaped this calamity, but unexpectedly, Old Demon Qiu said something else.

"Who do you think you are, to even look at me?"

So they killed the demonic cultivator.

Afterwards, this old devil Qiu was also labeled as "unpredictable".

Anyone who encountered him was either killed by him or kept their distance.

Until a True Person at the mid-stage of Core Formation couldn't stand Qiu Qianhai's behavior any longer and threatened to kill him...

It seems that Qiu Qianhai heard the news and fled from the territory of Huanxi Palace, his whereabouts unknown.

One month later.

South of Linhai City, there is a small hill with a pavilion built on it.

As several wisps of black mist gathered, they eventually transformed into an old man dressed in a black robe.

As soon as he appeared, he exuded a strong aura of yin energy, causing several cultivators who were observing the scene nearby to flee.

After the old man appeared, he looked north towards the majestic coastal city.

"It is indeed quite different from before."

The old man was naturally calculating.

He left the territory of the Joyful Palace after that mid-stage Core Formation demonic cultivator said he would kill him.

It wasn't that he was afraid of that demonic cultivator, but rather that fighting a mid-stage Core Formation demonic cultivator was unnecessary for him.

Wouldn't it be more satisfying to kill a few more Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators with that time and energy?

Moreover, Ji Yuan was indeed preparing to return to the territory of the Water Dragon Sect. Firstly, he wanted to go to the original overseas island to collect his welfare benefits; secondly, he wanted to visit Linhai City and see if Ran Kui and Liu Yuan had left any messages.

Especially this coastal city.

Ji Yuan had learned from Hu Li earlier that Linhai City was building a cross-continental teleportation array.

Such an important event naturally warrants my attention.

Ji Yuan has now gone to an isolated island overseas and retrieved the welfare benefits he had entrusted there, as well as the corpse puppet.

Although the delay was long, the island was not targeted by anyone.

This is a rare and fortunate event.

The words before my eyes...

The already majestic Linhai City is now even more majestic. To put it bluntly, the city walls are even taller. Not only that, but an outer city is also being built outside the original city walls.

Like the Yun family's castle... it was demolished.

Ji Yuan had learned some information on his way here.

That was the Yun family, formerly the most powerful family in Linhai City, which was destroyed by the demonic forces.

In other words, Yun Qianzai's family is gone.

He didn't even become the patriarch before the family was gone.

The reason is related to the construction of the outer city of Linhai City.

I heard that the day of the land acquisition was overseen by the White Bone Demon Lord, the leader of the White Bone Sect. As he passed over the Yun family's fortress, he looked at the exquisitely designed fortress and inquired about the Yun family's affairs.

Upon learning that the Yun family had previously been affiliated with the Water Dragon Sect, they unleashed the "Body Transformation into Bones Technique" without further ado, turning the entire Yun family into skeletons.

This inevitably reminded Ji Yuan of his previous visit to the Yun family.

Hmm... We can't beat them now, there's nothing we can do.

Once I've condensed my Nascent Soul, I'll definitely make that White Bone Demon Lord give me an explanation!

The outer city of Linhai is under construction.

However, this intercontinental teleportation array was not built inside the city, but on the boundless sea east of Linhai City.

After finalizing the location that day, the White Bone Demon Lord urged a White Bone Mountain-Moving Ape to move several giant mountains from afar and fill them into the Endless Sea. Then he flattened the mountains, creating a piece of land on the sea to build the teleportation array.

Ji Yuan squinted and looked, but could not see the land where the array was being built, because it was all covered by a mist array.

As far as the eye could see, there was only sea fog.

"I wonder when this formation will be completed. If we wait until it's finished, we might even see people from the Canglu Continent on the Abyss Continent."

Ji Yuan thought to himself, then looked south again.

Fortunately, the island or reef chosen for leaving the message was located in the southern part of the island.

"Otherwise, it would be a pity if it were consumed by this Bone Demon Lord."

Ji Yuan thought for a moment, then used the Black Mist Dispersion Technique again. His figure flickered several times in the air above the sea before he arrived at a reef.

Thinking back to the last time I was here, I was watching the sunset with Feng Zhitao, but now... I wonder if they have arrived at the Desolate Ancient Continent yet.

"Ugh."

Ji Yuan looked at the sunset glow scattered on the sea and couldn't help but sigh.

He didn't perform any hand seals or anything, but instead went to the highest point of the reef, summoned a magic sword, and dug out a piece of... tortoise shell from below.

It's still the most common tortoise shell.

He then did the same thing again, digging out two more pieces of tortoise shell from another location.

This was also the method that Ji Yuan had previously devised.

If a message is left using some kind of magical method, it will be easily detected because it carries its own spiritual energy fluctuations.

On the contrary, by using these most primitive, mortal methods, one will not be noticed.

Even if a cultivator's divine sense swept across the island and discovered these three pieces of tortoise shell, they would only assume they were left behind by a sea turtle corpse, and would not suspect that someone had left a message here.

But even if we discover it, it doesn't matter.

Because Ji Yuan, Ran Kui, and Liu Yuan had their own separate method of communication.

After obtaining the tortoise shell, Ji Yuan found a nearby island and translated the contents of the tortoise shell there.

Ran Kui left only one letter.

Liu Yuan left two letters.

(End of this chapter)