Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 338 Mid-stage of the Tendon Forging Realm [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"A rare treasure? So this kind of magical artifact is called a rare treasure? Then wouldn't my concealing hat also be called a rare treasure?"

As Ji Yuan received this information, other things also came to mind.

But in that brief moment of distraction, he discovered that the bolt of lightning in his hand crackled and vanished instantly.

"You think you can just run away after offending Brother Ji?!"

Ji Yuan subconsciously reached out to grab again, but missed.

He looked up and saw that the wondrous treasure, Lightning Chaser, no longer dared to manifest its lightning form, nor did it dare to transform into the shape of a dark cloud. It only dared to exist in the cave in the form of its aura.

This is also its most sophisticated method of concealment.

Ji Yuan couldn't detect its presence with his naked eye, nor with his divine sense. It was only because it had revealed itself that he was able to find it.

So once it hid, Ji Yuanzhen lost all trace of it.

Ji Yuan pointed his right hand like a sword and put the two Heavenly Poison Needles, along with the Thousand Needle Basket, into his storage bag.

Previously, we were unaware of the details of this lightning-chasing creature, let alone its attack power. Now that we have experienced it, it doesn't matter. Besides, these things can't catch it anyway.

However, Ji Yuan did not remove the protective aura around his body, nor the golden mirror that swirled around him.

When you're out and about, you naturally have to be careful about everything, especially in this kind of environment.

Take this lightning strike for example. Although it couldn't have hurt me with its power just now, who knows if it was holding back and hadn't used its full strength?

There are many unpredictable things about rare treasures.

Ji Yuan activated the protective spiritual light with his right sword finger, holding it in front of him. He then slowly walked around the cave, even going so far as to walk to the center of the cave several times and expose his back.

However, the Lightning-Chasing Treasure refused to make another move.

It's true what they say: once bitten by a snake, twice shy.

Ji Yuan had already checked the cave inside and out dozens of times with his divine sense, but he still couldn't find that unusual aura. So it was basically certain that his divine sense couldn't find it.

"Then how about we try this one?"

Ji Yuan's heart stirred, and the Divine Eye of Insight that he had put away when he entered the cave was released again.

The moment the purple vertical eye squeezed out from between his brows, Ji Yuan's vision changed once again.

But at the very moment his vision shifted, he suddenly noticed a wisp of black smoke-like energy slowly moving about not far in front of him.

Its slow pace was almost like... a provocation!

"hateful!"

Although Ji Yuan was furious, he remained outwardly calm, as if he hadn't seen Zhu Dian at all, and continued to wander aimlessly through the cave.

Seeing that Ji Yuan couldn't find it, Zhu Dian moved closer in a provocative manner.

Ji Yuan sensed the distance between the two, and seeing that the distance was about right, he finally made a move, suddenly stretching out his right hand and grabbing the aura once again.

The moment Ji Yuan got his hands on the electricity, he sensed its struggle.

But in the next instant, the lightning bolt suddenly unleashed a powerful burst of lightning.

"Click—"

A sound like divine thunder exploded in Ji Yuan's hand. As a sharp pain shot through his hand, Ji Yuan subconsciously released his right hand, which had been blown to pieces.

It escaped again.

...He really is a cunning old fox!

Ji Yuan cursed inwardly, looking at his right hand, which was a bloody mess and whose bones were faintly visible.

It hurt, but compared to the pain of body tempering in Thunderclap Marsh, this pain was nothing.

The Soul-Devouring Armor was also blasted open. He swallowed two Qi and Blood Pills, and then took out the Body Tempering Liquid he had just obtained and gulped it down, just like taking medicine.

As he finished, feeling the surging blood energy within his body, he shook his right hand.

The Soul-Devouring Armor, which had just been blasted open, spread out again and quickly enveloped his right hand once more.

He raised his head slightly, and with the help of the Eye of Truth, he quickly found the location of the Lightning Chaser again in the cave.

It was dangling on the right side of the stone wall, clearly having suffered considerable damage from the explosion.

Ok.

As long as there's consumption, that's fine; the worst thing is if you don't consume anything!

Now it's a matter of who can outlast whom. Ji Yuan sensed his right hand recovering and felt fortunate that he was a body cultivator at the Tendon Forging Realm.

Otherwise, with its lightning-fast speed and attack power, any Core Formation cultivator who entered would likely face certain death.

Only a high-ranking Nascent Soul cultivator might be able to use some great supernatural power to restrain and trap this lightning-chasing force.

While pondering, Ji Yuan took a step forward, his figure flashing twice in the air, and quickly arrived beside Zhu Dian, who naturally fled.

One chased, the other fled.

About an hour later, after being blown up twice more... he looked at the weak and powerless aura in his hand and sneered, "Run, why don't you keep running?"

As if in response to him, the magical creature struggled a few times.

Sensing the faint resistance emanating from his hand, Ji Yuan finally felt completely at ease. Without delay, he sat down on the spot and began refining.

We finally managed to subdue this thing, and if we don't hurry, it will escape again, which would be a huge loss.

After a while.

Ji Yuan, who had been refining his skills with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, and a weak voice echoed in the cave.

"Alright, how many years has it been since I died? Ten years? Or ten thousand years?"

"Hehe, they say that when a person dies, it's like a lamp going out; it doesn't matter how long it's been."

"In short, congratulations to you, lucky successor. It is truly your good fortune to obtain the rare treasure, Lightning Chaser. Of course, the speed of Lightning Chaser is only average, barely usable in the early to mid-stages of the Core Formation and Nascent Soul realms, so it cannot be considered a supreme treasure."

"But in a way, it is actually a treasure, because the faster and more powerful Star-Stepping Wheel... can only be obtained by the Lightning-Chasing Cloud."

"But unfortunately, I was ultimately not strong enough to obtain that treasure, otherwise I wouldn't have perished in that turmoil."

"Lucky kid, the fact that you got this Lightning Chaser means you're also destined for the Star Wheel. If you can reach that Floating Pagoda Mountain in the future... hehe, good luck. Don't end up like me, becoming someone else's stepping stone."

The old and weak voice sighed deeply.

"Eternal fame and glory will eventually turn to dust, all worldly affairs are devoid of interest, life is like a dream, life is like a dream."

"By the way, if there are still any merfolk outside when you came, please treat them kindly. They are, after all, descendants of my old friends. Now, go, go."

When the sound stopped, Ji Yuan could tell that it came from the array on the stone wall.

Just as he was completely refining the lightning, the formation reappeared on the stone wall where he had entered.

"I wonder who that senior is. His mastery of formations is truly superb."

With a sigh in his heart, Ji Yuan finally turned his gaze to the wisp of energy in his hand.

Compared to before, he could now feel his connection with this aura.

"The Lightning Chasing Cloud is a rare treasure, said to be able to chase lightning in the sky... Normally it can surround oneself in the form of aura, and cannot be stored in the body or in a storage bag. Once activated, it can transform into a dark cloud to chase lightning, traveling thousands of miles away, and can also transform into lightning to kill others."

This is the general purpose of lightning-following clouds.

Ji Yuan looked at the aura slowly swirling around him and could naturally sense the weakness emanating from it, after all, it had paid a heavy price to kill him earlier.

To help it recover, one approach is to slowly nurture it with spiritual energy.

Secondly, there is a faster way.

Lightning Charge!

Although they are currently in this underwater cave, Ji Yuan still has a way to find the lightning.

With a slight thought, a wisp of sword light flew out from his dantian and then transformed into a small purple sword that hovered at his fingertips, with tiny lightning bolts crackling around its blade.

The Nine Swords of Canglan - Thunderstrike Sword!

Ji Yuan activated his mind again, causing it to return to its normal size, revealing a three-foot-long green sword, the tip of which was pressed against Zhu Dian's body.

"Sizzle—"

After the sound, streaks of lightning appeared and struck the magical treasure, Lightning Chaser, but the lightning disappeared in an instant, all absorbed by the treasure.

This continued for only three to five breaths before the light on the Thunderstrike Sword dimmed slightly, at which point Ji Yuan quickly returned it to his dantian.

It was just a sword prototype, not a real magic weapon.

It doesn't contain much lightning.

As for the crafting of magical artifacts after the Core Formation stage, Ji Yuan had already had ideas for it.

Although he already possessed his natal magic weapon, the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, he also planned to forge another "natal magic weapon" from these nine sword embryos.

After all, the Canglan Sword and the cultivation technique that Ji Yuan practiced were of the same origin. Once activated, it was no different from a true natal magic weapon.

Once activated, it moves with ease and possesses immense power.

The suppression of the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and the killing of the Canglan Sword were a well-coordinated combination.

Ji Yuan had long had an idea for the material used to forge the sword: the Purple Cloud Stone, which carries the power of the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder!

The Thunder Magic cultivator, True Man Hunter Owl, of the Water Dragon Sect has a natal magic weapon made from a piece of Purple Cloud Stone: the Thunder Seal.

It was with the help of this Thunder Seal that he made a name for himself in Shangdong.

After all, the Purple Cloud Stone carries the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, which, along with the Yin Sha Divine Thunder and the Du Tian Divine Thunder, is known as one of the "Three Great Divine Thunders" in the world.

Of these three divine thunders, the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder is the most domineering. Its thunder is extremely yang and strong, and has a natural restraining effect on all evil and yin things in the world.

The Purple Cloud Stone, which can generate Purple Cloud Divine Thunder... Ji Yuan currently has two in his storage bag, and he needs one to upgrade the [Heavenly Craft Workshop].

As for the rest, once the [Heavenly Craft Workshop] is upgraded to level 3, it will be able to produce 1 Purple Cloud Stone every month.

That's 12 coins a year, so I'll accumulate as many as I can.

Until all nine sword blanks were forged using Purple Cloud Stone, these nine sword blanks were still not the limit of the Azure Wave Sword.

The Nine Lives Nine Swords technique can forge up to eighty-one Canglan Swords, with the final piece forming the Canglan Sword Formation.

But to simultaneously activate 81 flying swords forged from Purple Cloud Stones... Ji Yuan estimated that even if he reached the Nascent Soul stage, he didn't know if he had that kind of strength.

Returning to the present, after absorbing the lightning from the Thunderstrike Sword, Qibao Zhudian finally regained a bit of vitality and began to revolve around Jiyuan endlessly.

As Ji Yuan pointed his sword, a flash of inspiration appeared, and Zhu Dian instantly transformed into the shape of a dark cloud.

Ji Yuan lightly leaped onto the dark cloud, his body immediately protected by the light curtain generated by the lightning. He sensed the lightning-driven dark cloud beneath his feet.

If you can't charge it with lightning, then you can only use mana.

According to what that senior just said, the Lightning Cloud can be used up to the Nascent Soul stage, so Ji Yuan was prepared for a large consumption of energy.

But... I didn't expect the consumption to be so great!

Ji Yuan poured his magical power into the lightning-chasing dark cloud as if it were free, and in just a short while, half of the magical power in his dantian was consumed.

However, the results were still like throwing a stone into the sea.

The dark clouds remained completely unresponsive.

Ji Yuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue until only a small portion of the magical power in his dantian remained, at which point he was finally able to activate the dark clouds beneath his feet.

Ji Yuan cautiously activated a wisp of energy.

"Whoosh—"

After a slight sound, "Bang!" came a loud noise.

Even though Ji Yuan had already covered his head with both hands, he was still deeply embedded in the stone wall in front of him.

Fortunately, his physique was still decent. Ji Yuan pulled himself out of the stone wall and landed back above the dark clouds. He recalled the speed he had just experienced...

Even with his mid-stage Core Formation level spiritual sense, he was completely unable to react.

To put it bluntly, they couldn't even brake in time before crashing into us.

"Just how fast is this?"

For a moment, Ji Yuan even thought about setting sail as soon as possible and speeding across the Abyss Continent.

No.

My own magical power is not enough, and it is not smooth to activate. The best way is to form the core as soon as possible. Once my cultivation reaches the Golden Core stage, the [Heavenly Craft Workshop] can be upgraded.

At that time, not only will they be able to forge the Azure Wave Sword, but their own magical power will also become more profound, making them more adept at wielding the Lightning Chaser.

But now, the space is too small, and we can't really do our thing.

Ji Yuan had no choice but to reluctantly jump down from mid-air and land back on the ground.

Zhu Dian also returned to the form of a wisp of energy, drifting around Ji Yuan.

If you need to activate it, all it takes is a single thought.

"Chase the lightning!"

Several flashes of lightning streaked around Ji Yuan, and a dark cloud appeared beneath his feet.

This feeling is wonderful!

"If only this Lightning-Chasing Cloud could travel 108,000 li in a single somersault, then who could catch me?"

Ji Yuan indulged in his fantasies for a while, then put away the dark cloud once more.

Next... He glanced at the exit; the magic circle had reappeared.

Should we consume the spiritual elixir in this cave to enhance our physical strength?

After a few glances and a moment's thought, he gave up on the idea.

Without him.

It's too unpredictable inside this cave. What if the formation disappears at any time and I can't get out? That would be a real problem.

It's better to go outside and break through in this ancestral land of the merfolk.

Once the breakthrough is complete, I will try to obtain some ores that can isolate divine consciousness and leave.

Compared to the spiritual liquid, this ore is also a good thing.

Who knows when it might have a miraculous effect?

With this thought in mind, Ji Yuan arrived in front of the formation and stepped inside. In the instant the surrounding environment changed and the seawater surged in, he had already returned to the ancestral land of the merfolk.

He turned around and used his Eye of Truth to look at the wall.

The array formation seems to be embedded here; it can't be taken away. So, the only option is to record these strange array patterns and take them with you.

When you try to understand the formation, these formation patterns might actually be useful.

Nowadays, Ji Yuan is like a hamster; he won't let go of anything that can help him.

Then he took out the jade slip and began to copy it.

Fortunately, this ancestral land allows the use of magical power; otherwise, Ji Yuan wouldn't know what to do with this alone.

After a while, he made sure that he had not missed a single array pattern, then put away the Eye of Truth and the jade slip. Then, with a thought, his figure instantly disappeared from the seabed.

The surge of spiritual energy even stirred up a lot of sand and dust from the seabed.

A grain of sand called "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain" also fell along with it.

Among the natal magic treasures.

Ji Yuan removed his Soul-Devouring Armor and put all the Soul-Devouring Bees into his Spirit Beast Bag.

He raised his right hand and looked at it, thanks to the Qi and Blood Pill and the recovery of his own physique.

The wound has healed, and the new skin and flesh that has grown back is whiter than the surrounding skin.

Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to tell that he had been injured.

Seeing that Tu Yue had already obediently walked over with the storage bag in her hands.

Ji Yuan waved his hand, signaling her to retreat.

I'm back today not to collect rent, but to break through my limitations.

Ji Yuan took out the jade bottle from his storage bag.

It was filled to the brim with spiritual liquid, and when shaken slightly, you could see the spiritual paste settling at the bottom.

"I don't know what this thing is. It's one thing that it can exist in this Fallen Immortal Valley, but it can even be used to improve one's physique."

Ji Yuan looked at the spiritual liquid in his hand and pondered carefully.

Based on his years of experience, the problem shouldn't be with these spiritual liquids, but with this magical underwater mountain range!

The first thing we can confirm is that the endless gales above Fallen Immortal Valley and the water blades within the valley are both generated by the array that has been set up.

This formation is designed to confine and trap the entire continent, so its power is self-evident.

But even with such a formation, the underwater mountain range was able to block its effects.

What does this mean?

This indicates that the underwater mountain range is at least on par with this formation, so it's understandable that it could produce such a miraculous spiritual liquid.

Ji Yuan has already tested the effects of the elixir.

Very good. It's comparable to Xuan Yang Blood Amber, but it's still inferior to Chi Yang Bone.

But the quantity was too much; Ji Yuan filled a whole jade bottle.

Not to mention there's also spiritual ointment at the bottom of the jade bottle. Consuming this should allow one's physique to reach a new level.

After thinking it over, Ji Yuan's originally complicated feelings gradually calmed down as he sensed the electric currents surrounding him.

He picked up the jade bottle and took a big gulp.

With abundant qi and blood flowing through his body, Ji Yuan dared not waste a single drop, and immediately began practicing the stance training that came with the "Nine Revolutions of Profound Yang" technique.

Since there's no suitable place for body training, this is the only clumsy method we can use.

They made a breakthrough through persistent and meticulous effort.

One bite of refining followed by another.

After finishing the spiritual liquid, Ji Yuan smashed the jade bottle and began to eat the spiritual ointment inside.

When it was clear that only a thin layer of the ointment remained.

He finally felt his qi and blood reach a certain critical point, and then completed another round of walking meditation.

The critical point was breached.

My own Qi and blood flowed like a great river into the sea, venturing into a larger world.

physique.

I've finally reached the mid-stage of the Tendon Forging Realm!

(End of this chapter)