Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 343 Preparations Before Core Formation [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

The Nightmare Lord has walked the mortal realm for a thousand years, observing countless worlds and countless dreams.

He believed in one sentence from beginning to end.

There are chance occurrences in the world, but no coincidences.

All coincidences are the result of human effort.

Take Qiu Qianhai's case, for example... Two people with the same name appeared on a continent, and both were ridiculously strong.

With a laugh, I asked, "Is that even possible?"

The reason why Qiu Qianhai is so strong is because he has his own full support.

So what about the other Qiu Qianhai, the one who made a name for himself as "Old Demon Qiu"?

Could it be that he also has a Nascent Soul stage expert personally guiding him?

Of course, that's possible.

However, it is absolutely impossible to say that the two Qiu Qianhais have no connection whatsoever.

This "Old Demon Qiu" must know his closed-door disciple, Qiu Qianhai.

"It seems they most likely came from that dragon-raising land as well."

The Nightmare Lord's mind flashed with thoughts, and then he remembered something else, or more precisely, another person.

That was the good brother who was killed by Nightmare Lord in front of Qiu Qianhai using a dream.

She was also the person Qiu Qianhai could never forget.

"If that's the case, then it's quite interesting."

Nightmare Lord muttered to himself before fleeing again.

He never intended to tell Qiu Qianhai the truth about this matter, and even if he were to, it wouldn't be now.

Over the years, if it weren't for the matter of "revenge" keeping Qiu Qianhai hanging on,

Not to mention how quickly his cultivation level broke through, he would have died countless times already.

"So, hatred has always been a good thing; it all depends on how people use it."

"Let's go find a place first. You need to form your core first. Your cultivation level is really too useless."

After Nightmare Lord finished speaking, he transformed into a beam of light and disappeared into the distance once more.

"..."

"There aren't any around here either."

Above the boundless sea, Ji Yuan formed a hand seal, but did not sense any familiar presence, and felt increasingly helpless.

"Brother Ji, are you looking for someone?"

"I can't believe it," Mu Xueyao, who was leading the way, asked curiously.

"I'm not looking for a person, I'm looking for something I accidentally left here."

Ji Yuan said.

Of course, it's about finding someone.

He hadn't forgotten that Du Wanyi was still waiting for him to come out of the passage.

After experiencing the Fallen Immortal Valley incident, Ji Yuan had long since lost track of how far his current location was from the previous passage exit.

Even the direction of the passage's exit—whether it's in the south or the north—is unknown.

He only had one thought in mind, which is why he asked Mu Xueyao to take him around this area to see if he could bump into her... but unfortunately, the result was not as he wished.

"Oh well."

Mu Xueyao was very sensible and didn't ask any more questions. She simply continued north with Ji Yuan.

And so, after going around in circles, the search continued for more than a month.

Ji Yuan finally gave up on this aimless wandering. Rather than searching aimlessly on the endless sea, he decided to go ashore and see if he could find any trace of her.

Or perhaps we should try to find Liu Yuan.

If we find him, perhaps we can find the original passage... and then we can find Du Wanyi.

"Never mind, let's go to West Border City first."

"good!"

After Ji Yuan spoke, Mu Xueyao immediately changed direction and headed straight east.

……

at the same time.

On a desolate ancient continent thousands of miles away, at the highest point of a newly established sect.

Hua Yaoyue stood on the edge of the cliff, her large sleeves billowing in the strong wind.

Behind her stood Kong Xifeng, who had aged considerably.

"Are you... really leaving?"

Although Kong Xifeng really didn't want to ask this question, it didn't make much difference whether she asked or not now.

"Um."

Hua Yaoyue made a sound from her throat without turning her head.

Kong Xifeng nodded silently.

"Indeed, to lead our Water Dragon Sect out of that seemingly hopeless situation and find us such a good place to settle down in this desolate ancient continent..."

Kong Xifeng sighed, "You don't owe the Water Dragon Sect anything; rather, the Water Dragon Sect owes you something."

"oh."

Hua Yaoyue maintained her indifferent attitude.

If it were before, Kong Xifeng might have argued back, but now, she could only accept her fate.

She originally thought that by coming to this desolate ancient continent and choosing to merge with the Taiyi Immortal Sect, she would definitely face all kinds of contempt, even disdain and disdain.

That was indeed the case at first, but unexpectedly, everything changed after Hua Yaoyue went to find someone.

The Taiyi Immortal Sect not only listed the Water Dragon Sect as a first-class affiliated sect and gave it a lot of resources, but also allocated one of its few spiritual veins to the Water Dragon Sect so that they could establish their sect there.

Such kindness is beyond words.

So let alone treating her coldly, even if Hua Yaoyue slapped her right now... well, she would still have some emotions.

"Actually, I've been wanting to ask you a question all this way."

Kong Xifeng stepped forward and came to Hua Yaoyue's side, but upon closer inspection, it could be seen that she was always half a step behind.

"What?"

Hua Yaoyue finally turned her head and glanced at her expressionlessly.

"I've heard that you couldn't take Ran Kui with you of your four disciples, but as far as I know, your favorite is still your last disciple. Why didn't you bring him with you, instead leaving him in such a dangerous place as the Canglu Continent?"

Kong Xifeng said slowly.

"No comment."

After uttering those four simple words, Hua Yaoyue transformed into a streak of white light and departed from the place.

Only one voice remained, echoing in the air.

"I'm leaving. Before you die, remember to cultivate the next Nascent Soul cultivator. Without your own strength, even the best relationships are useless."

"..."

"Why must Master leave too?"

Feng Zhitao had asked this question countless times.

At first, Yun Qianzai could still answer, but now he doesn't even have the will to answer anymore.

Because he was also feeling down.

Just as the two siblings were grieving, a white streak of light flew from afar and landed in front of them, transforming into a tall woman in a white dress.

"Master!"

Phoenix Peach and Cloud Thousand Years stand up together.

Feng Zhitao quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, then sobbed as she said:

"Master, please don't go."

Hua Yaoyue glanced at her, ignored her, and simply looked at Yun Qianzai and said:

"Since your senior brother isn't here, I'm leaving your junior sister in your care."

Yun Qianzai had lost all interest in performing miracles at this point, and upon hearing this, he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Master, rest assured, with me here, I will never let anyone bully my junior sister."

"Yes, I've told your junior brother that he will come looking for you again, so you must not slack off in your cultivation. If he comes looking for you while he is still young, and you are old and frail... would you be ashamed of yourselves?"

When Hua Yaoyue said this, she glanced at Feng Zhitao.

The latter immediately replied, "I will, I definitely won't let my junior brother get ahead of me."

"Well, I'm off. Take good care of yourself and perhaps we'll meet again someday."

After Hua Yaoyue finished speaking, she turned and left without looking back.

Feng Zhitao cried out and tried to chase after him, but Yun Qianzai held her back tightly.

Just then, Yun Qianzai, the second senior brother, heard Hua Yaoyue's last telepathic message in his mind.

"Remember, you must go out to sea with your junior sister at least once every three years."

For some reason, Yun Qianzai simply nodded silently.

I remembered the words that Hua Yaoyue had repeatedly told me.

"..."

Of all the cities Ji Yuan had ever seen, this Western Border City was undoubtedly the best.

He originally thought this city would be just like the cities on the Canglu Continent, where tall buildings would simply be built from the ground up.

But he only found out after he saw it.

That's not true at all.

This Western City was actually transformed from an entire mountain range into a city!

Within Ji Yuan's field of vision, the city was already divided into three layers.

There's always another level above you.

Ji Yuan had no idea what the scene was like deep in the vast mountains that he could not see.

At this moment, he was standing beside Mu Xueyao, outside the west gate of Xijing City, watching the figures of cultivators constantly moving between the sky and the ground.

Ji Yuancai then realized what a great city of cultivation truly meant!

As for their appearances... Ji Yuan used a shape-shifting talisman.

Having traveled the world as a rogue cultivator for so many years, Mu Xueyao naturally possessed her own methods of disguise.

It was a veil; the moment she put it on her head, her entire appearance and aura changed.

However, she said that after she put it on, she could only use half of her strength.

Once this barrier is exceeded, it will break down, and her true form will be revealed.

"West Frontier City is the city most similar to Black and White City. Both are built on mountains. However, West Frontier City was not as prosperous before. But since the teleportation array with Canglu Continent was opened, West Frontier City has become the most prosperous city among the four cities in the east, west, south and north."

"Many cultivators have come from all over the country, hoping to find an opportunity on the Canglu Continent."

Mu Xueyao whispered in the voice transmission, "Moreover, I heard that the cultivators on the Cangluo Continent are relatively weak but wealthy, and many people want to go there to become Tribulation Cultivators."

Ji Yuan listened without expression, but felt quite helpless... So, there's already discrimination between just two continents?

What if we were to venture to other continents in the future?

This reminded Ji Yuan of Hua Yaoyue's description of the Desolate Ancient Continent... Well, the situation is indeed quite different for each continent.

"Let's go, let's go into the city and see what happens."

As soon as Ji Yuan finished speaking, Mu Xueyao had already flown forward with him.

The two of them flashed and passed through the protective formation of the Western Border City.

Ji Yuan also noticed this.

As she passed through the formation, Mu Xueyao gave away 20 low-grade spirit stones.

The entrance fee alone costs 10 spirit stones. This Black and White Temple is really damn greedy... Ji Yuan had just finished complaining in his heart when Mu Xueyao's explanation rang in his mind.

"The entry fee we just paid only allows us to stay in this Western Border City for three days. If we want to stay longer, we need to buy a special residence permit. Otherwise, once the time is up, we will still be marked by this formation, and the Black and White Temple will come to kick us out."

As she spoke, Ji Yuan saw a tall flying boat passing by not far in front of him.

Two rows of Foundation Establishment cultivators stood on the flying boat, led by a Pseudo Core Formation cultivator.

They were all dressed in standard robes, black on the left and white on the right, with iron armor covering their faces, giving them an imposing and dignified aura.

"They're just there to drive people away."

After Mu Xueyao finished speaking, she led Ji Yuan to the first floor of the Western City, landing in front of a nine-story building.

"Brother Ji, please wait here for me for a while."

After Mu Xueyao finished speaking, she disappeared into the fifth floor and returned a moment later.

She waved her small, snow-white hand at Ji Yuan, holding two tokens in her hand.

Ji Yuan glanced at it and saw it clearly.

The front of the token is engraved with a temple, while the back is engraved with the words "Black and White".

Of course, there are also more obvious features, namely that the front of the token is black and the back is white.

"This is the residence permit for West City. I bought a one-year permit. During this year, you can explore the city. We can discuss your thoughts later."

After Mu Xueyao finished speaking through divine sense, she placed a token in Ji Yuan's hand.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Ji Yuan could see that the token was covered with many restrictions, and these restrictions were also connected to the city's protective formation, just like... a mother-child formation?

It's interesting because Ji Yuan discovered that this was a method he couldn't possibly figure out.

As for how many spirit stones were spent on this one-year token, Ji Yuan didn't ask.

He knew that even if he gave it to her, Mu Xueyao wouldn't accept it, so he might as well owe her and give it to her all at once later.

"Alright, let me show Brother Ji around this Western Border City first."

So Ji Yuan followed Mu Xueyao for more than a month before he finally finished exploring the Western Border City.

Both of these reasons are because there are many places he hasn't been to.

He thought that if he were to visit all the places... it might really take a year.

The area was a whole mountain of brothels and pleasure quarters.

From the foot of the mountain to the summit, each level offers a different way to play.

This place is a good place for male cultivators.

The entire Western City... is divided into four levels.

The first level is mainly inhabited by mortals, with only a small number of cultivators lingering there.

The second floor is mostly inhabited by Qi Refining stage cultivators. Here, Qi Refining stage cultivators cannot fly; only Foundation Establishment stage cultivators and above can.

The third level is mostly populated by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Similarly, only Core Formation cultivators can ride the escape light to fly.

As for the fourth level, which is closest to the mountaintop, even Core Formation cultivators cannot fly there.

Mu Xueyao said that only Nascent Soul stage monsters could go up to the top of the mountain.

Other areas were also specifically divided in this Western City.

There are areas for things like formations, pills, talismans, and beast taming.

In addition, several mountain ranges that are connected together have been designated as special areas for cultivators to open shops and operate businesses.

It contains everything one could possibly need.

Ji Yuan even saw a beautiful female cultivator running a small shop in those mountains, a business he hadn't seen in a long time.

However, those who run this kind of business in this Western City are far more numerous than the female cultivators like Yun Yuze back then.

Those who run small shops in this Western City are all at least Foundation Establishment cultivators, and each of them possesses unique skills.

Perhaps they practiced some kind of dual cultivation method, or perhaps they comprehended some secret techniques to enhance pleasure.

Ji Yuan wasn't very interested in this, so he only glanced at it a few times before leaving.

Finally, Mu Xueyao led him to the highest mountain in the Western Border City.

"This... is the cultivation mountain of the Western Border City, and it is also the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire Western Border City. Generally, when a cultivator wants to break through, he will choose to come here for seclusion."

Ji Yuan looked at the towering mountain before him, which was separated by an array and whose spiritual energy was so abundant that it turned into clouds, and he was somewhat dazed.

In that instant, he also felt the gap between the Extreme Abyss Continent and the Azure Fall Continent.

The scale of the Western Border City alone is unmatched by anything on the Canglu Continent.

Not to mention that there's Black and White City, the largest city in the Abyss, which I haven't visited yet.

"Just like outside, the bottom floor is where Qi Refining cultivators go into seclusion, and it's also the cheapest. A month of cultivation here only costs 10 mid-grade spirit stones."

"Above are Foundation Establishment cultivators..."

Mu Xueyao had obviously spent a lot of time in this Western Border City, so she was extremely familiar with every aspect of the city.

"As for the cave dwelling for those who are in seclusion to break through to the Core Formation stage, it is the most expensive among all these cave dwellings. After all, if one is to reach the Nascent Soul stage... they certainly won't be in this city."

"How many spirit stones would it cost to rent this cave for a year to help one break through to the Core Formation stage?"

Ji Yuan had prepared himself mentally, but he was still somewhat surprised when Mu Xueyao gave her answer.

"Ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones a year!"

...Okay, that is indeed a bit expensive.

However, this is only a cave dwelling used for closed-door cultivation and breakthroughs. It is much cheaper than some ordinary cave dwellings outside.

After considering it over, Ji Yuan realized there was nowhere else better to go, so he rented a cultivation cave in Xijing City and settled down there for the time being.

Mu Xueyao, a Core Formation cultivator, naturally became his neighbor, which left Ji Yuan quite helpless.

Fortunately, she was obedient.

Because Ji Yuan needed to install a lot of buildings, the cave dwelling he rented was naturally the largest one.

After settling down, he began to think about what to do next.

The first thing to be affected is the Core Formation stage.

He scanned the contents of his storage bag with his divine sense. "I already have two Core Formation Fruits. I can give it a try for Core Formation, but I am, after all, a pseudo-spiritual root, and I have consumed so many three-colored spiritual eggs. To be on the safe side, I should wait for the Spirit Field to produce the third Core Formation Fruit."

"It's just a matter of waiting a few more years. Given my current situation on the Abyss Continent, I can afford to wait."

"In addition, we still need to continue to inquire about my second sister, Du Wanyi, and Liu Yuan. We need to at least get in touch with one of them first."

"In addition, it is also important to continue to learn about the local customs and culture of the Abyss Continent, as well as information about various forces and great cultivators."

"There's also the need to continue collecting Void Stones and various materials for upgrading buildings... These things were difficult to collect back in the Canglu Continent, but now that we're in the much larger Jiyuan Continent, it shouldn't be a problem."

"As for the spirit stones needed to collect... after saving them for so long, they're finally coming in handy. However, we need to be careful with such a large-scale purchase. It's best to change the shape-shifting talisman we wear every time we go out."

"Perfect timing. I can use these years before I reach the Core Formation stage to work on these things. Once I successfully form the Core, many buildings will be upgraded, and my strength will definitely enter a phase of rapid growth."

"..."

Having made his plans, Ji Yuan began his cultivation journey in the Western Border City.

However, it didn't take long before Mu Xueyao brought back some news.

Tian Sha Mountain spread the word that the Old Demon Ji had not gone to Cang Luo Continent, but was still wandering around the Ji Yuan Continent. Those who wanted to kill him and claim the reward could continue.

Having already undergone a complete transformation, Ji Yuan was naturally not worried about this matter.

is the day.

Ji Yuan, who was browsing through the list of Core Formation cultivators in the Western Border City, suddenly spotted a familiar name.

"The Drunken Swordsman—Liu Yuan!"

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[Tomorrow's Core Formation]

(End of this chapter)