Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 373 Breakthrough in Divine Sense, Half-Step Nascent Soul! [Double Monthly Tickets Requested]

Long drought meets rain.

That's exactly how Ji Yuan feels right now.

The moment his divine sense broke through again, he felt as if he were about to ascend to heaven.

It felt like the top of my head was being ripped off.

The sky was clear and the earth was bright.

The divine sense thus expanded boundlessly outwards.

Seeing that his divine sense had already reached the edge of Nightmare Island, Ji Yuan, who had just been extremely excited, forcibly calmed down.

He quickly withdrew his outward-projected divine sense and instead focused on meditation, cultivating his divine sense in order to achieve a breakthrough.

With his current spiritual power, as long as he doesn't encounter a Nascent Soul stage monster, he can basically dominate the world.

However, on Nightmare Island, there happened to be Nascent Soul level monsters, and there was more than one.

One's divine sense can spy on peak Core Formation cultivators, but it can never spy on Nascent Soul cultivators.

Ji Yuan had no doubt that he would be discovered as soon as his divine sense swept across Nightmare Island.

When that time really comes, the only path that awaits me will probably be the Nine Netherworld Burning Longevity Wine.

So even as he withdrew his consciousness, Ji Yuan still felt a chill down his spine.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, nothing else unusual happened.

He then felt relieved and continued to meditate wholeheartedly.

At the same time, he was also vigilant about his physical condition.

If this were a nascent soul formed from magical power, the resulting nascent soul phenomenon would likely be noticeable not only to the Bone Nightmare Sect but also to the Soul Refining Hall.

However, this breakthrough in the divine soul happened silently.

Magical power is sought externally, but the soul is sought internally.

Therefore, when Ji Yuan looked inward, he was able to discover that the surface of his sea of ​​consciousness, which had always been calm and still, was now turbulent with waves.

His entire sea of ​​consciousness was boiling and churning.

The Soul-Suppressing Bell above the Sea of ​​Consciousness originally only emitted a faint golden light.

But what about this moment?

The golden light above was already extremely intense.

Although it hasn't become dazzling yet, the golden light can indeed illuminate the area, shining on the sea of ​​consciousness below.

The one sitting cross-legged inside that Soul-Suppressing Bell is Ji Yuan's true soul.

At this moment, the previously illusory divine soul is gradually solidifying.

Its originally transparent body is now slowly transforming into a solid form.

However, his facial features remained indistinct and unclear.

Not clear.

Ji Yuan watched silently, while simultaneously circulating the "Nine Palaces Soul-Suppressing Scripture" within his body, continuously replenishing his soul.

As he pondered, he vaguely guessed the reason for this breakthrough.

Most likely, this means that the physical body has achieved a breakthrough, and the physical body nourishes the soul, thus allowing the divine sense to also achieve a breakthrough.

This breakthrough is certainly good, but its shortcomings... seem somewhat obvious as well.

Because it didn't take long before Ji Yuan felt the breakthrough faltering.

To put it bluntly, the momentum of the breakthrough in spiritual consciousness is somewhat insufficient.

"But can this really allow my divine sense to advance to the Nascent Soul stage?!"

Ji Yuan naturally wanted to achieve his goal in one step.

But reality told him that it was a bit difficult.

Because his physique is not strong enough, if his physique could reach the third realm—the Golden Body and Profound Bone Realm.

Without a doubt, their divine sense will definitely be able to enter the Nascent Soul stage.

Unfortunately, his physique is currently only at the late stage of the Tendon Forging Realm.

There is still a peak of the Tendon Forging Realm between the Golden Body and the Profound Bone Realm.

Ji Yuan endured for another half a day.

Finally, with no other choice, he could only accept his fate, because the feeling of breaking through his spiritual sense was getting weaker and weaker, and even the spiritual soul within the Soul-Suppressing Bell seemed to have reached its limit.

Ji Yuan sensed for a long time but did not see any further changes in the soul.

This means that this breakthrough in the soul and consciousness has reached its limit.

However, Ji Yuan still felt very uncomfortable.

It has a feeling of giving up halfway.

If there has been a breakthrough, that's for sure, but to say that one's divine sense has truly entered the Nascent Soul stage, that's definitely not the case.

Ji Yuan had known about this before.

One of the signs that the soul has entered the Nascent Soul stage is that the soul can distinguish the five senses.

However, Ji Yuan's current divine soul can only vaguely make out the outline of his facial features. It seems that there is still a long way to go before he can truly discern his features.

"Then what am I?"

Ji Yuan could definitively conclude that his current spiritual power had definitely surpassed the peak of the Core Formation stage.

However, he has not yet fully entered the Nascent Soul stage.

"Then it can only be considered as—a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator!"

"Very well, let's test the spiritual sense of this half-step Nascent Soul cultivator first."

As Ji Yuan pondered, his divine sense spread out in all directions, initially reaching his Great Dream Island.

They then easily crossed the lake and arrived at two islands, one to the east and one to the west. The eastern island was inhabited by the demon slaves, while the western island was inhabited by An Yue.

...I don't know if my divine sense can penetrate their formation.

If it's a spiritual consciousness at the Core Formation stage, then it definitely can't.

But now that he possessed the divine sense of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator... Ji Yuan prepared to give it a try. He first enveloped the two islands with his divine sense, and then began to slowly penetrate them.

The formations are all third-order formations.

Moreover, both of them use water-based formations, drawing upon the endless seawater for their own use. Coincidentally, Ji Yuan himself is also somewhat skilled in water-based formations.

The formations can only be considered ordinary formations.

Not to mention Ji Yuan's Inverted Big Dipper Formation, even the Inverted Jianghu Formation given by his second senior brother Yun Qianzai is inferior.

In addition, Ji Yuan himself had received the inheritance of a fourth-order array master, thus completely stepping into the realm of a third-order array master.

So in less than half an incense stick's time, his divine sense silently passed through the two protective formations of the island.

After passing through the formation, his divine sense swept over it.

But it was this sweep of divine sense that immediately made Ji Yuan perk up.

"Have I... discovered some incredible secret?"

The demon slave was not on her own island, but on An Yue's island as always.

This is a perfectly normal thing in itself, but what's not normal is... An Yue isn't on her island.

But another unfamiliar female cultivator appeared on her island.

This female cultivator was also at the early stage of Core Formation, but her clothing and appearance...

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her an absolute beauty.

She sat before her dressing table, dressed in a moon-white silk dress with delicate silver embroidery on the hem that shimmered with a faint light as she moved. Over this dress was a light blue gauze shirt with dark trim on the collar and cuffs, which made her shoulders and neck appear even more slender.

Her hair was held up by a single jade hairpin, with a few stray strands falling beside her cheeks, adding a touch of liveliness.

Her features were exquisite, her eyes slightly upturned as if holding a glimmer of light, and her lips were pale pink without any makeup. She simply sat there casually, but the beauty she revealed already completely overshadowed the demon slave.

As for the demon slave's beauty... it was quite famous throughout the far north.

Some people have been secretly referring to her as the most beautiful woman in the far north.

But now that this female cultivator's appearance and figure can still easily suppress the demon slave, what is she then?

The most beautiful woman in the Abyss Continent?

But why would such a female cultivator appear in the Bone Nightmare Sect, and even on An Yue's island?

But then, the demon slave's next words made Ji Yuan understand something.

"Sister An, what do you think of my makeup? This is the most popular makeup style in Southern Border City lately, called 'Flame Life Makeup.' Do you think it looks good?"

...Sister An, is this An Yue?!

This must be what she really looks like.

Thinking back to our last meeting, and the news she told me about Luo Sha Hai... it seems she's not a simple person either.

No wonder they all chose the same island as me back then, this godforsaken north.

However, this female cultivator is still a female cultivator; even after reaching the Core Formation stage, she still cares about things like makeup.

Ji Yuan then kept his divine sense on the spot for a while, hoping to find out some other information.

It turned out that the two had been discussing makeup and clothing the whole time.

Ji Yuan found it uninteresting and withdrew his divine sense.

But not long after he withdrew his divine sense, An Yue's voice transmission rang out in the demon slave's sea of ​​consciousness.

"That consciousness has left."

"That's good. Palace Master, do you mean it really is a Nascent Soul cultivator who's targeting us?" the demon slave asked telepathically.

"Hmm, what could make my Pure Spirit Jade react must be the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator probing me."

Although An Yue was communicating telepathically, her expression was extremely serious.

"So what should we do now...?"

For a moment, even the demon slave was somewhat flustered.

Without the slightest hesitation, An Yue blurted out a single word.

"run!"

"..."

"My magical power cultivation has reached its current limit, and my physical cultivation is about the same. Even if I want to cultivate, I can enter the Martial God Tower anytime and anywhere. Even my divine sense has made an unexpected breakthrough."

Inside the Great Dream Island, Ji Yuan, sitting cross-legged in the meditation room, continued to contemplate his current situation.

"The remaining Canglan Swords can also be forged slowly."

"In the short term, if we want to continue to improve our strength, we can only rely on external resources, which are these buildings."

"For example... the [Meteor Cannon]!"

Ji Yuan's current [Spirit Energy Cannon] is still only level 2, which can only kill Golden Core Peak cultivators at most.

At the peak of the Golden Core stage... Ji Yuan felt that if he used all his methods, there was still a possibility of killing him.

Therefore, the [Psionic Cannon] is already considered a useless item.

The level 2 [Psionic Cannon] can be upgraded to the level 3 [Meteor Cannon].

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan summoned the control panel and took a look.

Meteor Cannon: lv3 (cannot be upgraded)

[Effect: Gathers the energy of the sun, causing meteors to fall and the moon to sink. Capable of killing even mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.]

[Upgrade Requirements: 20000 mid-grade spirit stones; Tier 3 array master; Tier 3 weapon refiner; 2 energy gathering stones; 10 jin of Radiant Meteorite Rock; 1 Tier 4 demon core. (Not yet achieved)]

...It can kill a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with a cannon.

This is precisely what Ji Yuan is currently lacking. Although the Nine Netherworld Burning Longevity Wine is useful, the realm that is raised by external force is definitely different from that of a true mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, if one had the [Meteor Cannon], this predicament could be perfectly resolved.

I'll take a sip of wine first, and once my cultivation level is higher, the other party won't be able to kill me for a while.

As long as the opponent can be held off for a short time, the [Meteor Cannon] can be activated.

Who knows, they might actually pull off a comeback!

So the prerequisite is to successfully upgrade this [Meteor Cannon]... Spirit stones are a small problem. Ji Yuan is already a third-tier array master and a third-tier weapon refiner, otherwise he wouldn't dare to consider this matter.

The remaining "Energy Gathering Stone" and "Radiant Meteorite Rock" are a problem.

Ji Yuan planned to explore the Bone Nightmare Sect first... No, he couldn't even explore inside the sect.

Given the Old Demon Bone Nightmare's meticulous mind, if I were to inquire about something so precious, even if he couldn't guess why, he would probably still come to me to find out.

Once he becomes suspicious, the matter will certainly not end well.

To be on the safe side, go directly to Winter City to look for them. If that doesn't work, then ask Wenjiu for help and have him use his connections within the Black and White Temple.

Finally, there's this one fourth-tier demon core.

With Ji Yuan's current cultivation level at the mid-stage of Core Formation, trying to obtain a fourth-tier demon core is nothing short of a pipe dream.

But as fate would have it...

When Hua Yaoyue left earlier, she happened to give Ji Yuan a fourth-tier demon core, which was also the only one he had.

"If we can use it to upgrade the [Psionic Cannon], then everything will be perfect!"

Once the idea took hold, Ji Yuan couldn't contain himself and wished he could upgrade the building right now.

"And if I really had the [Meteor Cannon], even if I entered the Rakshasa Sea, I would have more ways to protect myself, and at least I would have a strongest means of killing enemies..."

The more Ji Yuan thought about it, the more necessary it seemed to be to develop this [Meteor Cannon].

"But before we set off, there's one more thing we need to take care of."

While pondering, Ji Yuan arrived at another stone chamber inside the cave.

This stone chamber is called the "Ant Nest". As soon as Ji Yuan entered, he saw the huge black ant lying in the middle of the "Ant Nest".

At this moment, all the fiery army ants crawled in front of the giant black ant.

The ant king lying on the ground was constantly emanating demonic energy, so much so that the entire ant nest was filled with an extremely dense demonic energy.

Since returning from Winter City, Ji Yuan has fed the Ant King a dose of Demon-Snatching Powder.

Several months have passed now.

It's still making breakthroughs, but it shouldn't be long before it does.

Once the ant king breaks through again, the ant nest can continue to upgrade.

Upgrade the [Ant Nest] to level 3 to obtain the Vulcan Gun and the Soul Eater Armor.

With his physical cultivation at the late stage of the Tendon Forging Realm, Ji Yuan would be able to put up a fight even against a peak Core Formation Realm expert!

It's safer to go out then.

After inspecting the ant nest and confirming that there were no problems, Ji Yuan went to the meditation room, where he continued to nurture his spiritual consciousness while waiting silently.

In any case, from the outside world's perspective, or more precisely from the perspective of the Fire Spirit Ghost Mother and the Bone Nightmare Old Demon, she was in seclusion.

Another two months passed.

Ji Yuan had just finished forging a Firefly Sword in the [Heavenly Craft Workshop] and came out.

He looked relaxed and carefree, feeling that his future was promising.

But just then, he suddenly felt a dense demonic aura sweep through his cave.

Immediately afterwards, this demonic energy even broke through the cave and reached the Great Dream Island.

Ji Yuan quickly activated the Reversed Big Dipper Formation. The moment the formation enveloped the island, a clear aura swept across, gathering all the demonic energy within and converging it into the formation.

The entire island instantly became clear, and no more demonic energy appeared.

...A demonic aura capable of piercing through a cave must be a third-tier demonic beast!

The King Ant?!

Ji Yuan swept his divine sense across the area, took another step, and his figure immediately transformed into a streak of light, arriving at the entrance of the [Ant Nest].

Looking at it now, the ant king, which was already as tall as Ji Yuan's thigh, was now several times larger, lying inside the ant nest like a dark stone mountain.

Its originally bright red mouthparts were now even larger and brighter red, and the saliva dripping from them was like lava.

Every time it drips onto the ground, it corrodes and burns a deep pit.

The long, fiery red strips that were originally growing on both sides of its body had now detached from its body and were hanging on the ground, looking like two long, fiery red tentacles.

Upon seeing Ji Yuan approach, the ant king instinctively wanted to get closer and become more intimate.

Ji Yuan quickly reached out to stop it.

This creature, with its size so close, reminded Ji Yuan of the giant toad from back then.

...Having the intention is enough; there's no need to go to all this trouble.

After stopping the ant king's impulsive behavior, Ji Yuan had him drive the remaining fiery army ants back into the ant nest below.

He only allowed the ant king to stay by his side.

Ji Yuan then took out 900 mid-grade spirit stones, 3 third-tier demon cores, and the corpse of a divine fire ant that he had traded from the Core Formation Conference from his storage bag.

Especially these third-tier demon cores; back in the Canglu Continent, they were incredibly hard to come by.

But when Ji Yuan arrived at the Extreme Abyss Continent, especially after he became a Core Formation cultivator, he realized that this third-tier demon core... was not such a rare thing.

Because the most abundant items at each Core Formation trading fair are the materials of these third-tier demonic beasts, plus their demonic cores.

After Ji Yuan confirmed that the items were correct, he glanced at the panel again.

That's when I decided to upgrade.

As his thoughts settled, all the immortal talents before him turned to ashes and vanished, and what appeared in return was this [ant nest].

First, there was a slight tremor, and even lime was falling from above. Then, the fiery army ants inside the ant nest made a rubbing sound with their mouthparts.

On the surrounding stone walls, patterns resembling ants appeared.

When Ji Yuan thought about going forward to examine it closely, he found that the patterns had disappeared.

A fleeting moment.

The underground disturbances became increasingly apparent, and the fiery army ants seemed to be on steroids, extremely excited.

Ji Yuan scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that three more second-tier Blazing Army Ants had appeared inside, all of which had broken through during this building upgrade.

After about four or five breaths, the strange phenomenon of the [Ant Nest] upgrading disappeared.

Ji Yuan didn't even bother to check what the level 4 [ant nest] was like.

He immediately activated the second effect of the level 3 [Ant Nest] – Vulcan Gun!

With a thought, the third-tier ant king before him transformed into a torrent of black and red, and a similar torrent flew out from inside the ant nest deep underground.

The last two torrents converged in front of Ji Yuan, forming a long spear.

The third-tier ant queen formed the spearhead, while the remaining fiery army ants formed the shaft...

The spear is nearly seven feet long, and its shaft is a deep, dark black, but not entirely dark; every inch of the shaft is inlaid with dark red cloud patterns.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the pattern resembles a crushed flame core, with a faint crimson glow at the edges.

The spearhead was a sharp, crimson red, with a layer of dark gold etched on the edge, all enveloped in a red glow, only revealing a few specks of cold light when it rotated.

A matching fire-patterned pendant hangs from the butt of the gun, its surface engraved with a minimalist flame totem that echoes the gun's design. Although Ji Yuan has not yet held it in his hand, just looking at its appearance, he can feel an intense sense of heat emanating from it.

"Vulcan Gun!"

The description of this effect on the panel is: "The spear strikes like a dragon, unstoppable!"

Ji Yuan raised his right hand and grasped it with his other hand.

A warm sensation came from his palm. Ji Yuan casually flicked the spear, and with a flick of his wrist, he tucked the spear behind his back.

Wherever the spear tip passed, sparks were left behind.

conveniently.

Extremely handy!

For Ji Yuan, the weight and size of the Vulcan gun were both extremely suitable for his hands.

Ji Yuan was overjoyed, and then with a thought, he summoned the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain from his dantian.

The hill hangs in mid-air.

The Soul-Devouring Bees also transformed into a black torrent, flying out from the bottom of the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and finally landing on Ji Yuan, transforming into a set of black armor.

They even have faceplates on their faces.

He wore black Soul-Devouring Armor and wielded the Vulcan Spear.

At this moment, Ji Yuan felt that his warlike desire had reached its peak. He even wished he could enter the Martial God Tower right now and have a big battle.

So... he actually went.

Upon arriving at the familiar Martial God Tower, both the Soul-Devouring Armor on his body and the Fire God Spear in his hand vanished.

Ji Yuan looked up at the void above him and, before the black-armored warriors appeared, asked, "Senior, I am skilled with a spear; may I be granted a spear?"

"Ha, so what if I give it to you? You're a piece of trash who doesn't even have a ray of sunshine!"

After being ridiculed, Ji Yuan finally obtained a long spear made of black iron.

With a suitable weapon in hand, Ji Yuan found it much easier to kill the black-armored warriors before him.

The advantage of the spear becomes especially apparent when facing so many enemies.

One inch long, one inch strong.

However, in the end... Ji Yuan still perished at the hands of the bronze armored warriors in the second level, and didn't even see the silver armored warriors in the third level.

The only positive thing was that, with this spear, he killed more than ten more bronze-armored warriors than before.

The time I could hold out inside the Martial God Tower also increased somewhat.

Once Ji Yuan awoke from his stupor in the training ground, he knew it was time to set off to explore Winter City.

He then prepared for two more days, waiting until his mind and spirit had fully recovered before transforming into a beam of light and departing.

The journey was smooth.

It wasn't until Ji Yuan arrived in Winter City that he realized it was actually summer.

In the Bone Nightmare Sect, one cannot distinguish the four seasons throughout the year, and sometimes even the time of day is indistinguishable. In short, the sky is always gray and hazy. Ji Yuan's previous visits to Winter City were similar; each time he came, the mountains were covered in snow.

But this time it's different.

Since Ji Yuan arrived in Winter City, he hasn't seen much snow at all; the snow in many places has already melted... He remembers hearing Xing Shuang complain before that the temperature in Winter City has been rising year by year in recent years.

I don't know what happened.

It was during the summer in Winter City that Ji Yuan sent a message to Wen Jiu.

This time, however, it was Ji Yuan's turn to wait for a reply.

He found a place to stay in the city of Winterfell at random and waited for three days before receiving Wenjiu's reply. Wenjiu sounded a little anxious, saying that he had been on a mission outside and could not leave.

He then asked Ji Yuan if there was anything urgent. He said that if there was, Ji Yuan could send a message to Yan Lanlan first, and that she was fine and could come out to meet him.

Ji Yuan said there was no rush and that he would wait in the city.

Another month passed.

Ji Yuan also took advantage of this month to search for information about "Energy Gathering Stone" and "Radiant Meteorite Rock" in Winter City.

The final result was that we didn't find either of those two items, but we did gather information about them.

Energy-gathering stones are generally used by the Eight Sacred Lands to provide energy for their sect-protecting formations. They are hard to find, let alone for Core Formation cultivators, even for Nascent Soul cultivators.

When Ji Yuan learned of this news, his heart sank.

He felt that the task of gathering energy stones should not be done by himself, but should be handed over to the Bone Nightmare Demon.

As for the Hao Ri Meteorite Rock, it's somewhat better; it's generally used by Nascent Soul cultivators as a source of immortal material for forging their natal magic treasures.

Or perhaps it's to say that the Eight Holy Lands would use such materials to forge certain treasures.

As for this divine talent, Ji Yuan even found out where it came from.

There are only two places in the entire Abyss Continent where it is produced.

One is the Black and White Divine Mountain where the Black and White Temple is located. It is said that at the highest point of the Black and White Divine Mountain, in the place closest to the sun, there is a vein of Sun Meteorite Rock.

It is said that Tiangong Valley also possesses a vein of Haori Meteorite Rock, but whether this is true or not is unknown.

It's just that Tiangong Valley has produced quite a few Hao Ri meteorite rocks, so some people make this guess.

……

Several days later.

The two met inside the cave dwelling that Ji Yuan had rented.

After several months apart, Wenjiu looked much more tired, and there was a lot of worry in his eyes.

Clearly, with the Rakshasa Sea about to open, the Black and White Temple disciples of Winter City are facing an extremely difficult time.

After a few drinks, Wenjiu started chatting.

"A few years ago, didn't a gang of sand bandits appear in this Northwest Sand Prison? I'm sure Brother Li has heard of them."

Ji Yuan paused slightly with his right hand, which was holding the wine glass.

"I heard that's true."

"More and more people are telling us at the Black and White Temple that those sand bandits have become lawless and even more evil than the demonic sects. We at the Black and White Temple have no choice but to step in."

"So, Brother Wen has been in the Northwest Sand Prison all this time?"

Ji Yuan appeared somewhat surprised, but in reality... he was genuinely surprised.

Since that band of sand bandits was originally created by the Black and White Temple, what is this now? The thief crying "stop thief!"?

"I'm fine. I'm just patrolling the perimeter. There are other teams that actually go into the Sand Prison to crack down on the sand bandits."

Wen Jiu shook his head. Clearly, just patrolling the outer perimeter... this matter was extremely difficult to handle.

"Alright, it's rare to meet Brother Li, let's not talk about these unpleasant things. Come on, let's have a drink."

After another round of toasts and exchanges, Wenjiu, satisfied, finally put down his wine cup, a smile appearing on his face.

"Brother Li, it's rare for such a busy man as you to spend so much time in Winter City. Tell me, what can I do for you?"

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from Brother Wen."

Having waited so long, and having a close relationship with Wen Jiu, Ji Yuan naturally stopped being polite. Instead, he reached into his sleeve, took out a piece of white paper, placed it on the table between the two of them, and pushed it over.

Wen Jiu took the wine and opened it.

He frowned at just one glance.

The fact that he could frown meant that he knew about these two things, so Ji Yuan didn't urge him and just waited silently for Wen Jiu's reply.

After a long while, Wenjiu carefully spoke:

"The two immortal resources that Brother Li needs are indeed hard to find. I'll be frank with you. As for the Bright Sun Meteorite Rock, I should be able to get it through some connections, but it will probably cost a lot. Brother Li, you'd better be prepared."

It means that it's possible to get it, but the price is high.

"That's natural."

Ji Yuan nodded quickly.

It was already beyond Ji Yuan's expectations that Wen Jiu could help him obtain one of these two immortal resources.

As for expenses, they are unavoidable.

If it were Ji Yuan himself, even with spirit stones, he wouldn't be able to obtain these two immortal resources.

"As for this energy-gathering stone... I'm afraid I can't help you with it."

Wen Jiu shook his head immediately. "I can only try my best to find out about this energy-gathering stone when I get back."

"This is already very good."

Ji Yuan sighed, then stood up and bowed to Wen Jiu with clasped hands.

"Brother Li, you're too kind."

He then pondered for a moment and said, "But even if it's the Hao Ri Meteor Rock, it'll be troublesome. I estimate I'll have to make at least a trip to Black and White City. But I've recently been transferred to the Northwest Sand Prison, so I can only ask your sister-in-law to make the trip for me."

"Brother Li, if you are in urgent need, please do not leave Winter City for the time being and wait for news."

"it is good."

Ji Yuan was somewhat moved as he listened to Wen Jiu's arrangements.

Wen Jiu couldn't leave, and now he's making Yan Lanlan run a errand for him in Black and White City...

"Then there's no time to lose. I'll go back and inquire right away. Brother Li, please wait for my news."

After finishing speaking, Wenjiu put the blank sheet of paper with the writing on it into his storage bag before getting up to leave.

I plan to see you off.

After he left, Ji Yuan settled down temporarily in the city of Winter.

At the same time, they were also gathering information from various sources.

In particular, the Black and White Temple's move to eliminate the sand bandits in the Northwest Sand Prison was very popular, especially among the rogue cultivators.

But Ji Yuan wouldn't fall for that trick; he thought about it more deeply.

It's highly likely that this group of sand bandits is no longer of any use to the Black and White Temple.

Rather than letting them "disappear" on their own, it's better to let them contribute their last bit of energy.

This can be considered a way to salvage the declining image of the Black and White Temple.

Another issue is news about the secret realm. In recent years, due to the presence of that group of sand bandits, news about the secret realm has become much less frequent.

However, the news that a great secret realm is about to appear in the Northwest Sand Prison is spreading more and more widely.

Therefore, the number of Core Formation cultivators coming to Winter City from other cities is also increasing.

Ji Yuan then focused on inquiring about information related to the criminals, but found it extremely scarce, as if someone was deliberately concealing it.

After waiting for about ten days, Wenjiu came to find Jiyuan again.

There's news about the Haori Meteorite Rock, but it's quite expensive.

Ten catties of Radiant Sun Meteorite Rock would cost at least 150,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

So Ji Yuan gave him 16 yuan and, without saying a word, insisted on warming the wine to accept it.

In the end, however, he didn't collect all the warm wine; he only collected 152,000 pieces.

No matter what Ji Yuan said, he didn't want it.

Having no other choice, Ji Yuan could only think of repaying Wenjiu in other places in the future.

Nearly two more months passed.

Wen Jiu brought 10 jin of Hao Ri Meteorite Rock to Ji Yuan's door, and also brought news about the Energy Gathering Stone.

(End of this chapter)