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Chapter 409 [Fishpond] - The Dragon Transforms into a Chi! [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

Inside the fishpond.

Just as Ji Yuan's figure materialized, four enormous black shadows swam over from the distant waters.

Looking down from his vantage point at the dark shadows at the bottom of the water, Ji Yuan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

There's nothing special about it; it's just that its size is so enormous that it intimidates people.

"Splash—"

Four sounds of water breaking rang out in unison. Ji Yuan's gaze swept over them, watching as the four ice dragons emerged from the water and then circled and soared around him.

This scene gave him a bit of pride.

Hmm... if it were four real dragons, that would feel even better.

As for who to give the four drops of fourth-tier dragon blood to, Ji Yuan already had a plan.

Try giving it two drops on Tuesday first.

It's not that Ji Yuan dislikes Mondays, but rather that in the path of cultivation, Tuesdays are indeed far more aptitude than Mondays.

This can be seen from the speed of their previous breakthroughs.

I consumed a ton of resources on Monday, but after holding back for a long time, I still couldn't break through.

But for Tuesday, breaking through is as easy as eating and drinking.

Therefore, giving four drops of dragon blood to Monday might not necessarily lead to a breakthrough.

But if it were Tuesday, Ji Yuan thinks there's a pretty good chance it could break through.

So now, Ji Yuan looked around and used his mind to drive away Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

After thinking about it, he then banished Monday as well.

Otherwise, if it sees that I give Tuesday something good but not it, it will most likely be unhappy.

A third-tier dragon's mind is not much different from that of a child.

To avoid affecting the relationship between master and servant, Ji Yuan felt that there were some things that were better left unsaid.

After the other four dragons left, Zhou Er, which was originally huge and nearly twenty or thirty feet long, turned around. Its huge body trembled slightly in mid-air, and snow-white ice crystals suddenly exploded. Its body passed through them, and when it came to Ji Yuan again, it had transformed into an ice-blue dragon no longer than an arm.

Look at its sensible appearance.

Ji Yuan then activated a restriction with a wave of his hand, severing the connection between this place and other surrounding areas.

He looked at Tuesday in front of him and said:

"I will give you an opportunity in a moment; how much you gain depends on your own abilities."

Even on Tuesday, he couldn't understand everything and could only vaguely point to his dragon head.

Ji Yuan didn't waste any more words. He flipped his right hand, and a jade bottle containing four drops of dragon blood appeared in his hand.

Before Tuesday could react, he had already removed the stopper from the bottle, and immediately an aura unique to dragon blood spread throughout the barrier.

The moment Tuesday caught a whiff of that scent, his eyes snapped open, and even his aura seemed to change slightly.

"Here, have a drop to try first."

There were only four drops of blood in total, so Ji Yuan simply took one drop from the jade bottle and made it float in front of Tuesday.

The latter subconsciously opened his mouth, but before swallowing, he first looked up at Ji Yuan's reaction.

Seeing him nod, she finally felt relieved and swallowed it whole.

As Tuesday swallowed a mouthful of dragon blood, all the scales on his body opened up in an instant, then closed up again.

A chilling mist of ice and frost spread out, and then wisps of blood and qi emanated from its body, swirling around it.

Originally no bigger than an arm, it unconsciously grew larger while refining this drop of dragon blood, eventually returning to its original size.

Ji Yuan stood in front of it, watching its aura rise and fall.

Even its appearance seems to have changed slightly.

For example, it seems that two wisps of whiskers have appeared at the corners of the dragon's mouth, and its head has become less ferocious and more majestic and domineering.

Is that enough?

not enough.

Seeing that Tuesday's body seemed to have changed but not quite, Ji Yuan did not hesitate to take out the second drop of dragon blood.

I didn't hesitate this Tuesday.

As it opened its mouth to ingest the food, its blood and qi surged, and the strange changes within its body continued.

A dragon is still just a jiao (a type of dragon).

Once it transforms into a Chilong, it will have a more authentic dragon-like feel.

Just like Tuesday now, it hasn't completely transformed into a dragon yet, but it already has some very obvious dragon-like features.

Ji Yuan waited silently, and after about ten breaths, the strange changes in Tuesday's body showed signs of stopping again.

But neither the dashboard nor Tuesday itself showed any signs of a successful transformation.

...Damn, is this transformation really that difficult?

Two drops of dragon blood were used, but it still didn't solve Tuesday's problem.

After all, Ji Yuan's original intention was to use two drops of dragon blood to deal with Tuesday, and the remaining two drops of dragon blood were to be used on Monday to see if it could benefit from the effect and have an outburst.

But now it seems that it's already quite good that these four drops of blood can transform Tuesday into a dragon.

While Ji Yuan was pondering, he dropped another drop of dragon blood into Tuesday's mouth.

It was after swallowing this drop of dragon blood that Tuesday's aura suddenly changed.

Its original size of twenty or thirty feet increased as it released a dense, chilling aura mixed with blood and impurities...

Its size is shrinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Although the scales on its body were still ice blue, the aura and pressure emanating from them had clearly increased significantly.

Ji Yuan could clearly see that Tuesday's scales were much brighter.

The once ferocious dragon head had now become much less menacing.

At least the expression is no longer ferocious, but has become dignified and domineering.

Ji Yuan watched helplessly as the enormous dragon, which was twenty or thirty feet long, eventually turned into a tiny dragon that was only five feet long.

Although it is called small, it is still 15 meters long.

It's just much smaller than its original size.

Just then, a line of text finally popped up on the panel that Ji Yuan had been longing for.

[The fishpond's special effect "Dragon Transformation" has been triggered.]

Become!

Ji Yuan looked at the text that popped up on the panel, and then at the dragon in front of him, and was overjoyed.

Tuesday also sensed the changes in itself. After a brief moment of joy, it immediately pounced over and frantically circled around Ji Yuan.

"The changes that the once timid and steady Tuesday has undergone are enough."

Ji Yuan looked at the Tuesday that was spinning around and around, and his heart was filled with joy.

The so-called Chilong is one that does not have horns on its head.

To grow horns, it must undergo another transformation, becoming a fifth-tier spirit beast—a horned dragon.

If the horned dragon evolves further, it will become a sixth-tier spirit beast... which is the legendary true dragon.

Each true dragon, once fully grown, becomes a sixth-order demon beast comparable to the Void Refinement stage.

Thinking about this, Ji Yuan couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

This is the power of bloodline races.

On the human side, many cultivators spend their entire lives without ever reaching the Nascent Soul stage, let alone the Deity Transformation stage, which is the next step before reaching the Void Refinement stage.

After a brief outpouring of joy, Tuesday hovered beside Ji Yuan, its long body rising and falling continuously.

Ji Yuan looked at the jade bottle in his hand.

There was only one last drop of fourth-tier dragon blood left inside, not much.

However, it had already successfully transformed on Tuesday, so giving it more power would be useless. Besides, it is now considered a fourth-tier spirit beast, but its cultivation level hasn't improved yet.

"Fine, I'll give the last drop to Monday and see. It's just sitting there anyway."

After Ji Yuan had an idea, he released his divine sense and summoned Zhou Yi.

This creature had been waiting nearby for a while. As soon as it received Ji Yuan's telepathic message, it swung its tail and flew from afar, passing directly through the barrier.

It had rushed over at first, but after sensing the changes in Tuesday, it immediately froze in place.

It stared wide-eyed at the familiar yet strange Tuesday before it, incredulous.

"hold head high--"

On Monday, a painful howl escaped its lips.

It didn't bark on Tuesday, but judging from the speed of its bobbing, it was clearly very happy and pleased.

Having no other recourse on Monday, they turned their attention to Ji Yuan.

It just stared at its owner with a resentful look, without barking.

Just look at it this way.

Watching Ji Yuan gives me the feeling that I've truly betrayed it.

But Ji Yuan quickly dismissed the thought. He raised the jade bottle in his hand, shook it from side to side, and after attracting Zhou Yi's attention, he spoke:

"Two drops in total. You took one drop on Tuesday, and the other one is for you. Whether you can transform... depends on your own abilities, okay?"

Just moments before, Monday had been filled with grief and indignation, but upon hearing this, he immediately became extremely joyful.

It quickly turned its head and looked at Tuesday again.

Although the latter did not know why its master was deceiving Monday, it knew that whatever its master said was the truth.

So it nodded again.

Seeing it nod, Monday couldn't resist any longer and nodded vigorously as well.

"hold head high--"

It let out a second cry.

"OK."

Ji Yuan smiled and tossed the jade bottle in his hand. There was still some fourth-tier dragon blood in it, which couldn't be wasted.

As for whether it can transform into a dragon on Monday...

To be honest, Ji Yuan didn't have much hope.

Even on Tuesday, he had to ingest three drops of blood before he could barely complete the transformation.

A Monday with only one drop of blood... that's too much to ask of it.

Ji Yuan called it here simply because he didn't want it to be sad or upset later.

It enters the body along with the blood.

He fell silent on Monday, just as he had on Tuesday when he was refining the blood.

After it emitted a chilling aura mixed with impurities, its appearance and aura began to gradually transform.

However, the pace of this transformation is significantly slower than on Tuesday.

Ji Yuan estimated that at least six drops of blood would be needed for this Monday's transformation to succeed.

We can only wait and see if we can find any other celestial resources related to the dragon, and then have him take them this Monday.

After observing for a while, Ji Yuan dispelled the restrictions and prepared to leave.

But just as he removed the restriction, an extremely domineering aura suddenly emanated from Zhou Yi this week, so much so that Ji Yuan was shocked by this aura and took a few steps back before regaining his footing.

As for Tuesday, which was originally on par with Monday, it was forced to sink nearly ten meters under this pressure before it regained its footing.

"this……"

Ji Yuan was taken aback and looked up.

Monday felt both familiar and strange to Ji Yuan. It was still undergoing a transformation, but the speed of this transformation was significantly faster than before.

The dragon-like features that it manifested were far more pronounced than those on Tuesday.

In just three breaths, it transformed from a jiaolong (a type of dragon) into a chilong (another type of dragon).

But this strange change did not stop.

Ji Yuan discovered that after transforming into a Chilong this Monday, the top of its head was still changing, with two fleshy bun-like things bulging up on its left and right sides.

"So this is... it can evolve? Could it be that Monday was able to evolve into a fifth-tier horned dragon in one fell swoop?!"

The moment Ji Yuan had that thought, a line of text exactly the same as before popped up on the panel.

[The fishpond's special effect "Dragon Transformation" has been triggered.]

It worked again!

As a result, both Monday and Tuesday became fourth-tier spirit beasts.

"If we encounter any danger again... I won't need to take this Nine Netherworld Longevity Wine. Just let them drink it. Anyway, the demon race has a long lifespan, so it doesn't matter if they lose a little."

"The most important thing is that they are both already at the late stage of the third tier. After drinking a sip of Nine Netherworld Burning Life Brew, they can reach the late stage of the fourth tier, which is enough to keep the scene in check."

This is what makes Ji Yuan happiest after the two Frost Dragons evolved into Chi Dragons.

As for the sudden changes in Monday, Ji Yuan speculated that it might be related to the wisp of dragon energy from back then.

A wisp of dragon energy left behind by a true dragon.

How could it be so simple to let a spirit fish advance into a dragon?

I reckon now is the time for this wisp of dragon energy to truly take effect.

Ji Yuan waited a few more breaths.

Just as he was thinking about whether Monday would really bring another super evolution, directly advancing from a third-tier Ice Dragon to a fifth-tier Horned Dragon.

It finally stopped.

After two very noticeable bulges appeared on the top of his head this Monday, no dragon horns ever emerged from them.

This means it is still a fourth-order Chilong.

If one wants to advance to a fifth-tier horned dragon, one will most likely need to find some other opportunities.

But for Ji Yuan, this is enough.

For Ji Yuan now, there is not much difference between Monday in the fourth order and Monday in the fifth order.

A moment later.

Monday, having completed its evolution, flew to Ji Yuan's side, flitting up and down beside him, one on the left and one on the right.

He looked incredibly happy.

Of course, the same applies to Ji Yuan.

As for the remaining Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, there's nothing Ji Yuan can do to help.

I'll have to wait until next time to consider it.

After staying in the fishpond for a while, Ji Yuan left, without taking Monday and Tuesday with him.

Instead, they are allowed to swim and cultivate themselves in this [fishpond].

Moreover, they have just successfully evolved and need to nurture themselves for a period of time in order to fully familiarize themselves with their new strength and bloodline.

This way, even if Ji Yuan sends them out to fight next time, they will be able to perform better.

After leaving the fishpond, Ji Yuan arrived at the bottom of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

There are only three buildings here.

[Chicken coop], [Pigsty], and [Mass Grave].

[Chicken Coop] Ji Yuan often eats the four-colored spirit eggs that are produced nowadays.

He was also hoping that his Blood Core would transform into a Purple Core someday. According to his calculations, the Blood Core would transform into a Purple Core once his cultivation reached the peak of the Core Formation stage.

In that case, he felt that in terms of magical power, he would not be much weaker than a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage. In addition, with his divine sense comparable to that of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, he might actually be able to surpass an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage.

As for spirit birds...

After arriving at the chicken coop, Ji Yuan scanned it with his divine sense and immediately learned about the situation inside.

Originally there was only one third-tier spirit bird, but now there are four.

The one with the highest cultivation level is still the Golden-feathered Thunder Rooster, with its mid-stage third-tier cultivation, making it stand out among all the others in this [chicken coop].

The other three are all only at the early stage of the third tier.

Unfortunately, these four heads were only of the third rank, so even if they consumed the Nine Netherworld Burning Longevity Wine, it would be useless.

Ji Yuan was temporarily less concerned about the [Chicken Coop]. For him, the main function of the building at present was to provide him with four-colored spirit eggs to purify the blood pill's magic power and strive to transform it into a purple pill as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, several Foundation Establishment stage corpse puppets were searching for spirit eggs deep within the [chicken coop]. The female spirit bird could lay one spirit egg every day.

These Ji Yuan had already stopped eating them and had Tu Yue put them away in a special storage bag. Now, they had accumulated a considerable amount of spirit eggs.

The chicken coop has been inspected.

Ji Yuan then proceeded to the nearby pigpen, as if inspecting his own territory.

As soon as he arrived, he felt a scorching heat wash over him.

It's not that the temperature is higher, but rather that the blood energy contained in these spirit pigs in the [pigpen] is extremely abundant.

The first effect of the level 4 [Pigpen] is "Spirit Pig Grows Blood Patterns".

Therefore, all the spirit pigs running around in the entire [pigpen] at this time are blood-patterned spirit pigs.

Compared to before, this Blood-Patterned Spirit Pig is significantly larger, and the blood energy it contains is also far greater than before.

Ji Yuan released his divine sense, scanning most of the pigpen.

The sight of countless spirit pigs startled him.

He knew that the spirit pigs he raised in his pigsty matured in just over ten days because of the building's spiritual effects.

Since it was safe here, he allowed the spirit pigs to reproduce on their own.

But now... how long would it take to eat all these thousands upon thousands of spirit pigs?

However, for Ji Yuan, the most valuable aspect of this spirit pig is the chance of giving birth to the "Crimson Sun Bone".

This is a treasure that can help cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Yang Technique, even more useful than the "Profound Yang Blood Amber" produced in this [Pigsty].

"There should be more than 50 spirit pigs with 'Crimson Sun Bones' here, which means I can still have more than 50 pieces of Crimson Sun Bones."

"In addition, there are the more than 40 pieces of Crimson Sun Bone that Tu Yue currently possesses, as well as the large quantity of Profound Sun Blood Amber..."

Ji Yuan was making plans in his mind.

"I have nothing else to do next. It seems that I can indeed go to the Martial God Tower for some more training. With these Crimson Sun Bones and Profound Sun Blood Amber, it should be no problem for me to improve my body cultivation to the peak of the Tendon Forging Realm. If I can go a step further and enter... the Golden Body Profound Bone Realm, that would be even better."

"The Golden Body Profound Bone Realm of body cultivators can rival Nascent Soul cultivators in physical strength. Only then will I truly possess Nascent Soul combat power. Even if I encounter an ordinary early Nascent Soul cultivator, I won't need to run away."

"If all else fails, we should be able to cultivate the physical cultivation phenomenon mentioned by the spirit of the Martial God Tower."

Having made up his mind, Ji Yuan decided that in the coming days, besides continuing to cultivate his divine consciousness, it was time to go to the Martial God Tower for some training.

He then left the pigsty and went to the nearby mass grave.

If the pigsty next door gave off a fiery atmosphere, then the mass grave gave Ji Yuan a completely chilling feeling.

Previously, when this [mass burial ground] was placed on an outer island, Ji Yuan would also place it in a dense forest.

Now that he's in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, he's left it alone.

So it was still an endless plain, with a hazy, ghostly mist drifting above it.

Some of the burials that weren't properly buried still left behind distinct mounds of earth in the wilderness.

A mound of earth means there is a corpse underneath that has not yet crawled out.

Although most of the corpse puppets have been transferred by Tu Yue to work at the [Spirit Field], she still left a few Qi Refining stage corpse puppets wandering around here.

Firstly, when Ji Yuan brings in a corpse.

They're good at burying corpses here.

Secondly, when new corpses turn into corpse puppets and crawl out of the mass grave, they can provide some assistance.

Ji Yuan continued to examine his consciousness.

He lost interest after not finding any new corpse puppets at the Core Formation stage.

As for this Foundation Establishment stage corpse puppet, it didn't even qualify as cannon fodder for him.

Only corpse puppets at the Core Formation stage can be used as cannon fodder.

Even when faced with danger, they can push forward.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan couldn't help but call up the panel and take a look.

[Mass Gravesite: Level 4 (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Effect 1: Yin energy concentration +400%; increased probability of corpses turning into zombies; corpse puppets can absorb Yin energy to increase their strength.]

[Effect 2 (Netherworld Corpse Fire): The Yin Corpse Demon Fire can be upgraded to the more powerful Netherworld Corpse Fire.]

[Upgrade Requirements: Bury 100 Golden Core stage corpses, 10 peak Golden Core stage corpses, and 1 Nascent Soul stage corpse. (Not yet achieved)]

He was mainly looking at the upgrade requirements for the level 4 [Mass Graveyard].

As for the Nascent Soul corpses, although Ji Yuan has already killed one Nascent Soul, Ying Changkong's corpse was blasted into dust by the [Meteor Cannon].

Not to mention the corpse, not even a single hair was left.

We'll have to think of another solution later.

Ji Yuan originally thought it would be extremely difficult to collect 100 corpses of Golden Core cultivators, but with Luo Sha Hai and his group, he has managed to gather most of them.

Adding to his previous gains, he estimated that there were probably more than 80 corpses of Golden Core stage cultivators.

Finally, there were the corpses of these 10 peak Golden Core cultivators.

This is also quite difficult.

The only Golden Core Peak corpse that Ji Yuan has buried so far is his old friend, Ma Gui.

As for the others, although he did kill a peak Core Formation cultivator in the Rakshasa Sea, he killed him during a chaotic battle, so he was unable to keep his corpse.

"There are still 9 left, we need to think of a way to deal with that."

"After all, cultivators at the peak of the Golden Core stage are not as common as ordinary Core Formation cultivators. Even in the Eight Sacred Lands, cultivators at the peak of the Golden Core stage are cultivated as the next Nascent Soul cultivators."

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan put away the panel and exited Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

The meditation room for cultivating spiritual consciousness is outside, as is the training ground that leads to the Martial God Tower.

However, now that he's out, Ji Yuan is going to try taking in a building first.

His original intention was to take in the Meditation Room first, since this building was used frequently and it would be convenient to take it in.

But when he thought about the cost of housing the meditation room, he hesitated.

Containing the Meditation Room requires 50 kilograms of Void Stones.

Among the many buildings in Jiyuan, this is already considered to be in the first tier.

It's expensive and heavy.

The price is not too bad; Ji Yuan had previously acquired quite a few Void Stones from the Bone Nightmare Sect.

It's this weight... Last time, Ji Yuan had a hard time storing the [Spirit Field].

Now they've taken in something this heavy.

So be it.

Let's take the Enlightenment Chamber first. It only costs 30 catties of Void Stones, so it shouldn't be that heavy.

While pondering, Ji Yuan arrived at the newly upgraded [Enlightenment Room].

He summoned his natal magic treasure, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, with his thoughts, making it float in mid-air in the Enlightenment Chamber.

Then it is activated by mental focus.

"receive!"

The Lingtai Fangcun Mountain slowly rotated, and soon a suction force came from inside it, as if it wanted to suck the entire stone chamber into it.

Immediately, a picture appeared in Ji Yuan's mind.

That's the interior of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

It has five floors in total.

The plan was something that had been planned long ago.

The scripture repository, enlightenment room, and meditation room—all these spiritual practice buildings—are located on the fifth floor.

It will be convenient to practice then, without having to run around.

As his thoughts settled.

The Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, which had been slowly rotating, suddenly accelerated, and a powerful suction force swept around, engulfing the entire stone chamber...

A moment later.

A speck of dust falls.

Ji Yuan's figure disappeared and reappeared inside the stone chamber. When he reappeared, he activated the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

weight.

It has indeed gained a lot of weight.

Even at the late stage of Core Formation, he felt a bit strained when he tried to activate it, but fortunately, he could still manage to do so with difficulty.

If we want to accommodate another building, it's definitely not possible.

"It's fortunate that I didn't choose to contain the Meditation Room just now. However, if I really wanted to contain such a large building, I'm afraid I would have to wait until I truly reach the Nascent Soul stage before I could handle it."

Ji Yuan made a hand seal and retrieved his natal magic weapon back into his dantian.

He immediately left the stone chamber and went to the stone chamber next door.

The words inscribed on it are: "[Martial Arts Arena]".

There was a high platform made of bluestone. After arriving there, Ji Yuan first took one or two ounces of Xuan Yang Blood Amber.

He then put a piece of Crimson Sun Bone in his mouth before beginning to practice stance training in the [Martial Arts Arena].

This level 2 [Martial Arts Arena] can at least increase the body tempering effect by 40%, which is better than being outside.

Ji Yuan was also preparing to unleash his long-dormant physique before heading to the Martial God Tower to get beaten up.

Half a day passed in this way.

Ji Yuan felt that he was almost ready, so he used his mind to activate the spiritual effect of the [Martial Arts Arena].

His consciousness gradually detached from his body, and the scene before him gradually changed.

But just as he was about to see the familiar Martial God Tower, he heard the voices of two people talking.

"The Martial God Tower must be nearby."

"The historical records left by our ancestors cannot be wrong!"

(End of this chapter)