Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 41 Enlightenment Room lv1

Although his spiritual root was a four-elemental root, Ji Yuan felt that his comprehension was still quite good.

But it would be even better if it could be improved a bit more, like the novels I read in my past life, with things like "heaven-defying comprehension" or "ten thousand times the comprehension".

So when he got home, Ji Yuan immediately found paper and pen and wrote down the three characters "Enlightenment Room" again.

Looking around, he finally pasted the words on the black paper on the door of his storage room.

The panel refreshed the instant he posted it.

Become!

[Enlightenment Room lv0]

[lv1: Spiritual Effect: Calms the mind and concentrates energy, increasing personal comprehension by 10%]

[Upgrade Requirements: 10 Low-grade Spirit Stones, 3 Cleansing Grasses, 1 jin of Mystic Crystal Sand (Not yet achieved)]

Ji Yuan glanced at it; the effect was extremely simple: it increased comprehension by 10%.

Excellent, excellent.

This "Enlightenment Room" should be this simple and straightforward.

Compared to others, this 10% seems a bit low... It must be because comprehension is too precious and too difficult to obtain. In other words, being able to increase comprehension by 10% is already an extremely powerful achievement.

The upgrade requirements aren't difficult to meet.

Qingxin Grass can be bought in Zengtou City. It's not some rare and precious herb, but a medicinal material for making pills. The price seems to be only 1 spirit stone per plant.

Mystic Crystal Sand is a material used for refining weapons, and it is also available for sale. It seems to be more expensive, costing 5 spirit stones per pound.

But it's alright, it's nothing for Ji Yuan these days.

So, having just returned home, he went out again.

Outside the courtyard, the Wen family of three next door were fishing at the gate. But to say they were fishing was just a euphemism; Wen Lin and his wife were simply taking care of their child.

Seeing Ji Yuan come out, Wen Lin handed the fishing rod to Zhao Yuechan, stood up and said with a smile, "Brother Ji just got back, and you have to go out again?"

"Hmm, I didn't buy enough. I'll have to go to Ichiko again."

Ji Yuan smiled. He still had a good impression of the Wen family, not to mention that they had helped him before.

"Is Ji Daguo out buying New Year's goods? Remember to buy me some delicious food!"

Holding a small fishing rod, Wen Ling'er shook her head and said.

"Buying New Year's goods?"

Ji Yuan, who was about to take out the Dharma Boat, paused for a moment, then remembered that this world also had the custom of celebrating the New Year, and it was indeed nearing the end of the year.

In previous years, the original owner would spend the New Year with her parents, but this year it seems she will have to spend it all by herself.

This seems to be the first time he's spent the Lunar New Year alone in both his past and present lives... He smiled and replied.

"Okay, I'll definitely bring it for Ling'er."

The Wen couple were naturally very polite, and then watched as Ji Yuan summoned the Dharma boat and left.

With the boat launched, fishing was no longer an option, so Wen Lin simply put down his fishing rod. Zhao Yuechan, watching Ji Yuan's departing figure, whispered, "Husband, wasn't that a mid-grade magic boat?"

"Hmm, it's still a good one among the mid-grade magic ships. If it weren't for the lack of materials, it could probably be considered top-grade."

Wen Lin was knowledgeable and experienced.

"So, what about the few days he's been away...?"

Wen Lin tucked his hands into his sleeves and smiled, "Where could we be going? We're definitely going to make a fortune."

After laughing, Wen Lin sighed, "I never expected that we would run into such a neighbor just by randomly choosing a place to stay. It seems we really should try to befriend him."

"It was fate."

Zhao Yuechan also strongly agreed with this point.

After a while, Ji Yuan sailed back again, handed the few sugar figurines he had brought back along the way to Wen Ling'er, and then hurriedly went into the house.

Upon arriving in the living room, he looked at the clutter in front of him... and immediately chose to upgrade the Enlightenment Room.

As the three items in the storage bag disappeared, the panel refreshed again.

The effect of the Level 2 [Enlightenment Room] has appeared.

[Enlightenment Room lv2]

[Effect: Increases Comprehension boost to 20%. If you encounter a bottleneck, you will receive an additional 10% Comprehension bonus.]

[Upgrade Requirements: 20 Medium-Grade Spirit Stones, 3 Illusion Heart Flowers, 1 Pot of Earth Vein Essence, and a Basic Intermediate Spell (Not Yet Completed)]

The upgrade requirements remain largely the same, requiring spirit stones plus some immortal resources.

The only difference is that you need to learn intermediate spells.

On the contrary, this spiritual effect... is definitely a powerful tool for seclusion. It provides an extra boost to comprehension when you hit a bottleneck. It really understands the hardships of cultivators!

Once you encounter a bottleneck, your comprehension increases by 30%. What more could you ask for?

Cultivation, this is cultivation!

Ji Yuan didn't dare waste such good conditions, so for the next period of time, apart from going to Zengtou City to replenish some survival and training supplies, he didn't go anywhere else.

In the past, they might have needed to draw talismans from time to time to make a living.

But not anymore; half an ounce of blood essence is worth 10 spirit stones every day.

There are also 30 spirit eggs, plus the blood from the red-crested chicken's comb, and Ji Yuan has raised another spirit pig.

After raising this spirit dolphin, he hardly ate the spirit eggshells anymore, and mostly used them to feed the pigs.

In addition, the semi-spirit fish occasionally undergoes an evolution.

Ji Yuan said that he could never spend all of it, he simply couldn't spend it all.

With so many spirit stones, Ji Yuan's cultivation became extravagant, and he started... taking drugs.

The most suitable cultivation pill for those in the Qi Refining stage is called the Spirit Gathering Pill, which can increase the speed at which cultivators absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth and shorten the time of their Qi circulation.

They're not cheap either, costing 10 spirit stones each.

However, this was still within Ji Yuan's tolerance range, so he spent his days in the Enlightenment Room studying magic, or going to the Talisman Room to draw talismans.

At night, he would begin to take drugs and practice meditation.

Under this cultivation mode, the thing he understood most quickly was the second level of the "Water Drop Finger".

He guessed that there was a first layer as a foundation, so on the third day of his seclusion, he comprehended "piercing through stone".

Therefore, he went out and found a reed marsh, and looked at the three hair-thin spiritual rays that gathered at his fingertips.

In comparison, the second layer of stone penetration is even more concealed than the first layer.

It's quite difficult to hit the same spot with three consecutive beams of spiritual light.

It must be used in conjunction with the "Canglang Sword Manual" for better results.

After some attempts, Ji Yuan returned home to continue his arduous practice.

He originally thought that the second person to achieve a breakthrough would either be to fully comprehend the first level of the "Canglang Sword Manual," or, if that didn't work, to achieve a breakthrough in cultivation that was vaguely at the boundary.

Unexpectedly, he could never get the hang of sword techniques, but he made a breakthrough in the art of talismans.

That day, Ji Yuan forgot that he was in the Enlightenment Room instead of the Talisman Room. He took out a talisman brush and started drawing talismans. As a result, he accidentally crossed the threshold of the mid-grade talisman that had troubled him for a long time.

The first thing he got was a golden talisman that had saved his life. After drawing the first one, Ji Yuan immediately went to the [Talisman Room].

With the success rate boost, a mid-grade talisman sells for around 10 spirit stones...

Ji Yuan, who was never short of spirit stones to begin with, is even less short now.

That evening.

Ji Yuan, still unable to grasp the basics of the "Canglang Sword Manual," finished his daytime comprehension and prepared to begin his nighttime drug-fueled cultivation.

Just then, he suddenly heard that the courtyards on both sides seemed to be less noisy than usual.

In just a short while, the sound of fireworks exploding echoed from Zengtou City in the distance.

After much arduous study, Ji Yuan finally realized, after a moment's thought, that... today is Lunar New Year's Eve.

"Fine, I'll just treat it as a vacation."

Ji Yuan got up and went to the front yard. Fireworks were constantly blooming in the sky above Zengtou City in the distance, like silver flowers blooming in the sky.

Laughter and cheerful voices could be heard coming from the neighboring courtyard.

Wu Qin rarely spoke loudly, arguing with Lin Hu about which fireworks display was the most beautiful.

On the other side of the courtyard, Wen Ling'er's childish voice could be heard continuously, along with Zhao Yuechan calling out to her to slow down.

At this moment, Ji Yuan felt a rare sense of loneliness.

The excitement belongs to them, but I feel like I have nothing... Coupled with the fact that I haven't been able to master the sword techniques in recent days, Ji Yuan's sense of loneliness has only increased.

He subconsciously summoned his flying sword, Bai Shui.

The white water flying sword is as soft as silk.

"Bang—"

Suddenly, a firework exploded overhead. Ji Yuan looked up and saw the sky seemed to be ablaze with fire.

In a daze, he seemed to sense something and thought to himself, "Go."

As the white sword left his hand, it flew out like swirling waves.

New Year's Eve.

An introduction to Ji Yuan's "Canglang Sword Manual".

(End of this chapter)