Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 5 Seeing Through

For the next three days, Ji Yuan stayed at home to cultivate. In addition to consuming spirit eggs and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to increase his cultivation, he also learned the most basic water shield technique.

The farthest place he went in those three days was the fishpond in his backyard.

While sitting there meditating to recover spiritual energy, I also took the opportunity to see if any half-spirit fish could advance to spirit fish.

Unfortunately, probability is still probability.

Unlike the spirit eggs born in the [Chicken Coop], which guarantee three eggs every day.

With these three spirit stones, Ji Yuan could barely maintain his daily cultivation needs, since he used to rarely use even one spirit stone a month for cultivation.

The spirit eggs absorbed each day are now worth 1.5 spirit stones.

The stark contrast between the before and after made Ji Yuan extremely satisfied.

It wasn't until the fourth day, perhaps because she had been staying at home for too long, that Ji Yuan decided to take a walk outside.

In short, I will never go to Yunyuze again. That kind of ruthless place should be left to someone else.

If you're going to Zengtou City, it's best to avoid it unless absolutely necessary. Going there too often might attract unwanted attention.

He had only walked around the gate a few times when he heard Lin Youwei's low voice coming from the Lin family's courtyard next door.

As the ancients said, "Young people should be wary of lust!"

"I'm not saying this as your father."

"Look at you! You've been married for three days, and aside from meals, have you even left your room?! Forget about spiritual cultivation; if this continues, your body will be ruined!"

"..."

Ji Yuan smiled silently, then heard footsteps behind him.

Old Huang arrived, puffing on his old pipe, and chuckled, "Young people, once they've tasted the sweetness, they're reluctant to get out of bed."

"What kind of benefits?"

Ji Yuan pretended not to understand anything, so Old Man Huang didn't say anything.

On the contrary, Lin Youwei, upon hearing Old Huang's voice, opened the courtyard gate and came out.

"Uncle Huang."

"Um."

Lin Youwei glanced at Ji Yuan again, thought for a moment, and then leaned closer to ask in a low voice, "Has anything major happened in Yunyuze recently?"

Ji Yuan didn't speak, but he pricked up his ears.

"Important matter? Does the fact that Master Yun Yuze eats people every day, and feels uneasy if he doesn't eat people for a day, count as such?"

Old Huang took the pipe from his waist, filled it with some tobacco, and gently rubbed it between his right index finger and thumb, and a small flame appeared.

This is a good idea; we don't have to worry about someone stealing our lighters anymore... Ji Yuan thought to himself, finding a bittersweet humor in the situation.

"This... is that area in the northeast corner of Zengtou City? I heard that several fishermen have died there in the past few days?"

Lin Youwei finally asked the question he wanted to ask.

Old Huang exhaled a puff of smoke, his face darkening.

"That's true. These next few days, you guys should avoid going over there unless you have to. Who knows, some late-stage Tier 1 spirit fish might have escaped from the deep water."

Upon hearing "late stage of first rank," Ji Yuan instinctively felt a pang of panic.

A late-stage Tier 1 demon beast corresponds to a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, but to deal with a late-stage Tier 1 spirit fish in the water... a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator can barely protect themselves.

To truly kill him, it would require several cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining to join forces.

Or perhaps the Water Dragon Sect has dispatched a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Okay, okay."

Lin Youwei nodded repeatedly. He was the only one in his family who was at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and he was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Zhou Ling, who was at the third level of Qi Refining, and Lin Hu and Wu Qin, who were at the second level of Qi Refining, were already facing certain death if they encountered a mid-stage spirit fish, let alone a late-stage spirit fish.

Old Huang, with his pipe dangling from his lips, turned to look at the taciturn Ji Yuan and said with a half-smile, "I never expected you to break through to the third level of Qi Refining without a word."

Ji Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

As the saying goes, old age brings wisdom. Lin Youwei, who was also at the fourth level of Qi Refining, did not notice the slight change in his aura, but Old Man Huang did.

"What?! Qi Refining Level 3?"

Lin Youwei exclaimed in surprise.

"You've been honing your skills at home for several days straight. If you're not at the third level of Qi Refining, where did all this spiritual energy come from?" Old Huang retorted.

Lin Youwei's gaze then fell on Ji Yuan, and he looked him up and down several times before he was convinced.

"You're pretty good, kid."

But Lin Youwei's gaze was somewhat complicated as he said these words.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. Both of them have the four spiritual roots, but Ji Yuan has already reached the third level of Qi Refining, but what about Lin Hu?

They are still immersed in pleasure every day, and don't even want to get out of bed.

Not to mention cultivating to improve one's strength.

Thinking back to Ji Yuan's words yesterday, Lin Youwei had a bold idea for no apparent reason... Ji Yuan was probably single-mindedly pursuing the Dao and wanted to break out of Zengtou City.

Under the pressure of their gazes, Ji Yuan could no longer hide, nor was there any need to hide anymore.

So he smiled modestly and said, "Just lucky, just lucky."

After saying that, he looked at Old Man Huang and said, "The green-yellow chicken I bought last time laid two spirit eggs in a row. I was thinking of selling them to exchange for spirit stones, but then I thought that I had never tasted them myself, so I ate them myself."

"I never expected that eating this would lead to the third level of Qi Refining."

Old Huang puffed out a puff of smoke. "It's definitely the season for young chickens to lay eggs. You're quite lucky, kid."

Ji Yuan still used "luck" as an excuse to get out of it.

He then went back to the house, took out the three spirit eggs from the chicken coop, and began his cultivation for the day.

Not long after, he heard Zhou Ling's cursing coming from the Lin family next door.

"You spendthrift! How much does a green-yellow chicken cost in spirit stones? You have no idea! Tiger just got married, where would he get spirit stones to buy these, and he even bought two at once."

Ji Yuan: "..."

The days of cultivation are always tedious. Apart from absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth day after day, one can only ponder spells.

Fortunately, having learned from his previous experience, Ji Yuan knew to row out every day without going far, and to find a small island on the shore to practice his magic.

In this way, he could avoid being noticed by that cunning old man Huang, and also pave the way for his later sale of spirit fish.

During this time, he also discovered that in the previous two days, only Lin Youwei and his wife from the Lin family next door went out fishing.

On the fourth day, Lin Hu also took his newlywed wife out fishing, but they only stayed in the shallow waters of Yunyu Marsh, trying to catch some semi-spirit fish.

On days when there was a good harvest, the couple returned home with smiles on their faces.

When there is no harvest, he remains silent and taciturn.

This is the norm for fishing families; nine out of ten families are like this.

Lin Hu still felt somewhat embarrassed when he saw Ji Yuan, perhaps because he felt he had stolen Ji Yuan's marriage, or perhaps because he felt he had taken a woman that Ji Yuan didn't want.

Newlywed young men often have complex thoughts.

Ji Yuan didn't bother to care, because after another five days of cultivation, on an ordinary night, a huge splash of water suddenly erupted in the fishpond.

This startled Ji Yuan awake from his sleep.

Another half-spirit fish has evolved!

(End of this chapter)