Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 51 Let's Go

Lu Wan?

Didn't I see her in Zengtou City today? Why didn't you say it to her face-to-face and had to ask someone to pass on a message... Ji Yuan suddenly thought of something.

He calmly took the letter from Lin Hu and instructed, "Remember not to tell anyone about this."

"Don't worry, Brother Ji, I know. I won't even tell Wu Qin."

Lin Hu nodded vigorously.

"Um."

After seeing Lin Hu off, Ji Yuan returned to the house and unfolded the letter.

The handwriting was elegant and carried a faint scent of pear blossoms.

"Qiu Qianhai is currently hiding near Qingbo Pond. The Qin family already knows his location and has sent Qin Wei, who is at the sixth level of Qi Refining, as well as two other guards at the sixth level of Qi Refining."

He seems to have other grudges with the Qin family, far more complex than just Liu Laizi's.

If you go, please be careful.

really.

Ji Yuan wasn't surprised that Lu Wan knew about Qiu Qianhai, because she was now a member of the Qin family, and with her talent for drawing talismans, the Qin family certainly wouldn't mistreat her too much.

What surprised Ji Yuan was why she would tell him this news.

Ji Yuan still remembered that when Qiu Qianhai had just fled to Yun Yu Ze, and he met Lu Wan in Zengtou City, she told him to stay away from Qiu Qianhai.

But now... he's proactively telling me Qiu Qianhai's location, which seems a bit odd.

After some thought, Ji Yuan felt that this might be a test from Lu Wan.

She wanted to see if she was truly a lone wolf or just a flesh-and-blood human being.

This is one possible interpretation, but a less favorable one would be that she genuinely submitted to and surrendered to the Qin family.

I am the one she chose to pledge my allegiance to.

She joined forces with the Qin family to set an ambush, intending to capture herself and Qiu Qianhai in one fell swoop.

Of course, this possibility is extremely small. Not to mention that Lu Wan is not that kind of person, she also has no apparent grudges against the Qin family.

As for Liu Laizi's death, even if the Qin family finds out now, they will surely understand the situation and know how to weigh the pros and cons.

Or was she deliberately provoking conflict between herself and the Qin family to weaken their power?

Or perhaps it wasn't that complicated at all; she simply knew that she and Qiu Qianhai had a good relationship, so she told her the news.

There are many possibilities, but the good thing is that I finally know Qiu Qianhai's location.

Are you going to Qingbo Pond to find Qiu Qianhai?

I definitely have to go.

If Ji Yuan were to travel back in time several decades or centuries later, his mindset might change, and he might become like many cultivators, abandoning his friends.

But now, having only been in this world for half a year, Ji Yuan, a survivor of the nine-year compulsory education system raised under the red flag, is incapable of doing such a thing.

"You give me a peach, I'll repay you with a precious jade"—that's Ji Yuan's current mindset.

The Qin family only sent three Qi Refining Level 6 cultivators... Under the Yin Ghost Formation, Ji Yuan felt that even if he couldn't kill them, he could still save his life.

Not to mention that he had long been preparing to visit Qingbo Pool, as he had never forgotten that it was a place specializing in cold iron sand.

Perhaps the opportunity to upgrade your [fishpond] lies right here!

After making the decision, Ji Yuan casually burned the letter.

He focused his mind on the storage bag and began to analyze his current situation.

He had saved quite a few spirit stones... well, not exactly saved, but rather had a lot left over. Even though he was using spirit stones to cultivate every day, he still had 79 left.

As for talismans, mid-grade talismans are no longer of much value to Ji Yuan, who has already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

It can only be treated as a basic attack.

There are two superior-grade talismans: one is a water escape talisman for escaping, and the other is a gold seal talisman for attacking.

He bought the Golden Seal Talisman because he had been hit by it and experienced its power.

As for pills, there are several Spirit Gathering Pills for cultivation, 5 Blood and Qi Pills for saving lives, and 20 Spirit Recovery Pills to restore one's spiritual power while fighting.

The Rejuvenation Pill isn't very effective, but because it can restore spiritual energy on its own, it's not cheap.

One Rejuvenation Pill costs 5 spirit stones.

Even so, Ji Yuan would occasionally buy a few, and still managed to save up 20.

The ritual implements will remain the same as before; buying more would be beyond Ji Yuan's current control.

In that case, I'll make another trip to Zengtou City and buy two high-grade talismans.

Even though it was already late, Ji Yuan couldn't care less.

He was not allowed to leave the late stage of Qi Refining, but at the sixth level of Qi Refining, he had no restrictions in Zengtou City.

Arriving at the backyard, I saw green and yellow chickens running all over the yard and a half-grown spirit pig, while in the front yard there was a pond full of half-spirit fish.

In the previous few trips, Ji Yuan was only delayed for a few days at most, and it didn't matter if he didn't feed the spirit fish and the green-yellow chickens.

But this time it might be different.

Regardless of whether Qiu Qianhai can be saved, the delay will definitely be long, at least ten days.

It definitely won't work if no one feeds them for more than ten days.

So after a little thought, Ji Yuan decided to deal with all these things first. These green and yellow chickens have been laying eggs for so long, it's time to replace them. As for the half-spirit fish, that's even easier, he can just buy new ones when he comes back.

Moreover, Ji Yuan also had some ideas in mind, such as the "chicken coop"—could he raise more real spirit birds to lay eggs?

Instead of something like the half-baked green-yellow chicken.

The spiritual energy provided by the spirit egg was insufficient to meet his cultivation needs.

Without hesitation, Bai Shui flew his sword, turning the half-spirit fish and the green-yellow chicken into corpses. Even the spirit pig that he had only raised for a few days was chopped up by Ji Yuan with a single sword strike.

I'm not here, and there's no one to take care of me.

It seems I really need to find some methods for crafting puppets as soon as possible, but I've heard that the art of puppetry and the art of weapon crafting are somewhat related.

Damn it, I can't be in two places at once.

Ji Yuan then arrived in Zengtou City overnight. He first sold half a spirit fish at the fish market, then paid the next month's immortal residence fee in advance, and then went to the chicken cultivator to sell green and yellow chickens.

The chicken cultivator felt extremely distressed as he watched Ji Yuan kill all the green and yellow chickens in one go, as if his own beloved son had been killed.

He only felt better after Ji Yuan said he would come back to buy from him again next time.

After dealing with these matters, Ji Yuan went to the Treasure Pavilion and bought a superior-grade Demon-Suppressing Talisman and a superior-grade Iron Wall Talisman.

With four high-grade talismans in hand, Ji Yuan was confident he could fight even if he encountered someone in the late stage of Qi Refining.

He spent a total of 58 spirit stones, and he still had some left over, which he prepared for the Yin Ghost Array and to restore his own spiritual power.

After leaving Zengtou City, Ji Yuan did not return home. Instead, he followed the waterway map and headed straight for Qingbo Pond.

Even with the Black Wind Boat traveling at full speed, it wasn't until noon the next day that he finally spotted a strange body of water deep within the Cloud Rain Marsh.

The waters of Yunyuze are all green, but the waters that Ji Yuan sees at this moment are an unusual pale blue.

The outer perimeter is light blue, and a few miles further in, there are numerous islands, and the waters inside are a deep blue.

As soon as Ji Yuan got close, he could feel that the temperature here had dropped several degrees.

This is Qingbo Pool. The water here is icy cold, and the further you go in, the lower the temperature becomes. It is said that even the most central part of the pool can freeze to death a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Besides its specialty, cold iron sand, this place also has some spirit fish and monsters that prefer shady, cold water.

Their strength is also much greater than that of other spirit fish of the same level outside.

Besides these, there are also fishermen who come here to dig sand. With the Water Dragon Sect's large-scale purchase of cold iron sand in the past two years, the number of fishermen coming here to dig sand has increased, almost forming a small market.

Moreover, Ji Yuan heard that most of the people digging sand here were outlaws from various markets and towns in Yunyuze.

Hmm... like Qiu Qianhai.

So it makes sense that he came here.

After entering this dangerous area, Ji Yuan slowed down the ship. Although he did not summon the Dragon Armor Shield, he held a lightning strike talisman in his left hand and a golden armor talisman in his right hand, with both hands hidden in his sleeves.

He didn't rush to venture deeper into the clear pool, but instead first sailed out to scout the surrounding area.

But before he could walk more than a few miles, he suddenly sensed that in the very center of a group of small islands ahead, there seemed to be a battle of magic. Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from them, they were two people at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Ji Yuan naturally wanted to avoid this place, but just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

All that could be heard was the man's maniacal laughter:

"Old dog Lin, it seems your Qi Refining Level Six is ​​nothing but a paper tiger!"

Thank you Zhang Zhenhua12 for the 500 spirit stones donation! When I first saw it in the backend, I thought it was a 12500 spirit stone donation, which startled me, haha.

(End of this chapter)