Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 6 Lightning Strike

The moonlight isn't beautiful tonight; it hides behind thick clouds like a beautiful maiden.

Ji Yuan hadn't learned any night vision techniques, so he could only rely on his weak night vision ability from the early stages of Qi Refining to carefully observe the fishpond.

He originally bought five half-fish, and after raising them for about ten days, they have clearly grown larger.

Even if it doesn't turn into a spirit fish, just selling it as a semi-spirit fish can still earn you a spirit stone or two.

The +20% growth rate of the fishpond alone is enough to cover Ji Yuan's rent.

And now... after watching for a while, he finally figured out which half-spirit fish had evolved.

Scaly spots.

Half-spirit fish scales and rock spots.

It has now evolved into the spirit fish – the Stone Armored Grouper!

The stone armor on the surface of this stone-armored creature is a natural material for making defensive magical artifacts. The more intact it is, the higher its selling price will be in the fish market.

If we can sell them without damaging any of the stone armor pieces, we could probably get around 18 spirit stones!

Those gleaming white spirit stones... Upon thinking of this, Ji Yuan lost all sleepiness and simply spent half the night cultivating by the fishpond.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Ji Yuan looked at the stone-armored fish in the fishpond, whose body seemed to be covered in stones, and summoned a water arrow with a wave of his hand.

The only way to kill this spirit fish without damaging its stone armor is to shoot a water arrow into its eye, damaging its brain and thus killing it.

To achieve this in the vast Yunyu Marsh, one would need to be at least a cultivator at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining, and have mastered the "Art of Object Manipulation" and controlled magical artifacts.

Unfortunately, Ji Yuan wasn't in Yun Yu Ze, and in his small fishpond, this stone-armored swarm had nowhere to escape.

Furthermore, Ji Yuan was performing his magic on land, so there was absolutely no fluctuation of spiritual energy in the water.

A water jet was launched, making a soft "whoosh" sound.

The stone-armored grouper shuddered, splashing a lot of water, before sinking to the bottom. The other four half-spirit fish, on the other hand, were quite frightened.

Ji Yuan dragged the spirit fish ashore. The other four and a half spirit fish were also quite large.

He planned to raise it for another three or four days. If it still couldn't be promoted, he would have to drag it out to sell it. Otherwise, once its flesh became too tough, it wouldn't fetch a good price.

But no matter what, we'll deal with this stone-armored scuttler first today.

While it was still early, he went out the door but didn't see anyone else, not even the Lin family members were up yet. He hurried back and put Shi Jiaban's body into the water tank of the awning boat.

He then retrieved the three spirit eggs from today, intending to find a small island in Yunyuze to cultivate and refine them.

But when he came out again, he saw that Lin Youwei and his wife had also gotten up early and were preparing to set sail. Unlike Ji Yuan's small awning boat, they had fishing boats equipped with magical artifacts.

Although it is only a basic magic tool, it is extremely convenient to use. Not only is it fast, but you don't have to row yourself.

Medium-sized fishing boats can even enter the water and move around freely.

Fishermen in Zengtou City who are at the mid-stage of Qi Refining will generally have a magical fishing boat.

Ji Yuan's family originally had it too.

"Ji Yuan, why are you up so early too?"

Looking at Ji Yuan, who had gotten up early to set sail, and then thinking of Lin Hu, who was still in bed, Lin Youwei couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

Zhou Ling went straight home to call for help.

"Uncle Lin also started quite early."

Ji Yuan didn't say anything offensive, just smiled and rowed away. But before he had rowed half a mile, he was caught up by Lin Youwei and his wife.

They sped past Ji Yuan in their fishing boat, which was made of magical artifacts, and even stirred up some waves, causing Ji Yuan's awning boat to rock slightly.

Watching their retreating figures, Ji Yuan felt no envy.

There was a time when he also needed to work so hard, but now... he found a reed bed nearby, tied up the boat, crawled in, and began his egg-eating life for the day.

Moreover, the eggs he had been eating for days had led Ji Yuan to notice some details.

For example, sprinkling a little salt on an egg can make it taste much better.

Perhaps when living standards improve in the future, we'll be able to fry eggs and make scrambled eggs, and we won't have to eat those unpalatable eggshells anymore... Ji Yuan was full of fantasies. Around 11 a.m., he rowed his awning boat to the fish market.

We've been out for so long, there's no need to wait until the afternoon.

When he finally arrived at the Zengtou City fish market, he found that there were indeed not many people there, so he carried the huge rock grouper ashore.

But just as I put the grouper into the fish basket, a familiar voice came from behind me.

"Young man, you... another spirit fish?! Or a stone grouper?"

Damn it, what is this old man doing here... Ji Yuan cursed inwardly, and when he turned around again, he indeed saw the bald, toothless old man.

He was carrying a half-spirit fish, which he had preserved using the bow-fishing method.

"This isn't just any ordinary stone-armored spotted fish; it's a stone-armored spotted fish that hasn't lost a single scale."

The Water Dragon Sect's on-duty cultivator unusually spoke up.

As soon as he spoke, all the fishermen nearby turned around and stared in astonishment at the spirit fish.

Stone armor spots are not uncommon, but it is rare to find one without damaging any of the stone armor pieces.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan cursed inwardly. He had been greedy and suffered from his lack of experience. He should have just damaged a few scales and sold a few less spirit stones.

The result is this situation where he's publicly displaying his divine power.

"You've got some skills, buddy."

"This guy doesn't even count his own son. He's only at the early stage of Qi Refining, how could he have this skill? You probably caught the fish yourself."

"..."

The ladder has arrived… Ji Yuan hurriedly smiled and said, “Indeed, I didn’t catch it. My master caught this spirit fish, and since he’s busy breaking through his cultivation level, he didn’t have time to come over, so he asked me, his disciple, to run the errand for him.”

Now that things have come to this, Ji Yuan has no other choice.

I can only make do with my own tiger skin.

"You've even taken on a master? I was wondering why you've been disappearing so mysteriously lately. Tell me, which senior is it...?"

Old Huang immediately asked.

The person who has the means to kill the spirit fish must be at least at the sixth level of Qi Refining, or even possibly a cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining.

"My master told me not to say."

Ji Yuan smiled apologetically and accepted... 20 spirit stones from the cultivator on duty?

This is probably the highest price that early-stage spirit fish can fetch; any higher and it would be a mid-stage spirit fish.

"Thank you, brother!"

Ji Yuan put away the spirit stones, clasped his hands in thanks to the cultivator on duty, and hurriedly left this place of trouble.

Although he left, Old Huang's gaze remained fixed on him, his eyes showing a hint of... regret, or perhaps contemplation.

Ji Yuan was unaware that he had rushed to Zengtou City and immediately found a talisman shop.

He spent a hefty sum of 12 low-grade spirit stones to purchase a mid-grade lightning strike talisman.

Once used, this mid-grade lightning strike talisman is comparable to the full-force attack of a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, making it his best trump card for survival at the moment.

The more expensive ones are unaffordable, and the cheaper ones are ineffective.

With this, even if a cultivator from the Tribulation Sect targets me, I'll have a chance to fight back.

The acquisition of trump cards was already part of Ji Yuan's plan. Although cultivation is important, life is more important, and he can distinguish between the two.

With the remaining 8 spirit stones, he spent another 5 spirit stones to buy 3 green-yellow chickens.

The chicken seller was the same chicken cultivator from last time. He recognized Ji Yuan and asked with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist, how is my chicken? Will it lay eggs if I buy it?"

Ji Yuan remained silent for a moment, then said only one sentence.

"The meat smells delicious."

Chicken Monk: "..."

The remaining 3 spirit stones were used by Ji Yuan to buy 3 half spirit fish.

(End of this chapter)