Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 63 A Narrow Escape

"Grass!!!"

Ji Yuan's eyes widened in anger, and he used almost all his strength to rush towards the exit.

So, just a second ago he was inside the dead hole, but in the blink of an eye he was already out of the hole. Qiu Qianhai stood on the side of the magic boat, looking anxiously inside.

Upon seeing Ji Yuan emerge, he, who had been waiting for a long time, grabbed Ji Yuan's arm and threw him onto the Dharma boat.

Immediately, the entire French ship shot off like a long arrow, heading straight for the water.

Even so, it still couldn't outrun the earth dragon's reversal.

Before the two could even emerge from the water, the French boat was already capsized by a wave.

Fortunately, they were no longer far from the water. Ji Yuan quickly slapped three water-repelling talismans on himself and hurriedly summoned the Black Wind Boat to support himself. At the same time, Qiu Qianhai had also regained his footing.

"Walk!"

At this moment, after surviving the first wave, the two finally broke through the water.

"Splash—"

After emerging from the water, Ji Yuan hurriedly looked around and saw that Qingbo Pool was like a water vat filled halfway with water, being shaken from side to side by a giant.

The waves were towering, and small islands made of piled stones were swaying from side to side, with stones rolling wildly down.

"Let's go to Qingbo Island!"

"Every time the earth shakes, Qingbo Island acts as a stabilizing force!"

Qiu Qianhai's intermittent voice was carried by the sound of the wind and the waves.

"good!"

Ji Yuan changed direction and propelled the Black Wind Boat with all his might, weaving through the waves... Damn it, I never surfed in my past life, but I got to do it in this one, and during an earthquake no less.

That's fucking reckless!

Fortunately, Ji Yuan's boat-driving skills were quite good, and the Black Wind Boat was also of decent quality. With full effort, it could travel with the wind for a short time.

After a while.

When Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai arrived at Qingbo Island, they discovered that other cultivators were also arriving one after another.

The earthquake was extremely severe outside, but after they landed on Qingbo Island, the earthquake subsided considerably.

Ji Yuan, having put away the Dharma boat, breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on a rock with Qiu Qianhai.

Both of them were filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.

As Ji Yuan thought back... Damn it, could it be that the earthquake was caused by the stone crab's desperate ramming when it was dying?

The Dead Hole is connected to the mineral vein at the bottom of the lake, and the Stone Crab is so strong.

That's not impossible.

But I don't care anymore, as long as I can escape alive.

The moment Ji Yuan sensed the earthquake inside the dead hole, he truly thought he was going to die there.

Earthquake... underwater... or inside an underwater mine.

Each one alone would be fatal, let alone three combined.

Ji Yuan couldn't help but shudder when he thought about it.

But when he thought about what he would gain from the trip, he couldn't help but feel excited and expectant.

Not to mention the two storage bags for the sixth level of Qi Refining, the cold iron sand they dug up from two zhang away was worth a large sum of spirit stones.

Ji Yuan estimated that the two of them had probably dug up about twenty jin (20 catties).

Even if you split it in half, you could still sell it for 200 spirit stones.

Ji Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he noticed that many cultivators nearby had joyful smiles on their faces.

"Earthquakes will bring out a lot of cold iron sand, and some living cold caves will become dead caves."

Qiu Qianhai explained in a low voice.

So, once the earthquake subsides, it's time to collect the spirit stones.

The ground was still covered with spirit stones.

If they find another dead hole, they'll be rolling in money.

Ji Yuan was thinking of discussing with Qiu Qianhai whether to dig up this batch of cold iron sand before leaving, or to wait for the earthquake to subside before leaving directly.

He turned around and stared at Qiu Qianhai, immediately stunned.

"Um?"

Qiu Qianhai looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Ji Yuan didn't say anything, but just touched his face.

Qiu Qianhai immediately understood and reached out to touch his face. His original beard was nowhere to be found, and much of his other disguise had been washed away by the previous waves, revealing his original face.

Ji Yuan is no different from others.

"After all, I haven't learned any disguise techniques. Relying solely on this kind of concealment is really not enough."

"Once this is over, I'll go to the Treasure Pavilion and see if they have any suitable disguise spells."

As Ji Yuan pondered this, he also quietly surveyed the cultivators on the island.

He was worried that someone had seen him and Qiu Qianhai, especially Qiu Qianhai... The Qin family probably had left a lot of backup plans at Qingbo Pond.

Ji Yuan gave a signal with his eyes, then turned and went to a less crowded area.

"We'll stop and leave in a bit."

Ji Yuan only said this one sentence.

"it is good."

Qiu Qianhai nodded in agreement.

After waiting for about an hour, the turbulent Qingbo Pool gradually calmed down, and another half incense stick's time passed.

A monk then steered his boat and jumped into the water.

The other cultivators, who had been waiting impatiently, followed suit and steered their boats into the water.

"Let's go too!"

Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai steered their boat into the crowd. After sailing a distance, the boat slid down, and the two of them entered the water together.

Just after they left, two cultivators on the island exchanged a glance, then followed them from a distance.

Ji Yuan held two spirit stones in his hand, circulating his cultivation technique to continuously absorb the spiritual energy within them, thus replenishing the losses from the previous battle.

But in reality, he didn't suffer much damage, since the few times he did make a move, he used the Deadly Needle to kill.

Even the Yin Ghost Formation was manipulated using spirit stones and did not consume his spiritual energy.

After the two men went into the water and traveled about a mile, they came out of the water again, made their way around, and headed straight west.

According to the original plan, we were to first go to the nearby Jingdefang to sell the cold iron sand, and then make other plans.

One hour later.

The water had changed from deep blue to light blue, and finally returned to its current green color, and the lingering chill was gone.

This means that they have finally left Qingbo Pond.

But Ji Yuan was not much more relaxed. Not long after leaving Qingbo Island, he had already felt a faint gaze watching him.

Even though I've left Qingbo Pool now, that feeling still hasn't faded.

He turned and exchanged a glance with Qiu Qianhai.

The latter nodded slightly.

He was indicating that he could still feel it too.

If that's the case, then it's most likely that their identity was exposed back on Qingbo Island, and now someone is catching up with them.

Ji Yuan looked around and finally chose an island that was about a few miles in circumference.

The island is not high; its highest point is only about five or six meters above the lake surface. The shore is mostly mudflats, with only a few lush willow trees in the very center of the island.

If this matter is not resolved, the longer it drags on, the more trouble it will likely cause when the Qin family sends someone.

So after Ji Yuan landed on this deserted island, he turned back to look at the way he had come and said in a deep voice:

"Fellow Daoist, you've followed me all this way, it's time for you to show your face."

As he spoke, Ji Yuan infused his spiritual energy, instantly refining the two storage bags belonging to the Liu brothers.

With a major battle about to begin, he naturally had to see if his two older brothers had left any trump cards.

The opponent occupied Qingbo Pool for so long, and died such a pathetic death, so he must have left behind a lot of good things.

As he focused his mind, his eyes lit up.

At the same time, two Dharma boats rose from the lake, one on the left and one on the right, surrounding the island.

They also surrounded Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai.

(End of this chapter)