Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 9 Breakthrough

The extra fish this time is a bream with a long fishbone growing from the front of its mouth.

Judging by its appearance alone, it does resemble the sword yellow fish, which is worth about ten spirit stones, but this bream is jet black and covered with spots.

The spirit fish evolved from the half-spirit fish, the long-tailed bream... the spiny bream!

Like the swordfish, the bream's valuable part is its sharp spine.

However, the bream's spines seem to have other uses, so they are sold for a higher price. If Ji Yuan's bream is well preserved, it could sell for at least sixteen or seventeen spirit stones.

Ji Yuan glanced at the sky; it was still early.

Things should not be delayed, for delay may lead to unforeseen changes.

With a wave of his hand, a water arrow appeared, and with a casual push, the bream in the fishpond turned belly up.

With neither of the neighbors around, it made things easier for Ji Yuan to carry out his plans.

After a while, he had already sold the bream at the fish market, and as expected, it sold for 17 low-grade spirit stones.

Adding the three spirit stones he had saved up, he now had a total of 20 spirit stones!

If all of this is still not enough to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, then Ji Yuan can only say... next time, for sure.

On his way home, even though he was traveling by water, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

Qiu Qianhai was one of the few friends of the original owner, so Ji Yuan had no choice but to stop and chat with him for a few minutes.

I learned that he had just returned from Maple Leaf Island, and he even had bloodstains on him.

"All I can say is... they went on a killing spree."

Even just recalling it, Qiu Qianhai felt a lingering fear.

"That's no longer a competition for opportunities, it's a complete chaotic battle. No matter who it is, they kill anyone they see. If you don't kill them, they'll kill you."

"I only managed to escape by chance because of the speed of the French ship."

Ji Yuan couldn't help but think of his neighbors, wondering how they were doing.

"Then you should go back and rest well. We can talk again when we have time next time."

Ji Yuan cupped his hands in greeting to him.

"Okay, goodbye."

After they finished speaking, one piloted the Dharma boat, and the other rowed the small boat, and they each went their separate ways.

Ji Yuan also realized that Qiu Qianhai had probably gained some benefits on Maple Leaf Island, which was why he was in such a hurry to come back.

As for this friend... he lost both his parents, which was a disastrous start, but he managed to establish himself in Zengtou City by relying on his reckless and daring nature.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have reached the fourth level of Qi Refining at such a young age.

They even acquired French ships.

Ji Yuan was also quite impressed with him.

Back home, neither Lin Youwei's family nor Old Man Huang had returned. Ji Yuan didn't care and went back to the backyard to take a look at the fishpond.

Unfortunately, there were no evolved half-spirit fish.

He then went to the room, placed 20 spirit stones in front of him, calmed his mind, and silently circulated the "Azure Sea Tide Technique". After his mind was completely calm, he took out two spirit eggs, knocked them together, and poured the spiritual liquid inside into his mouth.

This process was repeated until all six spirit eggs were refined, and night had already fallen.

The surroundings were quiet, with only the occasional sound of the lake water lapping against the shore. Ji Yuan looked at the 20 spirit stones in front of him and, without hesitation, picked up two of each and held them in his hands. He then circulated his cultivation technique again, absorbing the extremely pure spiritual energy within them.

Two, four, eight... one spirit stone after another turned to dust and slipped away in Ji Yuan's hands, but he was not in a hurry.

Anyway, he has plenty of time, and as for spirit stones... as long as he doesn't die, he'll accumulate more and more, so breaking through is only a matter of time.

But even with his calm mindset, after he had absorbed the spiritual energy of the twelve spirit stones...

In a daze, he felt as if he had broken through some kind of constraint.

The thin membrane that had been blocking him was pierced by him, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him surged in on its own, seeped into his meridians, and finally sank into his dantian.

Mid-stage Qi Refining!

After a brief moment of excitement, he picked up the two spirit stones again and absorbed the pure spiritual energy within them to stabilize his cultivation.

It wasn't until the next morning, when the sunlight pierced through the window, that Ji Yuan was awakened.

Having firmly established himself in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Stepping out of the backyard, he felt the sky was clear and the earth was bright, and the future seemed promising... Hmm, first he'd check the chicken coop, and after finding the six spirit eggs, he checked the fishpond.

Very good, still no breakthrough.

It was only at this moment that he had time to take in his surroundings.

After advancing to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, although there was no leap in life, my perception of the surrounding environment became several times clearer.

As for the spiritual energy within the dantian, that goes without saying.

At the second level of Qi Refining, casting a single Water Arrow Technique depletes the spiritual energy in one's dantian. At the third level, one can cast the Water Arrow Technique five times in a row.

Now, if we only use the water arrow technique...

Ji Yuan estimated that firing 20 shots in a row wouldn't be a problem... If only his body could do that.

Body tempering!

Body tempering is necessary!

This breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi Refining used a total of 14 spirit stones, and I still have 6 left, just enough to upgrade a building.

After careful consideration, Ji Yuan made his decision.

Don't upgrade the cave dwelling yet, upgrade the pigsty first.

With the spirit egg present, the 20% increase in spiritual energy in the cave that night was practically useless to him.

It is a pity that it is tasteless.

It has little effect on increasing my current strength.

But not in a pigsty. Once you raise a spirit pig, you can eat its meat and strengthen your bones and muscles and improve your physique.

Maybe I can find a pretty female cultivator to cultivate with then.

With many wonderful ideas in mind, Ji Yuan took a while to calm down. These 6 spirit stones were enough to upgrade the pigpen.

But what if I buy a baby dolphin later?

Ji Yuan learned that the price of a small spirit pig fluctuates between 2 and 3 spirit stones, while the price of an adult spirit pig is between 8 and 10 spirit stones.

Ji Yuan's pigsty can help people gain 100 pounds of muscle in 7 days. In theory, this is a good way to get rich.

However, he was hesitant to use it. He couldn't help it; compared to the spirit fish business, which he could use as an excuse, selling spirit pigs was far too conspicuous.

If others can only raise a dolphin to adulthood in six months, but you raised it to adulthood in half a month, everyone will think there's something wrong with you.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Zengtou City is too small.

If this market were any bigger, they could sell their goods elsewhere.

The spirit eggs in Ji Yuan's arms are missing one or two spirit stones... Waiting any longer isn't a solution, so it's better to sell a few spirit eggs and buy back the spirit pig first.

However, before buying, the pigsty must be built first.

Ji Yuan looked left and right, and finally chose the location of the pigsty next to the chicken coop.

Moreover, compared to the chicken coop, this pigsty occupies a much larger area.

After Ji Yuan spent a day building it, it took up nearly half of the backyard space, in addition to the existing fishpond.

Ji Yuan's backyard was completely filled with these three buildings.

"This house is still too small. Once my cultivation level improves, I'll definitely move to a bigger house!"

Ji Yuan thought to himself, glancing again at the architectural panel in his mind.

[Upgrade Requirements: 5 low-grade spirit stones, 50 jin of iron ingots, 10 jin of coarse salt (not yet met)]

Upgrading the pigsty requires 50 jin of iron and 10 jin of salt. Fortunately, these things, which have nothing to do with cultivating immortality, are cheap in Zengtou City.

That's all; one or two spirit fragments were enough to take care of it.

Ji Yuan looked at the [Pigpen: lv0] floating above the pigpen and decided to upgrade the pigpen first before buying the spirit pig.

Before long, after he bought iron ingots and coarse salt from Zengtou City, he had just arrived at his doorstep when he saw a wrecked French ship drifting back from the direction of Yunyuzhe, not moving very fast.

After Ji Yuan saw it clearly, he realized that the Dharma boat was the Lin family's original ebony boat.

Meanwhile, sitting atop the French ship were none other than Lin Hu and his wife, Wu Qin.

At this moment, both of them looked extremely pale, especially Lin Hu, who looked even more ashen, with his eyes somewhat vacant.

He only woke up when the ship docked, and saw Ji Yuan on the shore.

With just one glance, he cried out with a mournful face:

"Brother Ji, my parents... they're all dead."

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