Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Qiu Qianhai’s Fate

Several decades ago.

Blind Qin wasn’t old yet, nor was he blind. He had a scholarly and refined name, Qin Shu.

It was the year he first broke through to the sixth level of Qi Cultivation, and also the year that changed the fate of others.

He still clearly remembers that foggy morning when he, as usual, invited a friend to set out to sea. That day, they ventured into the deeper waters.

Whether it was good luck or bad luck, who knows.

The two encountered a storm at sea. In a panic, they scurried haphazardly underwater and accidentally broke into a water cave.

And there, inside the cave, they discovered a skeleton.

The skeleton emitted light even in the dim underwater environment, and besides the skeleton, there was a Jade Scroll.

Before encountering something valuable, they had been friends, but the moment they discovered treasure, that changed.

Both wanted it.

Unable to split the loot fairly, they decided to settle it with rock-paper-scissors.

The winner could choose between the skeleton and the Jade Scroll.

Qin Shu had good luck and won, choosing the Jade Scroll.

His friend got the skeleton, but remained discontent, plotting to kill Qin Shu and take everything.

Coincidentally, Qin Shu had the same idea.

Once the storm passed, they immediately fought.

The result was that Qin Shu won, but he injured his eyes, creating a lifelong affliction.

Later, when Qin Shu went back, he discovered the Jade Scroll was empty, while the skeleton turned out to be a good item—indestructible and able to intimidate Demon Beasts.

Even a late-stage first-tier Demon Beast would be immobilized by the skeleton.

Qin Shu… Blind Qin naturally guessed the skeleton belonged to an immensely powerful being, although he couldn’t exactly utilize its full potential.

He could only rely on its aura to intimidate Demon Beasts, making it easy to slaughter them.

However, the skeleton was missing a finger bone.

Blind Qin was sure that his friend, in his dying moments, had removed a finger bone and discarded it in the water.

Blind Qin returned to search but found nothing. After extensive inquiries, he learned that a few days after the storm, someone went fishing in that water.

The person was Qiu Qianhai’s grandfather.

He was also a Qi Cultivation level five fisherman at that time. Blind Qin found him and tried to bribe and threaten him into handing over the finger bone.

However, no matter what Blind Qin said, Qiu Qianhai’s grandfather claimed he hadn’t seen any finger bones.

He had no idea what Blind Qin was talking about.

With no other choice, Blind Qin meticulously searched that area again for several days and, without success, ended up killing Qiu Qianhai’s grandfather to seize his Storage Bag, but found nothing.

Blind Qin thought he killed the wrong person but was relieved no one knew.

Besides, since the incomplete skeleton was still useful, he didn’t want to bother anymore.

Until years later, Blind Qin aged and became known as Old Blind Qin, and the Qin Family became the Qin Mansion.

By chance, he learned that Qin Long killed a couple of fishermen, who happened to share the surname Qiu… Mid-level Qi Cultivation, and were the children of the man Blind Qin previously killed.

He didn’t bother with it.

Old Blind Qin, who didn’t have much time left, focused entirely on the skeleton.

Hoping to find a method for Foundation Establishment or extending his life.

Ultimately, it was fruitless, but in his moment of despair, he heard news about the grandson of the Qiu Family member he killed, and the son killed by Qin Long…

It was Qiu Qianhai.

Qiu Qianhai had remarkably reached mid-level Qi Cultivation!

Even a blind old man like Qin knew something was off.

Three generations of a family all breaking through to mid-level Qi Cultivation on their own without family support?

How could there not be some kind of fortune involved?

Thus, the missing finger bone was likely ninety percent with Qiu Qianhai!

But by then, Old Blind Qin had aged and decided to let his family act, not expecting such chaos to ensue.

Logically, if mid-level Qi Cultivation couldn’t defeat Qiu Qianhai, then late-level Qi Cultivation experts like Qin Long or Old Third He should have gone.

But Old Blind Qin knew if Qiu Qianhai had other unknown means, that if Qin Long and Old Third He got involved, what then?

Ultimately, he went himself.

If sending people one by one was inefficient, he’d solve it altogether.

Old Blind Qin first went to Shimmer Pool, spent three exasperating days searching, got nowhere, then returned to the Qin Family at Zengtou City, instructing Qin Long and Old Third He to contact the Market at Cloud Rain Marsh, spend more Flower Spirit Stones, and dispatch extra hands, all posturing a determination to find Qiu Qianhai.

Three months passed swiftly.

Those three months were extremely peaceful for Ji Yuan.

Besides cultivation, there was nothing else, and now having reached late-stage Qi Cultivation, Ji Yuan had no safety concerns in Zengtou City, instead enjoying respect from those around.

Even Luo Tong came to him voluntarily, starting with compliments before returning the Dharma Ship of Ji Yuan’s father.

Ji Yuan then recalled this matter.

After Ji Yuan’s father was killed by Liu Laizi, Luo Tong picked up the Dharma Ship, stating Ji Yuan could buy it back once reaching mid-level Qi Cultivation.

As things piled up, Ji Yuan forgot about it.

Now, Luo Tong returned it voluntarily.

Ji Yuan didn’t let Uncle Luo suffer a loss; after confirming the price, he repurchased the Dharma Ship with Spirit Stones.