Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 336: Chapter 184: Spirit Vein (Part 2)

The miners entered the two mine tunnels on the left and right, respectively. Yang Taian followed Dan Chengzi and the others inside. After giving instructions to those miners, he came out and conveyed to Ji Yuan:

“Junior Brother, how do you find it?”

Ji Yuan took a deep breath, “Unprecedented, utterly astonishing.”

At the same time, a thought inevitably crossed his mind… If only this Spirit Vein were mine!

Yang Taian chuckled.

As Xuan Weizi came walking out from the opposite side, he greeted Ji Yuan with a cupped fist, then smiled and said, “Brother Wu You, since you’re new here, you might want to find a quiet place to experience a bit, and you’ll understand the wonders of this Spirit Vein.”

Ji Yuan couldn’t figure out Xuan Weizi’s intentions, nor did he know how he learned of his name, so he replied, not too warmly, “Thank you for your concern, fellow cultivator. I think this place is just fine.”

Xuan Weizi smiled but said nothing.

Yang Taian then explained via voice transmission, “The spiritual energy in these open areas has already been absorbed by the senior brothers who came before. We can only find places that haven’t been absorbed yet.”

Hearing this, Ji Yuan released his divine sense and scanned the area, indeed finding that the spiritual energy on the ground here was slightly thinner.

Damn, got slapped in the face… Ji Yuan managed to show an appropriately awkward smile.

Xuan Weizi laughed heartily as he headed into an unoccupied mine tunnel.

It wasn’t long before Fairy Danxia from the Joy Palace also followed inside.

As for what they were doing… Of course, it was for cultivation.

“We have to stay here in the mine tunnel for at least ten days. Junior Brother, you should find a place to cultivate too. I’ll keep watch here; nothing will happen.”

“Alright.”

Ji Yuan intended to find a spot to ponder whether he could activate this [Spirit Vein] construction. Hearing Yang Taian’s suggestion now, he certainly didn’t refuse.

As he ventured deeper into the cave, passing by the entrance of Xuan Weizi’s mine tunnel, he could hear some strange noises coming from within.

’Doesn’t sound like proper cultivators.’

Ji Yuan quickly held his breath and hurried past, but he didn’t go too deep, worrying that he might encounter a Spirit Crystal Beast, which would be dangerous.

Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators’ divine sense can cover approximately 2 miles around.

To be cautious, Ji Yuan proceeded an additional 3 miles.

This distance was just right; his divine sense could detect the movements of Yang Taian and the others, but they couldn’t sense Ji Yuan’s location.

This place was already considered deep within the Spirit Vein. There were no mine tunnels around, and Ji Yuan had to find a corner, observing the Spirit Stones that seemed to be “growing” everywhere at will.

Further in, the Spirit Vein was producing mid-grade Spirit Stones, interspersed with some low-grade Spirit Stones. One would have to delve deeper for them all to become mid-grade Spirit Stones.

“Damn, I really want to snatch them all!”

As soon as the thought emerged, it was hard to stop.

“Eh, there’s actually a Spirit Stone fallen here.”

Ji Yuan looked at the Spirit Stone on the ground, tainted with restriction, and after some contemplation, chose to put it into his Storage Bag.

It’s just a low-grade Spirit Stone; even if it’s discovered, it doesn’t matter. Ji Yuan mainly wanted to see if he could break the restriction on it.

If that were possible… That would be the great opportunity!

After collecting this Spirit Stone with restriction, Ji Yuan didn’t rush to cultivate.

Cultivation could also be done later by taking Elixirs and using Spirit Stones. This time his focus was more on trying to see if he could develop the [Spirit Vein] construction.

Activating the construction required an important premise, that is, to make the panel recognize the construction as his own.

Like when he previously rented an alchemy room on Sifang Island of the Water Dragon Sect, and the panel could temporarily recognize it as his own.

But this Spirit Vein in front of him… How could it be recognized by the panel?

The most direct and effective way, naturally, would be to kill all the cultivators here, break the array, and forcibly take this Spirit Vein.

But to have such strength, at least a late-stage Golden Core cultivator would be required, right?

And also, have the confidence to withstand pursuit.

He could only think about it.

Ji Yuan first tried using his divine sense to envelop a small part of the Spirit Vein, then took out a pre-prepared Wooden Token, sticking it on top, but it had no effect.

Then he tried enveloping it with spiritual energy but still didn’t see any text pop up.

“Damn, it’s still not working.”

Ji Yuan withdrew his spiritual energy; he had another unrealistic way, that was to find Hua Yaoyue and see if she could obtain a small part of the Spirit Vein’s ownership from the Sect Leader, even an extremely small part would do.

Even if it’s just a small part of those two low-grade Spirit Veins, and later she could grant it to him.

Even if it’s only temporarily granted.

This method is certainly possible, but it’s too risky, attracting attention, so he could only think about it.

As for the current situation…

The only truly possible method was to exclude a small part of the Spirit Vein from the array’s coverage and then claim that small part as his own.

This was the only feasible solution Ji Yuan could think of.

Otherwise, with the Spirit Vein being controlled by the arrays of the three sects, the panel would never recognize it as his possession.

Or rent it from someone?

This method, even if he found Rou Yi, wouldn’t have decision-making power and would still be useless.

After some thought and attempts, Ji Yuan’s initially fiery heart gradually calmed down.

Indeed, to activate the [Spirit Vein], it’s not that simple. Ji Yuan could have guessed as much; once the building is activated, it will likely produce Spirit Stones daily.

However, it doesn’t matter. He has to guard this Spirit Vein for years, and he’s just arrived a few days ago.

No rush, might find a loophole when he least expects it.