Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 482: Chapter 231: Reunion with Wen Linger

He looked around with delight, noticing on the southeast sides, there stood pillars carved with numerous array patterns. Additionally, the flat giant stone under his feet was also engraved with similar patterns.

Is this… a Teleportation Array?!

Ji Yuan instinctively thought of imprinting it in his memory to study it later.

If he could create a Teleportation Array himself, the world would be vast, and nowhere would be out of reach.

But just as he was contemplating his study, he heard the voice of a young woman from behind.

“Who… are you?”

Ji Yuan quickly turned around, and there, outside the Teleportation Array, stood a graceful young girl.

The girl appeared to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a moon-white long dress, with her black hair cascading down, her waist barely outlined beneath the Ice Silkworm Silver Thread.

She was born with willow leaf brows, her eyes naturally slightly upturned, and her clear eyes resembled the Mirror Lake Ji Yuan had seen not long ago, with not a trace of dust.

Her lips were slightly parted, and when she tilted her head and smiled, dimples appeared on her cheeks, looking captivatingly beautiful.

Ji Yuan looked at her just like that, and she stared blankly back at him in the same manner.

For some reason, Ji Yuan felt this girl at the peak of Foundation Establishment was familiar, yet he couldn’t recall where he had seen her before.

“May I ask, fellow Daoist, where is this place?”

Ji Yuan regained his composure, withdrawing his gaze slightly, and cupped his hands to inquire of the girl before him.

“This? This is Qingfeng Island. Who are you, and how did you appear within this valley?”

“I’ve never seen an outsider here before, you know.”

The girl said as she stood up, stretching her body a little.

“Qingfeng Island?”

Ji Yuan frowned slightly.

He was very familiar with the many islands of the Water Dragon Sect, and he had even deliberately learned about the islands opened by fellow disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

But he had never heard of an island called Qingfeng Island.

Could it be that this island wasn’t within the Water Dragon Sect’s territory?

Was the Teleportation Array placed elsewhere?

It was possible.

Of course, it was also possible that this Qingfeng Island was a hidden island, like the Li Family Island, which was why he hadn’t heard of it… Ji Yuan leaned toward this guess.

He was just thinking of leaving this place when he saw a silver-haired elderly woman, leaning on a cane, walking slowly from beyond the valley. Initially, the old woman was outside the valley, but after Ji Yuan blinked, he found her standing close by.

What kind of power is this?

Without saying a word, Ji Yuan hastily performed a respectful salute to her.

“This junior, Ji Yuan, a disciple of Master Wang You, greets this senior.”

Having returned to the Water Dragon Sect and encountering a mysterious expert, he definitely had to mention his master’s name.

“Oh?”

Kong Xifeng seemed slightly surprised, looking Ji Yuan up and down, “You’re the Closed-door Disciple that Hua Yaoyue accepted?”

“Does senior know me?”

Now it was Ji Yuan’s turn to be surprised.

“Returning to the sect yet hiding your identity, what kind of conduct is that.”

Kong Xifeng gently raised her cane and then lightly tapped it down.

With a soft “thump,” Ji Yuan felt a breeze brush against his face, and the Transformation Talisman on his body spontaneously burned out, changing him from an ugly middle-aged man back into the handsome and elegant Old Demon Ji.

“Hmm?”

“It’s you! Brother Ji!!!”

The joyful shout came from the girl beside him.

Ji Yuan hadn’t even fully reacted when the girl brought a fragrant wind with her and threw herself into his arms.

This made Ji Yuan quickly stretch out his hands to hold her.

With a soft jade-like presence in his arms, Ji Yuan finally guessed something. First, he glanced at the silver-haired elderly woman opposite him, noticing she simply smiled and watched him, making no other moves.

Only then did he dare to place his hands on the girl’s shoulders and gently push her away from his embrace.

Staring at the girl right in front of him, Ji Yuan scrutinized her features for a few more moments before recognizing a familiar figure in them, “You are… Wen Linger?”

“It’s me, it’s me, Brother Ji! How could you not recognize me?”

Wen Linger shouted excitedly.

“This… a girl changes a lot when she grows up, I truly didn’t recognize you.”

Ji Yuan was somewhat at a loss, between laughter and tears.

Wen Linger had joined the Water Dragon Sect the same year as Ji Yuan. Back then, she was seven years old, and twelve years had passed. Now, she was already nineteen.

From a little girl who could hardly speak clearly, she had grown into the maiden before him.

Ji Yuan really hadn’t recognized her.

Additionally, Wen Linger used to have a bit of plumpness, but now she appeared rather lean, having undergone a great transformation.

“Hmph, I remembered you, but you forgot about me. You must have forgotten Ling Er!”

Wen Linger puffed her cheeks in frustration.

However, when she turned to look at the silver-haired elderly woman, she broke into a smile, bouncing forward to hug the elderly woman’s arm, gently swaying it as she said:

“Master, this is the Brother Ji I told you about.”

“I wanted to take you to meet him, but I didn’t expect him to come on his own, hmph hmph.”

“Alright, alright.”

The silver-haired elderly woman said with a chuckle, her face wrinkling with affection, as she gently patted Wen Linger’s small hand.

At this point, how could Ji Yuan not know who the person before him was?

He stepped forward, bending even more respectfully, and saluted at the silver-haired elderly woman in front of him, “This junior, Ji Yuan, greets the Supreme Elder.”

“No need for such formalities.”

Kong Xifeng gently raised her hand, and the bent Ji Yuan followed suit, standing straight.

“What happened to you outside? What predicament forced you to use the Fixed-point Teleportation Order to save your life? With Hua Yaoyue’s temperament, she would surely have given you something for protection.”

Kong Xifeng inquired.

Upon hearing this, Wen Linger naturally knew that Ji Yuan had encountered danger outside, and she quickly said, “Brother Ji, were you bullied by someone? You can tell Ling Er, and Ling Er…”

Wen Linger’s eyes spun, and she waved her little fists, “Ling Er will ask Master to beat them up for you!”

Moved, Ji Yuan still explained to Kong Xifeng:

“This junior encountered… Mei Manor by Spirit Control Sect’s Mirror Lake’s shore.”

“What? You ran into him?”

There was a hint of surprise in Kong Xifeng’s voice.