Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 632: Chapter 280: Dong Qian’s Departure

“Everyone, it’s time to annihilate the Water Dragon Sect! It’s time for all righteous cultivators to stand up!”

“…”

…

The sun and moon revolved, and months passed by in the blink of an eye.

“Junior Brother Ji, the people on Shang Mountain are urging for this month’s Spirit Revitalizing Pills. How is your preparation coming along?”

Li Changhe’s figure hurriedly descended from the sky. Before he even steadied himself, his voice had already reached inside the house.

“It’s ready.”

Ji Yuan, wearing a jade crown to tie his hair and a blue robe, walked out slowly from the house, pointed forward with his right hand, and a Jade Scroll appeared in front of him.

“The first, third, and seventh areas demanded by the alliance of the six sects, altogether 36,758 Spirit Revitalizing Pills, I’ve rounded it to a whole number, and I’m giving 36,800 pills in total.”

“The production process is all documented within this Jade Scroll, and the elixirs are here.”

Ji Yuan handed over a Storage Bag.

Li Changhe first put away the Jade Scroll, as it contained crucial process materials that could not be missing.

Only then did he take the Storage Bag, scanned it briefly with his Divine Sense, and then put it away, letting out a sigh of relief. “Junior Brother Ji, you are always reliable. Damn Huang Richeng, if it weren’t for orders from above, I’d really want to cut him down with one strike.”

Li Changhe cursed.

“What did he do now?”

Ji Yuan had interacted with that person a few times and could only say that his temperament was indeed not good. His current stay at the Alchemy Square relied on connections like Xiao Chengyi and the Third Elder.

“What else? Even for refining the simplest Spirit Gathering Pill, we didn’t ask him to refine it; he just had to urge his team of Pill Masters, yet nearly three thousand pills are still missing.”

“That’s a lot.”

Ji Yuan raised an eyebrow, as three thousand Spirit Gathering Pills were no small number.

“Yes, I still need to coordinate with the people from the Alchemy Square north of Water to see if they have any extra Spirit Gathering Pills.”

Li Changhe said while turning to walk towards the door. “I have other matters to attend to, see you next time, Junior Brother Ji.”

“Okay.”

Just as Li Changhe reached the doorway, he seemed to remember something and turned around to speak via sound transmission:

“If this happens again, I’ll slash that Huang Richeng with a sword!”

Ji Yuan pondered briefly and nodded slightly, “I’ll strike the second blow.”

“Ha, good, that’s a true brother!”

Li Changhe, receiving the response he wanted, left with a hearty laugh.

After seeing him off, Ji Yuan thought for a moment and also left his residence, heading towards the street under his jurisdiction.

Meanwhile, he inevitably recalled the events of the past few months in his heart.

Since the Golden Bell Nine Sounds of the Water Dragon Sect echoed, the entire eastern Shang region started to operate.

The forefront was naturally ship after ship of cultivators being sent to Shang Mountain, this “slaughterhouse,” and these were only the cultivators of the Six Immortal Sects.

The six sects’ alliance also set up buildings akin to “recruitment points” in every city in eastern Shang.

The purpose was to mobilize loose cultivators across the world to jointly resist the Demon Dao of western Shang.

But the effect… one could only say was better than nothing.

The concept of righteous and demonic paths was already blurry for loose cultivators, and their primary concern was self-preservation.

Although the Demon Dao came and treated them as insignificant, could the so-called righteous path of today be any better?

Nowadays, on the territory of the righteous path, they could be righteous loose cultivators, but once the Demon Dao unified, then, sorry, they would be Demon Dao loose cultivators!

This sentiment was consistent in every city Ji Yuan visited.

Without the power of loose cultivators, Shang Mountain would be even harder to defend.

On the Water Dragon Sect’s side, the day after the Golden Bell Nine Sounds, they dispatched a Dharma Ship straight to Shang Mountain, with quite a few cultivators aboard.

Five days later, they dispatched a second Dharma Ship.

The first Dharma Ship didn’t have any acquaintances of Ji Yuan, but the second one did.

Ran Kui and Phoenix Peach were both aboard.

Although Hua Yaoyue had exempted her four disciples from these matters, when the Demon Dao’s massive army was about to press in, Ran Kui couldn’t sit still.

Phoenix Peach felt the same.

Yun Qianzai actually wanted to go too, but due to injuries from Black Dragon Island yet to fully recover, Ran Kui persuaded him to stay.

Compared to Ji Yuan, they were more pure and genuine righteous cultivators.

Each person has their destiny, and Hua Yaoyue didn’t repeatedly persuade them. She simply gave them each a wine cup and let them go their own way.

Everyone was fighting for the matter of righteous versus demonic paths, so Ji Yuan also felt embarrassed to just stay on Wuyou Island for cultivation.

But he didn’t want to go to Shang Mountain either, so he approached Li Changhe and found an alchemy task at the Alchemy Square, devoting himself to refining elixirs and ensuring logistics, thereby contributing his modest effort towards the righteous-demonic war.

As for other friends, Liu Yuan had already gone to Shang Mountain long ago and hadn’t returned since.

Based on occasional letters that came back, he seemed to be doing well, blessed with strength and talent, and was even rumored to have been guided in swordsmanship by “Xu Sheng” from the Sword Ruins.

So much so that he earned the nickname “Little Sword Immortal” on Shang Mountain.

He also asked Ji Yuan to prepare some wine, promising to give this Little Sword Immortal a grand welcome when the time comes.

Dong Qian had yet to return, and the “one-year appointment” she mentioned before going out was almost up. Ji Yuan planned to visit her in a few days.

As for Du Wanyi, her injuries had healed, but with Ji Yuan’s persuasion, she didn’t go to Shang Mountain.

Instead, she followed the sect’s arrangements and went to an Artifact Refining market.

Having trained in the path of “Spirit Weaving,” it could be considered a part of Artifact Refining in some respects.