Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

As Ji Yuan made a move, the remaining three guards also acted, each aiming their long spears at Ji Yuan, with blood qi appearing behind them.

Yu Yuan hurriedly stepped in front of Ji Yuan, yelling at those Merfolk.

Only then did they relent.

In less than a breath’s time, the tiger that had been punched away swam back.

Moreover, it rushed right up to Ji Yuan, chattering excitedly. Its eyes showed no anger from being struck, only admiration, full of admiration.

This scene left not only the three Merfolk guards bewildered but even Yu Yuan took a moment to react before looking at Ji Yuan with disbelief and then hurriedly explained:

“Fellow Daoist, the tiger said it wants to become your disciple and earnestly requests you to accept him.”

“He said he is willing to give you everything he has, including his wife.”

Ji Yuan’s mouth twitched slightly at the words.

He naturally knew why. It was simply because that punch of his had cleared the blocked blood clot in this Merfolk, which had accumulated for who knows how many years, allowing his strength to advance once more.

As for taking on a disciple… Ji Yuan had no such intention.

“Forget it, I’ll stay here for some time. Perhaps I can give him some pointers then.”

Ji Yuan waved his hand, stating his intentions.

Yu Yuan was overjoyed upon hearing this.

But whether that joy was genuine or helpless, Ji Yuan couldn’t say. At least on the surface, Yu Yuan seemed truly pleased, even arranging for Ji Yuan to stay in the most luxurious accommodation of the Merfolk Race.

Unfortunately, Ji Yuan refused.

Instead, he requested a very secluded but spacious Cave Mansion.

The reason being, of course, that Ji Yuan had too many things to accommodate, and if the Cave Mansion wasn’t big enough, it wouldn’t be able to hold them all.

The man known as the tiger seemed truly eager to become Ji Yuan’s disciple. As soon as Ji Yuan had settled in, he immediately called for dozens of male Merfolk to clean the Cave Mansion for his prospective master.

This, naturally, was also refused by Ji Yuan.

His Divine Sense scanned the massive Cave Mansion, which was divided into two stone halls, front and back, resembling a gourd.

The front stone hall was relatively small, while the back of the Cave Mansion was very large and tall.

Upon arrival, he first deployed the Array Flags of the Reversing Rivers Array, and after the array was set up, he directly activated the second effect of the array, Reversing Rivers, to drain all the seawater from the Cave Mansion.

Immediately afterward, he used a Fire Technique to burn the entire Cave Mansion.

Finally, he activated the architectural effect of the Cave Mansion.

Calming his mind and dispersing all dust and odors.

Looking at the spotless Cave Mansion and feeling the abundant mana in his Dantian.

Ji Yuan lifted his hand to remove the Spirit Devouring Armor, revealing his true appearance, while finally stretching comfortably.

The cyan robe torn apart by Jiang Hong had been replaced. However, even with the change, it was still a cyan robe.

At this, Ji Yuan paused, pondering.

When did I start wearing cyan robes all the time… It seems it was when Du Wanyi gifted him the Magic Robe, saying he looked good in cyan, and since then, Ji Yuan had swapped all his Spirit Robes to cyan.

“But being delayed for so long here in the Fallen Immortal Gully, I wonder how Second Sister is doing.”

“This time, I need to wait here in the Fallen Immortal Gully for three years. Combined with the time wasted traveling, altogether… the appointment with Second Sister is delayed by over four years.”

“I hope nothing goes wrong.”

Ji Yuan worried about one thing: he was concerned that Du Wanyi, not seeing him for a long time, would try to return along that passage.

But now the passage was destroyed; if she tried to enter, it would be a life-threatening endeavor.

“Given her caution, she would likely probe the path first, and if something seemed off, she definitely wouldn’t proceed.”

Worried though he was, there was nothing he could do now.

He planned to settle for a while before asking Yu Yuan for a map, aiming to check out the Immortal Sect first.

If he could leave now, he would; if not, he’d return later.

For now, he decided to set up the buildings and release the spirit pets that had been cooped up for so long, lest they become harmed.

After some thought, Ji Yuan decided to place the buildings in the large stone chamber at the back.

The outer stone chamber could house the Scripture Pavilion and Enlightenment Room, which should suffice.

After entering the Cave Mansion, he first released the two Frost Serpents.

Watching them rolling around immediately upon release, Ji Yuan felt a sense of familiarity.

Of course, he felt the same when seeing Tu Yue.

Next was the Beehive and Ant Nest; these constructions needed to be brought out to continue production.

In the Spirit Beast Bag, they would only survive without dying.

Following that were the Fish Pond and Pigsty and such.

The Chicken Cage could be placed within the Mountain of Mind and Heart, which was very convenient.

“It seems that upon reaching the Jiyuan Continent, one main objective will be to collect Void Nether Stones to continue accommodating buildings and enhance my power.”

Once everything was set in place, Ji Yuan’s gaze fell upon another structure.

That was the Chaotic Burial Mound.

Originally, he lacked enough Foundation Establishment Stage corpses to upgrade the Chaotic Burial Mound, but after slaying the Venomous Jiao Sovereign and Granny Xuan Sha at the old site of the Water Dragon Sect, he found many Foundation Establishment Cultivator corpses in their Storage Bags.

Both were Core Formation Cultivators from Blood Luo Mountain.

Having such items in their Storage Bags was only natural.

Thus, with a hundred Foundation Establishment corpse, the next step was naturally to upgrade the Chaotic Burial Mound to obtain the legendary “Yin Corpse Demon Fire.”

The thought of this filled Ji Yuan with anticipation.

Getting this item would surely be another powerful tool to enhance his strength.

Yet, when thinking about the Storage Bag, Ji Yuan saw Ren Kui’s body.

His excitement dimmed slightly.

“Sigh.”

With a gentle wave of Ji Yuan’s right hand, the eldest senior brother appeared on the ground.