Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 304: Chapter 173: Dragon Fortune Sword Embryo

Ji Yuan escorted her to the edge of the island, only turning back to return to Wuyou Island after she was out of sight.

The two Foundation Establishment Pills were just as Ji Yuan had mentioned earlier; it would be best if they were not needed, but if they were used... it did not matter if they were returned later.

Because Ji Yuan never forgot what Du Wanyi said when she returned from Nine Nether Cave Heaven.

Without realizing she had already reached Foundation Establishment, she casually offered him a thousand-year-old Illusion Spirit Grass.

Seeing his hesitation, she even said she wanted to give him two.

The sentiment in those words alone was worth far more than those two Foundation Establishment Pills.

Thoughts flickered in Ji Yuan’s mind, but he did not dwell on it much because his mind was preoccupied with another matter.

Just now, Du Wanyi mentioned she was going into seclusion on Water Dragon Island.

Why go to Water Dragon Island?

Because Water Dragon Island is the place with the most abundant Spiritual Qi in Water Dragon Sect, that’s why the training rooms of the sect are all built there.

Generally, the disciples of the sect, whether undergoing Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment or making minor breakthroughs in Foundation Establishment, do so in the cultivation rooms on Water Dragon Island.

The reason Ji Yuan broke through on Sifang Island back then was that he was just there refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

Secondly, the situation was urgent, and he couldn’t afford to change locations.

Otherwise, a normal cultivator, even if they refined Foundation Establishment Pills on Sifang Island, would still choose to break through on Water Dragon Island.

But what about Dong Qian?

Ji Yuan clearly remembered that she successfully reached Foundation Establishment on Sifang Island... Refining pills on Sifang Island, achieving Foundation Establishment with three Foundation Establishment Pills, and previously always asking him to help buy those pills.

Piecing together these clues, even Ji Yuan could guess that she likely had some knack or opportunity in pill refining.

But what exactly that was, remained unclear.

With that matter concluded.

Du Wanyi’s Foundation Establishment would take at least several months to achieve, so Ji Yuan planned to go to the Li Hua River first to condense his second sword embryo.

Leaving Water Dragon Sect, he maneuvered his Sky Raider Flying Boat toward the southeast.

Previously, every time he traveled, he relied on the Thunder Falcon Boat as a premium Magical Artifact, but after several years at Foundation Establishment and making a small fortune in Lishui City, using a flying boat at the Spiritual Artifact Level was quite reasonable.

Traveling south, as he crossed the Cloud Rain Marsh and saw the grand river stretch out before him, Ji Yuan knew his destination had finally arrived.

The Li Hua River.

Previously, when guarding Lishui City, he had countless times watched the sun rise from the river’s surface, so he was already quite familiar with this body of water.

Though he never imagined this grand river was formed from a true dragon smashing into the ground.

Of course, truly being formed from that might be minimal; it was more so excavated by later generations.

Ji Yuan did not know where that strand of dragon’s Qi resided, and to be safe, he deliberately came near Lishui City. Regardless of whether he could condense the Flying Sword embryo, safety was assured.

If any situation arose, he could enlist the help of his fellow cultivators in Lishui City.

Initially, Ji Yuan rode his flying boat, patrolling the banks of the Li Hua River several times, but unfortunately, could not find a suitable location.

The banks of the Li Hua River were dotted with markets, or at least with cultivator gathering places resembling mortal villages.

Thus, setting up an Array seemed the only path remaining.

With an Array as protection, it would be somewhat safer, at least ensuring against interruptions.

Among the two Arrays he carried with him, Ji Yuan naturally chose the Star Spiral Cloud Barrier, a trapping array with little damage potential, ensuring that even if cultivators accidentally entered, they would at most be trapped, whereas the Star Dust Illusionary Killing Array might kill unintentionally.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Ji Yuan went several dozen miles further upstream on the Li Hua River, eventually selecting a mist-laden swamp to set up his Cave Mansion and activate the Star Spiral Cloud Barrier.

The place was already heavily misted, so even with the Array activated, it did not stand out.

Once all was prepared, he attached over ten talismans to himself, calming his spirit, solidifying his mind, and enhancing his defenses and protection.

He took out a prayer mat, sat cross-legged in the iron box called Cave Mansion, and with a thought, began to mobilize the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian, circulating through the meridians.

Meanwhile, he silently contemplated the Sword Manual.

It was unclear how much time had passed; it felt like a moment yet also like a long while. Overall, in that trance, Ji Yuan sensed the water transport of the universe converging toward him.

It came in trickles but flowed endlessly.

Like Spiritual Qi, absorbed by Ji Yuan’s cultivation technique into his body, then circulated through a major meridian cycle to ultimately converge within the Dantian.

Water transport entered the Dantian.

His initial sword embryo seemingly sensed something, becoming lively and spinning incessantly.

As for the condensing second sword embryo, it appeared somewhat slower.

With water transport entering his body, even after half a day, Ji Yuan couldn’t discern a sword shape.

It wasn’t until two days later that he could perceive the shape of a Flying Sword from the tangled water transport, and... the sword embryo of this second Flying Sword seemed different from the first.

This water transport-condensed sword embryo seemed to indeed carry a trace of golden pattern.

”Is this the Dragon Fortune Master spoke of?”

Ecstatic, Ji Yuan immediately accelerated his absorption rate, fully absorbing the water transport from the Li Hua River.

Three days.

Four days.

Five days... By the end of the fifth day, his second sword embryo was considered successfully condensed, but the river’s surface showed none of the blood aura Hua Yaoyue mentioned.

Ji Yuan did not stop, instead continuing to absorb the water transport, attempting to let the first Flying Sword be imbued with Dragon Fortune as well.

Thus another two days passed.

Before Ji Yuan could complete the modification of the first Flying Sword, he suddenly discovered the water transport he was absorbing felt slightly off, tinged with a faint red hue.

Moreover, as soon as this water transport entered his body, he felt an unsettling agitation in his mind.

No good, the blood aura was rising!

Immediately halting his cultivation technique, Ji Yuan suppressed the agitation in his heart while his Divine Sense extended outward.

The river’s surface was as usual, without any noticeable anomaly, yet within his Array, two cultivators had inadvertently entered.

An elder and a youth—the elder was at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation, and the younger was at the sixth.

Initially, Ji Yuan thought little of it, assuming they had mistakenly entered his Array. But just as he considered retracting his Divine Sense, he heard the youth lowering his voice to say:

”I dug up our family’s ancestral tomb and from its Secret Scripture found that under the Li Hua River... lies a true dragon!”

”What?!”

”There really is a true dragon?”

The elder reacted in great shock.