Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 804 - 334: Liu Yuan’s Jiyuan Continent Chronicles [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

And that water wasn’t ordinary water at all, it was a boundless sea of blood.

And when Ji Yuan had just arrived at Hua Yaoyue’s side, he actually discovered that her body was dissipating.

Ji Yuan desperately tried to pull her up, but found her body growing more and more indistinct, and in the end, it actually dissolved into this Blood Pool.

Ji Yuan stood up in disbelief, and just as he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a voice from behind him.

Someone was calling his name.

Ji Yuan turned around, and saw Hua Yaoyue standing on the shore, leaning against a tree stump, half a jug of wine dangling from her hand, smiling as she watched him.

Seeing that she was fine, Ji Yuan was overjoyed and hurriedly ran to the bank.

Just as he was thinking of stepping forward to pull Hua Yaoyue into his arms, he threw himself at empty air instead, and the surrounding scene changed drastically.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of a courtyard.

He was dazed for quite a while before he remembered where this was.

This was actually Du Wanyi’s residence in Cloud Rain Marsh’s Taian Square. Ji Yuan naturally stepped up to knock, but there was no response. He pushed the door open and entered, yet still saw no sign of Du Wanyi.

Just as he was searching everywhere and couldn’t find her, he again heard someone calling him from the doorway.

And it was a voice he had never heard before.

He ran out the door, only to find his foot stepping into nothing, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.

He jolted awake, and only then realized that the Pill Essence Fruit had ripened.

Ji Yuan sat where he was for quite a while, and in the end didn’t think too much about it—thinking was useless anyway.

After all, it was just one big dream.

He steadied his mind and very soon arrived at the Scripture Pavilion, silently improving his Technique abilities with the help of this ”proficiency system.”

”...”

At the same time.

Inside Yu Yuan’s Cave Mansion, several other elderly merfolk had gathered. If Ji Yuan were here, he would have recognized them.

These few were the clan elders of the Merfolk Race.

They were sitting around Yu Yuan at this moment, each speaking in turn, chattering away as if trying to persuade him of something.

Yu Yuan, on the other hand, had his brows tightly knit, seemingly unable to make up his mind.

Just from the way he kept turning his head to look in the direction of Ji Yuan’s Cave Mansion from time to time, it wasn’t hard to guess that this matter was still related to Ji Yuan.

The elders tried to persuade him for quite some time, and in the end Yu Yuan gritted his teeth and finally nodded in agreement.

Only then did the elders leave with their minds at ease.

Another half month passed.

Ji Yuan emerged from seclusion to relax a little, but shortly after he came out, he was invited into Yu Yuan’s Cave Mansion.

”Elder Yu, do you have some matter?”

After two years of dealing with each other, Ji Yuan no longer stood on ceremony with this clan leader of the Merfolk Race.

After arriving, he sat down openly and straightforwardly.

”There is indeed something, and I fear I must trouble Brother Ji for a bit of assistance.”

Since he had decided to ask Ji Yuan for help, Yu Yuan didn’t beat around the bush.

Instead, he spoke directly.

”Oh? Is there some troublesome Sea Beast again?”

When bored over these two years, Ji Yuan had helped them a few times, so he wasn’t surprised by this at all.

”Yes, but this time it’s different.”

Yu Yuan sighed, then raised his hand, and the two merfolk by the door closed the stone gate of the Cave Mansion and left.

At this point there were only Ji Yuan and Yu Yuan left inside the Cave Mansion.

This kind of formal setup was a first for Ji Yuan among the Merfolk Race, so his interest was piqued a little.

”Brother Ji, do you still remember that years ago you asked this old man whether our Merfolk Race had any place for Body Refining?”

Yu Yuan started from that earlier matter.

Ji Yuan nodded. ”Naturally I remember.”

”Our Merfolk Race indeed has no special place for Body Refining, but we do have a kind of Spirit Liquid that can strengthen the physique... Brother Ji, have a look.”

As Yu Yuan spoke, he took out a small stone bottle from his sleeve. It was gray-black in color, making it impossible to clearly see what was inside, but Ji Yuan could indeed sense the Blood Qi contained within.

This could indeed enhance the body!

’But how come I’ve been in the Merfolk tribe for so long and never found it?’

Over these two years, Ji Yuan had already used his Divine Sense to inspect the Merfolk territory inside and out. He had even used the Invisibility Technique to sneak into many places where ordinary merfolk were not allowed to tread.

But the things stored inside those places were no more than common foodstuffs or all sorts of strange stones the merfolk had picked up from the seabed.

But this thing in front of him... with a sweep of his Divine Sense, Ji Yuan immediately understood why he hadn’t found it in the Merfolk tribe over the past two years.

Because this stone bottle actually blocked Divine Sense probing!

He could clearly see the bottle before his eyes, and could sense the Blood Qi coming from within it.

But under Divine Sense, it was just an ordinary stone bottle, and as for what was inside it, he couldn’t detect anything at all.

Or rather, under Divine Sense, this bottle was actually empty!

’Compared to the Spirit Liquid inside, this stone bottle might actually be the real treasure!’

Ji Yuan had come from the outside world, so he naturally knew how precious something that could block Divine Sense was.

If he could use this stone to make a box and hide inside at a critical moment, wouldn’t that mean others wouldn’t be able to find him?

”This is the Spirit Liquid that can strengthen the physique of our Merfolk Race.”

Yu Yuan handed it over and then let out a long sigh. ”In the past, our Merfolk Race could produce quite a lot of it every year, but unfortunately, only this small amount is left now.”

”Why is that?”

Ji Yuan did not reach out to take it. The effect of this Spirit Liquid... was probably comparable to Profound Sun Blood Amber; it was indeed a fine thing.

But before he got the full story... what if they wanted him to go kill the Holy Fish King?

Seeing this, Yu Yuan first put the stone bottle away again, then said, ”This Spirit Liquid is actually produced in our ancestral land, but unfortunately, our ancestral land is now occupied by a powerful Sea Beast, so this old man wishes to invite Brother Ji to help us kill that Sea Beast.”

”As for the reward, all of the Spirit Liquid produced inside can be given in full to Brother Ji.”

”Sea Beast? How powerful a Sea Beast?” Ji Yuan was not moved by this and continued to ask.

Yu Yuan explained in a deep voice, ”If we divide it according to the cultivation realms of the Human Race, then it should be a Tier Three Sea Beast.”

”Tier Three... that’s tough.”

Ji Yuan shook his head and said bluntly, ”Moreover, since that Sea Beast has occupied your ancestral land, how would it spare the Spirit Liquid inside? Most likely there isn’t a drop left.”

”Not so, not so.”

Yu Yuan hastily shook his head and said:

”The place in the ancestral land where the Spirit Liquid is produced is actually behind a stone door, and that stone door can only be opened with the ancestral Seal of our Merfolk Race.”

”Although that Sea Beast has occupied our ancestral land, the Spirit Liquid it can taste is probably only the bit that seeps out from inside. The vast majority is still hidden behind the stone door... Brother Ji can set his mind at ease on this point; this old man is willing to stake his life on it.”

...What would I want your life for? It’s not worth much.

After thinking it over, Ji Yuan still decided to go take a look.

After two years of quiet seclusion, he was itching for some action and wanted to find a suitable opponent to spar with anyway, if only to keep his hand in.

If he could conveniently gain something extra out of it, all the better.

”I can go take a look first, but I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to take care of it. Also... the payment needs to be changed.”

Hearing that there was room to negotiate, Yu Yuan immediately said, ”Please speak, Brother Ji. As long as it is something our Merfolk Race has, feel free to ask.”

”I’m quite interested in your tattoo Technique.”

Ji Yuan didn’t hide his thoughts and instead spoke them out directly.