Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 962: Chapter 367: The Newly Contained Building! [Double Monthly Ticket Request]

After reading the [Ant Nest], Ji Yuan took away the ant queen along with half of the fiery soldier ants.

In case a fight breaks out outside, these fiery soldier ants can at least be used as a tactic.

To form an ant tribe giant to attack.

As for the [Beehive], it had long been stored within the Mountain of Mind and Heart.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan prepared to continue collecting buildings.

This Void Nether Stone is definitely enough; during that big haul on Black Wind Island before… Ji Yuan felt as if he might have overdone it.

The reason he hadn’t continued collecting before was a lack of cultivation.

Without enough cultivation, collecting more buildings would mean further strengthening the Mountain of Mind and Heart… reaching a point where Ji Yuan himself couldn’t control this Lifebound Magical Treasure.

With a thought, he summoned the panel.

The first layer of the Mountain of Mind and Heart had already contained three buildings: a Chicken Cage, Pigsty, and Chaotic Burial Mound.

The second layer held a Wine Cellar and Beehive.

The third layer contained a Cave Mansion, Spirit Vein, and Fish Pond.

The remaining fourth and fifth layers were still empty.

What Ji Yuan wanted to collect next was… the [Spirit Field]!

Although there was enough Void Nether Stone, the Mountain of Mind and Heart currently had limited capacity for buildings.

So, every building collected had to be carefully considered.

Like the [Scripture Pavilion] and [Enlightenment Room], they were frequently used but could be easily opened and closed, even in any random Cave Mansion.

But the [Spirit Field] was different.

Especially since the [Spirit Field] could also provide a basic guarantee, it had to be ensured that it could be opened at any time.

The remaining point is the most important.

Once a building is collected within the Mountain of Mind and Heart, it seems to have infinite space and can continuously expand and extend outward.

In other words, once the [Spirit Field] is collected, the amount of land to cultivate is up to one’s own decision.

By then, truly, the more Corpse Puppets there are, the wider the [Spirit Field] can be cultivated.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan transformed into an Escape Light and arrived at another large cave, where Hundred Insects Old Immortal had been cultivating some Spirit Grain.

But due to a lack of sunlight, what grew were all malformed and imperfect.

Fortunately, Ji Yuan wasn’t expecting to reap anything from the [Spirit Field]; he was planting just to maintain the building’s ability to open at any time.

Just like now.

“Collecting the [Spirit Field] requires fifty catties of Void Nether Stone… With my previous collection experiences, the more Void Nether Stone required, the heavier the building. The heavier the building, the greater the pressure on the Mountain of Mind and Heart.”

“I wonder if my newly advanced little body can withstand it.”

Thinking this, Ji Yuan took fifty catties of Void Nether Stone out from the Storage Bag and piled them on the ground.

Then, with a thought, he chose to collect the [Spirit Field].

As his thought fell, images of the interior of the Mountain of Mind and Heart appeared in his mind.

More accurately, of these five suspended buildings.

This was something Ji Yuan had already planned.

The [Spirit Field] could just be placed on the fourth layer, as these two layers had always been empty.

Additionally, Ji Yuan wanted to plant the [Spirit Field] broadly, and the other first, second, and third layers already had buildings, which made placement inconvenient.

The only disadvantage? Once the [Spirit Field] was set on the fourth layer, it meant he’d be living in dirt…

“Retrieve!”

Ji Yuan silently commanded, and the Lifebound Magical Treasure Mountain of Mind and Heart flew out from his Dantian, initially like a gleaming spot, then rapidly growing in the wind.

When it reached the sky above the [Spirit Field], it had transformed into a small mountain as tall as a person, exerting a subtle suction force from below.

It felt to Ji Yuan as though it was extracting the soul of the [Spirit Field].

Meanwhile, the pile of Void Nether Stone he stood on had long turned to ash.

Within mere breaths, the Mountain of Mind and Heart, after collecting the new building, spun back.

Ji Yuan hurriedly reached out to catch it.

And just with that…

“Huh—”

He felt a heavy weight on his right hand, almost failing to catch it, but after a moment’s adaptation, he managed to hold it.

Though heavy and pressuring, it was barely manageable; with some refinement in his cultivation, it shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

However, if he intended to collect more buildings, Ji Yuan estimated that with his mid-stage Core Formation ability, he could only collect one more [Kitchen] at most.

The reason being [Kitchen] is cheap, requiring only ten catties of Void Nether Stone.

Looking at the Lifebound Magical Treasure in his hand, Ji Yuan patted it to his lower abdomen, storing it back into his Dantian.

Besides this Lifebound Magical Treasure, there was also a group of Canglan Swords, particularly the Child Swords at the back, each crafted purely from Purple Sky Stone, their power… Ji Yuan wasn’t even sure how strong.

After dealing with this matter, he also turned off the effects of the other buildings. Ensuring everything was in order, he re-entered the Mountain of Mind and Heart, replacing a new Transformation Talisman for himself before departing, heading straight south.

Soon after leaving, he received a message from the Fire Spirit Ghost Mother.

Just two simple words.

“Come over.”

Fortunately, Ji Yuan’s direction was already toward Nightmare Island.

Not long after, upon reaching the small courtyard, he found only the Fire Spirit Ghost Mother present, and her first words were.

“You’ve refined the Qingzhu Xuanling, so why haven’t you broken through yet?!”

At this, a hint of desolation flickered across Ji Yuan’s eyes. He bowed his head slightly, feeling somewhat guilty, his voice tinged with bitterness.

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