Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 965: Chapter 368: Tier 3 Array Master!

The room dimmed accordingly.

Ji Yuan was extremely curious, and naturally also raised his vigilance to the highest.

He wanted to know what kind of treasure Wen Jiu had gotten his hands on.

“Inviting you two over today is indeed for a modest but not insignificant stroke of fortune, which I intend for us to share together.”

Wen Jiu even deliberately kept them in suspense.

Wen Jun urged, “Big brother, just tell us already, ever since I arrived you’ve been showing off about this to me dozens of times.”

“Haha.”

Wen Jiu laughed it off, then turned to look at Ji Yuan, and seeing that he was just as curious, finally nodded and said:

“Some time ago, I happened to obtain this thing by chance while out and about. There isn’t much of it, but it’s still enough for the four of us to use.”

Once Wen Jiu finished speaking, he patted the Storage Bag at his waist and took something out from within.

Ji Yuan looked over in curiosity.

He saw half a roll of Firefly Pagoda Incense, propped up by a bronze tree the size of a palm. As the pagoda incense spiraled downward, the fireflies beside it were like a rain of stars, incredibly beautiful.

And as soon as that pagoda incense was taken out, Ji Yuan caught a whiff of a refreshing fragrance.

Just a single breath made him feel clear-headed and invigorated.

“This is… Tongshen Incense?!”

Wen Jun didn’t recognize it, so Ji Yuan asked tentatively.

He had seen this item mentioned in ancient records before, and especially that ring of fireflies beside it—that was its trademark feature.

As for its effect, it was extremely simple.

It temporarily heightens comprehension, that’s all.

As long as the Tongshen Incense was still burning, it could continuously enhance one’s comprehension.

For Cultivators at Nascent Soul and below, it was extremely useful.

So Wen Jiu treating it with such gravity was perfectly natural.

“Brother Li, sharp eye.”

After showing it to them and opening their eyes, Wen Jiu put it away again. “Brother Li, Wen Jun, you two first think carefully about what you plan to comprehend next, whether a Cultivation Technique or a Secret Technique. In a bit, we’ll go to the secret room and then light this Tongshen Incense.”

“Alright!”

Wen Jun nodded vigorously. “So it was Tongshen Incense, no wonder you’re so excited, big brother, haha.”

“This item…”

Ji Yuan had just opened his mouth when Wen Jiu, as if he had long anticipated it, cut him off. “Since I called you over, Brother Li, there’s no need to say any extra words.”

“This… fine then.”

Ji Yuan could only accept the favor helplessly.

After a while, in the mountain’s secret chamber, the four of them sat in a circle with the Tongshen Incense in the center.

They first spent a moment calming their minds. Then Wen Jiu confirmed with them once more before snapping his fingers and lighting the Tongshen Incense.

The subject Ji Yuan chose to comprehend was naturally that Tier Four Array inheritance in his hands.

It could only be said that arrays truly weren’t something ordinary people could fully grasp. Even with the help of the Enlightenment Room, Ji Yuan had long been unable to advance to a Tier Three Array Master.

Since his Cultivation Technique couldn’t be improved for the time being, the best thing to comprehend was of course this Array.

As the aroma of the Tongshen Incense entered his sea of consciousness, that sense of clarity descended upon him. Ji Yuan felt as if the clouds had parted and the sun shone through, and he recalled the contents recorded in the inheritance.

Those things he hadn’t been able to understand before now seemed to faintly reveal their meaning.

“Seek the arcane in creation, thread through the veins of the Five Realms and Six Methods. Begin from the Array Hub, let the mysterious spirit comprehend the intent above the right, and thereby mark the array body…”

The voice of the Spirit Array True Monarch seemed to echo above Ji Yuan’s sea of consciousness, and his whole being sank into that mysterious domain of sudden enlightenment.

Beside him, Wen Jun and Yan Lanlan each had their own insights, while Wen Jiu furrowed his brows, as if he had encountered a problem that even Tongshen Incense couldn’t help him grasp.

But that frown only lasted a short while. Very quickly, his knitted brows relaxed.

The effect of Tongshen Incense was still potent.

The marvel of enlightenment drifted through the secret room. Once Ji Yuan sank into the realm of comprehension, he couldn’t pull himself out. Many issues he previously couldn’t see through, those thorny brambles he couldn’t cut apart, now all unraveled with ease.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Ji Yuan noticed that the smooth feeling was gradually fading. Things he had just been able to comprehend easily now met with some resistance again, and many questions once more tangled in his mind, to the point that his brows began to furrow.

Soon, Ji Yuan’s frown deepened further. He even felt utterly unable to grasp things, very much like how he’d felt studying advanced mathematics in his past life.

“Hm?”

Wen Jiu, sitting opposite, didn’t know what he was trying to comprehend, but he truly couldn’t make sense of it and let out a faint sound of puzzlement.

The four of them opened their eyes one after another, only to find that the Tongshen Incense in the middle had already gone out, and even the scent in the chamber had grown extremely faint.

If one didn’t pay close attention, one would hardly notice it at all.

“Tsk, shame there was so little of this Tongshen Incense.” Wen Jun was left wanting more. “Next time I’ll find a roll too—no, I’ll find several rolls—so big brother and the sisters-in-law can experience it as well.”

“Enough, you rascal, you should focus on reaching Core Formation quickly first.”

Wen Jiu scolded with a smile.

At the mention of this, a hint of joy surfaced between Wen Jun’s brows. He checked his own condition and said with rather self-satisfied tone, “Once this session is over, I don’t think there’ll be any problem with the Realm-Breaking False Pill.”

Hearing this, Wen Jiu’s face also brightened somewhat, but he still put on the demeanor of an elder brother and solemnly reminded him:

“A Fake Pill is ultimately a halfway path. Strive to reach Core Formation as soon as possible—that’s the proper way.”

“I know, I know, but you have to take it one step at a time.”

Wen Jun waved his hand, utterly unconcerned.

Wen Jiu then turned to Yan Lanlan beside him, and his expression softened a little. “And you, my wife?”

There was also a hint of joy on Yan Lanlan’s face.

“Within five years, I should be able to advance to Mid-stage Core Formation.”