Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 994: Chapter 374: Meeting a Fellow Countryman in a Foreign Land

Ji Yuan heard these words and immediately turned his head, looking incredulously at Junior Martial Uncle Long beside him.

This is not some martial uncle, this is clearly a living fossil… a formidable character from Shang Court that has lived until now. No wonder he caught the eye of the master.

However, Long Ba obviously didn’t want to say more on this topic, and after speaking, he immediately shut up.

Ji Yuan was still immersed in Long Ba’s words. After some reflection, he only felt that the lifespan of the Demon Race is truly damn long… Before him, Long Ba, and far away in the Sea Ruins, Manor Master Mei, both are living fossils from Shang Court.

A Tier Four Demon Beast, equivalent to the Nascent Soul Stage, can have thousands of years of longevity.

But what about the Human Race’s Nascent Soul Cultivator?

Living up to a thousand years is considered extremely long-lived.

“Martial Uncle, how are things over in the Land of the Sea Ruins now?”

It’s rare to meet someone from the family, and a family member at the Nascent Soul Stage; Ji Yuan naturally wanted to gather some information.

After all, such matters… are much like Bone Nightmare Old Demon marrying his martial mother; such affairs are spread only within the small circle of Nascent Souls, outsiders are completely unaware.

But among Nascent Soul Cultivators, it’s a well-known fact.

“Mei Manor… very strong.” Long Ba remarked: “When I say strong, I don’t mean his cultivation, rather his means of subordination.”

“Since the last Master of the Sea Ruins approached the limits of his lifespan, the entire Sea Ruins turned into turmoil, with several mid-stage Nascent Soul old demons each fighting their own battles, none obeying another. Eventually, when Mei Manor arrived from Cangluo, he first met the prior Master of the Sea Ruins, it’s unclear what they discussed, but when Mei Manor reappeared, he had already acquired the Sea Ruins Master’s staff.”

“After he succeeded the position, he first used decisive measures to kill a mid-stage Nascent Soul Sea Beast, upon seeing which the other races immediately submitted.”

“Nowadays…the entire Sea Race of the Jiyuan Continent is at his command. I may seem idle now, but if he truly pressed me with an urgent matter, I would still have to follow his orders.”

…This Manor Master Mei, indeed has some skills.

“I always feel like he’s plotting something big; if you encounter him, remember to be cautious, at worst, you can mention my name.”

Long Ba’s words also revealed some helplessness.

“Disciple thanks Martial Uncle.”

Regardless of whether it would be useful, Long Ba’s words made Ji Yuan feel cared for.

Afterwards, the two chatted intermittently, most of the time Ji Yuan asked questions, and Long Ba spoke of the past.

After all, some things Ji Yuan read from books, are uncertain how many hands the information has passed through, some like wild history, whose truth is unclear.

But for Long Ba, they were events he personally experienced.

For instance, when Ji Yuan asked about Manor Master Mei’s early status in Shang Court… Ji Yuan had read from historical accounts that Manor Master Mei was actually the steed of the Shang Court’s Saint Master.

Upon asking… he hadn’t expected that it was true!

Just after the Saint Master couple left, Manor Master Mei was released from restraints, thus gradually transforming from the identity of a steed, coupled with his already extraordinary strength, he became the universally feared Manor Master Mei.

Ji Yuan also inquired about Bone Nightmare Old Demon and his master Nightmare True Monarch, but this was something Long Ba wasn’t very clear about.

After all, at that time he was already on the Cangluo Continent.

As for the Yin Ghost Sect, he didn’t know much; even less so about the boundless wind curtain separating Cangluo and Jiyuan Continents, and the terrifying Fallen Immortal Gully.

Long Ba only knew a little, but not much.

A Nascent Soul traveling speed is naturally unmatched by Ji Yuan, this Core Formation Cultivator, yet even Long Ba, a mid-stage Nascent Soul, took over a month to fly from Three Immortal Islands to Cloud Cliff Island.

Ji Yuan had heard that within the Black and White Divine Hall there is a Teleportation Array leading straight to the Eight Holy Lands.

Unfortunately, such teleportation arrays… not only can’t be accessed through connections like Wen Jiu, even Wen Jiu himself can’t use them, and can only travel honestly.

When Ji Yuan viewed the distant Cloud Cliff Island from the sea, an inevitable feeling arose within him.

…This is no island, it’s clearly a continent.

The two disembarked from the southern end of Cloud Cliff Island, where upon landing, there’s a big city called “South Cloud City,” with “North Cloud City” at the furthest northern end.

The central area of Cloud Cliff Island houses the Cloud Cliff Abode.

Ji Yuan had looked at the map of Cloud Cliff Island long before; the entire eastern side of Cloud Cliff Island is traversed by a mountain range, thus the population clusters in the west.

“South Cloud City…”

Before Ji Yuan approached, Long Ba beside him already provided the answer.

“The highest cultivation here is a Peak of Golden Core, no Nascent Soul Cultivators stationed.”

Ji Yuan: “…”

…So taking a Nascent Soul Cultivator along is this satisfying?

If it were Ji Yuan, he might have to be cautious, being careful everywhere, but now that Long Ba is by his side… what’s there to fear?

At this moment, Ji Yuan even had the idea of directly capturing that Soul Devouring Venerable, killing for treasures, then escaping unscathed.

“Do you think we should go into the city first to explore and see if we can find out the location of this Soul Devouring Venerable?” Ji Yuan suggested tentatively.

“What’s difficult about that.”

Long Ba replied casually: “You wait here, I’ll go ask around.”

Without waiting for Ji Yuan’s answer, he instantly flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Ji Yuan’s figure hovered midair, looking eastward, his gaze passed through layers of clouds and mist, landing on the north-south running mountain range.

Actually, Ji Yuan truly had the simplest and most effective method.