Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 1021: Chapter 379: Old Demon Chou Arrives

Like this, the two women were immediately forced into a disadvantage, even subconsciously taking a few steps back.

“It’s fine, I’m from the Black and White Divine Hall.”

Ji Yuan spoke casually, half joking, “Otherwise, with just my Mid-stage Core Formation Cultivation, how do you think I managed to get two rings?”

“What?!”

The three men’s expressions changed at once.

In contrast, the two women moved a little closer to Ji Yuan.

“Alright, we’re all here in this Secret Realm seeking opportunities, and meeting each other is also a kind of fate. No need to say anything extra…”

As Ji Yuan spoke, he glanced back toward the depths of the dense forest. “Move freely.”

“Alright.”

The young man who’d spoken earlier immediately agreed.

On the other side, the girl who looked and was built very much like a loli took a step forward, about to speak.

But she was pulled back by the tall woman beside her, who then cupped her hands toward Ji Yuan and said softly, “We’ll listen to Steward Sir.”

“Let’s go.”

With that, the two women exchanged a look with the three men opposite them, then simultaneously turned into Escape Light and departed, leaving only Ji Yuan standing where he was.

Ji Yuan just watched them leave, and only after they completely exited the range of his Divine Sense did he flip his right hand, once again taking out the Identity Jade from earlier.

As he injected Mana and the line of text appeared on it, Ji Yuan flipped the Jade Token over.

The text vanished, and what appeared in Ji Yuan’s palm instead was a small disk.

On the disk at this moment, he could see five snow-white light dots moving rapidly.

Three on the left, two on the right.

Ji Yuan smiled. “So as the captain, I can also see my team members’ positions?”

In that case, what’s the point of running?

But then Ji Yuan thought of something else. “If I can see the positions of the people under me, doesn’t that mean Dong Xiuwen can also see my position?”

“Then if I take off this layer of clothing that symbolizes a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect, will he still be able to see where I am?”

“If he can, I’ll have to find a place and see if I can kill him…”

Otherwise, with someone around who can know his position at any time, Ji Yuan could never feel truly safe.

There was another point as well… the Black and White Divine Hall seemed to know something they hadn’t disclosed to the other Eight Holy Lands.

The main reason Ji Yuan had this thought was because of how the disciples of the Black and White Divine Hall had “acted” on the plaza earlier.

“Everything for the sect!”

This slogan was shouted truly loudly.

Ji Yuan didn’t know what exactly the Black and White Divine Hall knew, but he could see the purpose behind their actions.

It was to really treat him as a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect!

Could it be that if they treated him as a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect, the rewards would be richer?

Ji Yuan didn’t know. He thought about it and decided he might as well just play along.

As for those five subordinates… Ji Yuan couldn’t be bothered to care. If they die, they die; otherwise he’d have to drag them around like family. He had no intention of doing that.

Not to mention they’d only just met by chance.

So when he saw that the five had all gradually stopped moving, Ji Yuan put away the Jade Token in his hand and instead took out the Golden Ghost Order.

“The Golden Ghost Order can supposedly move freely within the three regions of the Rashamon Sea. I wonder how it works.”

Thinking this, Ji Yuan once more injected Mana into the Golden Ghost Order.

Mana poured in continuously, but the Golden Ghost Order didn’t budge an inch… good grief, such a huge consumption?!

A moment later, Ji Yuan felt that he’d already expended the full Mana of an entire Early-stage Core Formation, and only then did the Golden Ghost Order finally begin to tremble slightly.

Immediately afterward, a strand of aura flew out from within the Token, landing in front of Ji Yuan and condensing into a Bronze Gate that could only admit a single person.

…Isn’t this the very door I saw before but couldn’t push open?

As he said this, Ji Yuan stepped forward, intending to push the gate open.

But then, the cold voice of the Ghost Envoy once again rang out above his sea of consciousness.

“The Inner Realm has not yet been opened. Entry is impossible.”

“Hey—”

Ji Yuan subconsciously wanted to call out, but on second thought, calling the Ghost Envoy over would be useless.

It only acted according to the rules.

Since that was the case, he might as well scout around this Outer Realm first.

Ji Yuan formed a sword seal with his right hand, summoned three Flying Swords with a Heart Thought, and then swept deeper into the dense forest.

His speed wasn’t particularly fast, and he kept his Divine Sense spread, remaining alert to his surroundings.

After all, although Divine Sense was being suppressed, for his Early-stage Nascent Soul Divine Sense… the impact wasn’t that great.

Ji Yuan advanced a little over ten zhang like this, and vaguely, he felt as though he’d passed through some kind of Restriction, or something akin to an Array.

The ghost mist before his eyes suddenly thickened, and the suppression this ghost mist exerted on Divine Sense grew even more pronounced.

Meanwhile, in his sea of consciousness, the cold voice of the Ghost Envoy once again sounded.

“Hundred Ghosts Mist Forest, ten thousand ghosts passing. You may command wandering souls, or manipulate the Phantom Array in your hand to create maze-like Illusion Realms, and thus slay invading enemies! Render immortal contributions to the sect!”

…So these are the rules of this place?

The Hundred Ghosts Mist Forest was the first trial of the Rashamon Sea’s Outer Realm?

Ji Yuan didn’t know; he believed the other Eight Holy Lands probably didn’t know either. Only the Black and White Divine Hall might know a little.

After all, this was the first time the Rashamon Sea had ever opened.

Thinking about it like this, it was actually a good thing the Ghost Envoy existed. At least they weren’t completely fumbling around in the dark, knowing nothing.

Ji Yuan probed his surroundings and discovered that his Divine Sense, which belonged to an Early-stage Nascent Soul, had been compressed down to the level of Mid-stage Core Formation.

Then there was even less need to mention other Cultivators of the Core Formation Stage.

“Hm?”

Ji Yuan sensed something moving in his hand. Lowering his head, he saw the surrounding ghost mist converge, finally falling into his palm and condensing into a gray Array Flag.