Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 1094: Chapter 394: Ji Yuan and Nightmare True Monarch Join Forces

”Perhaps it is witnessing the joy of youthful days grow old, or facing the helplessness as parents age, or watching siblings, friends, and cherished companions fall before you... These things become the fodder for the Heart Demon Tribulation.”

”That’s why it’s more difficult for older people to form a Nascent Soul, as they’ve experienced more, and thus provide more fodder for the Heart Demon Tribulation... But that’s not always the case. Some old scoundrels, having experienced much, have peace in their hearts and are better able to overcome the Heart Demon Tribulation.”

Nightmare True Monarch rambled on, while Ji Yuan listened attentively, afraid to miss a single detail.

”Thus, there are two major hurdles in forming a Nascent Soul: one is breaking the pill, and the other is the Heart Demon Tribulation.”

”I wonder, which obstacle is the treasure you sought for me intended to help overcome?”

Ji Yuan asked.

”The Heart Demon Tribulation.”

Nightmare True Monarch replied directly, ”Within the Rashamon Sea, there once grew a ’Void Sacred Lotus’, although it’s long since been harvested, a single lotus seed remains. If you obtain that lotus seed and consume it during your Heart Demon Tribulation, it can protect your mental state.”

As he spoke, he calculated with his fingers.

”It should increase your chance of overcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation by thirty percent.”

...That high?!

If this old scoundrel isn’t fooling me, then the lotus seed indeed has quite a potent effect.

Ji Yuan listened, somewhat skeptical.

”Rest assured, once you obtain it, you’ll see its effect for yourself.”

Noticing the doubt in Ji Yuan’s heart, Nightmare True Monarch smiled and said, ”Alright, your speed is too slow. Follow me.”

With that, he took the initiative, casting Escape Light and bringing Ji Yuan along, transforming into a stream of earthy light that soared away.

...Earth element, still on this sea of yellow sand.

This Nightmare True Monarch indeed takes full advantage.

Ji Yuan pondered while remaining on high alert, tightly wrapping his Divine Sense around the Nine Nether Burning Life Brew within his Storage Bag, ready to take a sip at any disagreement.

They flew northward for nearly half a day, and all Ji Yuan saw was an endless expanse of yellow sand.

Had it not been for Nightmare True Monarch changing directions several times, he might have suspected they had fallen into some Array.

”We’re almost there. In a moment, take this to entice the lotus seed out, and I’ll trap its location with an Array, otherwise, with our Cultivation methods, even capturing it won’t be easy.”

Nightmare True Monarch said while tossing a Jade Bottle to Ji Yuan, ”Before using it, remember to put on your Spirit Devouring Armor, completely isolating the Spiritual Qi of your body. Any leakage, and the lotus seed won’t emerge.”

Ji Yuan looked at the Jade Bottle in his hand.

”This lotus seed, does it have its own consciousness?”

”The Void Sacred Lotus, when intact, was close to a Tier Five Spirit Plant. What do you think?”

Nightmare True Monarch retorted.

”If not for your Spirit Devouring Armor, which can isolate all Mana and Spiritual Qi from your body, I wouldn’t be able to secure it even if I wanted to.”

”Seems this item truly is fated for me.”

Ji Yuan chuckled awkwardly while continuing to scan the surroundings with his Divine Sense.

Yet no matter how he searched, he found no place resembling a hidden treasure.

This made him even more alert.

...This old scoundrel wants me to use this thing as bait while he sets up an Array nearby.

When the time comes, are they capturing the lotus seed, or me?

But now that he’s already on this pirate ship, if he doesn’t go... well, might as well get the lotus seed first; if necessary, act then.

This old scoundrel, relying on the Corpse King’s body, is only in the Nascent Soul Early Stage. Even if his Array setup is strong, it’s just a Tier Four Array. With my PWoang Divine Eyes, that Array is as if non-existent to me.

Ji Yuan mused inwardly.

Nightmare True Monarch stopped and pointed to a distant stretch of rolling dunes.

”Do you see it? That’s where the lotus seed operates. I’ll lay down the Array first and wait a day. Then come while wearing the Spirit Devouring Armor.”

Hearing this, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but ask, ”If that’s the case, why not just throw the Jade Bottle into the Array? Why enter the Array yourself?”

”Hah, the Spirit Devouring Armor can isolate the Mana on you, but it can’t isolate you as a person. The lotus seed appears when it sees a living person.” Nightmare True Monarch sneered.

”Why is that?”

”Because this thing likes to eat people.”

A lotus seed that likes eating people... Ji Yuan was momentarily intrigued.

But besides these methods, he was also a Late-stage Muscle Forging Realm Body Cultivator. Even if the lotus seed does consume people, it wouldn’t easily take me.

”I’ll go ahead.”

Nightmare True Monarch said, leaving Ji Yuan there, and heading off on his own.

When he reached above the dunes, he produced an earthy Array Plate.

On the Array Plate hung eight Array Flags.

Ji Yuan locked his Divine Sense onto it, observing meticulously.

”Indeed, it’s an Earth Element Tier Four Array, with the flow of Array Patterns, definitely a Trapping Array... matching his description exactly.”

However, besides being a Nascent Soul Cultivator, Nightmare True Monarch was also a Tier Four Array Master, which surprised Ji Yuan somewhat.

”Previously, the Bone Nightmare Old Demon allowed me to study the inheritance of a Tier Four Array Master, indicating he too was likely one... The master and disciple indeed share the same lineage... If that’s so, I too will most likely become a Tier Four Array Master in the future.”

Ji Yuan couldn’t help but think.

Once the Nightmare True Monarch set the Array, he backed off twenty miles, finding a dune to hide within, merging into the sand a mile in, staying utterly still.