Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 342: Chapter 186: [Beehive: Level 2]

After upgrading the [Beehive], Ji Yuan rewarded them with 50 pieces of mid-grade Spirit Stones.

At least now, regardless of anything else, this is finally some fighting force.

Not like that Frost Serpent, just eating and drinking all day, and still hasn’t advanced to Tier Two!

After returning to the east side of Mist Island, Ji Yuan first took this past half year’s harvest from Tu Yue.

He had no idea if the stuff was worth much, but anyway, several Storage Bags had been stuffed full.

The most valuable, of course, was the thousand-year-old Illusion Spirit Grass that Tu Yue dug up.

With this thing, that’s at least three Foundation Establishment Pills.

At least one of those would be a Two-striped Foundation Establishment Pill, guaranteed.

The rest were just all the “minimum guaranteed” output from various buildings.

Spirit Pig, Spirit Chicken, Spirit Eggs—Tu Yue had saved up plenty; she’d also dug out a ton of Quenching Acupoint Pearls, a whole hundred or so pieces.

Even after Ji Yuan’s Body Foundation Establishment, he didn’t stop taking these things.

Even if you don’t use Quenching Acupoint Pearls for acupoint tempering, just using them to boost blood and qi is excellent.

It’s just that, without a suitable Body Cultivation Technique, it takes a bit of time for the blood energy to digest.

Takes ten days to half a month to consume one pearl.

Looking at the Spirit Eggs in the Storage Bag, Ji Yuan inevitably thought about Tri-colored Spirit Eggs; he still needed to get that sorted as soon as possible.

This time, when he came back with Hua Yaoyue, he was planning to upgrade the [Chicken Cage] as well.

And also the Heart’s Desire Wine.

All of what Ji Yuan had saved before had been given to Hua Yaoyue; the building effect of the [Wine Cellar]—for the most part, Ji Yuan was activating it on Mist Island.

So the Heart’s Desire Wine produced naturally all ended up in Tu Yue’s hands.

In fact, several hundred jars of Heart’s Desire Wine now filled up a whole Storage Bag.

Nice, some wine to pay respects to Master again.

Afterwards, Ji Yuan did several rounds inspecting Mist Island; a few more Corpse Puppets had crawled out from the [Chaotic Burial Mound], young and old, and right now they were all busy farming on the sunlit hillside.

A flourishing and lively scene.

Also, all these Spirit Pigs running around the mountains—kind of ruins the view.

If only the Array’s coverage was bigger, Ji Yuan would’ve set up an island just for pig farming.

Wuyou Island could work, but that one’s used for hosting guests, so not really appropriate.

After wandering around, Ji Yuan didn’t wait any longer; he hopped on his Flying Boat and left the island, didn’t go far, just turned right after leaving, and arrived at Dong Qian’s Hu Yue Island.

Touched the Array lightly—nobody home.

Ji Yuan eyed the water-moving square formation before him, the Array he’d personally set up—even if Dong Qian controlled it, if he wanted, he could easily get inside.

But this sort of thing isn’t to be done.

He took out Dong Qian’s Communication Talisman, “Is Senior Sister in the sect?”

Ji Yuan had been out for over half a year; Dong Qian’d probably been off doing missions too. All things considered, she’d been Foundation Establishment for more than a year now.

As expected, after sending the message, there was no response at all.

Not in the sect.

Ji Yuan was hoping to ask how her shop was going, and if suitable, he’d offload all the elixirs and talismans he’d made in his spare time over the past half year to her shop.

After all, with the building effects boosting him, Ji Yuan’s success rate in both Alchemy and Talisman Painting isn’t anywhere near normal.

Add up the accumulation over time, and the numbers… are pretty high.

But since she’s not around, Ji Yuan had to handle it himself at All Things Island; it was just a matter of more effort and time.

So after another three or four days, he finally dealt with all his stashed items. During that stretch, he’d also gone to Taian Island to see Du Wanyi.

She broke through late, so hadn’t gotten any assignments from the Sect Leader yet.

Ji Yuan learned Dong Qian’s whereabouts from her, too. She’d also gone to guard a city; usually, the first assignment for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator is this.

Simple, easy to adapt.

And the city itself was all right—it’s Maple City, near the sea on the eastern edge of Water Dragon Sect.

Compared to the cities to the west, north, or south, the east side was relatively stable.

After that, Ji Yuan met up with Li Changhe at Mount Shui Island, caught up on what was up in Shang Dong.

Stuff inside the sect, you can ask Du Wanyi; as for Shang Dong business, you have to go to this second generation Immortal. After asking for details, let’s just say… not bad.

Shangxi’s Demon Dao hasn’t fully attacked yet, so everything is still under control.

Just that everywhere’s been infiltrated by Demon Dao, causing nonstop chaos.

But all of it is still within suppression range.

According to All Six Immortal Sects of Shang Dong, this war can probably be dragged out another ten or twenty years; overall situation’s fine, so Ji Yuan could relax.

As long as there’s no major war, he can cultivate in peace.

After getting updated, another two days passed, and Ji Yuan finally received a message from Hua Yaoyue.

The moment he got the message, he rushed over to Wan You Island without stopping.

Only…

Looking at the palm-sized piece of Rotfire Shade Locust in his hand, Ji Yuan felt a bit numb—just this bit, not even ** big, what [Chicken Cage] can you build with it?

Even if he sliced it paper-thin, it wouldn’t be enough!

Maybe seeing Ji Yuan looking confused, Hua Yaoyue offered an explanation.

“Righteous cultivators almost never have this stuff. I found it in the sect’s treasury—there’s not much, but if it’s just for making a few batches of elixir, it’s more than enough.”

True enough, for making elixir, forget a palm-sized piece—even a fingertip-sized piece would be plenty for one batch.

Damn, knowing this, I should’ve asked for artifact refining instead!

But even if it was for artifact refining, Master would probably only find this much.

Her first sentence, “Righteous cultivators almost never have this stuff,” probably means she asked a few Golden Core Cultivators and none had any, so she ended up finding this chunk in the sect’s treasury.