Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Each subsequent battle inflicted damage upon his body.

Especially the previous encounter with the Hundred Insects Old Immortal, where the damage was most severe.

After Celestial Silkworm Zhenren charged out, he immediately activated the Heaven-Luo Net in his hand and hurled it towards Granny Xuan Sha in the distance.

It was as if he was fishing.

“Corpse Puppet?!”

Granny Xuan Sha was somewhat surprised.

After all, Ji Yuan had previously introduced himself, a righteous disciple from the Water Dragon Sect.

“Ha, as expected of a righteous cultivator, raising corpse puppets better than anyone else!”

Granny Xuan Sha sneered mockingly.

But in reality, she could only retract those flying needles to defend herself.

Ji Yuan finally had a moment to catch his breath, though he felt a bit of heartache gazing at the dragon whisker shield in his hand, now completely damaged.

This was a spiritual artifact he had worked so hard to earn!

With that thought, Ji Yuan flicked his right hand, and the red wave whip fell into his hand, while the Fire Willow Flying Saber hovering beside him also struck out.

The Frost Serpent needn’t be worried about anymore, but as for Granny Xuan Sha before him, she must be dealt with!

If she escaped to support that Blood Nightmare Old Monster, it would be troublesome.

“…”

Meanwhile,

Above the Starfall River, north of the Water Dragon Sect, three blood-hued golden-patterned unicorns were pulling a carriage, rushing through the sky.

Sitting inside the carriage was an eerie man dressed in a blood robe.

If Ji Yuan were here, he would surely recognize this man as his old friend, Jiang Hong.

On either side of the carriage were two golden core escape lights closely following.

Jiang Hong seemed to sense something, and after stopping the carriage in his mind,

The two golden core escape lights transformed into human shapes.

The person on the left was a bald, burly man with scars on his head, known as “Corpse Buddha Child”.

The person on the right was clad in black, with a black armor-covered face and a black sword box on his back, known as the “Black Demon Sword Fiend”.

Both had mid-stage Core Formation cultivation.

They were regarded as Jiang Hong’s right-hand men.

As Jiang Hong’s vehicle came to a stop, dozens of Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators following him also halted.

Corpse Buddha Child leaned forward and quietly asked, “Young Master, what’s the matter?”

Jiang Hong did not answer, only turning his right hand over, and wisps of green light flew from his storage bag, gathering in his hand to form a lotus lamp.

“Pa—”

He snapped his fingers lightly with his left thumb and index finger.

And so, the wick of the lotus lamp lit up…

“Huh?”

Jiang Hong’s eyes lit up instantly.

For on the base of the lotus lamp, the two characters were distinctly engraved.

[Celestial Silkworm]

“But wasn’t he dead?”

On his last return to Shangxi, Jiang Hong had specifically checked the soul lamp of Celestial Silkworm Zhenren.

At that time, he saw that the old villain’s soul lamp had gone out.

And the one in his hand is known as the “Qi-Inducing Lamp.”

The Qi-Inducing Lamp and the Soul Lamp have their own merits.

The Soul Lamp is barely affected by distance, while the Qi-Inducing Lamp is more influenced by distance.

However, similarly, once a Soul Lamp is extinguished, it cannot be reignited.

But the Qi-Inducing Lamp can reignite.

As long as one gets close to the target, the Qi-Inducing Lamp can still detect the target’s aura and ignite again.

’So, does this mean that Celestial Silkworm Zhenren isn’t dead?!’

Jiang Hong was delighted at the thought; if true, he could find Celestial Silkworm Zhenren and learn what happened afterward.

Perhaps then he could discover Qiu Qianhai’s true identity.

Somehow, Jiang Hong always felt that what his mother said was right, that Qiu Qianhai… was probably a false name.

These so-called righteous cultivators seldom use their real names when they travel.

They are truly treacherous.

Jiang Hong held the Qi-Inducing Lamp and sensed around, finally discovering that the aura of Celestial Silkworm Zhenren came from the south.

“What is in the south?”

Jiang Hong asked in a deep voice.

“Reporting to the Young Master, the south is… the former site of the Water Dragon Sect.”

“Oh? Water Dragon Sect?”

“Let’s go and see what’s going on.”

“Yes.”

Corpse Buddha Child noticed the Qi-Inducing Lamp in Jiang Hong’s hand; he was curious but dared not ask.

But most likely, once they reached the Water Dragon Sect, they would understand the situation.

The carriage headed south, flying for only about half an hour.

They had arrived near the old site of the Water Dragon Sect.

“Young Master, there is someone fighting up ahead, it seems to be… the Blood Nightmare Old Monster!”

Corpse Buddha Child said with a trace of excitement.

“Oh?”

Jiang Hong transformed into a blood light and flew out of the carriage, finally standing on the back of a blood-patterned unicorn, looking up.

Above the Water Dragon Sect, an enormous blood cloud was floating, with an escape light flickering within it.

And below was the lake of the Boundless Marsh, which was also a battlefield.

Compared to the Blood Nightmare Old Monster’s magical combat, the battle over the lake seemed rather unremarkable.

Yet the direction from which the aura emanated… was there!

Jiang Hong squinted slightly, his pupils suddenly lit up with a blood-red glow.

He immediately cast his gaze across an extreme distance, taking in the scene on the lake below.

The first thing he saw was, naturally, the Celestial Silkworm Zhenren, who was reduced to half a body.

’Ha, so you were refined into a corpse puppet, dying so miserably seems like I overestimated you.’

Jiang Hong murmured in his heart.

He moved his gaze to the other two engaged in combat.

One was an early-stage Core Formation demon cultivator he didn’t recognize, the other was using a flying sword…

When Jiang Hong got a clear look at the person’s face, his pupils constricted fiercely.

What kind of face was that?

It was the face that had appeared countless times in Jiang Hong’s dreams, the face he had slashed countless times.

No one knew how much he longed to kill the person before him.

And dismember them!

Killing this person had become Jiang Hong’s obsession in his cultivation.

But now, this person finally reappeared before him.

“Heaven hasn’t forsaken me!”

“…”

“Die!”

Having consumed the third drop of Thousand-year-old Spirit Milk, Ji Yuan single-handedly formed a seal, as nine flying sword embryos crossed and slashed out with eighteen sword lights, with a green light mixed in between.

Granny Xuan Sha’s needle basket flew needles out all at once, but only managed to block those sword lights.

That remaining green light, she blocked once, but not the second time.

Finally, the green light pierced through her forehead.

Killing at an instant.

Seeing her dead, though somewhat exhausted, Ji Yuan dared not linger, his figure flickered, disappearing, and arriving before Granny Xuan Sha.

He first collected her corpse along with the storage bag.

Before long, his divine sense swept around, finding that many cultivators were still watching him.

He then dismissed the thought of releasing the Thousand Souls Banner.

Following that, he controlled the cracked sky flying boat back to the side of the inverted heavens and earth array, with his divine sense infiltrating it.

The Frost Serpent was already dead; yet, this corpse… was not complete.

Like it had been bitten to death by a frost serpent, its body was scarred all over.

The Frost Serpent too had died.

The corpse floated on the lake surface, with Tuesday still lurking below, occasionally taking a bite, tearing off a piece of flesh from the Frost Serpent.

The Spirit-Devouring Bees were wandering in the air, with almost no casualties judging by their numbers.

Though Monday swimming in the lake seemed more severely injured.

But just when Ji Yuan was preparing to collect all these things, he suddenly sensed a strong aura coming from the north.

Before he could deploy his divine sense, he had already heard a crazed laugh.

“Qiu Qianhai, have you thought about how you want to die?!”