Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 907: Chapter 357: Qiu Qianhai’s Senior Brother

’This is the first late-stage Core Formation Yin Soul I’ve collected, which is somewhat of a commemorative meaning, Long Zhanye... thank you, fellow Daoist, for the gift.’

Ji Yuan gestured with his hand.

The Thousand Souls Banner in the air fell back into his hand, and he put it away into his storage bag.

He turned to look at Xing Shuang, who was somewhat dumbfounded, and smiled.

"What, has Miss Xing forgotten me in such a short time?"

"No... no."

Xing Shuang hurriedly shook her head, "It’s just... just..."

"No need for justs."

Ji Yuan took out a storage bag and tossed it over, "This is Su Yuan’s storage bag, please take it, fellow Daoist. By the way, could you take out the Yin Crystals inside? They are of great use to me."

Xing Shuang caught it with both hands but immediately returned it with a serious expression:

"Without you, fellow Daoist, I would have perished here today. How could I accept this storage bag? Please take it back."

"Without Miss Xing, I wouldn’t even be able to enter this secret realm."

Ji Yuan laughed, "Alright then, I’ll take Ling Juexiao and Long Zhanye’s storage bags, and you take Su Yuan’s. Don’t think it’s too little, Miss Xing."

"...Well..."

Xing Shuang, seeing that Ji Yuan wasn’t joking, accepted it and took out all the Yin Crystals inside, handing them over.

For her, surviving this ordeal and getting this mid-stage Core Formation storage bag.

It’s already a huge gain.

The mid-stage Core Formation storage bag, she’s only at mid-stage Core Formation herself.

After distributing the storage bags and giving the Yin Crystals, Xing Shuang looked at the man standing before her and couldn’t help but ask, "Chang Geng should not be your real name, right..."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this question, Ji Yuan had some guesses, "Then what does Miss Xing think I should be called?"

"Fellow Daoist should be surnamed Ji..."

Damn it, that damned Old Demon Ji!

Ji Yuan cursed in his heart, but wore a wry smile on his face, "I knew it, it’s because of this face, ah...," he said, shaking his head, "Now Miss Xing should know why I dare not show my true face, right?"

"Then fellow Daoist?"

Xing Shuang asked, half-believing.

"Liu Changsheng."

Ji Yuan stated his true name.

Back in Cloud Rain Marsh, he had used this name and had dealings with those Liu brothers, so it’s reasonable to use it again now.

"Oh..."

Xing Shuang suddenly understood, then very earnestly made a salute to Ji Yuan, "Greetings, Brother Liu."

"Hmm."

Ji Yuan didn’t bother worrying about whether Xing Shuang believed him or not, he simply wouldn’t admit it. He turned to look at the high platform before them, the one that remained unharmed even after being struck by the Purple Sky Divine Thunder.

"Could Miss Xing tell me, what exactly is this secret realm about?"

Ji Yuan recalled that finger that pressed him back into the ground. If it was truly the work of a cultivator, it must, at the very least, be a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But if that were true, why hadn’t they shown themselves all this while?

"This secret realm, ah..." Xing Shuang turned to look at the high platform, and with a flick of her hand, produced that seal from before, "Using this thing, one can open a door on this high platform, but where this door leads to... I don’t know. It could either be a deeper layer of the secret realm or a direct teleport out."

"As for the origin of this secret realm, it’s a story from decades ago."

Xing Shuang recalled fondly, "Back then, I was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator, once adventuring in the Northwest Sand Prison with a fellow Daoist when we encountered an extremely fierce sandstorm, and we got blown apart. I ended up somewhere unknown, only to be saved by a criminal in the end."

"A criminal... Brother Liu should know, right?"

"I do."

I not only know but also have a criminal as a friend.

"I recovered from my injuries at their home. Later, they told me there was a group of sand scorpions nearby that wouldn’t let them live in peace, so I helped to take care of those sand scorpions. After that, they gave me a treasure map, said to be left by their ancestors. When I returned to Lindong City, I searched around and eventually saw the other half of the treasure map from another Core Formation cultivator."

"The one who used to stay in my Cave Mansion?"

Ji Yuan recalled this matter.

"That’s right."

Xing Shuang looked slightly melancholic, but this emotion quickly faded, "When my treasure map was combined with hers, we found this secret realm. Moreover, the previous mention that this secret realm was a Nascent Soul cultivator’s Cave Mansion or a test for younger cultivators by a Nascent Soul cultivator were both things that fellow Daoist said."

"What else did she say?"

Ji Yuan pursued.

The previously downcast Xing Shuang raised her head, looking at Ji Yuan in front of her, and slowly said, "She said this secret realm is entangled with a great mystery."

"What mystery?"

"She didn’t say, or perhaps she didn’t know either." Xing Shuang took a deep breath and looked around, "Brother Liu must have noticed too, without even considering whether this secret realm has more layers, just with the immortal talent and miracle treasures we haven’t obtained yet, they aren’t things a mere Nascent Soul cultivator could possess."

"So this place is by no means just the Cave Mansion of a Nascent Soul cultivator who has passed away."

"Does Miss Xing know anything else?"

Xing Shuang smiled and looked at the high platform, "Rather than guessing here, we might as well just go see what’s behind that door."

"Indeed so."

Ji Yuan nodded, while also pondering in his heart.

No matter who was behind it all, they had no malice, otherwise, that finger alone could have crushed me. Even if not, they could have snatched away my treasure.

But none of that happened, and on top of that, I even received compensation afterward.

So there shouldn’t be any major issues.