Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 911: Chapter 358: Yin Ghost Sect—Ji Yuan!

Ji Yuan had three storage bags laid out in front of him.

These were gifts borne of desperation from three Golden Core cultivators.

What is meant by gifts borne of desperation?

It means that they were willing to die, but insisted on giving these storage bags to him.

Young Master Zhou, Zhou Jin, at the early-stage Golden Core; the ruthless Ling Juexiao at mid-stage; and Long Zhanye at late-stage.

After killing Zhou Jin previously, Ji Yuan was focused on escaping, only managing to retrieve 80 pounds of Void Nether Stone without having the time to count the remaining treasures.

Then he hurriedly rushed to this secret realm.

Don’t even mention that.

Until now... Ji Yuan first took stock of the Spirit Stones, which interested him the least, but even then, he felt it wasn’t too much.

The storage bag with the most Spirit Stones naturally belonged to Young Master Zhou from the Nascent Soul Family.

Just the Spirit Stones numbered close to 40,000, and together with Ling Juexiao and Long Zhanye, their combined Spirit Stones barely matched Young Master Zhou.

This amount is considered a lot amongst the Core Formation cultivators.

The reason is simple: Cultivators venturing into secret realms for adventure usually bring all their possessions, so killing such people yields the greatest gains.

Old Demon Ji also expressed, "I like those who carry all their possessions with them the most."

Like the Hundred Insects Old Immortal he killed previously, he had to chase him back to his Cave Mansion to obtain his precious treasures.

But these two were different, their good items were kept on them.

Ji Yuan had a habit of savoring the good stuff, so he began by taking stock of the early-stage Golden Core cultivator Zhou Jin’s storage bag.

Besides Spirit Stones, and having already taken the Void Nether Stone previously, the most valuable remaining item was his Lifebound Magical Treasure.

Of course, this was not representative of the foundation of the Zhou Family, the old Nascent Soul family.

Only that, when Ji Yuan killed Zhou Jin... the latter was completely unprepared, and could even be considered as being in his own home, so most of his possessions were not on him.

Killing such people is the least profitable.

But upon extracting his Lifebound Magical Treasure, Ji Yuan found it quite good.

The treasure was called "Blood Hook," appearing as a half-foot-long curved hook, with a sharp tip, its surface glimmering with a bloody shine, and the handle wrapped in unknown cloth.

Ji Yuan spent a little while refining it and learned the effects of the Blood Hook.

It had three effects. The first was it could break defenses; the hook’s sharp tip was extremely pointed, with a strong ability to pierce through, easily breaking the Protective Spirit Light of same-tier cultivators.

The second effect was blood absorption; once hooked, the Blood Hook would continuously absorb the opponent’s vitality.

If one wished to escape then, they would need the courage to sever a limb.

At the very least, a large chunk of flesh would be needed.

The third effect was it could be used for escape.

Inside the Blood Hook was a hidden chain; once the mechanism was activated, the hook tip would shoot out and could latch onto ground, clouds, and even water.

Once caught, the mechanism could be released to instantly leave.

The short-distance burst speed was far quicker than the Escape Light of same-tier cultivators.

It’s considered quite an escape tool; with good effect, Ji Yuan naturally chose to keep it for further refinement.

There were also some cultivation techniques and the like, but most were Core Formation techniques, and the Zhou Family’s Nascent Soul techniques... Zhou Jin did not carry them with him, which was a considerable loss to Ji Yuan.

The next was Ling Juexiao’s storage bag; Ji Yuan had already seen his Lifebound Magical Treasure, which was that sword seemingly made from blood.

Its name was Blood Marrow Sword.

For Ji Yuan, a sword cultivator, this lifebound flying sword of his... could barely be used against opponents, but in terms of power and mastery of use.

His Canglan Sword was certainly better.

Not to mention anything else, just the Purple Sky Divine Thunder point alone was unmatched by other flying swords.

Furthermore, although Ji Yuan did not find records of Ling Juexiao’s cultivation technique, he did find two other techniques.

One was the sword technique used by Ling Juexiao, named "Seven Kill Sword Technique," which was in the same vein as his Lifebound Magical Treasure, thus deploying it with additional power.

This sword technique is one that extremely pursues attack and slaughter, cultivating Sword Qi with fierce killing intent that can disturb minds and break others’ magical treasures.

The cultivation process is faster than ordinary sword techniques, but the only downside is it requires continuous tempering of sword intent in battle and slaughter; otherwise, it easily backfires, leading to inner demons.

Ji Yuan already sensed Ling Juexiao’s excessive killing intent earlier, like when he killed Su Yuan, he had been able to see it.

Now it seemed likely influenced by this sword technique.

Whether or not to cultivate it, Ji Yuan naturally thought it required careful consideration.

The other technique Ji Yuan found useful was Ling Juexiao’s escape technique.

Now Ji Yuan also found the Jade Scroll recording this escape technique in his storage bag.

The technique was named "Blood Shadow Escape," where ordinary escape techniques consume mana, but this technique, in addition to consuming mana, also required consuming life essence blood.

Thus, each use resulted in severe loss of vitality.

Only usable as a life-saving escape technique.

However, after thoroughly examining the Jade Scroll, Ji Yuan discovered the technique seemed incomplete; a complete "Blood Shadow Escape" shouldn’t harm life essence.

If that were the case, then he certainly couldn’t learn it.

Only waiting to see if there would be an opportunity to find the complete "Blood Shadow Escape" in the future, then attempt to comprehend it a bit.