Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 915: Chapter 358: Yin Ghost Sect—Ji Yuan!

The ghost envoy spoke casually.

But in the next instant, Ji Yuan suddenly had the feeling that his entire body had been seen through.

"Not bad, you really don’t have that disgusting stench those people have on you. Brat, you sure you’re not from that damned Black and White Divine Hall?"

The ghost envoy spoke with something implied in his words.

Ji Yuan immediately raised his hand and pointed to the sky. "I swear, if I am a person of the Black and White Divine Hall, may my Dao path collapse and may I fall here."

Thunder rumbled, and the oath was thus formed.

Seeing this, the ghost envoy finally let out a sinister chuckle and said, "I was just saying it offhand, I didn’t really suspect you. But since you’re not a cultivator of that Black and White Divine Hall, I’ll count you as truly a disciple of my Yin Ghost Sect."

"Brat, when the Rashamon Sea opens, remember to come see me from this place. At that time... we shall restore the supreme glory of my Yin Ghost Sect!"

At first the voice still sounded like it was right beside Ji Yuan, but immediately after it rose higher and higher, farther and farther away.

In the end it even took on a somewhat illusory, ethereal quality.

By the time Ji Yuan reacted, a howling cold wind was already blowing past his ears. He looked down, and beneath his feet was the pitch-black Endless Sea.

’I’m out, finally out!’

"Hoo—"

Ji Yuan let out a long, turbid breath.

As the cold wind brushed past, his back felt a bit chilly; only then did he realize that his back had long been soaked in cold sweat.

There were many thoughts in his mind right now, but he also knew this was no place to linger. He quickly discerned the direction and flew straight south.

Before leaving he did not forget to slap a Transformation Talisman on himself, changing his appearance and turning into another young man.

He flew for another two days before he finally found an uninhabited lonely island. His figure dropped onto it, then he opened up a Cave Mansion, and using the [Celestial Craft Square] he set out the Inverted Dipper Array. Only then did he feel slightly at ease.

After moving into this new Cave Mansion, he went into the [Meditation Room], and only then did his originally restless and complicated mood settle down.

"I didn’t expect that Secret Realm would actually be related to the Yin Ghost Sect, and it’s even called... Rashamon Sea?"

"But the place I went to was most likely only a part of this Rashamon Sea, not the whole of it. The true Rashamon Sea... is probably the entire Northwest Sand Prison!"

Ji Yuan boldly guessed in his heart.

Because that ghost envoy had said there were wild dogs outside now, and the "wild dogs" in his mouth were most likely referring to that group from the Black and White Divine Hall.

From his tone, Ji Yuan could also feel the intense hostility he bore toward the Black and White Divine Hall.

"If I keep deducing along this line, then the sinners of the Northwest Sand Prison... are actually the descendants of the Yin Ghost Sect. That great turmoil that swept the whole Jiyuan Continent back then was in fact driven by people of the Yin Ghost Sect?"

"Put that way, it does make everything fit."

But as for the true nature of that turmoil, Ji Yuan had no way of knowing.

"But that’s not important. What’s truly important is that ’rendering service’ matter the ghost envoy mentioned. It’s obvious that when the Rashamon Sea opens in the future, a lot of people will definitely go in to take risks and fight over treasures, and what I have to do is ’play the part’ of a Yin Ghost Sect disciple and obstruct them."

"Not to mention being outnumbered, it’s also a case of the enemy strong and me weak. How dangerous a job is that? I can’t go, absolutely can’t go. This Secret Realm experience has already given me more than enough lessons; a next time... how could there possibly be a next time?"

"When the time comes I’ll definitely have to stay far, far away."

Ji Yuan thought so in his heart, but soon he remembered something else.

"I already made my identity clear and showed my stance, yet that ghost envoy didn’t give me a single benefit. The only bit of Yin Crystal I got was something I gambled my life for. From this it’s clear that the Yin Ghost Sect should be a force that pays a lot of attention to rules."

"Right, he determined I was a Steward of the Yin Ghost Sect through the ring in my hand. Then what about that Token of the Yin Ghost Sect I obtained before?"

As he thought, Ji Yuan first took out that ring.

"Two rings fused together becomes a Steward. Then what if I fuse even more rings? And what use does this Steward identity even have... But even if it does have some use, I’ll only find out once I get to the Rashamon Sea."

"I’ll shelve this matter for now. If I really obtain other rings, I’ll just keep trying to fuse them."

Ji Yuan looked the ring over, then put it back into his Storage Bag, and in its place he took out two Skull Tokens from the Storage Bag.

One came from the Old Demon Crossing the Sea, and one came from the Yin Corpse in Celestial Killer Mountain.

After obtaining this Token from the Yin Corpse earlier, Ji Yuan had thought about seeing whether these two Tokens could be merged into one, but later, with so many things happening, he gradually forgot about it.

He only remembered it now.

After taking out the two Tokens, he held one in each hand and compared them—identical.

Ji Yuan still remembered that if he injected Spiritual Qi into them, a portal would appear on the Tokens, similar to the Yin Ghost Sect emblem that appeared in the sky inside the ring.

Should I try it?

Ji Yuan looked around, and in the end still injected Mana into the two Tokens.

Immediately, two wisps of Yin Energy flew out from inside the Tokens. At first they were separate, but then, as if sensing each other’s aura, the two wisps of Yin Energy converged into one place.

"Hm?"

Ji Yuan was briefly distracted, and the two Tokens in his hands simultaneously flew out.

With a "pa" sound, the Tokens slammed into each other under the Yin Energy. When Ji Yuan lowered his head to look, he discovered that the two Tokens had already merged into one.

He didn’t have time to watch the evolving Yin Energy; instead, he reached out and caught the falling Token.

It felt much heavier in his hand. The Skull Token that had previously looked like it was made of black iron had now turned into a bronze material, and its design looked far more exquisite.