Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 176 - 132: Breakthrough, Peak of Qi Refining!
"Then it’s most likely as you guessed. Ji Yuan fought with the sect and then fled for his life, but ended up attracting attention from others. Consequently, someone later killed Jian Zong."
Master Xuan Shui folded his hands within his sleeves and said with a smile:
"It’s good that he’s dead. Who killed him doesn’t really matter, whether it’s someone from our sect, a loose cultivator, or someone from Joy Palace, any of these are possible."
"Alright, you can go back and prepare well. The Nine Nether Cave Heaven will be opening soon."
"Yes, disciple takes his leave."
Feng Yichen finally bowed and left the grand hall.
After he left, Master Xuan Shui’s smile gradually faded.
"Ji Yuan..."
He muttered this name to himself, then took a step forward, arriving at the Ancestral Hall, and had someone bring Ji Yuan’s dossier.
"From Zengtou City, ninth level of Qi Cultivation, easily killed a late-stage first-order demon beast, and thus joined the Water Dragon Sect."
"Seems he has strength. Well, we’ll just see his performance in the Nine Nether Cave Heaven to know."
If he truly has the strength to kill Jian Zong, he couldn’t possibly be unknown in the Nine Nether Cave Heaven.
As for Feng Yichen’s speculation... it makes sense.
But from Master Xuan Shui’s perspective, that logic isn’t very significant.
Because while traversing the world, there aren’t that many coincidences. Encountering Jian Zong while returning on the same path after igniting the fire is already coincidence enough.
Then Ji Yuan escaped and coincidentally, a Foundation Establishment cultivator arrived afterward.
That Foundation Establishment cultivator also dared to kill the contemporary prodigy of Medicine King Valley...
How can there be so many coincidences?
Many things that appear unlikely are precisely the truth, only outsiders are skeptical. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
In Master Xuan Shui’s view, the one who killed Jian Zong is most likely Ji Yuan himself.
Perhaps he simply didn’t want to reveal himself, but it doesn’t matter. As long as he’s a disciple of Water Dragon Sect, the rest... will be exposed within the Nine Nether Cave Heaven.
...
Ji Yuan, of course, does not know his name has already reached the ears of the Water Dragon Sect’s Sect Leader.
But even if he knew... he would have no choice.
Facing Foundation Establishment cultivators at the age when he would have to flee, and then encountering a Golden Core Stage cultivator whom he least wished to make an enemy of, what can he do?
He could only shamelessly say:
"Sect Leader, I’ve bled for the Water Dragon Sect!"
A month passed by in a flash.
The twenty Spirit Stones next to Ji Yuan were reduced to just two.
But fortunately, upon introspecting his Dantian, he could no longer see any empty spaces, as it was completely filled with pill clouds, and Ji Yuan felt an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.
Dantian Perfected.
This means that the path of Qi Cultivation has reached perfection.
To advance further in cultivation, he’d need to compress these pill clouds and transform them into Elixir Liquid.
Once that happens... that would mark Foundation Establishment!
"Phew—"
Ji Yuan let out a long breath, sensing his peak of Qi Refining’s cultivation... to say he wasn’t happy was certainly false, because his cultivation had reached the peak of Qi Refining, just a step away from Foundation Establishment.
But to say he was overly happy is also false.
Because right now Ji Yuan already possesses the strength of a Foundation Establishment stage.
He’s the kind who can keep his Foundation Establishment cultivation hidden.
After the brief joy, he recalled the previous "life-and-death battle."
When the Talisman Treasure’s Heavenly Shuttle failed, Ji Yuan thought he’d have to engage in a life-and-death battle, but upon discovering the effects of Jian Zong’s Talisman Treasure... he then realized maybe it wasn’t necessary to fight to the death.
Because it wasn’t a killing Talisman Treasure, Ji Yuan’s physique could withstand it.
Like how the fight ended, although his protective magical artifact was almost entirely destroyed, he actually wasn’t injured, only having minor superficial wounds.
Even before he returned to the Water Dragon Sect, he had fully recovered.
This was the battle’s situation, though it was dangerous; had Jian Zong’s Talisman Treasure been an offensive Talisman Treasure, Ji Yuan might have faced his demise... oh, not really. If his Talisman Treasure had been offensive, it would not have had confinement capabilities.
Then he would have used the Heavenly Shuttle to escape.
Unless... he possessed two different Talisman Treasures.
One for confinement, and one for killing.
If that were truly the case, Ji Yuan would have nothing to say.
If even a Qi Cultivation stage cultivator could own two Talisman Treasures, that would truly be a fateful disaster for him.
Thinking this, Ji Yuan took out Jian Zong’s Storage Bag.
No matter what, directly refining his Storage Bag will reveal everything, wouldn’t it?
But this refining wasn’t simple either; Ji Yuan first used a Fire Technique to burn the Storage Bag several times, afraid of any methods hidden on its surface.
After burning, he called Tu Yue in.
Tu Yue also has cultivation, albeit only mid-stage of Qi Cultivation, but she can use a Storage Bag, no?
So he let Tu Yue take the Storage Bag to the [Alchemy Room], asking her to sort through the contents and categorize them properly.
Doing so, even if the Storage Bag had hidden something.
For example, if the Storage Bag contained some method to relay the appearance of the last holder back to Medicine King Valley, then the valley could confirm who killed their sect’s prodigy...
What Medicine King Valley would obtain is the appearance of Tu Yue’s corpse.
Nothing traced back to Ji Yuan himself.
Traveling the world, killing and looting.
No amount of caution is excessive.
Seeing Tu Yue take the Storage Bag and sway her hips into the [Alchemy Room], Ji Yuan went to the nearby [Enlightenment Room].
This trip was entirely due to the [Enlightenment Room].
Now that the material for upgrading the [Enlightenment Room] is finally ready, Ji Yuan couldn’t wait any longer.
Originally, he planned to upgrade it upon returning to Mist Island.
But the breakthrough in cultivation came too quickly to wait for.
