Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 453 - 222: Ji Yuan Slays a Golden Core!

Moreover, how could someone at the initial Foundation Establishment Stage kill so many Foundation Establishment cultivators?

Among them were even demon cultivators at the late Foundation Establishment Stage... There was only one possibility left, that when she used this secret technique, she must have employed some other means, thereby killing those Foundation Establishment demon cultivators as well.

If that is the case...

"What about the Wei Family then?"

Ji Yuan couldn’t suppress his curiosity and asked.

Upon hearing this, Dong Qian stopped the flying boat. It wasn’t until Ji Yuan came to her side that she said, "I’ve killed all those at the Foundation Establishment Stage. The remaining ones at the Qi Cultivation Stage will leave this place, find another location, and re-establish a new Wei Family."

"The Wei Family serves as both the tomb guardian and the key to open my ancestor’s tomb."

"After obtaining the key, it must be drenched in blood to open the tomb... Jiang Hong also miscalculated. His original intention was to kill all the cultivators in this ancient battlefield, except for himself and the Celestial Silkworm Zhenren, but that wasn’t enough."

"If it weren’t for you killing the Golden Core Stage Celestial Silkworm Zhenren, I wouldn’t have been able to open it either."

Dong Qian revealed everything in one breath.

"I see."

Many of Ji Yuan’s doubts were resolved, at least concerning the tomb in this place.

However, Dong Qian herself remained mysterious and full of enigma.

Originally, Ji Yuan thought she might be the reincarnation of a Nascent Soul ancestor from this place, but now that seems unlikely. What exactly is her identity?

She could even wield such a secret technique.

Ji Yuan was perplexed, and Dong Qian knew he was, but she didn’t elaborate further.

The two continued westward, until they arrived in front of the stone mountain where Jiang Hong and his group had previously settled.

Ji Yuan’s first reaction upon reaching there was naturally to look towards the mountain top. The palace... is gone?

He distinctly remembered that before setting off to the Wei Family, Jiang Hong hadn’t taken the palace with him.

"When he was escaping for his life after being beaten by you, he took this thing with him."

With Dong Qian’s words, Ji Yuan recalled that indeed, when Jiang Hong left earlier, there was a streak of light coming from the west, which he finally put into a storage bag.

At that time, Ji Yuan thought it was some kind of spiritual artifact from the battlefield, not imagining it was this palace.

"Had I known earlier, I would have snatched it first. Damn it."

Dong Qian chuckled softly at this but said nothing, merely finding this side of Ji Yuan to be a bit genuine, mainly because... of the greed, not wanting to suffer a loss.

If it were based on the previous interaction mode at the Water Dragon Sect, Dong Qian would have truly thought Ji Yuan was a cultivator who didn’t indulge in worldly affairs, almost akin to the ascetic cultivators on the Xuanming Continent.

He didn’t show any emotions, had no hobbies, and wasn’t even interested in romantic relationships between men and women.

"Let’s go, junior brother, come with me."

Dong Qian said while taking a few steps forward to the stone mountain.

She first raised her right hand, and a flash of spiritual light sliced through, cutting her finger, from which she squeezed out a drop of blood.

As soon as the blood hit the ground, a blood light emerged, and then Ji Yuan saw countless bloodstreams being drawn from a distance, like long blood-colored worms, wriggling from the ground, finally pooling on this stone mountain.

Ji Yuan watched the rivulets of blood snaking across the ground but felt it resembled more the veins of a person.

The final gathering stone mountain seemed to be the... heart of this person.

"Only the blood of our Heavenly Fox clan can open this place, which is something Jiang Hong didn’t know. Without me, even if he obtained this ancient battlefield, he couldn’t enter."

Dong Qian was willing to tell Ji Yuan anything.

As her voice fell, the stone mountain before them erupted with a booming sound and then split down the middle... into two halves.

A black, inky entrance appeared on the ground, leading directly underground.

Dong Qian led the way, with Ji Yuan following behind her.

Both were Foundation Establishment cultivators, so for them, there was no difference between day and night, yet Dong Qian still released a night pearl to float ahead as a guiding lamp.

As the two descended into the underground, the stone mountain closed again seamlessly, without leaving a gap.

"My ancestor’s tomb has two parts—one that’s out in the open, where all her treasures and mechanisms are left, known to common people as a Nascent Soul Immortal Mansion. But her remains aren’t there."

"They are buried here, so there are no arrangements, just an ordinary tomb."

Walking ahead, Dong Qian explained.

Ji Yuan repeatedly used his divine sense to inspect the surroundings, only to find this was an utterly unremarkable passageway, which left him slightly disappointed as he asked, "Sister, what exactly is your cultivation? Have you already formed a core?"

"You want to know how I trapped Celestial Silkworm Zhenren, don’t you?"

"Yes."

Ji Yuan admitted frankly.

"At that time, I summoned a wisp of my ancestor’s lingering soul, you could say it was my ancestor’s doing. I don’t have that capability myself, being just a humble Foundation Establishment beginner."

Walking ahead, Dong Qian gently lifted her hair, and her cascading black hair flowed down.

With his divine sense always outward, Ji Yuan naturally noticed the fleeting mature allure.

"If I had formed a core, I wouldn’t have needed you to take action, and Jiang Hong couldn’t have escaped either."

"I see."

Ji Yuan felt somewhat disappointed upon hearing this.

If Dong Qian had achieved Core Formation, it would naturally have been a good thing for Ji Yuan. Should any trouble arise, finding her would have been much more convenient, and since they were friends, approaching her would be preferable to troubling Hua Yaoyue.