Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Array Flag

In Ji Yuan’s storage bag, the first thing he saw were the rows of stacked Jade Boxes.

Their style was identical to the Jade Box Wei Caishan used to store Bone Decay Flower.

Ji Yuan hurriedly took out two and opened them one by one, and indeed, they contained Bone Decay Flowers!

Counting these Jade Boxes along with the ones acquired from Wei Caishan, there were exactly 18.

With 18 Bone Decay Flowers, the “Pigsty” could finally be upgraded, and he could start living a life of picking up Spirit Stones every day.

Ji Yuan’s previously tense heart also relaxed significantly.

After inspecting the Bone Decay Flowers, his eyes moved to another lidless Jade Box beside it, which was filled with neatly arranged… Spirit Stones!

Ji Yuan’s gaze swept over the intact arrangement of Spirit Stones inside the Jade Box, totaling one hundred pieces, plus twenty to thirty more scattered nearby…

The cost for purchasing the top-grade Talismans had all returned at once!

As they say, to get rich, first kill!

As for Elixirs, besides the common Spirit Revitalizing Pills and Hundred Herbs Pills, there was also a bottle of pitch-black Elixir Pills, with even the bottle itself being black. Ji Yuan did not know their purpose.

The top-grade Talismans were gone, but there were still six mid-grade Talismans and several low-grade ones.

These didn’t seem very useful to Ji Yuan; he roughly estimated that converting these Talismans and Elixirs to Spirit Stones could fetch seventy to eighty pieces.

After examining these, his gaze was attracted by another Jade Box in the corner.

Compared to the Jade Box containing Spirit Stones, this one was evidently more exquisite, with a hollow double layer, intricately carved flowers and plants, and even a small gold lock.

Ji Yuan, with a thought, took it out.

The gold lock was merely decorative; he flipped it open casually, revealing its contents.

Inside the Jade Box lay a Jade Scroll quietly, something Ji Yuan was already familiar with.

In previous attempts to learn magic, he had used these Inheritance Jade Scrolls.

Wondering what kind of spell this was… Ji Yuan muttered to himself. Being so carefully treated by the Ghost Island Master, its effectiveness must be impressive.

Ji Yuan placed his hand on the Jade Scroll, injecting a trace of Spiritual Qi, and instantly, a torrent of unfamiliar memories flooded his mind.

Ji Yuan instinctively felt a slight twinge of pain.

Damn, just learning a spell, and there’s so much stuff… Ji Yuan froze for a moment, then realized upon further inspection.

’Holy crap, I really struck gold!’ he exclaimed in delight.

This Jade Scroll didn’t contain just a single spell but held the remnants of the sect history mentioned by the Ghost Island Master…

The sect was named “Yin Ghost Sect,” specializing in refining Yin Ghosts.

For instance, the Array Flag comparable to a mid-grade Magical Artifact used by Ghost Island Master was called the Yin Ghost Banner, and the formation was known as the Yin Ghost Array.

The two black fog ghost heads he initially released capable of entangling a Flying Sword were the refined Yin Ghosts.

From the information within the Inheritance Jade Scroll, the method to refine a Yin Ghost… was dirty and demanding.

First, one must select a cultivator born at the time of Yin, and then brutally torture and kill them so that the resulting ghost is fierce enough.

Additionally, there was the method of cultivating Bone Decay Flower.

One must use the shinbones of the unjustly dead, plant three Bone Decay Flower Seeds within, bury it in a place where yin energy gathers, and lay a layer of Spirit Stones underneath, among other steps.

As for its effects… as Ji Yuan flipped through the memories in his mind, his eyes suddenly brightened.

“Extract the juice from Bone Decay Flowers, apply it to the Yongquan and Mingmen acupoints, and it can temporarily increase the speed of Spiritual Qi absorption?”

Upon seeing this effect, Ji Yuan was initially pleased but soon became skeptical… He didn’t dare believe it. Given that the Bone Decay Flower itself was filthy and sinister, applying it to the Mingmen and Yongquan acupoints felt risky, and Ji Yuan dared not try it.

But then he thought, if it really had no basis, why would it be recorded in the Jade Scroll?

After pondering the content of the Jade Scroll, Ji Yuan speculated on a possibility.

The contents of this Jade Scroll were incomplete, and the information was not comprehensive.

Because besides the construction method of the Yin Ghost Array and Bone Decay Flower cultivation, only some miscellaneous contents remained, like stating that the Yin Ghost Sect was a branch of a major sect.

Disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect going outside must never admit they belong to the Yin Ghost Sect.

One could only possess up to five Yin Ghosts at the same time; having more would lead them to devour their master, and so on.

Not even a proper spell was recorded.

After examining it, Ji Yuan understood why the Ghost Island Master became so excited when he previously mentioned having a Secret Scripture left by his master sect.

It seems he also knew the content of the Jade Scroll was incomplete.

If that’s the case, then even more reason not to attempt using Bone Decay Flowers to enhance cultivation efficiency.

After reviewing the contents of the Jade Scroll, Ji Yuan didn’t rush to refine the Magical Artifact Array Flag but took out another item from the storage bag… a ring.

Entirely pitch black, he didn’t know what material it was made from, appearing like a Bone Ring with a carved skull on it.

Ji Yuan hesitated for a moment, then let it hover before injecting a trace of Spiritual Qi into it.

Upon injection, a wisp of black fog rose from the ring, which then transformed to form the character “Yin”, lingering for two breaths before dissipating.

The ring then returned to its mundane appearance.

“It seems to be a token,” Ji Yuan guessed.

Not knowing its purpose, he put it away and finally looked at the Magical Artifacts he had acquired… especially the Black Banner Yin Ghost Banner and the mid-grade Dharma Ship.

The best items had to be saved for last; Ji Yuan first picked up the Skull Token for protective use.

A low-grade Magical Artifact, it had withstood several hits from the White Water Flying Sword, sustaining some wear, but was still slightly better in quality than Ji Yuan’s previous Dragon Armor Shield, though similarly damaged.

Ji Yuan planned to sell it when he returned to Zengtou City.

The remaining item was a black Magic Robe, also a low-grade garment. However, it had suffered greater damage, taking a hit from a top-grade Demon Suppression Talisman and several stabs from Ji Yuan’s mid-grade Flying Sword.

Not shattering on the spot could already be considered remarkable quality.

Wei Caishan’s Dharma Ship was merely an ordinary low-grade ship, even inferior to Ji Yuan’s White Boat, and could only be sold for Spirit Stones.

Having inspected these, Ji Yuan finally picked up the palm-sized black Dharma Ship.

Injecting Spiritual Qi, he refined it slightly.

Unlike low-grade Magical Artifacts, refining this mid-grade item yielded some information instantly.

The Dharma Ship was named “Black Wind Boat,” skimming across the water like a black wind, capable of briefly riding the wind at full power, achieving astonishing speed.

Even underwater, it was faster than ordinary mid-grade ships.

It was truly an excellent Magical Artifact.

Ji Yuan glanced at the White Boat inside his storage bag—it was the one “borrowed” from Old Wu. It was time to upgrade to something better.

After completing the refining process, Ji Yuan took out the Array Flag exuding wisps of black smoke… the Yin Ghost Banner.

For Ji Yuan, although today’s haul was plentiful, the most practical and valuable item was this Array Flag.