Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 227: Chapter 149: Foundation Establishment Today! [Triple-Length Chapter]

Water Dragon Sect, Square Island, Alchemy Room.

This wasn’t Ji Yuan’s first time stepping onto Square Island, but it was his first time coming to this alchemy room, and it was still the one connected to the earth veins.

As soon as he entered, he felt a wave of heat rush towards him.

The alchemy room wasn’t too big, estimated to be only about thirty or forty square meters, but it was still larger than the one at Mist Island.

The walls were made of unknown materials, neither wood nor metal, and there was a protective array that not only had soundproofing effects but could also prevent others from investigating.

In the center of this alchemy room was a seemingly eternal, unextinguishable flame.

That would be the place connected to the earth veins, used to place the alchemy furnace.

Refining Foundation Establishment Pills requires smelting demon pills, and only the Earth Vein Fire could do so. Of course, the Pill Fire of a Core Formation Realm would also work, but unfortunately, Ji Yuan was still a bit away from reaching Core Formation.

Normally, renting this Earth Vein Alchemy Room for a month would require 10 mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Thus, most alchemists would pre-process the herbs at home, and would only need to spend two or three days in the room for alchemy.

So, for them, this cost was acceptable.

But Ji Yuan wasn’t in that situation. He hadn’t even started processing the materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill, and after processing, he still had to do the alchemy.

He needed to run five furnaces.

After finishing the alchemy, he would still need to attempt the foundation establishment… He estimated that if successful within a year, it would be quite fortunate.

“By this calculation, it’s worth seeking the Li Family’s help, not to mention avoiding the Sect Leader’s notice, it also saved me a large amount of Spirit Stones!”

Yesterday, after Feng Yichen left.

Ji Yuan contacted Li Changhe, and the response was that Li Changhe hadn’t returned yet, the one meeting Ji Yuan was Li Changhe’s second uncle.

Li Changhe had instructed, and Ji Yuan trusted him.

So when Ji Yuan expressed his desire to rent an Earth Vein Alchemy Room, Li’s second uncle immediately agreed.

For the Li Family, this was just a matter of a word.

Even without the Li Family, as long as there were enough Spirit Stones, it would be manageable.

Ji Yuan also didn’t forget to have Li’s second uncle conceal his identity… The final approach was renting the Earth Vein Alchemy Room for Ji Yuan under the guise of a descendant of the Li Family, extending the time, renting for two years straight.

Ji Yuan walked around the alchemy room a few times and examined it thoroughly with his Divine Sense.

Nothing out of the ordinary was found.

Finally, he sat by the earth vein and took out his Tier Two Alchemy Furnace.

According to the recipe, when refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, the furnace must be pre-heated with earth vein fire for three days.

Additionally, the materials had to be processed by soaking the thousand-year Illusion Spirit Grass and thousand-year Qinghui Grass in the prepared Earth Vein Spiritual Spring for seven days to remove impurities and nourish them with Spiritual Qi, among other things.

As Ji Yuan processed these, sitting by the earth vein, he couldn’t help but think.

“To Li Changhe, I may be a benefactor, and indeed the Li Family’s favor is useful, but favors do run out.”

“But it’s no matter, this favor helps with successful foundation establishment, which is of most value.”

“As for after the foundation establishment… it will depend on what Hua Yaoyue decides, having a master means listening to the master.”

With this thought, Ji Yuan checked the three jars of Spirit Wine in his Storage Bag.

All were intact.

It’s a pity, though, that there’s no place to set up a Wine Cellar here.

Otherwise, he could further preserve it for months, and at that time, the taste of the Spirit Wine would surely be better.

Ji Yuan looked up.

At some point, the label [Alchemy Room: lv2] had appeared above his head.

After renting this Alchemy Room, the interface automatically recognized it, categorizing it as his building.

Since that is the case, he might as well try refining a few furnaces of Spirit Gathering Pills.

Ji Yuan had never used Earth Vein Fire for alchemy before, so he had to test the furnace and control the heat.

He couldn’t test a furnace with Foundation Establishment Pills.

Ji Yuan was refining pills.

Feng Yichen was searching for Master Xuan Shui… He never expected that Ji Yuan would dare to run away!

He had already considered it audacious to reconsider before replying to the Sect Leader’s directive, but who would have thought Ji Yuan would be even bolder.

He ran away directly.

Was this a death wish?!

Feng Yichen had given Ji Yuan two days to consider, but after waiting at home for two days, Ji Yuan never responded.

He could only come again to ask Ji Yuan in person what his thoughts were.

But when he arrived, he found… Ji Yuan’s front gate was locked, the prohibitions visibly active.

This clearly indicated Ji Yuan was no longer home.

At this time, if he wasn’t home, where else could he have gone, clearly, he had run away.

“Damn, tough guys abound every year, especially this year.”

Feng Yichen couldn’t help but think of other things, yet it was nothing compared to the shock Ji Yuan’s matter gave him.

Daring to defy the Sect Leader’s orders, still within the Water Dragon Sect, is this treason?

When Feng Yichen arrived at the main hall of the Water Dragon Sect’s main island and saw Master Xuan Shui, he recounted the whole story without omission.

“Oh? You mean he ran away?”

This not only surprised Feng Yichen but also Master Xuan Shui a bit.

After pondering for a moment, he couldn’t help but chuckle and say:

“Is he really that scared of death?”

“Interesting, wait for me a moment.”

Master Xuan Shui then transformed into a light and departed.

Feng Yichen could guess where Master Xuan Shui was going, surely to trace Ji Yuan’s whereabouts.