Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 309: Chapter 175: Acquiring the Dragon Qi?

“Senior, there is indeed something under our ancestral grave. We, we have a tradition passed down from our ancestors that every time we perform ancestral rites, we must kill ten Demon Beasts in front of the ancestral tomb to offer blood to our ancestors.”

“Every time we kill a Demon Beast, we can feel a heart-palpitating aura. Thinking about it now, there’s truly something beneath our ancestral grave. A True Dragon, it must be a True Dragon!”

In order to survive, Shui Cang was trying every means to make Ji Yuan believe this story.

Only if Ji Yuan believed this story would they have value, and with value, there was hope for survival.

“Foolish!”

Ji Yuan sneered, his voice gradually fading until it completely disappeared, along with Shui Kai at the door.

“Se… Senior?”

Shui Cang tentatively called out once, but there was no response.

Yet the mist shrouding the entire Shui Family Manor did not dissipate.

The senior seemed to have left, so Shui Yan and Shui Cang’s gazes gradually converged again, each with their own thoughts.

“…”

Ji Yuan had called Shui Kai away and from this clever man had acquired the location of the Shui Family ancestral grave.

“You should go back and just tell them that the senior has already left.”

Ji Yuan did not show himself, but merely transmitted a sound with a single instruction.

Shui Kai’s eyes flickered, immediately understanding, and he bowed to take his leave.

Seeing Shui Kai return to the Clan Elders Hall, only then did Ji Yuan leave the Shui Family Manor.

What he hadn’t expected was that the Shui Family’s ancestral grave was not on land, but underwater, hidden beneath the Li Hua River.

’In this case, it indeed seems quite possible.’

As for why only partially possible…

Because from the story passed down by the Shui Family, the strength of that wisp of Dragon Qi will weaken over time; but according to what Hua Yaoyue said at the time, the Dragon Qi’s strength should not weaken. If it were, it would have been taken long ago.

And it wouldn’t have waited for an elder of the Shui Family, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, to lock it down.

Whether it’s true or false, Ji Yuan was ready to first take a look and then decide.

He continued north along the river and, after finding the crooked-necked tree mentioned by Shui Kai, knew he was not far from the Shui Family ancestral grave.

But before he could release his Divine Sense to explore, he saw a figure suddenly rise from the water ahead.

“Hmm?”

Cyan Mist Wanderer looked at the figure approaching on a Flying Boat, realizing something was wrong, most likely the Shui Family had sold the secret of the ancestral grave to someone else.

“Courting death!”

With just a Qi Cultivation Stage level, even at the Peak of Qi Refining, so what?!

The opportunity with the True Dragon was right in front, with the Great Path competing, there was no room for mercy, so Cyan Mist Wanderer immediately unleashed a deadly move.

A deep cyan Treasure Pearl was spat from his mouth, headed straight for this frail-looking man in front of him.

A Spiritual Artifact?

Damn it, trying to kill me upon meeting?

A thought flashed through Ji Yuan’s mind, and in almost an instant, he guessed the identity of this person in front of him, Cyan Mist Wanderer, huh? So ruthless, then don’t blame me…

“Go!”

With a thought, two Lifebound Flying Swords flew out from his Dantian, while he held the Mountain-Breaking Halberd in his hand.

Strike and shatter the mountain!

“Boom——”

Magic technique and Spiritual Artifact collided, immediately erupting in a massive noise.

“Hah!”

Cyan Mist Wanderer saw his Spiritual Artifact being blown away, and thought to himself, “It’s over.”

Sure enough, before he could form seals to protect himself, let alone call out a Magical Artifact to protect his body, he already saw two streams of cerulean light reaching before him, his body instinctively leaning back.

But no matter how fast, it was not quicker than the Flying Swords in front of him.

“Pfft.”

After a slight sound, one sword embryo pierced through the brow, while another brushed past the heart, the two overlapping, and Cyan Mist Wanderer instantaneously died.

A Foundation Establishment beginner… just like that, was killed in an instant?

But upon reflection, it was also normal, as both of them met narrowly on their paths.

Cyan Mist Wanderer acted as a Hero, but never imagined, the man in front who seemed to be at the Peak of Qi Refining was actually a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Moreover, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator extremely adept at slaughter, from a sect!

Ji Yuan watched as the body was about to crash onto the river surface, only then did he react, casually summoning, pulling the body into the Storage Bag.

In the parlance of this world, these are Immortal Materials, not to be wasted.

And it should be said Ji Yuan still had a Chaotic Burial Mound, urgently needing this Foundation Establishment Stage’s body.

Though needing 100 bodies is a bit challenging, nonetheless, things gather over time. With the two Demon Cultivators’ bodies from before, plus now Cyan Mist Wanderer’s body, there are three.

With the killing finished, Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense immediately invaded Cyan Mist Wanderer’s Storage Bag.

One word: poor.

In three words: dirt poor!

Ji Yuan hadn’t expected this Foundation Establishment Stage Loose Cultivator to be so impoverished, with only one Low-grade Spiritual Artifact on him, oh well, and a top-grade Magical Artifact-level shield, but otherwise, no other Spiritual Artifacts or Magical Artifacts.

Spirit Stones were pitifully scarce as well.

The Dragon Qi Ji Yuan longed for, there wasn’t even a trace.

Since that’s the case, then this Dragon Qi should still be underwater.

Given Cyan Mist Wanderer’s abilities, descending and returning safely, then I should have no problem… Ji Yuan formed a Water Avoidance Spell, pressed the Flying Boat down, and plunged into the Li Hua River.

In just entering the water, he released his Divine Sense.

Being in the aquatic domain naturally restricted the Divine Sense slightly, but fortunately, Ji Yuan estimated it was suppressed by only a tenth. He piloted the Flying Boat forward for about a dozen zhang, and within his Divine Sense’s vision, the Shui Family ancestral grave appeared.

Only now, this ancestral grave…

Had been unearthed.

Though outwardly nothing seemed amiss, Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense could clearly discern a dark hole next to the Shui Family ancestral grave, merely concealed by a Talisman of Blinding Technique.