Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 371: Chapter 196: Golden Core Grades

“The Human Skin Puppet”

Ji Yuan had a quite deep impression of this thing, firstly because this human skin puppet could rival a Yin Ghost.

Even against a single Yin Ghost, it was often at a disadvantage.

Secondly, because this human skin puppet looked exactly like Yin Tongzi.

He never expected to get this Secret Technique now.

Just after a brief perusal, Ji Yuan abandoned the idea of crafting his own human skin puppet.

Simply put, the methods were too demon-cultivator-oriented.

It required the skinning of ten boys and girls while they were still alive, and then infusing one’s own blood to nurture them…

“Demon cultivators, they indeed deserve to be killed.”

After finishing his reading, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but softly sigh.

While the righteous path also has its hypocrites, those who commit such acts are ultimately few.

But demon cultivators, they don’t concern themselves with such matters.

The more useful thing was Yin Tongzi’s Breath Concealment Technique, known as “Shadow Jutsu,” whose effects weren’t much different from “Just Like Shadows.”

So Ji Yuan decided not to learn it.

The rest were various immortal materials used by the Demon Dao.

Ji Yuan buried them all in the Chaotic Burial Mound, which he’s currently not using, but it serves to nurture Yin energy. He’ll retrieve them and carefully select what he needs when required.

After plundering… oh no, sorting out Yin Tongzi’s storage bag.

Ji Yuan then took Senior Brother Ma’s storage bag. Actually, he had already sorted through most of it while searching for the Yin Ghost Sect’s heritage.

At least he knew clearly what items inside were valuable.

Regarding Spirit Stones, the Foundation Establishment Pill cultivator’s Spirit Stones were indeed more plentiful than those at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, with about 213 pieces, which could be used to nurture the Spirit-Devouring Bees several more times.

There’s a Talisman Treasure named Giant Deer Sword, which could still be used twice. Ji Yuan had already stored it away.

The most precious Spiritual Artifact was the Thousand Souls Banner.

Not only did it possess powerful offensive capabilities, but it also had the ability to enhance its grade, making it a developmental Spiritual Artifact.

Additionally, there was a mid-grade flying Spiritual Artifact that visually appeared as a locust leaf, remarkably fast.

Moreover, using it didn’t produce the usual dense smoke and miasma of typical Demon Dao Magical Artifacts.

It was named “Wind Locust,” which Ji Yuan planned to keep for himself.

The current Sky Raider Flying Boat was, after all, just a low-grade Spiritual Artifact.

Once he breaks through to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment, and his cultivation reaches the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, he would need to switch to a new flying Spiritual Artifact.

This Wind Locust was just suitable.

Aside from this, there was a valuable top-grade Spiritual Artifact, an Elixir Cauldron.

Ji Yuan didn’t expect that Senior Brother Ma was actually an Alchemist, which explained why there were so many herbs in his storage bag.

There weren’t many elixirs left, likely because he had already sold some before.

Currently, Ji Yuan’s Elixir Cauldron was still the Scarlet Blood Tripod Cauldron he purchased from Isle Master Tie Chui, a mid-grade Spiritual Artifact.

It was handy enough and didn’t require replacement for now.

And now, a spare one had already been delivered to him.

The Elixir Cauldron was named “Inverted Golden Ear Tripod,” and its design looked very exquisite. After Ji Yuan refined it, he found that it could be used for alchemy as well as in combat.

At critical moments, the cauldron’s suppression would wield immense power.

“I’ll take it with thanks to Senior Brother Ma for gifting the Elixir Cauldron!”

After storing the Cauldron, Ji Yuan then found a corpse-wrapping cloth… this item seemed to have no grade, neither a Spiritual Artifact nor a Magical Artifact.

When he first met Ma Xingkong, he was using this corpse-wrapping cloth to conceal his aura.

Though it appeared rather mundane, its effects were indeed impressive.

Even Divine Sense struggled to detect it.

A good item, I’ll take it!

The protective Spiritual Artifact was not found. It was either destroyed by the Celestial Thunder Seed or what?

Speaking of the Celestial Thunder Seed, Ji Yuan originally spent a fortune at the auction to acquire just two of them.

A Celestial Thunder Seed’s power was equivalent to a peak Foundation Establishment full-strength strike, with each selling on par with a two-striped Foundation Establishment Pill.

He used one to kill Senior Brother Ma.

Unexpectedly, the kind-hearted Senior Brother Ma returned him one after his death.

Looking at the Celestial Thunder Seed wrapped in cotton within the Jade Box in the storage bag, Ji Yuan felt secure.

Stacking Talisman Treasure Thousand Layers Chain, when viewed by Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, essentially whoever faces it perishes.

Thinking back to when he somewhat despised this Thousand Layers Chain, he truly didn’t recognize its worth.

In terms of Secret Techniques, Ma Xingkong didn’t possess anything noteworthy.

Instead, Ji Yuan extracted several pill formulas that both the righteous and Demon Dao could use.

He planned to study them during his free time.

Clearing out two storage bags yielded another round of abundant gains.

Ji Yuan was in high spirits.

And in a good mood, what should one do?

Naturally, a celebration was in order.

Lighting a fire, slaughtering chickens, pigs, and fish to extravagantly reward himself.

Of course, also indulging in the feast, were the Big Toad and Frost Serpent.

They still couldn’t get along; meeting resulted in a confrontation.

Even while eating, they seemed to compete who could eat more… thus neither got to eat.

…

The next day.

Under the effects of many building enhancements, Ji Yuan arrived at the Enlightenment Room.

The urgent task at hand was to successfully cultivate the “Nine Fascicle Divine Soul Sutra.”

Meditating, entering tranquility, contemplating.

Ji Yuan was uncertain if it was due to his high enlightenment talent or if it was the superb cultivation effect of the Enlightenment Room because he found that even with Divine Soul type Cultivation Technique, he took only a short month to get started.

He introspected once more, seeing a subtly gold-illuminated large bell around his Divine Soul.