Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 673: Chapter 294: Tier-2 High-Grade Artifact Refiner

The ensuing events were unknown to Ji Yuan.

Because after he said that sentence, he was driven out by the Ice and Fire Zhenren, who was frustrated with him, but fortunately, he was quite happy to be so.

Demon hunting squad?

That’s a place for people to go. Originally, the ways of the demon path are bizarre beyond measure. A usual righteous cultivator would run as far as possible upon encountering them and only turn back to fight when there was no other option, like Ji Yuan.

Now, to actively seek them out and deliver oneself to them.

What difference does this make from courting death?

Although, it must be said that within this demon hunting squad, all are elites from Shang Dong.

But is it possible that there are no elites on the Shangxi side?

Ji Yuan could guarantee that this demon hunting squad could only thrive for a month at most, because during the first month, the demon path hasn’t reacted yet, giving them some opportunities to succeed.

After a month, once the demon path reacts, they would likely form some “righteous hunting squad,” then specifically ambush outside the six immortal sects or many markets in Shang Dong, to thereby hunt this righteous path squad.

Thinking of it this way, this demon hunting squad really started a bad trend.

By then, both the righteous and demon paths would target the talented disciples of the other, no one would feel safe being outside.

As Ji Yuan thought about this, he walked towards his Cave Mansion, not even arriving home when the transmitted voice of the Ice and Fire Elder rang in his mind again.

…This was also intentional on his part.

He knew that Ice and Fire Elder would definitely have more to say to him, he didn’t want to wait until he returned to the Cave Mansion to contact the Ice and Fire Elder.

“You boy… really don’t know whether to call you stupid or something else!”

The Ice and Fire Elder maintained his tone of disappointed frustration, “Do you know what this demon hunting squad really is?”

“Junior does not know.”

Ji Yuan slowed his pace, answering in his mind.

“In this righteous-demon war, Qi Cultivation cultivators are cannon fodder, Foundation Establishment cultivators are the foundation, but the true mainstay is still the Core Formation cultivators. Now, the number of our Core Formation cultivators in Shang Dong is actually less than in Shangxi, so the six immortal sects came up with this method.”

“To temper those peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, fully assisting them to form their core!”

“Boy, you really don’t know. I was quite shocked when I saw those treasures brought out by the six immortal sects, the foundation of the six immortal sects… it’s indeed too profound.”

The Ice and Fire Elder clicked his tongue with sighs and said, “You indeed killed a Core Formation cultivator, but you didn’t see how heavily injured that Fire Python was, do not think you truly have any strength.”

“Geniuses appear one after another in the world, only by seizing every bit of opportunity can you attain the great path.”

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan knew, the current Fire Python Zhenren was still that Fire Technique cultivator.

If he had turned into that Ice Technique cultivator, would he say so much?

He would only have one sentence.

“Study if you wish, if not, then scram!”

So Ji Yuan had no hesitation, immediately saying, “Junior, after escaping from the Demon Cave, immediately returned to the Alchemy Square, did not kill any Core Formation cultivator.”

“Furthermore, even if junior is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, it is still a great realm away from Core Formation cultivator, how could it kill? Senior must have misunderstood me.”

The Ice and Fire Elder chuckled.

“If Fire Python Zhenren wasn’t killed by you, then was it killed by me?”

“What? Fire Python Zhenren is dead? Indeed, this junior does not know, junior only knows that he entered the Demon Dao, previously in the Demon Cave, it was he who exposed my identity.”

Ji Yuan spoke with great surprise, not at all like he was faking.

“Heh, if you say it wasn’t you, then it wasn’t you. You should focus first on considering this matter carefully.”

The Ice and Fire Elder no longer dwelled on whether or not Ji Yuan killed Fire Python Zhenren, turning instead to the serious matter.

“Yes.”

Along with nodding, Ji Yuan earnestly considered for a while.

Joining the demon hunting squad to hunt demon cultivators was, without doubt, extremely dangerous, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was a life and death situation.

Ji Yuan didn’t want to take the risk; he didn’t want to live a life with his head hanging by a thread.

This was the first.

The second was that he actually had no particularly strong opinion on the distinction between righteous and demon paths, simply put, he considered himself a “middle cultivator.”

If a word had to be used to describe, it would be… evil cultivator.

So he also did not want to risk his life for the so-called righteous path.

The third issue was precisely what the Ice and Fire Elder spoke of, those extremely precious treasures that aid in core formation.

Ji Yuan just wanted to ask, no matter how useful, can they be more useful than the Pill Essence Fruit?

One Pill Essence Fruit every ten years.

Ji Yuan could wait a few decades to form his core, no need to risk everything.

After all, choices can be made countless times, but life, there is only one.

So after thinking it over for a long time, he finally spoke in his mind to the Ice and Fire Elder: “Junior is truly afraid of death, and can only let down senior’s good intentions.”

The Ice and Fire Elder was indeed quite good, so Ji Yuan did not want to lie to him, thus he spoke the truth.

“You’re still pinning hopes on your master, aren’t you? I can only say, in cultivation, everything ultimately depends on oneself.”

The Ice and Fire Elder said this, and eventually sighed.

“As you wish.”

Having said that, he withdrew his divine sense, no longer attempting to persuade with transmissions.

Ji Yuan paused for a moment, finally not turning back, but striding back to his own Cave Mansion.

Accompanied by a light “bang” sound.

The door seemed to isolate the world.

Ji Yuan had recently made great contributions at the Demon Cave, and on top of that, he could barely be considered to have suffered some injury, so he received special permission to temporarily not participate in duty rotations, staying home to recuperate.

He originally intended to first see if there was anything good inside Fire Python Zhenren’s storage bag, but before he could look at it in detail, he received a transmission from Li Changhe.