Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Ji Yuan didn’t know what to say.

Didn’t Ran Kui know how difficult the path he chose was?

He knew, but he never thought of giving up. Even Hua Yaoyue couldn’t persuade him, so Ji Yuan was even less likely to. All he could do was ask:

“Then, do you still have the Qi Blood Pills, Senior Brother?”

Ji Yuan spoke as he took out a bottle of Qi Blood Pills.

“Yes, I do.”

Ran Kui quickly patted his Storage Bag and said with a smile, “You gave me a lot last time, junior brother. This elixir is not lacking, so you should keep it for yourself.”

Ji Yuan saw that he wasn’t lying and put the Qi Blood Pills away.

The two brothers remained silent for a long time, wanting to express their sentiments but not knowing where to start. In the end, Ran Kui spoke first:

“Who could have imagined that the once-glorious Six Immortal Sects of Shang Dong would fall to such a state, with the dead dead and the fled fled.”

“Perhaps this is fate.”

Shangxi’s Three Demon Sects, each sect having two Nascent Soul cultivators, but in Shang Dong, only the Sword Ruins had two Nascent Souls.

Moreover, with the intervention of the Shang Court later, Shang Dong couldn’t seize the opportunity… It’s fate and time.

“By the way, junior brother, I recently learned some information from a Demon Dao practitioner. Do you know why the Jiyuan Continent has set up this cross-continental Teleportation Array with our Cangluo Continent?”

“Isn’t it just to facilitate the travel of cultivators between the two continents?”

Ji Yuan asked back.

Recently, he had been in seclusion, so he hadn’t heard much about this matter.

“No, I learned from that Core Formation Stage Demon Dao that this Teleportation Array is mainly constructed by people from Jiyuan Continent. We can’t contribute manpower or resources…”

Ran Kui shook his head.

“The Jiyuan Continent has always been driven by profit. Could it be… they have set their sights on some resources from our Cangluo Continent?”

Ji Yuan tentatively asked.

Ran Kui pondered for a moment and said, “I don’t know the specifics, but I heard that the true purpose of this Teleportation Array from Jiyuan Continent is for one thing, and that is… trade.”

“Trade?”

Ji Yuan was taken aback upon hearing this, but then a thought suddenly struck him…

’Open the door, free trade!’

The Jiyuan Continent is already much more powerful than the Cangluo Continent. In this way, whether it’s Pill Array Talismans or anything else, their craftsmanship must be higher, and they might even have more resources.

But resources are never enough; more is always better.

So, what are they truly eyeing on the Cangluo Continent?

Resources!

Or more specifically, Spirit Stones.

They can cheaply purchase resources like Spirit Grass and ores from the Cangluo Continent, convert them into elixirs, Magical Artifacts, and Spiritual Artifacts, and then sell them back at a profit.

Even the teleportation fees between the two sides would be “shared” by the Cangluo Continent.

This is truly a robbery targeting the Cangluo Continent…

“Yes, I heard that not only are elixirs and Magical Artifacts cheaper on Jiyuan Continent than on Cangluo Continent, but their quality is higher and the variety is more diverse.”

“If they could indeed sell them to us, it would be a good thing.”

Ran Kui couldn’t figure out the deeper motivations.

Most Cangluo people probably couldn’t understand either, but even for someone like Ji Yuan, who could figure it out… what could he do?

Firstly, they are at a disadvantage.

Secondly, it’s none of his business, so best to keep out of it.

Ji Yuan shook his head, dismissing the matter from his thoughts.

Ran Kui continued, “Once the Teleportation Array is completed, cultivators will definitely be able to travel between the continents. With the wondrous use of your Transformation Talismans, junior brother, you should consider going to the Jiyuan Continent for cultivation. Cangluo is still too dangerous.”

“Aren’t you going, Senior Brother?”

Ji Yuan hurriedly asked.

If Ran Kui wanted to go, he could send him immediately.

“Me?”

Ran Kui laughed carefree, “If I had wanted to leave, I would have followed Master long ago; why wait until now.”

Ji Yuan was silent.

“Alright, enough idle talk, let’s discuss the real reason I came to see you today!”

Ran Kui sat up straight, raising his voice slightly.

“Alright, Senior Brother, what do you need help with?” Ji Yuan also sat up straight, asking earnestly.

“Have you heard of a person named Ye Chen?”

“Ye Chen?”

Ji Yuan repeated the name; it sounded somewhat familiar to him.

“Yes, Ye Chen from the Spirit Control Sect.”

With a little prompting, Ji Yuan immediately remembered.

When he was heading to Mirror Lake in the north to form his Flowing Firefly Flying Sword, he passed through a city called Lanshan City and heard about him there.

There was an auction called the Dragon Slaying Auction then, featuring a Tier Three Serpent, slaughtered on site. Participants in the hunt included Ye Chen from the Spirit Control Sect and Cao Lang from the Corpse Transporting Mountain.

Both were ambushed and injured.

They failed to slay the dragon, and naturally, the auction could not proceed.

“What happened to him?”

Ji Yuan curiously asked.

“He… is my close friend.” Ran Kui sighed, “When the entire Spirit Control Sect threw in their lot with the Demon Dao of Shangxi, he didn’t know, and by the time he found out, it was too late.”

“So, Senior Brother, you’re saying… the entire Spirit Control Sect surrendered, but Ye Chen did not?”

Ji Yuan understood his meaning.

“Yes, he’s similar to me in temperament. Asking him to surrender to the Demon Dao would be worse than killing him directly.”

“So, where is he now?”

Ran Kui said in a deep voice, “He has great talent, and with the protection of his master, the Spirit Control Sect didn’t kill him immediately but imprisoned him, trying to make him surrender. I have been searching for his whereabouts all these years.”