Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Before Ji Yuan was a corpse… The body had already wasted away by half, with a hideous scar on the face, and the chest was a mass of bloody flesh.

Just seeing Ran Kui like this,

Ji Yuan felt a lump in his throat and a heaviness in his chest.

He formed a gesture with one hand, and a bluish glow swept over Ran Kui’s body, cleaning his senior brother’s body once again.

But the hole in the chest refused to close no matter what.

Ji Yuan recalled the scene where the Thousand-Face Assassin killed Ran Kui, and an uncontrollable fury burned within him.

Fortunately, he had finally killed Thousand-Face.

As for the remaining Jiang Hong, he could only seek revenge after forming his Nascent Soul.

Not just him, Blood Lady and Blood Luo King must not be spared either.

Ji Yuan thought as he sat down on the spot.

Indeed, at the moment he saw his senior brother’s death, Ji Yuan couldn’t believe it.

He thought that with his senior brother’s skills and hidden cards, how could he have died so easily?

It wasn’t until later, when Ji Yuan got Ran Kui’s Storage Bag and took a look, that he understood why it happened.

Because Ran Kui truly reached the end of his road; the Wine Cup left by Hua Yaoyue for life-saving had been used without him knowing when.

The Qi Blood Pills and Unrivaled Wine Ji Yuan gave him were all gone too.

Who knows if he consumed them himself or gave them away.

In any case, there was nothing left in the vast Storage Bag except for some common elixirs, a few thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and three Magical Treasures.

Ji Yuan could hardly imagine that this was a Core Formation Stage cultivator’s Storage Bag.

Of value on his body, only those three Magical Treasures remained.

Oh no, and there was also the Conical Hat that concealed auras, which was quite strong.

“So, before meeting me, Senior Brother must have gone through countless fierce battles, perhaps even exhausting his mind to the extreme; otherwise, he couldn’t possibly have failed to notice the anomaly with Isle Master Qinghe.”

From the hindsight perspective, everything seemed reasonable.

But because it was hindsight, everything seemed too late.

Ji Yuan leaned back to lie on the rocky ground of the chaotic burial mound.

The two Frost Serpents felt Ji Yuan’s low mood, crawled over from afar, and shrank their forms to accompany him.

Feeling the coldness on their bodies, Ji Yuan lay for a moment before getting up again.

Just as he stood up, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

What would happen if Senior Brother was buried in the Chaotic Burial Mound?

Regardless, once buried in there, with a little means, as long as the body is preserved, sooner or later, Senior Brother would turn into his own Corpse Puppet and return to this world in another form.

The thought had just arisen when Ji Yuan dismissed it from his mind.

Refining Senior Brother into a Corpse Puppet… Even a Demon Cultivator might not do such a thing.

It’s too much like the Demon Dao.

Dust to dust, earth to earth.

I’ll think about it next time I return to the Cangluo Continent.

As he contemplated, Ji Yuan finally put away Ran Kui’s body, then retrieved his Storage Bag.

The Celestial Poison Needle was left in Jiang Hong’s body, in some unspeakable place to be precise.

Even if Blood Lady discovered it early, it would be hard for them to escape the fate of having offspring.

But then again, with all the Demon Dao means, who knows if there’s something that can regenerate limbs, even a fifth limb?

But even so, that might leave a significant psychological shadow on Jiang Hong.

Though Ji Yuan lost his Celestial Poison Needle, there were still two of them left from Ran Kui.

This Celestial Poison Needle was originally taken from a set of Magical Treasure; the complete set should have thirty-six pieces.

“That Demon Cultivator had such a powerful Lifebound Magical Treasure, yet it still couldn’t escape death. I should be cautious in the future, and if I ever make a move, it must be swift and decisive to take one’s life!”

Thinking this, Ji Yuan refined the two Celestial Poison Needles.

Ran Kui’s Lifebound Magical Treasure was a Great Halberd; Ji Yuan was not accustomed to using it, but he didn’t intend to sell it. He thought he would keep it as a memorial.

The last piece of Magical Treasure was a Treasure Pearl.

After refining, Ji Yuan learned that this treasure was named “Sea-Covering Pearl,” which, when activated, could manifest an ocean.

The ocean could trap and harm enemies but had enhancements for his own powers.

In critical moments, it could even protect him like a Golden Light Mirror.

The water attribute Magical Treasure matched Ji Yuan quite well.

It just happened to compensate for the void left by the Heavenly Silk Net.

Previously, when the Celestial Silkworm Zhenren self-destructed, they took the Heavenly Silk Net with them; otherwise, a single Corpse Puppet wouldn’t have such a strong self-destruct effect.

Ji Yuan then took out the conical hat once owned by Ran Kui, initially thinking it was another Magical Treasure, but found after refining that it wasn’t.

This hat was named “Hiding Conical Hat,” its effect self-explanatory: it could conceal one’s aura, rendering it undetectable by others; the farther away they were, the weaker the detection. Combined with the Spirit Devouring Armor, it was a true escape tool!

If pursued again, wearing this conical hat and the Spirit Devouring Armor, hiding in a desolate place, who could find me… No, the confrontation hadn’t even started, and he was already considering escape.

Still, thinking that this was something left behind by his deceased senior brother made Ji Yuan feel quite mixed.

Feeling so, Ji Yuan put away the Storage Bag and took out those left by the Poison Dragon Venerable and Granny Xuan Sha after their deaths.