Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 837: Chapter 344: Core Formation Today!

“Are you suggesting we go and snatch it?”

Mu Xueyao lowered her head shyly, with her hands behind her back, “Well… if Old Demon Ji doesn’t snatch it, how else are we going to buy it?”

“If Brother Ji doesn’t want to snatch it, then I’ll first make contact with the Zhou Family. Once I gather enough evidence, we’ll sell the news of their smuggling to the Bone Nightmare Sect. How about that?”

… This one looks so clean, yet his heart is so dark!

Ji Yuan mocked internally, but outwardly shook his head.

“Making a deal with the Bone Nightmare Sect without strength is like asking to be double-crossed. This path definitely won’t work.”

“We’ll stick to our plan and just buy it with money!”

“Huh?”

Mu Xueyao seemed to see Old Demon Ji for the first time in a new light, “But buying it will cost a lot of Spirit Stones.”

Ji Yuan chuckled softly and said no more.

Spirit Stones, he had plenty, and he was wondering how to spend them.

Being able to convert Spirit Stones into power without risk was undoubtedly his favorite thing to do.

This news made Ji Yuan feel more at ease.

His only worry left was for Du Wanyi.

Because several years had passed, and there was still no news from Liu Yuan about Du Wanyi, nor any records about that strange person.

Six years plus two.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Yuan had spent eight years in West Border City.

This was also the first time since beginning his path of cultivation that Ji Yuan had cultivated so peacefully for this long.

Oh no, he had said the same thing back at Fallen Immortal Gully.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan felt fortunate. It was good he came to the Jiyuan Continent, otherwise, with the current environment on the Cangluo Continent,

where could he have cultivated so peacefully for so long?

As the day for the third Pill Essence Fruit to mature approached, Ji Yuan could barely contain his excitement and often thought of visiting the Spirit Field.

Eventually, he simply moved directly into the Spirit Field.

Time passed unnoticed in the mountains.

Ji Yuan didn’t know how long had passed.

He only knew that one deep night, while cultivating, he suddenly felt a presence that loosened his shackles.

The scent was so familiar that it could be said Ji Yuan had longed for it day and night.

If not for fearing loosening the shackles and being forced to break through on the spot,

he would occasionally take out the Pill Essence Fruit from his Storage Bag just to smell this soul-stirring aroma.

And now.

The day had finally arrived.

The third Pill Essence Fruit had finally matured!

Ji Yuan opened his eyes during cultivation, gazing at the entirely vermilion fruit floating above the Spirit Field.

He first took a deep breath, inhaling all the scents within the Cave Mansion, then took out a Jade Box made from Spirit Vein ore, which had been prepared long ago, from his Storage Bag.

He placed the Pill Essence Fruit inside and then stored it in the Storage Bag.

With everything secured in the bag, Ji Yuan exhaled deeply, looking at the three Pill Essence Fruits lined up inside, almost visualizing his post-Core Formation self.

“With everything ready, there’s nothing else to wait for.”

Ji Yuan glanced around one last time.

Finally, he gathered everything from the Cave Mansion and disabled all the construction effects.

Without these things by his side, Ji Yuan wouldn’t feel safe even if he were in seclusion to break through.

Once he ensured everything was accounted for, he took out two Communication Talismans.

He contacted Mu Xueyao and Liu Yuan.

Without giving details, he simply asked if they were free and invited them over.

Mu Xueyao’s Cave Mansion was next door, so she came quickly.

She saw Ji Yuan still wearing his wide blue robe and sweetly called out “Brother Ji.”

“Hmm, sit down and let’s talk.”

Ji Yuan brewed Spirit Tea under the peach tree at his Cave Mansion entrance.

The peach tree was planted the year he decided to settle in West Border City. Eight years had passed, and the tree had grown to a lush canopy.

“Alright.”

In front of others, Mu Xueyao was very fierce, but she was as meek as a lamb before Ji Yuan.

“Does Brother Ji have something to discuss?”

“I also invited Brother Liu; let’s wait until he arrives to talk.”

Ji Yuan lightly raised his hand, making three teacups fall.

They waited but a moment before a water-blue escape light flew in from the west, directly entering the array, then landed opposite Ji Yuan, transforming into a swordsman in white.

“Brother Ji rarely invites us over.”

Liu Yuan greeted unceremoniously and then bowed slightly to Mu Xueyao, “Greetings, Miss Mu.”

Mu Xueyao hurriedly got up and returned the gesture.

Both were early-stage Golden Core cultivators, introduced through Ji Yuan, and one of the two who knew about Ji Yuan’s “secret,” so they weren’t overly formal.

Liu Yuan merely glanced up and down at Ji Yuan and guessed the reason.

“Brother Ji, are you… finally ready for Core Formation?”

Upon hearing this, Mu Xueyao, seated beside Ji Yuan, turned quickly, unable to hide her delight.

For cultivators, nothing mattered more than a breakthrough.

Especially a breakthrough of this magnitude.

Ji Yuan sipped his hot tea and put down the cup, smiling before speaking:

“Who knows me better than Brother Liu?”

Then he turned to Mu Xueyao, with a calm gaze and said, “I’ve prepared long enough.”

“No point in waiting any longer; better to attempt it soon.”

“Yes! Brother Ji is sure to succeed in Core Formation!”

Mu Xueyao nodded vigorously, “Liu Yuan and I will protect you. Brother Ji, focus on your breakthrough; you don’t need to worry about anything else.”