Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 1245 -426: When the Dao Rises 1 Foot, the Devil Rises 10 [Monthly Pass Requested]

Soon after, a wave of unfamiliar and complex memories surged into Ji Yuan’s mind.

“Huh, this person is actually a Demon Cultivator from the Blood Shadow Sect… and not from the Sky Sword Sect.”

“Soul-Searching Technique is great, Soul-Searching Technique is wonderful.”

After Ji Yuan acquired this cultivator’s memories through the Soul-Searching Technique left by Nightmare True Monarch, he immediately learned his true identity.

The Blood Shadow Sect, the third disciple of Old Demon Blood Sea at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, true name Zhou Po.

As for his purpose in entering Blood Sword Island this time… 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

Ji Yuan directly took away Zhou Po’s Storage Bag from his hand; since he wasn’t completely dead yet, Ji Yuan used Divine Sense to break the Restriction on his Storage Bag, and retrieved a seed emitting black Demonic Qi from inside.

Zhou Po’s purpose for entering Blood Sword Island was to plant this seed within it.

It required continuous feeding with fresh blood until the seed sprouted, then he could leave.

So he entered Blood Sword Island to plant the seed, and then… to kill!

But he didn’t expect Ji Yuan to emerge as an unexpected obstacle on his path.

“It’s just a pity, the source of the seed isn’t in his memory.”

After thoroughly examining his memories, Ji Yuan discovered that when Old Demon Blood Sea gave him the seed, he didn’t explain the origin or purpose of the seed.

He was only instructed to follow these orders.

And the people of the Demon Sect are particularly wary of asking too many questions. Since it was an instruction from his master, Zhou Po had no choice but to obey, leading to all these subsequent events.

“But the cultivators of the Blood Shadow Sect are ruthless like hell. It’s a pity I let him die so easily; I should have tortured him a bit first.”

Having gained the knowledge of Zhou Po’s memories, Ji Yuan naturally knew how many atrocities he had committed along the way.

Things like murder and blood refinement to craft Demonic Treasures were child’s play to him.

In essence, four words summed him up.

“Deserved to die.”

It was Ji Yuan’s first time executing the Soul-Searching Technique, and being somewhat inexperienced, he accidentally killed Zhou Po directly.

As for now…

Ji Yuan retrieved the Thousand Souls Banner with a flip of his hand.

The Soul Banner fluttered, swiftly absorbing this person’s Yin Soul into it.

With this, the time it would take for the Thousand Souls Banner to transform into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner grew nearer.

As for the corpse, Ji Yuan didn’t waste it either. A thought transferred it to the Chaotic Burial Mound to supplement his army of Corpse Puppets.

After handling this matter, Ji Yuan returned to Sword Gate Island.

With the incident with Zhou Po, Ji Yuan became even more cautious, and he proceeded to check all the other cultivators on Sword Gate Island one by one.

He found only Zhou Po was problematic, which slightly eased his worries.

Using Meng Die, he deepened the Illusion Realm and concealed the traces of Zhou Po’s disappearance, then he put the strange insect away, allowing the Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators to gradually break free from the Illusion Realm.

Everything seemed as if nothing had happened.

Even Punishment Sword didn’t notice that one of his Sky Sword Sect disciples was missing.

Two days passed; as the Qi Cultivation Stage disciples recovered, Dan Ding Sect’s Huang Xiu suggested opening Blood Sword Island to let them in.

Ji Yuan and Punishment Sword had no objections to this.

“Alright, the cheering will soon end. In a bit, I will join with the elders from the other two sects to open Blood Sword Island. When you all enter, remember… survival comes first. Everything is based on your ability to stay alive.”

“Only by living can there be hope.”

Ji Yuan had no further advice to give, only sharing his core tenets with everyone.

How much they could comprehend or achieve depended entirely on their own comprehension.

“We respectfully heed the elder’s teachings.”

After they paid their respects, Ji Yuan led to the west side of Sword Gate Island, followed by Huang Xiu and then Punishment Sword, without the need for unnecessary words.

Once the three arrived, each took out their sect’s blood-colored small sword and infused it with mana.

The small swords flew up as if resonating with each other, gathering in mid-air, spinning continuously. The small swords multiplied, forming new blood-colored sword arrays around the original three small swords.

The task of Ji Yuan and the others was to pour a continuous stream of mana into the blood-colored sword arrays.

Until the blood-colored sword arrays transformed into a vortex passageway leading to Blood Sword Island.

“The gates are open, why not hurry and proceed!”

Punishment Sword shouted, and then the Qi Cultivation Stage disciples from the three sects used their techniques, either flying on Flying Magical Artifacts or casting Escape Techniques, entering the vortex one by one and disappearing.

After a while, seeing that the last disciple of Dan Ding Sect had entered,

Ji Yuan and the two others withdrew their mana; the passage vanished, the sword array dissolved and reverted to small swords returning to their hands.

“Old rules, the passage will be reopened in a month.”

After Punishment Sword finished speaking, he transformed into Escape Light and went alone to the west side of Sword Gate Island.

Ji Yuan ignored him as long as he didn’t come looking for fights, but Dan Ding Sect’s Huang Xiu turned and smiled at Ji Yuan, saying:

“All the disciples have entered, half the task is done. Brother Xu, if it’s convenient, how about you and I find a place to sit for a moment?”

Ji Yuan nodded since there was no use in cultivating during the mere month of time.

“Okay.”

Huang Xiu, aware of Ji Yuan’s unease with Punishment Sword, chose a beach on the east side of Sword Gate Island.

When she set up the tea set and fruits, and gently rolled up her sleeves to brew tea by hand, Ji Yuan sensed a touch of the Female Cultivator’s grace.