Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 193: Chapter 137: Foundation Establishment Core Building (3)

”Brother Piao.”

When Ji Yuan entered the room and saw no outsiders, he smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

This time, Bai Piao was finally not lying idly; instead, he was tending to a potted plant on the table.

Seeing the visitor, he lifted his head, revealing a hint of surprise on his face.

”Brother Ji, it’s been a while.”

Previously, Ji Yuan had said that he would get a Tier Two Demon Pill in a few days,

but Bai Piao certainly didn’t believe that Ji Yuan could acquire the Demon Pill in such a short time. Even in the Water Dragon Sect, there were only a few disciples capable of such a feat.

So now, after more than a month, Ji Yuan had finally arrived.

This matched Bai Piao’s expectations.

”There’s no helping it, the Demon Pill is indeed hard to come by.”

Speaking of this, the smile on Ji Yuan’s face diminished as he lowered his head, ”I almost had to sell my belongings to barely gather one.”

”Brother Ji, that’s already a great feat. I have no connections to acquire a Demon Pill myself.”

Bai Piao shrugged, expressing his helplessness.

Ji Yuan had come here to trade for the Black Coffin, so he took out a Tier Two initial stage Demon Pill, which he had obtained by personally killing the Demon Beast.

He felt a bit pained giving it away, but he was comforted by the thought that it’s all for the sake of increasing his strength.

”The item I wanted, is it still there?”

”It’s there. I promised to keep it for Brother Ji, so it’s definitely been set aside for you. Despite several inquiries from others, I didn’t sell it.”

Bai Piao said casually as he activated the array within the room.

Ji Yuan quickly replied, ”The Demon Pill here had several vendors wanting to buy it from me, but I kept it just for Brother Piao.”

”Brother Ji, you’re such a good person!”

”We’re all good brothers!”

As they spoke, both of them appeared genuinely moved.

So, after Ji Yuan handed over the Demon Pill, he finally received the Black Coffin as he had wished, but as soon as he stored it in his Storage Bag, he noticed some movement from the Yin Ghost Banner.

The Yin energy within the Yin Ghost Banner seemed to be somewhat triggered by the Black Coffin.

Could there be a connection between the two?!

Could this possibly involve a mysterious connection with the force called the Yin Ghost Sect?

Ji Yuan’s curiosity was piqued, ”Brother Piao, can you tell me where you got this Black Coffin?”

Bai Piao, who had just deactivated the array, looked a bit apprehensive upon hearing the question.

”To the south, that place... I dare not go there again. I advise Brother Ji not to go, really, don’t go.”

”I’m not going; I’m not as bold as Brother Piao,”

Ji Yuan said with an embarrassed smile, ”I only heard from Brother Piao last time that the Black Coffin was dug up from the Ten Thousand Corpses Mound, so I was curious where this place is.”

”To the south, within the domain of Joy Palace, there’s a place called ’Great Love City’. In the southwestern corner of that city, there’s a place called Ghost Seeking Cave. I dug up the Black Coffin from there.”

Bai Piao explained truthfully.

Ji Yuan noted this silently, but for now, he definitely didn’t plan on going. Ghost Seeking Cave, just the name sounded quite ominous, so it was best to avoid it.

Unless the Yin Ghost Banner truly provides a compelling reason later on, forcing a visit.

”Thank you, Brother Piao.”

”You’re welcome, just call me Brother Bai next time.”

Bai Piao said this and continued tending to the potted plant in his hands.

When Ji Yuan first entered the room, he had noticed that it was a ’Flowerless Clearing Wood’, a plant that didn’t bloom but had leaves resembling blooming flowers; quite beautiful indeed.

Thus, some cultivators in the Cultivation Realm would cultivate it as a bonsai.

”Brother Piao, what are you doing with this?”

Finally, asked by Ji Yuan, Bai Piao couldn’t help but lift his head, and with pride, he asked back, ”Brother Ji hasn’t noticed anything different about this Flowerless Clearing Wood?”

”Something different?”

Ji Yuan scrutinized it carefully and then discovered...

”Is this a bud?”

Ji Yuan pointed to one of the branches.

”Indeed it is.”

”I cultivated it myself, how is it?”

Bai Piao grew even prouder.

”Amazing, truly amazing.”

”I never imagined Brother Piao had such a talent for making flowers bloom from a non-flowering plant in the realm of Spiritual Plants.”

Ji Yuan sincerely gave a thumbs-up.

Then Bai Piao, feeling as though he had found a kindred spirit, shared his planting techniques with Ji Yuan for a long time, discussing everything from Spiritual Soil preparation to plant grafting, and from pest control to plant breeding, and more.

Relying on his previous life’s compulsory nine-year education, Ji Yuan could only barely keep up with a few responses.

The Cultivation Realm truly had a myriad of talents.

Though Ji Yuan also farmed, he didn’t feel much about it, and in reality, those doing the farming were people like Tu Yue who stayed on Mist Island digging.

But Bai Piao was different; he genuinely enjoyed farming.

Unlike Ji Yuan, who purchased combat-oriented arrays like the Rain Killing Needle, Bai Piao bought a Cloud Rain Array specifically to create ”artificial rain” for his Spirit Field.

”Brother Piao, I should go back and feed the pigs.”

On Ji Yuan’s third attempt to excuse himself, Bai Piao reluctantly let go.

”It was indeed a great pleasure to meet Brother Ji today,”

Bai Piao earnestly said, especially praising Ji Yuan’s views on grafting and cultivation, which had greatly benefited him.

Thus, after agreeing to meet again next time, Ji Yuan finally left.

After leaving All Things Island, Ji Yuan headed straight for Mist Island, skipping even Chulong Island.

A day later, by the Fish Pond on Mist Island.

Ji Yuan first took out the Black Coffin. As soon as it appeared, a dense Yin energy permeated the surroundings, startling the fish in the pond into frenzied swimming.

The Big Toad nearby took the opportunity to shoot out its tongue and capture a Tier One initial stage Spirit Fish, swallowing it whole.

”Croak—”

Ji Yuan had no time to bother with it, as he then took out the Yin Ghost Banner, releasing the two Yin Ghosts.

The moment they were released, they pounced forward, seemingly kneeling before the Black Coffin and bowing repeatedly.

”Damn, is there really something significant here?”

Ji Yuan was somewhat astonished by the miraculous scene.

But he had inspected the Black Coffin; just as Bai Piao said, it was a complete piece with nothing inside. Could it be that the Yin Ghosts fear this presence of energy?

Ji Yuan urged the Yin Ghosts to devour the Yin energy inside.

Consequently, the Yin Ghosts finally responded, though they only nibbled at the edges, eating tentatively, quite unlike their usual behavior when encountering Yin objects.

Ji Yuan had no choice; as long as they ate, it didn’t matter if it was fast or slow.

Afterward, he dug a hole in the nearby mountain, placing the Yin Ghosts and the Black Coffin inside to let them absorb and evolve on their own.

Upon returning to Mist Island, Ji Yuan found himself without a single Spirit Stone, poorer than before.

Setting up anew would be rather slow.

So he set his sights on his Foundation Establishment Pill... It seemed time to sell it and purchase more materials for refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, especially the Thousand-Year Green Clematis.

But to sell this Foundation Establishment Pill, it must be at an auction house.

Only there could it fetch a high price.

After some inquiries, Ji Yuan found out there was indeed an upcoming auction of considerable scale, right in Cyan Leaf City, governed by Du Wanyi.