Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 247: Chapter 154: Level 2 [Array Room]—Star Dust Illusionary Killing Array

That is... immortality!

Almost immortal.

As long as the Yin Ghost Banner remains intact, these two Yin Ghosts can die and be reborn, or rather, even if their bodies are scattered, they’ll quickly reappear, borrowing the Yin energy from the Yin Ghost Banner.

So even the late stage Tier Two Big Toad finds these two Yin Ghosts a real headache.

It has to avoid their edge, choosing instead to wander outside.

”Awesome! Next time I fight someone, I’ll let out this Yin Ghost Banner—means I get two extra Foundation Establishment early-stage helpers for free. And with this Yin Ghost Array’s enemy-trapping effect...”

For a moment, Ji Yuan felt that even if he never learned any other techniques, just relying on this Yin Ghost Array, he’d probably be enough to dominate early-stage Foundation Establishment.

After putting away the Yin Ghost Array, he reached out and picked up the Stone Coffin.

Compared to before, the Stone Coffin now seemed like just an ordinary piece of rock, no trace of Yin energy, but it felt a touch icy cold to the hand.

No idea what it really was.

Ji Yuan swept his Divine Sense over it several times, stabbed it a few times with his Flying Sword, but couldn’t split it open.

Really tough texture, definitely not a mundane item.

Eventually, he had no choice but to stow it away. To be careful, he kept it separate from the Yin Ghost Array, putting them in different Storage Bags.

Having taken back his old home at last, that long-lost feeling of security finally returned.

Ji Yuan walked out from the cave; the Big Toad was already following after him.

It was very happy, croaking noisily, ”Gua gua gua.”

Ji Yuan didn’t know if it was happy to see him, or just thrilled at the idea of getting to eat some Spirit Pig meat.

The nearby had already been ravaged clean by those two Yin Ghosts—no Spirit Fish, not even half a Spirit Fish. The lake had become a pool of dead water.

Ji Yuan soon strolled over to where the old wooden hut had been; it was more or less the same.

Been vacant for over a year, plus soaked in Yin energy for so long, the wooden hut was rotten through—he’d have to completely refurbish it if he wanted to live there again.

”Guess Tu Yue will have to put up with a bit more hardship...”

When Ji Yuan turned around, he saw the Big Toad squatting in the , glancing around as if making sure not to collapse what was left of the broken .

Catching Ji Yuan’s gaze, it obediently let out a croak.

”Gua——”

Looking at the grubby, filthy Big Toad, Ji Yuan pointed toward the lake, then pointed at its own body.

The Big Toad knew Ji Yuan liked things clean, so it hopped and jumped straight into the lake.

Afterward, Ji Yuan circled Mist Island a few more times, using Divine Sense to thoroughly inspect everything. Making sure there weren’t any more problems, he finally landed atop the highest point of the Cliff.

The old Mist Array had already been destroyed by the two Yin Ghosts, but fortunately, even when broken, the mist still helped to conceal things.

Ji Yuan sat at the highest spot on Mist Island and called out the panel, looking at the section.

He wanted to see, now that the Yin Ghost Array had advanced to Tier Two, whether it fulfilled the ’s upgrade requirements.

Just one glance, and he saw the ”Upgradeable” words behind .

And saw the ”fulfilled” marked under the upgrade requirements.

The anxiety he’d been feeling finally eased.

Meteorite Stone and Illusionary Spirit Sand weren’t anything particularly rare; you could just buy them with mid-grade Spirit Stones. Ji Yuan had prepared these ahead of time on All Things Island, even before Foundation Establishment.

Just for today!

Looks like the panel is pretty smart—the reason the Yin Ghost Array can be upgraded is naturally because he got that Black Coffin from Bai Piao.

So the upgrade effects are counted as his achievement.

Upgrading is always good!

Yin Ghost Array got upgraded, so can the Array Room.

Ji Yuan had been craving the arrays provided by the panel for ages.

Upgrade!

With Ji Yuan’s heart thought stirring... well, his heart thought stirred, and nothing else happened.

”Damn it, something’s not right.”

Ji Yuan braced both hands; sitting near the cliff edge, he toppled straight down.

Jumping off a cliff, he’d done this before—the height wouldn’t kill him, at worst his legs would get buried in the ground.

After much effort pulling his legs out, he arrived in front of the .

He swept inside with Divine Sense and immediately sensed something unusual within.

The Level 2 ’s generated ”Star Illusionary Killing Array” was inside the as expected.

Ji Yuan stepped into the mossy mountain cave and entered the Array Room.

The ’s Star Illusionary Killing Array didn’t have an Array Plate or Array Flag as foundation; all its array patterns were embedded in the walls of the .

As Ji Yuan walked among them, even before activating the array, he could feel the chilling killing intent from it.

Damn, now that’s some real finesse... Ji Yuan eyed the complex patterns on the walls.

Compared to the Tier One Array he’d comprehended before, this Tier Two Array was on a whole different difficulty level.

The gap between the two... if you considered a Tier Two array as a quadratic equation, then a Tier One array was just single-digit arithmetic.

This really isn’t something ordinary folks can learn.

Ji Yuan immediately stirred his heart thought, choosing to activate the Star Dust Illusionary Killing Array.

In an instant, the array that usually just covered the expanded, enveloping all of Mist Island.

Ji Yuan walked out from the Cave Mansion again, Divine Sense sweeping the surroundings.

Now, the entire island was shrouded in dust—or rather, to be precise, it was Star Dust. The dust sparkled from time to time, flickering like stars in the sky.

But as for the effect... Ji Yuan eyed a giant boulder in the distance.

”Boom——”

Ji Yuan’s thought stirred, and all the dust on the giant boulder exploded at once.

”Bang——”

With a thunderous boom, the entire boulder shattered to bits.

In this Star Dust Illusionary Killing Array, every speck of dust was a killing weapon.

Compared to the Rain Killing Array from before, now this is a real Killing Array!

Ji Yuan, excitement rising, barely resisted the urge to unleash all the Star Dust... If he did, Mist Island would probably get destroyed in the process.

And since it’s called the Star Dust Illusionary Killing Array, naturally, the killer star dust could also hide itself.

Even the entire array could be concealed. If you didn’t search carefully, even Foundation Establishment cultivators probably wouldn’t notice it.

Ji Yuan was just thinking of concealing this array, then checking what effects a Level 3 might have.

But right then, a pitiful cry sounded from outside the array.

”Gua——”

The Big Toad, having just washed itself clean outside, turned around to come home—only to find it couldn’t get in again...