Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 258: Chapter 158: [Fish Pond: Level 3]; Serpent Transforms into Chi

Not only does he have to paint talismans and refine pills, but he also needs to comprehend the ”Water Dragon Technique” and ”Shadow Schemes”, plus improve his cultivation by understanding the ”Sword Manual”.

Ji Yuan now wishes he could split himself into three parts to live.

After nearly ten more days passed, Ji Yuan estimated that the event in Lishui City had ended, so he went out.

By listening in Huaiyin Square, he found out that something indeed happened in Lishui City.

It was said that on the day of the Carp Jumping Over the Dragon Gate event, demon cultivators caused havoc, along with some opportunistic criminals who took advantage of the situation to burn, kill and rob, turning the whole Lishui City into chaos.

In the end, even the Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Water Dragon Sect stationed in Lishui Town acted, but they only managed to chase away those demon cultivators.

They wanted to kill, but didn’t succeed.

Even among those demon cultivators, there were Foundation Establishment cultivators.

”Damn, fortunately, I was cautious that time, otherwise, even if I wasn’t caught up in it, I would have been in trouble.”

When Ji Yuan returned to Lishui City with his Peak of Qi Refining cultivation, apart from slightly stricter patrols, everything seemed the same.

Demon cultivators causing chaos... it’s rare, but not unheard of.

Ji Yuan first wandered around Lishui City before searching a few shops specializing in selling and buying Spirit Fish, stating his intent to purchase carp Spirit Fish.

The shopkeeper was somewhat pleased upon hearing this.

But on the surface, he still said with a worried face, ”In previous years, such an opportunity wouldn’t be missed. Once the Carp Jumping Over the Dragon Gate event ends, these carps imbued with ’dragon energy’ would be sold out.”

”Oh? Could it be related to this year’s demon cultivators?”

Ji Yuan feigned curiosity and asked.

”Isn’t that the case? As soon as those demon cultivators came, the Dragon Gate event ended abruptly. Plus, there were many rumors saying this batch of Spirit Fish lacked dragon energy, breaking taboos, and the prices didn’t rise.”

The shopkeeper shook his head as he spoke, ”From your accent, you must be from out of town, I’m not lying to you — this year’s batch of carp is indeed not that good.”

”You are a straightforward person.”

Ji Yuan didn’t expect to randomly find a shop with such an honest shopkeeper.

”Do you still want them, my friend?”

”Yes!”

Ji Yuan intended to rear them and wait for them to transform into serpents; he didn’t care about these things.

”How many do you want, my friend?”

The shopkeeper was somewhat pleased seeing Ji Yuan not being scared off by this.

Ji Yuan smiled, ”These Spirit Fish are food for my master’s Spirit Beast; I’ll take as many as you have.”

”Really?”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed.

”Really.”

After hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately went to the backyard and soon brought out a specially made Spirit Beast Bag, ”Inside there are 8 late-stage Spirit Fish, 19 mid-stage Spirit Fish, and 32 early-stage Spirit Fish.”

Ji Yuan took a look and found the number accurate, so he bought them on the spot.

After paying around ten mid-grade Spirit Stones, Ji Yuan didn’t linger and chose to leave immediately.

It wasn’t that he wanted more, but he sensed a strange atmosphere in the shop... the shopkeeper didn’t seem so honest after all.

From the shopkeeper’s demeanor and tone, Ji Yuan could tell he didn’t genuinely want to sell those Spirit Fish to him.

Why is that?

Ji Yuan didn’t know, nor did he want to know.

But he estimated it probably had something to do with the sudden chaos caused by demon cultivators this time.

After a while, as Ji Yuan was leaving Lishui City, he saw several flying boats streaking by behind him, as expected... Ji Yuan no longer concealed himself and immediately swapped out the Thunder Falcon Boat for the Spiritual Artifact level Flying Boat ”Sky Raider”.

With full activation, he vanished instantly.

The three Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators following behind only saw a glimpse of Ji Yuan before losing sight of him.

They circled around a few more times but had no choice but to return to Lishui City.

Ji Yuan had no time for such trivial matters, after buying the Spirit Fish, he returned to Mist Island and immediately took all the Spirit Fish out of the Spirit Beast Bag and dumped them into the Fish Pond.

As the Spirit Fish were removed, the specially made Spirit Beast Bag instantly turned black and gray.

Broken.

Single-use, he had no idea which Artifact Refiner crafted it, but it really had that effect. Ji Yuan estimated that at least dozens of low-grade Spirit Stones from the cost of buying Spirit Fish went towards this specially made Spirit Beast Bag.

But no matter, this thing was convenient.

Just as Ji Yuan was contemplating, before he had a chance to upgrade the Fish Pond, he heard a violent splashing sound in the pond.

His divine sense swept across and discovered a mid-tier first-level Spirit Fish undergoing a breakthrough, and before long, the size grew significantly.

In the Fish Pond, there now was an addition of a late-tier first-level Spirit Fish.

It seems it was already at the breakthrough limit, and once triggered by the Fish Pond’s effect, it broke through instantly.

Ji Yuan was delighted and proceeded to take out the materials needed for the Fish Pond’s upgrade.

mid-grade Spirit Stones, 3 prismatic-shaped Xuan Ice Crystals, extremely cold, Ji Yuan didn’t dare to touch them with his hands.

Plus a pot of ice-attribute Demon Beast essence blood.

After everything was taken out, Ji Yuan placed them by the Fish Pond, and with a thought, chose to upgrade it again.

With his thought, the entire Fish Pond instantly emitted golden light, and those upgrade materials placed on the shore gradually disappeared.

The golden glow enveloped the whole lake, truly as if some legendary treasure was about to emerge.

The Spirit Fish in the pond were also splashing in excitement; at the moment of the Fish Pond’s upgrade, Ji Yuan’s divine sense swept over, and he sensed at least six Spirit Fish had broken through.