Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 364: Chapter 193: Another Encounter with Yin Ghost Sect Cultivators

In Ji Yuan’s storage bag, there are still dozens of them, with no real use.

”Then what does Senior Brother Ma mean?”

Ji Yuan thought of something, but was a bit skeptical, so he asked tentatively.

Ma Xingkong grinned.

”Junior Brother Qiu didn’t have a great time at the Great Love Sect either, right?”

”Damn that Wailing Wanderer!”

Ji Yuan blurted out in national essence, ”That bastard still owes me hundreds of Spirit Stones, the promised benefits are nowhere to be found.”

Ma Xingkong sighed, ”Sigh.”

”Isn’t it just like that? Joining someone else’s group is like living under someone else’s roof. Back in the day, your old brother here also joined another group, introduced by a friend of mine. And guess what? Brothers were brothers only in name, and once inside, I learned they were all about screwing brothers over.”

”You’re damn right!”

Ji Yuan slapped his thigh and said.

”So, since Junior Brother Qiu is one of us, I’ll be honest. Speaking from experience, I really don’t recommend you join those small groups.”

”Of course, it’s a pity both of us are Demon Cultivators, otherwise, joining a big sect like the Six Immortal Sects of Shang Dong would be nice.”

”Actually, that’s not true. Senior Brother might not know, the three Holy Lands of Shangxi are about to invade, and when they do, our good days will come.”

Ji Yuan said in a low voice.

Ma Xingkong’s eyes brightened upon hearing this, ”I’ve heard about this too. Is it really true?”

”True, truer than gold.” Ji Yuan raised an eyebrow, ”Perhaps Senior Brother hasn’t been out much, but I’ve been over at the Medicine King Valley on the west side, and have heard a lot of rumors. It won’t be long before the righteous and the demonic factions clash.”

”That’s good, that’s good indeed.”

Ma Xingkong said excitedly.

”So, why doesn’t Junior Brother Qiu just not join any factions?”

”But... as a Loose Cultivator, without any support, it’s hard to make it.” Ji Yuan spread his hands, playing along.

After some interaction, how could Ji Yuan not pick up Ma Xingkong’s intentions?

He just wants the two to join forces, and then... Hehe.

”Hey, aren’t we brothers already gathered here now?”

”Senior Brother Ma, do you mean we should start our own faction?”

Ji Yuan opened his mouth slightly, speaking with great surprise.

”No.”

Ma Xingkong said very seriously, ”We’re not forming a faction, we are restoring the glory of the Yin Ghost Sect!”

”Right, restoring ancestral glory!”

Ji Yuan clenched his fists, ”Senior Brother, why don’t we just rebuild the Yin Ghost Sect? I’ll bring my junior brother over here, and the three of us Foundation Establishment Cultivators together would make a considerable force in this Ghost Seeking Cave.”

”Great, great indeed.”

Ma Xingkong laughed loudly, ”I was thinking the same thing. Looks like our great minds think alike.”

Ji Yuan nodded.

”Since we’re rebuilding the Yin Ghost Sect, shouldn’t we exchange the inheritances we’ve obtained?”

Ma Xingkong’s smile stopped. Indeed, this was his plan all along, which is why he had talked so much to Qiu Qianhai, but he didn’t expect to be beaten to the punch.

He put away his smile and said earnestly, ”Exactly, in that case, Junior Brother, why not show me your inheritance first?”

Ji Yuan smiled.

Ma Xingkong’s reaction reminded him of the Ghost Island Master back then.

It’s just that the Ghost Island Master was impatient, asking for things after a few words, whereas Ma Xingkong, as a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, could drag on this long before showing his true colors.

”What’s so funny, Junior Brother?”

Ma Xingkong feigned anger, ”Could it be that Junior Brother Qiu doesn’t trust me?”

”Does Senior Brother Ma trust me then?”

”You are my closest junior brother. If I don’t trust you, who could I trust?” Ma Xingkong said without hesitation.

”Then why doesn’t Senior Brother Ma show me the inheritance first?”

Ji Yuan’s question left Ma Xingkong silent.

He looked at the rough man with a full beard in front of him and said very seriously, ”It seems Junior Brother Qiu doesn’t quite understand the ways of the world.”

”Oh?”

Ji Yuan smiled, as if unable to hold back his laughter, ”Please enlighten me, Senior Brother Ma, how does one understand the ways of the world?”

”The way of the world is, whoever has the bigger fist is the one who’s right. Junior Brother Qiu, you may be well hidden with your mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, but, unfortunately, this cultivation doesn’t cut it in front of me.”

Having said that, Ma Xingkong’s late-stage Foundation Establishment aura pressed down on Ji Yuan.

”So, if I don’t hand it over, you’re going to take action?”

Ji Yuan seemed to be making one last struggle.

”Believe me, I don’t want to reach this point with you.” Ma Xingkong said as a Soul Banner appeared behind him, ghostly energy overflowing.

”Hehehe.”

Ji Yuan was still laughing, but this time it was a different kind of laughter.

”Fuck your mother!”

The two almost acted simultaneously.

Ma Xingkong gestured with his right hand, and the Soul Banner behind him fluttered. One after another, Yin Ghosts flew out, accompanied by a whistling sinister wind, instantly turning the entire mountain ravine into a hellish scene.

Ji Yuan started with a... Talisman Treasure!

But it wasn’t the Escape Heavenly Shuttle.

It was the Talisman Treasure he got from the good man of Jian Sect long ago, the Thousand Chains!

As soon as the Talisman Treasure appeared, chains materialized in the void, and Ma Xingkong panicked at once.

During a Foundation Establishment Stage battle, who the hell starts with a Talisman Treasure?

Aren’t those used only to save one’s life?

Do you think Talisman Treasures are free!

The Thousand Chains born from the void immediately locked Ma Xingkong in place, just as the previous peak Qi Cultivation Ji Yuan couldn’t avoid it, the current late-stage Foundation Establishment Ma Xingkong couldn’t either.

The Thousand Chains twisted the dense Yin Ghosts and, in almost an instant, interlocked in layers, trapping Ma Xingkong within the Talisman Treasure.

Ji Yuan’s Flowing Frost Flying Sword twisted the remaining Yin Ghosts one by one... These things seemed different from the Yin Ghosts in the Yin Ghost Banner.

The Yin Ghosts in the Yin Ghost Banner focus on quality over quantity.

But the Yin Ghosts here focused on quantity over quality.

Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense swept through, and he didn’t see a single Foundation Establishment Yin Ghost.

”Boom—”

Ma Xingkong frantically attacked the Thousand Chains with one spell after another, one Talisman after another, all while concealing the aura of the Talisman Treasure in his hand.

”Junior Brother, Junior Brother Qiu, we were once of the same sect, why must it come to this, Junior Brother!”

Ji Yuan stepped to the air above the Talisman Treasure, unmoved.

While attacking, Ma Xingkong pleaded, ”Junior Brother, Senior Brother was wrong. Let me give you the inheritance first, and then we can talk, how about it?”

Ji Yuan took out a round object, like a pebble.

He looked down at Ma Xingkong within the Thousand Chains and said a sentence, also the last sentence he said to Ma Xingkong.

”You’re not aware you were wrong; you’re just aware that you’re going to die.”

With these words,

Ji Yuan tossed the Celestial Thunder Seed he held into the Thousand Chains.

Then he pasted several Divine Travel Talismans onto himself, instantly moving far away along the path he came.

”Boom—”

”Boom rumble—”

The dull sound of explosions echoed through the sky.

Even the entire mountain ravine shattered and collapsed.

Celestial Thunder Seed, comparable to a peak Foundation Establishment full-force strike... Damn, it’s fierce!

As Ji Yuan looked back at the explosion, he only felt one thing in his heart.

’No wonder it’s worth 800 mid-grade Spirit Stones, a damn beautiful firework!’

After a moment, Ji Yuan returned to the ruins. Under his Divine Sense, he found Ma Xingkong’s Storage Bag, and as for what he turned into Immortal Material, it was completely gone.

With the space compressed so tightly by the explosion of the Celestial Thunder Seed, he had no reason to survive.

After confirming his complete death, Ji Yuan took out a second Talisman Treasure.

The Escape Heavenly Shuttle.

With Spiritual Qi infused, the phantom of a Flying Boat broke the sky and slowly formed beneath his feet.

But before he could activate it, he saw a flash of blood light sweeping in from the horizon, and his Divine Sense sweeps... Thousand Blood Demon!

Damn, this thing probably heard the commotion and came after it.

”Run!”

Seeing the Blood Demon was less than a mile away, Ji Yuan, who had consumed most of his Spiritual Power, finally filled the second Talisman Treasure.

The Escape Heavenly Shuttle carried his form, turning into a lightning bolt and disappearing.

When the Blood Demon arrived, all that remained was the scattered ashes of the Talisman Treasure, with Ji Yuan’s faint laughter still echoing around.

”Brother Blood Demon, care to share how it feels to be damned?”

The Blood Demon was furious, howling at the sky, with tiger-like roars echoing from its throat, shaking loose countless stones from the already blasted mountain ravine.

”Qiu Qianhai! I will have your life!!!”

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(Wrote a little extra today, 11k characters, sorry for the delay, please support with monthly votes.)