Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 562: Chapter 257: Sword Array Formed, Power of the Thunder Strike Sword!

Now... it’s gone.

The chance to break through so smoothly again is likely gone.

Ji Yuan stood in place, letting the tribulation lightning strike his body. With his muscular physique, he squinted his eyes slightly, looking ahead. Under this endless curtain of lightning, he still couldn’t see the existence of the Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid.

Ten miles... considering his currently enhanced physique, pushing through ten more miles should be no problem.

No matter what, reach the location of the Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid first before thinking of anything else.

Go!

Ji Yuan took a deep breath, mobilizing his qi and blood, and continued to advance with firm steps.

There is no concept of time in the Thunder Marsh. Ji Yuan didn’t know how long he had been in here. Regardless, the sky was perpetually covered with unchanging tribulation clouds, with purple lightning constantly striking down, bringing new light.

After a while, Ji Yuan struggled arduously until he reached eighty miles deep into the Thunder Shock Marsh.

At the same time, he finally saw the true face of the Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid.

The slightly blackened water on the ground now appeared a faint purple under the strikes of lightning. From a distance, the entire ground was glittering, quite an impressive sight.

Enduring the pain on his body, Ji Yuan took a jade bottle from his storage bag, planning to fill it and take it back to check.

However, as soon as the mysterious liquid entered the jade bottle, it shattered with a ”crack” sound.

This Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid actually carried the power of lightning, which meant ordinary items couldn’t contain it. Ji Yuan then took an iron box of low-grade Spiritual Artifact level, his portable ”Cave Mansion,” from his storage bag.

Pouring the mysterious liquid into it didn’t have any issues.

The iron box could withstand it, but Ji Yuan noticed after a few more looks that the Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid, once stored, turned into ordinary rainwater at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This means it cannot be taken away. The Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid is so called because of the continuous replenishment of lightning from the Thunder Shock Marsh.

Once it’s not replenished, lacking the source, the Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid turns into ordinary rainwater.

If it can’t be taken, then there’s nothing to be done.

Ji Yuan put away his things, looking at the increasingly fierce tribulation lightning ahead, choosing to continue forward.

Eighty miles, and while there was already Thunder Strike Mysterious Liquid, it still was not his limit.

He continued staking steps forward, striving as much as possible. He didn’t know how much time had passed, but when he finally reached a hundred miles... he halted, because the lightning descending ahead was no longer purely purple, but had a hint of... purple-black!

Judging by the color and the terrifying pressure emanating from ahead, he could guess that the tribulation lightning beyond one hundred miles had definitely elevated a notch in power.

Should he try?

Since he was already here... Ji Yuan mobilized his qi and blood, protecting his internal organs, before stepping forward once more.

”Zzzzz—”

A purple-black electric serpent, only as thick as an adult’s pinky finger, silently struck Ji Yuan’s defending arm.

”Pff—”

Ji Yuan’s late-stage Foundation Establishment protective qi and blood were instantly pierced like paper!

His arm instantly turned charred black, as a horrifying energy far surpassing any previous lightning strikes rushed into his body with vicious penetrative force, injuring his meridians and internal organs along the way!

Ji Yuan hurriedly took several steps back, barely standing firm.

When he looked toward the lightning curtain again, he truly felt an overwhelming urge not to step into the Thunder Pool.

It was genuinely too terrifying to dare cross the Thunder Pool; just trying with one hand had nearly resulted in serious injury. If his whole body went through, he would likely be struck to death.

Given this, there was no need to keep trying. He decided to condense his Flying Sword here.

Moreover, the location was approximately at the Thunder Shock Marsh’s 99.99-mile mark; absorbing water transport... he could draw in water from beyond one hundred miles. An extra ten miles or lacking ten made little difference by then.

Having made a decision in his heart, Ji Yuan sat there and took several improved Qi Blood Pills, then used the power of lightning to refine them, healing his internal injuries.

To condense the Flying Sword, he definitely needed to restore his state to its peak first.

Not long after refining these pills, the internal injuries from the earlier lightning strikes were all healed.

Ji Yuan glanced at his storage bag. There were 45 similar Qi Blood Pills left, along with 29 Quenching Acupoint Pearls... with that, it seemed he wasn’t in a hurry to condense the Flying Sword.

Ji Yuan planned to first refine these Quenching Acupoint Pearls using the power of lightning.

He decided to keep 10 Qi Blood Pills for emergencies and refine the rest along with the Quenching Acupoint Pearls.

If it weren’t for the distance back to the Water Dragon Sect, worrying there’d be unexpected turns on the way back, Ji Yuan would have refined all of them, knowing that he could kill pigs back there to obtain more Quenching Acupoint Pearls and refine more Qi Blood Pills anyway.

Ji Yuan then swallowed Quenching Acupoint Pearls one after another, using Thunder Forging Body for refining, enhancing his physique.

This made Ji Yuan think back to before, when those Quenching Acupoint Pearls brought him to his limit, as though taking one more would shatter his physique.

But now?

Each one taken was soon refined by the power of lightning, converting into pure qi and blood for enhancing his physique.

After consuming all the Quenching Acupoint Pearls, the Qi Blood Pills came next.

After an unknown passage of time, after swallowing the last Qi Blood Pill and refining it completely, Ji Yuan had an idea.

Perhaps... try going deeper again?

Check if his current physique could withstand the tribulation beyond a hundred miles.

Ji Yuan approached the area nearby, sensing the raging purple-black tribulation lightning ahead, hesitating for a moment, but ultimately giving up on the idea as it seemed a path to certain death.