Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 1057: Chapter 387: The Meeting of Old Demon Ji and Old Demon Qiu (Part 1)

Old Demon Ji...

Ji Yuan had always kind of felt he was an Old Demon Ji himself, but the Old Demon Ji truly acknowledged by countless cultivators across Jiyuan Continent was actually someone else.

That damned mutt who’s forced Ji Yuan to keep hiding his head and showing his tail even now!

”...Him?”

Ji Yuan recalled that figure; the anger was still there, but more than that, he was curious.

Curious who this person actually was.

Borrowing his name was one thing, but even his face had to be borrowed... that was no ordinary ”borrowing.”

It was blatant plagiarism!

Which meant that person most likely really knew his identity—in other words, that person knew him.

Ji Yuan had already speculated about countless possibilities before, and in the end he felt the most likely one was... the original body’s father.

That would be Ji Qingyun, the one who died in the boundless Cloud Rain Marsh.

Aside from him, Ji Yuan couldn’t think of anyone else who had both the motive and the ability.

’If it really is him, it’d be hard to kill him when the time comes... no, I wouldn’t be able to kill him at all.’

Ji Yuan rubbed his brow. Right now he was honestly hoping this person didn’t have a good relationship with him.

Then he’d be able to kill him hard when the time came!

”Right, I heard it from some clansmen who just came back from the Outer Realm. They said Old Demon Ji appeared in the Poisonous Miasma Swamp; quite a few people have seen him already.”

Mu Xueyao continued.

”What cultivation is he at now?” Ji Yuan pressed.

”According to those who saw him, he’s already at mid-stage Core Formation.”

”Mid-stage Core Formation...”

Ji Yuan’s first instinct was that this cultivation sounded a bit too low; at least, for the prestige of the name Old Demon Ji... it was honestly not that high.

But then he thought it through. Back when he made his name, he himself had only been at the peak of Foundation Establishment or in the Fake Pill Realm.

So mid-stage Core Formation now was understandable.

Still, given this Old Demon Ji’s mid-stage Core Formation, he could probably exert combat power on par with the peak of Core Formation.

Otherwise it’d really be unworthy of that title.

’We’re both mid-stage Core Formation. With my current methods and hidden cards, taking him down shouldn’t be a problem. Of course, if I want absolute security, I should wait till late-stage Core Formation.’

Ji Yuan mused inwardly.

”Brother Ji, are you going to... fight him to the death?”

Mu Xueyao asked with some worry.

To her, this really was a hard choice.

One was a true lifesaver who had literally saved her life; the other was the man she currently admired.

”When he comes into the Inner Realm, I’ll go meet him and see his true face for myself.”

Ji Yuan didn’t make his words too absolute.

”Okay, then I’ll go with you!”

Mu Xueyao declared immediately.

”Mm.”

Ji Yuan didn’t refuse her on this point, because he’d noticed that Mu Xueyao was now at late-stage Core Formation; with how fierce her Lifebound Magical Treasure was, even without other trump cards or methods, it wouldn’t be hard for her to exert peak Core Formation-level strength.

”How come you’ve already arrived in the Inner Realm?” All the talk earlier had been about Old Demon Ji, and only now did Ji Yuan finally have the time to ask Mu Xueyao about herself.

”Last time I was still in Lindong City when I got your message; you said you were coming to the Northwest Sand Prison to look for your clansmen... then there was no more news.”

”It’s a long story, sigh.”

Mu Xueyao’s delicate brows knit slightly, a hint of sorrow surfacing between her eyes. ”After I finished contacting Brother Ji, I went deeper into the Northwest Sand Prison. Based on some information I’d gathered in Lindong City, I did find a few clansmen.”

”But the people from the Black and White Divine Hall were just too vicious in hunting us down, we had nowhere left to run. And what I never expected was that one of our clansmen had already defected to the Black and White Divine Hall and become their dog!”

As Mu Xueyao said this, she clenched her fists tightly.

”Later I fought with everything I had and finally escaped the Black and White Divine Hall’s pursuit. By a stroke of luck, I ran into an old friend from the past and followed her into a small Secret Realm.”

”After that, in there, my identity was discovered by a Ghost Envoy senior, and that’s how I was brought into the Rashamon Sea.”

Ji Yuan immediately picked up on the implication.

”You’re saying you were brought in by a Ghost Envoy? Meaning, before everyone else entered this Rashamon Sea, you were already inside?”

”Yes.”

Mu Xueyao said as she glanced around. ”Brother Ji, do you know why I’m in this Rakshasa City?”

”Tell me.”

”Because when they first built Rakshasa City, it was meant as a place for our clansmen to live.”

”But now, sigh.”

Mu Xueyao let out a long, heavy sigh.

”You could say the times are what they are, and fate likes to toy with people.” Ji Yuan lowered his head and sighed as well.

”So what are you all planning to do next?”

”Lord Ghost didn’t say; he just told us to stay here in Rakshasa City for now... and also allowed us to move freely between the Inner Realm and Outer Realm, to do whatever we wanted.”

”So you figured you’d hide in Rakshasa City and look for chances to assassinate a few Core Formation cultivators, see if you could scrape together some opportunities, right?”

Ji Yuan said with a laugh.

”That’s not it—it’s for cultivation, you know.”

Having her inner thoughts laid bare by Ji Yuan made Mu Xueyao feel a bit embarrassed.

”Then why not go to the core area?”

Ji Yuan shifted the subject, asking softly.

”No way. Lord Ghost said the core area is actually another separate region, and right now all those Nascent Soul cultivators are in there fighting over treasures. If we go in, we’ll die very easily.”

”I see.”

Ji Yuan nodded slightly. ”Then you should have a decent grasp of the situation in Rakshasa City, right?”

”Ask away, Brother Ji.”

Mu Xueyao blinked.

”What are those vines outside right now? Why can’t Divine Sense probe them at all?”