Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 411 - 209: Spiritual Energy Cannon

Therefore, regarding the current situation in the world, although it cannot be said to be thoroughly understood, it is at least well-informed.

First, let’s talk about the situation on Shang Mountain. On the Demon Dao side, there has been a small-scale assault on the mountain, mostly led by Golden Core Zhenren, plus a dozen Foundation Establishment Cultivators, finally leading hundreds of Qi Refining Cultivators.

They are not seeking to break through the defenses of Shang Mountain, making it primarily a war of attrition.

They come prepared, fight, and then run without lingering in battle.

If the righteous cultivators on Shang Mountain want to pursue and kill, those Foundation Establishment Cultivators will handle the rear.

In short, they are as troublesome as maggots in the bones.

Then there’s the Shang Dong area, which can be summarized with one word—chaos!

Two words—very chaotic.

Three words—extremely chaotic.

Not to mention other places, just looking at within the Water Dragon Sect’s territory, Ji Yuan summed it up in four words.

Sparks of fire.

Or rather, rising and falling.

Basically, once it’s chaotic here, it gets chaotic there.

Moreover, those causing chaos are not all Foundation Establishment Stage demon cultivators; most of them are Qi Refining Stage demon cultivators, along with some tribulation cultivators... you kill and burn, I also kill and burn.

In the end, all can be blamed on the Demon Dao.

So what is there to fear?

Some people who were originally of unscrupulous character are even more like opening a door to a new world.

Disguising as demon cultivators at night to commit misdeeds, and by day, returning to their glamorous and dignified, righteous cultivator appearance.

The Water Dragon Sect speculated based on many cases that most of the so-called Demon Dao rebellions in Shang Dong are not truly Demon Dao.

But rather, some righteous cultivators of Shang Dong taking advantage of the chaos.

From these points, a broader view is perceived.

It is like this within the Water Dragon Sect; then other parts of the five great Immortal Sects are likely in similar situations.

Truth and falsehood, who could tell?

Ji Yuan even discussed this matter with Hua Yaoyue.

His teacher commented on the matter, "The hearts of people are in turmoil, even if the Demon Dao from Shangxi did not invade, Shang Dong would still fall into chaos eventually, it’s just a matter of time."

This is a rather casual way of phrasing it.

From a cultivation perspective, it would be evaluated as "In the world of cultivation, if one does not cultivate the heart, it fosters too many external heaven demons, now heaven demons invade, becoming heart demons in the minds of countless cultivators in Cangluo Continent. Demonic Qi rises everywhere, hence resulting in the current situation."

Hua Yaoyue summed up the matter in one sentence.

"This is a tribulation, a tribulation for the countless beings of Cangluo Continent."

Ji Yuan sits calmly outside the mountain, observing change.

...

A year later.

At Wuyou Island, Ji Yuan, who had just crafted a top-grade magical artifact, was resting at his doorstep, looking at the Ghost Head Saber in his hand that was still slightly warm, casually waving it a few times, and as a result, it slashed out blade energy.

’Not bad, among top-grade magical artifacts, it should be considered quite good. If more top-grade magical artifacts are crafted, it will be possible to try crafting supreme-grade magical artifacts.’

Ji Yuan put away the Ghost Head Saber, preparing to sell it at the next visit to the medicine shop.

"Shake faster."

Ji Yuan said without looking up.

Then, a young woman at the peak of Qi Refining behind him... a corpse, began to gently rock his reclining chair.

This corpse puppet was activated the first nine days of the month, awakened a month ago. Since the dead appearance was not too ugly, and the movements were relatively natural, Ji Yuan brought her to Wuyou Island for some small work.

Like now, helping to rock the recliner fits perfectly.

The habit of lying on a recliner was something Ji Yuan developed not long ago, learned from Hua Yaoyue. At first, it didn’t feel like much; but after a few days, he found he couldn’t do without it.

As for artifact refining... he assessed, in more than a year, he’s grown from a tier one low-grade artifact refiner to a tier one top-grade artifact refiner.

This speed is already considered very talented.

What contributed to this speed, firstly, of course, was the Artifact Refining Room; it is the greatest contributor. Without this structure, Ji Yuan thought he would have been considered good if he could craft a mid-grade magical artifact now.

The second was his cultivation. Body Foundation Establishment enables him to wield a hundred hammers without effort, while Mana Foundation Establishment allowed him to control Spiritual Qi more intricately. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The third was the "True Explanation of Artifact Refining" left by the Isle Master Tie Chui.

It contained detailed descriptions of artifact refining that helped Ji Yuan immensely.

Taking the Ghost Head Saber he just refined as an example, the Isle Master Tie Chui left a small tip... using blood of a tier two ghost shadow worm to temper it can enhance the Ghost Head Saber’s quality.

’But it’s still not enough; to unify the four skills of Pill Array Talisman and Artifact, a spiritual artifact must be crafted at the very least.’

’Can’t rush it, can’t rush it; better to go see Du Wanyi first. She took a rest for a few days, that means it’s time to pay a visit.’

With this thought, Ji Yuan got up from the recliner and began to tidy up.

As for Dong Qian, she had completed her task and returned three months ago.

She was stationed in Maple City to the east of the Water Dragon Sect, and it was quite stable, with no incidents.

But Du Wanyi wasn’t so lucky. Her mission was in Yulan City to the west of the Water Dragon Sect, since it was a big city comparable to Great Love City and was a border city near the Medicine King Valley.

So it was very chaotic.

There had been multiple chaos incidents involving demon cultivators.

Du Wanyi even fought against Foundation Establishment Stage demon cultivators.

She returned three days ago; when she came back, Ji Yuan did not immediately pay a visit, as it was considerate to let her rest.

Now three days have passed, it seemed about the right time.

Ji Yuan, having just alleviated the fatigue from crafting in the Meditation Room, received a message from Dong Qian.

"Junior Brother Ji, are you ready? Brother Han has already arrived."