Longevity through Upgrading Buildings Chapter 1049 - 385: The Insect Demon Decides the Fate!

"That would be acceptable."

Ji Yuan chuckled and said.

"Alright, if you have the opportunity, kill a few more for me. You won’t miss out on those contribution points."

The ghost envoy finished speaking, and a wisp of aura was about to be withdrawn from above Ji Yuan’s sea of consciousness.

Ji Yuan hurriedly said:

"Senior, could you transfer all the contribution points of Qi Xiu to me, considering I managed to kill him?"

"Hehe, young man, being too greedy is not a good habit."

The ghost envoy said with a smile tinged with coldness.

"Rules cannot be broken!"

"Alright... fine."

Seeing the other party unmoved, Ji Yuan had no choice but to let the ghost envoy leave.

Only after he left, did Ji Yuan take out his identity jade token, infused it with mana, revealing text on it.

[Silver Thirteen: Nine Hundred Sixty-Seven]

Almost there!

Once I reach 1000 contribution points, I can exchange for a Tier Four Early-stage Demon Pill.

The opportunity to upgrade the Spirit Field is right in front of me.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but feel a bit regretful. If only I had killed Qi Xiu in the Inner Realm.

He must have had over 1000 contribution points, and with his points, I would have gotten two Tier Four Early-stage Demon Pills.

But now, I can only continue to kill on my own.

Ji Yuan put away the identity jade token with a reverse move to discern direction and chose to delve deeper into the marshland.

With the Purple Sky Divine Thunder at hand, he felt a sense of god-slaying and foe-slaying fervor.

The span of two days flew by.

Ji Yuan had truly experienced what it meant to chop rotten corpses until his eyes were sore. At first, he used the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, but later found it wasteful, like using a great talent on a small task.

Opting for Yin Corpse Demon Fire to burn.

This method was effective, though consuming mana. He then arranged Thousand-year-old Spirit Milk for himself.

Traveling along the way, burning along the way.

Two days later, Ji Yuan clearly felt a diminishing ability to burn.

Because the rotten corpses he encountered nearby were mostly late-stage Core Formation or even at the peak of Core Formation.

Once, he even stumbled upon two peak Core Formation rotten corpses; without the chasing lightning, he might have faced a desperate battlefield.

That day, Ji Yuan had just burned two late-stage Core Formation rotten corpses, planning to rest for a while.

Just then, the ghost envoy’s aura suddenly swept across the entire marshland.

In Ji Yuan’s sea of consciousness, its icy voice echoed.

"The first Poisonous Corpse King has appeared. Those who kill it will get 1000 contribution points and the opportunity to enter the Inner Realm first. The Inner Realm is in Rakshasa City, where treasures and fortunes are abundant, first come, first served."

After the voice faded, Ji Yuan felt a stir from his identity jade token inside the storage bag.

He quickly took it out, seeing its front where team members usually appeared, now lighting up on its own.

Only this time, there were just two points, a green one and a red one.

...The green dot is probably me, and the red dot is that Poisonous Corpse King.

contribution points, also the first chance to enter the Inner Realm.

Isn’t this simply showing your hand to go fight the boss?

No explanation needed, Ji Yuan could understand the ghost envoy’s purpose—simply that the casualties were still not high enough.

Now with the Poisonous Corpse King’s appearance, a map and marker given.

I bet people nearby will want to go take a look, and when they gather together... there’s no need for the ghost envoy to create conflict.

"This is indeed top-tier strategy."

Ji Yuan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Forget everything else; just those 1000 contribution points are likely enough to tempt most cultivators.

For someone like Ji Yuan, who is quite devious, his instinctive thought was not to go.

Firstly, because too many cultivators would gather, making it too risky.

Secondly, because that Poisonous Corpse King appearing as the big boss undoubtedly has a strong cultivation.

Ji Yuan thought he wouldn’t be able to just skim the benefits if he went.

But as soon as the thought arose, another idea appeared in his mind.

"If I think this way, what if everyone else thinks the same, then wouldn’t the Poisonous Corpse King be left unconquered?"

"...Forget it, maybe I’ll just go have a distant peek, not getting close, just using divine sense from afar."

This method is the safest.

Having made up his mind, Ji Yuan summoned the chasing lightning, and in a flash of light, his figure vanished from the original spot.

Looking up the mountain wears out the horse.

The distance between Ji Yuan and the Poisonous Corpse King appears close on the map, but once he started moving, he realized how far it actually was.

The chasing lightning had been released eight times consecutively, only barely reaching the edge.

Ji Yuan donned the concealing conical hat on his head and performed a stealth spell before extending his divine sense in all directions.

The result was that the divine sense barely covered a hundred miles before he discovered dozens of Core Formation cultivators heading towards the Poisonous Corpse King’s location.

Some went with two or three friends, but most still went solo.

Clearly, in the Rashamon Sea, none of them trusted each other.

When Ji Yuan’s divine sense reached further, upon reaching the location of the Poisonous Corpse King, he suddenly felt... If things developed this way, there might indeed be an ambush opportunity.

Ji Yuan first sensed the cultivation level of the Poisonous Corpse King, stronger than peak Core Formation, but weaker than the Nascent Soul Stage.

If a definition must be given, it would be half-step Nascent Soul.

The cultivators currently surrounding and attacking the Poisonous Corpse King were also at the peak of Core Formation; after all, anything less might result in immediate injury.

Like Ji Yuan recognized, among the Core Formation cultivators besieging the Poisonous Corpse King were Fang Zhong from Celestial Killer Mountain and Yan Zhirou.

Additionally, Ji Yuan’s good senior brother, Ma Gui, was also there.