Longevity through Upgrading Buildings Chapter 676 - 295: Sword Pavilion: Level 1

A wave of satisfaction swelled in Ji Yuan's heart as he gazed at the inaugural top-grade Spiritual Artifact forged by his own hands.

With a casual flourish, he swung the sword before hurling it skyward.

Spiritual Qi surged, morphing the sword into a streak of white light that darted across the courtyard, finally returning to his grasp.

"The sword light shines white as snow, so I’ll call you ’White Rift’."

Being the first top-grade Spiritual Artifact he'd made—a sword-type one—Ji Yuan naturally planned to keep it as a treasured memento.

For the Sword Pavilion upgrade, the panel simply required any sword-type Spiritual Artifact.

Low-grade or mid-grade ones would suffice; no need to waste a top-grade piece.

Such extravagance made no sense.

After storing the precious sword, Ji Yuan silently thanked Fire Python Zhenren for his lavish gift.

Without the top-grade Spiritual Artifact refining tools and the manuals of artifact refining insights left behind by him,

Reaching Tier Two Top-grade Artifact Refiner wouldn't have come so smoothly for Ji Yuan.

Crafting more swords to upgrade the Sword Pavilion remained out of reach for Ji Yuan right now.

Fresh from honing his refining prowess, he urgently needed to tackle the Celestial Thunder Seed next.

Preparations for the Celestial Thunder Seed materials had started back in the early Foundation Establishment phase for Ji Yuan.

Now standing at Foundation Establishment peak, successful refinement could yield four to five hundred of them, by his calculations.

Intense sulfur, alum powder from hundred-formed rocks, charcoal from ancient millennial wood, plus Tier Two thunder-fire stone.

When a Tier Two Top-grade Artifact Refiner proportions and refines these with precision, the devastating Celestial Thunder Seed emerges.

Peak Foundation Establishment Ji Yuan, bolstered by Celestial Thunder Seeds... would dominate any future fights!

Yet refining demanded utmost vigilance.

Rarity of Celestial Thunder Seeds stemmed partly from scarce refiners mastering the method.

Equally, many who did master it perished in blasts.

Fear held no sway over Ji Yuan.

Peak Foundation Establishment Mana coursed through him, alongside late-stage Foundation Establishment body cultivation.

A point-blank Celestial Thunder Seed blast would leave him with mere light wounds at most.

One modified Qi Blood Pill would heal him completely, regardless.

Thus, in the ensuing days, Ji Yuan dove into careful trials of crafting the Celestial Thunder Seed.

Lacking initial know-how, he avoided mass production.

A chain explosion shredding him would make him the world's greatest fool.

Luck shone on Ji Yuan's prudence, especially with Divine Sense rivaling mid-stage Golden Core, ensuring flawless proportioning and manual crafting.

Hence, his very first personally crafted Celestial Thunder Seed came to fruition!

One triumph paved the way; successes cascaded after.

Victory bred overconfidence—even Ji Yuan fell prey while crafting the fifth.

A fleeting lapse in care, and then...

"Boom—"

The thunderous blast shook Alchemy Square, drawing Ice and Fire Elder to Ji Yuan's courtyard gate in a flash, shredding the formation without pause.

"Ji boy, where the hell are you!"

Dust swirled thickly, revealing a crater several meters deep in the earth.

Walls lay in ruins, the house crumbled.

Total devastation claimed the courtyard.

Ji Yuan's array had contained and quelled the blast fully; unchecked, it might have toppled Alchemy Square's northwest corner, wrecking nearby streets at minimum.

"Here I am."

Ji Yuan deactivated all building effects promptly, then clambered from the pit.

Clad in rags, bloodied all over, ears trickling red from the blast's proximity.

Once out, he sprawled on the ground, heaving deep breaths to heighten the realism of his wounds.

Ice and Fire Elder rushed over wordlessly when an Escape Light streaked toward the courtyard.

"Everyone return, I’ll stay here."

Ice and Fire Elder's massive sleeve swept out, sending other Golden Core Zhenrens away.

Not all obeyed.

Hunting Owl Zhenren lingered, barging right into Ji Yuan's courtyard.

"Ji Yuan, what are you up to?"

Inside, Hunting Owl Zhenren eyed Ice and Fire Elder with doubt.

Fellow sect members should trust one another.

"Nothing, nothing."

Catching Hunting Owl Zhenren's suspicious glance, Ji Yuan sat up swiftly, waved away the dust clouds, and offered a feeble account:

"I was just trying to dismantle a Celestial Thunder Seed to find its material composition, so I could make them myself."

As he spoke, Ji Yuan clamped his mouth, hacking up a clot of blood from his throat amid fierce coughs, easing somewhat after.

"But I didn’t expect an error during dismantling that triggered an explosion of the Celestial Thunder Seed, luckily I reacted fast, used an array to suppress it, or else I’d be a goner today."

Ice and Fire Elder, hearing this, couldn't hold back from cuffing his head.

"And you still refer to yourself as ’I’!"

"I haven’t seen someone as reckless as you, dismantling a Celestial Thunder Seed to study its formula, if it were that simple, Celestial Thunder Seeds would be everywhere!"

Ice and Fire Elder shot him a fierce glare.