Longevity through Upgrading Buildings Chapter 694 - 301: No More Shang Dong Immortal Sect 6
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"Treasures able to draw Fake Pill Cultivators and stir their greed must be truly exceptional, yet why does Luo Ma’s storage bag lack anything valuable?"
Ji Yuan pulled out Luo Ma’s storage bag and scanned its contents; numerous items filled it.
However, nothing inside could tempt a Fake Pill Cultivator.
Not just failing to lure a Fake Pill Cultivator, even Ji Yuan at Peak Foundation Establishment saw nothing worthwhile; the top item was merely a middle-grade spiritual artifact, the Blood-Head Scythe.
What does that mean?
It means this scum... lied as well!
"The Empty Soul Wanderer probably still distrusts me; he must have backup plans for Luo Ma. In that case, I can’t linger. I need to check Luo Mei Mountain first to confirm if Chang Kun and the rest are really there; if not... head back to Alchemy Square immediately."
The outside world remains dangerous; Shangxi’s band of Demon Dao Cultivators proves tough opponents.
Prior to engaging, Ji Yuan thought he could manage them.
Yet now... it appears he might struggle.
Demon Dao schemers are far too devious.
Thinking thus, Ji Yuan stowed the storage bag, together with the Thousand Souls Banner on his back.
Holding Luo Ma’s Yin Soul and corpse, he had no cause to delay.
In mere moments, a flying boat shot across the heavens.
At Peak Foundation Establishment, Ji Yuan wielded the top-grade spiritual artifact Sky-Splitting Boat without much burden, and he had the power to defend it.
Luo Mei Mountain lay southwest; Ji Yuan flew straight there. Roughly half a day passed before mountain chains entered his sight.
He reduced the flying boat’s speed, sweeping his divine sense over the land below.
Quickly, in Luo Mei Mountain’s central valley, he spotted a massive array cloaked in bloody glow.
No sign of the old Empty Soul Wanderer appeared; instead, the array was manned by Ji Yuan’s recent drinking companions from days prior.
...That guy truly escaped!
He carries some of Hu Li’s cunning vibe, evidently a long-lived survivor.
Empty Soul Wanderer absent, Ji Yuan refused to dawdle; he feared the wanderer fetching allies, and a Core Formation Realm Demon Cultivator’s return would doom everyone.
His divine sense probed the array, grasping its layout instantly.
The array qualified as Tier Two, not Tier Three, yet surpassed typical Tier Two formations in might.
Split into dual sections, one manipulated the array’s inner climate; Ji Yuan sensed a hellish storm of blood and gales inside.
Liu Yuan’s team faced brutal assaults from both storm and blood, compelling them to deploy defensive spiritual artifacts for survival.
The array’s second segment birthed a colossal white bone dharma image, charging wildly; Ling Yue and Ling Long sisters fought back valiantly but retreated under pressure.
Iron Tiger of Spirit Control Sect directed his spirit beast to maneuver cleverly.
He aided the Ling Yue sisters in peril.
When they pressed advantage, he unleashed maximum power.
Together, the trio clashed with the white bone dharma image; meanwhile, sword cultivators Liu Yuan and Chang Kun targeted the array’s breach.
Chang Kun wielded sword arts for ironclad defense, shielding himself and Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan exploited openings for devastating strikes.
Lacking array-breaking skills, their sole tactic was brute force, yet it faltered against this formation.
Through Ji Yuan’s senses, most of Liu Yuan’s blows got devoured by the array, converted into intensified storms and blood that hammered them anew.
Just scant hits landed on the array’s surface, eroding minor patterns.
At that pace, Ji Yuan estimated ten days to half a month minimum to shatter it.
Medicine King Valley’s female cultivator Weichen... likely kept the group uninjured thanks to her.
Five emerald silk threads radiated from her, linking to her and each of the other five.
Those five threads... functioned like lifelines.
Ji Yuan observed that injuries to Chang Kun and others triggered vital energy flow via the green threads, mending them swiftly.
... Fortunately, he had proposed recruiting one more person and bringing her with them.
If not, Ji Yuan reckoned that discovering them today could have led to some lying dead or gravely hurt.
At this moment, with an invisibility spell faintly cloaking his silhouette, he floated high above the clouds, channeling his heart thought intently.
His formerly even forehead abruptly swelled up before tearing apart.
Right after, a violet eye forced its way out from the fissure.
No tool shatters arrays swifter than the PWoang Divine Eyes.
Precisely as now, peering through his vision now shrouded in gray, Ji Yuan instantly spotted five dispersed crimson nodes hovering over the array... vulnerabilities!
In the blink of an eye, Ji Yuan comprehended the circumstances.
Liu Yuan’s strikes had truly borne fruit, managing to impair multiple nodes within the array.