Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 324 - 180: Hua Yaoyue’s Kindred Spirit

Chapter 324: Chapter 180: Hua Yaoyue’s Kindred Spirit
But he also said that if he died on the road to slaying Demon Cultivators, his wish would be fulfilled.
From then on, Hua Yaoyue never tried to persuade him again.
The second disciple, Yun Qianzai, is incredibly talented... Well, never mind, best not to mention it.
As for the third disciple, Phoenix Peach—
At first glance, she seems pretty good, very much like a female cultivator fairy, but when you think about it, her mind is way too scattered, forever acting like an immature little girl.
Too playful.
Hua Yaoyue had seen cultivators like her before.
These people, for all their lives, will always know happiness; even if life is hard, they’ll still be happy. But the only thing they lack is the ability to go far on the path of cultivation.
Because their minds are too distracted.
Or rather, their ambitions lie elsewhere.
Hua Yaoyue never tried to persuade her either—well, in life, happiness is enough.
If you struggle a whole lifetime and, at the end, don’t achieve a breakthrough in cultivation and lose even your happiness, then that’s really not worth it.
Only this newly accepted closed-door disciple—
The more Hua Yaoyue thought about it, she could only sum up her impression in four words:
"A kindred spirit."
Give it enough time, and perhaps one day she could truly call him "fellow cultivator."
"..."
The first thing Master Ji did after his breakthrough and returning to Mist Island was to release the Frost Serpent, but still didn’t put it into the Fish Pond.
Instead, he asked the Big Toad to take it for a swim, to mix it up in the Cloud Rain Marsh.
At first, the Big Toad was naturally unwilling, but couldn’t resist Ji Yuan’s "pig enticing" technique.
Quickly enough, the Big Toad took this Tier One serpent into the water.
Ji Yuan wasn’t worried; as long as it’s in this Mist Area, it’s absolutely safe. If it really goes somewhere else, he can sense the Frost Serpent’s location and call it back.
As for sending it off to Cloud Rain Marsh... there’s no other choice. The Spirit Pig is nice, but this Frost Serpent still prefers eating fish.
The dragon of a poor man learns responsibility early.
The Fish Pond can’t take the strain anymore, so he could only let it out early to fend for itself.
The second matter was cultivation.
Now that Ji Yuan had reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, his Divine Sense had to keep up, so the Meditation Room had to be sorted out.
He needed his Divine Sense to far surpass the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment first.
That way, he’d feel safer walking around outside too.
Next, there were buildings that could try leveling up.
[Chicken Cage: Level 3]
[Upgrade conditions: cultivation at mid-stage Foundation Establishment, 50 mid-grade Spirit Stones, a chicken cage built from Rotten Firefly Netherwood (not achieved)]
The initial Chicken Cage has been stuck at level 2 ever since its last upgrade.
Nothing he could do—the upgrade requirements specifically state he must reach mid-stage Foundation Establishment in cultivation.
As for the next two requirements—
mid-grade Spirit Stones... no problem.
This "Rotten Firefly Netherwood"—Ji Yuan had inquired about—it’s a yin attribute material, mostly used by Demon Cultivators.
Ji Yuan prided himself on being righteous and would never have such a thing, so he could only look for Bai Piao... uh, Bai Piao the friend.
Since Foundation Establishment, he hadn’t even gone to see him yet.
Then there’s the Beehive—as far as Ji Yuan’s concerned, the hardest part was getting the Blood-dripping Venom Bee, which he now had. What was left was for the Bee King to break through to a Tier Two Demon Beast.
Only then could the Beehive level up.
Ji Yuan had been feeding his Spirit-Devouring Bees mid-grade Spirit Stones, but now it seemed progress was still slow.
With the Demon Dao invasion imminent, he really needed to increase his strength quickly.
So, he could only spend more... Besides, Ji Yuan had plenty of Spirit Stones now, there was no need to save them.
So the next day, seizing a break in cultivation, he headed to the west side of Mist Island, to the dense woods by the Chaotic Burial Mound.
Just arriving in this area, he could hear the buzzing sounds.
This place was basically a forbidden zone on Mist Island—even the Big Toad didn’t want to go near it. Although the Spirit-Devouring Bees couldn’t really harm it at present, their buzzing still annoyed it.
As soon as Ji Yuan arrived, all the Spirit-Devouring Bees swarmed around him.
They circled around him nonstop.
Ji Yuan swept his Divine Sense and quickly got a general sense of the bee swarm.
Still not too many.
Figuring in the little bees that hadn’t matured yet, there were about eight thousand in all.
Still a bit short of the ten thousand Spirit-Devouring Bees needed to upgrade the Beehive.
In that case, more medicine then.
Ji Yuan raised his hand and tossed twenty mid-grade Spirit Stones; instantly, as the Spirit Stones’ aura spread out, even the bees hidden within the forest all flew out, swarming towards those Spirit Stones.
Ji Yuan walked and paused, eventually reaching the deepest part of the woods.
In the very center, where several ancient trees clustered together, there was a huge beehive.
Outside the hive, a giant Spirit-Devouring Bee nearly a meter long was beating its wings as it flew.
Bee King.
The Bee King of the Spirit-Devouring Bees.
When facing it, Ji Yuan was even more generous, tossing out five mid-grade Spirit Stones with a casual wave.
It wasn’t that he wouldn’t give more, but it could only digest that much for now.
Even with five, it’d take four to five days to fully digest them.
After feeding the bee swarm, the Big Toad brought the Frost Serpent back, and Ji Yuan heard something odd, so he summoned his Flying Boat, crossed the island, and came directly to stand before those two guys.
As soon as they saw Ji Yuan’s figure—
The Big Toad started croaking nonstop, as if complaining.
The Frost Serpent, on the other hand, shot over to Ji Yuan, wrapping itself around his arm.
The Big Toad saw that and stopped croaking, wanting to do the same.
But with its massive body trying to jump over, even Ji Yuan had to dodge aside.
With both spirit beasts arguing, Ji Yuan listened for a moment and pieced together what happened—basically, the Frost Serpent ran wild outside, not listening to the Big Toad’s instructions at all.