Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 379 - 198: [Spirit Vein: Level 1 (Upgradeable)]

Chapter 379: Chapter 198: [Spirit Vein: Level 1 (Upgradeable)]
I don’t believe it, let’s go again!
He urged the Black Mink on his shoulder once more, and it suddenly sucked towards Ji Yuan, resulting in... pulling over two Yin Ghosts—no, these were continuously emerging Yin Ghosts!
These Yin Ghosts swallowed up Xuanweizi’s figure as soon as they arrived.
However, Xuanweizi had put his entire spirit into the Black Mink, plus he never thought he could withstand the attack of this Demon Cultivator in front of him, so he had no defense whatsoever.
He didn’t even take out the most basic Protective Spiritual Artifact.
But when the Yin Ghosts began to bite his body, he realized these Yin Ghosts... didn’t seem as strong as imagined!
The two strongest were only at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something.
"Um—"
He opened his mouth, and a Yin Ghost seized the chance to drill into his mouth, rendering him speechless.
He intended to transmit a message, but at the moment he released his Divine Sense, he discovered a Flying Sword had stealthily approached him.
Hidden behind the black mist, it reached close, reached his ear.
Then he groaned lowly, feeling a sharp pain in his head, and then lost consciousness.
With Xuanweizi’s death, Ji Yuan naturally thought of capturing that Black Mink, a Demon Beast capable of sucking a Divine Soul, which was far more useful than a Big Toad or a Frost Serpent!
But just as he prepared to act, he found the Black Mink suddenly kicked its four legs and died.
"Damn it!"
Ji Yuan saw this and knew exactly what had happened: Xuanweizi and the Black Mink had signed a life-death contract.
Master dead, slave dead.
With Xuanweizi’s death, the Black Mink naturally died as well.
Danxia watched the entire scene without any resistance; only after believing those Yin Ghosts had utterly killed Xuanweizi did she tremble in voice.
"You, you are the Isle Master Wuyou, right?"
"Don’t kill me, okay? I really don’t want to die..."
Danxia spoke in tears, directly taking off her Magic Robe, revealing her enchanting figure underneath.
Ji Yuan didn’t give even a passing glance.
"I know, I know." Danxia wiped the tears from her face and hurriedly said, "Xuanweizi had a black ball of threads, claiming it was given by a senior; he used it to steal Spirit Stones within a Spirit Vein, but at a slow pace, after working together for half a year, we only stole less than one zhang (approx 3 meters), located in the mine cave where we usually stay."
"Alright, you can go."
Ji Yuan sighed, "Remember to keep today’s happenings confidential."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Danxia nodded repeatedly, "Rest assured fellow cultivator, today’s matters are known only to Heaven, Earth, and you..."
The Female Cultivator from Joy Palace had not finished speaking when her eyes widened, a Flying Sword pierced through her brow, eyes filled with disbelief.
"You...you...why did you kill...kill me..."
Danxia struggled to speak.
Ji Yuan didn’t waste words.
The Flowing Frost Flying Sword that pierced her brow now re-entered through her heart, completely shredding it.
Thus, her previously alluring snow peak became a blurred mass of flesh.
It turns out, no matter how beautiful a woman is, death makes them all the same.
Ji Yuan, with a thought, retrieved both Danxia’s and Xuanweizi’s corpses entirely, including the Black Mink’s body; he wasted nothing.
Then he took off a ring and collected the Yin Ghost Banner.
Before leaving, he didn’t forget to refine their residual souls into Yin Souls, storing them into the Thousand Souls Banner as companions.
A moment later, elsewhere in the Spirit Vein, Ji Yuan, restored to his original appearance, had already extracted the black thread ball mentioned by Danxia from Xuanweizi’s Storage Bag.
This thing... indeed resembles a black ball of thread, but it looked even more like a living creature.
Held in Ji Yuan’s hand, its numerous thread ends constantly struggled and writhed, as if eager to escape.
’This thing is a bit eerie.’
Ji Yuan stored it back into the Storage Bag; he wasn’t in the mood to examine Xuanweizi’s Storage Bag further. The urgent task was to check the small portion of Spirit Vein they had stolen.
See if he can... claim it as his own!
As such a thought crossed his mind, Ji Yuan summoned the Sky Raider Flying Boat, flying close to the ground within the Spirit Vein.
Over half an hour later.
He arrived at the shallow layer of the Spirit Vein, standing at the mouth of the mine cave where Xuanweizi and Danxia frequently rendezvoused; when Ji Yuan was on duty a year ago, he often passed this entrance, only hearing indescribable sounds from inside.
Thinking back now, that was likely their façade.
In reality... they were secretly mining here!
Ji Yuan stepped in, sweeping his Divine Sense, discovering anomalies in the cave, revealing a small Illusion Array within.
’No wonder being so close to the exit went unnoticed, there’s an Array concealing it.’
A Tier Two Illusion Array, Ji Yuan thought, breaking the array might take too long, so he searched through Xuanweizi’s Storage Bag several times, finally finding the Array Flag controlling the Array.
Spiritual Qi infused, passing through the Array, finally arriving at the deep part of the mine.
Outwardly, everything appeared as usual, but with Ji Yuan’s detailed Divine Sense investigation, he found a stone wall permeated with countless tiny cracks.
As if pierced by needles.
Undoubtedly, this was the handiwork of the thread ball.
Ji Yuan stepped forward for a closer look, discovering this area was still under the Spirit Vein’s Array control; it seemed to successfully steal, the thread ball was still needed.
He took it from the Storage Bag, infused Spiritual Qi, and the thread ball immediately became active, threads extending from the ball.
Ji Yuan maneuvered it onto the stone wall.
Then no further manipulation was necessary as these threads autonomously searched, crawled towards the surroundings, and eventually drilled into the cracks.
Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense closely followed; within mere breaths.
He discovered the stone wall before him truly detached from the Array.
Meanwhile, a line of text emerged within Ji Yuan’s vision, visible only to him.
[Spirit Vein: Level 1 (Upgradeable)]
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(Rush those monthly votes, protect my rank!)
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