Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 461 - 224: Meditation Room: Level 2

Full of anticipation for the future, Ji Yuan put away the panel.

He’s not in a hurry to leave, now that the [Meditation Room] has been upgraded, naturally, he must think about enhancing his Divine Sense first. A stronger Divine Sense means safer travels.

Ji Yuan estimates that with the support of this Level 2 [Meditation Room], his current mid-stage Foundation Establishment Self can push his Divine Sense to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Once the next sword embryo is completed and his cultivation reaches late-stage Foundation Establishment.

The Divine Sense will be further strengthened... then, it would be comparable to the Divine Sense of the Golden Core Stage during the Foundation Establishment period.

Just the effect of this alone is enough to be called "terrifying indeed", isn’t it?

As Ji Yuan nurtures his Divine Sense in the [Meditation Room], he takes out another Storage Bag from his Storage Bag.

This is the first time Ji Yuan has obtained a complete Storage Bag of a Golden Core Zhenren, and since this Celestial Silkworm Zhenren followed someone like Jiang Hong, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, there must be many good things, right?

The original owner is dead, so this Storage Bag became an ownerless object.

Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense penetrates easily.

And the first impression this Storage Bag gives him is... vast!

Bigger than anything before, Ji Yuan estimates its length, width, and height to be about a hundred meters each, a size he had never seen before.

Secondly, it is packed with contents.

Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense sweeps over it roughly, and he knows, this ambush was a big win!

Not only did it make up for the loss of Talisman Treasures during the battle against Jiang Hong and the Spirit Stone consumption when annihilating this Celestial Silkworm Zhenren, but it also has a surplus.

But that’s not the main thing, the main thing is that Ji Yuan took out Celestial Silkworm Zhenren’s... Lifebound Magical Treasure from this Storage Bag!

...

A month ago.

Shangxi.

In the depths of an unknown blood-red mountain.

Suddenly, a golden light split the clouds in the sky, falling straight down like a shooting star, finally illuminating a mountain valley.

Around this valley stand four stone pillars, positioned in the four directions of north, south, east, and west.

Each of the eight faces of the pillars is inscribed with Array Patterns and some strange runes.

The stone used to make these pillars wasn’t sourced from here, for the stones around the valley are all blood-red, while these pillars are pure black.

The ground of this valley is extremely flat, with no protruding strange rocks.

Upon closer inspection, one discovers that the ground is actually a single piece of stone.

The surface of the stone is inscribed with many dense Array Patterns.

Most of these array patterns match those on the stone pillars.

As the golden light showers down, the array patterns on the ground gradually illuminate.

Within the four stone pillars, countless Spirit Stones shatter at once.

Spiritual Qi permeates the valley.

Finally, in the center of this array-patterned monolith, a human figure slowly appears.

His clothes are tattered, and there is blood at the corner of his mouth.

As soon as Jiang Hong appears, he kneels on one knee on the ground.

"Puh—"

He spits a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning ashen like a corpse.

"Alright, stop pretending. Such a minor injury, acting like you’re on the brink of death."

A woman in a long red dress walks from outside the valley.

Initially still at the valley’s edge, she appears right before Jiang Hong in the blink of an eye.

The woman, dressed in a red dress, with blood-red lips, and even red eye makeup.

But her features and figure are excellent: curvaceous in the right places, slim where they should be.

Seeing her, Jiang Hong immediately kneels on both knees, crying slightly:

"Mother..."

"Alright, stand up, don’t be as disgusting as your useless father."

Blood Lady expresses not just verbal disdain but visible contempt in her eyes.

Jiang Hong hastily stands up, obediently standing aside... not even daring to consume an Elixir. Healing too quickly after consuming it would mean his mother wouldn’t feel sorry for him.

Though she doesn’t seem all that worried now either.

"Weren’t you boasting about capturing an Immortal Sect before you left?"

"You’ve only been gone a few years, why return so dejected?"

The Blood Lady clasps her hands over her chest, scanning Jiang Hong up and down... disdaining him even more.

"Did you encounter a Nascent Soul Monster? That would be worth mentioning. If we go to Shang Dong, I’ll let your useless father handle it."

"No."

Jiang Hong lowers his head as he speaks.

"Then it must have been a Golden Core Cultivator? The Celestial Silkworm couldn’t protect you? It must have been a Peak Golden Core Cultivator, so it’s justified to return."

"...Still no."

Hearing Jiang Hong’s response, Blood Lady slaps him fiercely across the face.

Her previous disdain turns to sheer disgust.

"Useless!"

"Being beaten like a stray dog by a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, if I were you, I’d bash my head against a wall in Shang Dong and die. How dare you return?!"

Jiang Hong is sent flying by the slap, crashing against a stone wall before stopping, spitting blood continuously after landing.

...He feels the injury from being beaten by Qiu Qianhai isn’t as severe as this slap.

"That... that person is also a disciple of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, with abilities comparable to mine. I feared if I continued fighting, I wouldn’t be able to return and serve mother."

For some reason, as soon as the word "serve" is uttered, Blood Lady changes demeanor, instantly reaching Jiang Hong. She lifts his upper body, placing his head on her lap.

"Good boy, be good, take medicine if you’re hurt."

Blood Lady takes out an Elixir exuding dense medicinal fragrance, and personally feeds it to Jiang Hong.

"Thank... thank you, mother."

After swallowing the Elixir, Jiang Hong’s complexion improves markedly.

"Now, tell me who dared to injure my Hong’er so severely? Name the person, and after we head to Shang Dong, mother will personally avenge you."

Jiang Hong listens and, with gritted teeth, says word by word:

"Qiu—Qian—Hai!"