"In the past year, I have crafted a total of 530 Celestial Thunder Seeds. Aside from the 18 I sold to Liu Yuan, I have 512 left for my own use, which should be enough for the short term."
"As for Talisman Treasures, there are 7 in total on . Whether it’s for attack, defense, or escape, I have everything I need."
"I have 3 Magical Treasures, and counting my Lifebound Magical Treasure, that makes 4. It’s just a sha that I haven’t been able to acquire more Void Nether Stones in the past six months, preventing from expanding further."
"But there’s nothing to be done about it. Even with Li Changhe’s involvent, we haven’t been able to obtain them. These items... are just too scarce."
Wangcheng Mountain’s Alchemy Square.
Ji Yuan, having finished his period of secluded cultivation, was checking his own condition.
Lately, his sense of unease has beco more frequent, prompting him to regularly check his status to prepare for a possible escape.
"The Flying Sword Communication to my master has yielded no response. Perhaps the matters are too sensitive to discuss this way. It seems I’ll need to find an opportunity to return to the sect."
"Even if it’s not just to see my master, I need to visit Tu Yue and collect what’s been piling up. It’s been too long since we’ve seen each other, and I’m sure there’s a lot accumulated by now."
Another year has passed without returning.
Although the [Chicken Cage] has been stored in the Mountain of Mind and Heart, providing Ji Yuan with an endless supply of Tri-colored Spirit Eggs,
the [Pigsty] is still on Wuyou Island. Its production of Profound Sun Blood Amber and Blazing Sun Bones is excellent material for Body Refinent.
There’s also the Spirit Stones and Thousand-year-old Spirit Milk produced by the [Spirit Vein].
Ji Yuan also plans to return to collect them.
The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to set out imdiately. However, after calming down, he knew that now was indeed not a good ti to travel.
Especially based on the news from Liu Yuan, it seems the nearby Demon Dao activities have beco unusually rampant recently.
Even their seasoned demon hunting team has repeatedly faced traps.
Otherwise, Liu Yuan wouldn’t be repeatedly trading Celestial Thunder Seeds with Ji Yuan.
’... And then there’s Celestial Chef Uncle. After cooking so many als for him, there’s still no news.’
’Forget it, next ti he calls, I’m not going.’
Ji Yuan originally planned to leverage his connection with Celestial Chef Zhenren, hoping to find an opportunity to return to the sect.
But despite having cooked for him several tis, with Celestial Chef Zhenren always agreeing eagerly during als,
once the al was over, he would forget the matter entirely.
Ji Yuan had no choice but to set it aside for now, silently keeping it in mind.
Eventually, he shut down the effects of various buildings, left ho, and headed to guard the city again.
However, upon arrival, he received a ssage from Liu Yuan.
"Where?"
"East."
"Wait for ."
In just a few breaths’ ti, Ji Yuan saw the wind-blown Liu Yuan flying over from within the city, landing beside him, and imdiately taking a big gulp of Unrivaled Wine.
It seed like only alcohol could bring him back to life.
"Phew—"
Liu Yuan exhaled the wine breath, shook his head, then sat beside Ji Yuan, finally retracting the Sword Qi that had been so sharp and exposed.
"I think you need to practice a swordsmanship."
Ji Yuan, observing his appearance, remarked with feeling.
"What swordsmanship?"
Liu Yuan sat beside him, leaning against the city wall.
"Drunken Swordsmanship: the drunker you get, the stronger you beco; the more you drink, the drunker you get, the stronger you beco."
Listening to Ji Yuan’s answer, Liu Yuan was slightly taken aback. "You know, I’ve actually been pondering this lately and am really considering creating such a swordsmanship."
Ji Yuan thought for a mont and said, "No problem, I’ll help you then."
Ji Yuan was preparing to share half of the Unrivaled Wine from his Storage Bag with Liu Yuan.
This wine’s greatest effect is best utilized by a drinker like Liu Yuan.
Plus, he had stored quite a lot in his Storage Bag; drinking a little each day didn’t consu much, while the stock only grew. Sharing so with a friend now was naturally no issue.
"Sure."
Liu Yuan assud Ji Yuan was speaking offhandedly and didn’t think much of it, instead turning to the main topic.
"Soone in our team died again."
"What?"
Ji Yuan was sowhat startled by this news.
In the past six months, the demon hunting team hadn’t had any incidents, and each outing yielded results. Several tis, during Demon Dao sieges, they even managed to assist in internal-external coordination missions.
In this Alchemy Square, they had beco quite renowned.
But unexpectedly, after such a long period, soone had died again.
"Who?"
Ji Yuan hurriedly inquired.
"Wang Luo from Corpse Transporting Mountain, along with his refined corpse, was ambushed by a Fake Pill Cultivator... Nothing was left." Liu Yuan said, shaking his head, speech sowhat disjointed.
At that mont, Ji Yuan finally understood why Liu Yuan ca to drink upon returning.
"Be careful out there."
He could only say that.
Perhaps it was because soone close had died again, or perhaps because he was drunk. In any case, Liu Yuan seed pensive this ti, looking at the clouds in the sky, he said:
"Actually, from the mont I embarked on the path of cultivation, I knew it was a road of no return."
"Life and death like the wind, always beside ."
Ji Yuan, watching the carefree and expressive Liu Yuan, couldn’t help but feel a bit envious.
He too wanted such carefreeness, but living carefree often ant dealing with life and death, and deep down, Ji Yuan was unwilling to do so without preparation.
Simply put, he was still afraid of death.
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