Chapter 278 - Return Home in Glory
Chapter 278 of "Longevity through Upgrading Buildings" opens with exciting events: "Oh, going back to Zengtou City?"This idea, once brought up, stirred something in Ji Yuanâs... Continue reading!
"Oh, going back to Zengtou City?"This idea, once brought up, stirred something in Ji Yuanâs heart as well.
Indeed, after joining the Water Dragon Sect all these years, back when he hadnât reached Foundation Establishment yet, he did return once or twice, but it was just to buy things like Spirit Pig from the market, then heâd quickly leave again.
After Foundation Establishment, he hadnât gone back even once.
"Thatâs right."
Han Feiyu leaned back, smiling openly, "As the saying goes: What good is wealth if you donât return home, itâs like wearing fine clothes and walking at night. We both started out as fishermen from Zengtou City, and now weâve both succeeded in Foundation Establishment. By Zengtou City standards, thatâs pretty wealthy, so of course we should go back and take a stroll, maybe clear our thoughts."
Returning home to show your cultivation, well, not really showing off, just going back to take a look.
Ji Yuan didnât have much interest in showing off, but he did want to take the chance to see how Lin Huâs and Wen Linâs families were doing.
Thinking it over, it really has been years since theyâd last met.
"Sounds good."
"I havenât gone back in years either. Brother Han, when do you plan to leave?"
Ji Yuan asked.
Han Feiyu pondered for a moment, then said, "No time like the present. I still have things to do when I get back... If youâre not in a hurry, Brother Ji, how about we set off now?"
"Great!"
Ji Yuan got up right away.
The two hit it off instantly, each summoned their flying boat, lifted off from Wuyou Island, and headed straight southwest.
During the trip, Ji Yuan noticed Han Feiyu was using a flying boat at the low-grade Spiritual Artifact level.
Ji Yuan, on the other hand, was still using his top-tier Magical Artifact-level Thunder Falcon Boat.
This Han Feiyu mustâve struck it rich in the Nine Nether Cave Heaven, just finished refining several batches of Foundation Establishment Pills, and now could even afford a Spiritual Artifact-level flying boat... Ji Yuan mused silently.
"By the way, Brother Ji, have you heard about stuff going on in Lishui City?"
On the way back, the two flew side by side, Han Feiyu chatting casually.
"Lishui City? Havenât heard anything."
The only thing Ji Yuan could recall was from a few months ago, when he went to Lishui City to buy carp and stumbled across a situationâpeople stationed there embezzled goods, and some demon cultivator ended up as the âAccount Balancing Saint.â
"The Foundation Establishment island masters who were stationed there took possession of a lot of sect property, and when the accounts couldnât be reconciled, they faked a demon cultivator attack with a demon cultivator."
"I did hear about it at the time, but everyone said it was just a rumor."
"It wasnât a rumor, itâs real. Law Enforcement Hall already sent people to arrest them, but I hear the one leading them, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivatorâlet me think... Isle Master Qing Han, he ran off, just asking for trouble."
Han Feiyu shook his head as he spoke.
In Water Dragon Sect territory, for a runaway cultivatorâwhat future is there?
If you just admitted fault humbly, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator... Maybe youâd just have to work for the sect a few decades and finally get your freedom.
But now, the sect probably already issued a kill order.
"Yeah."
The two chatted all the way, taking more than a day.
Finally, they returned from Water Dragon Sect to Zengtou City.
Looking at the market where he first made his name, and coming back for the first time as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Ji Yuan couldnât help feeling a bit nostalgic... Once, he was just like these fishermen now, looking up to those Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Not even Foundation Establishmentâjust late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators were people he had to look up to.
But now, he himself was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Because neither of them bothered to hide their cultivation aura, the late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators at Water Dragon Sectâs Hundred Treasures Tower noticed something unusual right away.
At first, they thought it was an attack.
Some bold loose cultivators had come to raid the market, but when a few cultivators came out to see, they spotted those two streaks of deep blue in midair and immediately activated their flying boats to fly up.
"We didnât expect the two Martial Uncles to grace us, sorry for the late welcome, please forgive us."
Ji Yuan recognized the man. His surname was Huang, and he was friends with Elder Xu.
Once, he too was someone Ji Yuan looked up to.
"Daoist Huang, what, you donât recognize me anymore?"
Han Feiyu clearly knew him as well, smiling as he greeted him.
The cultivator surnamed Huang heard the voice and suddenly looked up, "Han Fe... Junior Martial Uncle Han, and youâJunior Martial Uncle Ji?!"
"You two both reached Foundation Establishment?"
"Just got lucky."
Ji Yuan used those two words for everything.
"Just luck."
Han Feiyu smiled, "We just succeeded in Foundation Establishment, thought weâd come back with Brother Ji to see you old friends. So, howâve you all been lately?"
Of course, the cultivator surnamed Huang could hear Han Feiyuâs meaningâeven if you understood, so what?
All there was to do was play along: "Good, everythingâs good."
Soon, the rest of the Water Dragon Sect disciples came up to pay respects to their Martial Unclesâespecially the ones who knew Ji Yuan and Han Feiyu before, calling them Martial Uncle at every turn, trying to get close.
To them, running into a Foundation Establishment cultivator was rare enough.
Let alone Ji Yuan and Han Feiyu, whom theyâd already known personally.
If you donât seize the chance to make connections and show your face now, when will you?
Did you really think having Qi Cultivation status would feed you?
After some pleasantries and enjoying a round of flattery, Ji Yuan took his leaveâhe planned to go see Lin Hu and the others first, and then make time to visit other acquaintances.
Same for Han Feiyu, he still had some distant relatives in Zengtou City.
Once the two left, the Hundred Treasures Tower Water Dragon Sect disciples could only return to their posts.