Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 748: Chapter 1

"Hmm?"

"How does this fellow dare to come back?"

Ji Yuan’s mind flashed with a hint of doubt; logically speaking, with Hu Li’s personality, after being scared by him in Peony City before, he should have run away without looking back.

How come he dares to return to Hundred Insects Cave to seek death?

But upon further thought, Ji Yuan guessed that it was most likely that the Hundred Insects Old Immortal, this old demon, had used some sort of confinement trick on him, making him unable to escape.

With this thought, Ji Yuan took out the Hundred Insects Old Immortal’s storage bag and scanned it.

In just a moment, he found a hint inside.

"So that’s how it is..."

Ji Yuan smiled slightly in his heart.

At the foot of the mountain, Hu Li didn’t get a response and called out again, "Disciple Hu Li, pays respect to the Old Immortal."

The mountain wind carried the voice; Ji Yuan, upon hearing, was moved in his heart... well, since fate has brought us together, then let’s give you a scare.

Immediately, he pondered slightly and performed a technique, transforming into the voice of the Hundred Insects Old Immortal, speaking in a deep tone, "Do you... know your guilt?"

Hu Li at the foot of the mountain heard this and instinctively knelt down, repeatedly kowtowing.

"Disciple... disciple has been diligently collecting Immortal Talent for the Old Immortal outside, disciple knows not what guilt I have. If there’s a guilt, it can only be that the Immortal Talent collected by the disciple isn’t enough."

"Oh?"

Ji Yuan sneered, "Wasn’t it you who begged that Qiu Qianhai to come and kill me?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Li was so scared that his heart almost shattered, hurriedly crawling and trembling.

He had only one thought in his mind... that damn Qiu Qianhai, Qiu the old demon, how could he be so unprincipled!

On the surface, everything was spoken nicely.

But secretly, he turns around and sells me out!

Luckily, I trusted you so much!

To do such a thing is simply the disgrace of the Cultivation Realm!

Despicable, despicable!

My once trust was exchanged for such a result; if I can survive this, I, Hu Li, will never trust anyone again!

Ji Yuan saw that he wasn’t speaking, so he knew for sure that Hu Li was cursing him inwardly, thus he spoke again, "Why don’t you speak? Is it that you want me to produce evidence?"

"Old... Old Immortal, please investigate thoroughly!"

Hu Li’s mind flashed a thought, and he immediately said, "At that time, I was coerced by that old demon Qiu, it was... it was he who forced me to say so."

"He has Core Formation Cultivation; the disciple fell into his hands with no ability to resist."

"Oh, so that’s how it is."

Ji Yuan pretended to caress his beard while talking, "Then tell me, how did he coerce you?"

"This..."

Hu Li paused for just 0.01 seconds and then smoothly spoke, "He and I have been acquaintances for a while; when he barged into my residence, he started interrogating me, asking me to reveal the Old Immortal’s situation. The Old Immortal treats me as his own kin, how could I betray him?

He threatened me with death, and I... I had no choice but to give him some false information, hoping to deceive him and escape with my life."

"So the disciple hurried back to report to the Old Immortal, that old demon Qiu is ruthless and does all sorts of evil. The Old Immortal must not trust him lightly, nor relax vigilance."

"So you’re quite considerate of me, aren’t you?"

Ji Yuan said in a deep tone, seemingly quite satisfied with this answer.

"Indeed, the disciple’s sincere heart towards the Old Immortal can be witnessed by Heaven and Earth!"

Hu Li quickly voiced his loyalty.

"Alright then, since that’s the case, you may come up."

Ji Yuan said this while deliberately walking a few steps out, afraid that when Hu Li comes up, he might not see him at the first instance.

"Yes."

Hu Li heard this voice and then felt relieved to stand up, patting his body, but the dust on him didn’t fall off in the slightest, instead, it solidified even more.

At this point, he must let the Old Immortal see his pathetic state.

Maybe it’ll invoke some compassion and let me off the hook.

Hu Li, filled with anticipation, piloted the Flying Boat to the entrance of the Hundred Insects Cave halfway up the mountain.

But just as he jumped off the Flying Boat and saw the all-too-familiar figure, he was instantly dumbfounded.

"Why, does Brother Hu not recognize me?"

Ji Yuan switched back to Qiu Qianhai’s appearance and voice, asking with interest, "Weren’t you just cursing me vigorously, Brother Hu?"

Hu Li’s expression was quite peculiar at this moment.

Fear, panic, dread, helplessness... and even a hint of anger.

In the end, he seemed to give up resisting, directly his legs went limp, collapsing to the ground, twitching a few times before passing out.

Like he was scared unconscious.

"Oh, you’re quite good at pretending."

Ji Yuan said as he gently lifted his right index finger, an ice needle condensed in front of him.

"Go."

He softly uttered a word, and the ice needle swept across, instantly piercing Hu Li’s left index finger.

With just this action, Hu Li suddenly woke up, his upper body abruptly shot upright, pressing his right hand against the left one, his expression ferocious but not daring to scream out loud, sweat as big as peas rolled down.

"Senior..."

Hu Li calmed down for a moment before he could speak.

"This junior is no match for the senior, I submit, whether to kill or torture me, do as you will."

Hu Li was truly convinced this time. If in previous encounters, he thought he might have some skills to escape, then this meeting made him completely recognize the situation.

With this, I thought of running?

Who could outsmart this old demon Qiu?

"Kill or torture?"

Ji Yuan looked at his attitude of giving up, shaking his head, "I fear dirtying my hands killing you... though that sounds a bit harsh, well, it’s just that killing you serves no purpose."

Speaking this, he then clasped his hands behind his back, turning to look towards the cave.