After this feeling lasted for an hour, Wen Ping carefully sensed the changes in his body. It didn’t seem significant at first, but when he opened the Meridian Gate again, after the Vein Technique, silvery-white Vein Qi appeared before his eyes.
The crimson Meridian Gate had also turned silvery-white now.
And when he used the Meridian Gate to control fire, the flame released was also silvery-white.
Like the color of moonlight.
Moreover, there was no sense of scorching heat.
Wen Ping quickly asked, "System, what’s going on?"
The system promptly responded, "There are countless flames in Hell. The crimson form is the lowest level, the flame of Hell’s entrance. The silver flame is the Punishment Fire on the edge of Hell. The difference between the two is significant. If ranked like Spirit Bodies, the crimson Hellfire is at position 3000, while this silver flame is at 1800, much like the difference between the Purity Body and the Fire Spirit Body."
"I see... Punishment Fire, the name alone sounds domineering."
After carefully feeling the Hellfire, Wen Ping thought that with his current strength, battling an Upper Profound Realm opponent would be no problem. Using this Punishment Fire, he should easily be able to defeat usual Upper Realm foes.
If he further improves the Fire Spirit Body to Minor Success and also enhances the Fire Dragon Skill, battling a Half-Step Divine Profound shouldn’t be an issue either.
After these musings, Wen Ping closed the Meridian Gate, calmed his excited emotions, and claimed the second task reward—unlocking the building area.
After the popup, a new area was unlocked next to Yunlan Mountain’s Main Hall. This time, when Wen Ping opened the building list, he specifically picked the expensive ones to construct.
He currently had about 1.3 million gold coins, after spending 1 million on upgrading Tingyu Pavilion, he had 300,000 left to spend. There were quite a few buildings that needed upgrading now, like the Fierce Beast Trial Ground, for example.
"System, after two consecutive level upgrades of the Fierce Beast Trial Ground, what is the limit realm of the trial beasts?"
The system responded, "Half-Step Divine Profound."
Wen Ping asked, "How much gold will the two upgrades cost in total?"
The system answered, "The first is 30,000, the second is 70,000, totaling 100,000."
"100,000 is fine." After deducting 100,000, he would still have 200,000 gold coins left.
With 200,000 gold coins, the dormitory area should also be upgraded once. The third upgrade of the dormitory area requires 100,000 gold coins. He already found out last time that after upgrading the dormitory area, new grade Vein Techniques would refresh.
This is something the disciples’ cultivation and the current Profound Realm need in the future. Relying on the Ten Layers Tower to improve Fire Dragon Skill and Fire Spirit Body is not feasible, as it would take a long time, while the Fierce Beast Trial Ground is the best choice.
With this expectation, Wen Ping continued to calculate expenses.
After deducting the upgrade costs for those two areas, Wen Ping still had 100,000 gold coins available. After the new building is completed, it will feature an internal shop, and by then it will refresh some items, so certainly not the entire 100,000 gold coins can be used for new construction.
"Let’s go with this one."
Wen Ping selected a new building requiring 70,000 gold coins to construct—Nirvana House.
Phoenix Nirvana, reborn from fire!
Nirvana House, a very "arrogant" name.
Wen Ping felt that Nirvana House was a must-have building for a Super Sect. Because this world is still plagued by the Revised Cultivation Technique. Just like when he was at the Body Refining Realm, relying on the system’s aid to quickly recover the realm after resetting the cultivation technique.
Other cultivators facing a revised cultivation technique all prepare for a prolonged period of weakness, especially at the Upper Profound Realm. If you have many enemies, you wouldn’t dare to cultivate a Profound Level cultivation technique placed in front of you.
Because there would be three years or even a decade of weakest periods.
During this time, enemies you couldn’t beat before could attack you at will. Even if there are no enemies, anyone could find an excuse, like: it was too sunny at noon, so they’ll come and beat you up; the stars were covered by clouds at night, so they’ll come and beat you again.
And you, being at a weak period, couldn’t even run away.
At the same time, Wen Ping considered that the Immortal Sect currently doesn’t teach cultivation techniques, so they have to continue cultivating their techniques.
Nirvana House is specially for upgrading cultivation techniques.
"System, can a Profound Level cultivation technique be upgraded?"
"Yes, Nirvana House is divided into two parts, first to upgrade Yellow Level techniques, and second to upgrade Profound Level techniques."
[Nirvana House under construction...]
[Remaining time: 3 hours]
After clicking to construct, Wen Ping started the upgrade of the Fierce Beast Trial Ground once more, since it was nighttime and no one was there, so he let the system initiate it twice, aiming to complete it tonight.
The dormitory area upgrade would have to wait until early the next morning when everyone went to cultivate.
Zhantian Qingxuan and Zhantian Ye did not rest, instead, they sat down by the fountain in the dormitory area, watching the water spray and sway, forming shapes... Honestly, the Immortal Sect is a bit small.
Not like the Major Sects she’s seen, which are like a city!
The Immortal Sect is merely like a village.
It just has the appearance of a sect.
At this moment, Yang Lele came over with tea.
Having learned a lesson before, Yang Lele dared not look directly at Zhantian Ye again. After pouring two cups of tea, he said, "Elder Zhantian, Little Junior Sister, this tea is brewed with Spiritual Water. It invigorates the mind, making one hundred times more energetic. Most importantly, it tastes very good."
"Hmm, just leave it here."
Zhantian Ye nodded, without caring about whether the tea tasted good. Seeing he was unwelcome, Yang Lele could only turn back and leave.
Just as Yang Lele took two steps, Zhantian Qingxuan suddenly grabbed him and started to examine Yang Lele up and down.
"Lele, how old are you?"
Yang Lele responded, "Reporting to the Elder, I’m fifteen years old."
"Fifteen... just fifteen... Where are you from then?"
"Elder, I’m from Cangwu City below the mountain."
Hearing this response, Zhantian Qingxuan curiously scrutinized Yang Lele.
Body Refining Realm, Eighth Layer!
If it were a disciple from the Divine Profound Realm, he would believe it. But how could there be someone with such astounding talent and potential in this small city?
Yang Lele had no idea what Zhantian Qingxuan was thinking. He simply put down the teapot and ran out.
He thought to himself: What a weird Elder has arrived!
When Yang Lele left, Zhantian Qingxuan remembered Wen Ping’s words, especially feeling that a Vein Technique was being infused into her mind from the dormitory area, she thought, perhaps this place truly suits Zhantian Ye.
Assuming what Wen Ping said back in Fengyuan City wasn’t a boast.
Whether this possible suitability would become actual appropriateness, only tomorrow could reveal.
As for anything else, she had no expectations. Like she didn’t expect this Immortal Sect to teach her much, since the Sect Leader is only at the Profound Realm, how could they teach her? Her path forward could lead only to the Divine Profound.
She only wanted to arrange her granddaughter’s daily cultivation routine properly and then ask Wen Ping for the Two-Star Vortex Map crafting manual. Then she intended to enter seclusion indefinitely until she could fully comprehend the crafting manual, staying in seclusion forever.
Truly, if she could fully grasp the crafting manual, in the future, she could create even higher-level Vortex Maps.
No longer limited to merely granting people the pinnacle of Anomalous Veins!