Chapter 1598 - 1115: Fortune Turns Like the Wheel of Feng Shui

Chapter 1598: Chapter 1115: Fortune Turns Like the Wheel of Feng Shui

Step by step, he ascended the stairs, the roar of Yellow Springs Water in his ears, yet blocked by an invisible barrier, leaving not a drop on the steps.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t that scared. After all, he now had a pair of invisible wings. Even if he left the steps, he could fly up, not worrying about falling.

At the edge of the water-fetching platform, there was a small extension for placing water containers.

He took out the small, colorful glass bottle issued for the task and placed it on the platform, allowing the water to trickle in slowly.

[Polluted Yellow Springs Water: After purification, can be used to brew Meng Po Soup or refine Elixirs.]

[Note: Do not open the bottle or spill the contents before purification to avoid unnecessary trouble.]

[Main Mission: Construct Second Level Fuyun Space. Reward: Regional Map+1]

[Mission 5: Fetch a bottle of Yellow Springs Water, completed. Reward: All seeds corresponding to the level have been unlocked.]

[Main Mission: Construct Second Level Fuyun Space, completed. Reward: Regional Map released.]

[New area unlocked, incorporated into the protection range.]

[Main Mission: Construct Third Level Fuyun Space. Reward: Netherworld exclusive Barrier-Breaking Pill Formula]

[Task 1: Build a Purification Workshop. Reward: Purification Gift Pack+1]

[The courtyard has been upgraded to Level Two, detected under the jurisdiction of Lotus Peak in the Netherworld, merge with the third homeland Fuyun Space?]

Seeing the pop-up inquiry, Jiang Yuan’s eyes lit up, finally able to merge!

Lotus Peak has houses, an Alchemy Room, a mill, and a warehouse; merging them would make things much more convenient.

Besides, Ghost Cultivators could easily be brought to Fuyun Space via the Lotus Peak Courtyard, saving the need for teleportation back and forth, making summoning people much easier.

Teleporting back from Yellow Springs to Fuyun Courtyard, parts of the courtyard previously blocked by barriers were opened, allowing for Netherworld-exclusive crops to be planted after land reclamation.

The protective barrier became larger and brighter, less likely to be destroyed by sinister whirlwinds.

Having received the regional map reward from the main mission, a large circle around Fuyun Mountain lit up on the system map.

Apart from specially marked areas abundant in monster materials, in the far southeast corner was a black vortex, marked in bold red: Source of Pollution, Danger.

"Got it, it’s quite similar to the gameplay of dungeons." Jiang Yuan thought with sudden understanding, "Divide the whole polluted plot into different areas. Eliminating the source of pollution purifies a section that can become a base, then expand to the next block."

Who knows how big the sealed Old Underworld is, purifying it one block at a time could take forever.

Most of the materials needed to build a Purification Workshop were in the newly lit circle down the mountain.

Why wait? Summoning a duplicate, it’s time to get to work!

Aiming to build the Purification Workshop soon, purifying the Yellow Springs Water in the storage bag first, to prevent it from becoming a dangerous, ticking bomb.

As Jiang Yuan busied himself with infrastructure work, the Wilderness had already descended, causing considerable headache to many temporary city rulers.

The City Lord and Commerce Association President were invited to the Immortal Alliance Headquarters for some meeting, and they never returned.

Until now, almost four days have passed, and there’s been no sight of them, dead or alive, with no response despite repeated Communication Stone attempts.

Such a situation had never occurred before, leaving the bewildered Commerce Association and City Lord’s Mansion in chaos.

"The Teleportation Array was destroyed, and the City Lords and Presidents who could stabilize the scene are absent. What should we do?" Hai Kou City’s City Lord’s first disciple, Xue Zijing, looked visibly worried.

Muttering the question to others, he secretly hoped that his master would never return!

That old man had occupied the City Lord’s position for far too long.

He originally apprenticed to him, eyeing the old man who neither had a dual cultivation partner nor offspring, thinking he would eventually pass the City Lord position to his first disciple.

But unexpectedly, the old man, despite being quite aged, stubbornly refused to step down even after three hundred years, though he was long capable of taking charge himself.

Hai Kou City is the last city between this continent and the ocean.

Its unique geographical position allowed it to possess both terrestrial and marine specialties, giving it a traffic hub advantage.

Moreover, when supported by the Demon Realm Alliance, they specially constructed one of the few sea Demon Beast Teleportation Arrays in the Wilderness, making the city’s ruler exceedingly wealthy over years of commerce.

Xue Zijing had coveted this for years. Even given current unfavorable conditions, he desired to ascend quickly and make a lot of money.

Finally, the opportunity had arrived.

The old one went to attend an Immortal Alliance meeting and took his favorite junior, leaving him, the senior brother, to guard home.

And they never returned, haha! Isn’t this my big break?

The only trouble is: Du Li and Lan Shanying unexpectedly destroyed all twenty-eight Teleportation Arrays in Hai Kou City in one day!

Among those, half were sea Demon Beast Teleportation Arrays, which would be incredibly difficult to reconstruct.

However, he wasn’t worried.

In the current Wilderness, cities with destroyed Teleportation Arrays are increasing by the day, at the rate of thirty or so daily. Soon, those with Teleportation Arrays will be the minority.

The Demon Cultivators in the city had already sensed this prediction, persisting for now. Once he smoothly sails into the City Lord’s seat, a quick grab of several billions isn’t greedy, then he’d withdraw!

Taking countless fortunes to the Otherworld to live carefree, why care if Hai Kou City drowns in floods?

"With the City Lord absent, Daoist Xue, as his foremost disciple, must temporarily act as City Lord and personally calm the people."