Chapter 57: Chapter 57: The Second Spirit Effect—Koi Transforming into Flood Dragon
[Fish Pond Level 3]
[Spirit Effect 1: Produces 3 drops of Ice Soul Cold Dew daily; Increased chance of Spirit Fish advancement, and there’s a chance of ice attribute mutation; Growth speed +40%]
[Spirit Effect 2 (Koi Transforming into Jiao): Minute chance for carp-type Spirit Fish to mutate into a Frost Serpent juvenile (Tier Three Demon Beast)]
[Upgrade Requirement: Cultivation reaches Foundation Establishment Stage, 30 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, 3 pieces of Profound Ice Crystal, and deposit 1 jar of Tier Two ice attribute Demon Beast Blood Essence]
"Hmm??"
"Two spirit effects?"
Ji Yuan looked at the text popping up on the panel, subconsciously widening his eyes.
It’s not just purely two spirit effects, after all, there are multiple spirit effects within [Spirit Effect 1], but this is the first time the panel separately lists a second spirit effect.
The Level 3 building effects he knows already include the [Chicken Cage] and [Pigsty].
But regardless of which, the panel has never separately listed a second spirit effect.
This [Fish Pond] is the first time.
Koi transforming into Jiao.
A minute chance for carp-type Spirit Fish to mutate into a Frost Serpent juvenile... though it’s a very small probability, it’s still a probability, right?
Moreover, this Frost Serpent is a Tier Three Demon Beast.
Tier Three Demon Beast means its developed strength is at least Golden Core Stage... also, this Spirit Fish mutates into a Frost Serpent juvenile, why a juvenile?
According to what Ji Yuan knows, if a cultivator wants to contract a demon beast, it can only be done during its juvenile stage because its soul is weak at that time.
Once it grows up, unless the cultivator’s divine soul is several times stronger than the demon beast, forget contracting it.
But having a divine soul several times stronger than a demon beast means the strength also vastly exceeds it.
What’s the point of contracting such a demon beast then?
"So, this [Fish Pond] is also part of me becoming a Beast Taming Cultivator?"
Part of it is because the effect of Level 3 [Chicken Cage] can also allow Ji Yuan to become a Beast Taming Cultivator... add this [Fish Pond], and by then he’d be a water and land dual Beast Taming Cultivator.
No, surely the Tier Three Demon Beast Frost Serpent can fly, so he directly becomes a sea, land, and air Beast Taming Cultivator.
Ji Yuan indulged in delightful fantasies for a while, then turned his attention to the first spirit effect.
Daily 3 drops of Ice Soul Cold Dew, Ji Yuan doesn’t know what it is, but it seems to be Immortal Talent usable only at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Next is the increased chance for Spirit Fish advancement... it’s finally not semi-Spirit Fish advancing to Spirit Fish, but advancement among Spirit Fish, though unclear if a Tier One Spirit Fish can advance to Tier Two?
The panel doesn’t mark it separately, so it seems possible.
Besides the carp-type Spirit Fish having a chance to mutate into a Frost Serpent, other Spirit Fish also have chances to mutate with ice attributes.
Once mutated into ice attribute, the strength would increase, and the material value would greatly rise too.
That means it could fetch a good price.
Growth speed increased by another 10%, overall reaching 40%.
The final upgrade conditions... also requiring Foundation Establishment, but the Spirit Stones needed are less than the [Pigsty] and [Chicken Cage].
It seems that once I successfully establish the Foundation, the first building to upgrade to Level 3 would be this [Fish Pond].
This suggests that the panel somewhat favors the [Fish Pond] building, why is that?
Ji Yuan tried hard to think of a reason, but came up with nothing, so he gave up, as long as it’s beneficial to him, it’s all good.
Having read about the Level 3 [Fish Pond]’s spirit effects, Ji Yuan suddenly felt the Level 2 [Fish Pond] had become a mere past memory.
[Level 2 Spirit Effect: Produces 1 drop of Water Dew daily, increased chance of semi-Spirit Fish advancement, growth speed +30%]
But regardless, it’s still a Level 2 building, producing 1 drop of Water Dew every day, not something to waste.
Looking around, Ji Yuan dug a small pit behind the stone house, stored some water in it, then found an unknown small fish and threw it into this small water pit.
After a bit of hustling, some text appeared in the space above the small water pit.
[Fish Pond: Level 2]
Ji Yuan activated the building effect, and a small drop of azure water appeared out of thin air above the small pit, he quickly waved his hand and stored it into a prepared Jade Bottle.
Then he turned off the building effect.
After completion, he didn’t remove the small fish, this tiny fishpond could be used every day, leading him to inevitably have another thought.
The Fish Pond could yield this drop of Water Dew for free, so could the half-tael of Blood Essence from the Pigsty be free too?
How to get it free though, the Fish Pond was easy enough, but the Pigsty... where would I find a pig?
In desperation, Ji Yuan reverted to the old trick, writing the word "Pigsty" on a piece of paper, then sticking this white paper with black letters on the wall of his stone house.
It seemed that the stone house itself was as dilapidated as a pigsty because just as Ji Yuan stuck the paper on the wall.
A piece of Blood Essence appeared out of thin air inside the stone house.
"Heck, am I really living in a pigsty?"
Ji Yuan casually waved his hand to collect it, then quickly tore off the paper.
Being able to snag benefits from both the Fish Pond and Pigsty left Ji Yuan slightly more at ease.
No words were exchanged throughout the night.
The next morning, as the sky was just turning gray, Qiu Qianhai already came over to call Ji Yuan to go underwater.
"Let’s go, let’s go, grab some cash."
"If I develop chronic old leg problems in my old age, it’ll be on you."
Ji Yuan grumbled as he went out the door, following into the water.
In fact, it was just like Qiu Qianhai said, collecting cash, it was literally just like picking up money.
The water area from yesterday had mostly been picked through by the two of them, so today they specifically switched to a different water area, and came out earlier than usual... by the end of the day, Ji Yuan weighed the Cold Iron Sand in his hand.
"Seems like it’s three and a half pounds, indeed like finding Death Cave."
Half a pound more than yesterday.
"Come on, let’s sell it!"
Qiu Qianhai now at Qi Cultivation level five, upon learning Ji Yuan is now at level six, is eager to enhance his strength.
Ji Yuan thought for a bit, they’ve been here a few days already, but hadn’t gone to sell once, should be alright.
"Going once or twice is no issue, and we split up, but doing so too many times isn’t good."
One person collecting just a tiny bit of Cold Iron Sand daily, even pros can only get a few ounces.
Now you sell several pounds daily, even fools would know something’s up.
"Yes, of course."
Qiu Qianhai understood this too.
Then the two departed separately, heading to the largest Qingbo Island.
As soon as he set foot on it, Ji Yuan felt several gazes on him, he slightly released some aura, and those gazes promptly shifted away.
He glanced around at the surroundings.
A narrow cobblestone road, with stone houses on either side, or street stalls, but invariably, the cultivators here mostly bore fierce expressions.
Indeed, less ruthless individuals couldn’t survive here.
Ji Yuan observed as Qiu Qianhai entered a shop of the Water Dragon Sect, while he picked through items in the adjacent shop, mostly run by cultivators at the fourth or fifth Qi Cultivation level, with no level six in sight.
As for late-stage practitioners, Ji Yuan only sensed one faint aura inside a stone house.
So Ji Yuan at level six of Qi Cultivation strolling through, even the fiercest cultivators greeted him with a smile:
"What can I do for you, fellow Daoist?"
Before long, Qiu Qianhai emerged.
Trailing him were two cultivators, one tall and one short, from within the shop, as if oblivious, Qiu Qianhai just rowed the boat away after exiting.
Ji Yuan waited a bit longer in situ, but the two cultivators didn’t follow.
It was somewhat a pity.