Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!

Casually putting all the materials she chopped and harvested into the Storage Bag, Jiang Yuan took out some food for her and pretended to be relaxed, saying, "Xiaobai won't be back for a while; Zhile took Mingchuan and Yun Mo to Carefree City, so I came to check your progress."

"Hmm, that's more like it!" With a delighted smile, Bluebird took the meal and put it into her Storage Bag. After thanking Jiang Yuan, she spoke seriously, "Earlier, I heard your apprentice say that all these people were eating, drinking, and meditating at home every day, while their elder brother provided them with Spirit Stones and Elixirs. They did nothing but guard the small courtyard.

I found it strange; what kind of cultivation is that!

Staying home and merely breathing in Spiritual Energy won't lead to any battle experience. Even if their Cultivation is high, they're still as blank as paper. The current arrangements are correct. Though battle is risky, as cultivators, we must fight destiny, and only through continuous battle will we gain something!"

She understood the situation the second day after joining the small courtyard—a world teetering on the brink at night; a world that only shares a little Spiritual Energy at night—neither seems reliable.

No matter how dim her past life's memories, Bluebird is a reincarnated peak cultivator, with a basic perception of potential dangers.

So she is very clear that, to live long and successfully climb back to the peak, she must spend all her time growing stronger, becoming even stronger!

Only in this way can she possess the ability to escape when danger strikes.

[Miasma Poison: Poison formed from accumulated toxic gases; taking a single breath will cause a mortal to bleed through seven orifices to death; cultivators will also gradually rot and die from poisoning without Antidote Potion.]

While Jiang Yuan was zoning out, he suddenly saw a system alert pop out of the grassland that Bluebird harvested.

Poison! Just perfect for the side mission requiring the collection of various toxins to refine Elixirs. He immediately stepped forward and bought a small Jade Bottle from the System Mall to collect it.

"Bro! Don't touch it!" Bluebird quickly halted him as she saw this, "It's toxic, very dangerous!"

But before she could finish her words, Jiang Yuan had swiftly collected the poison into the bottle and looked up at her with confusion, "I know, this can be used to refine Elixirs, and I didn't touch it."

Bluebird: ???

What's going on?

She clearly saw that before his palm touched the poison, the dangerous toxin, which even she dared not approach, had turned into specks of light and flowed automatically into the Jade Bottle, so easily and cleanly!

Collecting toxins is this simple? Why do Poison Masters painstakingly cultivate techniques then? Could it be… forming bonds and clinging to such a long-term patron brother, who turns out to be a rare Poison Master?!

No, the more Bluebird thought, the more confused she became.

After all, he dines in the Underworld and can execute the Paperman and Paper Horse Skill; his Incense making methods are refined, lighting even one stick of Incense can convey the enormous Power of Incense; yet, he excels at Construction Techniques and the Shennong Sect's cultivation techniques...

"So strange." She rubbed her forehead with small hands, and murmured softly at the disappearing silhouette, "Really, by chance, what character have I tied myself to as a brother? Just what Cultivation Technique is he practicing?!"

After Jiang Yuan collected the poison and left the Miasma Ridge replica, he walked to the Alchemy Room before clicking to use the Duplication Card, then clicked to instantly teleport to the Netherworld's Great Yin Mountain's Lotus Peak.

[Use Building Duplication Card to copy a Level Four Alchemy Room here?]

Clicking "Yes," a gray mist enveloped the empty ground. After dinging for a dozen seconds, the progress bar was completed and the gray mist dispersed, revealing an Alchemy Room in the courtyard matching Netherworld architectural style.

White walls and black tiles, with a large gourd on the roof indicating its purpose.

Originally, he thought since it was merely copy-pasting, perhaps he should wait until the Alchemy Room upgrades to Level Five before replicating it here, saving the need to upgrade separately.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't generate enough Obsidian Essence for public projects, greenhouse construction couldn't start, and there weren't enough materials to upgrade the Alchemy Room. With time wasting, fewer Elixirs could be refined, so he decided to replicate and use the new Alchemy Room sooner.

[Second Home unlocked new building, system mall corresponding level Pill Formula unlocked and available for purchase and use]

As Jiang Yuan just pushed open the Alchemy Room door, a system alert flashed, and he immediately opened the system mall to check, finding a new category of Netherworld Pill Formula.

"An Alchemy Room built in the Netherworld can purchase pill formulas for Ghost Cultivators and use Netherworld Spirit Medicine to refine Elixirs to sell to Ghost Cultivators?" His eyes lit up, thinking it was a great way to earn extra income!

High-Level Elixirs certainly can fetch high prices, but relying solely on Market sales is too limited, easily leading to saturation.

The Second Home's Alchemy Room creating exclusive Elixirs for Ghost Cultivators opens new avenues, and Elixirs can first be supplied to Old Man Wan, and of course to the ally and neighbor Tang Qin.

Once more Elixirs are produced, Tang Qin can earn some profit from resale.

No matter whether it is Netherworld Currency, Cold Crystal Jade, or Demon Cultivator Currency, Yin Demon Pearl—the system's account can always convert them equivalently; as long as it makes money, it can be exchanged for Immortal Jade so that the Little Fox can trade out for profit!

[Soul Suppressing Pill: One of the commonly used Elixirs by Ghost Cultivators, can consolidate the soul, stabilize the spirit, and allow better absorption of Yin Energy]

[Nether Pill: Contains pure Netherworld Power, can quickly replenish the energy Ghost Cultivators need...]

"Got it, Soul Suppressing Pill equals Clear Heart Pill; Nether Pill equals Spirit Core Pill, Blood Replenishing Pill Formula is a bit pricey, let's buy these two first! Just right, Old Man Wan recently collected quite a bit of medicinal material, we can try refining two batches first!" Jiang Yuan spent five hundred thousand Spirit Stones to buy the new Pill Formulas from the system mall.

Due to the slow mining speed at Lotus Peak, the Spirit Medicines in storage were common types, unable to meet the production of higher level Elixirs. He finally chose one batch of First Grade Soul Suppressing Pills and one batch of Nether Pills.

When the Elixirs are successfully refined, and Tang Qin gets a taste of the benefits and willing to join, she can handle the acquisition of Netherworld Spirit Medicine, while he only needs to focus on refining Elixirs, earning the profit margin.

"Mr. Jiang, you're here!" Wan An hurriedly returned with a few papermen-in-tow and excitedly reported in a low voice, "Since last time we took care of the ghosts in the mountain, my mining work has been going smoothly!

You see, today I found some new material. According to the illustration White Mr. gave me, this should be Coarse Crystal Stone. The illustration states that where this stone is found, it's highly possible to find Cold Crystal Jade! We might dig out a Cold Crystal Jade Mine soon if we continue for a few more days!"

Ever since benefiting from his grandson to become a Ghost Cultivator, Mr. Jiang not only provided papermen assistance but occasionally gave Cold Crystal Jade to help cultivate and absorb. Wan An has grown in strength and started learning Ghost Runes to avoid understanding nothing.

Finally seeing the hope of digging valuable mineral deposits, he is now full of motivation!

"Excellent, Xiaobai said this is Treasure Mountain; if we can find a Cold Crystal Jade Mine, it's worthwhile for you, elder, to work in the depths of the Great Yin Mountain." Seeing a rich mineral prediction, Jiang Yuan was naturally pleased.

Here the courtyard also needs to be constructed promptly, neither money nor materials should fall short.

"Are there many ghosts recently in the mountain? Since I'm here, I'll clear another batch to make it safer for your mountain crossings." Since he used the Soul Refining Banner to attack a Demon Monk last time, its attack power is strong and effective; he considered refilling the banner which consumed large amounts of Grievous Energy.

Wan An pointed to the northeast, saying, "My activity range is not large, and after several cleanups, there are not many ghosts between the mountains; occasionally encountering one or two can be dealt with by papermen. Recently, I heard some movement behind the northeastern peaks, unsure if it's the work of ghosts; I dared not go over to check."