Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 167 Flag
Ji An used the Green Wood Transformation Technique to control the output of his magic power. A green light spot emitting a vigorous aura fell on his palm, and then slowly dissipated into the void.

Several crystal red seeds appeared in the palm of his hand, which were the seeds of the purple fire gourd.

Over the past year, he has used magic to nourish himself every few days.

Now, the vitality of the seeds has reached its limit and cannot be increased any further.

"Finally, we can plant."

Ji An whispered and put the seeds into the jade bottle.

In the spiritual veins, you don’t have to worry too much about the season when planting spiritual herbs and trees. As long as the conditions are right, the spiritual plants will naturally thrive.

By the time dinner was over, the bright moon was hanging on the top of the mountain, and the golden fire spirit of the Red Flame Peak had completely subsided and was dormant in the belly of the mountain.

After Ji An finished casting spells on the Feiye Mulberry and Biluo trees, he came to the Red Cloud Pine Forest.

The pine cones in the forest are now forming, and the pine nuts will be harvested in a few months.

The only pity is that there are no more Chiyunsongs breaking through to the lower level of the second stage these days.

Some spiritual pines do not have a strong foundation and require more resources to break through to a higher grade, or they may never be able to break through.

Ji An decided to select another fifty red cloud pines for key cultivation, and continue cultivating the original ones for another year.

If you cannot cultivate it to the second level, give up and choose a new spiritual pine with potential and cultivate it in the same way for three years.

His goal is to cultivate hundreds of second-level red cloud pines, so that the annual harvest of second-level pine nuts can reach more than 20,000 kilograms. However, the lower-grade second-level should be the limit of the red cloud pine.

Ji An came to the nest of the fire crystal ants, found a suitable location, released the object control technique, and moved a large amount of ant feces.

He cast the Thick Earth Returning Origin Mantra to mix the soil and ant feces thoroughly, opening up a small special spiritual field, and then planted the purple fire gourd seeds.

The excrement of these fire crystal ants is a very high-quality fertilizer for the purple fire gourd.

He used the technique of Spring Breeze Transforming Rain, and a cloud of mist several feet in radius rolled up, shimmering with a faint spiritual light under the moon.

The spiritual rain fell silently and moistly, and the red gourd vines broke through the ground.

Ji Anyu used the Golden Light Technique to make a knife and an axe, and cut down more than ten feet long pine branches to make a wooden pole.

He released another explosive fireball and placed the wooden pole in it to roast it.

Although the red cloud pine is a fire-element spiritual plant, it cannot withstand such intense high temperatures and quickly loses its vitality.

Ji An tied the wooden poles into a rack for the gourd vines to climb, and the inactive wooden poles would not steal any spiritual energy.

In the future, he will transform into the grandfather who grows gourds and see if he can cultivate the best gourds.

……

Huang Feihu walked into the stone house and said with a smile:

"Uncle Master, the two disciples I mentioned to you a few days ago have arrived. When will you have time to meet them?"

In two years he will be able to obtain the foundation-building pill, and he will leave after successfully building his foundation.

After careful selection and comparison, he chose two disciples to take his place.

Ji An nodded slightly and said:

"Now you can."

He sighed in his heart, all good things must come to an end.

However, he wished the old man, who had been with him for more than ten years, to leave because he had made better progress.

Huang Feihu shouted outside the door:

"Come in, both of you."

Two disciples at the seventh level of Qi Refining walked into the stone house and bowed.

"Disciple Huang Xuan, I pay my respects to Uncle Master Ji."

"Disciple Li Cheng, I pay my respects to Uncle Master Ji."

Ji An sensed that the two men were young, probably under 20 years old, and their faces were full of sincerity.

"Very good, for the next two years you will follow Feihu and get familiar with the situation at Scarlet Flame Peak.

As long as you work hard, you can stay here, so go down first."

His main purpose in recruiting disciples was to help with trivial matters, and they only needed to be efficient and reliable.

"Thank you, uncle."

The two men showed joy on their faces and walked out of the stone house to wait.

Ji An turned around and said with a smile:
"Feihu, take them around tomorrow to familiarize them with the things here. After a few months, you can let them do it and see if they can handle it well."

"Ok."

Ji An pondered and said:
"What level have you reached in your planting magic?

After building the foundation, will you make a living by planting or making talismans?"

The other party planted several acres of talisman grass outside the Red Flame Peak and often drew talismans.

Huang Feihu said:
“Over the years, I have been able to consult my uncle from time to time. My Thick Earth Technique and Small Cloud Rain Technique have both reached perfection. I haven’t practiced the Withering and Flourishing Technique much, but I have achieved great success.

My talent for making talismans is average. After so many years of specializing in the art of golden armor, my success rate in making talismans has barely reached 60%.

After laying the foundation, planting is still my main focus.

But if conditions permit, I would like to try alchemy."

Relatively speaking, the profit from making elixirs is higher than that from making talismans.

The sect now recruits many more disciples than before, and even elixirs for the Qi Refining stage have a huge market.

Ji An nodded slightly. He originally wanted to tell the other party that the demon disaster was about to break out, but after thinking about it, he decided to wait until the other party had established his foundation.

……

Three months later.

It is the season for harvesting pine nuts, and the monks from the Qingong Hall have come to Chiyan Peak to collect this year's rent.

A few days later, Du Huaiyuan came to Chiyan Peak and asked:
"Junior brother, how many pine nuts can be used to make wine this year?
We have to work harder, because in a little over a month, I will be heading to Mingfeng Mountain Fairy City."

Ji An smiled and said:

"We really need to work harder. This year, I plan to use 40,000 kilograms of top-grade pine nuts to make wine, and 300 kilograms of second-grade pine nuts."

This year's pine nut production is higher than expected, and the sales of roasted pine nuts are worse than that of spirit wine. Du Huaiyuan whistled and said with a smile:
"Okay, this way we can brew dozens more kilograms of spirit wine.

I've made a list, and you can send someone to buy the other materials."

Ji An took the list, took a look at it, and said:
"Brother, please lend me your flying boat."

There were a lot of things, but he didn't have a flying boat or enough storage bags to put them all in.

"Junior brother, you have to buy a flying boat. When the production of spiritual wine increases, it will not be possible to rely on scattered sales. If we sign a supply agreement with the spiritual food shop, you have to deliver the goods, right?
Otherwise, you'll have to buy a lot of storage bags.

The flying boat is still somewhat useful on a daily basis, so buying a bunch of storage bags to keep around would be a bit silly."

"I'll buy them in a few years. Brother, you're familiar with the market. How many spirit stones will it cost to buy these things?"

Du Huaiyuan handed over the flying boat and said thoughtfully:

"About three thousand seventy-eight."

There are enough pine nuts and many other ingredients, so the cost is quite high.

If it were him, he simply wouldn't have the financial resources to brew tens of thousands of kilograms of pine nut wine at one time.

Ji An handed the flying boat and the list to Xia Yuhan beside him, and pointed out forty medium-grade spirit stones:
"Leave it to Feihu and let him go shopping."

A month later, all 40,000 kilograms of pine nuts were brewed into spirit wine, totaling more than 15,000 kilograms.

After being stored in the cellar for three years, it can be sold to the outside world. The price of each kilogram of pine nut wine fluctuates around two spirit stones. Ji An's net profit should be over 10,000 spirit stones.

From then on, I would get so many spirit stones every year, and this was just the income from pine wine.

Time flies, and half a year has passed.

The earliest spiritual peach trees planted have been cultivated to the first-grade top grade, and the spiritual apricot trees have been cultivated to the upper grade level.

The branches of the two sacred trees are full of small flowers, the apricot blossoms are like snow, the peach blossoms are like clouds, and they are bright and beautiful.

The peach tree grown from the two peach seeds I got from my master is now as thick as an arm and is already of top quality.

Ji An shook his head slightly. The spiritual apricot tree did not have a strong enough foundation, and he wondered if it could be cultivated to the highest level in the future.

While he was thinking, a silver light fell from the sky and circled and flickered beside him. It was the communication sword.

Ji An raised his hand to take it and used his spiritual sense to read the information in it. He laughed loudly and shouted to the people nearby:

"I'm going out to visit a friend today and will be back in a few days. You all can take care of yourselves."

He summoned the shuttle and sped away.

Yunmeng Peak, Pansi Cave.

Ji An stepped into the cave and bowed, saying:

"Senior Sister, the flag is going to be completed a few months later than I expected."

Liu Suyun took out the woven flag and a small porcelain jar the size of a fist, and said softly:

"Junior brother, you may not know that a senior brother from the Law Enforcement Hall needs to have his magic weapon repaired. He has to go to Mingfeng Mountain on an urgent mission and cannot be delayed.

This is my fault. I recently got some second-grade, low-grade spiritual tea called 'Cloudtop Silver Hair' and gave it to you, Junior Brother. Please forgive me."

“Since it’s an important matter, Senior Sister has done nothing wrong.

However, I haven't tasted the second-level spiritual tea yet, so I gladly accept your gift."

Ji An took over the flag and saw that it was as smooth as satin, dark yellow in color, and woven with golden lotus and qilin, and shone with precious light.

"Senior Sister, I won't stay any longer. I need to quickly find Senior Brother Zhao Lei. Once I get the Apricot Yellow Flag, it will be considered a wish fulfilled.

Oh, and I have two good news to share with you, Senior Sister. Scarlet Flame Peak now has a stable supply of top-grade copper-veined mulberry leaves, and the other two Earth Spirit Fruit trees have also been cultivated to the highest quality level."

Liu Suyun sighed and said:
"I wish I had met my junior brother earlier, otherwise I would have been able to cultivate more high-level golden spiders and golden-whiskered silkworms."

Ji An said seriously:
"It's not too late now, Senior Sister. Just wait. I will definitely be able to cultivate a second-tier Earth Spirit Fruit Tree and a Copper-patterned Mulberry."

Liu Suyun smiled:
"I will wait for good news."

After leaving Pansi Cave, Ji An pushed the shuttle's speed to its maximum and arrived at Chitong Mountain before the sun completely set.

It was already late, and it was not a suitable time to visit, so he went to Zhang Yuanshan's cave to stay for the night.

At noon on the second day, Ji An bid farewell to Senior Brother Zhang and found Zhao Lei's cave.

A strong young man with bare chest came out and said:

"Uncle, my master has a lot of magical instruments to create soon, and the queue may have to wait until half a year.

If your uncle is in a hurry, you might as well choose another uncle or aunt."

"I'll talk to Senior Brother Zhao. Tell him that Chiyan Peak's Ji An has already gathered the materials to create the spiritual weapon."

"Master uncle actually wants to forge a spiritual weapon, please come in!"

The burly young man invited Ji An into the cave, went in to report, and came out soon, saying:

"Uncle Master, please wait a moment. My master is currently refining a magical weapon and is at a critical moment. He will be out for a while."

About half an hour later, Zhao Lei hurried out and said with a smile:
"Haha, Junior Brother, have you gathered all the materials so quickly?"

He muttered to himself, "Didn't Junior Sister Liu's golden-spotted spider say it would take more than ten years for it to start producing silk again? How could it recover so quickly?"

Ji An took out two jars of spirit wine and took out all the ingredients:

“Two jars of premium pine wine, for you, Senior Brother.

All the materials are gathered, please check it out, Senior Brother."

I learned from Mo Shan that most weapon refiners are wine lovers, and he has spiritual wine in his storage bag.

"I will gladly accept the spiritual wine."

Zhao Lei quickly put away the spirit wine, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

He weighed the various spiritual objects again and nodded.
"The materials are sufficient. Junior Brother can come and take the spiritual weapon in three months."

He paused and then said:

"I have reserved room for improvement in the Apricot Yellow Flag. Junior Brother may be able to upgrade it to a mid-grade or even high-grade spiritual weapon in the future."

Ji An bowed:

"Senior brother is very skilled. If I need to improve the quality of my spiritual weapon, I will definitely look for you."

(End of this chapter)