Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 436 Mysterious Earth Refining Meridian Pill

Jia Yu coughed and said:

"Junior brother, let's go and cut down the Azure Dragon Wood first. Tomorrow I will go to Qingyun Immortal City with the Ancestor."

"It's been a long time since I've heard you talk about Crimson Flame Peak. After you've finished your business, could you show us around?"

Ji An saw Master Zhengyang and said:

"The Ancestor arrived before he even tasted the tea, so please wait a moment."

"Business is important; you can enjoy the spiritual tea slowly."

Upon hearing the patriarch's words, Ji An readily agreed and extended his arms, saying:
"In that case, please!"

The three rode on clouds, passing the Water Elemental Plant Garden and the Fire Elemental Plant Garden, and landed in the Azure Dragon Forest.

"There are forty Azure Dragon Trees planted here, eight of which are of the second-tier top quality. I plan to cut down six of them. Senior brother, please help me sell a few and exchange them for high-grade spirit stones."

Ji An said that during this trip, he couldn't stay in the deep mountains and forests to search all the time; he needed to constantly enter the territories of other forces to buy information.

If he were to search alone, he might miss many good opportunities.

In addition, he only had a little over 170 high-grade spirit stones, which wasn't enough to customize the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner.

"No problem. Has the Azure Dragon Wood that Junior Brother cut down last time been sold?"

"Yes, it was sold to the Golden Puppet Pavilion for thirty high-grade spirit stones."

Jia Yu gently shook her head and said:

"Based on the volume of the spiritual materials my junior brother obtained, the price was too low. This time, let's see how I, your senior brother, can raise the price."

"Then thank you in advance, senior brother. I'll treat you to a drink after this is done."

"Haha, just because of what you said, junior brother, I'll do everything I can to sell even one more high-grade spirit stone."

The two began to cut down the six spirit trees. The sect took one as rent, and Ji An kept one for himself, so they could sell four of them.

The spirit wood being sold this time is even thicker, so we're sure to get more spirit stones.

After felling the trees, they quickly disposed of the thin branches and packed up and stored the thicker branches.

After working for an hour, I finally finished the tedious tasks.

The Azure Dragon Wood is incredibly hard; even Foundation Establishment stage disciples would find it difficult to move a top-grade Azure Dragon Wood, so only the two of them could do it in person.

Jia Yu asked:
"Junior brother, how many top-grade spirit trees are there on Crimson Flame Peak?"

"Of the eight Azure Dragon Trees, only two remain; and the two Jade Ivy Fruits began to transform two months ago."
In addition, there are two Spirit Peach trees, one Jade Tree on Cloud Peak, one Crimson Pine, one Dragon Blood Tree, and one Mysterious Leaf Sword Bamboo, all of which have shown signs of transformation in the past half month.

Ji An paused for a moment, then said:
"Let me take the patriarch and my senior brother to have a look around."

Master Zhengyang laughed loudly, "So many top-grade spiritual plants, what a blessing for the sect!"

Since the main spiritual vein's grade was upgraded, the number of top-grade spiritual plants in other areas of the sect has increased slightly, but the quantity still cannot match that of the Crimson Flame Peak area.

The three of them began to fly around the spirit field, and later entered the lava pool where the phoenix trees were planted to take a look.

Master Zhengyang withdrew his hand from the spirit tree trunk and sighed softly:

"The precious plant is good, but its growth rate is too slow, which is really a torment. There must be a secret method in the sects of Zhongzhou to speed up the cultivation of the precious plant."

"What a pity, we don't have that."

A precious plant that hasn't grown up can't generate any value; on the contrary, it's a burden. This precious plant is only at the second-tier low-grade level.

I don't know how many years it would take to cultivate it to the third tier.

Ji An said, "There are many reasons why the precious plant grows slowly. The fact that the spiritual vein at this stage is only of the second-grade upper level is also an important reason."

Jia Yu transmitted his voice, "Junior brother, the Soul Nourishing Wood in Crimson Flame Peak has been cultivated to the second-tier superior grade. How did you do it? Would you mind revealing the method?"

If you don't want to talk about it, then pretend I didn't ask.

The sect also has a Soul Nourishing Wood, which is currently only a mid-grade second-tier tree. If it can be cultivated to a high-grade second-tier tree, it will be a boon for fellow disciples in the Chaoyuan stage.

Ji An responded:
"The method is very simple: I buried the ashes of a Golden Core cultivator in there."

Where can I get the ashes of a Golden Core cultivator?

Jia Yu wanted to ask, but ultimately didn't.

Asking further would touch on someone's secrets. They can talk about it, but you absolutely cannot ask them.

Master Zhengyang could sense his disciples communicating through telepathy, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

He pointed to the green leaves and red lotus and asked:
"Ji An, how long do you estimate it will take for the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame to fully mature?"

After considering for a moment, Ji An voiced his guess:
"It will take about a hundred years, or more specifically, between one hundred and one hundred and fifty years."

"It's been so long, I probably won't see it."

Master Zhengyang shook his head and sighed, then said, "Let's go, let's go to the next location."

The three left the Flaming Cave and visited the Supreme Xuan Ye Sword Bamboo.

Ji An pointed to the spirit bamboo, which was as thick as a bowl, and said:
"It is currently shedding its skin. Its former outer skin resembled withered bamboo, devoid of any life. Now, it reveals a topaz-like texture, somewhat like the state of a top-grade earth spirit fruit tree."

However, the texture is more delicate, and you can feel the abundant earth elemental energy flowing through the branches, giving a particularly reassuring feeling.

The fact that a second-tier top-grade earth elemental plant possesses the property of calming the soul was something he hadn't anticipated.

If the life of a sacred bamboo comes to an end, its main stem will have considerable value.

Master Zhengyang approached the spirit bamboo, extended his divine sense to sense it for a while, and said: "Indeed, there is a sense of peace, as if strolling in the spring breeze."

The main spiritual vein of Fallen Maple Valley was cultivated to the third tier more than eight hundred years earlier than ours. It seems their accumulated resources are far greater than I anticipated.

He smiled again, looking at Ji An, feeling even more satisfied.

"It's a pity they don't have any Spirit Farmers at the Chaoyuan stage. Even if they did, they couldn't possibly reach your level."

This disciple's expertise in planting has amazed him countless times. He feels that the disciple is a gift from heaven to make the sect stronger, which is more important than having another disciple with a heavenly aptitude!

"You flatter me, Ancestor."

"No need to be modest. In the long run, your contribution to the sect is greater than that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator, and that's even before you break through to the Golden Core stage."

We need to accumulate more wealth to see if we can purchase a cultivation technique at the Golden Core level.

Yellow clouds rose from beneath the feet of True Man Zhengyang. "Let's go, show us the Soul-Nourishing Wood."

In the underground cave, the golden retriever clung to the rock wall, squeaking pitifully.

It could sense the power contained within Zhengyang Zhenren; it was an intuition from the unseen realm.

It felt that the other party could kill it the instant it released the earth magic, which frightened it so much that it dared not move.

Ji An looked at the agitated beast, squatted down to comfort it, but found that the beast was still very tense.

Jia Yu laughed:

“Junior brother, let your beast leave this place. This spirit-seeking rat is very intelligent. It sensed the ancestor's majesty and is naturally afraid.”

Ji An communicated with the golden retriever and commanded it to leave.

The golden retriever felt as if it had been granted a pardon. It moved slowly at first, and then immediately released the Earth Element spell after its owner's body had covered it.

Master Zhengyang was also surprised and said:

"This spirit-seeking rat has pure blood and is worth nurturing. It shouldn't be difficult for it to reach the Chaoyuan stage in the future."

As he spoke, he took out a yellow jade bottle and let out a soft sigh:
"There is a Profound Earth Refining Pill in here. It was originally intended for my Spirit-Seeking Rat, but unfortunately it was killed by an array during an adventure and is now useless."

At that time, he was still traveling in the Central Continent, exploring the ruins of the Five Elements Sect with his friends. It was there that he obtained the Five Elements Revolving Sutra.

The price paid back then was also very high; of the five people who went in, only two came out alive, and all his tamed beasts pretended to be dead inside.

He later returned to his sect from Zhongzhou and never raised beasts again.

Jia Yu nudged Ji An with his shoulder, "Hurry up and accept the ancestor's reward."

"Thank you, Ancestor. Your disciple will definitely continue to train Golden Retriever."

Ji An reached out and took the jade bottle, storing it in the virtual space.

"So its name is Golden Retriever, that's very fitting."

Master Zhengyang smiled and nodded, then walked to the Soul-Nourishing Wood and asked:
"This spirit tree is already a second-tier high-grade tree. Can your method be reused?"

"Ancestor, your disciple obtained the corpse of a Golden Core cultivator in the Southern Continent and scattered the ashes beside the spirit tree."

This is likely the reason for its rapid growth; the methods used are reusable.

Fertilizing is the simplest way to promote the growth of plants.

"The reason is so simple. It seems that if I were to pass away, it would be best to scatter my ashes next to a precious plant. Which spiritual plant do you think would be the best place to scatter them?"

Jia Yu hurriedly spoke up:

"Ancestor, the sect needs your leadership. How can you keep talking about immortal travel?"

Master Zhengyang shook his head, "For us cultivators, what is there to avoid when it comes to matters of life and death?"

"Since neither of you is willing to speak, I'll think about it carefully when I get back."

He lowered his voice again and said self-deprecatingly:

"I never thought I could contribute to the sect even after death. I have no regrets in dying."

The three of them rode back to the icy pool on a cloud. The atmosphere was somewhat somber. Ji An took out the water-repelling pearl and said softly:
"Ancestor, Senior Brother, please enter the water for a look."

Master Zhengyang chuckled and said, "There are good things hidden underwater too."

Ji An grinned, "I obtained a spiritual seed while traveling in the Southern Continent. Please allow me to keep it a secret for now and see if the Ancestor can recognize what kind of spiritual plant it is."

"Although I am not a spiritual farmer, my knowledge is not lacking!"

The three began to descend and soon reached the bottom of the pool.

Master Zhengyang lingered beside the spiritual lotus, his eyebrows slightly raised.

"I'm lucky to have encountered a Treasure Plant Pure Water Lotus. I've been traveling for many years and haven't encountered a single Treasure Plant Spiritual Seed. I'm extremely unlucky."

He encountered the treasure plant in the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, but it was protected by an array, so he had no chance to get his hands on it.

My disciple has gained a great deal from traveling for more than ten years, and will be able to go even further in the future.

Jia Yu laughed and said, "Junior brother, I once heard Ge Ying say that you have a lot of luck, and now it seems that it is indeed true!"

The sect has accumulated thousands of years of resources and only obtained four precious plants. Yet, in the thousands of acres of training ground on Crimson Flame Peak, three precious plants are being cultivated. What else could this be but an extraordinary stroke of luck?
Ji An scratched his head, "After thinking about it carefully, I realize that I do indeed have some luck with me."

It would be impossible to travel to this world without having some kind of spirit.

(End of this chapter)