Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 5 Stable
The smoke from cooking fires in the distance adds a touch of the everyday world to the fairy mountain and lake.

Looking down from the sky, bamboo houses are scattered throughout the valley, and smoke rises from these buildings.

Wei Songnian turned around and warned, "Slow down and follow me as I land slowly."

Ji An unskillfully controlled the Talisman Bird to slow down. When the three of them landed on a small path in front of a bamboo building, Wei Songnian shouted:
"Old Huang, your luck has come. A new disciple has arrived and you are in charge."

The bamboo building was surrounded by a fence, where various vegetables were planted, as well as several herbs that Ji An could not name. Every bit of space in the small courtyard was utilized.

A monk with gray hair, dark complexion, and wrinkles all over his face came out and said with a smile:
"Brother Wei, please send two of your fellow apprentices to fill the vacancies."

Wei Songnian waved his hand:

"Old Huang, both of my brothers are talented people, so just smile secretly.

I won't leave tonight, I'll take advantage of my two junior brothers and have a glass of spirit wine."

The cultivator surnamed Huang quickly looked at Ji An and the others. When he saw Liu Yu put away the talisman bird and put it into the storage bag, his eyes suddenly lit up and his slightly sad face looked like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Haha, it's only natural to welcome the two junior brothers."

Wei Songnian turned his head and said without hesitation:

“According to the rules, new disciples will learn from an old disciple.

After one year, the sect will assess the new disciples.

If the new disciple performs well, the old disciple will reward him with corresponding contribution points.

Realm advancement and spell level improvement are all within the scope of the assessment."

Ji An glanced at Liu Yu inconspicuously, knowing clearly that he was enjoying the courtesy of the other party now.

It is said that the most common storage bag can be bought for more than ten spirit stones in the fairy city, and a crudely made talisman bird also costs one spirit stone.

The Fu Bird is a fast-consumable item. Once the flight time reaches a certain hour, it will basically be scrapped, otherwise it is easy to cause a flight accident.

No one from Qingsong Taoist Academy owns a storage bag.

For a cultivator with such financial resources, it is easy to cultivate to the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage.

Liu Yu saw everyone looking at him and smiled gently:

"Thank you for your kindness, brothers. I will obey your orders."

Old Huang started preparing the meal, Ji An took the initiative to help, and the other two set up tables and chairs under the tree outside the courtyard and started chatting.

After the meal was ready, Old Huang lit a lamp and took out a wine jar that was smaller than the head of a newborn baby.

The mud seal was broken and a fresh fragrance came out.

Wei Songnian was very good at socializing, and the few of them soon lost their restraint and got along happily.

As the amber-colored spiritual wine entered his throat, Ji Anton felt refreshed, and strands of spiritual power dissolved and flowed into the Qi Hai acupoint.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and then he quickly calmed down.

Wei Songnian put down his wine glass, sighed, and said:

“It’s not easy to cultivate immortality. Even if you join a sect, you’ll still be walking on thin ice. My fellow disciples will experience this more deeply in the future.

I am not proficient in any of the arts of cultivation, so I can only do some business of buying low and selling high, making a living in a miserable way.

If you need anything that’s hard to find in the sect, I can run errands for you.”

Old Huang said:
"Everyone around Bishui Lake knows that Senior Brother Wei is fair in his business. Junior brothers can compare him later and know his character."

"I'll have to trouble you a lot in the future," Ji An raised his half-full glass of wine and saluted from afar.

Liu Yu also raised his glass, and the four of them drank another glass, and the atmosphere became more harmonious.

The bright moon rose, and the moonlight filtered through the treetops, casting a spot of light on the table, and the cups and plates were in a mess.

Liu Yu looked up at the night sky, stood up and said:

"A certain family is currently practicing a family-inherited technique, and refining spiritual energy at this time will have a better effect.

Senior and junior brothers, excuse me.

Brother Huang, do you know where I live?"

"From here, go due south, about half a mile, and you will find Bamboo House No. 12, Guiwei.

Junior Brother needs to reactivate the bamboo building's restrictions. The specific steps are all in the jade slips."

Wei Songnian took out two half-full cloth bags from the storage bag:
“My two junior brothers, the things in the bag are given away free of charge by the sect to new spiritual farmers.

It contained yellow rice seeds, medicinal powder to repel pests from spiritual fields, and three months' worth of food.

When I came here, I thought it would be inconvenient for you to carry, so I put it in the storage bag and didn’t take it out.”

Ji An's eyes narrowed and he looked at his senior brother again.

The larger the storage bag, the more expensive it is. An ordinary storage bag is considered good if it can hold half a bag of food. I didn’t expect this person’s storage bag to be so large.

Moreover, there must be more valuable things in the storage bag, so it is difficult to estimate how big the other party's storage bag space is.

This senior brother is also a rich man.

"I understand the rules of Lingnong Pavilion. I don't plant spiritual fields. Brother, please deal with these things yourself."

Liu Yu bowed slightly, took out the talisman bird, input spiritual power into it, and left gracefully.

In the night sky, the paper cranes emit a soft light that illuminates the way ahead.

"People are always dying when compared to others. A technique that can increase magical power according to the time of day must have some special features.

In the sect's Sutra Library, this kind of technique wouldn't be obtained without thousands of contribution points."

Wei Songnian sighed, turned his head and said:

"Junior Brother Liu doesn't need these spiritual grain seeds and food. It's useless for me to keep them. Why don't you share them with my two junior brothers?"

Lao Huang was very familiar with the other party and readily agreed:
"Okay, Junior Brother Ji and I will split it equally."

Ji An quickly said:

"I'm only at the first level of Qi Refining, and I'm not familiar with cultivating spiritual fields. The seeds distributed by the sect are enough. Why not just take the food to fill my stomach?"

"Alright, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Old Huang happily accepted the spiritual grain seeds.

"Two brothers, there is something I don't understand, please enlighten me.

When we were chatting just now, you mentioned that cultivating spiritual grains was the worst job in the sect. Why did Senior Brother Liu Yu willingly come here?"

Ji An didn't understand. With the family background the other party showed, it would definitely not be a problem for him to enter the Equipment Refining Hall and the Beast Taming Hall.

Old Huang pondered and said:
“I speak frankly, don’t take it to heart.

For you and me, joining a sect and becoming a spiritual farmer is indeed the worst outcome.

The new disciples have a low realm and shallow magic skills, so they can only grow first-level spiritual grains.

There were natural disasters, pests, and birds and beasts coming to eat the spiritual grains when they were ripe. Since the magic was not very good, the harvest was barely enough to make a living.

After two or three years, when the planting techniques have become more sophisticated, life will be better.

But there is one advantage of becoming a spiritual farmer. New disciples do not have any sect missions in the first year and can arrange their time entirely on their own.

Those children from aristocratic families will definitely be able to advance to the late stage of Qi Refining by using this year.

Under the family's operation, if you find a good master, you will immediately be out of the jurisdiction of the General Affairs Hall.

This is just a stepping stone."

The air became quiet, and the three of them felt somewhat bored.

After a while, Ji An thanked him and left.

After declining Brother Wei's offer to see him off, he walked along the path to his residence - No. 13, Guiwei.

A cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage has arms that are at least two hundred pounds strong, so it's easy for him to carry two and a half cloth bags of food.

There are two rooms in the bamboo building: a bedroom and a kitchen. Ji An lit a candle and took a look around.

The bedroom was simply furnished with a table, a chair, a futon, and a bed. The kitchen also had only a water jar and an empty rice jar.

It seemed like the original owner had moved out only a few days ago; there wasn't even any dust on the table.

When the rice was poured into the rice jar, it was all ordinary rice, with almost no spiritual energy.

He took out clothes from the package and placed them on the bed, then took out a palm-sized wooden sculpture and placed it on the windowsill.

This is an animal that looks like a bamboo rat. It was carved by my father based on the shape of a spirit-seeking rat, and has golden nodular patterns.

The toy has been with its original owner for ten years, and some parts of it have been polished to a smooth and shiny state.

Ji An took out the jade slip and placed it on his forehead, using his spiritual sense to read the contents inside.

Ignoring the sect rules, he carefully studied the Qingyuan Sutra.

After his meridians were opened and he entered the Qi Refining Stage, since he had no corresponding exercises, he could only rely on his body's instinct to absorb and refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, there was not much magic power in his Qi Hai acupoint at this time.

Without magic power, there is no point in practicing magic.

After studying in the Taoist Academy for many years, it was not difficult for him to understand this technique. Moreover, after experiencing the fusion of souls, his comprehension and spiritual strength were much higher than his original body.

In less than an hour, he had figured out the technique completely.

The technique is the most authentic way of the immortal sect. It explains clearly how the spiritual energy flows in the immortal veins after entering the body and how to coordinate breathing.

The Qingyuan Sutra and the Kaimai Method are similar, the difference is that one circulates the internal energy in the ordinary meridians, while the other draws the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body and circulates in the immortal meridians.

After he had memorized the exercises, Ji An opened the window. The room was filled with moonlight, and the wood carvings on the windowsill were also bathed in the bright light.

He sat cross-legged on the cushion and began to actively absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for the first time.

Concentrate your mind, calm your breath, empty your thoughts, adjust your breathing, and let the spiritual energy enter your body through your mouth and nose, and flow through your immortal veins.

Everything went smoothly, and the spiritual energy was eventually refined into magic power and stored in the Qi Hai acupoint.

An hour later, Ji An slowly came out of his practice. He felt refreshed and relaxed all over, and it was obvious that his practice had improved.

However, there was no joy on his face, instead his brows were furrowed.

He drank the spiritual wine in the evening. When the spiritual power was absorbed and refined by his body and entered the Qi Hai acupoint, he felt that part of it was swallowed by the stone turtle.

Just when I was practicing the exercises and the refined magic power entered the Qi Hai acupoint, the same thing happened.

He sensed that half of his magic power had been swallowed by the stone turtle.

Ji An's face showed bitterness and he was gritting his teeth with hatred.

Before he could rely on the golden finger to gain benefits and defeat everyone, the magic power he had worked so hard to refine was plundered by a passing goose.

This intercepted half of his magic power. Unfortunately, he only had medium-quality qualifications, so his efficiency in absorbing spiritual power was not high.

At this moment, he began to worry that he would not be able to advance to the fourth level of Qi Refining on time.

If you can't reach the middle stage of Qi Refining within three years, you will have to pack up and leave.

When a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage has just opened his immortal meridians, he cannot practice continuously. Generally, one hour is best, and then he must rest for one or two hours before continuing to practice.

If one practices for too long, the burden on the immortal meridians will increase and the efficiency will be greatly reduced.

The practice of seclusion for many days of cultivation is exclusive to high-level cultivators, and even cultivators in the foundation-building stage cannot do it.

After calming himself down, Ji An took out the jade slip again and placed it on his forehead, and began to read the information about the Little Cloud and Rain Technique.

Now that I have the magic power and have learned the spell, it is a good time to test the mystery of the stone turtle.

If the harvest is big enough, having half of the mana intercepted is not unacceptable.

The Small Cloud and Rain Technique is just a planting spell, not a profound technique. It is mainly used to bring rain to spiritual fields and is used by cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.

Rainwater contains spiritual power, which can promote the growth of spiritual grains and herbs.

If the spiritual grains and medicinal herbs are not properly taken care of during the season when a lot of rain is needed, the yield will be greatly reduced.

The first and second levels of the spells are relatively simple and do not require any threshold. They can be achieved naturally after releasing them enough times.

In fact, most spells are like this, easy to learn but difficult to master.

When the magic is cultivated to the third level, which is the minor success stage, one needs to comprehend the divine will and spiritual charm contained in the magic formula.

If one is dull in talent, progress will be extremely slow relying solely on hard work and practice. However, over time one can reach the fourth level and enter the great success stage.

At this time, there are certain requirements for understanding.

If one lacks comprehension, wanting to perfect the practice of magic is like drawing water with a bamboo basket or catching the moon in a well; the result will always be empty.

To cast a spell, one needs to mobilize magic power to flow in the immortal veins in a specific way, and then activate it with the seal in hand.

The two aspects need to cooperate well, otherwise the spell cannot be released and may even damage the meridians.

Fortunately, the Small Cloud and Rain Technique is just a cultivation spell for the Qi Refining Stage, and it is extremely easy to get started.

After Ji An pondered the essence of Xiao Yunyushu several times in his mind, he did not practice magic immediately, but practiced seals.

When he had practiced it to perfection and the changes of the seals were no longer awkward, he stood up and walked out of the bamboo building.

The night wind blew, bringing bursts of moisture and a slight chill.

Taking a deep breath, Ji An calmed down his agitated emotions and mobilized his magic power to travel through the immortal vein along a specific route.

With the foundation of many years of internal energy circulation and the experience of practicing the Qingyuan Sutra, the spell was completed in one go.

With the help of the bright moon in the sky, Ji An saw a cloud of fog covering the entire courtyard, and drizzle fell down.

Spell! The first spell I learned!
Even though he had lived two lives as a human, Ji An still felt his heart beating rapidly.

He came under the mist, closed his eyes and opened his arms, letting the rain hit his face and wet his hair and clothes.

He didn't know how far he was from achieving immortality, but he knew he had taken the first solid step.

Although the road is long, we will get there.

The spell only lasted for half a quarter of an hour. After feeling that the rain had stopped, Ji An squatted down and dug the ground with his hands. He found that only half of the ground was wet, and he couldn't help laughing.

Well, don’t expect good effects from the spells you’ve just learned.

However, when he felt the consumption of his magic power, his face suddenly froze.

He discovered that even with his mana filling up the Qi Hai acupoint, he could only unleash the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique five or six times.

However, after practicing the Qingyuan Sutra for an hour, he only managed to fill one-third of the Qihai acupoint.

The total amount of mana at the first level of Qi Refining is really too little.

The mana gained from practicing the technique is really too little!
Suppressing the irritation rising in his heart, he closed his eyes and felt the stone turtle.

[Master: Ji An]

【Daoyun: 0】

[Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 1.1, Kun Spirit 0.8, Xun Spirit 0.4]

[Spell: Small Cloud Rain (1% for beginners)]

Now is the time to witness a miracle. Whether we can embark on a smooth road depends on this moment.

Ji An's breathing became rapid. This matter concerned future developments, so he couldn't help but be nervous.

He focused on the spell, and a line of prompts appeared.

[You can consume Kanling to improve the Small Cloud Rain Technique. Do you want to refine it? ]

Refining! Is this even a question?!

Ancestors bless you!
As Ji An made his decision, his consciousness was pulled into a mysterious space.

The stone turtle was gleaming with a hazy light, and he stood on the turtle's back, releasing the Little Cloud and Rain Technique over and over again, with countless insights flowing in his heart.
The number after Kanling kept decreasing until it became '0'.

Spell: Light Cloud and Rain (Entry Level 1% → 66%)

Ji An laughed loudly: "Old turtle, six six six!"

The matter of cultivating immortality is settled!
(End of this chapter)