Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 521 Golden Core Ceremony
The first group of *Gnaphalium* to pupate is now undergoing a second pupation.

These jade cocoons appear to have a finer texture and a more lustrous sheen.

Based on past experience, the pupating worm is a new life form.

Their spiritual energy is purer and richer, making them more popular with spirit fish and fire crystal ants.

Ji An would take out some of the collected jade pupae, crush them, mix them with the powder from the discarded insect towers, and sprinkle them on the yellow soil to serve as spiritual soil to upgrade the grade of the spiritual fields.

The effect seems to be quite good; there is no significant difference in the concentration of spiritual energy in the soil of each spiritual field.

What Ji An couldn't understand was that several insect towers were also placed in Crimson Flame Peak, but the Soul-Devouring Insects living there did not pupate.

He couldn't understand what the conditions were for the Soul-Devouring Insects to pupate. The spiritual veins of Crimson Flame Peak had already reached the second-tier top grade, so there was no reason for them to lag behind the small worlds with second-tier mid-grade spiritual veins.

After checking the growth of the spiritual plants, Ji An released the Earth Vein Ascension Technique, then rode a cloud to the white land and released the same spell.

The Purple Golden Wutong Tree has been cultivated to the third level, and it will definitely flower and bear seeds within a few decades, at which time he will be able to obtain the seeds.

The small world is finally about to welcome its second metal-elemental spiritual plant, which is truly a rare and precious event.

Ji An looked at the warehouse in the white earth and found it filled with iron wire grass and copper-patterned mulberry leaves.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, he took out half of the inventory and set it ablaze.

Most of the spiritual plant turned into silvery-gray dust, but the leaf veins were preserved, like a specimen of vein patterns.

Ji An scattered the ashes and remnants of leaves onto the earth, where the veins would quickly decompose.

He rode the clouds to the black earth and released the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique. The moon's shadow swayed and its light flowed, and a hazy rain gently fell.

When the rain touched the water's surface, the fish seemed to receive a signal, and they all came up from the bottom of the pool to the surface, leaping joyfully.

Ji An arrived above the blue land, one of the most bustling places in the small world.

Because of the change in strategy, all the unused land was planted with mulberry trees.

It's the season for flowers to bloom, and a delicate fragrance fills the air. The hardworking white jade bees buzz tirelessly as they collect nectar.

In their past lives, bees were synonymous with diligence, always appearing busy. However, they actually rest for more than 80% of the day, with a portion of their time spent working, giving people the illusion of being hardworking.

But here, whether it's the white jade bee or the amethyst bee, they are truly hardworking, spending 80% of their time collecting honey every day.

After a long period of observation and tracking, it was found that the pollen of the Ji'an Lingzhi plant is continuously produced until the flowers wither, which is also the premise for the bee colony to work so frantically.

After releasing the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique, he left and arrived at the Crimson Land, the domain of the Purple Crystal Bees and Fire Crystal Ants.

The plants of Pearl Blood Rice humbly bend down, their heavy ears of rice a source of pride.

The rice has matured, two months earlier than before.

If the entire planting process is done using Golden Core level techniques, the maturation time of the spirit rice should be shortened by about half a year, which is a huge improvement.

Ji An activated a small "combination harvester" magical artifact. This type of artifact is very common in the sect and is very useful for harvesting spirit rice and talisman grass.

In just a quarter of an hour, all the glutinous rice in the area was harvested. Ji An roughly weighed it and found that the yield per mu reached 800 jin, which was about 30% more than the previous year.

A faint smile appeared on his lips. The growth cycle of spirit plants has shortened and the yield has increased. Is there anything more comfortable for spirit farmers than this?

He activated the Zhu Rong Divine Fire Incantation, a spell that made it easier to dehydrate the spiritual rice.

A moment later, he put the spirit rice into a specially made storage bag, burned the straw, and planted new spirit rice.

Ji An activated the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique, and the full moon hung high in the sky. As the gentle, nourishing drizzle fell, the spirit rice took root and sprouted.

He then unleashed the Azure Sky Brightness Technique, and after a flash of azure light, crimson spiritual light soared.

In this spiritual field, the Fire Immortal Apricot has been cultivated to the second-tier mid-grade and will become a more popular spiritual plant than the Spirit Peach in the future.

Because he only managed to buy one seed at the time, this spirit tree has not yet been planted on Crimson Flame Peak. Once it bears fruit, he will naturally plant a few more.

After finishing everything, Ji An summoned the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner back to his dantian, and then left the small world. It was already close to midnight.

He sat cross-legged on the futon, his mind sinking into his dantian and connecting with the stone tortoise. The silvery characters appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness.

[Spell: Earth Leyline Ascension Spell (Mastery 74%)]

Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique (1% complete)

Azure Sky Yangming Technique (Great Completion 48%)

Even with the help of superior Dao seeds, the cultivation spell doesn't improve quickly due to the limited number of spellcasting attempts.

Ji An did not choose to cast the spell multiple times. In his view, releasing the planting spell was like fertilizing the spiritual plant. Too much fertilizer would affect the growth of the spiritual plant, and in severe cases, it would even affect the life of the spiritual plant.

Too much of a good thing is bad; he conducted experiments and this proved to be true.

After his consciousness left the stone tortoise, Ji An began to circulate the Five Elements Revolving Scripture. He would cultivate for two hours before resting.

The following day, in the living room of Crimson Flame Peak.

Zhu Xiangrong respectfully presented the Flaming Banner that had risen from the ground, and said apologetically:

"There's been a bit of a problem with repairing the damaged artifact; it's taking longer than expected."

Fortunately, I succeeded in my mission. I revised the plan, and the repair was very successful. The power of the magical artifact not only did not decrease, but it was even stronger than before.

He originally thought half a month would be enough, but it took a whole month. Ji An took the magical artifact, made a hand seal, and the Flame Banner on the ground burst into crimson light, accompanied by a phoenix cry.

He nodded in satisfaction and said jokingly:
"Very well, I thought you took my magical artifact and fled the sect."

Zhu Xiangrong looked even more embarrassed; he didn't want this to happen either.

Seeing the change in the other person's expression, Ji An changed the subject:
"I want to upgrade my spiritual artifact into a magic weapon. How do I do that?"

Zhu Xiangrong paused for a moment, then said softly:

"This is a massive project. Although it consumes fewer spiritual materials than directly refining magic weapons, it requires a long and arduous process of tempering."

It is necessary to frequently refine the relevant third-tier spiritual objects, and then find places where lightning frequently occurs, so that the spiritual objects can be tempered by lightning.

Each time it is tempered by heavenly lightning, the third-tier spiritual object is refined to repair the damage, but this requires even more time for further refining.

"There is a difficulty here. We cannot control the magnitude of the heavenly lightning. If the lightning is too strong, it may severely damage the magical artifact."

"It is estimated that after about ten temperings, the spiritual weapon can be upgraded to a magic weapon."

If the damage occurs more than twice during the exposure to heavenly lightning, the spiritual materials required will likely exceed those needed to directly forge a magical artifact.

The Flame Banner is a spiritual artifact that condenses the power of the five elements. If it were a flying sword or a spiritual artifact that mainly focuses on physical defense, he would not recommend using the method of tempering with heavenly lightning to improve its grade.

Doing that would have too high a failure rate; it's better to just collect the materials honestly.

"After years of nurturing and refining, the power of the Flame Banner can withstand the tempering of lightning."

When I broke through to the Golden Core stage, it helped me withstand the Five Elements Tribulation Lightning. If I hadn't used it to resist the Chaos Divine Lightning, it wouldn't have been damaged so severely.

Ji An thought the method of bathing in heavenly lightning was feasible, and the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner could also be improved using this method.

Two days later, Chaoyang Peak was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, and the disciples, dressed in Taoist robes, lined up on both sides of the road.

At the foot of the mountain were numerous Qi Refining stage disciples. From the mountainside onwards, the disciples standing were Foundation Establishment stage disciples. In the small square in front of the Wuji Hall, there were also cultivators at the Chaoyuan stage.

From Luofeng Valley, Master Huoyun led the group to observe the ceremony, followed by four disciples at the Chaoyuan stage. His expression was solemn and dignified.

A two-hundred-year-old Golden Core cultivator is synonymous with a promising future. Whether he can break through to the Nascent Soul stage is hard to say, but it shouldn't be difficult for such a cultivator to advance to the ninth level of the Golden Core stage.

In Yuanhe Mountain's group, Beichen Zhenren's eyes held a hint of desolation. The Golden Core inheritance in his sect was in crisis, but a disciple from an allied sect had already broken through to the Golden Core realm. This was not good news.

The Zhenren of Zhengyang, bathed in red light, delivered a speech at the ceremony, followed by a chorus of shouts from the crowd:

"Congratulations to True Person Xuanqing! May your path of cultivation be smooth and successful."

The bell at Chaoyang Peak tolled twenty-one times, its melodious sound spreading far and wide.

After the ceremony, the luncheon began. Master Zhengyang introduced the guests, and Ji An bowed respectfully.

Master Huoyun congratulated him, saying:
"Master Xuanqing is young and promising; he will surely be able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future."

Master Zhengyang laughed and said, "Master, you flatter him too much. In the Western Continent, the only one that has the potential to challenge the foundation of a Nascent Soul sect is Luofeng Valley."

Ji An interjected:
"I will learn more from the sages in the future. I will be very satisfied if I can reach the level of the sages."

The sect leader of Falling Maple Valley boasted that he could break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Such words, spoken to a cultivator who had only broken through a realm a few years ago, did not sound like a compliment.

Reaching the ninth level of the Golden Core stage—how long will it take to complete this long journey?

Master Beichen forced a smile and cupped his hands, saying:

"The Western Continent has gained another Golden Core cultivator, which is a blessing for the Western Continent."

If there were an extra Golden Core cultivator during the demonic calamity, he would naturally be looking forward to it, but only he knows how sincere he is in saying these words now.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the banquet officially began and lasted until late afternoon.

Three cultivators arrived at the cave dwelling. Master Yuxiao snorted coldly and said:

"Their expressions didn't look like they were congratulating each other; I felt the banquet had lost its meaning."

Everyone knew he was referring to Huoyun Zhenren and Beichen Zhenren.

Master Zhengyang spoke:

"Without external threats, our allies have become competitors, and they certainly don't want us to continue to grow stronger."

We've disappointed them; our growth is not constrained by others.

The sect's strength has now increased in all aspects, and all halls have made progress.

In addition, the number of low-level cultivators in the sect is decreasing, but the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators is increasing, which is an excellent phenomenon.

Ji An pondered and said:
"Senior Brother Sect Leader, it seems that conflicts may arise between the three sects in the future, and will they eventually come to blows?"

Once a power becomes strong, it will naturally expand outwards, which explains why the other two sects are nervous.

Master Zhengyang's words were resolute:
"If things continue to develop as they are now, no force will be our match."

"What if the other two sects join forces against us? They don't need to engage in actual conflict with us; they just need to suppress our development, for example, by ceasing to supply us with more pills."

(End of this chapter)