Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 542 The Third-Order Gourd World
Ji An smiled without saying a word. His original guess was correct. Since the spiritual vein was upgraded to the third rank, spiritual plants in Crimson Flame Peak have been cultivated to the third rank one after another.

The third-tier spiritual plants there now include Spirit Peach, Dragon Blood Tree, Azure Dragon Wood, Cloud Top Jade Tree, Mysterious Leaf Sword Bamboo, Soul Nourishing Wood, Phoenix Wood, Pure Water Lotus, and Azure Mist Tree.

Among them are three Lingtao trees, two Canglongmu trees, and two Yundingyu trees.

Not only that, the Azure Mist Pine of Yunhe Mountain has also been successfully cultivated to the third level. Such rapid progress made the Golden Core cultivators of the sect almost go crazy with joy when they heard the news.

Putting everything else aside, they will all benefit from the production of these spiritual plants.

The sect has three levels of resources to exchange, and can also trade more good things from cultivators in the Central Continent.

At this moment, Master Yuxiao began to wield his sharp blade to chop down the thick side branches of the Purple Gold Wutong tree, saying as he chopped:
"Although we didn't cut down the heartwood, these side branches can still be used as auxiliary materials after processing."

He avoided the flowering branches and cut off three side branches.

Ji An laughed, "It seems the sect has made thorough preparations for this transaction!"

These days, the Treasure Pavilion has been packing up countless resources of the second-tier high-grade level or above, clearly indicating that it intends to empty its coffers for a large-scale transaction.

Master Yuxiao nodded in agreement and said:
"Of course, apart from the resources that must be preserved as our foundation, we have collected everything that is usable this time."

There was no other way; the cultivation of Golden Core cultivators in the sect could not be neglected, and they couldn't do without the aid of elixirs.

Furthermore, we also need to exchange for cultivation techniques at the Golden Core level. If those worthless jade slips contained this knowledge, their value would increase tenfold.

It is simply impossible for a cultivator to reach the Nascent Soul stage before their lifespan is exhausted by simply relying on meditation and arduous cultivation.

The amount of spiritual energy required for a Golden Core cultivator to advance is simply too enormous. It's manageable in the early stages of the Golden Core realm, but once you break through to the middle stages, you'll feel despair without the aid of elixirs.

Ji An sighed softly. A large portion of the sect's resources had to be spent on purchasing and passing on knowledge; they had no choice but to spend it.

This is the tragedy of lacking a solid foundation; every step forward is arduous.

Ji An thought for a moment and asked:

"The Star Tree has started bearing fruit. These spiritual fruits can be refined into pills to temper the soul. Does the sect have any pill recipes?"

Tempering the soul and nourishing the soul are two different things. Nourishing the soul increases the total amount of energy, while tempering the soul increases its strength and resilience.

The Star Tree can absorb the stellar energy scattered from the stars in the night sky. Its fruit contains even more stellar energy and is one of the main ingredients of the Star Forging God Pill.

Master Yuxiao shook his head helplessly, "Without the pill formula, we can only sell the raw materials, or reach an agreement with the Merchant Alliance to exchange Star Fruit for pills."

Ji An frowned. "The profit from selling raw materials is far less than that from selling finished pills. Didn't our sect leader manage to purchase any pill formulas when he was in Zhongzhou?"

"The forces in the Central Continent have formed a tacit alliance and rarely sell Golden Core level inheritances, or perhaps Senior Brother hasn't figured out the way to do it."

According to my senior brother, without the help of an old friend, we wouldn't have been able to obtain the formula for forming the Golden Core.

There are definitely cultivators selling cultivation techniques and various inheritances on the black market, but it's hard to tell if these techniques are genuine or fake, so it's best not to have any ideas about finding a bargain.

Master Yuxiao sighed. The sect had a long way to go to become a Nascent Soul level force. Just the inheritance of cultivation techniques alone would waste a lot of resources.

Ji An returned to his cave on Crimson Flame Peak, took out the gourd stone, and prepared to enter the small world.

When his divine sense touched the silver spots in the stone, he was unable to enter the small world as he had hoped.

"what happened?"

He muttered to himself, and then suddenly realized that the small world must be advancing.

Over the years, Ji An has not obtained any Daoist essence, and has no way to refine Daoist essence to improve his small world.

Furthermore, without the supply of third-tier spirit soil, they can only rely on the Gathering Yuan Tree and planting spells to accumulate resources, resulting in slow improvement of their small world.

Unable to enter the small world now, Ji An put away the gourd stone and sat cross-legged on the futon to begin cultivating the Five Elements Revolving Sutra.

As the cultivation technique was activated, a faint white mist instantly appeared, a natural phenomenon caused by the excessive concentration of spiritual energy drawn in.

The five elemental mansions shimmered with light in turn, and the Dao seeds in the acupoints or mansions radiated spiritual light. The spiritual energy flowed rapidly in the mansions, like a surging river.

After one full cycle, the spiritual energy transforms into liquid and enters the second cycle, where the spiritual liquid is refined within the Five Elements Divine Palace.

The Lung Metal Palace contains two Dao Seeds, Geng Metal and Xin Metal, which are the fastest at refining spiritual liquid.

Another half hour passed, and the spiritual energy was refined into crystalline "grains of sand," which were then divided. Most of it was absorbed by the golden core in the middle dantian, while the other part flowed into the lower dantian to nourish the stone tortoise, the primordial fire, and the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Fire.

This cycle repeated itself, and Ji An maintained his cultivation rhythm, losing all sense of time.

As he felt the fatigue in his soul growing stronger, he decisively stopped circulating his cultivation technique and opened his eyes.

He took out the stove from the corner and brewed a pot of second-grade premium Yunding Silver Needle Tea.

Although there are Cloud Peak Jade Trees that have reached the third rank on Crimson Flame Peak, the yield of third-rank spiritual tea is much lower, and it takes several years for the leaves to grow back after being picked.

At first, he was unaware of this situation, and Zhang Xuening accidentally uprooted the first Cloud Top Jade Tree to break through.

From then on, he paid close attention to the amount of tea leaves his disciples could pick each year, so as to ensure a steady and sustainable supply.

Ji An finished the pot of spiritual tea and immediately felt the pain in his sea of ​​consciousness lessen considerably.

He once again probed the gourd-shaped stone with his divine sense, touching the silver spot at its very center. This time, he naturally entered the small world.

Sensing the same level of spiritual energy concentration here as at Crimson Flame Peak, Ji An opened his arms and roared to the sky, the sound waves spreading across every inch of the land.

The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner flew out from the dantian and transformed into a Qilin, its bright yellow scales shimmering with a lively radiance.

Sensing the joy contained in its master's howl, it also raised its head and howled to join in the fun.

Ji An stopped his long howl, laughed a few times, and then began to survey the territory.

This small world was also not free from invisible constraints. When the grade of the spiritual veins was limited to the second-tier top grade, no spiritual plant broke through to the third tier.

Currently, most of the plants planted here are of the second-tier top-quality level, except for some fire coral, pearl blood rice, and iron wire grass.

Perhaps the Gathering Yuan Tree can break through this constraint, but without the help of Daoist principles, its growth is very slow, showing the characteristics of a spiritual root of heaven and earth.

The thought of soon obtaining many third-tier spiritual plants for his own use made Ji An's heart burn as hot as the lava in the lava abyss.

He flew away on a cloud and measured the current area of ​​the small world, which was about two hundred acres, with forty acres of each of the five elements' spiritual fields.

With the area of ​​the spirit field increased, Ji An's task was to plant new spirit plants as soon as possible.

There weren't many good options in the yellow spirit field, but there were too many empty spaces, so he chose to plant ten more Xuan Ye Sword Bamboo saplings.

This spiritual plant has the potential to be cultivated to the third tier, which can be used to build good relationships with the weapon refiners, since he needs to refine two other imitations of the Five Innate Flags.

In the white spiritual field, he planted three Vajra Bodhi trees.

Two Azure Mist Trees were planted in the black spirit field, while four Cloud Top Jade Trees and two Nether Moon Azure Jade Trees were planted in the cyan spirit field.

In the future, there will be many more cases of alchemy and talisman drawing, which will require a large number of spiritual objects to restore spiritual consciousness.

The Soul-Nourishing Wood, the Azure Jade Tree of the Dark Moon, the Jade Tree of the Cloud Peak, and the Dark Night Tree form a well-structured system.

Once the Star Trees are planted, some will nourish the soul, some will restore consciousness, and some will temper the soul—perfect.

Ji An dared to say that even the core disciples of the Nascent Soul sects in the Central Continent wouldn't receive such luxurious treatment.

He finally arrived at the Crimson Spirit Field and planted ten Fire Immortal Apricots. If this spiritual plant could be cultivated to the third level, he would choose to plant some more.

Planting only ten Fire Immortal Apricot trees was not enough to utilize the entire Crimson Spirit Field, so Ji An planted Pearl Blood Rice in the remaining area.

This originally ordinary spirit rice has been improved and upgraded over the years, and has now become a genetically stable second-grade medium-quality spirit rice.

A month passed.

In the Wuji Hall of Chaoyang Peak, all the Golden Core cultivators had gathered.

Master Zhengyang glanced around and smiled:
"Excellent, you all have plenty of energy and spirit. Junior Brother Yuxiao will lead you to participate in the auction held by cultivators from the Central Continent this time."

It doesn't necessarily have to be about buying anything; broadening one's horizons is also beneficial.

Additionally, there may be an exchange event for monks after the auction, which you can also attend.

Li Haoran chimed in, "Compared to participating in the auction, I would much rather obtain the Heavenly River Sword Technique at the Golden Core level as soon as possible."

Over the years, due to a lack of cultivation techniques, his cultivation level has almost stagnated, and he can only hone his sword intent.

Cultivation level is always the most important thing for cultivators; the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the magical power.

If there is a difference of two or three minor realms, a battle between a higher-level cultivator and a lower-level cultivator is almost always a one-sided crushing defeat.

"Haha, don't rush. The more eager you appear, the more those cultivators from the Central Continent will act like piranhas that have smelled blood. They won't stop until they've taken a few big bites off us."

Master Yuxiao turned to look in the other direction and continued:

"Qiu Bai, which cultivation method will you choose?"

"Over the years, I have studied the Heavenly River Sword Technique that Hao Ran cultivates and found that it is also very suitable for me. I have already transformed my magic power into the sword essence of the Heavenly River Sword Technique."

Lin Qiubai said that the sword intent he had comprehended could be perfectly displayed using the Heavenly River Sword Technique, which was the main reason he chose this technique.

Master Yuxiao's smile deepened. "A very good choice, and it will also save the sect some money."

Golden Core level cultivation techniques are expensive; buying fewer sets of inheritance techniques would free up more resources to purchase elixirs.

The sect had spent almost all of its resources on this transaction and couldn't afford to waste it.

He stood up, cupped his hands, and said:

"It's getting late, Sect Leader. I'll lead my fellow disciples to Qingyun Immortal City now."

Master Zhengyang rose and returned the greeting:

"I wish everyone can buy the spiritual items they want and that suit them."

(End of this chapter)