Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 554 The Current State of the Small World
Master Feiyun organized his thoughts and began to speak:

"Each batch of materials for forming the Golden Elixir can yield two pills. The client requires a 50% success rate, and they also require that the Golden Elixir be refined using the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame."

The more pills you refine, the more you can dispose of them, fellow Daoist. If you wish to sell them, each ordinary-quality Golden Core Pill will be worth 1,000 high-grade spirit stones, and each fine-quality pill will be worth 1,500 high-grade spirit stones.

However, if the quantity of pills is insufficient, fellow Daoist will need to make up for it or compensate with high-grade spirit stones.

For each batch of Golden Core pills refined, the client will pay fifty high-grade spirit stones as a reward, regardless of whether the pills are successfully formed, and the payment will be made in advance.

According to the rules, the association takes 10% of the spirit stones.

The association must strictly protect the information of fellow practitioners and help deal with other prying eyes.

"If you can accept these conditions, we can sign the agreement now."

The income of artisans at the Golden Core level is very considerable, provided their skills are excellent enough.

Ji An pondered and said:
"I haven't been in the Immortal City for very long, so I don't know if these conditions are acceptable?"

It doesn't seem like a particularly generous offer, but collecting a batch of materials is too difficult for him, and having someone help him would save a lot of time.

"Based on my experience, the conditions are not bad, and you can hone your alchemy skills."

If the cooperation goes smoothly, they will commission you to refine more types of pills, allowing you to obtain the formulas for Golden Core level pills sooner.

The client is very powerful and has many resources, making them an excellent partner.

A glint flashed in Ji An's eyes as he said:
"Could it be that they'll give me the formula beforehand?"

Master Feiyun shook his head, "They don't know, and they don't know how many kinds of pills you can refine, but the association is willing to let you receive the pill formulas in advance."

The association can benefit from this, so it is willing to take some risks, which are actually not much risks, as replicating a prescription does not cost much.

After carefully confirming the details of the cooperation, Ji An left a magical imprint on the jade slip containing the cooperation agreement.

"Approximately when should we begin refining the Golden Core?"

"Fellow Daoist, please don't be impatient. It will probably take some time before we can reach an agreement."

Regardless of the faction, anyone capable of refining a Golden Core will do so as soon as they obtain the materials.

Compared to raw medicinal materials, finished pills are easier to preserve.

The maturation of spiritual herbs takes time; high-grade pills often require decades to gather enough for a single batch.

Ji An slapped his forehead and said self-deprecatingly:
"Having been in the Immortal City for so long without any income, I am indeed getting a little anxious."

Master Feiyun shook his head, "That's because you're unwilling to accept low-level missions, otherwise you'd be guaranteed a steady stream of income."

The two chatted for a while longer, then Master Feiyun stood up and said:
"Fellow Daoist, the matter has been settled. I shall take my leave."

Ji An saw the other party out of the cave, saying, "Thank you for making the trip, fellow Daoist. Next time I go to the Immortal City, I'll treat you to a few drinks."

The night was pitch black, with neither stars nor moon.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning ripped through the sky, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the scene as bright as day.

Lightning flashed one after another, followed by a suppressed rumble of thunder. Large raindrops rained down from all directions, and the noisy sound of the rain had a strange sense of peace.

Thunder interrupted Ji An's thoughts. He was pondering the pill formula, which used third-grade low-level pine nuts as the main ingredient.

The warehouse in the small world already contains more than 3,000 catties of pine nuts. The four red pine trees planted can produce about 2,000 catties of third-grade pine nuts every ten years.

Ji An took out the gourd stone and probed the silver spots within it with his divine sense.

His figure vanished, and the gourd-shaped stone floated in the air, radiating a vibrant light.

Ji An entered the gourd world, and the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag flew out, transforming into a Qilin and flying into a lush tree.

This spiritual root of heaven and earth is still at the second-tier top-grade level. It is unknown how long it will take to break through to the third tier.

Ji An released the Earth Vein Ascension Spell, and yellow light spread throughout the Earth Element Spirit Field area, scattering nourishing energy and spiritual light across the land.

The Soul-Nourishing Wood and the Night Tree have reached the third-tier low-grade level. If word gets out that such a rapid improvement is possible, it will surely cause a frenzy in the outside world.

The Azure Mist Pine and the Star Tree are planted next to the Soul Nourishing Wood. They are currently only at the second-tier superior level, but it will only take a few more decades to upgrade them to the third tier.

There are two Xuan Ye Sword Plants and two Earth Spirit Fruit Trees, each of which is of the third-tier low grade. The Earth Spirit Fruit Tree has already borne fruit, which is currently only the size of a pigeon egg and has a yellowish-brown skin.

Lacking experience, Ji An didn't know how long the fruiting period of a third-tier Earth Spirit Fruit tree was.

With the increasing number of third-tier spiritual plants in his small world, he now has an additional task: to collect pill formulas that use these spiritual fruits as the main ingredients.

If such a formula is not available on the market, he will try to create one.

He let out a happy sigh, "Too many good things can also be a problem."

The Soul-Devouring Insect has undergone countless molts, but the Jade Pupa has not yet reached the level of a third-tier spiritual creature, and the time interval between molts is getting longer and longer.

Ji An once tried placing the insect tower in other areas, but found that when the spirit insects reproduced and molted on other lands, impurities appeared in the jade pupae that formed.

From this, he deduced that the Soul-Devouring Insects must be a peculiar earth-elemental demon insect, and that the Gathering Yuan Tree played an additional role in their growth.

Later, he moved all the insect towers back to the central area. The size of the small world had already affected the expansion of the Soul-Devouring Insect swarm. Ji An pondered that if he had enough Dao essence in the future, he would upgrade the grade of the Small World while also upgrading the grade of the Gathering Yuan Tree.

In the white spiritual field, the purple-gold parasol tree emitted a crystal-clear radiance. Due to its short planting time, it was only at the mid-grade level of the second rank.

This spiritual plant can be used as a material for refining weapons. Ji An thinks it will be useful for refining the Plain Cloud Banner in the future, at least enough to make a flagpole!
One of the Rudraksha trees has reached the third level and has begun to bear fruit.

The downside is that he hasn't figured out how to utilize this spiritual plant yet. It would be too wasteful to refine the third-tier Vajra Bodhi Fruit as just an ordinary spiritual object.

Copper-patterned mulberry and iron wire grass have no other use now, so he will regularly burn the iron wire grass and mulberry leaves, and scatter the ashes into the soil as spiritual soil to improve the soil.

Ji An released the Earth Vein Ascension Technique. As the nourishing magical intent spread, Ji An rode the clouds and flew to the next area.

In the black spiritual field, two Heavenly Yuan Pears have reached the third level, which has exceeded the limits of the species.

Ji An had never heard of the appearance of a third-tier Heavenly Origin Pear, nor had he ever seen such a record.

He understood that all of this was because of the existence of the Gathering Yuan Tree.

Although some spiritual roots of heaven and earth possess incredible power, the Gathering Yuan Tree is the most suitable for him.

Only by combining a superior-grade Dao seed with a perfect-grade planting technique, along with the mysterious Gathering Yuan Tree, can the prosperity of a small world be created.

The two Canglan Spirit Mist Trees are currently at the second-tier top-grade level, and their branches and leaves are shrouded in a light mist.

Ji An activated the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique, and the moon, like a jade plate, cast its clear light, with moist spiritual rain and lively blue light spots falling together.

This area transformed into an ocean of light, where water, wood, law, and intention intertwined, inseparable.

He took out the water-repelling bead and went to the bottom of the pond. Two pure water lotuses swayed in the water, and a large group of spirit fish gathered nearby.

As he arrived, the fish scattered with a roar.

Ji An unleashed the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique once more, causing light to shimmer in the pond, as if a peerless treasure was being nurtured.

In the azure spiritual field, there is a third-grade low-level Youyue Cangyu tree and two third-grade mid-level Yundingyu trees, which are the earliest tea trees planted.

In addition, there are four Cloud Peak Jade Trees and two Dark Moon Jade Trees, all of which have reached the second-level top-grade level. It is only a matter of time before they are cultivated to the third-level level.

Both the Jade Leaf Mulberry and the Azure Tree have Tier 3 plants, and they are the earliest spiritual plants planted in the small world.

Both Bodhi trees had reached the third level, and like the Vajra Bodhi, they had similar troubles. They didn't know what the Bodhi fruit could be used for.

However, the quick-witted man drew four calming talismans on the tree bark and then pasted the bark back on.

The calming talisman has no elemental bias, but talismans drawn from Bodhi tree bark are more effective.

Ji An unleashed the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique, and as the spiritual rain fell, he rode the clouds toward the crimson earth.

The Crimson Spirit Field is the most valuable area in the small world, where twenty Immortal Apricot Trees of the Blazing Fire are planted, including one third-tier Immortal Apricot Tree.

The third-tier fairy apricot is bearing fruit, currently only the size of a broad bean with a green peel.

When the apricots are fully ripe, their skin will turn bright red.

Taking the Fire-Separating Immortal Apricot can increase one's comprehension of fire-based magic, so Ji An is determined to stockpile a batch.

He only possessed two of the Five Elements Divine Thunders. After obtaining the Bing Fire Divine Thunder, he wanted to test the effects of the Immortal Apricot.

The area also features spirit peaches, dragon blood trees, spirit cloud trees, and azure flame purple spirit gourds, including two third-tier spirit peaches and one third-tier dragon blood tree.

The reason he continued to plant the Azure Flame Purple Spirit Gourd was because he wanted to cultivate a third-tier gourd.

He had a special fondness for the gourd magic weapon and wanted to have one made so he could keep it for future use.

Ji An reduced the planting area of ​​Pearl Blood Rice and replanted twenty Red Cloud Pine trees, hoping to cultivate a third-tier spirit pine.

As long as he successfully creates the formula for the elixir, his cultivation level will advance by leaps and bounds.

In the lava abyss, fire corals bloomed with fist-sized red flowers, and swarms of amethyst bees diligently collected nectar, their buzzing sounds forming a deafening roar.

Several palm-length red gold carp poked their heads out of the lava lake, gracefully swaying their tails.

The scales of the Crimson Gold Carp fall off every few years, making them excellent materials for refining weapons; he has already collected quite a few.

Looking at this vibrant land, Ji An's eyes shone brightly.

Once the third-tier spiritual plants in his small world begin to bear fruit, his cultivation resources will become unprecedentedly abundant.

He activated the Azure Sky Yangming Technique, and a golden sun hung in the sky above the small world.

When the spell was cast earlier, a crimson sun appeared, resembling a setting sun.

What is now manifesting is a golden sun, like the rising sun inspiring people to forge ahead.

Countless emerald leaves drifted down from the air, turning red as they fell, scattering onto the spirit plant and disappearing from sight.

Releasing the Azure Sky Yangming Technique creates a golden sun, while releasing the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique creates a full moon. These two spells are performed in sequence, as if experiencing the sunrise and sunset.

(End of this chapter)