Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 575 The Spread of News about the True Demon's Calamity

The Heavenly Origin Pear can repair hidden injuries and nourish yin and blood. When Ji An was practicing the Golden Jade Bone Body, the Heavenly Origin Pear from Crimson Flame Peak provided great help.

Now, the third-grade low-quality Heavenly Origin Pears here can also provide considerable assistance for cultivating the Immovable King Technique.

However, eating the spirit fruit raw is far less effective than refining it into pills, but he doesn't have many pill formulas.

Even if you entrust someone else to refine it, and they can provide a continuous supply of spiritual fruits, it's still not safe.

Currently, there is one Canglan Spirit Tree that is a mid-grade third-tier tree. It also has the same problem: the fruit of this grade cannot be used to refine the Canglan Treasure Light Pill, as the level is too high.

Alchemy is a very delicate craft, with strict requirements for materials. The grade of the spiritual fruits and the age of the spiritual herbs cannot be too high or too low.

The Canglan Baoguang Pill is a second-tier high-grade pill. If the main ingredient is replaced with a third-tier spiritual fruit, the grades of the other auxiliary ingredients also need to be changed accordingly. It seems simpler than creating a completely new pill formula, but that is not the case.

Since the quality of auxiliary drugs may not be able to reach the corresponding level, it is necessary to seek alternatives.

If a certain material has too much medicinal power, it is a disaster for alchemy, as the dynamic balance between medicinal properties is broken.

Some alchemists have a low success rate in alchemy because they cannot capture that dynamic balance.

In Ji An's view, the art of alchemy is too subjective. If it could be quantified, it would not be impossible to mass-produce pills like the pharmaceutical factories of his previous life.

However, setting standards is a huge undertaking and is extremely difficult to accomplish.

Ji An took out the water-repelling pearl and submerged to the bottom of the pond. The water-repelling pearl could create a semi-transparent space to separate the pond water.

The larger spirit fish saw him coming down from afar and quickly left his path.

Too many of their kind have been captured and never returned; they are terrified.

The pure water lotuses, shimmering with a deep blue light, swayed in the water. They were all of the third-grade low quality, and the spiritual energy at the spring's source was exceptionally rich.

The Wood Spirit Field is the most bustling place in the small world, where flocks of white jade peaks dance in the air.

As the power of the five elements began to flow, the green waves surged. In the middle of the spirit field, several white-leaved Azure Jade Trees stood out, one of which had reached the middle grade of the third rank.

The branches of the Jade Tree in the Cloud Top are covered with white down, which makes it distinctly different from the Jade Tree and the Jade Leaf Mulberry.

There are six of these spiritual tea plants, four of which have reached the middle grade of the third rank.

Having left the sect, he had to handle the processing of spirit tea himself. He couldn't possibly drink all of the spirit tea by himself, so he made it into tea cakes for preservation.

You can sell them when you leave the Immortal City. But a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow, so you can't sell them here.

Previously, he cut down all the Fiery Mulberry trees that had not reached the third level and propagated new branches, which are now as tall as a person.

The fact that no plant has reached the third tier over the years indicates a lack of inherent qualities, making it very difficult to reach the third tier.

Mulberry trees were not high-quality spiritual materials, so he kept some of the sturdier ones and burned the rest to return to the fields.

With so many mulberry trees, even if the green deer ate all the tender mulberry leaves every day, it would still be more than it could eat. Every year, a layer of mulberry leaves would fall into the spiritual field, which he would collect and burn.

All four Biluo trees are of mid-grade level three.

Previously, Qinglu could eat third-tier spirit fruits as snacks, but with the improvement of the spirit tree's grade, it can no longer be so extravagant.

A higher grade of spirit tree means a smaller quantity of fruit, and the time it takes for the spirit fruit to mature will also be longer; this is a natural law.

There are twenty Azure Dragon Trees here, all of which have reached the mid-grade level of the third rank.

Ji An was prepared to try to cultivate a third-grade superior plant. As far as he knew, there was no record of a third-grade superior Azure Dragon Wood.

He wouldn't have had such a dream if the Gathering Yuan Tree didn't exist in the small world, but now he felt he could give it a try.

In addition, there are ten Bodhi trees planted here, two of which are of the third-grade medium quality, and the rest are of the second-grade quality.

The level-two spirit wood was planted later, mainly to make more level-three talisman paper so that it could be used to draw mind-stabilizing talismans.

The spiritual plants in the Fire Spirit Field either have red bark or leaves that are as red and translucent as frost leaves. It is a sea of ​​fire, both visually and tactilely.

As Ji An strolled through it, it felt as if he were wandering in a bright and warm dream.

Both the Spirit Peach and the Dragon Blood Fruit have mid-grade third-tier plants. Ji An had tasted a mid-grade third-tier Spirit Peach and felt that his body and soul were burning after eating it; its fire elemental energy was still too explosive.

Fortunately, he had a foundation in body tempering, otherwise he would have suffered a slight loss, as the effects of a mid-grade third-tier spiritual fruit were much stronger than those of a low-grade third-tier fruit.

The earliest planted Fire Immortal Apricot has reached the middle grade of the third rank. This spiritual plant has been cultivated for many years, but he has not yet tasted a single spiritual fruit.

The apricot tree was already bearing fruit, but after the spiritual wood's grade was upgraded, the spiritual fruit would take longer to ripen.

The fruit of the Lingxiao Cloud Tree resembles a papaya and has white cloud-like patterns, which is the origin of its name.

These spiritual fruits have been ripening one after another. Ji An tasted one, and although it contained a rich spiritual energy, it tasted bitter. In order to avoid wasting it, he forced himself to finish it.

Spiritual fruits need to be refined into pills for consumption, but there are no pill recipes. Mature spiritual fruits can only be placed in wooden boxes and sealed with spirit-sealing talismans.

Ji An felt like a homeless man holding a golden bowl, begging for food, possessing resources but lacking the knowledge to maximize their use.

The Purple Cloud Tree is currently seven feet tall and is still at the second-tier, lower-grade level.

No matter how favorable the environment of the small world is, the planting time is too short, which is a fatal flaw. At the edge of the spirit field, there is a wooden frame more than three zhang high, where four Azure Flame Purple Spirit Gourds are planted.

He wanted to try growing a three-tiered gourd, as this kind of gourd that didn't require special time for refining was incredibly useful.

Ji An strolled to the edge of the lava abyss and landed gracefully. The fire corals here were very lush, and they had completely taken over the area around the lava lake.

Many of the fire corals reached the third-tier low-grade level, and during the flowering season, the sound of the amethyst bees flapping their wings could drown out the sound of the wind.

Within the Fire Crystal Ant colony, beings at the Chaoyuan stage were born. These spirit insects have a very low starting point but possess high growth potential.

Given a suitable environment, some gifted individuals will always be lucky enough to break through to a higher level, something Ji An hadn't originally anticipated.

Spirit insects at the Chaoyuan stage can produce a special formic acid, which is highly corrosive. He collected some, thinking that he might need it someday.

Ji An landed on the white land, which looked somewhat desolate.

The variety of metal-elemental spiritual plants is the smallest in the cultivation world; there are only three types of spiritual wood here: copper-patterned mulberry, vajra bodhi tree, and purple-gold paulownia wood.

Purple-gold parasol tree has no fruit. Like Azure Dragon wood, it is a spiritual material and is mainly used as a material for refining weapons.

After so many years of development in the cultivation world, there are not many materials for refining weapons that can be obtained through 'planting', but Ji An possesses three kinds.

The Vajra Bodhi Tree is now a mid-grade third-tier tree. Because of the Gathering Yuan Tree, the environment here is much better than that of Crimson Flame Peak, making it more suitable for the growth of spiritual plants.

The spirit tree was laden with fruit; this was the first time it had borne fruit since reaching the middle grade of the third rank. It was unknown how long it would take for the fruit to ripen.

The Purple Gold Wutong Wood has now reached the third-grade low-level quality, and this precious plant is much more expensive than the Azure Dragon Wood.

Once the spiritual plant bears fruit, he will plant all the seeds.

After circling around the small world, Ji An still couldn't fall asleep. He rode a cloud back to the Gathering Yuan Tree and simply sat down to begin cultivating the Five Elements Revolving Scripture.

The following day at dawn, a crimson light arrived at the Cloud Sea Immortal City.

Ji An saw cultivators running around in the city, and most of the city was in this state of chaos and disorder.

He raised an eyebrow slightly, thinking to himself that something major must have happened, otherwise it wouldn't have caused such a stir.

As the clouds dispersed, he landed in front of the certification association, thinking of asking a friend what was going on.

Upon entering the association's main hall, he noticed that the cultivators there also appeared to be in a hurry.

He walked easily to Master Qingfeng's room and asked:

"Fellow Daoist, the city is in great chaos right now. Do you know why?"

Master Qingfeng hurriedly stood up, welcomed him into the room, closed the door, and said:
"Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but there is a Misty Mountain five thousand miles to the northeast, where a demon's lair has appeared."

The Cloud Sea Business Alliance announced a major decision: they would organize a large number of cultivators to set up camp and establish a magic array to purify the mountainous area.

At the same time, a bounty was issued, allowing anyone who slayed a demon lord or true demon to exchange tokens for resources.

The announcement of the situation at the Demon Cave in the south is bound to cause unrest in other regions.

He knew that the situation in Middle-earth was about to undergo a major change.

Ji An was stunned for a moment, pondering the reasons why the Merchant Alliance did this, and thought to himself that the situation in Wulan Mountain was probably very bad.

He took a deep breath and asked:
Has the Immortal City issued a conscription order?

If the situation begins to deteriorate, the major powers will inevitably issue a mandatory conscription order.

Master Qingfeng shook his head. "No."

Ji An felt somewhat relieved; it seemed the situation hadn't started to collapse yet.

"Fellow Daoist, I don't know much about Misty Mountain. Could you tell me about it?"

Master Qingfeng recalled for a moment and said:

"The area of ​​Wulan Mountain is eight hundred miles in circumference. It is shrouded in mist all year round and is home to many shade-loving spiritual plants."

That place is about five thousand miles away from here. On the map, Yunhai Immortal City, Taihua Sect, and Taixu Sect form a triangle, with Wulan Mountain located in the center of the triangle.

If a demonic cave truly exists there, it would be bad news for the three sects.
The Immortal City issued an order to Nascent Soul True Monarchs, requiring that, if necessary, cultivators certified by the Certification Association could be summoned.

Ji An felt a sense of urgency. He had not expected the situation in Zhongzhou to change so quickly, and he didn't have much time left to "develop at his own pace."

After exchanging a few more words, Ji An hurriedly left.

Master Qingfeng watched his retreating figure and sighed softly.

He knew very well that before a major power spread the news, it must have gone through a meticulous plan, and ordinary cultivators could only follow the pre-arranged path.

Starting today, the prices of Purification Talismans and Stabilizing Talismans will inevitably skyrocket, and the prices of all resources that can help resist demons and true demons will experience a similar surge.

(End of this chapter)