Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 618 The Current State of the Sect
Ji An smiled broadly, "The real deal."

He appeared more relaxed in front of his fellow students, and his tone was also lighter.

After advancing to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, the intensity of his Yuanming Fire immediately increased, perhaps indicating that he already possessed the ability to simultaneously nurture four magical treasures, though he hadn't had time to test it yet.

In addition, the quality of mana within the body will be significantly improved, which will bring a series of benefits. The effects of spells will inevitably be enhanced, which will not only make the combat ability stronger, but the biggest benefit is the changes brought about by the improvement of the effects of spells.

He doesn't participate in many direct battles, but he frequently uses planting spells. Over time, the time it takes for his gourd world to reach the third-tier superior level will be shortened.

Even if it's just two or three years earlier, the benefits he gains will be enormous.

Seeing the confidence and composure on the other person's face, Lin Jiuxiao cupped his hands and said sincerely:
"Congratulations, senior brother! May your path to immortality be long and prosperous."

As fellow disciples, and even fellow disciples with a good relationship, the stronger the other party, the better.

In truth, he felt a sense of loss. When he was a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage, his senior brother was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Now, his opponent is at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, while he is only a second-level Golden Core cultivator. Such a gap is probably impossible to bridge in this lifetime.

"Tongxi, how is the situation within the sect now? Have any new Golden Core cultivators been born?"

"Senior brother is joking. If the number of Golden Core cultivators continues to rise rapidly, Falling Maple Valley will have to get restless."

Currently, only Han Yan and Qin Yan have the strength to break through to the Golden Core stage; the other disciples are far behind.

Junior Sister Han has now grasped the concept of the Five Elements generating each other and is currently honing her skills in the sect, striving to reach the Five Elements Converging at the Origin Realm as soon as possible.

Qin Yan only gained fame after reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage. Now, having grasped the Five Elements' mutual generation, he's in the process of refining the Five Qi's convergence. This is an unexpected bonus; he's someone who has accumulated knowledge and experience before unleashing his full potential.

A smile bloomed on Lin Jiuxiao's face, and his eyes shone with a gentle light.

The sect has now become the number one power in the Western Continent. Fallen Maple Valley has followed the sect's example and carried out reforms, but the gap between the two has widened.

All the other side did was to prevent the gap from widening further.

However, whether the gap widens or not is not up to the other party's will. The cultivation of spirit farmers and the inheritance of alchemists were originally industries in which Falling Maple Valley had a great advantage, but now they have been overtaken by the sect.

The opponent only has the advantage in formations, but that advantage is no longer as significant.

In the future, the sect's advantages will continue to expand.

He coughed and continued:

"Among the current disciples in the Chaoyuan stage, there are quite a few cultivators who meet the standards for Golden Core seed. Lin Lan and Han Shan under my junior brother's tutelage both meet the requirements, as do Qin Yan, Gu Hongming, and several other disciples. They are the foundation for the prosperity of the sect."

Ji An nodded with a smile, indicating that the sect's Golden Core inheritance had been completely stabilized.

"What are the cultivation levels of my three disciples now?"

"Han Shan is at the third stage of the Chaoyuan realm, Lin Lan is at the second stage, and as for Wei Baiyang, he is currently at the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment realm. If he performs well after breaking through to the Chaoyuan realm, he can also be cultivated as a Golden Core seed."

Who has taken over the leadership of Crimson Flame Peak now?

As a third-tier spiritual vein node, Crimson Flame Peak will inevitably become the residence of Golden Core cultivators.

"It is I who am temporarily staying here," Lin Jiuxiao said with a smile. "If you return to the sect, I will make way for you."

During his Chaoyuan period, he practiced fire-element techniques. Although the five elements of Crimson Flame Peak are now more balanced, the fire element spiritual energy is still stronger.

Moreover, he discovered that cultivation on Crimson Flame Peak was faster than in other places, perhaps because a place with balanced five elements was more suitable for Golden Core cultivators.

Ji An smiled but didn't reply, instead asking:

"What level is that Soul-Nourishing Wood on Crimson Flame Peak at now?"

"It is still a mid-grade third-tier plant, but it is much more lush than before, and it has expanded the space of the cave."

With this Soul-Nourishing Wood, all the Golden Core cultivators in the sect will have spiritual artifacts to nourish their souls, and the Treasure Pavilion can also store some Soul-Nourishing Wood materials.

Crimson Flame Peak is the sect's most valuable treasure. Senior Brother Yu Xiao has already begun upgrading the sect's spiritual veins. As long as resources are plentiful, it won't be long before the spiritual veins are upgraded to a mid-grade third rank.

A glint of pride flashed in Lin Jiuxiao's eyes. The sect's flourishing development was in everyone's best interest, and he should be able to witness that day arrive.

It took the sect over two hundred years to upgrade the second-tier top-grade spiritual vein to the third tier, and now the sect's development speed is getting faster and faster.

Ji An revealed a joyful expression. The sect had a large number of third-tier spiritual plants, which continuously produced resources, and this did indeed give Senior Brother Yu Xiao confidence.

Putting aside everything else, the large number of third-tier fruit trees on Crimson Flame Peak alone can support the sect's development.

In the future, as long as the sect has a few Golden Core level spiritual farmers, it can drive the sect to continue to develop at a high speed.

The two chatted for a long time, with endless topics to discuss.

Lin Jiuxiao suddenly sighed and said:

"Now the sect is facing new difficulties. The signs of the True Demon Tribulation in the Central Continent are becoming more and more obvious. We can no longer obtain Golden Core pills from other forces."

The medicinal herbs cultivated by the sect are estimated to take another three to four hundred years to mature, which is far from enough to solve the immediate problem.

Currently, the sect only has one Golden Core Pill in reserve. They must acquire several as soon as possible, at least one, otherwise it will be troublesome if Qin Yan and Han Yan both need it. "After the True Demon Tribulation fully erupts, it will inevitably affect the growth of a large number of spiritual herbs. As a strategic resource for breaking through major realms, all forces will strive to stockpile Golden Core Pills."

He came to Zhongzhou with the heavy responsibility of selling everything he owned to buy a few Golden Core pills to take back with him.

After arriving in Cloud Sea Immortal City, he had already inquired about the auctions held every few years for those who had reached the Golden Core stage, which relieved him.

However, he was also worried that such auctions would be affected in the future, and wanted to buy one as soon as possible so that he could have peace of mind.

"This is not difficult. I have received several commissions to refine the Golden Core Pill, and I have accumulated some pills."

Furthermore, I also planted the main medicinal herbs for the Golden Core stage in the cave's herb garden, so I told Senior Brother Yuxiao that he could rest assured.

Ji An smiled and said that there were also several batches of main ingredients for Golden Core pills in the Calabash World. In addition, as long as the Merchant Alliance's auction house continued to refine Golden Core pills, he would still receive commissions.

As he spoke, he took out several jade bottles from the Void Stone and handed them out.

"Each bottle contains three Golden Elixir Pills, for a total of four bottles."

Lin Jiuxiao was overjoyed. So many pills were enough for the sect to use for hundreds of years. Most importantly, the other party's attitude did not indicate that he had become estranged from everyone because he had left the sect.

So many Golden Cores could be exchanged for a large amount of cultivation resources, but the other party saved them up for the sect.

He took the jade bottle and said, "I brought some resources from the sect for my senior brother. I don't know if they are enough to compensate for these Golden Core cultivators."

He took out boxes with sealing talismans affixed to them from the Void Stone and said:

"There are two low-grade third-tier Azure Dragon Woods, which have been refined into spiritual materials of various sizes; there is mid-grade third-tier spiritual tea, various third-tier spiritual fruits, and a mid-grade third-tier Soul Nourishing Wood pendant; in addition, there are some high-grade third-tier fire elemental resources."

He subconsciously lowered his voice, "This was retrieved from the dried-up spiritual vein in the Crimson Flame Peak volcano."

The sect commissioned Wanbaoge to refine two high-grade fire-avoiding beads at great expense, and also paid a deposit to customize a third-grade top-grade fire-avoiding bead.

More high-grade spiritual materials will be salvaged in the future. We estimate that this depleted underground spiritual vein is very likely to be of fourth-grade quality!

His tone was filled with barely suppressed excitement. A fourth-order spiritual vein must contain fourth-order spiritual materials, which meant that the sect already had the foundation to reach the Nascent Soul level.

If these resources can be truly transformed into the strength of the sect, the first Nascent Soul sect in the Western Continent will be born.

"Great!"

Ji An clapped his hands and laughed, "I think the safest approach is to use these resources to cultivate a fourth-order spiritual vein."

A depleted fourth-order spiritual vein is indeed a treasure mountain, but it will eventually be exhausted. Only by possessing a fourth-order spiritual vein can one build a foundation for all ages.

"That's what we thought too, so we launched the Spirit Vein Upgrade Plan."

On the spiritual vein where Chaoyang Peak is located, several key nodes will be upgraded simultaneously, including Crimson Flame Peak.

Although this consumes more resources, it saves a lot of time.

Given their existing wealth, saving time is the best option. According to the estimates of the array masters, it will take more than a hundred years to upgrade the grade of the spiritual vein.

At that time, the sect will not wait for the other spiritual vein to be upgraded, but will directly begin the next round of upgrades for the main spiritual vein.

The upgrade will stop if there are not enough resources to continue, or the upgrade will also pause when the spiritual vein reaches the fourth level.

"The future is full of hope!"

Ji An exclaimed that if he obtained a cultivation technique that could elevate him to the Nascent Soul level, and also acquired a batch of pill formulas for the late Golden Core stage, he could return to the Western Continent, thus having another way out.

"That's right. Sometimes I think, if only I had been born five hundred years too early, I could have caught the wave of the sect's rapid development."

The disciples of the sects these days have it much easier than we do.

Lin Jiuxiao was filled with emotion. If he had received the same treatment as the disciples today, his cultivation speed would have easily increased by 30% to 40%.

Having a longer lifespan allows for more leisurely cultivation, and perhaps in the future, one can glimpse the wonders of the Nascent Soul stage.

Ji An nodded slightly. If a certain force is always moving forward, the later the disciple joins, the higher the basic benefits they will enjoy.

According to the sect's current rules, if he becomes a disciple, his Foundation Establishment time will be at least three to five years earlier.

However, he quickly scratched his head, realizing that with his mid-grade aptitude, it would be very difficult for him to join a sect without connections.

Ji An sighed inwardly and asked:

"Can Han Yan refine the pill formula I left behind?"

He also recorded the formula for the Fire Essence Pill in the jade slip. With this pill, the Golden Core cultivators of the sect would have another way to quickly improve their cultivation.

"It's possible, but the success rate is not high, only a little over 30%. Her cultivation level and soul strength are still somewhat insufficient for refining third-tier pills."

Now that she has a mid-grade, third-tier Soul-Nourishing Pendant, her soul strength will be greatly enhanced.

Ji An nodded slightly, "She has the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame within her, so her chances of successfully forming her core in the future are greater, and the sect will have a better alchemist successor."

(End of this chapter)