Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 652 Improved Cultivation Technique
After enjoying a few cups of tea, Ji An closed his eyes and focused his mind on the stone tortoise in his dantian.

Golden characters appeared in his mind, their radiance warm and restrained.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 563.4, Water 425.6, Wood 426.2, Fire 452.8, Earth 546.5]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 49525.2, Gen Spirit 56521.4, Zhen Spirit 126583.5, Xun Spirit 52163.7, Kun Spirit 91456.8, Qian Spirit 72532.4, Dui Spirit 70142.6, Li Spirit 64.3

[Spell: Mental Roar (Perfect 54%)]

The Thread-Pulling Mantra (Perfect 1%)

[Fire Burns the Heavens (Complete 64%)]

Over the years, the Gui Water Divine Thunder and Yi Wood Spirit Stealing Techniques have been improved to the Great Perfection level. He will periodically release the Yi Wood Spirit Stealing Technique to obtain wood-elemental spiritual energy from the Jade Leaf Mulberry to nourish the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner.

Second-tier spiritual energy has a relatively small effect on magic items, but it is not entirely useless.

The mental roar continued to increase slowly but steadily, and the method for further cultivation of the Thread-Pulling Curse remained unsolved.

The practice of the Blazing Fire technique was too noisy, so he rarely practiced his spells in Black Stone Mountain. Most of his improvement came from refining spiritual energy.

The puppet ran back and stood respectfully by the chair, waiting.

Ji An sensed its approach, opened his eyes, stood up, and picked up the medicine jar.

This is a medicinal paste made primarily from third-grade superior Vajra Bodhi fruit, which has excellent nourishing and stimulating effects on muscles and blood circulation.

He took off his Taoist robe, revealing his well-proportioned figure and bulging muscles, applied medicinal mud, and began practicing the Fudo Myo-o Kung Fu.

The blood and qi in the body flowed rapidly, like a surging river washing over the flesh, and the blood and marrow in the bones boiled.

At this moment, there were specks of gold in his blood, as if it were mixed with gold dust. In fact, it was the golden blood refined by his cultivation technique.

Ji An had a premonition that all the blood in his body would turn golden, and he would reach the fourth realm of the Immovable King Technique—the Vajra Realm.

At this moment, the power of his blood and qi was like that of a Golden Core stage demon beast, flamboyant and domineering.

The Five Elements Revolving Sutra is a way of balance, symbolizing compatibility and restraint, which is the complete opposite of the Acala Vidyaraja practice.

Despite his rapidly declining physical strength, Ji An felt excited, as if every cell in his body was cheering with joy.

A powerful sense of strength spread to every corner of his body, including his fingertips and hair, and every breath he took emitted a stream of hot, white air.

If there were any cultivators nearby, they could see a noticeable distortion in the air around him.

Exhausted, Ji An ended his cultivation and began practicing the method of visualization.

This technique is a complementary exercise to the Acala mantra, which he has studied carefully in his spare time over the years.

Putting aside his aversion to the potential dangers of this technique, and evaluating it objectively, Ji An discovered that it was essentially a technique for enhancing the spirit and soul.

He was delighted with this discovery, and no cultivator refused to improve their soul strength.

Mental Roar and the Silk-Pulling Incantation are both techniques for cultivating the soul. He tried to modify the method of visualization and found it somewhat effective, making his mind more peaceful. So he persisted in his practice.

The original practice of this method involved observing precepts and visualizing a guardian deity residing within oneself, refining it with essence, energy, and spirit. The visualization had to be performed strictly according to the image of the guardian deity.

Ji An used the same technique, but changed the image of the guardian deity to his own and made some minor adjustments. Unexpectedly, he was able to cultivate successfully.

Even the creator of the technique probably never imagined that someone would dare to tamper with it and then practice it themselves.

Ji An dared to cultivate because he possessed a powerful divine soul, which allowed him to detect any abnormalities in his body at any time.

However, even with such support, he dared not advance the meditation technique too quickly, practicing it only every few days. Currently, the technique has only reached the late Foundation Establishment stage.

I can now visualize my own image, but the face and details are very blurry, somewhat similar to the image my consciousness had in the stone tortoise space a few years ago.

The next day, Ji An left his cave dwelling, rode a cloud to the Crimson Flame Pavilion, greeted the staff, and went straight to the quiet room.

"Junior sister, is everything ready?"

The merchant alliance's airship will depart tomorrow, and the other party will leave with it.

Han Yan nodded gently, "It was prepared a few days ago. I thought my senior brother had forgotten that I was leaving."

If you don't show up by the afternoon, I'll go look for you at Blackrock Mountain.

"Haha, I feel that the time is right for me to break through my cultivation these past few days, so I have been cultivating in seclusion in my cave."

"Senior brother has broken through to the fifth level of the Golden Core stage?"

Han Yan asked in surprise, as if she herself had broken through that barrier.

Ji An coughed lightly, "Actually, I have broken through to the sixth level of the Golden Core stage. When Junior Brother Jiuxiao left back then, he had broken through to the fifth level of the Golden Core stage, but I didn't tell him."

If it takes him sixty years to break through from the fourth level of the Golden Core to the fifth level, it would be a waste of all the medicine he consumed.

Han Yan's mouth was half open, and she couldn't close it for a long time.

The highest cultivation level in the sect's history belongs to Senior Brother Zhengyang, who was the sect's first Golden Core cultivator. His aptitude and talent are both top-notch.

However, Senior Brother Zhengyang ultimately stopped at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage, and only broke through to the next level in his later years.

After a moment of silence, she said softly:

"If I remember correctly, my junior brother is only a little over three hundred years old, right?"

Ji An nodded. "He is 320 years old this year."

“A Golden Core Stage 6 cultivator of this age would be a core member of a Nascent Soul sect in Central Continent, right?” “No, the most core disciples of a Nascent Soul sect must break through to the late Golden Core stage to be qualified.”

Han Yan wrinkled her small nose. "Junior brother is talking about the disciples of those top Nascent Soul sects. I've always wondered if I'll ever see a Nascent Soul cultivator born in a sect in my lifetime, but I've always considered this idea a distant dream."

The sect's foundation is too shallow, lacking the soil for the Nascent Soul level. Putting aside everything else, just the cultivation techniques and Nascent Soul Pills alone would take countless years to obtain.

However, I saw this possibility in my senior.

I have about six hundred years left to live, and I hope to see that day.

Her eyes sparkled with hope for the future.

Looking at the other party's past, they rose from humble beginnings to soar into the sky, and their speed of flight seems to be increasing.

Ji An said jokingly, "Now, standing in front of you is the Xuanqing True Monarch, who is the sect's first Nascent Soul cultivator, the most outstanding alchemist, and many other honors."

"Hehe," Han Yan was amused, her body trembling with laughter.

She stopped smiling, pointed to the account books on the table, and said gently:

"Let's do one last accounting. I'll tell you about the store's situation over the past six months."

After I leave, the shop will be entirely in my senior's care.

She explained the business situation and the current status of the talisman makers in detail, and then took out the jade token from the warehouse that was protected by magic to hand over the token.

Ji An took the jade token and took out some high-grade spirit stones from the Void Stone. "This is my junior sister's reward."

He took out several jade bottles, jade slips, and two brocade boxes:
"There are several Golden Core Pills in the jade bottle, as well as more than thirty Fire Essence Pills and two Purple Cloud Jade Mushroom Pills; one of the brocade boxes contains the Thunder Pearls that I refined, and the other box contains some high-level seeds."

The jade slip contained several pill formulas; Junior Sister Secret Key took it back to the sect.

Over the years, he had accumulated not many pills, and most of them had been exchanged for pills for his own consumption.

“Senior brother always asks us to bring back so many resources. The sect owes you more and more.”

Ji An waved his hand, "When our sect is strong, we have more confidence when we go out. Saying we owe them something is too formal. Who do you think our sect leader will send next time?"

"Senior Brother Li Haoran will definitely come because of the Five Elements Sect ruins."

As for whether the sect leader will send a second Golden Core cultivator, I cannot be sure.

If he decides to send two fellow disciples, he will most likely send Junior Brother Qin Yan. Junior Brother Qin's weapon-refining skills are unparalleled in the Western Continent, and a trip to the Central Continent would provide him with even more inspiration.

Ji An said with a smile:

"Haha, I hope Junior Brother Qin can come. That way, Crimson Flame Pavilion will have a new manager."

It's perfectly normal for a weapon refiner to guard the shop, so that he can focus on improving his cultivation.

Han Yan pouted; she could see right through the other person's thoughts.

"Senior brother wants to find someone to watch the shop so he can have some peace and quiet!"

Ji An pretended not to hear and changed the subject:

"Junior Sister, when will you depart tomorrow, and where will you board the flying boat?"

"We will depart at the end of the morning (5-7 AM) tomorrow and board the flying boat on the west side of the Immortal City."

"Oh, by the way, senior brother, could you keep an eye on the shop? I've commissioned a puppet with even higher spirituality, and I need to pick it up from the Golden Puppet Pavilion."

Ji An waved his hand, "Junior sister, go ahead and get busy. Was your puppet made by True Master Xuanmu?"

"No, when I went to the Golden Puppet Pavilion to order a puppet a few days ago, True Master Xuanmu couldn't guarantee that he could refine the puppet within a limited time. Later, the order was taken over by the Pavilion Master, True Master Xuanji."

Han Yan flew to the Golden Puppet Pavilion on a cloud and found the Mysterious Master.

Master Xuanji took out a puppet with a face that looked just like a real person and said:

"Its central core consists of two soul stones the size of soybeans. After my special modifications, the magic restriction has reached the highest level among similar puppets in terms of both learning ability and growth potential."

He handed over a jade slip and said:

"The puppet is powered by high-grade spirit stones. The jade slip contains detailed instructions on how to change the spirit stones."

Now I will personally demonstrate. Fellow Daoists, please watch carefully. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

He opened the puppet's chest cavity and explained the steps in detail, "Now you can give it a try, fellow Daoist."

Han Yan examined the contents of the jade slip, made a hand seal to open the puppet's abdominal cavity, took out the spirit stone, and put it back in.

"It's very easy to operate and doesn't require much effort from me, which is great."

Han Yan was delighted and put the puppet into the Void Stone.

Seeing that she seemed to be in a good mood, Master Xuanji asked with a smile:

"If I wish to purchase some high-grade third-tier Vajra Bodhi wood from your sect to craft puppets, I wonder what the maximum number of pieces I can purchase is?"

He wanted to forge a second top-grade puppet so that his own safety would be better guaranteed in the future.

Han Yan shook her head and said with a smile:

"Where did you hear that our sect has cultivated a third-grade high-quality spirit tree? It must be a rumor."

There were no high-grade third-tier spirit trees in the sect. Before she left the sect, the highest-grade spirit tree was the spirit peach tree in Crimson Flame Peak, which was a mid-grade third-tier tree.

(End of this chapter)