Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 660 Myriad Transformations Mountain Range
After giving the person in charge a detailed explanation, Ji An instructed them:

"Once all the pills are sold, there's no need to find alchemists to collaborate with; we can just focus on the talisman business."

The Crimson Flame Pavilion has cooperating talisman makers, which will allow it to sustain itself for a while longer.

At this moment, he missed his fellow disciples terribly. Without a truly close confidant by his side, it would be very difficult to handle such an unexpected situation.

Fortunately, these men were all members of the Li clan, so there was no fear that they would abandon their principles for profit and abscond with the money.

The person in charge nodded and said solemnly:

"I will certainly do my best while you are away."

"It will only take four or five months. Please take good care of things. If there are any problems that cannot be solved, go to Wanbaolou to find Master Jinrong. I will speak with him later."

When I return to the Crimson Flame Pavilion, I will distribute extra rewards to everyone.

Ji An made empty promises and offered incentives to motivate his men.

He patted the person in charge on the shoulder to encourage him, then hurriedly left the shop and rode a cloud to Wanbaolou.

"What? You're actually going to the Five Elements Sect ruins! No way, that place has been visited for hundreds of thousands of years, how could it possibly have any good stuff left behind?"

Each time the ruins open, they become more dangerous; many people go in and never come out.

Wan Jinrong shook his head. "I'm not cursing you."

Ji An sighed softly and said:
“I am different from you, fellow Daoists. You can break through to the Nascent Soul realm by following the proper steps.”

Our sect has been a Golden Core power for less than seven hundred years. The best cultivation technique in our sect is the Five Elements Revolving Scripture, which was obtained from the ruins by the first senior brother who broke through to the Golden Core stage, but it is not complete.

If I can gain something from the ruins, not only will my own future be brightened, but tens of thousands of my fellow disciples will also benefit.

He was originally waiting for his fellow disciples to arrive. If Li Haoran came, the two of them could explore the ruins together and look out for each other, but now it's too late.

The ruins can only be open for a maximum of six months, and the other party will not be able to arrive for more than a year.

Wan Jinrong remained silent; it involved the other party's path, and no amount of persuasion would be of any use.

Put yourself in their shoes; if he were in their position, he would probably make the same choice.

He sighed softly, "Fellow Daoist, you must be fully prepared. Although I have never been inside the Five Elements Sect ruins, I know how dangerous it is there."

As the stronghold of a super power that has been breached by true demons, the spiritual veins there have been completely corrupted and turned into demonic veins. Fellow Daoist, you should bring enough purification talismans.

In addition, one must always be vigilant, as there are many intangible demons within.

"Don't worry about the shop; just leave everything to me. If there's anything, let them come to me."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist. I will treat you to wine when I return."

"Haha, I need both drinks and pastries."

"Guaranteed to be satisfied."

After chatting for a while, Ji An took his leave and returned to the Crimson Flame Pavilion, where he led Master Feiyun to the empty cave near Black Stone Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist, you'll be staying here for the next few days. I keep some pastries and dried fruits in my Cave Void Stone, so I'll leave some for you."

The other party has gone to great lengths to deliver the message, so surely they should be provided with food and lodging.

Ji An took out the food packaged in paper bags, leaving behind two cans of tea and a jar of green leaf wine.

Master Feiyun laughed:

"I won't keep you any longer, fellow Daoist. You should hurry back and make preparations. Don't be stingy with your resources; the dangers in the ruins are not low."

Ji An's face was solemn. "I am definitely one of the few people who are best prepared to enter the ruins."

He entered the ruins with all his belongings, ready to suppress the enemy with firepower at any time. With a hundred thunder talismans, even a monster at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage would probably perish.

Back in the Black Rock Cave, Ji An entered the Calabash World and began taking stock of the combat supplies.

When the Crimson Golden Carp broke through to the Golden Core stage, many of the spiritual plants around the Lava Gourd were damaged. He planned to place the Azure Deer's breakthrough point outside the city.

He was about to leave, and since he couldn't take care of Qinglu from afar when it broke through, he would temporarily stop feeding it pills, which would only delay it for about half a year.

Within the Void Cave Stone are preserved two second-tier top-grade Demon-Slaying Golden Shuttles, capable of striking true demons at the early Golden Core stage.

The Five Elements Sect ruins are now essentially a small demon cave, and the Demon-Slaying Golden Shuttle can come in handy.

More than 300 second-grade superior-level purification talismans made from talisman paper and cinnabar, 10 third-grade superior-level spirit-stabilizing talismans, and 50 third-grade mid-level Geng metal divine thunder talismans and Bing fire divine thunder talismans.

He put away the talisman and took out several jade boxes, counting the thunder beads inside. There were seventy-two crystal-clear beads, in elegant yet deadly shades of crimson and ice blue.

If you were to scatter a whole bunch of mid-grade, third-tier thunder pearls, even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator would have to kneel before them.

Ji An flew to the Wood Spirit Field, where he took down four top-grade third-tier Mind-Stabilizing Talismans and ten mid-grade third-tier Mind-Purifying Talismans from the Bodhi Wood.

He then flew to the white spiritual field and took one hundred top-grade third-tier Gengjin Divine Thunder Talismans.

You don't need to take too much, just enough for emergencies, since you'll be carrying the small world with you anyway.

He did not draw the talisman for the Bing Fire Divine Thunder. Most of the spiritual plants in the Fire Element Spiritual Field were spiritual fruit trees, and nurturing the talisman would affect the outcome.

The highest grade of the Crimson Cloud Pine is only the middle grade of the third rank, so it is not very useful for nurturing thunder talismans.

After a moment's thought, Ji An took out both the Spirit Gourd and the Ren Water Gourd, placed them in the Void Stone, and put them together with the Blazing Sun Furnace.

We've entered battle mode. We need to lighten the load on the Yuanming Fire and only nurture the four magic weapons.

At this moment, the stone tortoise opened its eyes and exhaled a few breaths of pure spiritual energy. The big boss was paying this year's 'rent'.

The light of the primordial fire shone a little brighter, and its size expanded slightly. It was the manifestation of the light of life, and the more vigorous the life force, the more intense the light.

Ji An believed that the reason he had never encountered a bottleneck in cultivating the Immovable King Technique was because he possessed a vigorous life force fire.

He checked his pills and found that he now had forty-six Purple Cloud Jade Mushroom Pills, which he could use to quickly restore his mana in critical moments.

Two dark gold puppets, each about ten feet tall and clad in armor, were summoned; these were top-tier, third-order puppets.

Storm Thunderhawk, Flame Thunderhawk, and Golden Crimson Bird were also summoned. These second-tier puppets could no longer meet his needs, but they could be used as reconnaissance units.

The other puppets were all given to Han Yan to take back to the sect, where they could play a greater role in the Western Continent, and perhaps even help the puppeteers research some useful things.

Ji An unleashed the Thread-Pulling Spell, multitasking by simultaneously controlling multiple puppets.

The golden-armored puppet rapidly expanded in size, reaching a height of four zhang (approximately 10 meters) in the blink of an eye, roughly the height of a five-story building.

These puppets were designed to counter the True Demon Legion, hence their enormous size.

The reason for choosing the Vajra Bodhi tree is that puppets made from this spiritual material can inflict greater damage on true demons.

The puppets, under his control, could coordinate with remarkable precision, but Ji An found it somewhat tedious. Given Ji An's level of magical skill, he had no need to utilize puppets in combat.

If they encounter an enemy that requires coordinated combat, even with the addition of puppets, they would probably still be no match.

The puppets were shrunk to normal size, the high-grade spirit stones were inspected and replaced, and the puppets were put back into the Void Stone.

He sat cross-legged under the Gathering Yuan Tree and began to cultivate the Five Elements Revolving Scripture. The rich spiritual energy quickly gathered into a vortex, and various colors of the five elements' spiritual light flew around, transforming into a world that was like a fairy tale dream.

Silent all night.

The next day, Ji An left Blackstone Mountain for Immortal City and arrived at Cloud Sea Pharmacy. After being informed, he met the shopkeeper.

"Fellow Daoist, I would like to purchase some spiritual liquid that can quickly restore the mana of a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator."

In the event of a prolonged battle within the ruins, you must quickly replenish your mana.

Master Changqing was surprised, but did not ask further questions, and said:

"Four thousand years old stone milk can meet your needs, but this level of heaven and earth spiritual liquid can only be exchanged for spiritual fruits of the middle grade of the third rank or above."

The other party always managed to produce high-grade spiritual fruits, which he had been eyeing.

Ji An gave a helpless smile. "I've already given all the spiritual fruits I received from the sect to your pharmacies. How do I get them back?"

"Hehe, then we'll have to see what kind of spiritual fruit it is and what its quality is."

"Your satisfaction is guaranteed," Ji An said, taking out several wooden and jade boxes. The wooden boxes contained Biluo fruit, while the jade boxes contained spirit peaches and Lingxiao cloud fruits respectively.

The value of the Biluo fruit is relatively low, and he did not use the recipe for the Lingxiao Cloud Fruit. He had the most spirit peaches, so he chose these three kinds of spirit fruits.

Master Changqing examined the spiritual fruit and said slowly:
"A Biluo fruit can be exchanged for two drops of stone milk, a spirit peach for three drops, and a Lingxiao cloud fruit for four drops."

Normally, a single drop of stalactite can restore about 20% of the mana of a cultivator at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage. It can be taken continuously without diminishing its effect.

He was very satisfied with the quality of the spiritual fruit, and his smile became even more amiable. "How much are you planning to exchange, fellow Daoist?"

Ji An pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice:
“I will trade all the spiritual fruits. Fellow Daoist, please prepare the ingredients for five batches of Purple Cloud Jade Mushroom Pills for me. The rest will all be exchanged for Stone Milk.”

Normally, he was unwilling to use third-tier spirit fruits and rarely managed to exchange them for medicinal herbs. He took this opportunity to trade away the spirit fruits he had accumulated.

He missed his days in the sect terribly; in the Western Continent, he could be more uninhibited.

Master Changqing's eyebrows twitched. "This sounds like a big deal. How many spirit fruits have you prepared, fellow Daoist?"

Ji An recited the explanation he had just prepared, and explained:
“These resources were prepared by our sect for a mission and are temporarily in my possession. Now that the time has come to carry out the mission, there is no need to keep them any longer. They can all be put up for trade.”

He took out boxes one by one, and soon the table was piled up two feet high.

Master Changqing stared in disbelief, "So many! And they're all mid-grade third-tier spirit fruits?"

Ji An forced a faint smile, "Is it a lot for a sect that covers several thousand miles to accumulate so many spiritual fruits over several decades?"

"If that's the case, then it really isn't much."

Master Changqing regained his composure, stood up, quickly inventoried the resources inside, and kept making notes.

After a moment, he suppressed his joy and said in as calm a tone as possible:

"There are a total of 120 Jade Vine Fruits, 30 Spirit Peaches, and 30 Spirit Cloud Fruits. In addition to exchanging for the ingredients for five batches of Purple Cloud Jade Mushroom Pills, we can also exchange for 300 drops of Stone Milk. What do you think, Fellow Daoist?"

Ji An said with a half-smile, "Fellow Daoist Changqing, we've been cooperating for so long, are you not going to give me any discounts?"

If this continues, I'll have to change the shops I choose to trade with in the future.

The price offered by the other party was similar to the previous transaction price, but since the shipment was so large, a discount was warranted.

Master Changqing replied naturally, "I didn't finish my sentence just now, so I'll give you ten drops of stone milk as a gift."

"make a deal."

Ji An didn't continue to haggle. The other party was a tough nut to crack; he would be content with just ten more drops. It would be difficult to get any more benefits by trying to bargain.

"Fellow Taoist, wait a moment."

Master Changqing stepped out of the living room, placed a blank jade slip on his forehead to input information, and handed it to the maid waiting outside, saying:
"Have the jade slip given to the person in charge, and have him send over the recorded medicinal herbs. Go quickly and come back quickly."

A moment later, the person in charge came in and placed a pile of boxes, a black jar, and a jade bottle on the table:

"Master, everything is here."

Master Changqing took out the dripping water and obtained enough stalactite, which he then poured into a jade bottle. "Fellow Daoist, please examine it."

Ji An opened the jade bottle and brought it close to his nose. A faint fragrance wafted out, and he felt as if every pore of his skin had been opened.

"It's refreshing and invigorating," he praised after inspecting the medicinal herbs. "The quality and quantity of the materials are fine. Deal."

After chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left, then went to buy a sealing array.

This is a Tier 3 superior defensive formation, the Earth Thousand Twists Formation, which consists of twelve formation plates.

The nature of the spiritual veins in the ruins has changed; the spiritual energy they contain has decreased significantly, and instead, demonic energy has been generated. It's unknown how the true demons of yesteryear managed to do this.

For this reason, the array plate is driven by high-grade spirit stones and does not rely on spirit veins at all.

At this point, Ji An had completed all his preparations.

Two days later, at Chenshi (7-9 AM), he put the four beasts other than the Azure Deer into his spirit beast bag and embarked on his journey with Master Feiyun.

In half a month, Ji An traversed countless mountains and rivers. He witnessed the multi-layered clouds of gold and purple before the sun rose over the plains, admired the crimson twilight as the sun set behind the mountains, heard the melodious chirping of cranes, and caught the untamed roar of a tiger on the rocks.

This period of traveling through the night was the most relaxing time he had experienced in hundreds of years.

The earth's color slowly changed, from lush and green to a somber, leaden gray.

Master Feiyun slowed down, finally hovering in the air, and gently raised his arm, extending his jade finger:
"This is the Myriad Transformations Mountain Range. The ruins are located in the center of the mountain range. It used to be the core area of ​​the Five Elements Sect and their last stronghold against the siege of the True Demons."

A somber gray filled the field of vision, with low, twisted trees as far as the eye could see, their trunks and branches covered in lumps that resembled distorted human faces.

The air was filled with a fishy stench, similar to the smell of fermenting and rotting aquatic plants and dead fish when the riverbed had just dried up.

Ji An felt a sense of sorrow. The Five Elements Sect was once the top sect in the cultivation world. Its former glory had vanished like smoke, leaving only desolate mountains that silently told a story.

"I'll rest tonight, get myself in shape, gather some intelligence, and enter the ruins in a few days."

Master Feiyun nodded slightly and took out a jade slip:

"The map of the ruins has been collected after so many years of exploration, and the situation inside has been basically collected. However, several forbidden areas have been marked, where demons at the Nascent Soul level have appeared."

Simply passing on information wouldn't earn her much goodwill, so she compiled the intelligence and maps she gathered.

(End of this chapter)