Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 687 Is it that simple?
The sun hangs high in the sky, and a smaller golden sun appears in mid-air, its surface blazing with flames, and a bird flies within it.

The birds appeared and disappeared intermittently, making them difficult to see clearly.

The emerald green leaves conjured by the Wood element's spiritual light fell from the sky like goose feathers in a snowstorm, their color rapidly deepening until finally turning fiery red.

The fire element and the wood element intertwined, rising and soaring like steam and boiling, their brilliance surpassing even the sun in the sky.

Opposite to Jin Yang, a full moon appeared, and within the moon, a cassia tree seemed to sway, scattering pure white petals.

The bright silver light poured down like water, carving out a piece of its own territory.

A verdant dragon, seemingly alive, appeared in the void, its resounding roar inspiring and uplifting.

Tiny silver threads fell from the sky, rustling as they hit the bamboo leaves.

Shui Mu Ling Ji is like a passionate lover, intertwined and complementing each other perfectly.

The five-colored deer's eyes shimmered with light, and the power of the five elements was displayed before its eyes in a vivid form it could never have imagined.

It felt the demonic power within its body become active, its mind and body were cleansed, and its inner core began to rotate rapidly, greedily breathing in the unique spiritual energy.

The rare and magnificent spectacle in the sky has faded, leaving only the lingering resonance of the Dharma in the air, telling the world that what just happened was not a dream.

The five-colored deer let out a joyful cry, announcing that it had just been immersed in the wonderful energy of the five elements.

A yellow light flashed before it, and it emerged from the ground beside Ji An, letting out a fawning hiss.

"YoYo."

It lowered its head and gently touched Ji An's body with its horns.

Ji An calmly replied, "Follow me from now on, and I guarantee you'll be able to break through to a higher realm."

The five-colored deer knelt on its forelegs, lowered its proud head, and was willing to submit.

It's that simple?
Ji An could hardly believe it was true, but the opportunity was too good to pass up, so he immediately released a Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword that pierced through his skin.

The faintly golden blood condensed in the air into a complex pattern, which then settled on the forehead of the five-colored deer and merged into it.

Thus, the five-colored deer became his seventh tamed beast.

In the distance, Lin Jiuxiao and his companion exchanged bewildered glances at what they witnessed. Was it really that simple?
The Golden Core cultivators all used their full strength to demonstrate their power, but the Five-Colored Deer remained completely unmoved.

Ji An only cast a few planting spells, and the five-colored deer immediately bowed down in worship. Why is that?!
Master Yuxiao flew over and said, "Congratulations, Junior Brother, on gaining another capable companion!"

The five-colored deer are intelligent and can understand their conversations, so they are not called "beasts" but "partners".

Ji An cupped his hands in a respectful gesture, saying, "Luck."

Lin Jiuxiao also flew over, "If we cultivators want to achieve something, how can we do without a bit of luck? Congratulations, Senior Brother!"

The Five-Colored Deer and the others couldn't subdue it, but it was a good thing that it was subdued by their fellow disciples. Otherwise, it would be even more heartbreaking to see the rare beast of heaven and earth leave.

After chatting for a while, they were teleported back to Ningcui Cliff together, said their goodbyes, and went home.

Inside a stone house at the foot of Crimson Flame Peak, a teleportation array lit up, and Ji An and the Five-Colored Deer appeared on the array.

They left the house and flew to the edge of the cold pool, where Ji An began to call out.

A moment later, the green deer appeared. It was clearly stunned when it saw the five-colored deer. It had seen its father. Its bewildered expression and the five-colored deer's surprise were frozen together.

The five-colored deer looked as if it had seen a ghost. It could sense that the green deer was its offspring and that its cultivation level was higher than its own, having reached the Golden Core stage.

Ji An did not interfere with the 'father and son recognizing each other'; he informed Qing Lu about the need to perform a spell on the spirit field.

The blue deer nodded, indicating its willingness to comply. The two deer approached each other and communicated for a while before dispersing.

Ji An returned to his cave with the five-colored deer and entered the gourd world.

Upon entering this vibrant world, the five-colored deer's eyes were fixed intently on the giant tree before it.

This is a Juyuan tree; its leaves resemble five-colored flowers, shimmering and as smooth as jade.

Seeing the five-colored deer with its shimmering antlers, Lord Lianshan asked, "Where did you find it?!"

His tone was full of the joy of a windfall. The Five-Colored Deer, a mythical beast symbolizing the balance of the five elements, is the totem beast of the Five Elements Sect.

The five-colored deer, with its keen intuition, sensed the immense energy contained within the puppet's body and humbly lowered its head.

Ji An explained the reason for the matter to the other party through mental communication, and Lian Shan Zhenjun looked at him with a strange expression:
“Your sect’s cultivators are quite lucky, but you are even luckier.”

Ji An humbly said, "Relying on luck is not my style. I want to turn the accidental into the inevitable."

"True Lord, could you teach me how to quickly elevate the Five-Colored Deer to the Golden Core level?"

Bringing the five-colored deer into the small world was to get their help in coming up with ideas.

Lianshan Zhenjun pointed to the Gathering Yuan Tree and said:
The answer is both far away and right before your eyes.

As long as the Five-Colored Deer can consume enough Five Qi Pills, its cultivation level will naturally improve.

The five-colored deer possesses all five elements in its body and the five elements are in balance, but it is essentially more inclined towards the earth element.

As our cultivation level increases, our understanding of spells and techniques should be interpreted from the perspective of Yin and Yang, rather than just from the perspective of the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint.

If we interpret the Five Elements from the perspective of Yin and Yang, Metal is Lesser Yin, Water is Greater Yin, Wood is Lesser Yang, Fire is Greater Yang, and Earth is a combination of Yin and Yang, old and young, and is a product of the interaction of Wood, Fire, Metal and Water. Only Earth can contain all kinds of intense conflicts and changes.

When the Five-Colored Deer reaches the Golden Core level, it will be able to further refine the earth's veins, with effects comparable to the Earth Vein Ascension Technique you are currently using. The Earth Vein Ascension Technique was created by drawing inspiration from the Five-Colored Deer's innate magical abilities.

More importantly, the Five-Colored Deer's innate spell effects can stack with your spells.

While the effects aren't additive yet, it will at least amplify your Earth Vein Ascension Technique by 30%, and this amplification will increase as your Five-Colored Deer realm improves.

Upon hearing this news, Ji An was overjoyed:
"In this way, both the spiritual veins in the small world and the spiritual veins of Crimson Flame Peak can improve their grade more quickly!"

The Five-Colored Deer can transform into a higher-ranking Spirit Farmer than the Azure Deer, allowing the Ministry of Agriculture to cultivate spiritual herbs more quickly and effectively.

"Yes."

Lianshan Zhenjun nodded, his eyes shining, his voice growing increasingly excited:
"A special small world, a Gathering Yuan Tree, a Five-Colored Deer—I wonder what kind of powerful cultivator will be created by the combination of so many favorable factors!"

Ji An smiled subtly, thinking to himself:
There is also a priceless treasure, a stone tortoise, and ten Dao seeds.

At that moment, his heart swelled up like an inflated balloon, and he couldn't help but feel a little lightheaded.

After learning how to cultivate the Five-Colored Deer, Ji An took out a Five Qi Pill and broke it into pieces.

The Five Qi Pills in his hand were all of the third-grade superior quality. He was afraid that the Five-Colored Deer wouldn't be able to enjoy a whole pill if he fed it to the deer.

Lianshan Zhenjun spoke:

"You don't need to do that, just feed it the whole thing."

Although the Five-Colored Deer cannot digest a high-grade pill all at once, it can seal the pill within its body and digest it slowly, bit by bit.

Ji An gave him a look that said, "Why didn't you say so sooner?" and held the broken pill in his palm while extending his arm.

The five-colored deer stuck out its tongue and licked all the pill fragments and powder clean in one go, then happily ran to the Gathering Yuan Tree to take a nap.

Lian Shan Zhenjun urged, "Hurry up and use the secret method to refine your body and spirit. Once this matter is resolved, you will be able to break through the bottleneck of the late Golden Core stage."

Ji An readily agreed, sat cross-legged beside the five-colored deer, and began to practice his secret technique.

A month later.

After the Golden Elixir Ceremony at Chaoyang Peak, Ji An and his companion walked side by side on the clouds, enjoying the thrill of riding the wind.

They arrived at Scorching Sun Peak, where Liu Yu, the owner of the cave, said rather apologetically:

"The place is too simple, junior brother, please bear with us."

He left the sect and traveled for many years, and his original maids and disciples had all left.

These days he's been busy breaking through and consolidating his realm, and he doesn't even have anything to entertain guests.

I only have some Phoenix Dance Danxia tea on hand, which was a gift from the other party.

"Haha, our cave dwellings are about the same, both are so simple."

Ji An didn't like luxury; he preferred simplicity.

"Senior Brother may not be able to stay in this cave for long. The sect's spiritual veins are about to be upgraded, and there will definitely be more third-grade low-level spiritual vein nodes. At that time, Senior Brother will be able to choose one."

Those core nodes that were originally of the lower-grade third rank will be upgraded to the middle-grade third rank.

Once the spiritual vein's grade is upgraded this time, the sect will use the Five Elements Sect's method of cultivating spiritual veins to start the next round of cultivation.

What we need to do now is to raise the grade of our spiritual veins as quickly as possible, so that we can have more confidence to face the tribulation of the true demon.

Liu Yu laughed and said, "If the spiritual vein node where this cave is located can reach the third-grade low level, I won't need to move."

He had lived in this humble place for many years and had developed an attachment to it; the trees outside the cave were even planted by his own hands.

"That would be best. I will give some high-grade spirit seeds to my senior brother at that time."

Ji An paused briefly before continuing:
"When my senior brother broke through to the Golden Core stage, I saw that you only had one spiritual artifact from beginning to end."

Now that we've successfully broken through, we should acquire a few more magical artifacts as backup.

"Now that our sect has inherited the Five Elements Sect's legacy, our weapon refiners should be able to forge even better magical artifacts."

In the future, when demonic energy envelops the Western Continent, Golden Core cultivators will inevitably lead teams to carry out missions outside the sect's protective array, clearing out the surrounding true demons and demon lords, so as to prevent too many enemies from gathering and putting too much burden on the protective array.

"I am aware of this situation. We are in dire need of a protective artifact to safeguard ourselves."

I spoke with Senior Brother Qin Yan, and he said he's currently researching the crafting of defensive magic weapons, which will take six months to a year. He'll give me his most sincere advice then.

During the Chaoyuan period, due to limitations in energy and financial resources, Liu Yu did not forge many top-grade spiritual artifacts, relying entirely on a fire-element flying sword to maintain appearances.

The good thing is that all the energy was put into this flying sword. The flying sword has a particularly high spirituality, and after being bathed in lightning tribulation, it naturally transformed into a natal magic weapon.

"I'm relieved that you know what you're doing. If you need any help, please let me know."

Liu Yu nodded emphatically:

"If I need anything, I will definitely trouble you, the big landowner."

"Haha, I look forward to your arrival."

(End of this chapter)