Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 691 Third-Order Mid-Grade Spiritual Vein
Without further ado, Ji An ordered the puppet to brew a pot of Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea. After his consciousness had recovered to about 70-80%, he took out the jade slip containing the recipe for the Soul Tempering Pill of the Night and began to study it.

Lianshan Zhenjun sighed softly, even though he was a core disciple of the Five Elements Sect back then, he didn't receive such good treatment.

Although the Five Elements Sect is prosperous, there are many cultivators and fierce competition. High-level resources are never enough to go around, so how could they be used freely?

Although the other party does not have a powerful sect supporting them, they possess a small world, and it is a small world with great potential.

He had never experienced the joy of having all resources at his disposal, and even after becoming the sect leader, he could never do that.

The Nether Night Soul Tempering Pill is a high-grade third-tier pill. With Ji An's current knowledge and understanding of medicinal properties, it is not too difficult to refine, since he has experience in refining top-grade third-tier pills.

After pondering the problem of refining the elixir repeatedly, he began the refining process, taking out all the materials and placing them beside him.

The Blazing Sun Furnace flew out of his dantian, spun a few times in the void, returned to its normal size, and landed steadily in front of him.

Ji An stroked the relief carving on the surface of the alchemy furnace, feeling the undulating raised and lowered patterns, and sighed:
"It's time to upgrade our mid-grade third-tier furnace."

Unbeknownst to him, this alchemy furnace had been in his hands for decades. During this time, he had refined a large number of pills, and its spirituality was becoming increasingly strong, showing a tendency to take human form.

The alchemy furnace is unlike other magical treasures; its transformation is even more difficult. If it can truly transform successfully, then upgrading the alchemy furnace's grade must be put on the agenda.

Qin Yan is the only Golden Core level weapon refiner in the sect. He has a deep understanding of weapon refining and his cultivation is also advancing by leaps and bounds. Hopefully, digesting the Five Elements Sect's inheritance will bring him more surprises.

He activated the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame, and the three-colored flames of blue, red, and white swirled around, quickly warming the alchemy furnace.

The alchemy furnace became transparent, and the inscribed characters of the Fire-Blessing Mantra inside were arranged neatly, like swimming dragons rotating in a clockwise direction.

The flamingo's wings are embossed with golden patterns, perfectly showcasing the details of its feathers.

Ji An put the spiritual medicine into the alchemy furnace, using his powerful spiritual energy to closely monitor the internal changes and precisely control the furnace temperature.

However, some elixirs require rapid heating or cooling to refine into high-quality divine essence.

This requires a high level of experience; if it's your first time refining the essence of this spiritual medicine, you're bound to make a mistake.

After more than four hours of effort, Ji An could only refine five pills from the spiritual essence. He had prepared enough materials for three batches, with each batch yielding three pills.

The main issue is the refining of the Night Fruit. This spiritual fruit cannot be refined using the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Fire; it can only be refined using the Elixir Fire.

He had not used alchemical fire for a long time, and made many mistakes during the process.

Ji An took out the jade slip and recorded his insights from the process of refining spiritual medicine, thus increasing his knowledge base.

These details are a core part of the pill formula, but purchased pill formulas cannot contain this refining experience.

He searched within the alchemy tradition of the Five Elements Sect, but found only fragments of information about the refining of the Night-Tempering Soul Pill.

After resting for an hour, Ji An drank two pots of Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea and slept for a while. Once he was refreshed, he would proceed with the next step of the refining process.

Despite Ji An's extreme caution, he lacked experience and failed twice in handling certain details that he hadn't considered.

The good news is that the pill was successfully formed during the second refining, but it turned out to be a useless pill.

He sat quietly for a moment, then continued refining.

Two hours later, as the joyful cry of a fire crane emanated from the alchemy furnace, a wisp of white steam emerged from the dragon's mouth on the furnace lid.

Ji An used his object manipulation technique to open the lid, catching the flying pill in his hand. The pill was dark red with two pure white lines like frost.

"Three batches of pill-making materials yielded only two pills. Has my alchemy skill deteriorated?"

Both pills were of ordinary quality, far below his expectations.

Lianshan Zhenjun pointed out the problem: "The Soul-Refining Pill of the Nether Night does not belong to the Five Elements, but focuses more on Yin. The best way is to refine it with cold flames."

The alchemical fire of cultivators below the Nascent Soul level is all Yang fire, which is not very suitable for refining this type of pill.

You should build an alchemy room and use a magic array to generate cold flames; only then can you be considered a qualified alchemist.

The legacy I've given you contains instructions on constructing these kinds of magic arrays; all you array masters need to do is study how to build them.

The higher the grade of the elixir, the more specific the requirements for the flame during its refining, especially for fourth-grade elixirs.

The medicinal materials for fourth-order pills generally require an age of over 2,400 years, and must not be wasted.

Ji An shook his head and sighed, saying:

"Formation formations have always been our weakness. If no Golden Core level formation master is born, it will greatly restrict the development of the sect."

The art of formations is far more profound and complex; it will take time to make up for its shortcomings.

He paused and said:

"I will suggest to the sect leader that more resources be allocated to the Array Hall."

In peacetime, a power only needs to have a strong point to develop, but when faced with the True Demon Calamity sweeping across the entire cultivation world, it cannot have any weaknesses.

Lian Shan Zhenjun nodded slightly, "A standard Nascent Soul power cannot have any shortcomings in the inheritance of the four aspects of alchemy, weaponry, array, and talisman."

From what you've told me, I understand that your alchemy and weapon crafting are barely passable, and you've made more progress in talisman crafting, but your array crafting definitely needs improvement.

After the true demonic calamity fully erupted, there was a period of time when we could only rely on sheer strength to get through it.

Your sect's spiritual veins are of a higher grade than those of the surrounding forces, naturally attracting more demons and true demons.

When demonic energy completely envelops the entire cultivation world, many forces will be annihilated; this will be a major reshuffle.

As long as we can survive, the great calamity will end and we can usher in a period of rapid development.

Ji An exchanged words with the other party for a while, swallowed the freshly made pill, and then circulated his cultivation technique to refine it.

Two hours later, he opened his eyes, shook his head in dissatisfaction, and found that his spiritual strength had not increased much.

His spiritual foundation is strong, so ordinary quality pills have little effect on him.

He put away the other pill, intending to send it to the sect's treasure pavilion later.

Five years have passed, and the season of snowflakes has arrived again. Outside the Golden Spirit Sect, everything is covered in white, but inside the sect, there is a scene of great uproar.

The southern spiritual vein of the sect seemed to have undergone a cataclysmic upheaval, with the earth rumbling deep within and chaotic, disordered five-colored light flashing in the air, resembling a magnificent aurora.

The mountain range rose slowly, and many caves collapsed.

The disciples living in the southern region flew through the air, laughing heartily, as the sect's spiritual veins were being upgraded.

Originally a low-grade third-order spiritual vein, it is now about to be upgraded to a mid-grade third-order spiritual vein.

Based on past experience, the vast majority of spiritual vein nodes will be upgraded by one grade, and the spiritual vein's radiation area will expand significantly.

The sect has more spiritual fields, but the total number of cultivators will not change much, and the amount of resources per person will increase considerably.

On Crimson Flame Peak, a column of magma erupted hundreds of feet high, and black volcanic ash fell like goose feathers in the snow.

Above the cave halfway up the mountain, several five-zhang-high stone walls were built, and two moats ten zhang wide and three zhang deep were dug out. These were the fruits of Jinmao and Dahuang's labor.

Even if the lava stops erupting, it will still slowly seep out of the crater. The purpose of these stone walls and trenches is to intercept the lava and direct it elsewhere to prevent it from flooding the cave. Ji An was standing by the cold pool at this moment, feeling fortunate as he sensed the boiling spiritual energy within him.

Crimson Flame Peak is a standalone volcano, entirely solid, with flat surrounding terrain. The terrain was minimally damaged when the spiritual veins were upgraded.

The earth element is heavy, the wood element is vigorous, the fire element is explosive, and the metal element is desolate and bleak. Even the gentle water element exudes a vast and surging momentum.

Amidst the clamor of inspiration, Ji An comprehended the ebb and flow of Yin and Yang forces.

The Five Elements Divine Palace within his body shimmered with light, and the surface of his ten Dao Seeds was enveloped in spiritual light.

The changes that he was not aware of before were so clear now, and he closed his eyes to carefully feel them all.

Unlike his quiet demeanor, a large number of cultivators were riding spirit clouds or flying shuttles above the spirit fields, and these weapon refiners all had smiles on their faces.

Because high-level fire and metal elemental spiritual objects frequently fall from the sky, with countless high-grade and top-grade items of the third rank.

A magical object, the size of a clay pot and the color of red crystal, shone brightly as it descended from the sky and fell into the "boiling" and murky pool.

Qin Yan saw the light descending from afar and immediately activated his magic weapon to fly over. Then he took out the water-repelling pearl and plunged into the pool.

A moment later, he flew out and laughed wildly:

"Fourth-grade low-level fire source stones! The sect's treasure vault is about to be overflowing!"

He saw another bright light fall in the distance and immediately urged his spirit cloud to leave.

Countless cheers and laughter echoed across Crimson Flame Peak.

Once everything had calmed down, Ji An opened his eyes, his brows furrowed and his face grave.

He gained many insights from this upgrade of the spiritual vein's grade, and all the Dao seeds benefited as a result, but there is still a long way to go before a qualitative change is achieved.

The more he learned, the more insignificant he felt, and he couldn't help but sigh:

“The road ahead is long and arduous.”

Qin Yan happened to fly over and laughed:
"Haha, Senior Brother is truly a seed of cultivation. He is still comprehending the Dao even in such an environment. I, a rough man, can only run around collecting spiritual items."

Ji An smiled and waved his hand, saying modestly:

"There is no such thing as a seed for cultivation; it's just a matter of seizing every opportunity to accumulate."

Qin Yan cupped his hands in greeting, "Senior brother, our work is finished, and all the spiritual items have been registered in the treasure pavilion."

"I'll leave my disciples here to clean up the nearby living areas; I'll depart now."

He was now eager to return home, pondering what kind of magical artifact these resources could be refined into.

With the True Demon Tribulation erupting, he needs to refine one or two more magic treasures for protection. In addition, the matter of refining magic treasures for his junior brother Liu Yu also needs to be put on the agenda.

"Goodbye, junior brother."

Ji An bowed and said goodbye, then returned to the living room after the other person had flown far away.

He sat comfortably in the chair, his mind sinking into his dantian and connecting with the stone tortoise.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 1378.5, Water 1326.4, Wood 1346.6, Fire 1314.2, Earth 1672.8]

A genuine smile spread across his face. He remembered that when his spiritual veins were upgraded to the third-grade lower level, he only gained about 120 points of Dao rhyme.

Unexpectedly, when the stone tortoise was upgraded to the middle grade of the third rank, it absorbed more than 300 points of Dao essence, achieving a threefold increase in yield.

As the grade of the spiritual vein increases, the stone turtle will absorb more spiritual energy each day.

Over time, this will accumulate into a huge fortune.

At Chaoyang Peak and Wuji Hall, all the Golden Core cultivators were present.

Master Yuxiao, his face glowing with health, said with a hearty smile:
"The sect's spiritual veins have only been upgraded a few days ago, and two disciples from the Array Formation Hall have applied to form their Golden Cores at the same time."

"As long as one person successfully forms their Core, the Array Formation Hall will have a pillar of strength."

The higher-ups have always known that the Formation Hall is a weak point, but without any inheritance, progress through trial and error is naturally like a tortoise crawling.

After inheriting the legacy of the Five Elements Sect, the sect has been constantly improving and has become stronger in every aspect.

Upon hearing this news, Ji An immediately pressed for an answer:

"Senior brother, are these two cultivators planning to break through to a higher realm at the same time?"

"Yes, they both resent each other, and that's definitely what they think."

However, I forced them to break through individually. My junior brother enjoys watching cultivators break through, and I can't let you down.

Ji An smiled and cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

If two cultivators break through at the same time, the stone tortoise can only absorb a portion of the Dao essence, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Master Yuxiao sighed, "In recent years, good things have come one after another. If only it weren't for the True Demon Tribulation and the Yuanhe Mountain incident, how wonderful that would be."

The sect has all the conditions for rapid development. If it develops steadily for several hundred years, there is a high probability that a Nascent Soul cultivator will be born. Perhaps he will be able to see the sect enter its golden age before he dies.

Now we face a powerful neighbor and a global catastrophe, which greatly increases uncertainty.

The other real people echoed this sentiment, and everyone recounted the development of each hall and formulated strategies for the future.

Master Yuxiao said, "After the Array Formation Hall produces a Golden Core True Person, it will formulate a plan for the next round of spiritual vein rank improvement."

The sect will send members out to the Southern Continent or the far north to exchange for corresponding supplies; no one may refuse a mission once accepted.

If the sect can improve the quality of its spiritual veins as much as possible before the True Demon Tribulation erupts, it will have more confidence to survive the great calamity.

"Yes, ma'am," everyone replied in unison.

To quickly upgrade the spiritual vein's grade, one needs to exchange for third-tier high-grade resources. The flying boat must have a Golden Core cultivator on board, otherwise it is not safe.

Master Yuxiao nodded in satisfaction. Everyone was taking responsibility and doing their jobs properly. With the right timing, location, and people, the sect was bound to prosper!

He coughed twice to clear his throat, and then said:
"The Xuan Yin Sect proposed to hold an auction, and the three of us will each contribute our scarce resources to the auction in order to boost the popularity of the Immortal City."

I agreed to this because a trading fair for Golden Core level cultivators will be held, and the Xuan Yin Sect will provide a large amount of rare resources.

The package includes many resources that can be used to refine third-tier soul-nourishing pills, such as the Soul-Dead Flower and Soul-Cleansing Grass, and will also include a Yin-attribute Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire Seed—the Netherworld Bone Fire.

Alchemists who are interested are welcome to participate. Do you need support from your sect?

The application range of Yin-attribute Heavenly Spirit Fire is relatively narrow, but it is the best choice for refining elixirs that nourish the soul.

Ji An raised his eyebrows slightly, "I want to participate in the competition for the Fire Seed, and I don't need to trouble the sect for support."

(End of this chapter)