Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 692 Chaos Spiritual Treasure
Han Yan had originally intended to participate in the competition, but she fell silent when she heard her senior brother speak.

Although she is a legitimate alchemist, both her cultivation level and alchemy skills have fallen behind.

Having both Yin and Yang attributes of the spiritual fire within one's body is the ultimate dream of every alchemist, but she lacks the means to compete.

Another very important point is that if the Yin and Yang spiritual fires appear simultaneously in the dantian for the first time and are not properly controlled, causing the two fire seeds to meet, it will inevitably lead to a tragedy.

Her skills are still too weak; she lacks the confidence to control both flames to bloom simultaneously.

Lin Jiuxiao said, "The Xuan Yin Sect released demonic seeds during the last peace talks, so they are not trustworthy."

This trade fair is likely not safe. I think they're deliberately using scarce resources to lure us in; I suggest the fewer cultivators who participate, the better.

After the incident involving the demonic seed broke out, the already scarce trust between the parties became even more limited, and both Falling Maple Valley and the sect simultaneously restricted their disciples from entering Azure Cloud Immortal City.

This has led to a situation where the Xuan Yin Sect has gained increasing influence.

They spread the news of the True Demon Tribulation among the independent cultivators, and at the same time announced how demon cultivators practice.

Having seized the high ground in propaganda, the Xuan Yin Sect gained many followers, including cultivators with low talent and aptitude for immortal cultivation, who were willing to join in the hope of defying fate.

The two sects are now extremely frustrated. They know that the Xuan Yin Sect has ill intentions, but they dare not directly break with it because they are too weak and lack confidence.

Master Yuxiao nodded, "That's right. We'll only send two people to the trade fair. Everyone can record what they need on the jade slip, and we'll make the purchases in bulk."

Because of the previous incident, participants in this type of activity must be equipped with a Tier 3 top-grade Mind-Stabilizing Talisman and Mind-Purifying Talisman, and the cost is too high if too many people participate.

Qin Yan pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Even if nothing unexpected happens at this trade fair, we must avoid contact with the Xuan Yin Sect in the future, because they may be trying to lull us into a false sense of security."

Now that the sect possesses the foundation of a Nascent Soul cultivator and the quality of its spiritual veins is constantly improving, there's no need to take unnecessary risks.

If one day the sect can become self-sufficient, he thinks it would be better to directly activate the mountain-sealing formation.

Currently, the sect only lacks one thing—the Nascent Soul Pill. Once they obtain the seed of the spiritual herb, the sect can temporarily sever its connection with the outside world.

Moreover, the sect has reached an agreement with other forces and will be able to obtain all the spiritual herb seeds in a few years.

Lin Jiuxiao immediately chimed in, "I think so too."

The others agreed, and Ji An asked:
When will the trade fair be held?

"The trade fair will be held in six months. Let's discuss what resources we should contribute to it."

The group began to discuss the matter. Resources that could enhance one's soul were always the scarcest, and the Xuan Yin Sect had used a calculated, open strategy this time.

Ji An didn't care much about this, because with his current soul strength, pills below the third-tier high-grade level that improve soul strength had negligible effect.

After the discussion, everyone recorded their needs on jade slips and handed them over before leaving.

After the spiritual vein's grade is upgraded, everyone is very busy. The increased speed of cultivation improvement can excite any cultivator.

Master Yuxiao kept Ji An behind and said with a smile:

"Junior brother, don't go to the trade fair. You are the hope of everyone in the sect now."

The other party is the most promising cultivator in the sect to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, so we cannot take any risks.

Ji An had no intention of going out either, and nodded, saying:

"I will follow the sect's arrangements and will not go out unless absolutely necessary."

He has no shortage of resources now; he has enough materials for a whole batch of Nascent Soul Pills, enough to make two pills.

The Five Elements Sect's lineage contains extremely detailed insights into the refining of the Nascent Soul Pill.

He still had more than seventy Divine Fire Spirit-Nourishing Pills and two exquisite Phoenix Nirvana Pills.

Fifty batches of materials for the Divine Fire Spirit-Nourishing Pill were planted in the small world, and they will mature in about one hundred and twenty or thirty years.

If he is willing to spend some Daoist essence, he can harvest the spiritual herbs in advance and then plant another batch of medicinal materials.

Unless faced with a crisis that threatens the sect's destruction, he would never step outside the sect.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, three cultivators from the Golden Spirit Sect launched an attempt to break through to the Golden Core realm: two were cultivators from the Array Hall, and the other was Han Shan.

Han Shan successfully broke through, and the Ningcui Cliff lineage now has three Golden Core cultivators, making it the most illustrious lineage in the sect.

Of the two array formation hall cultivators, only one succeeded in breaking through, while the other perished tragically under the Chaos Divine Lightning. In recent years, the success rate of breaking through to the Golden Core stage in the entire sect has been less than 40%.

The fact that Ji An and his friends broke through one after another back then was nothing short of a miracle.

Inside the cave on Crimson Flame Peak, the gourd-shaped stone floats in the air, radiating a warm glow.

Ji An stood beside the Gathering Yuan Tree, his mind sinking into his dantian to connect with the stone tortoise. Golden characters shone brightly in his sea of ​​consciousness, as brilliant as stars.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 1425.2, Water 1384.7, Wood 1402.5, Fire 1372.6, Earth 1741.8]

He gave the order, saying:
“Retain one hundred points of each Daoist essence to upgrade the grade of the Gathering Yuan Tree.”

The stone tortoise flew out of the dantian and wove a golden dream above the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tree. Its radiance was warm and gentle, but it "awakened" the Lianshan True Lord who was sleeping far away.

He stared blankly at the cocoon of light woven from golden threads of law, at the small stone tortoise in the sky, and at the dynamic Bagua patterns on the ground, losing the ability to think.

It took him a while to come to his senses, and he summoned the spirit shuttle to fly to Ji An's side. By then, the stone tortoise had finished its work, and all that was left was for the Heavenly Spirit Tree to nurture within the cocoon of light.

It vanished into nothingness and returned to Ji An's body the next moment.

Lianshan Zhenjun spoke:

"I felt the Five Elements Laws as if I were walking on clouds. Every breath contained profound truths, but at my level, it was like looking at flowers through fog, and I couldn't see them clearly at all."

"What kind of treasure was that black tortoise we just saw?"

"I do not know either."

Ji An shook his head and replied that he had never used the stone turtle in the small world all these years, and this was his most important secret.

If he hadn't sensed in recent years that the other party's Nascent Soul power was truly in irreversible decline, and if the beast tamers hadn't observed anything amiss with the other party, he would have chosen a time when the other party wasn't in the small world to complete all of this.

The other party had saved his life, but he was still somewhat uneasy. The interests involved in the stone turtle were greater than those of the Gathering Yuan Tree and the Small World combined.

He could sense the other person's waning strength, their composure in the face of death, and their care for him.

Therefore, revealing the stone tortoise today can be considered a truly honest and open meeting with the other party.

Lianshan Zhenjun remained silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh of emotion:

"When a cultivator first enters the cultivation stage, they use magic tools. As their cultivation level increases, they use spiritual tools. When they break through to the Golden Core stage, they use magic treasures. When their cultivation level rises to the Nascent Soul stage, they can upgrade their magic treasures again, turning them into spiritual treasures."

Treasures that are born along with the world are called innate spiritual treasures. For example, your magical artifacts are imitations of innate spiritual treasures.

We cultivators can nurture our natal magic treasures to the level of innate spiritual treasures, possessing comparable power.

Above the innate spiritual treasures, there is said to exist another treasure called the Chaos Spiritual Treasure, a treasure born from the state before the separation of purity and turbidity in heaven and earth, possessing unfathomable power.

In his view, that treasure possessed the power of laws and should belong to the Chaos Treasure.

Such treasures would not be wielded by low-level cultivators. He guessed that it might be a Chaos Spiritual Treasure that had been accidentally damaged, and the power it contained was less than one ten-thousandth of its peak.

Lianshan Zhenjun rubbed his hands together, his smile as shy as a child begging for candy:

"Can I see it?"

He saw it just now, but only caught a fleeting glimpse and made out the outline.

The black tortoise emitted a faint light, but it hindered his divine sense detection and vision, so he wanted to observe it up close to see if there was anything different.

Ji An stretched out his hand, and the stone tortoise appeared in his palm.

True Lord Lianshan paused for a moment, then nodded and said:

"It turns out that my ordinary, mortal eyes couldn't see through it."

In his field of vision, there was only a flowing mass of multicolored light, and he couldn't even make out the outline of the treasure clearly. From a distance, he could still recognize it as a black tortoise.

The stone tortoise disappeared, and he could clearly see the palm lines of his disciple.

Ji An scratched his head; everything about the stone turtle was crystal clear in his eyes.

'Am I truly destined to be with this treasure?'

His heart burned with excitement. The stone tortoise was a treasure that could take him through the world. He had always known it was extraordinary, but he never expected it to have such a deep background. It might even be a Chaos Treasure.

Lianshan Zhenjun looked at him strangely, inwardly lamenting the injustice of fate, 'There really are people with such extraordinary fortune!'

Ji An felt uneasy under their gaze, coughed heavily, and touched his face, saying:

"True Lord, is something wrong?"

"No, just a feeling of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing feelings, thoughts, and reflections)."

Lianshan Zhenjun spoke softly, his eyes conveying an unreadable expression, before changing the subject:

"What were you doing controlling the Xuan Turtle just now?"

"It can draw power and accelerate the growth of spiritual plants, so I use the energy it accumulates to enhance the Gathering Yuan Tree."

Having owned this small world for many years, I've discovered that once the Gathering Yuan Tree's grade is upgraded, it can raise the small world's spiritual veins to the same level in a relatively short time.

Moreover, the Gathering Yuan Tree can greatly accelerate the improvement of the grade of other spiritual plants in the small world, and can even raise the original life level limit of the spiritual plants.

"The Gathering Yuan Tree is already a top-tier third-order tree. If it's upgraded to the fourth order, it can harvest five-colored flowers."

Ji An gave a general overview of the situation here; this was the first time he had done so, and probably the last.

Lian Shan Zhenjun's eyes lit up, "So this is why you possess so many high-level spiritual plants!"

When the grade of the Heavenly Spirit Tree is upgraded again, you will harvest a large number of fourth-tier spiritual plants.

Once you break through to the Nascent Soul level, you won't lack resources.

With so many resources that others can only dream of, the Nascent Soul stage will not be the end for this disciple. He will definitely be able to embark on the path of starry sky and witness the myriad worlds in the future.

He perked up. "Come on, let's talk about how to cultivate after reaching the Nascent Soul stage."

He originally planned to tell the other party these things when he was nearing the end of his life.

(End of this chapter)