Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 694 Seventh Level of Golden Core
Whether the spiritual fire of heaven and earth is condensed into a seed or refined, there are special methods. Ji An's previous behavior of using "brute force" to condense the seed actually damaged the spirituality of the flame.

This is the advantage of having a powerful backer; many problems encountered in cultivation have readily available answers, saving a lot of time.

Ji An sighed inwardly. He had studied the insights of predecessors on the Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture many times. If he had obtained these insights earlier, his cultivation speed after entering the Golden Core stage could have been at least 10% faster, easily saving him ten years.

However, it's not too late to acquire these inheritances now. The path ahead is clear and bright; he is cultivating immortality by standing on the shoulders of giants.

The embers felt like a piece of solidified black jade, radiating coldness in my palm.

He probed his divine sense carefully and found nothing amiss.

However, Ji An did not choose to refine it immediately, but instead put it back into the box and stored it in the Void Stone.

Since it was obtained from a demonic cultivator, he needed to ask the True Lord for help in taking a look.

He looked back at the Gathering Yuan Tree, where the puppet where the True Lord resided was fast asleep on a recliner.

He withdrew his gaze and sat cross-legged on the futon to begin practicing his cultivation technique.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth quickly gathered, forming a funnel-shaped vortex above his head. The puppet came from a distance to his side and lit the sandalwood soul-nourishing incense.

The wisps of smoke were stirred by the surging spiritual energy and flowed into the vortex.

After his spiritual power was largely depleted and his cultivation efficiency decreased, Ji An activated the Soul Nourishing Pendant's magic array, then applied medicinal mud to himself and began practicing the Immovable King Technique.

After his physical strength was mostly depleted and his spiritual power was almost gone, he drank a pot of third-grade high-quality Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea and began a new round of cultivation.

After this happened several times, Lord Lianshan awoke from his deep sleep.

"True Lord, we obtained a seed of Netherworld Bone Flame from a demonic cultivator. We would like to ask you to appraise it to see if there is any fraud involved."

Ji An took out the stone box, opened it, and presented it to the other party with both hands.

After all, the other party was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, whose knowledge and spiritual sense far surpassed his own. If there was a problem, he would surely be able to find clues.

Lianshan Zhenjun picked up the fire seed, probed it with his divine sense for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"It's fortunate that you were cautious and didn't refine it immediately. There's a trace of demonic thought inside that could infiltrate the golden core and wait for an opportunity to strike."

This wisp of demonic thought is extremely hidden and peculiar; it is difficult to detect and purify using ordinary purification methods.

I could crush it, but the demonic thought and the life force of the fire seed are bound together. If I were to intervene, I would inevitably damage the structure of the fire seed, and it would become a waste.

To preserve the flame, you must wait until it has been refined and the demonic thought has entered your consciousness before taking action.

"Would it be feasible for me to use a Tier 3 top-grade mind-stabilizing talisman?"

"The demonic thought is at the Nascent Soul level. A single top-grade third-tier talisman won't be enough to subdue it. You'll need to use dozens more top-grade third-tier purification talismans to completely purify the demonic thought."

A hint of joy appeared on Lianshan Zhenjun's face as he continued:
"However, it would be a pity to purify the demonic thoughts. The demonic thoughts were strengthened by a wisp of the soul of the Nascent Soul demon cultivator, and contained more energy than the demonic seed."

"The soul of a demonic cultivator is essentially a yin spirit. If we can obliterate it, we can obtain spiritual essence to replenish the soul, the effect being equivalent to consuming several high-quality Nether Night Soul Tempering Pills. Shall we give it a try?"

Ji An's face also showed unexpected joy, and he cupped his hands and said:
"Please, True Lord, teach me what to do."

Danger contains benefits. He is now a fish, and this spark is the bait for the demonic cultivator to fish. It can swallow the bait without biting the hook, so of course he'll give it a try.

Besides, top-grade talismans will be very useful in the future, so it's not advisable to consume them excessively now.

"Haha, the method is actually very simple. Cultivating the Five Elements Revolving Scripture can make demonic thoughts manifest."

What you need to do is reverse the cultivation method, so that you can use your own spiritual power to eliminate the demonic thoughts.

Although the demonic thought has reached the Nascent Soul level, it is like water without a source or a tree without roots, and it cannot withstand the wear and tear of a long period of time.

This won't take too long; just half an hour each morning, noon, and evening, and it can be completed within a year.

Ji An was a little worried and said:
"After all, it's a demonic thought at the Nascent Soul level. Can I withstand its corruption?"

The Golden Core and the Nascent Soul are completely different levels, and he was afraid of making a mistake.

"Whether it is the divine thought of a cultivator or the demonic thought of a demon cultivator, they are essentially the energy of yin spirits. As long as they can be completely eradicated, they will not cause pollution."

The Five Elements Revolving Scripture places great emphasis on the balance of the five elements. This technique not only allows practitioners to obtain more abundant magical power than other cultivators of the same level, but also makes them stronger in resisting various forms of pollution.

You can rest assured, there's still the ultimate purification talisman to fall back on.

Lianshan Zhenjun placed the fire seed into the stone box and handed it out, saying, "However, I don't recommend that you do this now. Wait until your cultivation breaks through to the late Golden Core stage, and it will take less time to extinguish the demonic thoughts in the fire seed."

Once the disciple's cultivation breaks through, the strength of their soul and the quality of their magic power will both increase, making success even more certain.

Ji An took the torch and nodded:

"I will take your advice. The bottleneck of the late Golden Core stage won't hold me back for too long."

Inside the cave, Han Shan and Lin Lan sat upright, listening to their master explain the cultivation of the Golden Core stage.

Ji An explained everything he had learned, combining it with his own experience, and concluded by saying:

"Now you are facing the choice of your cultivation path: whether to pursue the ultimate balance of the five elements or to specialize in improving the power of one of the five elements. You must think it through carefully."

Pursuing specialization can lead you to extremely high levels of expertise in your chosen path, while achieving perfect balance will ensure you have no weaknesses.

He picked up his teacup and took a big gulp. The third-grade Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea filled his mind with a cool sensation, making him feel exceptionally refreshed.

Han Shan answered almost without hesitation:

"This disciple has chosen to specialize in the power of earth."

He has a very clear understanding of himself. Initially, his aptitude was only of the upper grade. After years of nurturing and continuous sublimation of his life level through cultivation, his aptitude has now reached the middle grade of the lower grade.

Over the years, he has devoted all his perseverance to the Earth Path, and when he reached the fourth level of the Chaoyuan stage, he brought the Yellow Dragon Yuan-Enhancing Technique to its peak.

Compared to his master's talent, he was far inferior. Since he was born clumsy, he devoted all his abilities and time to one thing.

This is also why his cultivation level was able to surpass that of his senior sister Lin Lan. She wanted to "develop in all aspects" too much, but without sufficient foundation, this was a disaster.

His senior sister's aptitude was slightly better than his, but he had now broken through to the Golden Core stage while she had only just broken through to the fifth level of the Chaoyuan stage, all because he had put in the same effort.

Ji An's eyes showed approval. "Once you choose a path, you must stick to it and not always look for something better."

He trusted this disciple very much, and without much effort, he saw that the disciple had achieved considerable success.

Lin Lan lowered her gaze, bit her lower lip, and said:
“Master, I have now opened up the Water Divine Palace and want to close my heart to cultivate without distraction, striving to reach the Water Palace Perfection realm as soon as possible, and then go out to travel.”

She was far behind; her junior brother's cultivation had reached the third level of the Chaoyuan stage, and he would catch up in just a few years.

Now that the calamity of the true demons is about to sweep across the world, she must comprehend the mutual generation of the five elements before the catastrophe erupts, otherwise she will fall further behind and may miss the Golden Core stage.

The empty title of Lord of the Ministry of Agriculture and the power to control the fate of his people could not bring her any greater pleasure, and she grew anxious.

Ji An nodded slightly, "You can go into seclusion at any time after you have settled the affairs of the sect. Do you have enough Canglan Baoguang Pills?" "Yes, I have enough. I have already exchanged enough pills from the Treasure Pavilion."

"If you go on a journey, have you prepared all the necessary magical artifacts? Do you plan to set off alone or with your fellow disciples?"

"I now have two top-grade spiritual artifacts, one for offense and one for defense, which is enough to deal with the dangers I may encounter during my travels."

The cultivators' progress in their comprehension differs; this disciple intends to depart alone.

"Come to Crimson Flame Peak when you decide to set off, and I'll give you some talismans and puppets for self-defense."

Three years passed swiftly like fireworks after their dazzling display. In the gourd world, Ji An roared to the sky, his spiritual pressure radiating outwards without restraint.

He broke through and reached the seventh level of the Golden Core stage.

The sleeping True Lord Lianshan awoke from his dream and smiled knowingly as he sensed the oppressive aura emanating from his disciple in the distance.

The other party has made another step forward, several months earlier than he predicted.

Ji An flew over on a cloud, cupped his hands and said:

"True Lord, your disciple has successfully broken through. After my cultivation stabilizes in a few days, I will refine the fire seed. Please protect me at that time."

Refining the Netherworld Bone Fire would be of great benefit to refining the Nascent Soul Pill in the future, and it could also immediately enhance the strength of the soul. He couldn't wait to refine the fire seed.

"Go ahead and refine it without worrying too much."

Ji An cupped his hands in greeting again, flew back to the Soul Nourishing Tree, sat cross-legged, and began circulating the Five Elements Wheel Sutra.

Two days later, after confirming that his cultivation was stable, he adjusted his state and took out the black fire seed.

Lianshan Zhenjun moved a rattan chair over and sat down near him, nodding at him:

"Let's begin, without any reservations."

Ji An nodded in agreement and instructed the puppet beside him:

"Light the sandalwood incense to nourish the soul, and place three plates of it around me."

He used the Lesser Cloud and Rain Technique to cleanse the fire seed, then put it in his mouth, wrapped it with magic power, and swallowed it. He then used his divine sense to control the fire seed to enter the Water Element Divine Palace for tempering.

Fire of the Yin attribute can only be refined by the power of the Water element.

The divine palace seemed to have transformed into a completely new world, with surging white waves. The flames were washed away and shrank smaller and smaller until they were only the size of a mung bean, emitting a crystalline light.

The puppet lit the incense and placed it directly in front of him and to his left and right rear. The wisps of smoke rose straight up and spread, quickly enveloping him.

Ji An used his divine sense to control the fire seed, guiding it along a specific route into his lower dantian.

The spark fell precisely into the primordial fire; all that remains is to rekindle the spirituality within the spark and nurture it to grow stronger.

However, unlike cultivating the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame, since there is already a ball of Yang Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire in the Dantian, it is necessary to use divine sense to completely isolate the aura of the fire seed.

The next step is to use the primordial fire to rekindle the spirituality sealed within the seed, then nurture the seed to grow stronger, and finally form a unique spiritual fire belonging to the cultivator.

The golden flame of life cleanses the embers, imprinting his spiritual light upon them.

After an unknown amount of time, a ball of soybean-like light burst forth, and at the instant silver flames rose, the stone tortoise opened its eyes and inhaled.

Ji An felt an invisible substance being drawn away from him, and his heart skipped a beat.

At that moment, the stone tortoise suddenly moved into his sea of ​​consciousness, exhaling a breath of white mist. The cool, refreshing sensation was as wonderful as eating an ice cream on a hot summer day.

The stone tortoise returned to its lower dantian, lazily lying between the primordial fire and the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Fire.

Ji An immediately felt his soul strength gradually increasing. After the white mist completely dissipated, he felt it and found that his soul strength had increased by about 10%.

He felt relieved and carefully placed the Netherworld Bone Fire to one side of the Primordial Life Fire.

The three flames are in a straight line, and the two flames of heaven and earth are exactly the same distance from the flame of primordial life.

The moment he sent his divine sense containing the flame, a strong attraction suddenly increased within the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame, causing the Netherworld Bone Flame to move uncontrollably toward the Yuanming Flame.

The white flames passed the primordial flames and continued moving towards the tri-colored flames.

At this moment, Ji An sensed a yearning emotion emanating from the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame, mixed with greed.

The Netherworld Bone Flame revealed fear, understanding that the other party wanted to devour it.

Ji An understood that this was because the Netherworld Bone Fire was too weak.

The situation will improve as the yin flames gradually grow stronger. Only when the intensity of the two types of spiritual fires is not much different will a situation of mutual balance between yin and yang be formed.

Ji An once again used his divine sense to contain the Netherworld Bone Fire and placed it back in its original position.

The next step is to accelerate its cultivation so that it can 'take root' and resist the attraction of the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Fire.

Three days later, despite not being deeply rooted, the Netherworld Bone Fire was already able to resist the power of the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Fire.

The stone tortoise changed its position and came to the middle of the Netherworld Bone Fire and the Primordial Life Fire.

Ji An opened his eyes and took a long breath.

The voice of True Lord Lianshan rang out, "Has the Heavenly Spiritual Fire stabilized?"

"It's stable."

"Then hurry up and practice your cultivation technique to see how the demonic thoughts manifest."

'There should be no more demonic thoughts left.'

Ji An thought to himself, and then began to circulate the Five Elements Revolving Scripture. A quarter of an hour passed, and he finished his cultivation, saying:

"True Lord, the demonic thoughts have not manifested in any way."

He recounted the strange behavior of the stone tortoise and the increase in its spiritual strength, and then said:
"Now we don't need to waste time erasing the demonic thoughts."

Lian Shan Zhenjun chuckled, "In that case, if any demonic thoughts or evil spirits want to possess you, they are simply courting death."

A sense of relief rose in his heart. Fortunately, his nascent soul and the soul-nourishing wood in the puppet had completely merged and were already showing signs of irreversible decay, making it impossible to perform the body-seizing technique.

If he could possess another's body, he would find it difficult to resist the temptation.

Although Nascent Soul cultivators can reincarnate and start anew, very few cultivators in the entire cultivation world become famous after this process. Many cultivators probably failed to unravel the mysteries of the womb and, due to factors such as poor aptitude, faded into obscurity.

Possession can have various side effects, but ultimately it's up to the individual to make the decision. With the knowledge of a Nascent Soul cultivator, they can minimize these side effects.

(End of this chapter)