Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 703 Fourth-Order Gathering Yuan Tree

Thunderclouds were still brewing and had not yet taken shape, while the life force of True Lord Lianshan had reached its limit.

He constantly reminded himself to persevere, because if he couldn't hold on now, the tribulation would dissipate, and his sacrifice would be meaningless.

He looked up at the sky and smiled as his eyes filled with purple thunderclouds.

The long-buried memories rose from the deepest part of the sea of ​​consciousness, like an enormous fish stirring up the ocean floor.

As a mortal fishing by the river, the faces of his parents and childhood friends quickly became clear and then faded away; after opening his meridians, he was overjoyed at being able to eat spiritual rice every day; after establishing his foundation, he was full of vigor, yet cautious and timid when paying respects to his master; the arrogance when he comprehended the profound mysteries of the cultivation method and entered the Chaoyuan stage; the humility when he successfully condensed the Golden Core after the Five Qi Converged; and the deep awe of cultivating immortality after the ecstasy of shattering the core and forming the Nascent Soul.
Images flashed before his eyes, fleeting yet eternal, his thoughts fixed on the moment when the True Demon led his demon army to break through the sect's protective formation.

He once had the potential to break through to the Three Flowers Realm, but with the fall of his sect, everything became a thing of the past.

He felt a mix of emotions: anger upon learning the teleportation array had been destroyed, resentment at having to abandon his physical body and have his nascent soul merge with a puppet when he had the chance to advance to a higher level, and despair at not being able to continue his legacy for thousands of years.

Ji An was awakened by the thunderous roar. He stopped and turned around, seeing a bright purple lightning bolt descending from the sky, with a tiny black dot slowly rising from the mountain peak, as if it were a fateful encounter.

Then, his world was reduced to a single color.

This is not the Chaos Divine Lightning, but the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning; the two types of lightning have distinctly different colors.

Chaotic divine lightning is dark purple. When breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, one will experience three waves of chaotic divine lightning. The last wave is the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, which is a kind of lightning that incorporates the transformation of Yin and Yang. It not only tests the cultivator's magic power and physical body, but also puts a great test on their soul.

Ji An's eyes were pierced by the bright light, and tears gushed out like a fountain.

The excruciating pain caused him to reflexively close his eyes and raise his hand to shield them. At that moment, he felt the world was quiet and could hear the sound of his own blood flowing.

He didn't know how much time had passed before he heard the howling wind again, his eardrums buzzing as if countless cicadas were chirping all around him.

His eyesight gradually returned to normal, and he was able to vaguely see the surrounding scenery.

The stone tortoise appeared silently beside him, and then, as if blending seamlessly with water, entered his body and returned to his dantian.

It exhaled a breath of light, slightly blackish energy with a triumphant air, and its golden life-force fire surged suddenly, causing its size to increase by one size.

Ji An felt an invisible force surging outwards, making his muscles and bones more solid and his bone marrow more translucent.

The stone tortoise reappeared in his sea of ​​consciousness, exhaling a breath of light white energy. Crystal snowflakes fell from the sky, and his soul immediately felt endless comfort.

Ji An clearly felt his soul strength slowly increase, stopping after increasing by about 20%.

His blurred vision cleared up again, and he found that his field of vision had become significantly wider.

He was overjoyed for a moment, but without checking the stone turtle's spoils, he rode the clouds and flew away from the ground, frantically activating his magic power towards the place where the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder had erupted.

A moment later, he arrived at his destination.

A "meteorite crater" covering an area of ​​forty or fifty acres silently tells the story of what just happened. The entire mountain peak was sheared off by hundreds of feet, leaving only this huge crater.

The lingering effects of the thunder enveloped the area, causing both the soul and body to tremble incessantly.

Ji An, who was suspended at the edge of the pit, bowed deeply and quickly disappeared without lingering.

Yuanhe Mountain, an underground demon's lair.

The demonic energy surged continuously. Zhu Changhe, who was regulating his energy, suddenly trembled. He opened his eyes and immediately flew out of the demon cave, riding the black clouds upwards and upwards.

He gazed towards the southwest, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

Just now, he felt a tremendous power coming from a distant land. The power was very weak, but it caused him to tremble from the depths of his soul.

The moment the power entered his body, he felt overwhelmed by an overwhelming sense of suffocation.

He vaguely understood that this was a power beyond the Nascent Soul stage.

A tremendous wave of emotion surged within Zhu Changhe; he was unaware of why this power had descended.

After a long while, when no other sounds came, he breathed a sigh of relief and landed at the Xuan Yin Palace on the mountaintop.

Yun Nianrong went to greet her, "Master, what are your orders?"

"Send people to the northwest to investigate and see if anything unusual has happened."

"Understood, I'll arrange for someone to do it right away."

Zhu Changhe nodded slightly and left on his own.

Yun Nianrong tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and muttered:

What constitutes something unusual?

The other party's description is too vague; there's no clear target at all. How am I supposed to find it?
In the far west, there is Qingqiu.

A radiant woman opened her eyes; her face was like a jade plate, with almond-shaped eyes and pearly white teeth that seemed to glow.

"A very strange Purple Heaven Divine Lightning."

She spoke softly, sensing the faint power emanating from the east, carrying a hint of judgment.

As a nine-tailed celestial fox whose cultivation had reached the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, she could sense the difference in lightning.

The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, which carries the meaning of judgment, only appears when one breaks through to the Three Flowers Realm. However, it is best to break through to the Three Flowers Realm in the Outer Heaven. Breaking through in the Origin World will inevitably lead to death and the annihilation of one's Dao.

She waited for half an hour, but did not sense any new thunder, so she stopped paying attention and continued to cultivate with her eyes closed.

A white fox tail rose and fell gently, then tucked back into the skirt.

Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak and entered the gourd world.

He connected with the stone tortoise, and golden characters appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness. A hint of purple flickered in the characters, like a fleeting moment, and they never reappeared.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 5581.3, Water 5626.4, Wood 5682.5, Fire 5686.2, Earth 5709.6]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 11545.8, Gen Spirit 106152.6, Zhen Spirit 182358.4, Xun Spirit 110136.2, Kun Spirit 141564.8, Qian Spirit 125352.5, Dui Spirit 122014.7, Li Spirit 57624.8

[Spell: Mental Roar (Perfect 76%)]

The Thread-Pulling Mantra (Perfect 1%)

[Fire Burns the Heavens (Complete 64%)]

Ji An had mixed feelings. He was delighted by the increase of more than 20,000 points in Daoist energy, but all of this was obtained in exchange for the Nascent Soul of his teacher who had taught him without reservation over the years.

After a long silence, he sighed softly and muttered to himself:
"Rest assured, True Lord, the Five Elements Sect's legacy will surely be carried forward and shine brightly once again throughout the cultivation world."

His tone was very soft, so soft that someone standing next to him might not hear it, but it carried an unwavering determination.

Seeing that Li Ling had accumulated over 50,000 points, Ji An instructed:
"Brew a pot of Grade 3 Phoenix Dance Danxia Tea, make sure it's strong!"

This spiritual tea can enhance one's understanding of fire-based magic, and drinking some can reduce the consumption of spiritual energy.

The puppet nodded slightly and quickly went to do it.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the puppet brought out the tea. The scalding water had no effect on Ji An. He picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. Then, he stopped the puppet from pouring the tea, picked up the teapot, and drank it all in one go.

He rarely does tea tasting.

The hot tea warmed him, and he reconnected with the stone tortoise, issuing the command:
"Refine the spiritual energy and enhance the Heavenly Blaze of the Blazing Fire."

Practicing this spell is too noisy, and it hasn't improved over the years.

His consciousness entered the mysterious space of the stone tortoise, where the space above was as red as fire.

He began practicing the spells, over and over again, and his insights, bit by bit, flowed like a stream.

The mysterious space closed, and the divine consciousness returned to the body.

【Burning Heaven (Perfect 64%→100%)】

[Departure from the spirit: 57624.8 → 14526.5]

The Heavenly Blaze reached the Great Perfection level, and the writing faded and eventually disappeared.

Ji An smiled as he looked at the two spells that had not yet reached their full potential.

Over the years, he hasn't wasted much time on mental roars; the spell continues to improve and will reach the Great Perfection level in a few decades.

With the spell upgrade complete, Ji An turned his gaze to the Gathering Yuan Tree and let out another soft sigh.

He once thought he could make Lianshan Zhenjun see the five-colored flowers bloom, but he never expected that he would not be able to achieve it in the end. Instead, he had to exchange the other party's nascent soul for the Daoist essence to enhance this spiritual tree of heaven and earth.

"Refine the Dao essence to upgrade the grade of the Gathering Yuan Tree."

The upgrade will stop automatically once the rank is completed, or it will stop once all types of Daoist aura decrease to 500 points.

He always needs to retain some Daoist essence to deal with unforeseen circumstances. When he breaks through to the eighth level of the Golden Core stage, he will need a large number of Divine Fire Nourishing Pills, and he may have to use Daoist essence to enhance the medicinal life of the spiritual herbs.

The stone tortoise flew to the sky above the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tree and quickly wove a cocoon of light using yellow law threads.

Ji An stole half a day of leisure, lay on the rattan chair, and took out the Nascent Soul stage spell jade slip to examine, focusing on the planting spell.

He had only glanced at the jade slip before, without delving into its study. His level of understanding was not high enough to warrant further investigation.

The cultivator's planting spells are only of four types: earth, wood, water, and fire. The metal element spirit is just right to be used to enhance the spells, so this allocation plan is perfect.

He currently possesses the most spiritual energy, Zhenling, which already has as many as 180,000. It is estimated that when he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, he will have at least 300,000 spiritual energy, enough to upgrade a spell to the perfect level.

With powerful planting spells as a backup, he can acquire resources much faster than other Nascent Soul cultivators.

This time, the examination of the spells was still a cursory glance; the aim was not to understand anything, but simply to get a basic impression.

About two hours later, a spell that piqued his interest caught his attention. It was called 'Tracing Back to the Source'.

This spell is mainly aimed at spiritual herbs and plants. When refining these spiritual plants, not all parts are useful. Some are used for roots, some for leaves, some for flowers, and the remaining parts have much less effect.

The fact that magic could transform the less useful portion back into spiritual energy and return it to the earth was incredibly shocking to Ji An.

This practice causes the concentration of spiritual energy in the spiritual field to increase rapidly. If the grade of the spiritual field can be improved first, the spiritual vein will be nourished in the opposite way.

Just as Ji An was pondering the principles of the spell with great interest, the light cocoon enveloping the Gathering Yuan Tree suddenly shattered, scattering into a shower of light.

Ji An leaped up from the rattan chair and saw the spirit tree, which had grown more than two zhang taller. He raised his clenched fist.

The fourth-tier Heavenly Spirit Tree has arrived!

With a fourth-order Gathering Yuan Tree, how far away is a third-order top-grade spiritual vein?

　This is the third update from yesterday.

　　I had something to do this morning and didn't have time to write.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)