Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 708 Enhancement of the Sect's Spiritual Veins
Ji An's cultivation level had already reached the ninth level of the Golden Core stage, a result of his hard work and the addition of over two thousand points of Daoist essence.

The first batch of medicinal herbs for the Divine Fire Spirit Elixir have all been ripened and refined into pills, and all of them have been consumed.

The second batch of planted medicinal herbs had to be abandoned because the time was too short and too much Dao energy would be needed to accelerate their ripening.

As his spiritual energy was rapidly depleted, Ji An could no longer maintain absolute focus, so he ended his cultivation and prepared to rest for a while before practicing the Immovable King Technique.

Ayun brought over the brewed spiritual tea. It could now calculate roughly when Ji An's cultivation would end.

"Haha, it's so nice to have you by my side."

Ji An smiled, picked up the teacup, drank the tea in one gulp, and then picked up the kettle and drank heartily.

He put down the teapot, half-reclined on the chair, and closed his eyes to rest.

Ayun smiled and lowered her head slightly.

The golden retriever entered the small world and made urgent "squeak squeak squeak" sounds.

Ji An communicated with his beast tamer through their minds, and when he learned that the sect's alarm bells were ringing constantly, his heart immediately tightened.

He left the small world, picked up the gourd-shaped stone that had fallen from the sun, and quickly walked out of the cave.

He rode the golden clouds and soared into the sky, plunging down the mountain, the wind whistling past his ears.

He darted into the stone house, checked the spirit stones of the teleportation array, and quickly activated the array.

His figure disappeared as the light twisted and disappeared, and the next moment he appeared on Ningcui Cliff, walked out of the house and entered the next room, and was teleported to Chaoyang Peak.

When Ji An stepped into the Wuji Hall, there were only three people inside.

Master Yuxiao pointed to the chair beside him and laughed:

"Junior brother, please have a seat. It's so convenient to have a teleportation array; we can gather quickly."

Noticing that the other person's face did not show any seriousness, Ji An breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that the sect had only encountered a very important matter, but it was not extremely urgent. He cupped his hands and sat down calmly.

Within half an hour, fellow disciples arrived one after another.

Master Yuxiao cleared his throat and said in a deep voice:

"The merchant ships from Zhongzhou have arrived in Qingyun Immortal City. Junior Brother Jiuxiao and Junior Brother Qinyan went there together and received important news."

Demonic energy is rampant in the various demon caves of Central Continent. The calamity of the true demons has arrived. This time, the flying ships from Central Continent will not return after they go back. Perhaps the two continents will resume navigation only after the great calamity is completely over.

Now we need to trade some of our unused resources with the cultivators of Zhongzhou. Fellow disciples, think carefully about what you are lacking so we can make the exchange.

It's okay if you don't have enough merit; you can just pay on credit first.

With the full-scale outbreak of the True Demonic Calamity, our communication with all continents will be severed. Everyone must think carefully; it's better to overreport supplies than underreport them.

Everyone started discussing it. Although they all knew the future trend, they still felt emotional when the future actually arrived.

A moment later, almost everyone took out a blank jade slip and placed it on their forehead to record the supplies they or their sect needed.

This information will be sent to the Treasure Pavilion for aggregation, and purchases will be reduced if the information is already in the secret vault.

Zhang Zeye was the busiest. The sect's spiritual veins needed to be upgraded. If the sect did not communicate with other continents for a hundred years, he needed to calculate how many resources would be needed to upgrade the spiritual veins to the third-grade top quality, and how many resources would be needed to upgrade them to the fourth grade.

In a hundred years, the grade of a spiritual vein can never be raised to the fourth rank; it would require preparing enough resources for thirty to forty years.

The main hall quieted down, and Ji An sat idly, having all the resources he needed in his small world.

Two batches of spiritual herbs for the Nascent Soul Pill were planted, and one batch was snatched from the Tribulation Cultivator, which can be refined at any time.

Even if the refining fails, the worst that can happen is to use Daoist principles to accelerate the growth of the spiritual medicine.

Upon seeing his appearance, Master Yuxiao said:
"Junior Brother Ji, if you have no need, could you please go and cut down some spirit trees?"

Trees like the Purple-Gold Wutong Wood, Azure Dragon Wood, and Vajra Bodhi Tree, which can be sold as spiritual materials, can all be cut down once they reach the third rank, leaving only one-third of them.

Spirit wood is an important resource for the sect, and selling it would bring in a huge fortune.

This also reduces the sale of spiritual items salvaged from the depleted spiritual vein, where only a few high-grade fourth-tier spiritual items have been found.

Ji An asked, "Does the sect have a map showing the distribution of spirit trees?"

I am very familiar with the skies over areas such as Crimson Flame Peak, Sunrise Peak, Cloud Crane Mountain, and Crimson Copper Mountain, and I know how to cut them down, but I don't know where to find spirit trees to cut down in other areas.

At this moment, Han Shan spoke up:

"Master, the distribution map is kept in the warehouse of the Ministry of Agriculture."

The Department of Agriculture knows exactly what is planted in the sect's public spiritual fields.

"Okay, I will report to my senior brother after I finish the logging task in a few days."

Ji An agreed, cupped his hands in greeting to his senior brother, the sect leader, and quickly left.

After leaving the main hall, he first flew to the stone house where the teleportation array was located, and then teleported to Ningcui Cliff.

He felt a pang of sadness; he had grown accustomed to using this place as a transit point for teleportation, passing through it countless times in a hurry.

Since stepping down as the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, he seems to have been in such a hurry.

He recalled the bits and pieces of his life here, and thought of his master, and sighed softly.

Ji An flew to the Si Nong Hall, obtained the map of the distribution of spirit trees, and began to search for them according to the map. A large number of spirit trees fell down after he released the golden light.

The mournful cries of the Azure Dragon Wood could not stop him in the slightest. It took him a full half month to complete the task, and Ji An did not participate in the follow-up work.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye, and the situation in the Western Continent became tense, with demonic energy surging outwards from Yuanhe Mountain. When this news reached the Golden Spirit Sect, Ji An immediately realized that the situation in the Central Continent was probably already engulfed in continuous warfare.

However, nothing that happened there affected him. At this moment, he was sitting leisurely by the cold pool, looking up at the billowing black smoke of Crimson Flame Peak.

The setting sun casts its rays upon the treetops, reflecting the rosy glow of the sky in the pool, and the air is thick with the scent of sulfur.

Qin Yan sat nearby and smiled:
“Every time the Crimson Flame Peak’s spiritual veins are upgraded, a large number of spiritual objects are released. So, I’ve missed many opportunities to taste ‘spirit stones’.”

He only had a brief moment of enjoyment when his Crimson Flame Peak rank was raised to the middle grade of the third tier, more than thirty years ago.

Ji An smiled faintly and said:

"The higher the grade of the spiritual vein, the more surprising the spiritual treasures obtained during the eruption. Junior brother has experienced the most glorious eruption, what more could you possibly want?"

He felt the slight tremors emanating from deep within the earth through his feet, and said:
"Within half an hour, Crimson Flame Peak will definitely begin to erupt. Junior brother, be prepared."

This was the result he calculated based on the intensity of the earth's tremors, and he was 90% certain of it.

"How did you arrive at this conclusion, senior brother?"

Qin Yan was very curious, as he had no idea what the other party's basis was.

"It's just an announcement about the changes in the power of the Earth element."

Ji An changed the subject and said:

"The main spiritual vein in the north of the sect has already shown signs of upgrading. If this spiritual vein upgrades, the spiritual vein over there should upgrade soon as well."

After the spiritual veins of Crimson Flame Peak are upgraded, I will head to Cloud Crane Mountain.

The northern spiritual vein is still at the lower third grade, while the southern one is about to be upgraded to the upper third grade.

He now only hopes that the spiritual veins in the north will improve slowly, and definitely not at the same time as this place, otherwise he will lose a bit of Daoist essence.

Qin Yan nodded in agreement, his face beaming with a smile:

"More third-tier spiritual vein nodes will be born in the sect, and those outstanding disciples in the Chaoyuan stage will be able to enjoy the benefits."

This increases the sect's foundation, ensuring that even if more disciples break through to the Golden Core stage in the future, there will still be enough high-level cave dwellings.

After the two talked for a while, Ji An suddenly spoke up:

"coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, a stream of magma made of ordinary liquid iron gushed out, reaching straight into the sky.

Qin Yan stood up and said, "Senior brother, excuse me."

As soon as he uttered the last word, he had already flown away.

Ji An closed his eyes and used only his divine sense to feel the collision and commotion of the five elements.

The Geng and Xin metals tore apart, their sharp aura stinging his face slightly; the power of the Gui water receded, revealing the characteristics of the Ren water, and the surging pool water shattered the rosy glow.

The Jia wood becomes subdued, while the predatory power of the Yi wood is revealed; the Ding fire transforms into the Bing fire, and its frenzied power rises.

But none of them were the most exciting. The power of Wu Earth and Ji Earth rose up in an intertwined manner, and the heavy, mountain-like power and the divine will that nourishes all things were fully revealed to Ji An.

He sensed a wondrous rhythm that captivated him, causing him to forget time and everything else.

The black volcanic ash, like swirling snowflakes, fell around him but was kept at bay by an invisible barrier.

Within the Earth Element Divine Palace, the two Dao Seeds, Wu Earth and Ji Earth, which had been chasing each other, had somehow merged into one, achieving a unity of Yin and Yang, and a balance of strength and gentleness.

Ji An looked inward with delight at the Earth Path Seed, his eyes filled with radiance.

The volcano's violent eruption ceased, and the vibrant energy subsided into silence.

His mind sank into his dantian, connecting with the stone tortoise, and golden characters appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 1352.1, Water 1428.6, Wood 1416.5, Fire 1530.7, Earth 721.8]

[Taoist Seed - Earth (Lower Grade): Located in the Earth Palace of the Spleen, it allows one to comprehend the benevolence of the earth and the solidity of the mountains, enhancing one's understanding of earth-based magic.]

The Daoist Rhyme increased by more than 400 points, and the Earth Element Dao Seed had a new interpretation. Although its grade became lower grade, its level increased.

This spiritual vein enhancement led him to a sudden enlightenment about the Earth Path, promoting the fusion of the two Dao Seeds.

His earth magic has become even more powerful, excellent!

Ji An's mind returned to his body, and now that the restlessness of his spiritual energy had ceased, the stone tortoise could no longer absorb the Daoist essence.

He didn't even have time to greet Qin Yan before summoning the Flame Banner that flew off the ground.

The magical artifact transformed into a crimson phoenix wreathed in flames, and he leaped onto it, flying towards Yunhe Mountain.

It moved extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, only a four-colored radiance remained in the sky.

The five elements of spiritual energy at Crimson Flame Peak are still in a state of chaos and disorder, and this period of time is very likely to affect the safety of teleportation.

There's no need to take the risk of absorbing the Dao essence. It's better to be safe than sorry. If an accident happens during the transmission, he'll become a symbol of tragedy.

The last rays of the sun had completely disappeared, and the crimson light that had cleaved the sky slowly dissipated.

(End of this chapter)