Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 738 Willing to be a laborer
After flying around Crimson Flame Peak, Ji An returned to Cold Pool.

This place has become a temporary mission handover center, where Zhang Yi, Qin Yan, the Hall Master of the Diligent Work Hall, and others are all busy.

They were extremely busy verifying the value of the spiritual items submitted.

Liu Yu led the disciples of the Enforcement Hall to maintain order, but there was also a hidden purpose: to use special methods to check if anyone was hiding anything.

Most of the harvest consisted of spiritual items of the third rank or higher, and it's possible that some people might become greedy.

Ji An sat down a short distance away and chatted with his senior brother.

"After the spiritual vein's grade is upgraded, the grade of the spiritual field will also be upgraded in the next few years."

The Hall of Agriculture is the first to benefit, and the Dan Ding Academy, the Refining Hall, the Puppet Hall, and the Beast Taming Hall will also indirectly benefit from it.

There's a reason why the super sects in Central Continent, possessing spiritual veins of at least mid-grade fourth rank, can maintain nearly double-digit numbers of Nascent Soul cultivators.

His tone was full of emotion. At this moment, he realized that the cultivation world was actually an 'agricultural society' and that high-grade spiritual veins were the lifeblood of the cultivation world.

The earth bears everything; rivers flow on its surface, and lakes and seas are scattered like stars. All kinds of trees flourish, and life multiplies. Beneath the earth, minerals are nurtured and magma is contained.

Water is Taiyin, metal is Shaoyin, fire is Taiyang, wood is Shaoyang, and earth is the combination of Yin and Yang, old and young, a product of the interaction of the energies of wood, fire, metal, and water.

Now, Ji An has a deeper understanding of this statement and has his own interpretation of the changes of Yin and Yang in the Five Elements.

Liu Yu nodded in agreement, "Actually, most of the output of various sects comes from the land. The higher the grade of the spiritual veins in the wild, the higher the level of the demon beasts living in them, and the better the demon beast materials obtained."

The sect's prosperity began with the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture several years ago, using spiritual fields as the most basic resource, upon which the current prosperity was built.

From now on, all materials that can be grown will no longer be a factor hindering the sect's development.

The Puppet Palace has decided to focus on spirit wood materials and has devoted a great deal of effort to processing spirit wood, which can reduce the demand for ore.

Some spirit woods are as hard as metals of the same grade, but much lighter, such as ironwood and bodhi wood. Puppets made from these materials consume far fewer spirit stones, making them popular with puppeteers and buyers.

Liu Yu's expression turned serious. "As long as we can safely weather the True Demon Tribulation, the sect's strength will definitely rise to a new level."

The news that a second Nascent Soul cultivator had appeared in the Xuan Yin Sect had already reached the Golden Core cultivators of the sect.

This is not good news for anyone.

Although everyone understood that the current environment was favorable for demon cultivators, no one expected it to be this favorable.

That's a Nascent Soul cultivator, a powerful figure even in the Central Continent.

Ji An smiled and nodded, saying:

"The day when the sect's Yang Spiritual Vein is upgraded to the third-tier top grade and the northern Yin Spiritual Vein is upgraded to the third-tier high grade is not far off."

It's estimated that the True Demon Tribulation will completely end in seventy or eighty years. Zhang Zeye said that in such a long time, the spiritual vein's grade might be raised to the fourth rank.

Based on their conversation, after obtaining the Five Elements Sect's inheritance, he improved the formation for upgrading the spiritual veins based on the actual situation. With sufficient spiritual materials invested, the formation's efficiency increased by more than two times.

Liu Yu frowned slightly, and said in disbelief:

"How come it's so fast?"

He clearly remembered that when Master Zhengyang was alive, the sect spent more than a hundred years trying to upgrade the spiritual vein to the third-grade lower level.

Now, the time required to upgrade a spiritual vein to the fourth-grade low level has actually decreased, giving people a sense of unreality.

"With ample materials and the special spiritual veins here, such progress is not surprising."

Zhang Zeye told me that by studying the Five Elements Sect's formations, he discovered that it was not difficult for those super sects to upgrade a promising spiritual vein to the fourth-grade lower level.

The real difficulty lies in upgrading the spiritual vein from the lower-grade fourth rank to the higher rank, which requires accumulating a massive amount of fourth-rank resources.

Our current consumption is negligible.

Ji An sighed, saying that if a spiritual vein could be upgraded quickly, it would be possible to do so by piling up resources and using a magic array to reverse the flow of energy into the spiritual vein, but the resources required would have to be of a higher grade.

To upgrade a Tier 3 top-grade spiritual vein to Tier 4 low-grade, Tier 4 low-grade materials must be used, mostly earth-elemental spiritual objects.

However, the amount of resources above the fourth tier is not that large, which means that upgrading spiritual veins above the fourth tier can mostly only be done by slowly accumulating them over time.

Calculate the spiritual energy consumption of spirit trees and cultivators, ensuring that the consumption is less than the supply from the spiritual veins.

If it weren't for the sect having a depleted spiritual vein as a backing, they wouldn't be able to afford such a luxurious approach.

More than an hour later, the supplies in several halls were inventoried, and the disciples who had carried out the mission left one after another.

After Zhang Yi and the others bowed, they also left, leaving only a few Golden Core cultivators and Ji An by the cold pool. The original liveliness suddenly turned quiet.

Looking at the calm, still pool, Qin Yan said with a hint of regret:
"The biggest gain was a high-grade fourth-tier fire source stone, the size of a clay pot, weighing sixty-four catties."

Ji An smiled and said:

"A volcanic eruption in a third-grade top-quality spiritual vein can actually produce a fourth-grade high-quality spiritual object. What more could you ask for?"

“True Lord, you understand what I mean.”

Qin Yan scratched his head and continued:
"This likely means that the depleted spiritual vein is only at the fourth-order high-grade level. I'm being a bit greedy to say this, but it's no exaggeration to say that this spiritual vein buried under Crimson Flame Peak is a powerful support for the sect's foundation."

The value difference between fourth-tier top-grade resources and high-grade resources is still significant.

Liu Yu took it in stride, saying, "For cultivators, fourth-tier resources are only consumed when they reach the Nascent Soul stage, so it won't have much impact on us for the next few hundred years."

Once the resources in the depleted spiritual vein are exhausted, the vein's grade will be at least fourth-tier, low-grade, enough to support the cultivation of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

The three chatted for a while, and then the guests took their leave.

Ji An rode the clouds to the cave halfway up the mountain and found that the lava was stuck a dozen feet above the cave entrance.

"It's a bit dangerous."

He muttered to himself that he needed to be prepared when the spiritual vein's grade improved again, otherwise the entrance to his cave would be swallowed by lava.

He opened the magical barrier by making hand seals, then stepped into the meditation room and entered the small world.

The five magical treasures flew out of the dantian one after another. The fire phoenix did not frolic beside the Gathering Yuan Tree as before, but flew towards the crimson earth.

There is a call from the bloodline; the Fusang tree is a paradise for fire-elemental monsters and magical artifacts.

Watching the magical artifact leave in a hurry, Ji An smiled.

A spiritual tree is not just a simple spiritual plant; it can slowly establish an ecosystem.

With the Fusang Tree, Fire Crystal Ants and Purple Crystal Bees can gain the opportunity to evolve. The Soul Devouring Insects could not possibly undergo endless transformations in the outside world, but they can in the Calabash World. The reason for this is that there is a Gathering Yuan Tree here.

The Crimson Gold Carp clan in the Lava Lake will also usher in a huge development opportunity, and in the future, Tier 3 refining materials can be mass-produced in the Calabash World.

Ji An lay half-reclined on the rattan chair, his mind sinking into his dantian to connect with the stone tortoise. Golden characters appeared in the sky above the Guanghan Palace in his upper dantian.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 1936.6, Water 3664.8, Wood 2623.7, Fire 2352.9, Earth 714.8]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 2046.6, Gen Spirit 1758.7, Zhen Spirit 1696.2, Xun Spirit 1984.3, Kun Spirit 1241.6, Qian Spirit 1978.6, Dui Spirit 1894.5, Li Spirit 1986.2

[Spell: Mental Roar (Perfect 93%)]

The Thread-Pulling Mantra (Perfect 1%)

Dragon Soars, All Things Grow (47% Complete)

Vermilion Bird Profound Illumination Technique (Perfect 1%)

Chaotic Five Elements Thunder (Perfect 3%)

[Golden Light Across the Ground (Perfect 2%)]

The Taoist rhyme increased by more than 800 points, but the exact increase was not statistically analyzed.

Keeping the Daoist essence in his hands was useless and could not create any value. Ji An left the Gathering Yuan Tree and gave the order:
“Leave 500 points of various Daoist essences, and refine the rest to upgrade the grade of the Gathering Yuan Tree.”

The sooner the spirit tree is upgraded to the middle grade of the fourth rank, the more wealth it can create. Not to mention, more fourth-rank spirit trees will be cultivated then.

The stone tortoise left his body and appeared above the Gathering Yuan Tree, and the innate Bagua patterns emerged on the ground.

It was as if an immortal was manipulating the yellow earth elemental energy, weaving a cocoon of light that enveloped the spirit wood in a very short time.

At this moment, Ji An shook his head in distress. In the past few years, only his Spiritual Roar, Chaotic Five Elements Thunder, and Golden Light Across the Earth had made some progress.

The improvement in the two Nascent Soul spells was likely due to the increased grade of the two Dao Seeds, while the Mental Roar was something that could be practiced frequently.

Planting spirit fields is much easier now, but with only one round of spellcasting every two months, rapid progress is out of the question.

Ji An took out a jade map slip, which was a general map of the sect. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he had an idea.

The following day at dawn, Ji An finished his cultivation and left the small world. After leaving his cave, he rode a cloud down the mountain and teleported to Chaoyang Peak.

Inside the Wuji Hall, wisps of smoke curled from two incense burners, filling the air with a delicate fragrance.

Lin Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Greetings, True Lord. Please take a seat."

He pondered why the other person had come here. Having known each other for hundreds of years, he knew the other person's temperament very well; if there was no reason, he would never see them.

Perhaps only such dedication to cultivation could make him the sect's first Nascent Soul cultivator.

"No need for formalities," Ji An said with a smile as he sat down, getting straight to the point:

"I am prepared to do my part for the sect by casting spells on the spiritual fields around Crimson Flame Peak, without accepting any reward. My purpose is to practice spells and improve my understanding."

The spellcasting frequency is too low, resulting in slow spell progression. Just increase the workload.

Setting aside one hour each day to cast spells won't take up much time. Once all the spells have reached the level of perfection, I'll stop this voluntary work.

Lin Jiuxiao was overjoyed and laughed:

"I couldn't ask for more. True Lord, which spirit fields do you plan to plant?"

"I'm not picky. Any grade of spirit fields around Crimson Flame Peak is fine, about 100,000 mu."

"Pass on the word, but we won't start doing this for a few years. Tomorrow I'm leaving for Yuanhe Mountain to monitor the Xuan Yin Sect's movements from nearby."

For Ji An, what kind of spiritual fields to plant is not important; the goal is to accelerate the improvement of his magical abilities, which is why he is willing to be a laborer.

(End of this chapter)