Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 750 The Spirit Tree Blossoms

After being teleported twice, Ji An arrived at Chaoyang Peak, flew to the Wuji Hall at the top of the mountain, and stepped inside.

Lin Jiuxiao, who was deep in thought, opened his eyes when he heard footsteps, and his solemn face immediately relaxed.

He immediately stood up and said enthusiastically:

"True Lord, when did you return? Please take a seat quickly."

He felt as if the spring breeze of March was blowing into the main hall, and all his worries disappeared.

The expansion of the demonic energy accelerated further. According to Junior Brother Liu Yu, who frequently went out on patrols, even at midday when the sun was at its strongest, ghostly figures could be seen amidst the demonic energy.

Being a hundred feet away from the area of ​​demonic energy is like entering a dense forest in the mountains, filled with a strange, chilly feeling.

He was worried that when the demonic energy completely enveloped the mountain gate, they would face a true demon army. Now that the True Lord has returned on time, it can greatly stabilize the disciples' confidence.

Ji An smiled and nodded, "I returned by moonlight last night and had a good sleep."

He sat on the carved rosewood chair, inhaling the faint fragrance emanating from the wood, and continued:
"The demonic energy has arrived. I will not go out again until the True Demon Tribulation ends. Inform the various halls that I will take over the 100,000 mu of spiritual fields near Crimson Flame Peak tomorrow."

"Alright, but it's not fair for a True Lord to contribute to the sect without receiving any reward. What I mean is to calculate it according to the normal rental of spirit fields?"

"No need. The spiritual fields were originally rented by other disciples. If they were to become mine now, wouldn't that be taking away the disciples' livelihood?"
I'm practicing several planting spells at the Nascent Soul level. Once these spells reach their intended effect, I won't cast any more spells on these spiritual fields.

A hundred thousand acres could actually produce a lot of things, but Ji An felt that it wouldn't look good for a Nascent Soul cultivator like himself to compete with his disciples for profit.

Actually, there's a drawback to what he's doing. Planting these spirit fields is part of the spirit farmers' spell practice, and now that he's casting spells on the spirit fields, it reduces the number of spells the disciples have to cast.

Lin Jiuxiao gently shook his head and explained:
"Giving without receiving is not conducive to the future governance of the sect. How about this, we calculate it according to normal employment, and True Lord, you can take 20% of the spiritual field's income, which will be a satisfactory explanation."

Please don't refuse; those who own spirit fields are probably laughing in their sleep.

In the Hall of Agriculture, hiring spirit farmers normally yields a 10% commission, which is good news for many disciples who are not good at planting, as they can obtain higher returns from their allocated spirit fields.

However, when a True Lord uses a Nascent Soul level spell, the yield of spiritual plants will increase significantly, while the growth cycle will be greatly reduced, making a 20% profit very little.

He explained the model of the Ministry of Agriculture and advised:
"This has become the rule. Since the True Lord acts with high moral character, it will create a negative contrast if other disciples take on tasks but receive payment instead."

Ji An nodded slightly, "Then let's do it that way."

Although he didn't cut off people's livelihood, it still brought adverse effects and made people unhappy. Since he was a true lord, no one dared to say anything to his face, but they might talk about him behind his back.

He inquired about the sect's defense preparations and left after chatting for half an hour.

Inside the stone house, the air and light distorted, and the next moment Ji An appeared in the teleportation array, returning to Crimson Flame Peak.

He strolled out and activated three golden communication swords in succession, inviting people to come and discuss some matters the next day.

He flew to the pavilion by the cold pool, sat down, and took out the jade slip containing the inherited cultivation technique to examine it.

By reviewing the old, one can gain new insights. Sometimes, he can come up with new interpretations of the techniques, and such flashes of inspiration may improve his cultivation efficiency.

The heatwave rolled by, rippling the surface of the cold water, and time seemed to slow down, with the shadows of trees and pavilions growing longer.

As the evening glow paints the sky with crimson clouds edged with gold, the pond comes alive with birds chasing each other and fish leaping and diving.

As the sun completely set, its last rays quickly faded, and the vibrant colors of the sky settled into the night.

A moment later, a crescent moon rose, casting a serene glow.

Ji An put away the inheritance jade slip, pondered for a moment, and then recorded his insights in a learning jade slip.

He stood up, and colorful auspicious clouds rose from beneath his feet, carrying him away.

With his hand seals changing, he continuously released planting spells, causing various colors of spiritual light to ripple through the mountains and forests, rendering the spiritual plants into beautiful paintings.

After casting a spell on the spirit field in a counter-clockwise direction, he released a golden light that swept across the ground and arrived at the underground cave, appearing precisely next to the Soul Nourishing Wood.

He glanced around and saw a Soul-Nourishing Wood growing in the center, with several Earth Spirit Fruit Trees scattered around it.

A life-sized puppet stands by the wall. Every day, it takes a stone slab to cover or open the passageway, allowing the spiritual plants here to bask in the moonlight or avoid the sunlight.

Beneath the Soul-Nourishing Tree used to be the Golden Fur's dwelling place, but now that beast prefers to stay in the gourd world.

When Ji An first obtained this Soul-Nourishing Wood, he would come in to check on it every two or three days, but now he hasn't come for several months.

He reached out and stroked the slightly rough bark with his palm, and said softly:

"Old friend, I didn't realize you'd already reached the third-tier top-grade level."

There was a sigh and a lament in the voice. This spirit tree, and all the spirit trees on Crimson Flame Peak, are now old loves, not as good as the new favorites in the gourd world.

After more than half a year, this spiritual tree has finally broken through to a higher grade.

That being said, it's been quite some time since the sect's spiritual veins were upgraded to the top-grade third rank.

He continuously nurtured it with the Great Perfection level of the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra, and after so many years of accumulation, it was time to raise its rank.

With graceful finger movements, the mudras shifted, and deep underground, it was as if a giant dragon was swimming, causing the earth to tremble. A warm, yellow spiritual light illuminated the cave, filling it with a nourishing, peaceful, and serene atmosphere.

The jade-like leaves of the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree blend into the light, like a drop merging into the ocean. The Soul Nourishing Tree moves without wind, its ink-black leaves swaying and casting deep purple light spots, the rustling of the leaves like a mournful sigh.

Ji An released a golden light that seemed to leap across the earth, his body transforming into a five-colored spiritual light that pierced through the thick layers of rocks and soil, appearing in a cave halfway up the mountain.

The magical restrictions on the cave dwelling were always active and could not cause any obstruction.

Upon arriving at the quiet room, Ji An took out the gourd stone and entered the lower world, while the magical treasures he had been nurturing in his dantian flew out one after another.

Even within a sect, once a cultivator leaves the small world, he must take his magic weapon with him; no cultivator would ever leave their magic weapon behind.

He rose on a cloud and began to cast spells on the spiritual fields of the small world.

Based on past experience, Ji An estimates that once the Gathering Yuan Tree reaches the fourth rank, the speed of spiritual vein grade improvement will also accelerate. In addition, with the assistance of the Great Perfection level Thick Virtue Evolution Spirit Mantra, Ji An predicts that the spiritual field will be upgraded to the lower grade of the fourth rank within thirty to fifty years.

Then the spiritual field nourishes the spiritual vein, and it will take another ten years or so to upgrade it to the fourth-grade low-level.

After the spiritual veins are upgraded, the next step will be to upgrade the spiritual wood. As long as the spiritual wood itself has sufficient foundation, many low-grade fourth-order spiritual woods will appear.

Ji An rode a cloud to the sky above the blue spirit field, glanced at it, and flew to the outer edge of the spirit field to land.

Here grows a spiritual plant, twelve feet tall, with purple bark and crescent-shaped emerald green leaves.

Among the lush branches and leaves, clusters of tender yellow, thumb-sized flowers grow.

He extended his divine sense to sense the grade of the spirit wood, and a smile curved his lips.

"In less than two years, the Azure Moon Purple Spirit Fir has grown to the third-grade low-level and has already blossomed, haha."

He remembered that when he was still a mid-grade third-tier spirit plant in the small world, it would only grow to a mid-grade second-tier spirit plant in two years, but now it had made great progress.

After flowering, it produces pine cone-shaped fruits. According to records, the seeds of the spirit tree resemble sunflower seeds and can be roasted and eaten.

The Crimson Cloud Pine's grade stops at the third-tier superior level, but the Azure Moon Purple Spirit Fir can be easily upgraded to the fourth tier.

The seeds of the cedar tree contain abundant spiritual energy, and in his plan, they are a substitute for elixirs.

As the quality of spirit fruit trees such as spirit peaches, immortal apricots, and purple cloud trees increases, the growth cycle of their fruits can reach as long as forty years. Once their quality is raised to the fourth rank, the fruit growth cycle will inevitably exceed fifty years.

This can only be achieved if the plant grows in a region with a Gathering Yuan Tree and is nurtured using the Perfected Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique.

If placed on Crimson Flame Peak, the fruiting period would increase by at least thirty years.

It's simply unrealistic to think that you can quickly accumulate magical power and improve your cultivation level by relying on these kinds of spiritual fruits.

According to the records of the Five Elements Sect, a fourth-grade low-quality Azure Moon Purple Spirit Fir can be harvested in about thirty years. This value does not take into account the influence of the Gathering Yuan Tree and high-level planting spells.

If all these favorable conditions are taken into account, the ripening period of the fruit of the fourth-tier spirit tree can be shortened to more than ten years.

Thinking of this, Ji An immediately focused his mind on his dantian and connected with the stone tortoise.

"Refine the Dao essence to upgrade the spirit wood to the fourth-grade lower level."

The cost of upgrading to a mid-grade fourth rank would be prohibitive, and the maturation time for a spirit seed to reach a mid-grade fourth rank would be very long, which would be too time-consuming.

First, he will improve to the fourth-grade lower level, and then plant all the harvested spiritual seeds. Twenty years later, he will be able to harvest a large number of spiritual seeds to support his rapid improvement in cultivation.

The stone tortoise appeared above the Azure Moon Purple Spirit Fir and quickly wove a blue light cocoon.

Ji An rode the clouds into the sky, his hands forming hand seals that seemed to conjure dragons and bring forth all things. White clouds swirled around him, and two giant dragons, one blue and one black, coiled in the sea of ​​clouds, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Amidst the resounding roar of the dragon, glistening raindrops and blue specks of light fell one after another.

The Azure Dragon, transformed from the Azure Lotus Banner, also joined in the fun, tumbling in the sea of ​​clouds.

Ji An continued to cast spells on the other spiritual fields, releasing the Thick Virtue Evolution Spirit Spell on the white spiritual field. It was best to leave this one to the Five-Colored Deer.

Yellow spiritual light spread across the spiritual field, and a white tiger transformed from a plain-colored cloud banner rose into the sky from the Vajra Bodhi forest, its roar accompanied by a fierce wind.

On the small island in the lava lake, the fire phoenix shrank to the size of a sparrow, its four long tail feathers making it look somewhat comical.

The third-tier mid-grade Fusang tree has limited effect on its enhancement; it mainly relies on the fire element aura emitted by the spiritual wood of heaven and earth.

Legend has it that the Golden Crow of the Sun lived on the Fusang Tree and could promote each other with the sacred tree.

When the fire phoenix saw Ji An arrive, it flapped its wings and flew to his shoulder, chirping clearly.

Smiling, he reached out and stroked the fire phoenix's feathers, then made a hand seal to release the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique.

A golden sun stretches across the sky, and a red bird can be seen soaring within it, its chirping echoing in the air.

The fire phoenix suddenly took to the air and flew towards the golden sun, but quickly turned back and cried out in grievance.

The higher it flew, the more intense the fire elemental intent became, and its realm simply couldn't support it.

Ji An chuckled; this scene always occurred when he cast a spell.

(End of this chapter)