Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 768 Arrival at Maple Valley (Bonus Chapter for 3K Chapters, Still Owed)
Ji An understood the true demons' plan: the enemy wanted to destroy the ecosystem of the cultivation world as much as possible.

With fewer spiritual veins available, there won't be enough to support more cultivators.

These polluted areas will not become true demonic lairs, nor are they likely to connect with the true demon realm.

However, when the passage between the two worlds is closed, the contaminated spiritual veins may not be able to be purified again, thus turning into a place devoid of spirits.

Having become a Nascent Soul cultivator and received the inheritance of the Five Elements Sect, Ji An understood that the passage between the Immortal Cultivation World and the True Demon World had always existed. However, most of the time, the passage could only transmit demonic energy or spiritual energy, and could not be used by living beings.

He observed that the body was not very decomposed, suggesting that the person had been killed in the last few days.

Therefore, the vanished army of true demons must be up to something.

"Those damned bastards," Ji An gritted his teeth. This was a matter of destroying the foundation of the enemy, and he absolutely could not let them succeed.

He immediately unleashed a golden light spell, destroying the array base. These corrupted arrays were second-tier and completely unable to withstand his magic.

He then stretched out his hand and activated his fire elemental energy, releasing waves of fire from his palm like a flamethrower, burning away the filth below.

The true demon's corpse burned to ashes, the rock wall magic array shattered in the flames, and the sealed demons flew out one after another, but could not escape the scorching flames, turning into struggling fireballs, and finally falling to ashes.

After doing all this, Ji An immediately activated the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame, using the purifying properties of the Heavenly Spiritual Fire to cleanse the polluted spiritual vein.

Destruction is far easier than construction. All he could do was purify this small section of the spiritual vein nearby; he was powerless to stop the pollution that had already flowed to other areas.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and the pollution of the spiritual vein was not too serious. With the source of pollution destroyed, the spiritual vein's own purification ability will be able to remove the effects of the pollution within a year or two.

Ji An let out a heavy breath, pondering how to deal with the vicious methods of the true demons.

Needless to say, this kind of operation is not an isolated case; it would be difficult for one person to cope with a situation that is spreading in all directions.

However, the situation within the demonic energy was still unclear, and sending sect disciples was somewhat risky, so he couldn't help but feel that he was neglecting one thing for another.

Spiritual veins may seem to exist in isolation, but the entire continent is a whole. If other areas become spiritual deserts, it will also have an adverse effect on the sect's spiritual veins.

Unless the sect uses a sealing array to build a dam within its territory, the leakage of spiritual energy is inevitable.

Ji An took out the map jade slip and began searching for high-level spiritual veins. There was no better way for the time being; rescue was only a temporary solution. The only option was to find the enemy and strike hard.

Only after truly driving away the enemy can we have the resources to send our sect disciples out to carry out remedial work.

At this moment, he put himself in the other's shoes. According to the principle of maximizing the results of the battle, if he were the commander of the True Demon Army, he would definitely choose an important target if he wanted to pollute the spiritual vein.

He marked the third-tier spiritual veins, the second-tier top-grade spiritual veins, and the second-tier high-grade spiritual veins on the map, from highest to lowest, and planned his route of action.

Ji An found a severely damaged cave dwelling, summoned Da Huang and the Golden-feathered Eagle, and quickly set down the array plate and array flags of the Xuanwu Armor Formation:

"You two keep a close watch on them, and notify me immediately if anything happens."

He consumed some of his magic power while flying through the demonic energy and casting spells to purify the source of pollution.

Since he was unaware of the enemy's actual situation, he had to be prepared to fight at any time and place, and therefore had to adjust his own state accordingly.

"As ordered."

Ji An nodded slightly, immediately took out the gourd stone, extended his divine sense to connect with the silver spots, and entered the small world.

He immediately used his divine sense to command the magical artifact that was about to fly away, 'Stay in my dantian; I'm ready to depart at any time.'

Then, he gave instructions to the puppet that always guarded the Gathering Yuan Tree:

"Light the incense of the soul."

After saying that, he sat cross-legged on the futon and began to circulate the Five Elements Sutra.

In an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was stirred up, a gale arose, and his figure stood firm in the vortex of the storm.

The boundless spiritual energy gathered into clouds because of him, its multicolored radiance like twinkling lights, as if illuminating a neon rainbow.

Ayun lit the incense sticks that were already mostly burned, carefully placed them into the incense burner, and stepped back to a distance. The rising smoke was immediately drawn into the vortex of spiritual energy.

About half an hour later, Ji An adjusted his condition to its best and immediately got up and flew out of the small world.

As Ayun watched the imposing figure disappear from sight, she stepped forward and extinguished the incense in the incense burner. There was still a small piece about two fingers long left, enough to burn for another quarter of an hour.

Ji An left the small world, put away the array plate and array flags, put the tamed beast into the spirit beast bag, and with a thought, the Flame Light Flag flew out of his dantian and transformed into a fire phoenix.

It emitted a clear chirp, its five bright tail feathers shone brightly, and its size changed, becoming just the right size to carry one person.

Ji Anyue climbed onto the back of the fire phoenix and sat cross-legged. After determining the direction, he gave the magical artifact a command:

"Thirty degrees east of north, full speed flight."

He himself understood the term 'thirty degrees,' and naturally he also understood the magic of mutual understanding.

The fire phoenix let out a high-pitched cry, its tail whipping out a trail of red, yellow, blue, white, and purple light that pierced the sky. Its target was the gate of Fallen Maple Valley, one of only two third-tier spiritual veins in the Western Continent, and its destruction would cause the greatest damage to the continent.

This place is more than 30,000 li away from Falling Maple Valley, and at the current speed, it would take about four hours to fly there.

If Ji An used his own magic to fly away, it would be faster, but it would consume a lot of magic power. If he encountered a fierce battle, it would be bad. After leaving the sect, he had to make sure that he could fly back to his lair if he encountered a powerful enemy.

The Flame Banner is now a low-grade fourth-tier spiritual treasure, storing enough mana. In battle, it is mainly used to form a defensive field or to resonate and enhance the power of fire-type spells, so it is not afraid of being consumed.

He gritted his teeth, determined to upgrade the quality of the other magical artifacts as much as possible once things were settled.

If all the magic weapons were of the fourth-tier low-grade spiritual treasure level, he felt he would be fully capable of crushing any enemy at the mid-to-late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and even managing to exchange a few blows with enemies at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

The fiery phoenix boldly pierced through the demonic energy, leaving a burning trail like a torn wound on the earth, but it was quickly healed as the demonic energy continued to fill the wound.

The spiritual light on his body gradually dissipated; this was the spiritual light emitted by the Purification Talisman. Ji An reactivated a top-grade third-tier talisman, pondering how to break the deadlock next.

Being led by the nose by the enemy is too passive; the key to breaking the deadlock is to turn the passive into the active.

As he pondered, he remained vigilant and unknowingly arrived near the gate of Falling Maple Valley.

As the former hegemonic power of the Western Continent, this area is vast. By flying along the route he indicated, as long as the general direction is correct, one will not miss it.

Ji An estimated that they were still about a hundred miles away from Fallen Maple Valley, so he immediately released the Golden Stone Hardness and at the same time summoned all the Five Banners magic treasures to form a defensive field.

Once everything was ready, he released a golden light that seemed to leap across the ground.

When he travels through demonic energy, enemies can sense his arrival from the vibrations of spiritual and demonic energy, detecting him from a great distance and issuing warnings. However, if he uses the Golden Light of Leaping Across the Ground to travel, this ability of the enemies is greatly limited.

Because of its high speed, it will reach the target ahead of time, while the shock will arrive later.

Just like during a storm, thunder always roars after lightning illuminates the sky.

This was proven when he pursued the enemy to Jiupan Mountain.

In other words, if there were true demons in Fallen Maple Valley, he would inevitably run into them.

Ji An's body transformed into a rainbow body, radiating five colors of light: blue, red, yellow, white, and black. The light was far more dazzling than the tail feathers of the Flame Banner that had left the ground.

The light tore through the sky, and the black demonic energy scattered as if it were an animal encountering its natural enemy.

Upon reaching the designated location, the fire phoenix let out a cry to announce its arrival, and the fire elemental energy rippled outwards, diluting the concentration of demonic energy.

Ji An made a hand seal and released the Blazing Fire of Heaven, then changed the hand seals in his hands and released the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique.

After the fall of the Maple Valley gates, there were only enemies here, so he acted without any scruples.

These two spells are now the best clearing skills, clearing a space free of demonic energy so that his abilities can be maximized.

The flames, like a crimson-gold ocean suspended in the sky, illuminated this dark land, then quickly condensed into a fire phoenix, and then exploded with a roar.

A series of screams rang out, and Ji An saw many low-level true demons and demon lords burning into torches, which could be described as being reduced to ashes.

His gaze, like a radar, immediately locked onto the true demon, more than ten feet tall, on the mountaintop more than twenty miles away in a straight line.

Du Yu's eyes widened in astonishment. He had just felt the shockwaves from the violent collision between the Nascent Soul cultivator and the demonic energy, and the enemy had already used an unknown spell to dispel the demonic energy.

'Is this the ruthless person who killed several Nascent Soul cultivators?'

Although they had never met, the spellcaster's power could be clearly felt from the aftershocks of the spell transmitted through the air.

The moment this thought arose in his mind, he immediately transformed into battle mode, then turned around and activated a secret technique to fly north, with the demonic energy just over ten miles behind him.

Du Yu had no intention of fighting. His cultivation level was the same as Mo Tielin's, both at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, although Mo Tielin was slightly stronger than him.

Therefore, escaping was the best option, and he even went so far as to sacrifice his life essence to escape using a self-destructive method.

There was no way around it; the enemy's power was too overwhelming, and they had forged their formidable reputation with the lives of several Nascent Soul level cultivators.

Upon seeing the enemy, Ji An immediately released the Golden Light that Leaps Across the Ground once more, rapidly closing the distance to the enemy and launching an attack before the enemy entered the demonic energy but remained out of sight.

To maximize his attack, he activated his Nascent Soul Dharma Form after unleashing the Taibai Extinction Sword.

The tide rises over the sea and the bright moon rises; the silver flying sword flies silently.

When speed and the boundless sharpness of metal are combined, the enemy's escape or battle becomes meaningless.

Just as Du Yu sensed the danger, a silver flying sword pierced his back, followed by a second and a third.

His consciousness dissipated, and his demonic body shrank as he crashed to the ground.

　6.6 words still owed
　　
　
(End of this chapter)