Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 810 Spiritual Treasure, Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag
When walking through normal land, one can feel the aura of earth elemental energy.

Earth itself possesses the divine power of calming and nourishing the soul. The darkness felt during Earth Escape, even the darkness on the visual level, is warm in the spiritual sense.

Upon entering the ley lines completely polluted by demonic energy, Ji An felt as if he had entered a rotten, foul-smelling swamp, with pollution constantly surrounding him.

There seemed to be a sound coming from my ear, but when I stood still and listened carefully, it was eerily quiet without any noise.

Ji An pondered deeply. Demonic energy was essentially yin energy mixed with many pollutants. If he could refine the entire demonic vein, he might be able to obtain pure yin spirits.

Unfortunately, this problem has plagued the cultivation world for hundreds of thousands of years. Many senior cultivators have tried various methods, but none of them have been able to accomplish this feat.

He didn't have many options, so he could only try the most foolish but effective method—purification.

Ji An first channeled his magical power to create an area more than 300 feet deep underground, then formed a hand seal to release the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique.

The effect of "Burning the Sky with Fire" is stronger, but it cannot play a greater role in a confined space; it will only become a bomb that will ultimately blow itself up.

The Vermilion Bird Mysterious Brightness Technique has a long-lasting effect, and the divine intent can slowly spread and permeate outwards.

After the spell was cast, the dark and cold place became brighter and warmer.

Ji An activated the Golden Light of Earth-Piercing Technique to escape from underground. His purpose in using the Earth Escape Technique to infiltrate was to sense the characteristics of the Demon Vein.

He was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he could go without breathing for a while without any problems, but coming out of the filthy underground would make him feel very suffocated.

About half an hour later, Ji An released the Golden Light of Earth again and burrowed underground, returning to the place where he had released the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique.

After probing with his divine sense, he was greatly disappointed. The fire element divine intent only extended to a range of about three feet, far from his expectations.

As long as the demonic veins are not purified, they will continue to pollute the land.

Ji An was at a loss. The only way to purify it was to use fire-based magic or activate the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame, but the range that the spiritual fire could purify was far too small.

It would take at least several thousand or tens of thousands of years to purify such a vast area using the power of the spiritual fire of heaven and earth!
No, even tens of thousands of years wouldn't work. During the purification process, the demonic veins would re-pollute the area being purified.

After being contaminated a second time, the purification process may become more difficult unless many cultivators like him work together.

But is that even possible?
After thinking for a moment, Ji An felt he had to do something, so he began to use the Earth Escape Technique, stopping every ten feet to use the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique, and then using the Earth Escape Technique again.

The monotonous, mechanical movements were repeated countless times until most of the mana in his body was depleted before he finally stopped.

He released a golden light that seemed to travel across the earth and returned to the ground, thinking he would come back to check on the results in a month.

Summoning the Flaming Banner that had risen from the ground, the magical treasure transformed into a fire phoenix and let out a high-pitched, passionate cry, which dispelled some of the gloom in Ji An's heart.

A smile appeared on his lips as he prepared to ride the fire phoenix away, when suddenly a brilliant idea struck him.

In the Five Elements, the power of Fire can purify impurities through burning, while the power of Water purifies pollution through flowing and washing. The power of Metal and Wood has no purifying power, but the power of Earth encompasses all things and also possesses a trace of purifying and decomposing energy.

Otherwise, the countless dead bodies buried underground would have already caused pollution.

'Can the Great Virtue and Spiritual Enrichment Mantra be used to purify the pollution?'

Ji An paused, searching for the possibility of doing so.

He believed that some cultivators must have thought of this before, because earth magic could still cover a very large area in such an environment.

Previous cultivators must have done this before, but he was different.

His cultivation level wasn't high, but his mastery of the Thick Virtue Spirit Mantra had reached the Great Perfection level. There shouldn't be many Nascent Soul cultivators like him throughout history.

The number of spirit farmers who can reach the Nascent Soul level is much smaller than that of other Nascent Soul cultivators.

In addition, his natal spiritual treasure, the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and the mid-grade Wuji Earth Dao Seed are also powerful tools. With all these factors combined, the effect of the earth-elemental spells he releases is nearly twice as strong as that of Nascent Soul cultivators at the same level.

Ji An flew to the edge of the polluted area and landed, with the fire phoenix obediently following behind.

He extended his divine sense to carefully perceive the intensity of the polluted aura and memorized the feeling.

Then, he made a hand seal to release the Great Virtue Spirit Transformation Mantra.

A tremor emanated from the depths of the earth beneath a yellow aura, causing demonic energy to surge forth. Black and yellow light coexisted, creating an eerie and inexplicable atmosphere.

He placed his hand on his chest and whispered:
"I hope it works."

If it works, the sect won't have to pay such a huge price to refine the array flags, nor will it have to incur an extra huge expense every year.

Ji An boarded the fire phoenix and said, "Return to the sect."

The phoenix let out a joyful cry, flapped its wings, and its five-colored tail feathers left a vivid rainbow in the air.

It resembled a smooth and fast spaceship, flying southward.

As the sun sets, the evening glow bids farewell.

The next day, at the beginning of the Chen hour.

Sunlight shines on Chaoyang Peak, casting a golden and magnificent illusion on the plaque of Wuji Hall.

Ji An landed at the entrance of the main hall and stepped into the hall.

Just then, a cool breeze blew by, causing the star banners in the hall to flutter and stir the rising smoke from the incense burner.

Lin Jiuxiao hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, smiling as he said:

"Greetings, True Lord. When did you return to the sect?"

A quick calculation shows that today is the fifth day since the other party left the sect. Having stayed in Yuanhe Mountain for so long, perhaps they have made some surprising discoveries.

"I came back at midnight last night," Ji An replied, not bothering to stand on ceremony, and went straight to a chair to sit down.

He recounted his actions at Yuanhe Mountain and proposed:
"Don't rush into refining the sealing array. Let's test the effectiveness of my method first."

"With the True Lord taking action, the effects should be immediate."

Ji An shook his head and said jokingly:
"Don't flatter me like that. If it doesn't work out, then you'll be slapping me in the face."

Lin Jiuxiao hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"I don't dare."

He sighed and continued:

"If the True Lord's method works, I will send my disciples to try and see if the low-level planting spell can be effective."

"There's no need for that. Low-level spells only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. They're completely useless. Only spells at the Golden Core level are effective."

It's unlikely that my method will show results in the short term. Let's give it a three-year period. If it's still not very effective, then we'll gather everyone again to discuss how to proceed.

My point is that we shouldn't rush to refine the magic array. Once the Western Continent's energy has recovered somewhat, all forces will need to participate. Otherwise, our sect's development will be greatly hampered by our individual efforts.”

Two months later.

At the summit of Mount Chitong, a strange roar of a beast echoed throughout the mountains and fields.

The cultivators who heard the sound felt as if a layer of water had brushed over them, giving them a sense of clarity and openness.

Ji An held the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag in both hands and smiled:

"I've always had a wish to upgrade all the Five Banners magic treasures to the fourth-grade low-level, and today my wish has finally come true."

Back then, True Lord Lianshan told him that if he wanted to strengthen a specific elemental power with the power of the Five Elements Rotation, he had to upgrade all the Five Banners to the level of Spiritual Treasure.

After a century of waiting, today has finally arrived.

"Congratulations, True Lord. If you want to upgrade the grade of your spiritual treasures in the future, you can come to me. The Five Elements Sect's records contain detailed steps for upgrading grades, which can upgrade all Five Directions Flag spiritual treasures to the fourth-grade upper level."

Qin Yan smiled happily. He had accumulated a lot of experience in refining spiritual treasures and had also earned a lot of merits. Zhenjun was his biggest customer, without exception.

"Haha, I'll definitely come if I need anything. How about this, you can make a copy of the spiritual materials needed to upgrade a few spiritual treasures for me, and I'll collect the materials."

To upgrade a spiritual treasure to a higher grade, one needs a mid-grade fourth-level spiritual resource, which cannot be accumulated overnight and will take many years.

"Please wait a moment, True Lord, while I search for the inherited knowledge."

Qin Yan apologized, took out a jade slip from the Void Stone and stuck it to his forehead, then took out a blank jade slip and started entering information into it.

Ji An retrieved the spiritual treasure into his body, and a look of surprise appeared on his face when the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag plunged into the Yuan Ming Fire.

The five spiritual treasures formed a ring and began to rotate slowly, with more spiritual energy being sent to the Five Elements Divine Palace, and the automatically rotating Five Elements Wheel Sutra noticeably accelerated.

He was eager to return to Crimson Flame Peak as soon as possible to actively practice his cultivation technique and see if there would be any improvement.

The fact that all five flags had been upgraded to the Spirit Treasure level and this change occurred filled him with joy, making him think that all those years of training had not been in vain.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his surprise, and waited quietly.

A moment later, Qin Yan handed over the transcribed jade slip and said:

"Several spiritual items are in the sect's treasure vault, and I have already marked them."

These high-level resources are not needed by other cultivators in the sect, so True Lords don't need to rush to exchange for them.

Ji An took the jade slip, stood up, and said:
"Thank you, but I have something to do. Let's talk another day."

Ji An left Chitong Mountain via a teleportation array, transited through Ningcui Cliff, and was then teleported to Chaoyang Peak.

He rode a cloud to the treasure pavilion, made a copy of the jade slip given to him by Qin Yan, and handed it over.

"Zhang Yi, keep an eye out for the spiritual items inside. Once they're in the secret vault, exchange them immediately."

He didn't know about other spiritual objects, but the metal-elemental spiritual objects might compete with Li Haoran, so it was best to make plans early.

Zhang Yi took the jade slip, pressed it to his forehead, and examined the information inside. "True Lord, some of these spiritual items are in the secret vault. I'll just give them to you."

She secretly wondered what kind of treasure the True Lord was going to refine, that it would require so many fourth-grade mid-level and high-level spiritual objects.

Ji An gently shook his head, took out his identity jade token, and said:
"Then exchange it, but don't give it to me yet. Keep it separately for me."

In addition, deduct an extra one million merit points. Whenever the treasure vault appears that I need, immediately exchange and store it for me, and send a message via the golden sword to inform me.

He felt at ease leaving it in the sect's secret vault, so there was no need for him to keep it in his own hands; he could simply send Qin Yan to retrieve it when needed.

Given his current status, no one would dare to fool him.

"As ordered."

Zhang Yi took the jade token, took out the inventory of spiritual items, searched through it, and said:
"True Lord, the spiritual items you currently possess can be exchanged for three catties of fourth-grade superior-quality Dragon Flame Crystal and six catties of fourth-grade mid-quality Phoenix Pattern Gold, which will cost a total of 123,600 merit points."

The sect possesses only mid-grade or higher level fourth-order spiritual items, all of which were salvaged from the depleted spiritual veins beneath Crimson Flame Peak. These items are of the fire and metal elements.

She placed the jade tablet on the spirit plate, deducting over a million merits.

Ji An took the returned jade token and smiled:

"Your sect is very wealthy! Very good. You go ahead with your work, I'm going back to Crimson Flame Peak."

"Respectfully seeing off the True Lord."

The teleportation array at the foot of the mountain lit up, and after a slight distortion in space, Ji An's figure appeared.

He released a golden light that seemed to leap across the ground, and his body transformed into a rainbow, passing through the rocks and the sealing array in the blink of an eye, returning to his cave.

He hurriedly took out the gourd stone and probed his consciousness into the small world.

With the five magical treasures restrained in his dantian, Ji An sat cross-legged on the futon under the Gathering Yuan Tree, and after regulating his breathing for a while, he circulated the Five Elements Wheel Sutra.

As the veins on the surface of the Five Elements Divine Palace shone brightly, the spiritual energy in the small world converged here, and the spiritual energy of the Five Elements nurtured in the spiritual fields and spiritual trees also joined in. He quickly absorbed the spiritual energy, and the immortal veins shimmered with a crystal-clear light.

After one major cycle, the spiritual energy is refined into liquid, and after another major cycle, it is tempered into golden magical crystals, which are then injected into the abdomen by the nascent soul in the upper dantian.

Four hours later, Ji An's spiritual energy was completely exhausted. He withdrew from his cultivation, his face full of joy.

A mysterious connection was formed between the five magical treasures, accelerating his refining of spiritual energy by about 10%.

Over a longer timeframe, even the smallest progress will bring enormous benefits. With the speed of refining spiritual energy accelerating, his cultivation level will inevitably increase even faster.

In addition, the five magic treasures are only of the fourth-tier low-grade. What if they were all upgraded to the fourth-tier mid-grade?
Ji An predicted that there would be more surprises in the future, meaning that his cultivation speed would always be at a level far exceeding that of other cultivators of the same level.

He activated the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra, urging the magic weapon to complete the transformation of the five elements.

Metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, and all spiritual treasures are enhancing the resonance power of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag.

As the yellow aura descended upon the earth, a rich divine power of earth element surged forth.

For a fleeting moment, Ji An seemed to sense a joyful emotion emanating from the spiritual vein, though he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination.

He carefully sensed the intensity of the magical intent, clapped his hands and laughed twice to express his joy, as the effect had increased by more than 50%!
Such progress was truly enormous, far exceeding his expectations. He had thought that an increase of around 20% would be a huge surprise, but the joy was doubled!
Ji An made a hand seal and released a Golden Core level thunder technique, such as Gengjin Divine Thunder. With the blessing of the five magic treasures, the power of the spell was increased by nearly 40%.

He flew to the crimson spiritual field on a cloud and released the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique, which also increased the power of the spell by 40%.

A golden light flashed across the ground, and he arrived above the black earth. He manipulated the Dragon Soaring to bring forth all things, this time choosing to enhance the power of the Profound Origin Water Control Flag, increasing the spell's effect by more than 40%.

Ji An guessed that the reason why the earth element magic was most effective was because the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag was his natal magic weapon.

(End of this chapter)