Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 816 Fourth-Order Mid-Grade Natal Spiritual Treasure
"Haha, thank you for your hard work."

Ji An thanked him, took out two boxes made of red cloud pine wood, put the two mulberries on the tray into them, then affixed a third-grade top-quality spirit-sealing talisman to each box, and solemnly put them into the Void Stone.

After hearing the thanks, Ayun slightly bent her knees, a warm smile on her lips.

It felt respected, and although it was just a puppet, it developed a relatively rich range of emotions after years of learning.

At this moment, Ji An had little magic power left in his body, so he put the remaining mulberry into his mouth.

In less than a month, all the mulberries will ripen, giving him the opportunity to rapidly improve his cultivation. So, he'll eat some mulberries today and see how effective they really are.

This bought them some more time, allowing the spiritual herbs used to refine the Five-Colored Pill in the small world to grow for another two years, thus saving some Dao essence.

Deep down, he was still looking forward to it, after all, this was the fruit of a spiritual root of heaven and earth, and it wouldn't be listed as a spiritual root of heaven and earth if its effects weren't powerful.

Ji An bit into the mulberry and began to chew. The sweet and fragrant juice burst on her taste buds, and the spiritual energy in her mouth raged wildly like a sandstorm sweeping across the desert.

He had just enjoyed this moment of bliss, but little did he know that torment would follow the sweetness.

The next moment, the sweet juice turned into scalding lava. He felt his throat being burned, and the steam coming out of his nostrils was like high-temperature steam, with golden sparks rising from it.

The records of the inherited knowledge did not tell him that mulberries had such powerful abilities, but he must not spit them out at this time, otherwise the power of the mulberries would be wasted.

He endured the burning sensation and slowly swallowed the juice and pulp, as if lava were slowly flowing down from the mountaintop. He never knew that the process of swallowing would become such an ordeal, like slowly swallowing a red-hot razor blade.

Enduring immense pain, he felt a warm flow slowly descending down his esophagus, giving him the illusion that his intestines were being burned through.

My blood felt like it was about to burst into flames.

Immediately afterward, an illusion appeared before his eyes, and in a daze, he transformed into a three-legged crow and flew to a spirit tree burning with golden flames.

Flames roared, but the three-legged crow seemed to enjoy everything around it, singing merrily, its golden eyes merging with the firelight.

The spirit tree has two trunks, and its red leaves are like red-hot irons. It is clearly a higher-grade Fusang tree. The Yin and Yang transformations of Bing Fire and Ding Fire are constantly changing in the eyes of the three-legged crow.

He didn't know how much time had passed, perhaps only a moment, but Ji An awoke from that mysterious state, his eyes filled with brilliant light. This feeling was actually similar to being pulled into the mysterious space of the stone turtle.

It's a pleasant surprise that the mulberries from the Fusang tree can enhance one's understanding of fire elemental power.

The heat in his body had subsided, and he felt warm all over, as if he were strolling on a sunny spring afternoon, the warm breeze intoxicating him.

My body felt a bit bloated. The spiritual energy from the mulberries was rampaging through my body. The Five Elements Divine Palace was shining brightly. The speed at which my self-operating cultivation technique refined the spiritual energy increased slightly, but it was still completely unable to digest the ever-increasing amount of spiritual energy.

Ji An quickly sat down cross-legged and began to circulate the Five Elements Wheel Sutra to refine spiritual energy, otherwise the spiritual energy would dissipate from the pores of his body, causing unnecessary waste.

As a ginseng, he was distressed by any wasteful behavior and always swallowed the tea leaves when drinking tea.

Seeing him begin his cultivation, A-Yun immediately tiptoed forward, lit a plate of fourth-grade mid-level sandalwood soul-nourishing incense, and then quietly retreated.

The fragrance rose and lingered, slowly drifting to Ji An's side, where he absorbed it into his body.

The incense entered his body, and pure white snowflakes fell in the Moon Palace, turning into mist that was then devoured by the nascent soul.

At this moment, the nascent soul appeared solemn and dignified, his hands forming hand seals as he refined a wisp of fire spirit energy from the mulberry.

This wisp of fiery spiritual energy was extremely strong and yang. When it was absorbed by the Qi and blood inner core in the dantian, a burning sensation immediately came from the bone marrow, and the silver marrow churned up and down like boiling water.

This anomaly lasted only a short time. Ji An continued to circulate his cultivation technique, and the Fire Divine Palace shone brightly. When spiritual energy passed by, he felt wisps of mysterious substances being absorbed by the Bingding Fire Dao Seed.

It took Ji An about two hours to finally refine all the spiritual energy contained in the mulberry. His spiritual energy was almost exhausted, and he had not experienced such a predicament for many years.

He slowly stood up, took a few unsteady steps, and lay down on a nearby wicker chair.

Ayun has already brewed the spiritual tea. The tea leaves are the fourth-grade low-quality Phoenix Danxia, ​​and the Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea produced by the lightning-struck wood is in short supply, so it can only be used sparingly.

Ji An lazily accepted the teacup handed to him, drank the spiritual tea in one gulp, and finished the whole pot of tea a moment later.

He took out an unknown metal egg, activated his magic to release the Sharp Metal Technique, and the silver metal elemental energy condensed into extremely tiny particles, like fine white sand swirling around his fingers.

The fine sand fell and was completely swallowed by the metal eggs.

Ji An tirelessly fed the spirit tree eggs with metal-elemental spiritual energy, just like raising a pet.

He didn't know what this thing was, but he felt that by constantly 'feeding' it with metal elemental energy, he would eventually be able to satisfy it.

About fifteen minutes later, Ji An put the metal egg into the Cave Void Stone, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

A soft snore begins, and sweet dreams begin.

Three days later, at dusk.

As the sun sets, the evening glow resembles a mountain range with layers upon layers of peaks, the red ridges edged with gold, and the leaden valleys seem to hold abysses. A few golden-purple clouds drift beyond the mountains, much like untamed eagles.

Ji An stood at the entrance of the cave, his hands behind his back. The light shone on his profile, making him look like a cast bronze statue.

At the foot of the mountain, a ball of five-colored light flew over, revealing the appearance of the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord, whose two deer antlers on his head were even more eye-catching.

"Your Majesty, we may depart now."

Twenty days have passed since his last trip to Yuanhe Mountain, and he will begin the next round of spellcasting tonight.

Ji An took out a red pine box and handed it over, saying:
"Here you go, the hibiscus mulberries I promised you."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the box was in the hands of the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord.

The five-colored deer couldn't wait to remove the spirit-sealing talisman and open the box, its eyes filled with tenderness, as if it were seeing a beautiful sika deer.

"Haha, thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty! We will take it after we return from Yuanhe Mountain."

Faced with such delicious food, he almost drooled, so he quickly closed the box and reattached the talisman.

“Mulberries can help you comprehend the divine meaning of the power of fire; you can savor them carefully.”

"I understand."

Time flows quietly like a river, and before we know it, another month has passed.

In the Calabash World, Ji An finished cultivating the Immovable King Technique, took a pleasant shower in the wooden house using the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique, and returned to the Gathering Yuan Tree feeling refreshed.

He lay down on the wicker chair and, as usual, took out the metal egg, a routine he performed every night for fifteen minutes before bed.

Just as he was about to unleash the Rui Rui Jin Technique, the Yuan Ming Fire suddenly surged, and the Earth Qilin flew out of his dantian, letting out a deep and heavy roar.

The volume wasn't loud, but it spread to every inch of the gourd world, carrying with it a deep sense of joy.

Ji An smiled broadly, as his natal spirit treasure had been upgraded to the middle grade of the fourth rank, further enhancing his strength.

Because his natal spirit treasure was in a period of transformation, he was reluctant to activate its resonance when casting spells on the spirit field and polluted land this month.

This reduced the released power of the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra by nearly 20%, a considerable loss.

The roar of the earthen qilin echoed through the mountains and forests, harmonizing with the cries of dragons and tigers. The fire phoenix of the south let out a high-pitched cry that reached the clouds, while the black tortoise of the north responded with the sound of surging waves.

The following evening, Ji An teleported to Canglong Ridge, then rode a fire phoenix to Yuanhe Mountain, where he summoned the Five Directions Flag Spirit Treasures to form a defensive domain.

He carefully sensed the power of the domain, nodded in satisfaction, and his defensive strength increased by nearly 20%. He was now much stronger than when the True Demon Tribulation had just ended.

If he were to fight that Nascent Soul stage True Demon again, he was fairly confident that he could engage him in a direct confrontation while the enemy was in his strongest state after unleashing his secret technique.

This is the confidence that comes with increased strength. Only when you possess great power can you inspire fearlessness.

Ji An rode the auspicious five-colored clouds and began to cast the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra. After the energy of the other four spiritual treasures was superimposed, the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner gave him a stronger earth element resonance power.

As the spell's aura spread, the rising earth elemental magic became thicker and more viscous, further enhancing the planting spell.

After the tremors deep within the earth subsided, Ji An closed his eyes and carefully sensed the intensity of the lingering divine intent of the spell. An incredulous expression appeared on his face.

The spell power increased by a full 40%, which is normally impossible; a 20% increase would be the normal range.

Ji An began to ponder what the reason for all of this might be.

After a long time, he came to a conclusion: when releasing earth-elemental magic, other spiritual treasures would continuously convert and add energy to the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.

This energy is very strong, and the natal spirit treasure cannot utilize all the superimposed energy, resulting in a lot of waste.

When the natal spirit treasure's grade surpasses all other spirit treasures, it can utilize more superimposed energy to exert a greater influence on earth-elemental spells, thus obtaining results beyond its expectations.

Ji An rode on the clouds, continuing to cast spells on this polluted land, his magic and divine intent both amplified by 40%.

He was in a wonderful mood. This meant that the purification process would be accelerated again, and obtaining the Xuanhuang Merit Qi would be even easier.

Now that his natal spirit treasure's grade and cultivation level are comparable, the significance of improving the spirit treasure after obtaining the Xuanhuang merit energy becomes very small. He can then use the merit energy when refining pills.

At this moment, Ji An was secretly delighted. He had not accelerated the ripening of the spiritual herbs for refining the Five-Colored Pill, and now it seemed to be a very wise decision.

By harnessing the power of merit, if the efficacy of the elixir can be increased by 10%, a year and a half can be saved.

(End of this chapter)