Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 817 Superior Grade Bing-Ding Fire (3K Bonus Chapter, still owed)
Ji An was unaware of others' attitudes toward merit energy; his approach was to treat it as a high-end resource.

Use it to quickly improve your cultivation level. As your cultivation level continues to improve, you can gain merit even faster, creating a perfect closed loop!

Whether this idea can be realized will become clear once the polluted area is cleaned up.

After completing his plans for the night, Ji An rode a colorful auspicious cloud back to Canglong Ridge.

Lin Qiubai, who is currently stationed here, bowed and said:
"Greetings, True Lord."

"No need for formalities. I believe your mission will be completed in a few days, right?"

"Yes, the six-month period will be over in five days, and then Junior Brother Liu will take over the post."

"The spiritual veins here are of low grade and cannot meet your cultivation needs at all. You've worked hard."

Once the contaminated area is completely purified, I will prepare a gift for my disciples who participated in the mission.

Ji An promised that giving benefits for doing things would make more people willing to work for him.

Although he offered a great reward, for some disciples, the spiritual energy concentration was simply too low to cultivate even after six months of hardship. Such difficult conditions could not be compensated for by a great reward.

"On behalf of the other disciples, I thank the True Lord for the reward."

A smile appeared on Lin Qiubai's face. He couldn't practice freely here because the thin spiritual energy was only enough to maintain his mana.

At this moment, an elderly cultivator led several young clansmen over, cupping his hands in a courteous manner and saying:

"Greetings, True Lord, greetings, True Man. I have prepared some wine and dishes. The high-ranking cultivators on duty have worked hard in the middle of the night, so please have a few drinks."

The old man was Gu Jingming, the owner of this spiritual vein and a cultivator at the third level of the Chaoyuan stage. Recently, he had been sending wine and dishes to Gu Jingming every evening.

One shouldn't hit a smiling face, and besides, the Foundation Establishment disciples needed food, so he was allowed to bring them wine and dishes.

Ji An waved his hand, "Thank you, but I have to rush back to my sect."

The teleportation array was built in a cave on the mountaintop. He stepped inside, and Lin Qiubai came in to see him off.

Ji An transmitted his voice, "What does this old man want from his daily fawning?"

"They want to curry favor with our sect and become its vassal, and they also want to buy some people from us."

Lin Qiubai also transmitted his voice, saying that some forces were decisive and abandoned everything on the surface after the True Demon Calamity came, living underground like moles for decades, thus surviving.

However, these forces have reduced their population significantly. Even if the True Demon Calamity ends, without a sufficient population base, it will be difficult to rapidly increase the population.

Ji An smiled and said softly:
"It's a natural instinct for the survival of the race, so there's no need to worry about it. What are the sect leader's orders regarding this situation?"

Lin Qiubai lowered his voice, "Of course the sect leader supports it. We will sign contracts with any family that is willing to attach itself to us, assign planting tasks, and hand over a batch of supplies every few years."

These forces, under our protection, will also be eligible to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills, Qi Cultivation Pills, and other supplies.

He thought this was a good idea, as it would allow the sect's reach to spread to every corner of the Western Continent more quickly.

In another seventy or eighty years, the mortal population of Xizhou will be able to recover to the level before the outbreak of the True Demon Calamity, and the vitality of the cultivation world will also be able to gradually recover.

Ji An nodded slightly. The current living conditions of mortals were something they wouldn't have dared to imagine before the arrival of the True Demon Tribulation.

The cultivators planted low-grade spiritual rice and vegetables, and then gave the mortals the bones of demonic beasts, which were of little use.

The food these people are now mixed with ingredients that are only used by cultivators, with only one purpose: to ensure that these people have no worries about food and clothing and can work hard to create offspring.

Seasons change, and another year passes.

Ji An refined a mulberry from a Fusang tree, gaining a deeper understanding of the power of fire. He felt certain forces within his soul break free of their cocoons and transform, giving him a completely new perspective on the world.

He focused his mind on his dantian and connected it with the stone tortoise. Golden characters appeared in the sky above the Guanghan Palace, recording his current glory.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 2015.6, Water 1728.4, Wood 1653.5, Fire 1708.9, Earth 286.7]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 624.7, Gen Spirit 746.5, Zhen Spirit 673.4, Xun Spirit 518.6, Kun Spirit 542.7, Qian Spirit 731.4, Dui Spirit 518.2, Li Spirit 694.6

[Spell: Thread-Binding Spell (Perfect 1%)]

Chaotic Five Elements Thunder (Perfect 42%)

[Tao Seed - Bing-Ding Fire (Superior Grade): Stored within the Fire Palace of the Heart, it allows one to comprehend the properties of fire—burning all things and warming living beings—and enhances one's understanding of fire-based magic.]

The Silk-Pulling Spell is a secret technique of the Golden Puppet Sect. Without subsequent secret techniques and without time to devote to it, its improvement has stagnated for many years, and it is in a state of temporary abandonment.

Now all he needs to improve is the Chaos Five Elements Thunder. The stone tortoise can absorb a lot of spiritual energy every day, and the spiritual energy can be transformed into each other. It is expected that he will be able to win without lifting a finger in seven or eight years.

A single mulberry can provide the same amount of spiritual energy as a low-grade fourth-level Five-Flower Pill, which can now enhance one's cultivation by five years.

He wouldn't trade the spiritual fruits produced by these spiritual roots of heaven and earth; he would enjoy them all himself, as they were spiritual items that could be used as fire-elemental Daoist essences.

Zhongzhou is a large mountain bordering the East China Sea.

A few days ago, the mountains were shrouded in black mist. The spiritual veins here had been polluted and had transformed into demonic veins. The trees were covered with burls, and the leaves were gray, carrying a hint of misfortune.

The black mist on the mountaintop has now disappeared, replaced by auspicious light and auspicious clouds, shining with the Buddha's light. The plants, illuminated by the Buddha's light, show signs of reduced pollution.

It doesn't matter what the mountain's original name was; now it's called Lotus Mountain. Beside the road leading into the mountain stands a giant rock over ten zhang high, with the three characters 'Lotus Mountain' written in blood-red ink.

Unlike most mountains, the highest peak of this mountain is flat-topped, and now stands a large temple. Above the main entrance hangs a large rectangular plaque, black with gold lettering, which reads "Lotus Temple," giving it a solemn and dignified appearance.

The exterior walls are painted red, and the interior walls are painted white. After entering the gate and walking a hundred steps, you will find the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, where koi swim in the clear, rippling water, and small lotus leaves peek out from the pond.

This is a rare golden lotus of merit brought from the Western Lands. It can gather the power of believers' vows, and its roots can spread deep into the earth's veins to help purify the pollution of the demonic veins.

As the sun sets behind the mountains, the sky is high and the land is vast, and the afterglow resembles neatly arranged golden scales, echoing the radiant light above the Buddhist temple.

The main hall in the center of the Buddhist temple is the Mahavira Hall. Outside the hall, incense smoke rises and the sound of chanting echoes throughout the temple, but there is not a sound of sutra chanting outside the temple.

Then the sound of drums rang out, echoing through the mountains.

After the chanting ceased, the monk King Puxin, seated in the main seat of the hall, spoke:

"Today, all the sects of our Western Lands have joined forces to build the Lotus Flower Temple, and the temples at the six surrounding nodes have also been completed one by one, so that we can spread Buddhism to the outside world."

Bodhi trees and Vajra Bodhi trees should be planted throughout Buddhist temples, and lotus flowers should be planted in all ponds and pools.

After the first seven temples were built, they formed the Lotus Subduing Demon Formation.

Buddhist practitioners cultivate their vows and do not place particular importance on the grade of spiritual veins. If the vows in a region are strong enough, they can change the veins of the land and turn it into a Buddhist land, which can promote the rapid growth of Buddhist spiritual plants.

Buddhist temples built on spiritual veins can gradually change the nature of spiritual energy, making it more suitable for Buddhist practice. For cultivators, such spiritual energy contains impurities. If they want to refine and cultivate it, they must remove the impurities, otherwise they will be affected by the power of their vows.

When the Buddhist monks came to the East to spread Buddhism last time, the temples they built were scattered. Later, they clashed with the cultivators and were defeated one by one.

Having learned from their previous experience, they now adopt a steady and pragmatic strategy, even when facing the Eastern cultivation world, which has been severely damaged by the True Demon Calamity.

Only with a stable base can one withstand external storms.

“I think this is inappropriate,” said the monk King Kongwen, his voice booming like a great bell, causing the beams of the hall to tremble.

He glanced at the assembled monks and continued:

"According to information obtained from cultivators who have converted to Buddhism, although the True Demon Tribulation has caused severe damage to the cultivation world, the strength of 70-80% of the Nascent Soul sects has been preserved."

We have traveled across the ocean to spread Buddhism, but the support we can receive is limited.

If we spread the Dharma and alert these sects, it could very well hinder the transmission of the Dharma.

It would be better to rest and recuperate, and wait until the number of believers explodes before going out to spread Buddhism.

By that time, the population under the rule of the cultivators will have increased considerably, making it a good time to enlighten all living beings with wisdom.

During this period of rest and recuperation, we can secretly contact smaller forces and help those with affinity to convert to Buddhism.

Despite their alliance with numerous major temples to expand the Buddhist land, they are still no match for the cultivators who unite.

“I agree with what the monk king said, that he is mature and prudent.”

What we need to do most now is to increase the number of believers and accumulate the power of our vows to consecrate the Buddha statues.

"Good!"

In the gourd world, Ji An neatly categorized and put away the spiritual herbs, and smiled:
"Qin Yan is really lucky!"

After more than a hundred years, all the materials for the Divine Fire Spirit Elixir have reached the required age for medicinal use and are ready to be used in the alchemy process.

After harvesting the medicinal herbs, he casually planted the seeds, and another batch of pills would be produced in a hundred years.

Currently, Qin Yan is the only late-stage Golden Core cultivator in the sect. If he were to start refining pills, it would be easier for the other party to break through to the ninth level of the Golden Core realm.

This batch of dantian consists of twenty furnaces, with five pills produced from each furnace. Based on his past performance, he can easily refine eighty pills.

The Divine Fire Spirit-Nourishing Pill is a top-grade third-tier spiritual medicine. For a mid-stage Nascent Soul alchemist, refining this kind of pill is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—a waste of talent. The number of pills required will definitely be more than eighty.

He kept five as spares and handed over the rest to the sect, hoping to have another Nascent Soul True Monarch as soon as possible.

With Qin Yan's cultivation level improved, we have more confidence in upgrading the grade of his spiritual treasures.

It's theoretically possible for a Golden Core cultivator to upgrade a low-grade fourth-tier spiritual treasure to a mid-grade fourth-tier treasure, but he's still a little uneasy about it.

Ji An summoned the Blazing Sun Furnace and the Frost and Snow Furnace from his dantian and began refining the spiritual medicine and divine essence.

Today, his spiritual strength is much greater than it was back then, and he is much more adept at wielding the spiritual fire of heaven and earth.

He spent ten days refining all the materials into pills, producing ninety-two pills, eighty-two of which were of high quality.

Ji An was very satisfied with the result, with a success rate of over 90%. Now his alchemy skills were even more refined.

He put the pills into a jade bottle, left the small world, and released a golden light that swept across the land to the stone house at the foot of the mountain where the teleportation array was located.

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(End of this chapter)