Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 819 Recovery Costs
Ji An spent the night atop Chiyan Peak, and early the next morning rode a five-colored auspicious cloud to Yuanhe Mountain to check which areas still had pollution that had not been completely purified.

He dared not use the teleportation array, fearing that if the merit energy happened to fall during the teleportation, unpredictable problems might occur.

It took three years and more than three thousand days and nights of waiting. Even losing a single wisp of merit energy due to the teleportation was heartbreaking.

As he flew away, streams of primordial energy fell from time to time, illuminating the sky.

He stayed at Yuanhe Mountain for more than half a month and finally purified the entire area.

During this time, the Xuanhuang merit energy continued to fall, and he became the brightest star in the Western Continent. Wherever he went, there were dazzling flowers and celestial music.

This once top-grade second-tier spiritual vein is now only a low-grade first-tier vein. A once powerful sect has vanished into thin air, and the dramatic changes are truly lamentable.

When the prosperity fades, the sighs of later generations are swallowed by the wind. Thousands of years later, the traces of the past slowly disappear, and no one will remember them anymore.

Yuanhe Mountain will only be a place name and will no longer represent a sect.

Ji An entered the deepest part of the Demon Cave, made a hand seal to release the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique, and the fire-elemental spiritual light spread out, with the bright and warm divine intent spreading to every corner of the maze-like passage.

The demonic vein has now been purified, and this spell will ensure that demonic energy cannot surge out of the spatial rift for two months.

He carefully searched the outer perimeter of the Demon Cave and found remnants of the sealing array. He could now notify the sect to send people to rebuild the array.

Ji An left the Demon Cave and used the golden light to fly to Canglong Ridge. The five-colored light stretched across the sky, leaving behind a beautiful legend.

Outside the cave where the teleportation array was located, Liu Yu stood with his hands behind his back.

Ji An's cheerful voice arrived along with five-colored light:
"Senior brother, the mission can end now."

"How come so many areas were purified so quickly this time? I remember it took you ten years to first obtain the Xuanhuang Merit Qi."

Liu Yu was shocked; this was illogical.

"Yes, this time many favorable factors came together, so the purification was completed in just over three years."

To be honest, I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Ji An smiled brightly, revealing a set of nice teeth.

His cultivation level improved from the early stage of Nascent Soul to the middle stage of Nascent Soul. The improvement in the quality of his Earth Dao Seed and his natal magic treasure greatly accelerated the purification process.

He initially estimated it would take five to seven years, but the efficiency was doubled.

"Congratulations," Liu Yu said sincerely. His junior brother's achievements were something he could never reach, and he had long since accepted the fact.

"Thank you for your protection over the years, senior brother. When you return to the sect, please give me a list of the disciples who have been on duty all these years."

I once chatted with Qiu Bai and mentioned that I would give everyone a gift.

Ji An decided to give several second-tier spirit fruits to the Foundation Establishment and Chaoyuan stages of disciples. Although there were no low-tier spirit fruits in the small world, there were still some produced in Crimson Flame Peak.

In addition, he gave Senior Brother Liu and Lin Qiubai two top-grade third-tier Dragon Blood Fruits each. Even if they were consumed directly, they would be enough to sustain them for several years of secluded cultivation. This showed his sincere intentions.

If there are similar assignments in the future, everyone will gladly go.

"My disciples will be very happy. Thank you in advance."

Ji An nodded, "I'll leave first today. Senior brother, you lead everyone to keep watch for a few more days."

Liu Yu feigned profundity and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Haha," Ji An lightly swung out a punch and landed on the other person's shoulder, making the other person wince in pain.

Although Nascent Soul stage body cultivators don't exert much force, it's still quite heavy.

The teleportation array lit up, and Ji An returned to his sect, Luoyan Mountain.

He flew back to Crimson Flame Peak without stopping, and after two teleportations, he arrived at Sunrise Peak.

When he stepped into the Wuji Hall, he found Lin Jiuxiao and Zhang Zeye discussing something.

Upon recognizing the newcomer, the two immediately fell silent, stood up, clasped their hands, and said in unison:
"Greetings, True Lord. Congratulations on receiving the Xuanhuang Merit Qi once again."

As if they had rehearsed, their movements and expressions were extremely similar.

"No need for formalities. Since you're both here, I have something to say."

The three sat down, and Ji An began to speak:

"The pollution in Yuanhe Mountain has been completely purified, and the problem of demonic energy escaping from the Demon Cave has also been brought under control."

I think the sect should take on the responsibility of being the main sect in the Western Continent and seal off the Demon Cave as before. I wonder if that's feasible?

It would be too troublesome for him to visit Yuanhe Mountain every two months, and he would also need to travel to Zhongzhou in the future.

Zhang Zeye asked:
"True Lord, may I ask what grade the spiritual veins of Yuanhe Mountain are currently?"

"Barely reached the lower grade of the first rank."

"The magic array that seals the demon cave is not difficult to construct; the Five Elements Sect's inherited knowledge contains methods on how to build it."

However, just like teleportation arrays, sealing magic arrays need to be built using spiritual veins. If the spiritual veins are of too low a grade, it is impossible to build a magic array that can seal for tens of thousands of years.

I believe the only possible method is to create a sealing array that lasts for a hundred years. Every hundred years, the seal needs to be manually activated to purify the accumulated demonic energy before resealing it.

"A hundred years is enough to seal it off." Ji An pondered for a moment, then said:

"I suggest sending a group of sect disciples to guard Yuanhe Mountain and gradually upgrade the grade of the spiritual veins there, so that the seal can be maintained for a longer period of time."

Furthermore, tens of thousands of years later, that place will be where the true demonic calamity begins.

"If the sect still exists, it will inevitably fight the True Demon army to the death. The best way is to build the Yuanhe Mountain area into a fortress, preventing the True Demon army from breaking out of the demon cave."

If a sect can survive for 100,000 years, it must have become a top power in the cultivation world, and it will have no reason to retreat after the True Demon Tribulation breaks out.

Lin Jiuxiao scratched his head and laughed:

"The True Lord's vision sees through eternity; I will discuss this with everyone."

For a moment, he didn't know what to say; the other person was thinking too far ahead.

However, he was still very happy that the True Lord was willing to consider the sect's interests. He understood that some cultivators, after reaching the end of their cultivation, became somewhat ruthless and indifferent to everything, especially those with higher levels of cultivation.

Zhang Zeye's eyes darted around a few times before he said seriously:
"Sect Leader, I think what the True Lord said makes a lot of sense."

I've gleaned a hypothesis from the lineage of the Five Elements School, and I'll explain it to you in detail.

"At the beginning of the world, the immortals divided the Eastern Continent into several continents."

The Central Continent is blessed with natural beauty and unique charm; the East Sea is vast and boundless; the Southern Continent is a place where mountains and rivers intertwine; the far north is covered in snow that melts like silver; and the Western Continent is a place of rugged mountains.

This classification was not arbitrary; there is a reason behind it.

The True Lords of the Five Elements Sect and other major sects share the understanding that the Central Continent is the ancestral vein of the continent, while the other continents are branch veins. However, the veins of each continent can be interconnected to form a whole.

After I learned about this theory, I studied the map of Xizhou and found that Yuanhe Mountain, Chaoyang Peak, and Luofeng Valley formed a stable triangular area.

The presence of multiple spiritual veins in this area is unusual and indirectly proves the validity of the theory.

Therefore, I believe that restoring the Yuanhe Mountain spiritual veins will help restore the earth veins in the eastern part of Xizhou.

Even if this theory is wrong, the sect has simply opened up a branch in a distant place.

The sect has trade relations with the far north, and Yuanhe Mountain is a very good transit point.

Lin Jiuxiao remained silent, and began to weigh the pros and cons.

The sect is currently the only dominant force, and in the future, the entire eastern part of the Western Continent will be under its influence. Yuanhe Mountain is too far away from the sect, making it extremely difficult for its power to reach there.

The original strategy was to rely on vassal families to gradually control the northern lands, but as the various small forces recover their strength, the sect's control over the northern lands will inevitably decrease significantly.

If Yuanhe Mountain is developed, our control over the northern region will increase dramatically.

However, the spiritual vein there is currently only a first-grade low-level one, which puts him in a difficult position.

After much deliberation, he made up his mind and said:

"Yes, I will convene Golden Core cultivators to discuss this matter."

Even if I convince everyone to agree to develop Yuanhe Mountain, I won't invest too many resources.

Ji An smiled slightly and said:
"It is very difficult to upgrade the spiritual veins of Yuanhe Mountain to the third rank, but it is relatively easy to upgrade them to the second rank, which is of lower grade."

The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a task to recruit a group of late-stage Foundation Establishment spirit farmers. The sect will provide low-grade spirit seeds, and all harvests will belong to the growers.

"Let's try it out for fifty years first, and surely some disciples will be willing to go."

Although the profits from planting low-level spiritual plants are not high, the disciples plant them on a large enough area, so the profits are still quite high.

After he established his foundation, he planted hundreds of acres of talisman grass around Crimson Flame Peak, and the profits were the envy of others, far exceeding what most disciples earned.

The cultivators who cultivate in the Si Nong Hall are divided into groups of three to four people each.

Most of the spells used by these late-stage Foundation Establishment group members were at the Perfect level, even stronger than when he first arrived at Crimson Flame Peak.

The harvest can be divided among three or four people, without having to hand it over to the sect, making it profitable.

Zhang Zeye clapped his hands and said, "Haha, True Lord's method is good. It's much easier to use incentives than to recruit people with righteousness."

Ji An nodded slightly and said:

"Now that the pollution in Yuanhe Mountain has been purified, the teleportation array in Canglong Ridge has been dismantled. If the two arrays are dismantled, how much of the cost can I recover?"

After all, Canglong Ridge is not an area entirely under the sect's control, and it is impossible to send Golden Core cultivators to be stationed there indefinitely. Therefore, it is necessary to dismantle the magic array.

In the future, when the Yuanhe Mountain spiritual vein is upgraded to the second tier, the sect will naturally build another teleportation array to strengthen control.

"About 40% of the materials are highly sensitive and have been contaminated by the aura of a certain spiritual vein, so they cannot be used on other spiritual veins."

"Then let's dismantle it. Pre-store the merit in the treasure pavilion and send a message to the golden sword to inform me."

In addition, please refine the magic array to seal the demon cave as soon as possible, and then notify Senior Brother Liu Yu to return to the sect.

Only about 10,000 mu of land in Yuanhe Mountain remains unpurified, which is the area under the responsibility of the Five-Colored Deer.

The other party makes a round trip every twenty days, so there's no need to keep the teleportation array for him. With the Five-Colored Deer's flying speed, it could make a round trip in a day just to cast a spell on ten thousand acres of spirit fields.

"As ordered."

(End of this chapter)