Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 820 Xuanhuang Five-Colored Pill

After leaving the Wuji Palace, Ji An teleported back to Chiyan Peak, flew to a cave halfway up the mountain, and entered a small world.

He sat cross-legged under the Gathering Yuan Tree, observing the situation in the Cold Palace.

The merit gained this time was a hundred times that of the last time, and the auspicious cloud occupied a large area, floating above the palace and temple.

The merit cloud was dark yellow in color, warm and bright. After examining it carefully for a while, Ji An discovered that the first effect of the large amount of merit gathering was to help restore the depleted spiritual consciousness.

The improvement was not significant, because although these merits seemed numerous, they were far less than those of cultivators who had prepared for a thousand years to break through to the Three Flowers Realm. This also gave him a glimpse into the power of these veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

If you are to become enemies with such a cultivator, you should prepare to flee if you cannot defeat him in a short time.

Fortunately, his attacks are powerful enough that he should be able to defeat any opponent, unless he encounters a top-tier late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the cultivation world.

Ji An was not arrogant. With the help of the stone tortoise and the support of his small world, his fortune was soaring. But there must also be cultivators who possessed their own spiritual treasures and were also supported by their own small worlds.

Some companion spirit treasures, though requiring strict conditions to use, possess astonishing power. The natal spirit treasures of such late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators should have reached the fourth-order top-grade level.

Attacking with both magical treasures simultaneously can result in a fatal blow.

With his current physique, it would be difficult for him to resist such a cultivator in a life-or-death struggle. He now has a clearer understanding of himself. He can bully ordinary geniuses who have spent time painstakingly working their way up to the late Nascent Soul stage, but he still needs to maintain respect when facing true geniuses.

Ji An regulated his breathing for a moment, until his mind was calm and undisturbed, and began to cultivate his technique. The spiritual energy in his small world quickly surged in, forming a huge vortex in a short time.

Like a swirling tornado, five-colored spirits dance in the wind.

Two hours later, Ji An finished his cultivation, scratching his head and sighing.

He was well aware of his usual cultivation state. Having obtained so much Xuanhuang merit energy, his cultivation efficiency had indeed improved, but by a very small amount, so it was best not to mention it.

It is estimated that more merits will be needed to achieve a scale effect, but he probably won't be able to wait until that day in the short term.

Once he has finished eating the mulberries from the Fusang tree, he will choose to refine a fourth-grade superior Five-Flower Pill.

He still had nine batches of materials to refine. At that time, he had not obtained the materials for the Jade Dew Condensation Pill, and the mulberries were not ripe. He had tried to ripen ten batches of materials in preparation for refining the pill, but he only refined one batch.

Looking back now, I realize I was too impulsive. If I had waited until now to ripen a few batches of spiritual herbs instead of rushing them, I could have saved a lot of Dao essence.

At this moment, the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord sneaked into the small world and, seeing that Ji An was not cultivating, sighed deeply:

"Your Majesty, you have already completed the purification of the polluted area. I don't know how many more years it will take to finish."

The gap between us is too big; even from a high vantage point, I can't see your shadow running ahead of me.

Every time he cast a spell on the spiritual field, he would observe the condition of the surrounding land and witness firsthand how the gap gradually widened and then grew larger and larger.

Ji An solemnly said, "You chose this path, so you have to finish it even if you have to crawl on your knees. Keep going."

Since the choice has been made and the other party has given up halfway, he must urge them to persevere if they want to back out.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lords nodded, like chicks pecking at rice.
“That’s right, that’s what I was thinking too. But could I buy some Enlightenment Tea from Your Majesty?”

"When comprehending bloodline inheritance, the efficiency can be greatly improved with the help of fourth-tier Enlightenment Tea."

What are you going to offer in exchange?

Ji An asked with great interest, "Of all the Nascent Soul spells I can obtain now, only the Chaos Five Elements Thunder needs to be upgraded, so I don't have much need for Enlightenment Tea."

"Do you still want to tame beasts? I've discovered that two of my offspring have inherited my talents in fire and wood elements respectively, and are able to cast planting spells."

Ji An laughed and said:

"Heh, you're selling your child for personal gain!"

However, I no longer need a beast tamer capable of casting planting spells; I'll leave that to the sect.

Now, in terms of planting, the only thing he needs is a beast that can cast spells on the metal elemental plants. He already has the five-colored deer, so he doesn't need to raise any other beasts.

The most important reason is that with his current rate of cultivation improvement, it is no longer worthwhile and unnecessary to spend time and resources raising and taming beasts, unless it is a bloodline-level demon beast like the Five-Colored Deer that can attract his interest.

Now, the Green Deer has little effect on him; it has almost become the sect's spirit farmer.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord rubbed his hands awkwardly, "In that case, I can't offer any better terms. How about buying it with great merit?"

He doesn't have the habit of hoarding resources. Right now, the only thing he has that's useful to the Lord is his merit points, which are the 'hard-earned money' he's made by working hard for the sect.

Fourth-tier resources are quite valuable, and he couldn't bring himself to accept them for free or be kept by others. He still cared a lot about his image when he showed his true form in front of everyone.

"Okay, I'll sell it to you at half the sect's price."

Ji An found it amusing; the five-colored deer had become more reserved after transforming into human form, whereas it had been quite cunning before.

Finally, he sold two catties of Enlightenment Tea to Five-Colored Deer at a price of five thousand merits per catty, essentially giving it away for free.

The five-colored deer took out its personal spirit plate, obtained its identity jade token, and smoothly carried out the 'transfer'.

For some reason, Ji An had a surreal feeling that his child had grown up.

He took the jade token handed to him and stored it in the Cave Void Stone, instructing him:

"Now I don't need to go to Yuanhe Mountain every day anymore. I have already notified the Array Hall to dismantle the teleportation array."

If you wish to cast a spell on the polluted land, then fly away.

Wuyue Zhenjun nodded, "Okay." It took Ji An half a month to refine all the materials in his hands into a fourth-grade superior Five-Color Pill, adding Xuanhuang Merit Qi during the refining process.

Nine batches of pills consumed ninety percent of his merit, causing him to break through his defenses. The remaining merit could only be used to refine another batch of Five-Colored Pills.

"Three years! We've accumulated so much over three years, and it's all going to be used up so quickly."

The good mood after successfully refining the elixir had almost completely vanished. The inherited knowledge said that adding a little bit during the refining process could enhance the efficacy of the medicine, but it felt like this "little bit" was quite a lot.

Perhaps the alchemist who wrote the legacy was a high-level cultivator who had reached the late Nascent Soul stage and possessed a vast amount of merit.

The only consolation was that each of the nine batches of pills produced five pills, for a total of forty-two pills.

The Xuanhuang Merit Qi seems to improve luck, resulting in a success rate of over 90% in alchemy, producing 38 high-quality pills.

Ji An held a fine pill in his hand and examined it carefully. This Five-Colored Pill was different from the previous pills. Before the addition of merit, the pill pattern was white cloud pattern, but now it was dark yellow cloud pattern.

Moreover, the cinnabar patterns resemble mist and can move slowly, like clouds stretching across the sky.

Ji An cut the pill into four pieces, took out one piece and swallowed it to begin activating the Five Elements Cycle.

The pills have a unique, light fragrance when swallowed, and they melt in the mouth, making it feel very comfortable.

A moment later, as the cultivation technique circulated, he sensed the difference in the pills; the refining process was much easier than with the normal Five-Colored Pills.

Before this, normal cultivation and refining of the spiritual energy in pills required circulating the cultivation technique through three major cycles to refine qualified mana crystals and soul crystals.

Today, circulating one full cycle of Qi will refine the medicinal power contained in the elixir.

In just a quarter of an hour, he completely refined the pill, and the increase in cultivation was equivalent to five years of secluded cultivation. The effect of the pill was almost twice that of a pill of the same quality without added merit!
He is now at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and his improvement after a year of seclusion is much greater than when he was at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage.

"It smells so good! If I calculate it, one Five-Color Pill can increase the merit of twenty years of hard cultivation. If I eat all these pills, reaching the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage will be a piece of cake!"

The fourth-grade superior Five-Colored Pill can be used by cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage. He uses this kind of pill to improve his cultivation speed.

Ji An no longer regrets the consumption of Xuanhuang merit energy; rapidly improving his cultivation level is the only important thing.

'We must continue searching for polluted lands to purify, or transform desolate places; we still need to accumulate merit!'

Just as he was envisioning the future, the Golden-feathered Eagle entered the gourd world and said:
"Master, Lin Lan is requesting an audience outside the cave."

Ji An stepped out of the gourd world, made a hand seal to break the magical barrier, and said, "What happened? Sit down and let's talk."

Before a disciple visits him, he sends a message via a golden sword to inquire when is the best time to come. Now that he has rushed here, something important must have happened.

Lin Lan's expression was serious as she waved her hand and said:

"Master, Senior Brother Yuxiao passed away an hour ago."

Ji An was silent for a moment, then said:

"Let's go to the Five Elements Hall."

Lingxiao Mountain, Five Elements Hall.

In the side hall, the body of Master Yuxiao was placed on a jade bed, his expression serene.

A censer was placed in front of the bed, with three golden incense sticks emitting wisps of smoke.

Li Haoran, Lin Jiuxiao, Qin Yan and others had already arrived, and the hall was very quiet.

Ji An stepped forward, cupped his hands in a bow, and a faint sadness rose in his heart. He asked himself:

'A thousand years from now, how many of those familiar faces will still be alive?'

Time is the greatest enemy; if you move slowly, you will be crushed into dust by the millstone of time.

Qin Yan walked closer and transmitted his voice:

“True Lord, my senior brother passed away in his sleep.”

According to the disciples in the hall, in the afternoon, as usual, the senior brother rested in the rocking chair, and quietly passed away while gently rocking.

Ji An nodded and sighed:

"He toiled for the sect for many years, and now he has departed in peace and grace."

In recent years, he has been very busy purifying the polluted land, and the last time he met with Master Yuxiao was several years ago.

Qin Yan also sighed, "A few days ago, my senior brother instructed the disciples in the hall that if their ashes were buried under the Soul-Nourishing Wood Tree on Crimson Flame Peak after their ascension, they could make one last contribution to the sect."

The disciple recalled that his senior brother was still concerned that the sect didn't have any fourth-tier spirit wood.

The ashes of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator have a good effect on third-grade top-quality Soul Nourishing Wood, helping the spirit wood to be upgraded to fourth-grade low-quality wood as soon as possible.

Ji An felt a lump in his throat and said:

"Let me cremate your body with the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame. Senior Brother's wish will surely be fulfilled."

That sacred tree buried the ashes of True Immortal Zhengyang, and now it will bury the sect's second Golden Core True Immortal. They are looking upon this land to which they have dedicated their lives in a different way.

(End of this chapter)