Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 822 Nascent Soul Level Six
Ji An activated the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra, causing yellow spiritual light to surge on the ground. A slight but rapid tremor came from deep underground, and earth-elemental spiritual energy began to flow up and down the earth.

The nourishing and peaceful divine aura filled the small space, and the cultivators from the Ministry of Agriculture felt the strong earth element aura, their eyes filled with admiration and worship.

'So this is how perfectly divine intent can be manifested!'

The leaves of the Soul-Nourishing Tree emit a hazy purple hue, and its branches sway gently, like elegant dancers.

Bathed in the spiritual light, the shadow of the spirit tree swayed on the rock wall, like a ferocious beast baring its fangs.

After a moment of silence, Lin Jiuxiao spoke first:

"The space is cramped, fellow disciples, please return to the ground one by one."

Following the path they had come from, everyone exited the cave. One disciple bowed respectfully and said earnestly:
"True Lord, most of us have never had the chance to come to Crimson Flame Peak. Today, we happen to be at your temple. Would you allow us to tour and visit it?"

It would be a pity not to have taken a closer look at such a precious place. If I don’t make this request today, I’m afraid I’ll rarely have the chance to come to the place where the True Lord meditates in peace in the future.

Many disciples looked on with longing, for everyone is curious and wants to know what secrets this land, where the sect's first Nascent Soul cultivator was born, holds.

Everyone glanced at Lin Lan and the others, envying their good fortune in becoming disciples of the True Lord.

Ji Qianfan touched the scar on the left side of his forehead that ran past his eyebrow, his eyes filled with a complex emotion. Did he regret what happened back then?
He quickly forced himself to become resolute.

Back when True Lord was just a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage, he once selected disciples at Ningcui Cliff, and he was one of them.

However, he dreamed of becoming a swordsman, so he mustered up the courage to refuse.

The path of a sword cultivator is not smooth. Only the Yingyue Peak lineage in the sect are sword cultivators, but none of them have taken on disciples. He practiced the sword manual on his own, taking countless detours and stumbling along the way before finally reaching the Golden Core stage of sword cultivation.

He is now a cultivator at the first level of the Golden Core stage, while Lin Lan and he, who started at the same point back then, are now both cultivators at the middle level of the Golden Core stage.

Fortunately, he can now spar with Senior Brother Lin Qiubai and seek guidance from True Monarch Haoran. In the future, there is a possibility that he may break through to the Nascent Soul level.

He gently clenched his fist, silently encouraging himself:
'I will definitely surpass Lin Lan and Han Shan in the future.'

Ji An smiled and nodded, looking at his eldest disciple:
"Lin Lan, show your fellow disciples around."

"Yes, sir," Lin Lan replied, then immediately transmitted her voice:
"Master, are all places open to everyone?"

Ji An replied telepathically, "Yes."

Golden Core cultivators are the backbone of the sect, and everything in Crimson Flame Peak can be shown to everyone, which can also inspire a sense of pride in the disciples.

Lin Jiuxiao laughed and said, "It's been many years since I've properly looked at the plants and trees here. Let's go together."

After the disciples left, only two Nascent Soul cultivators remained at the entrance of the cave.

Ji An activated the mimicry array by making a hand seal, pointing towards the cold pool:

"Shall we go sit for a while?"

Li Haoran extended his hand, "Please."

The two flew to the pavilion and sat down. They didn't talk about cultivation or the future development of their sect; they simply reminisced about the past.

A gentle breeze blows, and the ripples in the cold pool shimmer like precious, fleeting moments treasured in memory.

Wildflowers bloom and fade, fade and bloom again; migratory birds migrate several times; forty years have passed peacefully.

In the gourd world, spiritual pressure surged wildly in all directions like a nuclear explosion. Ji An, sitting cross-legged on a futon, looked up to the sky and roared. The cries and shouts of several spiritual treasures cheered and jumped up and down.

A moment later, Ji An stopped whistling, shook his sleeves, and stood up.

After years of secluded cultivation, the Five-Colored Pills that had been refined with added Xuanhuang Qi were completely consumed. Later, as the spiritual herbs matured naturally, he used the remaining merits to refine another batch, and now there are two high-quality pills left.

His cultivation progressed more slowly than expected, but thanks to the powerful effects of the Five-Colored Pill and his usual diligence, he successfully advanced to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

"The elixirs are almost gone, I need to go out and do some good deeds."

Ji An smiled and said that he still had six fourth-grade high-quality five-colored flowers in his hand, and enough spiritual herbs to refine six more batches of pills.

Having tasted the benefits of the Xuanhuang Merit Qi, they tried their best to add merit when refining elixirs.

The Five Banners magical artifacts flew back from all directions, circling around him and roaring or chirping, seemingly offering their congratulations.

These magical treasures understand that the stronger their master, the more nourishment they will receive, and the easier it will be to upgrade their rank once they have enough materials.

"Haha," Ji An laughed heartily, reaching out to stroke the scales of the earth unicorn and the feathers of the fire phoenix.
A moment later, the magical artifacts left, and he focused his mind on his dantian.

Golden characters appeared in the sky above the Moon Palace, shimmering with light.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 1636.4, Water 213.6, Wood 0, Fire 1834.5, Earth 412.7]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 118254.8, Gen Spirit 117921.6, Zhen Spirit 117816.5, Xun Spirit 117158.7, Kun Spirit 117542.7, Qian Spirit 118012.9, Dui Spirit 118158.4, Li Spirit 117365.4

[Spell: Thread-Binding Spell (1% Success Rate)]

[Taoist Seed - Ren-Gui Water (Superior Grade), stored in the water palace of the kidneys, allows one to comprehend the nourishing power of water, cleanse the spirit, and enhance understanding of water-based magical arts.]

[Taoist Seed - Jia Yi Wood (Superior Grade), stored in the Wood Palace of the Liver, allows one to comprehend the growth, cycle, and plundering of divine will of wood, enhancing comprehension of wood-based spells.]

In recent years, no disciples from the sect have attempted to reach the Golden Core stage, but several Golden Core level spirit fish have emerged in the small world, adding a touch of Daoist charm.

The spiritual veins in the small world reached the middle grade of the fourth rank more than 20 years ago, allowing the stone turtle to absorb more spiritual energy, and the Chaos Five Elements Thunder had already been upgraded to the Great Perfection level.

Since there was no need to use Daoist principles to accelerate the ripening of spiritual herbs for the time being, Ji An simply upgraded the two Daoist seeds, Ren Gui Water and Jia Yi Wood, to the superior grade, directly increasing the divine intent of the Dragon Soaring and All Things Grow by 35%.

Now, with five high-grade Dao seeds in his body, his cultivation has improved, and the mana consumed by using the Golden Light of the Earth has been further reduced. He doesn't know how far he will fly away when his mana is exhausted.

The Taibai Extinction Sword is no longer his strongest spell; it has been replaced by Chaos Five Elements Thunder.

This lightning technique is enhanced by five Dao Seeds, making it even more powerful than the mighty Heavenly Lightning. Ji An felt that he could now fight against any Nascent Soul cultivator at any level.

Seeing that he had finished his cultivation, A-Yun quickly stepped forward, lowered her head, and communicated with him using her spiritual power:

"Congratulations, Master, on your cultivation level has advanced once again!"

She could sense that the spiritual pressure just now was much stronger than before, and her tone was full of joy.

"Haha, thank you. Let me brew you a pot of spiritual tea to quench your thirst!" Ji An laughed. He wasn't thirsty at all; he clearly wanted to enjoy himself.

Breaking through a realm consumes a tremendous amount of spiritual energy. Although the breakthrough enhanced the strength of the soul, the nascent soul's condition was still not very good.

"Yes, Master, please wait a moment."

Ji An found the rattan chair that had been blown dozens of feet away by the spiritual pressure, lay down under the Gathering Yuan Tree, closed his eyes to rest, and at the same time did not forget to activate the magic array of the Soul Nourishing Wood pendant so that it could release the mysterious aura to nourish the soul more quickly.

A moment later, after finishing a pot of fourth-grade mid-level Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea, Ji An chewed the tea leaves carefully and swallowed them.

He rode the clouds and slowly ascended into the sky, beginning his triumphant survey of this kingdom that belonged solely to him.

After the spiritual veins of the small world were upgraded to the middle grade of the fourth rank, the area of ​​each spiritual field expanded to 150 mu, and now there are a total of 700 mu of land here.

To be honest, the land area is not very large, but as long as this land can maintain its characteristic of being able to grow any kind of spiritual plant, Ji An will be very satisfied.

The yellow earth is the center of the small world, and the Gathering Yuan Tree is the very center of that center. This fourth-grade superior spiritual root of heaven and earth is also the highest point of the small world, reaching a height of over seven zhang.

The leaves, in five colors, emit a warm glow, each one crystal clear, as if carved from a piece of exquisite jade.

Every year, Ayun would regularly ride her flying shuttle to pick leaves to refine the Five Qi Pill.

Thanks to the Gathering Yuan Tree, this spirit field has reached the fourth-grade upper level, making it the only upper-grade spirit field. It achieved this in the third year after the spirit vein was upgraded to the fourth-grade middle level.

To the south of the Gathering Yuan Tree is the Soul Nourishing Wood, and there are two Golden Leaf Sandalwood trees, both of which are mid-grade fourth rank. Further south are three more Golden Leaf Sandalwood trees, which are now low-grade fourth rank.

The earliest planted golden sandalwood tree produced spiritual seeds twice. The first time, there was only one seed, and the second time, there were three seeds. Using the spiritual seeds from the second harvest, there are currently five golden sandalwood trees.

The heartwood of this spiritual wood can be combined with the leaves of the Soul-Nourishing Wood to make sandalwood soul-nourishing incense, which has the effect of quickly restoring consciousness and also has a slight nourishing effect on the soul.

Wood core can also be refined into sandalwood on its own. This spiritual fragrance only has the effect of restoring consciousness. Although its effect is 40% weaker than the soul-nourishing fragrance, it can be used as a supplement.

The cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage places great emphasis on improving the strength of the soul, and the Soul Nourishing Wood doesn't have enough leaves for him to use.

The first two spiritual plants planted, the Star Tree and the Azure Mist Pine, were both of the middle grade of the fourth rank, and there were also three Star Trees of the lower grade of the fourth rank.

This spiritual plant is similar to the Mysterious Leaf Sword Bamboo; it can produce metal-elemental spiritual fruits, which can be used as metal.

It can be said that if there were enough Star Trees, they could support a group of sword cultivators at the Nascent Soul level.

The spiritual fruits produced by the Star Soul Tree are the main ingredients for refining the Divine Fire Spirit-Nourishing Pill. Currently, there is one mid-grade fourth-rank spiritual tree and ten low-grade fourth-rank spiritual trees. Only a quarter of the spiritual fruits produced are needed to refine one batch of pills.

The Yin Soul Tree is a material for refining the Nascent Soul Pill. Although he has many seeds, Ji An has only planted one Yin Soul Tree, which is currently a mid-grade fourth-order tree.

This spiritual plant bears fruit once every fifty years. It matures in fifty years and produces about twelve fruits, which is more than enough for the sect's use.

Another most valuable spiritual fruit in this spiritual field is the two lightning-struck spiritual fruit trees, which were upgraded to the middle grade of the fourth rank more than ten years ago.

All the mutated spiritual fruits that grow on lightning-struck trees can be eaten directly. After being refined, they can increase magical power and also have the effect of tempering the body.

The colorful auspicious clouds flew to the white spiritual field, where there were more than sixty mid-grade fourth-level Vajra Bodhi trees.

These Gengjin Divine Thunder Talismans nurtured by the spirit wood have all reached the middle grade of the fourth rank, which is a pleasant surprise. Although such talismans are not particularly sought after when trading, they are more popular than high-grade spirit stones.

Four golden phoenix trees grow on the edge of the Bodhi tree forest, one of which is of medium grade four and the other three are of low grade four.

The fourth-grade mid-level plant was planted after the sect obtained the seed, while the other three were planted after the spiritual seeds were produced.

Wood core is a good material for refining metal-elemental spiritual treasures, but Ji An doesn't need this kind of spiritual wood for the time being, so he has no intention of cutting it down.

There were still a few copper-patterned mulberry trees in the spirit field. These mulberry trees were almost useless, but Ji An burned their leaves to make fertilizer, which seemed to be of some use.

Dozens of acres of this land are left idle because he really doesn't know what to plant.

There are enough Bodhi trees, but we want to plant Golden Phoenix Trees but we don't have any spiritual seeds.

The Black Spirit Field contains only two types of spirit trees: the Azure Mist Tree and the Heavenly Origin Pear.

There are fifty Azure Mist Trees in total, three of which are of the fourth-grade low quality. In the outside world, it seems that this kind of spiritual tree can only be cultivated to the third-grade high quality.

The rest of the area is planted with Tianyuan pears, including twenty-one old trees, twenty of which are of the third-tier top grade, and the other is a lightning-struck wood, which is now of the fourth-tier low grade and has begun to bear fruit.

If the spirit wood doesn't reach the middle grade of the fourth rank when the fruit is almost ripe, Ji An decides to use Daoist principles to improve the spirit wood's grade.

He had to do this because a low-grade fourth-tier spirit fruit wouldn't be of much use to him.

Apart from the old trees, the remaining Tianyuan pears are all seedlings, and their fate is to be struck by the divine lightning of the Yi Wood God one day.

The pond in the center of the black soil is about fifty acres in size and two hundred feet deep. There are more than forty pure water lotus plants in it, including six of the fourth-grade medium quality and twelve of the fourth-grade low quality.

All the spirit lotuses were scattered around the spring at the bottom of the pond, their long roots intertwined to form a vast network.

Over the years, Ji An has not taken care of the Pure Water Lotus, and has not even harvested any lotus seeds. The reason it has reached this scale is because the spirit fish have participated and have intentionally planted mature lotus seeds.

Once there are more Spirit Lotuses, A-Yun will regularly harvest the lotus seeds to use as food.

The verdant green fields rippled with the gentle breeze.

There are still fifty acres of Jade Leaf Mulberry. Although this spiritual plant is only a third-grade superior plant, it can bloom once every few years and is the main source of honey.

Mulberries are used as an auxiliary ingredient in making pine nut wine, and the pine nut wine made with the new formula has a unique flavor.

A large number of Bodhi trees were cultivated to the middle grade of the fourth rank, and the Purifying Spirit Talisman and Stabilizing Spirit Talisman were upgraded accordingly, with most reaching the same grade as the Spirit Tree.

Ji An was secretly amazed. Whether it was the Bodhi Tree or the Vajra Bodhi Tree, being able to cultivate them to the middle grade of the fourth rank was beyond his expectations.

You should know that when he obtained the spirit plant seeds back then, they were all second-tier spirit seeds.

Thirty-two of the Azure Moon Purple Spirit Cedar trees have reached the middle grade of the fourth rank. The cedar seeds are not far from maturing. In five or six years at most, he will be able to taste the roasted seeds.

At the edge of the Lingshan Forest, a large number of seedlings of Ficus microcarpa, Pyracantha fortuneana, Jade laurel, Jade laurel, and Dragonwood are planted.

After years of cultivation using the divine lightning of the Yi Wood, four more lightning-struck trees were born: one Youyue Cangyu Tree, one Canglong Tree, and two Feiye Mulberry Trees.

There are currently two Lightning-Struck Wood Moon Jade Trees, one a mid-grade fourth-tier tree and the other a low-grade tree, and the same applies to the two Jade Leaf Mulberry trees.

In a few more years, Ji An may be able to achieve the freedom to produce lightning-struck jade dew golden bud tea.

(End of this chapter)