Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 839 Divine Speed ​​and Lion's Roar

Ji An uttered harsh words, but in his heart he was pondering whether to fight or flee.

There was nothing he could do; the enemies he encountered were far more powerful than him. The Buddhist cultivators seemed to be more troublesome than true demons of the same level, and the Buddhist light they activated was unexpectedly strong.

The reason he was able to kill Kong Wen in the last battle was because he had Ping Tian Zhenjun as an ally, which allowed him to release attack spells more easily.

Without any help this time, if caught in the rhythm of a battle where Dharma forms collide, he can cast spells to attack, and so can the enemy.

The difference in cultivation level between the two is still very large. If the battle cannot be ended in a short time and instead becomes a contest of attrition, it will be very disadvantageous for him.

He did not activate the Five Elements Divine Mountain to continue the attack. The enemy's unpredictable appearance aroused his vigilance, so he activated the Five Elements Divine Mountain to enlarge it and float it above his head.

Five-colored spiritual light descends downwards to prevent enemy sneak attacks.

Jingyue's face showed a slight surprise. He had just used his supernatural powers to perform Buddhist rituals. He seemed calm and collected, but he had used all his strength. Logically speaking, he should be able to convert someone who cultivates the Immovable King Technique in a very short time.

Even when dealing with cultivators at the Nascent Soul level, it can inspire them to turn to Buddhism and feel a sense of reverence and worship.

Unexpectedly, the other party broke free from the Buddhist teachings in an instant, indicating that they either possessed a spiritual treasure for calming the mind or had a sufficiently powerful soul.

The Mind-Stabilizing Talisman is a Buddhist talisman that has the effect of resisting attacks on the soul. He recognized it easily and could tell that the talisman released by the other party was of a high grade.

The other party actually used Buddhist talismans to resist Buddhist salvation, which made him feel a sense of absurdity.

Thinking of this, Jingyue gave up on salvation and resorted to her old trick, disappearing from the spot.

This supernatural ability to teleport is called the Divine Foot Power. When cultivated to its peak, one's body can reach any place one desires.

His supernatural abilities certainly didn't reach that level, but he could immediately achieve it by using his supernatural abilities within his sight.

Upon seeing the enemy disappear, Ji An immediately activated his spell, unleashing the Wrath of the Earth.

He didn't know from which angle the enemy would attack, so he unleashed a wide-range attack spell that would affect any enemy that got close.

With the blessing of a superior-grade Earth Dao Seed and a natal spiritual treasure, this Earth-element spell should be able to affect enemies.

If he could petrify an enemy for a moment, he could unleash the Five Elements Divine Mountain to deliver a devastating blow.

As long as the initiative in the battle can be controlled, the choice between fighting or fleeing is up to him.

Jingyue appeared behind Ji An, standing outside the area covered by the Five Elements Divine Mountain. Her hands formed the Abhaya Mudra, her face was full of anger and her mouth was wide open, releasing the Buddhist Lion's Roar Technique.

The vajra grows enormous according to its master's will, like a missile being launched forward.

At the same time, his body radiated a powerful Buddhist light, which he used to suppress others, hoping to shatter the enemy's nascent soul form.

The instant Ji An heard the roar, it was as if a giant bell had been struck in his ears, causing the Guanghan Palace to shake violently.

In addition, it felt as if a wooden stake had struck his heart hard, and at that moment he felt his heart stop beating, and his eyes seemed to bulge out.

Fortunately, this feeling only lasted for a very short time, and he quickly recovered, still feeling lingering fear.

At this moment, the yellow spiritual light unleashed by the wrath of the earth slammed into the vajra, but it created a gap.

The vajra continued forward into the domain of the Five Elements Divine Light. After two rounds of weakening, its speed slowed down, and it finally crashed into the defensive domain without splashing any waves.

Ji An experienced the near-death experience and felt the invasion of Buddha's light. He was filled with fear and anger, but he had not been suppressed to such an extent.

He turned around to face the enemy, frantically activating his Nascent Soul Dharma Form, while simultaneously controlling the Five Elements Divine Mountain to unleash the Five Elements Spiritual Light towards the enemy's location.

As the hand seals changed, the five spiritual treasures vibrated simultaneously, and the Dao seed in the Five Elements Divine Palace also shone brightly at the same moment. He released his strongest attack spell - Chaotic Five Elements Thunder.

The five-colored lightning flashed like blooming fireworks, its booming sound shaking the surroundings and causing the earth to tremble, stirring up enormous sand worms in the distant, desolate land.

Amid the explosion, Ji An showed no joy, for the enemy had vanished again; the spell had missed its target, and all his efforts had been in vain.

'How are we supposed to fight like this!'

His anger and fighting spirit vanished completely. Without any hesitation, he activated the golden light that leaped across the ground, and his body transformed into a rainbow as he flew away at lightning speed.

Hesitation only leads to more trouble. His most powerful attack had failed, and he had no more resources to continue the fight. Leaving decisively was the best option.

Jingyue used his Divine Footwork to intercept it several times, but his opponent simply refused to engage. In the end, he could only watch as the five-colored light moved further and further away from him until it disappeared from sight.

About 15 minutes later, Ji An realized that the enemy did not seem to intend to continue the pursuit and was letting him leave.

Jingyue gently shook his head. His fighting style was different from that of the other monk kings. He mainly used his supernatural powers for attacks, while Buddhist treasures were only used as auxiliary tools.

Although he had just unleashed a few supernatural powers, he had consumed a considerable amount of his inner energy. If he continued to entangle with the enemy, it was uncertain who would fall first.

The supernatural ability to move with incredible speed granted him unparalleled speed, but the willpower within him was insufficient to support his long-term pursuit.

"I will return to Lotus Temple and inform the monks of the enemy's appearance," Jingyue said, riding on a beam of Buddhist light as she departed.

He wondered why the enemy was heading west, since this area had already left the Central Continent.

'Could it be a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Western Continent?'

He suddenly felt a lightbulb going in his head. Currently, the various temples are already locked in a fierce battle with the forces in the Central Continent, and their expansion speed has been greatly reduced. However, there are still regions such as the Southern Continent, the Western Continent, and the far north on this continent. There is no need to fight to the death in the region where cultivators are most prosperous.

Jingyue felt much better and decided to persuade the other monk kings to send the converted cultivators to investigate the situation after returning home.

In addition, there was the organization's hunt for that cultivator; no one could live freely after being stained with the blood of the Monk King.

Ten days later, Ji An left the Land of Absolute Spirits and arrived at the border between the Western Continent and the Central Continent.

"Finally back!"

A sense of peace rose in his heart. No matter how far he went or how bustling the outside world was, this was the place where his heart found peace.

He had long felt a sense of belonging to this land; wherever his heart found peace was his home.

That night, he found a secluded spot to set up a magic array and then rested in the small world for a good night's rest.

He set off at the beginning of the Yin hour the next day, taking a long detour back to the sect.

At that time, the distant mountains swallowed half of the setting sun, and the evening glow in the sky resembled a phoenix spreading its wings.

Five-colored auspicious clouds descended upon Chaoyang Peak, and moments later, two golden swords carrying messages were sent out from Wuji Hall, traveling through the vast mountains and forests accompanied by the afterglow of the crimson sunset.

As the serene moonlight silently illuminated the mountains, the lights in the Wuji Palace shone brightly. Ji An recounted in detail the progress of the elixir formula and his observations of the Central Continent, emphasizing the matter of the Buddhist monks, and concluded by saying:
"Currently, the sects of Zhongzhou and the Buddhist sects are in a standoff. However, due to the heavy losses suffered by the major sects during the True Demon Tribulation, they are unable to gather enough strength to suppress the Buddhist sects. But in the future, there will inevitably be a fierce battle between the Dao and the Buddha."

The struggle for the Dao must end only when a winner is determined and one side is completely defeated.

However, it will be a long time before that day arrives, and what we need to do is guard against the infiltration of Buddhism and Taoism.

The Buddha can use Buddhist teachings to distort the minds of ordinary people and monks, making them blindly believe in the Buddha and preach the importance of accumulating good deeds in order to seek a better next life.

If you are misled by it, you will unknowingly become a tool for suppressing your willpower.

A person who does not plan for the future will have trouble in the present; we must strengthen our precautions.

He felt a chill when he thought about how he almost knelt down when facing the enemy; that enemy was far more terrifying than Kong Wen.

He was a Nascent Soul Level 6 cultivator, and his soul strength was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Level 4 cultivator. With such a powerful foundation, he was almost defeated in one move. If it were anyone else, they would probably be even more vulnerable.

However, he felt that this was related to his practice of the Acala mantra. Although he did not visualize the image of Acala, there should be other unknown secret connections.

Another possibility is that this conversion is temporary; otherwise, if the enemy were truly that powerful, one person could convert a group of Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

The cultivators don't need to fight; they can just surrender.

Li Haoran's eyes flashed with a cold light, his tone indifferent:

"I'll have to meet these Buddhist monks someday and see if their supernatural powers are stronger or if the sword in my hand is sharper."

Such mind-distorting supernatural powers have little effect on sword cultivators, whose sword intent is deeply ingrained and whose nascent souls are surrounded by sword intent.

Ji An smiled and said, "Then we'll see how my junior brother displays his prowess."

"Senior brother, you flatter me too much. It is my honor to be able to follow behind you and fight the enemy together."

Li Haoran spoke very politely, but as the gap between their cultivation levels continued to widen, he was no match for the other party at all.

He may be aloof, but he is absolutely aware of his place.

Lin Jiuxiao looked helpless and said with a wry smile:
"We don't have any good defense against this kind of attack."

This method is similar to a soul attack, but much gentler. Even if a disciple is converted, they will not be able to detect it. This power is much more concealed than the corruption of true demons.

Ji Anwei sighed almost imperceptibly and offered words of comfort:
"There will always be a way, but we need to prepare ourselves first. When will the fourth-order defensive formation be successfully crafted?"

He's currently at a loss and can only offer encouragement.

Zhang Zeye subconsciously sat up straight and said in a deep voice:
"Replying to True Lord, I am doing my best to expedite its production, but because only I am capable of refining it, it will take at least four or five years."

Since breaking through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, he began to refine the Life and Death Illusion Dust Array, urging the sect to purchase relevant materials while refining it.

Now, more than a decade later, the materials are all prepared, but the refining process is only half complete.

There was no other way; he was the only one in the sect capable of crafting the array flags and array plates for a fourth-order array, and he had already devoted all his time to it.

Ji An looked at the sect leader and said:

"This work needs to be expedited. We hope the sect can provide more support. Does the Treasure Pavilion have many Tier 3 Top-Grade Cloud Peak Cloud Hairs?"

With a fourth-order grand formation, it is impossible for it to fall in a short time unless an external enemy gathers a large number of Nascent Soul level cultivators to besiege it.

Lin Jiuxiao was a little embarrassed and said:
"With the increase in Golden Core cultivators in the sect, and the Cloud Peak Silver Hair being a top-quality item for restoring spiritual consciousness, everyone can be allocated some every year."

Junior Sister Zhang reported this matter a few days ago; there are only about ten catties of the goods left in the treasure pavilion.

The highest grade three Cloud Peak Silver Hair can only be produced by Crimson Flame Peak. The highest grade three Cloud Peak Jade Tree cultivated in other parts of the sect is only the upper grade three. This achievement was only obtained with the help of the Five Sacred Mountains True Monarch.

With ample resources, the cultivation levels of fellow disciples are steadily increasing.

He predicted that people would only stagnate when they encountered major bottlenecks in their cultivation, such as the breakthrough from the early stage to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm, or from the middle stage to the late stage.

Ji An thought of the many Tier 3 resources in the small world's warehouse, and said that some could be cleared out:
"Tomorrow at Chenshi (7-9 AM), have Zhang Yi go to Chiyan Peak. I will hand over a batch of resources, including a batch of Tier 3 top-grade Yunding Silver Needle tea, and approve more tea usage for Zeye."

This batch of tea is only supplied to Sawano to expedite the refining process.

Currently, there are still a few top-grade Yunding Jade Trees in the gourd world, each producing about ten catties of tea buds annually.

Occasionally, he would take some out and give them to his disciples. Now, the warehouse must contain at least 1,500 to 1,600 catties of Yunding silver coins.

The number of Golden Core disciples in the sect is increasing, but the Department of Agriculture has not yet fully converted the spiritual vein grades into the spiritual plant grades.

Frankly speaking, the sect's development has been somewhat abnormally prosperous, with Crimson Flame Peak and the small world providing a lot of support to the whole.

Lin Jiuxiao responded and said:
"Okay, I'll inform Junior Sister Zhang later, and we'll allocate more spiritual tea to Junior Brother Zhang as appropriate."

He was secretly pleased, knowing that the sect's treasure vault was about to be greatly replenished.

Ji An changed the subject, recounting his deal with True Monarch Tianyan, and took out several jade slips, performing a manipulation technique to hand them to the sect leader:
"There is a jade slip that is a spiritual item needed by the Golden Puppet Sect. Please mobilize your connections to prepare it as soon as possible. It should be ready within a year at most."

The other two jade slips contained methods for crafting several types of puppets, one of which was for a low-grade fourth-tier puppet. Someone was to deliver the jade slip to the Five Elements Hall.

One advantage of having strong cultivation is that you can make your subordinates run themselves ragged with just a few words.

Lin Jiuxiao's eyes brightened. He quickly glanced at the jade slip containing the required resources and smiled.

"Many resources are stored in the treasure pavilion. In two months, it will be time to send spirit ships out for trade. It won't be difficult to gather enough resources. It won't take a year at all."

After Junior Brother Lu Yunfei of the Puppet Hall examines the jade slips used to create the puppets, he will appraise their value and then allocate the credit to you.

The sect is growing stronger and stronger, and is moving towards becoming a behemoth with no weaknesses.

Although the True Lord did not contribute any resources in this transaction, he is a crucial link and must be rewarded.

Ji An nodded slightly, "I hope Yunfei can be inspired and refine a fourth-tier offensive puppet."

There are many fourth-order spirit woods in the small world. If the disciple is capable of crafting fourth-order puppets, he will ask him to craft some, as they may come in handy sometime in the future.

"I estimate that the True Lord will have to wait a long time."

Lin Jiuxiao smiled ingratiatingly, leaning forward cautiously as he asked:
"True Lord, now that we have obtained the pill formula, why hasn't Junior Brother Qin Yan returned?"

He was somewhat worried. The True Lord had survived two major battles; would Junior Brother Qin have met with some mishap?
(End of this chapter)