Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 840 Speculation on the Upper Limit of the World

Lin Jiuxiao pricked up his ears, nervously awaiting the True Lord's reply.

Not only him, but Zhang Zeye also showed great concern, his ears perked up and twitching.

The Weapon Refining Hall and the Array Formation Hall are closely connected, and Zhang Zeye and Qin Yan are bosom friends.

Ji An narrowed his eyes and said:

"Qin Yan's flying speed was too slow, so I arranged for him to enter the small world."

He discovered that cultivating in the small world was beneficial, so he would stay there until he broke through to the next level.

The Calabash World is a mid-grade fourth-order spiritual vein, and it also has a Gathering Yuan Tree, which is even more beneficial to Qin Yan.

For cultivators who practice the Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture, this spiritual tree of heaven and earth has special significance.

Ji An felt that all disciples of the sect could enter the small world to adjust their state before breaking through. As long as even one disciple benefited from this and increased their chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, it would be well worth it.

Lin Jiuxiao and the other person both breathed a sigh of relief, as long as nothing bad happened.

Ji An, unaware of their thoughts, changed the subject:
"How is the Array Formation Hall doing? Are there any promising talents capable of taking on important responsibilities?"

Currently, Zhang Zeye is the only Golden Core cultivator in the Array Formation Hall, which is an unhealthy development.

In his view, each hall should have at least two Golden Core cultivators to be considered qualified.

A relieved smile appeared on Zhang Zeye's face as he said:

"Thank you for your concern, True Lord. We have now discovered two disciples who possess both array formation talent and cultivation talent."

One disciple is 290 years old and at the fifth level of the Chaoyuan stage. He has already comprehended the mutual generation of the five elements and is currently honing his Five Qi Chaoyuan skills within the sect.

Another disciple, of Earth-grade aptitude, is now 210 years old and is currently traveling to comprehend the Five Elements' mutual generation; he has been away for five years.

It will take disciples about twenty to forty years to travel and comprehend the mutual generation of the five elements.

If either of the two disciples successfully breaks through, the Array Hall will have a successor.

Lin Jiuxiao continued:

“Junior Brother Zhang has repeatedly applied to the sect for special tutoring for these two disciples, and considering the shortage of manpower in the Array Formation Hall, I have agreed to it all.”

During the sect's most difficult period, he and Yu Xiao were both apprentices in the Array Hall, tasked with refining third-grade low-level array flags.

Ji An smiled and said, "It's only right to support them. The formations are profound and complex, and they must be given better treatment to cultivate outstanding disciples."

Among the various arts of cultivation, alchemy, artifact crafting, array formations, and talismans are the most sought after. The art of array formations is the most difficult, as training an array master is extremely costly. Generally, array masters are trained by various factions.

Among independent cultivators, array masters are extremely rare, and even those who are skilled are often of questionable character.

The group began discussing the sect's development. After listening for a while, Li Haoran rose to take his leave.
"Senior brother, sect leader, hall master Zhang, I still need to supervise the disciples' sword practice, so I'll take my leave now."

Sword cultivators are required to be sincere in their hearts and sincere in their swords. They do not concern themselves with worldly affairs and will only use their swords to kill when the sect needs them.

The sect provides better treatment to sword cultivator disciples; the disciples are the sect's strongest weapon.

As for a cultivator like Senior Brother Ji, such a person will only appear once every few years. In the future, the strongest cultivator in the sect will be a sword cultivator.

Ji An and the other two rose to see them off, then returned to their seats in the main hall.

Lin Jiuxiao's eyes shone with joy, and his tone was smug:

"Speaking of which, the hall with the most Golden Core cultivators is the Agriculture Hall, with five people; followed by the Law Enforcement Hall and the Alchemy Academy, each with three people; and the Weapon Refining Hall with two people."

These achievements were all made after he succeeded as sect leader. As the third sect leader at the Golden Core level, he felt deeply honored to witness such great development of the sect.

Ji An nodded slightly. The output of the Agriculture Hall, the Weapon Refining Hall, and the Beast Taming Hall is the most stable. As long as these halls can develop normally, the sect can move forward steadily.

Zhang Zeye considered for a moment and said:

"True Lord, Sect Leader, once the mountain-protecting formation is completed, the next step is to prepare for upgrading the spiritual vein's grade."

It is extremely difficult to improve the grade of a spiritual vein above the fourth rank. Relying solely on the accumulation of spiritual veins themselves, it is difficult to improve even once every few hundred years, and often takes thousands of years.

If you don't prepare early, it's impossible to get a sudden boost when you need it.

Spiritual veins are like large trees; sometimes branches wither. The same can happen to spiritual veins. Currently, no fifth-tier spiritual veins have been born in the cultivation world. I believe this is because spiritual veins decline and decay simultaneously with their advancement.

He probably won't live to see the day when the sect's spiritual veins are upgraded to the middle grade of the fourth rank, but it's better to make this decision as soon as possible.

Ji An disagreed with his disciple's statement. He believed that the reason why no fifth-order spiritual veins had been born was because the world's upper limit was not yet able to support them.

The cultivation world of Zhongzhou has several top sects with a history of hundreds of thousands of years. If the world had the conditions to produce fifth-order spiritual veins, such a long-standing power should have already upgraded its spiritual veins to the fifth order.

He felt that this situation was similar to the highest level in a game, where the level cap could not be increased without a version update.

Lin Jiuxiao frowned in thought, then gently shook his head and said:
"I will keep the matter of upgrading the spiritual veins in mind, but I think the most important thing right now is to improve the strength of the Beast Taming Hall and the Array Formation Hall, and resources must be allocated to them."

Now that we have acquired more knowledge about puppets, the Puppet Hall must also be upgraded as soon as possible.

Once these halls have three to four Golden Core cultivators and possess a well-established lineage, it will not be too late to consider upgrading the spiritual veins.

It won't take more than a few decades, and I think that's a time we can afford to wait.

Zhang Zeye nodded, "It's good that the sect leader knows what's going on."

The night dew was heavy, the wind carried a chill, and the iron horse-drawn carriages jingled under the eaves.

When Ji An walked out of the Wuji Hall, it was almost midnight. The bright moon was setting in the west, casting a watery light in front of the hall.

"I need to absorb the moon dew, so I must return to Crimson Flame Peak as soon as possible. I'll go ahead."

He bid farewell to his two disciples, then rode a golden beam of light and vanished from the spot. Zhang Zeye watched the dazzling light settle on the mountainside and sighed:

"The True Lord's magic is so wondrous, tsk tsk."

Lin Jiuxiao glanced at it and said:
“Other Nascent Soul True Monarchs would say that I am proficient in a certain spell, but if a True Monarch were to say it, it would be that I am proficient in all spells.”

The True Lord is proficient in all kinds of magic, including planting, attacking, defending, and flying.

Zhang Zeye scratched his head, "Thinking about it carefully, it really is true."

He cupped his hands in greeting and said:

"Senior brother, I'm going back to my cave now. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Lin Jiuxiao flew to his cave dwelling, which was located a dozen miles below the Wuji Palace.

Upon reaching the entrance of the cave, he suddenly slapped his forehead and muttered:

"I was so busy chatting that I almost forgot to tell Junior Sister Zhang that I'm going to see the True Lord tomorrow. I hope that sending the message at this time didn't disturb her."

Lin Jiuxiao took out a golden talisman sword, recorded the information, and then activated it.

Under the bright moon, golden light flew out of Chaoyang Peak and disappeared into the vast mountains and forests.

The array base lit up, and the light and shadow above the teleportation array distorted. The next moment, Ji An appeared. He directly activated the golden light that leaped across the ground and traveled among the rocks.

When we left the dark environment, we arrived at the summit of Crimson Flame Peak, standing at the crater, with a bottomless abyss behind us.

The volcanic passage meanders and twists, its interior dark yet radiating heat that dispels the chill of the night wind.

Ji An took a few steps outside, leisurely took out a futon from the cave stone, sat down cross-legged, and formed the Meridian Mudra with his hands, waiting for the moment of Yin and Yang to alternate.

A moment later, he activated a secret technique, and the moonlight condensed into countless silver threads that fell like raindrops. His full head of black hair turned into white snow, and a full moon appeared between his brows.

Ji An's lips moved, and the beam of light was swallowed into his mouth.

In the Moon Palace, the Nascent Soul made a hand seal, condensing the light falling through the caisson ceiling into moon dew, which landed in the jade basin in the center of the main hall.

The tinkling sound rang out, its lingering melody like heavenly music.

A moment later, Ji An put away the futon and once again activated the golden light that propelled him into the cave. On the rock wall, a five-colored spirit lizard resembling a gecko was devouring the dust.

He entered the quiet room, took off the gourd-shaped stone pendant from his neck, and extended his divine sense into the small world.

When he set foot on the land of the small world, all the five spiritual treasures of the Five Directions Flags, except for the Flame Light Flag, flew out of his dantian.

Qin Yan stepped forward to greet him, and Ji An nodded in acknowledgment.

"We have returned to the sect. After resting for a few days, I will begin refining the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, waiting for you to break through as soon as possible. At that time, I will ask you to upgrade the grade of the spiritual treasure."

"You should stay here peacefully and leave when you are ready to break through."

He hasn't told the other party that he has gathered all the materials.

"Haha, no problem. To receive a large order from a True Lord before advancing in cultivation is an auspicious sign! I wonder which spiritual treasure you've gathered the materials for?"

Ji An extended his left hand and bent his thumb, "Four items."

Qin Yan was overjoyed, "I've struck it rich! I was just worried about what to do when I was broke through and had no money."

After chatting for a few minutes, Qin Yan said goodbye and left.

Ji An also rode a cloud to inspect this spiritual field, focusing on checking the growth of the Seven Luminaries Golden Branches.

He extended his divine sense to observe the absorption of the ashes, and then took a small amount of ashes from the urn and buried them in the soil.

After inspecting the warehouses, Ji An took out some of the third-tier spiritual items and put them into his storage bag.

Finally, Ji An arrived at the Gathering Yuan Tree and activated the Melting Gold Divine Fire Technique.

About half an hour later, the fire phoenix flew out from the dantian, and a clear cry resounded throughout the small world, echoing back and forth.

It has fully recovered from its injuries, and the sounds of dragons roaring and tigers howling echoed each other, seemingly in celebration.

Ji An raised his hand, and the fire phoenix, shrunken to the size of a sparrow, landed on his finger, letting out a pitiful cry.

He gently stroked Lingbao's almost tangible feathers and claws, and smiled as he made a promise:

"From now on, I will be the first to promote you to the middle rank of the fourth grade!"

This magical artifact has been quite unlucky, suffering severe damage multiple times. Making it the first to receive an upgrade is a way of offering some consolation.

The phoenix chirped like a bird, clearly very pleased with the result.

The following day at dawn, Zhang Yi arrived at the Crimson Flame Peak cave as promised.

"Greetings, True Lord."

"No need for formalities," Ji An said, pointing to several storage bags on the table.
"These are the supplies I'm preparing to hand over to the sect. Please check them."

"Yes, sir."

Zhang Yi casually picked up a storage bag, opened it, counted the number of spirit fruits, and then took out a blank jade slip to record them.

　This is the second update from yesterday; the third update will be tomorrow.

　　I haven't been in good shape lately. I used to be able to write 6,000 words before midnight after get off work, but these days I can only manage 3,000...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)