Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 847 The Development of the Puppet Hall

Seeing the optimistic smiles on his disciples' faces, Ji An said in a deep voice:

"We must speed up the process, upgrade the spiritual veins as soon as possible, and then establish a teleportation array."

The sect is located in the south of the Western Continent, while Yuanhe Mountain is located in the north. If a line is drawn between the two sects, the Western Continent can be divided into two parts.

The area west of the line is close to the outer edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains and will become the main battlefield for fighting against monsters in the future; the area east of the line was once the most prosperous area in the entire Western Continent, and is now rapidly recovering.

If two locations can be connected by a teleportation array, a rapid response wartime mechanism can be established.

He briefly recounted the conflict between the cultivation world of Central Continent and the Buddhist cultivation world, and then said:
"Only by establishing a teleportation array in the North can the sect's control over the Western Continent be considered adequate, and any Buddhist cultivators entering the Western Continent will be detected immediately."

Han Shan sighed softly and said:

"Our sect leader has already informed us of the changes taking place in the Central Continent. I originally thought that the Western Continent would be affected at least a decade or more later."

He was somewhat slow to react to these kinds of things, and he focused most of his energy on cultivation. His world was relatively simple: improving his cultivation, practicing spells, and managing his spiritual fields, which kept him busy and fulfilled.

Lin Lan nodded. "We were indeed not vigilant enough about how things were developing. I will send people every quarter to transport some wood ash made from the leaves of high-level spiritual plants to Yuanhe Mountain to increase the spiritual power and other nutrients in the spiritual fields."

The spirit fields of all major spirit vein nodes and some minor nodes in the Yuanhe Mountain area have already reached the second-tier lower grade. With a little more effort, it is hoped that the spirit vein grade can be improved within three to five years.

Now, the Ministry of Agriculture has gained some insights into how to quickly upgrade the grade of a spiritual vein. With sufficient resources, it is possible to quickly upgrade a spiritual vein to the second tier.

In the future, the resource points controlled by the sect will be able to meet the needs of cultivators below the Foundation Establishment level, and the Agriculture Department will be able to concentrate resources to cultivate high-level spiritual fields.

The sect's current situation is that low-level resources are plentiful and even surplus, but high-level resources are much scarcer. The lack of resources at the early stage of Golden Core is not yet obvious, but the medicinal materials for refining mid-stage Golden Core pills cannot be supplied stably.

Ji An pondered for a moment, then said:

"The methods of the Buddhist monks are mysterious. Pass down the word that if disciples need to go out, they must not act alone, but must act in groups and be equipped with flying puppets."

He turned to look at the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord, "The Soul-Nourishing Wood in the underground cave is transforming into a fourth-order spiritual wood. From now on, you will cast spells on the Soul-Nourishing Wood and the Phoenix Wood."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lan and the others' eyes lit up with a bright light. All three disciples knew that this marked the arrival of a new era.

"Okay, I know."

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord's reaction was indifferent. He didn't benefit much from upgrading the Soul Nourishing Wood to the fourth rank; it would have been better to have an ordinary fourth-rank fruit tree grow.

Wei Baiyang scratched his head, still slightly tipsy, and asked:
"Master, may I inform Xiaozhushan about Shixiu's matter?"

This information was very important, and he felt it necessary to inform his mother to take precautions.

"No need, the sect will notify the leaders of the various forces."

After the matter was concluded, most of the spiritual food had been consumed, and the wine had also run out.

After the banquet, Ji An went to the Wuji Hall on Chaoyang Peak and told them about the Soul-Nourishing Wood.

Lin Jiuxiao said excitedly:

"If my two senior brothers knew this in the afterlife, they would surely be very pleased. Haha, our sect is becoming more and more like a Nascent Soul sect."

It has only been a little over a hundred years since Xuanqing Zhenjun broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. Normally, this amount of time is far from enough to establish the foundation of a Nascent Soul sect.

However, the sect's accumulated fortune over thousands of years erupted, not only did the spiritual veins simultaneously upgrade to the fourth rank, but True Monarchs were also born one after another.

Judging from the current situation, the sect is not much weaker than the old-established Nascent Soul sects in the Central Continent.

When True Monarch Xuanqing breaks through to the late Nascent Soul stage one day, the sect's strength will be comparable to that of the major sects in the Central Continent. Such a dreamlike progress is beyond imagination.

The sect has accomplished in just a few hundred years what other sects took thousands of years to accumulate. As long as there are no major losses in the upcoming conflict with the Buddhist sects, the future is bright.

Ji An smiled; this was also his long-cherished wish.

"When the sect's spiritual vein reaches the fourth rank, more fourth-rank spiritual trees will be cultivated on the southern yang spiritual vein in the future."

"By the way, summon Ze Ye over; I have something to ask him."

"Okay, please wait a moment, True Lord."

Lin Jiuxiao took out the communication golden sword, entered the information, and then activated it:
"Good news from the Talisman Making Hall: they have crafted communication talisman swords and communication golden swords with faster flight speeds, which are 40% to 50% faster than before. They should be able to supply everyone in large quantities in about three months."

"The Talisman Making Hall has fallen far behind in recent years, but it has finally achieved results."

Lin Jiuxiao gently shook his head and explained:
“True Lord, when I broke through to the Golden Core stage, there was only one True Person at the Chaoyuan stage in the Talisman Making Hall. Now there are twelve Chaoyuan stage disciples in the hall, including four cultivators at the fourth and fifth levels of the Chaoyuan stage.”

All the halls of the sect are making progress, only some are progressing slowly.

These cultivators at the fourth and fifth levels of the Chaoyuan stage all have the potential to break through to the Golden Core stage. In another thirty to fifty years, there might even be a Golden Core stage talisman maker.

He believed that the reason why some temples were progressing slowly was because no particularly outstanding monks had emerged.

In fact, the progress of the Talisman Making Hall is normal, but the gap becomes apparent when compared with other halls.

"Haha, I've been focusing too much on those halls that are making the most progress. How's the Puppet Hall doing? They were supposed to be producing a large number of flying puppets, how's that going?"

Lin Jiuxiao recalled for a moment and said:
"About a month ago, I heard from my junior brother Lu Yunfei of the Puppet Hall that they had crafted more than 12,000 puppets, covering different grades. There were second-grade high-ranking eagles, which were the fewest in number; there were first-grade mid-ranking to second-grade low-ranking owls, providing all-round nighttime surveillance, with a wide variety of species, including eagle owls, ghost owls, collared scops owls, long-tailed forest owls, and so on."

In addition, the unranked puppets, including magpies, doves, and tits, have already been deployed to control an area within a 500-mile radius of the sect.

Junior Brother Lu reported that the production lines have now completed the technological upgrades, and as long as there are enough materials, they can produce 3,700 to 3,800 flying puppets per month.

What materials are missing?

"Feathers, to make the puppets more realistic, must be covered with real feathers."

The Beast Taming Hall has begun large-scale breeding of various birds, and the feather shortage is expected to ease in a few months.

Lin Jiuxiao felt a little smug. The sect's cohesion and execution were very strong, and the various halls could cooperate closely. A super sect without any weaknesses was being born.

If a True Monarch can sit securely in charge of the sect for a thousand years, the sect's inheritance will be completely stabilized, and fellow disciples at the late Golden Core stage will emerge in every hall.

At this moment, Zhang Zeye arrived at the main hall on a cloud, cupped his hands, and said:

"Greetings, True Lord, Sect Leader."

"No need to be polite, sit down and talk."

Ji An smiled as he looked at the pillar of the sect's array hall, and after the other person sat down, he said:

"I'll be leaving the sect in a few days. How long will it take for the Northern Yin Vein to reach the fourth rank?"

The Dao essence gained from upgrading the grade of a spiritual vein is greater than that gained from a cultivator breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, so he needed to find out to avoid missing out.

"In response to Your Excellency, I estimate it will take at least another twenty years."

Zhang Zeye replied that after the Yang Meridian was upgraded, the sect did not invest resources in the Yin Meridian, relying entirely on the wondrous connection between the spiritual meridians for improvement, which is why it was somewhat slow.

The main reason is that the resources in the depleted spiritual veins below Crimson Flame Peak are beginning to dry up, so the sect is now very cautious about investing heavily in projects.

"I see."

Ji An nodded. He could stay in Zhongzhou for at most seventeen or eighteen years. "Has the protective array for the Yuanhe Mountain area begun to be forged?"

"A few months ago, I instructed Junior Brother Yun Qianhe to go to Yuanhe Mountain for investigation, and now he is refining the array plate."

The Array Hall's warehouse has many array flags that can be reused; at most, a second-tier, low-grade mountain-protecting array can be forged in three months.

Zhang Zeye paused for a moment, then continued:
"Back then, I realized that the sect still needed to build a teleportation array to the northern lands, so the teleportation array at Luoyan Mountain was not dismantled. In the future, we can continue to use it by making minor adjustments to the array."

In that case, all we need to do is build a teleportation array at Yuanhe Mountain.

After hearing this, Ji An jokingly said:
"In this way, the merit points that the sect returned to me when they reclaimed the array materials back then will be less."

After the pollution of Yuanhe Mountain was purified, he entrusted the sect to dismantle the magic array to recoup the costs, but now he is losing money.

Zhang Zeye scratched his head, "Of course, I should."

"Never mind, I was just saying."

Ji An waved his hand and looked at the sect leader, saying:
"I will give a sermon at the Wuji Hall at Chenshi (7-9 AM) in half a month to inform all the Golden Core disciples, and also to inform Junior Brother Li and Junior Brother Qin."

"As ordered."

In the Wuji Hall, Ji An systematically explained the cultivation of the Golden Core level, outlining a total of six paths: five based on the power of a single element (the Five Elements), and the supreme path that cultivates all five elements.

These paths are not impossible to change midway, but it requires a lot of time and effort to complete the fundamental transformation.

Theoretically speaking, if a cultivator has a long enough lifespan, he can traverse all five paths and then walk the supreme path of 'the cycle of the five elements and the return of all laws to oneness'.

Of course, this is just a dream in an ideal state.

Ji An also explained the impact of choosing the Golden Core level on the Nascent Soul stage, giving everyone a clear understanding of cultivation.

He gave one-on-one guidance to each of his disciples on their cultivation, and before he knew it, the moon was high in the sky.

"Who has any more questions?"

Seeing that no one answered, Ji An waved his hand and said:

"Go away."

After everyone dispersed, he said to Lin Lan and the others beside him:
"I thought I would finish speaking after 1-3 PM, but I didn't expect it to be 7-9 PM. I won't be able to leave tonight."

With the idea of ​​explaining things thoroughly in one go, he explained in great detail, mentioning every aspect. In addition, the questions from his disciples took up a lot more time.

The advantage is that after this explanation, when a new disciple breaks through to the Golden Core stage, they can ask other fellow disciples for guidance on the path to enlightenment.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Master can rest and recuperate tonight. It's not too late to leave tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)