Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 850 Arrival at Golden Dragon Mountain

After Ji An upgraded all five of his Five Directions Flag Spirit Treasures to the middle grade of the fourth rank, their enhancement to spells increased, with Chaos Five Elements Thunder and Vertical Golden Light benefiting the most.

Compared to the battle against the Shi Xiu who could teleport, the Chaos Five Elements Lightning's attack power increased by nearly 40%, and this powerful effect was immediately apparent.

The Kui Niu weaved through the rain, avoiding the direct impact of the thunderbolt, but it couldn't completely evade it. Half of its tail exploded into a bloody mist, and its muscles, bones, and everything else shattered into dust.

Its tail is its most powerful weapon, and it is more resilient than any other part of its body.

"moo"

The Kui Niu let out a miserable howl. The intense pain and the power of the Chaotic Five Elements Thunder subsided its anger, and reason returned to its body.

The enemy's cultivation level was two realms lower than its own. It originally thought the enemy was just a despicable person who had gotten lucky and succeeded in a sneak attack. It never expected that the enemy's magical attack would be so amazing.

If it had been hit head-on by the lightning attack, most of its proud, thick muscles would have been blown apart. It had originally thought that at the very least, it could wear down the enemy to death, but now it seemed that it would be the one to be worn down to death in a head-on battle.

The body of the Kui Niu plunged into the sea, and the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning outside vanished like smoke in the blink of an eye, leaving large patches of blue blood spreading on the surface of the sea.

Ji An had no intention of pressing his advantage. The shattering of his Nascent Soul Dharma Image would have aftereffects. Right now, he had a splitting headache, or more precisely, the injury to his Nascent Soul had been transmitted to his body.

The pain is not unbearable, but it makes it difficult to activate the Nascent Soul Dharma Form. Moreover, if the Dharma Form is shattered head-on again, the Nascent Soul will be severely damaged.

The enemy, having witnessed his prowess, chose to retreat, and he also did not wish to continue fighting.

To be honest, this was the first time his nascent soul shattered in a direct confrontation, and the fact that Kui Niu's magic possessed such power was beyond his expectations.

Ji An made a hand seal, and his body transformed into a rainbow of five-colored spiritual light, leaving a trace in the sky like a rainbow spanning the sea.

This spell allows for flight speed fast enough to ignore magical restrictions, but its effect is too flamboyant and doesn't suit his low-key style.

During his flight, he activated the magic array of the Soul Nourishing Pendant, quickly extracted the mysterious substance from it, and then took out the prepared Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea, gulping it down with gusto.

Meanwhile, the nascent soul in the Moon Palace was not idle either, activating a secret technique to refine the moon dew accumulated in the jade basin into moon essence and swallow it into its belly.

Only then did he notice several faint cracks on the nascent soul's body, resembling the cracks on porcelain.

Ji An felt that if there were a few more collisions like this, the nascent soul might be at risk of shattering, and he had a clearer understanding of the risks of collisions between nascent souls and dharma bodies.

He used to be the one bullying others, but this time he was the one being bullied. However, it wasn't all for nothing; the enemy's fighting style gave him a fresh perspective.

As the moonlight entered his body, a cool sensation emanated from his nascent soul, the cracks faded slightly, and the headache subsided considerably.

The remaining injuries to the Nascent Soul cultivator can only heal slowly; this cannot be rushed.

With more than half of his magical power depleted, Ji An summoned a fire phoenix to escape. He then took out a mid-grade fourth-tier Bodhi fruit, ate it in a few bites, put away the pit, and circulated his cultivation technique to refine it.

Half a day after Ji Anfei left, the area within dozens of miles of the island where the battle took place was once again hit by wind, rain, lightning, and thunder.

The Kui Niu, having lost half its tail, rode the water and clouds to the island, found the spot where its offspring had been killed, and let out a mournful and indignant roar.

After flying close to the coastline for half the night, Ji An activated a secret technique to absorb the moon dew by moving his mouth towards the bright moon, and then entered the dense forests of the inland mountains.

The western part of the mainland has a unique topography, with a very high mountain range just a few dozen miles from the coastline.

He found a secluded place and discovered an abandoned cave.

After checking with his divine sense and confirming that there was no potential danger, he took out the array plate and array flags to set up the array, and then activated the array to enter the small world.

Big Yellow, Golden-feathered Eagle, Golden Hair, and Blue Shell were all near the Kui Niu carcass, but none of them dared to approach.

Even if these Nascent Soul level demons were dead, the pressure of their high-level bloodlines would still make the beast tamers instinctively fearful.

Ji An approached the corpse of the Kui Niu, a sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, and extended his divine sense. He discovered that its internal organs were completely shattered, having been utterly destroyed by the metal element divine intent unleashed by the magic.

After a careful inspection, he realized why the sneak attack had succeeded so easily: it wasn't because he was strong enough, but because he was lucky enough.

As it turns out, even the strongest biological passage is not an impenetrable place. The flying sword pierced through the weak point with minimal resistance, and then exploded in the chest cavity.

By sheer luck, he obtained a complete carcass of a Kui ox.

A pool of blue blood lay on the ground; the sea monster had bled to death. Ji An waved to A-Yun, who was jogging over, and gave her an order:

"Dig out the soil stained with blood and bury it around the Gathering Yuan Tree, being careful not to break the roots of the spirit tree."

The vital energy contained in blood should not be wasted; it should be used to its fullest potential.

Ayun smiled and nodded, then rode the spirit shuttle to find other puppets to help. Now she was the steward here, and she would usually assign tasks to other puppets while she stayed out of the way. She would only show her skills when her master returned.

The process of butchering the sea beast begins. First, the hide is peeled off to reveal a thick layer of fat. The fat and muscle are separated, leaving some meat for the beast tamers.

He used to feed his beasts with the flesh of Nascent Soul level beasts, but the effect was not ideal. The beasts at the Golden Core level had difficulty absorbing the power contained in the Nascent Soul level beasts. Later, he burned the beast flesh and used it as fertilizer.

Currently, a large number of musk oxen are being raised in the small world. The meat of Nascent Soul demon beasts can be made into meat pellets and mixed with beef to feed the beast tamers.

Ji An cut out several pieces of fatty meat, each three fingers wide and an inch thick, and tossed them to the onlookers, the beasts.

Big Yellow used its paws to painstakingly cut off a thumb-sized piece, turned around, and swallowed it slowly, chewing it carefully. It couldn't handle any more. Even fatty meat, which wasn't very firm, was quite difficult for it to cut.

The golden eagle pecked at the meat for a while, ate a few bites, and then flew away with the remaining pieces.

Lanbei and Jinmao were only demonic beasts at the Chaoyuan stage. Although they longed to devour Kui beef, they dared not do so and could only lick it with their tongues to satisfy their craving.

The Kui Niu was so large that it took three days just to butcher it, and another day to burn most of its bones to ashes.

Ji An retained most of the fat and a small amount of bone to be melted down into oil, and also kept a small portion of red muscle, which was cut into small pieces, salted, and hung up to air dry.

He wouldn't eat this meat; after all, demonic beasts at this level could transform into human form, and he felt guilty about it, so he used it all as animal feed.

He used his Frost Wind Technique to freeze the fat, intending to deal with it once he reached Central Continent.

Some medicinal herbs need to be added during the refining process, otherwise the oil will have a fishy smell. These kinds of medicinal herbs are not grown in the small world.

Having wasted several days, he needed to get to Jinlong Mountain as soon as possible.

The journey at sea is different from the Path of the Dead; it requires traversing half of Middle Continent to reach the destination.

A month later, Ji An arrived at Jinlong Mountain, travel-worn.

The White Emperor Temple sits atop the mountain and is clearly a newly built temple, with a maximum history of a hundred years.

In the previous life, a hundred years seemed like a very long time, exceeding most people's lifetime, but in the world of cultivation, a hundred years seemed extremely short.

After examining the types and quantities of the resources, Tianyan Zhenjun put them away and smiled, saying:

"It was a pleasure trading with Fellow Daoist Xuanqing. I look forward to continuing our cooperation in the future."

Although a century has passed since the True Demon Tribulation, the damaged spiritual veins in various parts of the Central Continent have not yet fully recovered, and there is a great demand for resources to upgrade the grade of the spiritual veins.

With the Golden Puppet Sect's resources completely plundered, it will be difficult for him to compete with others for sufficient resources.

The sect is only able to utilize resources now because other forces in the Merchant Alliance lent them to them out of consideration for their past relationships.

This transaction with the other party was nearly 20% cheaper than in Zhongzhou. He smiled bitterly to himself, realizing that his sect had fallen to such a state.

"Both parties benefited from this transaction, and we look forward to the next collaboration."

By the way, I sense the surge of energy in your sect's spiritual veins; it seems you're about to advance in rank?

Ji An asked tentatively. In fact, having experienced several upgrades in the sect's spiritual vein grade, he was certain that the current situation was indeed a sign that the spiritual vein was about to be upgraded, and it would be upgraded in the next few days.

"Fellow Daoist's insight is keen. Indeed, after thoroughly purifying the pollution of the spiritual vein, we can finally quickly improve its grade. The supplies you brought can accelerate the improvement of the spiritual vein."

Tianyan Zhenjun sighed deeply, for it had taken so many years to raise the grade of the spiritual vein from the lower third rank to the middle rank; the difficulties involved were beyond the comprehension of outsiders.

“Fellow Daoist, when the grade of a spiritual vein is upgraded, the power of the five elements erupts, which is a good opportunity to comprehend the power of the five elements. Would you be fortunate enough to stay here for a few days and use this precious land to comprehend the changes in spiritual energy?”

With the third-tier spiritual vein upgraded, the stone turtle can absorb several hundred more points of Dao essence. Since we've encountered it, we can't let it pass us by.

"Of course, as long as you don't mind the simple conditions here."

Tianyan Zhenjun readily agreed, as he wanted to improve his relationship with the other party.

Ji An nodded with a smile:

"Thank you, fellow Daoist. I will remember this favor."

The two chatted and laughed more familiarly, and even began to exchange cultivation experiences, each gaining something from the experience.

Ji An pondered for a moment, then spoke again:

“A year ago, I returned to Xizhou, and I encountered a monk again at the place where Shixiu was killed. I fought with him and was defeated.”

This monk could instantly traverse extremely long distances, and my attacks couldn't even reach him, which was quite frustrating.

Fellow Daoist, do you know who this monk is, and how should we deal with him?

He didn't know much about Buddhist monks, and suddenly encountering such a monk left him unsure how to deal with him.

"The monk you mentioned is very famous. Many True Lords in the Southern Region of Central Continent know about him."

That person's Buddhist name was "Jingyue". He had mastered a supernatural power called "Divine Foot Power", which allowed him to travel freely and at will to any place.

It is said that when this supernatural power is cultivated to its peak, one can travel tens of thousands of miles in a single step.

Ji An raised his eyebrows, thinking to himself that this was too powerful.

"Surely Buddhist cultivators possess more than one supernatural power? Could you please provide me with a detailed explanation of their cultivation methods?"

(End of this chapter)