Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 853 Frost Bronze Cauldron

Wan Jinrong was stunned for a moment before praising:

"Fellow Daoist's methods are truly unprecedented!"

Lightning-struck wood is extremely rare and hard to come by. Others who obtain it are favored by the Dao Ancestor. He didn't quite understand why Fellow Daoist Xuanqing could cultivate lightning-struck wood.

This must involve the other party's secret technique, so he didn't ask any more questions, but instead opened the porcelain jar to take a look.

The tea leaves are white with golden stripes, and occasionally a ray of light flashes across the stripes.

He picked up a tea leaf and examined it closely. When it shimmered with light, he felt a slight tingling sensation.

After carefully putting away the porcelain jar, Wan Jinrong smiled happily and said:
"I'll be able to drink fourth-tier spiritual tea from now on. That's great. I look forward to maintaining a long-term trade relationship with you, fellow Daoist."

Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea can not only restore consciousness but also nourish the soul. Every True Lord would love this spiritual tea.

Ji An maintained a polite smile and said:
"I can't guarantee that the spiritual tea is not enough right now. In a few years, we should be able to cultivate more Lightning-Struck Wood and Moonlit Jade Trees. I will inform you as soon as possible then."

The higher the grade of the tea tree, the slower it grows, and the less tea it produces each year.

Currently, there are only two lightning-struck wood spirit tea trees in the gourd world, which are not even enough to meet his daily needs.

Besides, even if there's a surplus in the future, we'll prioritize supplying some to the sect so that our fellow True Lords can have a taste.

"Then I'll just wait for the good news."

Wan Jinrong was well aware of the value of fourth-tier resources, and he felt relieved as long as the other party agreed to the trade.

The merchant alliance is being rapidly rebuilt, and trade between the Western Continent and the Middle Continent will gradually return to normal.

He pondered for a moment and said:

"If you don't have any special requirements for the magic weapon, I will use high-grade third-tier Frost Copper as the main material to refine it."

The flesh of sea creatures is more aquatic in nature, and the large cauldron made primarily of Frost Copper causes minimal damage to the material when rendering oil.

"Okay, let's do it that way. How long will it take?"

"One month is enough. I will come back to complete the transaction then."

Ji An clapped his hands and smiled:

"Very good."

He took out a jade slip and handed it over, saying:
"I need a batch of fourth-grade high-quality spiritual items. Fellow Daoist, could you keep an eye out for them for me?"

The other party is a weapon refiner, so they are more likely to have encountered this kind of material.

He has to use most of his resources for cultivation, and he doesn't have many resources left, which are all mid-grade fourth-tier spiritual items.

It will take a long time to gather enough resources to exchange for spirit items, but fourth-grade high-quality resources are already quite scarce, and it's not easy to come across them.

Wan Jinrong examined the information in the jade slip and said:

"It will take a long time to gather all the spiritual items you need, but if I come across any, I will save them for you."

However, it is best to find water-based materials in the East Sea, as materials of this grade rarely flow into the Central Continent.

Furthermore, with Buddhist cultivators entrenched on the shores of the East Sea, our communication with the cultivation world of the East Sea has become difficult.

Fourth-grade superior materials are used by late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. The prosperity of the East Sea is second only to the Central Continent, and there are quite a few late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators there.

More importantly, the intensity of the True Demon Tribulation experienced by the islands of the East China Sea was lower than that of the mainland. He believed that the number of Nascent Soul cultivators in the East China Sea cultivation world had already surpassed that of the Central Continent.

Ji An frowned. "I understand. I will definitely have to make a trip to the East Sea in the future."

By the way, the Buddhist cultivators are entrenched on the shores of the East Sea. Why doesn't the Central Continent unite with the cultivation world of the East Sea to launch a pincer attack on them?

In the future, he not only plans to travel all over the Eastern Continent, but he also plans to go to the Western Continent to see the scenery of this world.

"Of course there has been contact, but without a sufficiently large incentive, the cultivation world of the East Sea is unwilling to fight a decisive battle with the Buddhist cultivators."

It's lamentable that so many cultivators from the Central Continent perished while supporting the cultivation world of the East Sea, yet now, when help is needed, all they have are high-sounding excuses, like having to deal with an attack from sea beasts.

Wan Jinrong slammed his hand on the stone table in anger and continued:

"Those people in the cultivation world of the East Sea always think that they have defended the Central Continent from the invasion of the sea beast race, and they take their past help for granted."

But they didn't consider that sea beasts rarely venture inland; as long as the Central Continent builds immortal cities along the coastline, it can keep sea beasts away from the shore.

The actions of the cultivation world in the East Sea have chilled the hearts of the True Lords in the Central Continent, making it difficult for them to receive support in the future.

Some fools are always focused on profit, but lack a real long-term vision.

Ji An sighed softly. Cultivators also have all sorts of desires and are not immune to conflicts of interest.

As long as the Buddhist cultivators do not pose a substantial threat to the cultivation world of the East Sea, the True Lords of the various forces in the East Sea will not be able to make up their minds to unite against them.

He thought for a while and said:

"I think that with enough incentive, the cultivation world of the East Sea can be bound to the war machine. Think about it, killing monsters can yield all kinds of materials. If killing Buddhist cultivators can also yield materials that are beneficial to cultivation, then naturally some people will be willing to take the risk."

He thought of the relic he obtained after killing Kong Wen. If he could utilize this substance and promote its efficacy, it might be able to break the deadlock.

In his past life, if someone advertised something as an aphrodisiac, regardless of its truthfulness, sales would skyrocket. In his view, humans, demons, and sea creatures were all essentially living beings, with no difference between them.

Human cultivators who hunt demonic beasts and sea monsters will also be hunted by them, because they are all resources in each other's eyes.

Wan Jinrong pondered for a long time and said:
"It's a good idea, but how is doing this any different from practicing demonic cultivation?"

It's normal for cultivators to kill each other and scatter each other's bones to ashes, but using human cultivators as materials for cultivation is no different from demonic cultivators plundering blood and qi for cultivation.

Ji An remained silent. In his eyes, any enemy should be completely eliminated, demonstrating a flexible moral bottom line.

He wouldn't do things like extracting marrow from bones, but he certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to cultivate using relics.

After considering it for a while, he suggested again:
"If this path is blocked, we should try to use the power of will."

The first to face the threat from Shi Xiu are the various forces in Zhongzhou; there's no use in him being anxious.

The cultivation world of Central Continent can no longer withstand such great losses, otherwise it will shake the foundation of the entire human race's power, and the demon beast forces lurking on the edge of the continent will make a comeback.

A month later.

Wan Jinrong returned to Diancui Mountain to complete the transaction of the Frost Bronze Cauldron.

The large cauldron has a slightly reddish hue, is densely covered with intricate patterns, and has many blue spots.

Ji An activated his magic to control the cauldron, making it grow larger and smaller. He also activated the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Fire to burn the bottom of the cauldron. Blue spots then emitted a watery blue light, like rippling water.

Wan Jinrong smiled smugly:

"This magical artifact has a unique size control system. In its normal state, it is seven feet long, five feet wide, and four feet deep, but it can hold up to three zhang square of meat and fat. As long as the ingredients are put into the cauldron, it will automatically shrink."

The magic weapon can transform any fire-elemental spiritual energy into a form acceptable to sea beasts; however, it is only a high-grade third-tier magic weapon, so fellow Daoist, please don't overpower the flames.

"Very good, I am very satisfied."

Ji An stored the magic weapon in his dantian to nurture it. This magic weapon had not undergone a blood sacrifice and could be passed down to others for use in the future.

"Fellow Daoist, what reward do you desire?"

Wan Jinrong took out an oval-shaped, reddish bead about the size of a pigeon's egg and handed it over, saying:
"I want fifty catties of refined fourth-grade low-quality fish oil, and I will also exchange this fourth-grade high-quality Flame Soul Pearl for five hundred catties of fourth-grade mid-quality fish oil."

Marine mammals mainly consist of various types of fish, so the oil extracted from marine mammals is collectively referred to as 'fish oil'.

For weapon refiners, besides refining specific spiritual treasures, fourth-tier fish oil has a wide range of uses, such as aiding combustion and increasing flame intensity. Since there is a chance to come across it, they should stock up on more.

Ji An took the Flame Soul Pearl, which contained a golden radiance composed of light that was constantly changing shape.

This is the spiritual item needed to upgrade the Flame Banner. He sensed the quality of the spiritual pearl and nodded in satisfaction.

"I have agreed to your request, fellow Daoist. I will also give you five catties of fourth-grade low-level fish oil as a gift, but you will have to wait a few days to receive it."

For him, the fish oil was a windfall; being able to exchange it for a Flame Soul Pearl was a huge win for him psychologically.

"Thank you very much, fellow Daoist. If I receive the spiritual item you need, I will send it over."

Waiting a few days is no big deal; I'll just clear out a simple cave dwelling next to yours.”

A few days later, Ji An saw off Jin Rong Zhenjun in the early morning, but unexpectedly, another guest came to visit at noon.

Master Shengyang took out several jade bottles, cupped his hands in greeting, and smiled:
"Greetings, True Lord. I have discovered some rather good spiritual seeds and have come to present them to you."

After his visit that day, he returned to his family's new residence and immediately ordered a search of the secret vault, whereupon he finally found several relatively rare spirit seeds.

Ji An smiled as he accepted the jade bottle and opened it one by one. Inside were top-grade third-tier Phoenix Perching Wood seeds, high-grade third-tier Purple Cloud Tree seeds, and Golden Radiance Fruit Tree seeds.

A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes as he returned the jade bottle.

"Thank you for your kindness. All of these are available at my temple."

If he had received these spirit seeds before his first trip to Central Continent, he would have been very happy, but now they were dispensable.

Master Shengyang was somewhat embarrassed; there was no reason to take back a gift that had been given.

“True Lord, I still have some spirit seeds, but they are not spirit wood, but a kind of wild spirit rice, although the yield and taste are just average.”

Most spirit rice on the market is second-grade, but the spirit rice I obtained is third-grade low-level. I wonder if you would be interested?

The spirit seed he mentioned was something he obtained by chance while traveling in the East Sea. It was similar to spirit rice but tasted very different. His family of spirit farmers had been cultivating it for hundreds of years with little success.

As a high-level spiritual plant, this kind of spiritual rice takes more than 30 years to mature, and each ear of rice contains only one-third the size of second-level spiritual rice.

The only redeeming quality of this spiritual seed lies in its grade. Only the Divine Wood Sect can cultivate third-grade spiritual rice, with the highest grade being superior third-grade spiritual rice.

However, after purchasing the spirit rice from the Divine Tree Sect and planting it, the yield decreased drastically, and by the third generation, it was very difficult for it to germinate.

It is obvious that the Shenmu Sect has taken special measures to maintain its monopoly on high-grade spiritual rice.

Ji An's eyes suddenly lit up. He hadn't made any progress in mobilizing the sect to find spirit rice seeds, so finding third-grade spirit rice here was an unexpected surprise.

"Of course I'm interested. I wonder what the spirit rice is called, and which of the five elements does it belong to?"

(End of this chapter)