Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 855 The Plump Flamingo

Once his internal energy had recovered, Ji An ended his cultivation and summoned the Blazing Sun Furnace and Frost Moon Furnace, which he hadn't used for a long time.

The blazing sun furnace, red as fire, radiates warmth, and the flamingo relief on its body seems to slowly change its form, displaying a remarkably high level of spirituality.

This alchemy furnace had been with him the longest and had already reached the threshold of transformation.

Ji An suddenly had a brilliant idea: could he use his merits to enhance the spirituality of the magical artifact and make it take human form?

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. If the Blazing Sun Furnace could take shape with the help of the Xuanhuang Merit Qi, it would help him monitor whether he was refining the essence of spiritual medicine or making Yang-type pills, resulting in a higher success rate and a slight improvement in efficacy.

His current success rate in achieving the pill is already terrifying; if he improves it further, he could reach a 100% success rate.

The efficacy of the elixir has been enhanced, easily saving months of arduous cultivation.

Ji An returned the Blazing Sun Furnace to his dantian and attempted to channel a wisp of Xuanhuang merit energy into the furnace. After a moment, the merit disappeared, and the golden patterns on the flaming crane relief wings of the furnace body shone brightly for a moment.

"it works!"

Ji An was overjoyed and carefully examined the alchemy furnace to see if it was any different now. It seemed to have changed, yet it also seemed to have changed nothing.

He decided to use all the remaining Xuanhuang merit energy to upgrade the alchemy furnace after he finished refining these batches of fourth-grade superior Wuhua pills.

A single wisp of Xuanhuang merit energy is too little; only by investing more merit energy can we test whether it is effective.

Perhaps because Diancui Mountain had a relatively high spiritual vein grade before it became a demon vein, the merit gained from purifying the demon vein far exceeded that from purifying Yuanhe Mountain, so he had enough capital to do so.

He took out the five-colored flower and other medicinal materials and began to refine the elixir.

Ji An had refined the Five-Colored Elixir many times, so he was quite skilled at it.

In this way, he used magic to purify the pollution during the day and refined pills at night, spending ten days refining six batches of Wuhua Pills.

The medicinal herbs could be used to make eighteen pills, and he successfully refined seventeen of them, achieving a success rate of over 90%. Fourteen of these seventeen pills were of exceptional quality.

After refining and absorbing this batch of pills, it was equivalent to undergoing three to four hundred years of quiet cultivation.

On the second night after the elixir was completed, Ji An activated his magic to infuse the Xuanhuang merit energy into the elixir furnace.

An hour later, the Blazing Sun Furnace, which had been resting peacefully in the lower dantian, flew out of its master's body. After struggling for a while, it transformed into a fire crane and let out a joyful cry.

It has a long beak, bright red feathers, and wings covered with golden patterns that resemble scales.

The only drawback is that the transformed flamingo is rather plump, and if you only look at its size, it looks more like a goose.

The flamingo suddenly flapped its wings and flew towards the crimson spiritual field, where it felt the "call from its bloodline".

Ji An watched the fire crane fly away unaffected by its size, and didn't know what to say.

'Can animals formed from magical artifacts lose weight?'

If the Firecracker remains this size, he will strictly forbid magical artifacts from taking human form in front of people, which would be quite embarrassing.

Ji An looked into the Guanghan Palace and found that the Xuanhuang merit energy was still 60% complete.

Previously, the only way to enhance the spirituality of a magic weapon of the alchemy furnace type was to refine more pills. Now that he has discovered such a shortcut, he simply put all his merits into the Frost Moon Furnace.

It took another hour or so for the Xuanhuang merit energy to be completely exhausted. The surface of the alchemy furnace shone with spiritual light. Although it did not take form, the spirituality of the magic weapon was greatly enhanced.

With the help of the Five-Flower Pill, Ji An's cultivation improved by leaps and bounds. Two more years passed, and the demonic veins of Yan Hui Ridge were completely purified. He gained some merit again, the amount of which was comparable to the gains from purifying Yuanhe Mountain.

He rushed to the next location without stopping, while simultaneously infusing the Frost Moon Furnace with the energy of merit.

His legend began to circulate in the Central Continent, and many people witnessed the scene of merit descending upon the world.

That day, Ji An returned to the small world, and A Yun stepped forward to communicate with him using mental power:
"Master, the Frost Rice has matured, and we have obtained sixty-two grains of spirit rice."

As it spoke, it stretched out its palm, and in its fair palm lay a piece of black spirit rice.

I wonder what Master Shengyang would think if he knew this information. The spiritual rice cultivated by the Lu family only has a maximum of twelve or thirteen grains per ear after it matures.

Ji An observed that the length of the spirit rice was not much different from the seeds he had obtained, but its plumpness had significantly improved.

The seeds we obtained before were shriveled and clearly malnourished. The situation has improved considerably now, but they still can't compare to the plumpness of the pearl blood rice.

Ji An recalled the time when he planted the Xuan Shuang Crystal Rice, nodded in satisfaction, and said:

"Very good, our Spirit Rice will mature in five years!"

Pearl blood rice matures in just over two years, which is probably the limit of the species; theoretically, the maturation time should be even shorter.

Master Shengyang did not explicitly state how long it takes for the spiritual rice to mature, but he did say that "only ten harvests have been planted in over three hundred years," meaning that each harvest takes a little over thirty years.

Planting spirit rice in the small world allows for faster cultivation of superior varieties. Given a hundred years, Ji An can harvest twenty crops of spirit rice, which should be enough to obtain superior varieties with stable yields.

Ji An took the spirit rice and used his divine sense to select the twelve seeds with the most vigorous vitality.

The quality of the spirit seeds is still not very good, so there is no need to plant too many. After cultivating them for a few generations, we will naturally obtain a large number of better seeds.

He unleashed the Withering and Flourishing Technique, plundering the life force of the weak spiritual rice and then injecting it into the selected seeds.

Then he flew on a cloud to the lakeside of the black spiritual field, planted the seeds neatly, and released a series of hand seals that unleashed the power of dragons and the life force of all things. Clouds swirled and lightning flashed, and spiritual rain fell amidst the roar of dragons, causing the seedlings to sprout from the soil.

More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Ji An arrived at Cloud Sea Immortal City on a cloud. This city was built by the Merchant Alliance on the original site of the Immortal City.

Over the years, he has purified eight demonic veins in the Central Continent and upgraded two alchemy furnaces to the transformation stage, which can be described as diligent and conscientious.

Now is the time to leave. The sect's Yin veins are nearing an upgrade in rank, and the stone turtle will be able to absorb a large amount of Dao essence.

He found Wan Jinrong at Wanbaolou and bowed, saying:

"Fellow Daoist, your cultivation has improved again in two years. Congratulations!"

To prevent Buddhist cultivators from infiltrating the Immortal City, the Merchant Alliance stipulates that Nascent Soul cultivators take turns guarding the Immortal City, and in recent years it has just been the turn of True Monarch Haoran.

The opponent's cultivation had actually broken through to the second level of the Nascent Soul stage, a rate of improvement that was no less than his own back then.

"Happy together."

Wan Jinrong's face was full of smiles; his cultivation level had been raised a few months ago.

The family decided to focus on nurturing him, allocating various resources to him, and providing an ample supply of pills for the Nascent Soul stage, so such progress was to be expected.

"Fellow Daoist is a rare guest. Your deeds are widely praised in the Immortal City."

Ji An smiled and waved his hand, saying:

"The scene of the heavens and earth bestowing down the primordial energy of merit is magnificent; it's impossible to keep a low profile."

He doesn't like to be high-profile, but he can't help but be high-profile when he receives merit.

"Why should I keep a low profile? If I were to gain merit, I would want all the cultivators in the Central Continent to know!"

Wan Jinrong's tone was full of envy. He was very envious of the various wonderful uses of merit, but unfortunately he did not have the other party's skills.

After a brief conversation, Ji An revealed the purpose of his trip:
"I've come here to say goodbye to my fellow Daoists. I haven't been back to the sect for many years, so I must go back and visit."

I'd like to inquire whether the Buddhist and Buddhist communities have been behaving themselves in recent years, or whether there have been any signs of escalating conflict.

"Strangely enough, we have discovered that the power of the Buddhist sect has stopped expanding, perhaps because they are strengthening the magic arrays in various temples."

Ji An frowned slightly, his expression serious, and said:
"Something is definitely amiss when things are going strange; they are very likely engaged in shady dealings."

The Buddhist monks were keen to expand their territory so that they could support a larger population.

A large number of people means a mixture of emotions and desires, and the temple will receive more blessings from believers.

It can be said that the size of the population and the size of the territory directly affect the development of the Buddhist sects, so the enemies should not have acted so peacefully.

“We think so too, but we haven’t found any useful information and we don’t know what the monks are doing.”

Wan Jinrong sighed deeply. Everyone knew that the Buddhist cultivators were brewing a grand plan, but no one knew their purpose. At present, the cultivators were still observing how the situation would develop.

After chatting for a while longer, Ji An took his leave.

Ji An chose the same route back as he came: crossing the heart of the Central Continent to the coastline of the northern region, then following the coastline to the far north, and finally returning to his sect.

There are two considerations for doing this: first, to avoid the potential dangers in the Land of Extinction.

Upon learning that the Buddhist monks possessed various supernatural powers, he instinctively became unwilling to traverse the Land of Severed Spirits.

If Shi Xiu, who possesses the Heavenly Eye, were to locate him, there would be endless troubles that could even affect the sect, which was something he did not want to see.

The second reason is that they feel that by taking the ocean route, they might encounter sea beasts undergoing tribulations and gain additional Daoist insights.

After flying at full speed for an hour, Ji An summoned a fire phoenix to sit on its back and focused his mind on his dantian to connect with the stone tortoise.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 0, Water 0, Wood 0, Fire 512.6, Earth 0]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 150736.4, Gen Spirit 146532.1, Zhen Spirit 151267.5, Xun Spirit 162314.6, Kun Spirit 152415.3, Qian Spirit 168072.4, Dui Spirit 150427.5, Li Spirit 152364.8

[Spell: Thread-Binding Spell (48% Success Rate)]

The biggest gain over the years has been a significant improvement in the Pulling Silk Spell. However, the amount of spiritual energy gained is much less than when I was in the sect; I estimate that I've lost at least 40%.

The spiritual veins near the demonic vein area are of very low grade, and the stone turtle absorbs very little spiritual energy from the outside world. If it weren't for the small world supporting it, the spiritual energy it would have gained in more than ten years would probably be less than what it would have gained in a year in the sect.

"Ah, if only inspiration could be transformed into Daoist principles."

Ji An felt a surge of anticipation; as long as he could break through to a higher realm, the stone tortoise would receive a certain degree of strengthening.

The patterns on the stone tortoise's shell evolved from the initial acquired Bagua to the innate Bagua. When it first came into this world, the stone tortoise was covered in cracks, but now these cracks have disappeared, and it can even transform into Daoist energy.

If he breaks through to the Three Flowers Realm, I wonder what the stone tortoise will become.

(End of this chapter)