Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 863 Explosive Output
A handsome monk said, "Senior brothers, what do you think happened to the monks who were sent to the Western Continent last time? According to intelligence, there are no decent cultivator forces in the Western Continent. Could it be that the demon beast race was behind it?"

It is said that the soul lamps of the two monk kings went out one after the other within a day, but the intelligence they received indicated that there was no powerful force in the Western Continent that could threaten the lives of the two monk kings.

Lotus Temple had expected that the Sangharaja would encounter danger on his way to the Southern Continent and the far north, but to their surprise, he did not encounter any problems on that continent. Instead, he suffered heavy losses on the Western Continent, which he thought was a safe place.

"I dare not speak rashly before I arrive in the West and understand the situation."

A Buddhist monk with a square face and a serious expression answered, looking up at the front of him solemnly:

"Gentlemen, our main purpose on this trip is to investigate the cause of death of the two monk kings who were on a mission. We must keep a low profile and avoid conflicts with cultivators as much as possible."

These individuals were skilled at concealing their tracks and were also adept at combat. They possessed a combined attack technique, giving them a certain degree of confidence in defeating even two or three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Even if they could not win, they could retreat with ease.

They carried Buddhist treasures specifically for detection. If even a single drop of blood from a deceased Sangharaja fell, it would be as conspicuous in this treasure as a light in the night.

“Brother Kongxing, you don’t need to tell us specifically, we know what’s important.”

Another Buddhist monk chuckled and said that Kongxing's cultivation was at the late stage of the Reincarnation Realm, and his combat ability was the strongest. The rest of them were at the mid-stage of the Reincarnation Realm, so of course they respected him.

Kongxing nodded slightly, took out the map jade slip, examined it for a moment, and then said:

"Judging from the map, we will soon enter the Western Continent. Everyone, hurry up and change your appearance."

They had all cultivated the Lesser Formless Technique, which allowed them to change their appearance and bone structure at will. This change was almost identical to their natural growth, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to detect.

As he spoke, Kongxing's chin lengthened slightly, his cheekbones protruded slightly, and his face became thinner. Even more miraculously, hair grew on his bald head, silver hair as white as snow.

He took off his monk's robe and put on a Taoist robe. After tying up his hair, he put on a lotus crown, looking like a Taoist hermit. He didn't look like a Buddhist monk at all.

At the same time, the Buddhist light on his body receded, and a golden spiritual cloud appeared beneath his feet. This was the golden spiritual cloud formed by the evolution of Buddhist light.

Without taking action, it would be impossible to determine that this is not the power of the Five Elements.

In fact, he could use Buddhist light to create auspicious five-colored clouds, but that was a signature move of Nascent Soul cultivators, too conspicuous for their mission.

The others changed their appearances, donned Taoist robes and Taoist crowns, and crimson spiritual clouds appeared beneath their feet.

Kongxing carefully examined the others' attire and nodded in satisfaction, saying:
"Simply suppress your pressure and control the early stage of the Golden Core realm."

Their flying speed also needs to be slowed down, maintaining the level of a Golden Core cultivator.

At this moment, a beam of light shot straight into the sky from afar, vying with the sun in its brilliance and illuminating the eyes of the group.

Kongxing raised an eyebrow and said:
"A precious baby has been born! It has a connection with Buddha, hurry and go see!"

Someone pointed out:
“Senior brother, you should say ‘I am destined to meet you.’”

"Haha, junior brother is right, thanks for the reminder."

Kongxing laughed heartily a few times, then flew forward, with the others following closely behind.

The light soaring into the sky is the kind of radiance that only a fourth-tier treasure can emit; it must be at least a mid-grade fourth-tier treasure.

Suddenly, a deep roar came, and for a moment, a vision of towering mountains appeared in Kongxing's eyes.

"It's at least a high-grade fourth-tier treasure, related to the earth's veins. Speed ​​things up."

Ji An put away the Earth Qilin and was preparing to expand into new territory when he inadvertently caught sight of several cultivators riding on spirit clouds coming from afar. Judging from the direction they came from, they were clearly coming from the Land of Absolute Spirits.

'Strange, a Golden Core cultivator is traversing the Land of Desolation?'

Suspicious, he rode a colorful auspicious cloud toward the cultivators, quickly arriving at a distance of two miles from them.

"Who goes there? How can you escape the Spirit-Severing Land without using a spirit boat?"

His figure was clearly conveyed, but my heartstrings tightened.

As a cultivator who practiced the Five Elements Reincarnation Sutra and had an extremely profound understanding of the power of the Five Elements, he sensed that there was something wrong with the spiritual cloud that the group was riding. This was not a Five Elements spiritual cloud at all!
Kongxing cupped his hands, a hint of panic on his face, and said politely:

"This humble Taoist, Xuan Kong, pays his respects to the True Lord. We came from the Central Continent, but our spirit boat was destroyed by savage beasts, and only a few of us escaped."

His voice condensed into a line and transmitted outwards; he used special means to issue commands:
"Prepare for battle; the treasure will surely fall into the hands of the enemy."

He was surprised. The Pure Moon Monk King had summoned the monk kings who were in the late stage of the Samsara Mirror and reported on the investigation into the passing of the Empty Hearing Monk King. He had also made public the image of one of the villains, which was the cultivator in front of him.

At that time, the Pure Moon Monk King judged that the villain was a True Lord from the Central Continent who happened to be traveling through the passage of the Land of Extinction.

His judgment was based on evidence: before the outbreak of the True Demon Calamity, the spiritual vein where the most powerful force in the Western Continent was located was only a mid-grade third-order spiritual vein.

These forces lack cultivation techniques and channels for purchasing Nascent Soul Pills, and their low-level spiritual veins cannot supply Golden Core cultivators with the resources to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Ji An sneered inwardly. The only being capable of destroying the spirit boat that crossed the Spirit-Severing Land could be a savage beast at the Nascent Soul level.

If what they say is true, then these people who only possess the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage would have no way of escaping the pursuit of Nascent Soul stage beasts.

Savage beasts have an extreme aversion to spiritual energy, while cultivators' bodies are rich in spiritual energy; when the two encounter each other, it's a fight to the death.

Ji An asked in a deep voice:

"Which sect do you belong to?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he summoned the Five Elements Divine Mountain. The magical treasure grew larger in the wind and shot out five-colored spiritual light at the suspicious cultivators.

At the same time, he made a hand seal and began to release the Chaotic Five Elements Thunder.

The magical power and Dao seed within his body, along with several spiritual treasures, resonated, raising the power of his spells to a new level.

Ji An was not a bloodthirsty person. After using the radiance of the Five Elements Divine Mountain to seal the magical power within the individuals, he would investigate the matter thoroughly.

If these people are up to something, then they're in for a major shock!
Kongxing and the others originally intended to launch a surprise attack, but they did not expect that they had been seen through by the enemy. So they could no longer hide and golden Buddhist light appeared on their bodies. The pressure of the Samsara Realm Monk King spread outward like a hurricane.

Strangely, the Buddhist light emanating from the group merged together and shone brightly, instantly colliding with the spiritual light emitted by the Five Elements Divine Mountain.

The five-colored light shattered instantly into a shower of light, turning the surrounding area into an ocean of light.

Ji An sensed the immense pressure emanating from the several Buddhist cultivators and immediately unleashed the Chaotic Five Elements Lightning.

These Buddhist cultivators, when converted to the realms of immortal cultivators, are equivalent to one Nascent Soul level 8, one Nascent Soul level 6, and two Nascent Soul level 4—a force not to be underestimated. At this moment, the Five Directions Flag magic weapon flew out of his dantian, constructing a defensive domain. The grade of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag had just been upgraded, and his cultivation had also broken through to the Nascent Soul level 7. The strength of his defensive domain was at least 30% stronger than when he fought the Buddhist cultivators twenty years ago.

While setting up a defense, the Nascent Soul in the Moon Palace made hand seals and fully activated its Dharma Form, causing the bright moon to rise from the sea! The moon's white radiance obscured the sun's rays in the sky.

Similarly, thanks to the improvement in his cultivation, the power of his Dharma form was also enhanced.

The Nascent Soul Dharma Image and the Buddha Light collided heavily. After all, the Buddha Light was jointly activated by several Buddhist cultivators, making it stronger and suppressing the Dharma Image.

The chaotic five elements lightning struck the Buddha's light, and the five colors of lightning merged together, emitting a purple radiance, as if it had become the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

The Buddha's light was severely damaged and began to shake violently. Ji An seized the opportunity to accelerate the activation of his Nascent Soul Dharma Form.

The scene of the moon rising over the sea quickly transformed into the bright sunshine, witnessing the changing of the world. The wood element spiritual energy rose upwards and condensed into a giant azure dragon.

Amidst the dragon's roar, the Buddhist light condensed by the combined power of the four was severely suppressed.

Ji An multitasked, maintaining the activation of his Nascent Soul Dharma Form to command the Five Elements Divine Mountain in the attack, while simultaneously casting a hand seal to release the Chaotic Five Elements Thunder.

There are too many enemies, so we must not engage in a war of attrition. We must simply overwhelm them with unparalleled strength.

As long as the firepower output is explosive enough, all problems are not problems.

If a winner cannot be determined in a short time, he must make a quick escape.

The Buddhist monks were greatly shocked. They had not expected that the enemy could suppress them with his own strength. They all increased their efforts to activate their vows, and the Buddha's light flourished once again.

Kongxing shouted, "Activate the Buddha Treasures for free attack!"

In an instant, golden light shone brightly, and Buddhist treasures such as the Vajra Pestle, Vajra Pestle, and Vajra were activated, creating a lively scene.

The Chaos Five Elements Thunder crashed down. With the blessing of five fourth-tier mid-grade or higher spiritual treasures and five Dao Seeds, the power of the spell he released was comparable to a cultivator at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage fully activating an offensive natal spiritual treasure, and it was a fourth-tier top-grade natal spiritual treasure at that.

A flash of lightning, and the Five Elements Divine Mountain crashed down. As for the Buddhist treasure attack released by the enemy, Ji An didn't bother to pay any attention to it, clearly looking down on the other side.

He is not the same person he used to be. Before a battle, he would always cast the "Iron Will" spell, but today the battle was fast-paced, so he didn't cast that defensive spell.

After the Chaotic Five Elements Thunder struck, Ji An controlled the Five Elements Divine Mountain to fall during the brief gap between activating the spell again. He gritted his teeth and activated his Nascent Soul Dharma Form without regard for the cost, maintaining a saturation attack on the enemy.

After this happened repeatedly, the Buddhist light gathered by the Buddhist practitioners was overwhelmed by the chaotic Five Elements Thunder and scattered, and the light of the Five Elements Divine Mountain shone on them.

Kongxing felt his world darken, and the Five Elements Divine Mountain crashed down. The four of them met the same fate as Kongwen, a clean and swift end.

Ji An felt the life force of the monks rapidly dissipating, and his heart relaxed. Only then did he suddenly realize that his magic power had been depleted by more than half. The little face of the nascent soul was filled with deep fatigue, and the battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour from start to finish.

He paused for a moment to adjust his breathing, then activated the Five Elements Divine Mountain to shrink the spiritual treasure, and whispered:
"If all my spiritual treasures had reached the fourth-tier high-grade level, the battle would have been over long ago."

Apart from the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, the other spiritual treasures are only mid-grade fourth-order. It is fortunate that the spiritual treasures complement each other, otherwise they would not be so easy to control.

Ji An skillfully collected the Sumeru bags from the Buddhist monks, one for each of them, four in total. Then he rolled up the Buddhist monks, which had turned into a single sheet of paper, and also collected the blood-stained soil, leaving no trace.

After killing Shi Xiu for the first time, he did not clean up the scene. He felt that the reason why he broke out with the one who had mastered the Divine Foot Technique was probably because the blood was not cleaned up properly.

After doing all this, Ji An, in order to safely release all the flying puppets, completely monitored the area at the entrance of the passage.

He himself rode the auspicious five-colored clouds back to his cave, entered the small world, and placed the Sumeru bag he had obtained on the table.

"Ayun, light the sandalwood soul-nourishing incense, and at the same time brew a pot of mid-grade fourth-level Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea, make it strong!"

The puppet lit the incense, then brewed some spiritual tea and brought it over. Ji An picked up the teapot and drank it all in one gulp. He then sat cross-legged on the futon and began to cultivate the Five Elements Revolving Sutra.

Zhongzhou Lotus Temple, Mahavira Hall.

Several Buddhist cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage gathered together. The Venerable Kongjian, with a solemn expression, spoke in a low voice:
"Esteemed Sangharajas, all the Sangharajas sent to the Western Continent have passed away, including my junior brother, the Sangharaja Kongxing, who was in the late stage of the Samsara Realm."

Their soul lamps went out at almost the same time, which, judging by the time, suggests they had only been in the Western Continent for a short period.

In the Western Continent, we have lost six Supreme Patriarchs in recent years. What are your thoughts on this?

He was extremely shocked and angry. They had come in a treasure ship, and for the first hundred years, they had not had any fierce conflicts with the cultivators of the Central Continent, so not a single Samsara Realm monk king had been killed.

As a result, several high priests have passed away in recent decades, most of them in the Western Continent, which made him very curious about the barren lands mentioned in the intelligence.

Jingyue pondered for a moment and said:

“There are clearly things happening in the Western Continent that we are unaware of. We suggest that we stop sending the Samsara Mirror Monk King directly there.”

To learn about the Western Continent, we can contact the Sangharajas who have infiltrated the Southern Continent and the far north, and ask them to assist in reconnaissance of the Western Continent.

In the Southern Regions and the Far North, the monk kings can gather intelligence through ordinary cultivators, ensuring their safety.

Kong Jian sighed reluctantly and said:

"There's no better way at the moment, so this is the only option."

After his magical power was fully restored, Ji An finished his cultivation and lay down on the rattan chair, falling into a deep sleep.

Today's battle was short but extremely taxing. I had also used up a lot of my spiritual energy while cultivating earlier, and I was already feeling quite exhausted.

Two hours later, Ji An woke up from his sweet dream, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

He used his telekinesis to grab the Sumeru bag on the table, then casually picked up one of the bags and used his magic to release the Taibai Extinction Sword.

"May the Dao Ancestor bless me and grant me something useful!"

Last time, he and Ping Tianzhenjun joined forces to kill Shixiu, and the only useful thing they had was that lotus seed.

The spirit lotus has now been cultivated to the fourth-grade low-level, but there is still no sign of it blooming.

In addition, we obtained several jade slips, but the information inside was recorded in a special script that we could not understand at all.

Silver flying swords kept piercing the same spot in the Sumeru bag, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the stored treasures were opened, and various colors of spiritual light sprayed out.

(End of this chapter)