Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 865 Golden Hair Reaching Core
Seeing the embarrassment on the face of the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord, Ji An changed the subject and asked:
"When I left the sect, I planted a batch of Crimson Cloud Pines and Jade Leaf Mulberries on Crimson Flame Peak. What grade have these spiritual plants reached now?"

He had long intended to cultivate lightning-struck wood on Crimson Flame Peak. Crimson Cloud Pine and Jade Leaf Mulberry were easy to obtain and had a wide range of uses, making them suitable for large-scale cultivation.

After cultivating a dozen or so lightning-struck trees, he planned to cultivate the Nether Moon Jade Tree and the Cloud Top Jade Tree. Although these two spiritual plants were even rarer, their seeds were relatively scarce, so he dared not plant them indiscriminately.

The Soul-Nourishing Wood, the Thunder Tribulation Nether Moon Jade Tree, and the Cloud Peak Jade Tree can form the foundation of a sect's resources.

"Most of them are second-tier top-grade, with a small number of second-tier high-grade and third-tier low-grade."

Some seeds are truly born with excellent genes, but inevitably some are just disappointing.

Ji An smiled and nodded, then asked:
Have you studied the Yi Wood Divine Thunder technique yet?

Monsters rely on bloodline talent or mutation to cast spells, but after transforming into human form, they can learn and master more spells just like human cultivators.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord shook his head and explained:

"Your Majesty, apart from a few types of thunder beasts and true dragons, no other demon beast race likes the power of thunder."

This power exerts a natural bloodline suppression on us; even if we forcibly master it, we cannot overcome this fear etched deep within our blood, making it utterly impossible to cultivate these spells to a high level.

Most demonic beasts fear heavenly lightning, and even those that have transformed into human form are unwilling to come into too much contact with this power.

Thunder represents destruction and rebirth, but most monsters are so intimidated by the power of destruction that they cannot comprehend the true meaning of life within death.

Ji An pointed to the wild grass stretching freely in the rain in front of him and said:
"This land is expected to be completed in another month, at which time we will return to our ancestral home together."

Since no one could do the Yi Wood Divine Thunder for him, he decided to go back and do it himself, and take a break for half a month.

That evening, the two returned to the Calabash World. The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord opened his arms wide, took a deep breath, and exclaimed in admiration:

"Your Majesty, the concentration of spiritual energy here has increased again. Perhaps the spiritual veins will be upgraded soon?"

He sensed that the spiritual energy here was richer than what one would expect for a mid-grade fourth rank, but it still didn't reach the standard of a high-grade fourth rank.

"The spirit field has long been of the fourth-grade upper quality and has been nourishing the spirit vein for the past twenty years, but it is still unclear when it will be able to improve the quality of the spirit vein."

If the grade of a spiritual vein is about to be upgraded, there will inevitably be signs, but Ji An did not sense any unusual phenomena, so he knew that the time was not yet right.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord took a deep sniff; the faint fragrance was refreshing. He looked up and saw the five-colored flowers on the Gathering Yuan Tree shimmering with a warm glow, his eyes filled with admiration.

The five-colored flower has five layers when it is in full bloom, and two layers have already opened, while the third layer is in bloom.

He coughed twice and said humbly:
"Your Majesty, the Five-Colored Flower is a rare treasure of heaven and earth. Consuming it will bring special benefits to the Five-Colored Deer clan."

When your need for the Five-Colored Flowers diminishes, please grant me some. These past years, while you were away from the sect, I have been cultivating the Soul-Nourishing Wood and Phoenix Wood.

Oh, and there's some good news I haven't mentioned yet: the Phoenix Tree has begun its transformation. Once it emerges from its cocoon, it will become the second fourth-tier spirit tree!

The Five-Colored Deer clan has a balance of the five elements within its body, and so does the Five-Colored Flower. According to the inherited memories, this spiritual flower has the effect of cleansing the bloodline, and the effect is particularly obvious for the Five-Colored Deer.

Ji An sensed the intensity of the spiritual energy within the Five Sacred Mountains True Monarch's body and nodded with considerable satisfaction:
"No problem, but I'll only give you one after I break through to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage."

Once his cultivation reaches the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to distribute all the five-colored flowers to several beasts.

But before that, all resources must be prioritized to ensure his cultivation level improves.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty."

At this moment, a surge of expanding demonic power suddenly emanated from not far away, followed by a slow flow of spiritual energy from heaven and earth towards that direction.

Ji An extended his divine sense and instantly reached the location of the anomaly, discovering that the golden retriever was undergoing a painful transformation, attempting to break free from the shackles of its bloodline.

Its skin cracked open, revealing blood-red muscles, and its fluffy golden fur was stained with blood, making it look indescribably miserable.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord said softly:
"Wow, this burden is finally catching up."

Deep down, he looked down on Golden Hair and Blue Shell; the two beasts were simply unworthy to follow the sovereign.

The Spirit-Seeking Rat has an advantage in finding spirits, but the gap between it and the Lord is too great, so this little bit of use is not apparent.

Ji An glanced at him and said:
"The Golden Retriever Spirit-Seeking Rat's bloodline started at a very low level, only a first-grade superior rank, so it is no easy feat for it to have come this far."

Besides, I didn't prepare any elixirs for it; its breakthrough was entirely due to its own accumulated strength, which occurred naturally.

He didn't prepare any breakthrough pills for Golden Fur and Bluebeard, because having two more Golden Core level beast tamers wouldn't make much difference to him; he'd just let things take their course.

The Spirit-Seeking Rat was his first tamed beast. Regardless of its strength, he had grown accustomed to the rat's companionship.

Later, the golden retriever grew larger and larger, but its cultivation level remained low, and its presence became increasingly less noticeable.

Once a demon beast can break through to the Golden Core stage, it can control its size to some extent, even shrinking it to a cute size.

Breaking through in the small world doesn't offer enough potential, but if the Spirit-Seeking Rat tries to break through in the outside world, it definitely won't survive the final wave of lightning tribulation.

The Spirit-Seeking Rat's bloodline level breaking through from the first tier to the third tier is already a huge improvement. The Five Mountains True Monarch scratched his head, changing the subject:
"Your Majesty, the Azure Water Turtle's bloodline talent is not low, and it is also a mutated individual. Logically speaking, living in the environment of the Calabash World, it should have been able to advance to the Golden Core level by now, right?"

"Lanbei has lived next to the Pure Water Lotus for many years, and I have noticed that its bloodline is being subtly influenced. It may have the potential to advance to the Transformation stage in the future, so I have not prepared any pills to accelerate its breakthrough. I will let nature take its course."

Turtle-type monsters have long lifespans, so there's no need to rush.

Ji An cut the third-grade top-quality earth spirit fruit into several small pieces, and then released the Withering and Flourishing Technique to extract the spiritual energy contained in the fruit. It was too concentrated for the beast to enjoy.

He then tossed the fruit pieces in front of the spirit-seeking mouse; that was all he could do.

"follow me."

Ji An gave a reminder, then flew to the crimson spirit field on a cloud, took out a jade box from the warehouse, and handed it over:

"Here, the mulberries I promised you."

The box has natural flame patterns and a spirit-sealing talisman is pasted on the outside.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lords were delighted to receive the jade box, remove the talisman, and open it. Inside, three golden mulberries lay quietly, as if cast from gold.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ji An nodded with a smile, "We won't go out for the next few days. We'll go out after the tribulation ends."

Since he wouldn't be affected by the lightning tribulation at the edge of the small world, and the landing point for entering the small world from the outside was always under the Gathering Yuan Tree, he decided to stay here, steal a few days of leisure, and practice the Thread-Pulling Spell.

Three days later, as the clouds of calamity dissipated, a luminous moon appeared, casting its gentle light upon the small world, bringing tranquility.

Ji An smiled and nodded, focusing his mind on his dantian and connecting it with the stone tortoise. Golden characters appeared in the sky above the Guanghan Palace.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 246.7, Water 931.5, Wood 768.6, Fire 671.3, Earth 1012.8]

Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 196563.2, Gen Spirit 194285.3, Zhen Spirit 160256.3, Xun Spirit 213156.4, Kun Spirit 203873.5, Qian Spirit 213247.6, Dui Spirit 207734.9, Li Spirit 201265.8

[Spell: Thread-Binding Spell (Perfect 92%)]

Lesser Formless Skill (Mastery 67%)

Previously, outside the Upper Dantian Zhonggong Temple was a pitch-black night, like a winter night without stars or moon.

Now, the auspicious clouds gather and disperse, displaying countless forms, bathed in a warm, golden light.

This is the accumulated merit over many years, which will be used later for alchemy or to enhance spiritual treasures.

To upgrade the grade of spiritual treasures such as the Azure Lotus Banner and the Flaming Banner, they must be tempered with various high-grade fourth-order spiritual materials. If the Xuanhuang Merit Qi is incorporated, the amount of spiritual materials used can be slightly reduced.

As for how much it can be reduced, we'll have to try and see.

The Pulling Silk Mantra is not far from breaking through to the Great Perfection level, and it can be achieved in a few years. At that time, I will focus my energy on the Lesser Formless Skill.

These two techniques are not related to the Five Elements; he developed them through practice.

He discovered that practicing the Lesser Formless Skill could temper flesh and bones, which helped improve his body-refining techniques. It was more comprehensive than the blood-tempering secret method he obtained from demonic cultivators, so he would set aside half an hour each day to practice.

Big Yellow let out a joyful growl. It was happy for Golden Retriever, who had accompanied it when it first arrived at Crimson Flame Peak.

More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye, with dazzling fairy music and ethereal sounds, and wisps of mysterious and virtuous energy falling down.

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lord watched this scene with envy, swallowing the saliva that was about to spill out. He thought to himself that when his cultivation reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he would also use such a method to obtain the Xuanhuang Merit Qi.

Ji An flew around once, checking that nothing was missed, and then released all the flying puppets. With a wave of his hand:
"let's go."

Two beams of light soared into the sky, hurtling towards the setting sun in the west.

The following day at dawn, Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak and immediately began releasing the Wood Divine Lightning in the spirit field.

He mostly flew away on magical treasures, and his body was full of magical power.

In contrast, the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord only had one natal spiritual treasure made from a fallen deer antler. He had to fight desperately to keep up with his speed. After returning to the sect, he immediately went to his cave to rest.

The blue thunderclouds shimmered and enveloped the entire planned Crimson Cloud Pine Forest.

Regardless of the type of lightning magic, there are two ways to release it. One is to pursue damage and fast casting speed, but the coverage area is only a hundred feet in radius; the other has a wide coverage area, but the casting is slow and the lightning cloud needs time to condense.

As Ji An finished casting the spell, countless bolts of azure lightning descended from the sky, shaking the void. The distant mountains echoed with a deafening roar, and the immense power could be clearly heard for dozens of miles around.

In the Beast Taming Hall of Luoyan Mountain, a large number of low-level demonic beasts were stunned by the power of the thunder and immediately collapsed to the ground, excreting and urinating.

(End of this chapter)