Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 881 The best spiritual stone
The chilling aura quickly dissipated, and Ji An discovered that the magic circle that had been inscribed had also vanished, as if it had never existed.

He flew slowly forward, his brows furrowed.

He waved his sleeve, a gust of wind blew, and nothing happened.

The area covered by the magic array was as smooth as a mirror and spotless, yet he clearly saw the Nascent Soul of the Netherworld True Monarch scatter like sand.

At this moment, Ji An felt that there were still many secrets in this world. All traces of the reincarnation array had disappeared, and he didn't know what those unseen powers were.

The Five Elements Sect's lineage contains very few descriptions of reincarnation, suggesting that there are unknown taboos surrounding it.

Ji An scratched his head. Reincarnation was a mysterious thing, and he didn't have enough theoretical foundation to understand what it was all about. There must be a boundary between life and death.

However, it's hard to explain because of the existence of ghost cultivators.

"All troubles stem from a lack of strength."

He murmured something, then gathered many grass seeds from the nearby forest, used wood element magic to ripen the seeds, and scattered them randomly in the area of ​​the magic array, releasing the power of "Dragon Soars and All Things Grow".

He rode the water and flew away, quickly disappearing into the vast night.

A full moon hung in the forest, and clouds covering a radius of hundreds of feet enveloped the mountains and forests. Amidst the roar of two dragons, a torrential downpour began.

The nourishing power of water and the ascending spirit of wood are perfectly combined, as if it were created by nature.

As the grass seeds sprouted, they stretched out freely in the rain, and the green light spots condensed by the wood element fell on the branches and leaves, causing the wild grass to grow wildly.

When the clouds and fog clear, the nourished wild grass grows to eight feet tall, and the nearby trees also grow to varying degrees.

Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, released the Taiyin Moon Corpse from the corpse-nurturing bag, and took it to the place in the underground cave where the Soul-Nourishing Wood was planted. He sternly said:
"From now on, you will stay here and are not allowed to harm any living beings."

Taiyin Moon Corpse nodded slightly, "Yes, my master."

Ji An was stunned. "You can actually talk?"

He didn't know that corpses could talk, and the Netherworld True Lord had never told him.

"Of course, the moonlight has the ability to awaken spirits. Although my original body was just a refined corpse, I was able to speak after absorbing the moonlight for several hundred years."

The reason I didn't speak yesterday was because I was still suffering from the aftereffects of the attack I received from the Buddhist monks; I was unable to speak at the time.

"Haha, very good. Can you control your bloodthirsty instincts?"

The Five Sacred Mountains True Lords need to perform a ritual for the sect's spiritual fields. Ji An was considering using the Taiyin Moon Corpse to handle the matter, but if the other party still had a bloodthirsty impulse, this idea would not be feasible.

“Master should take a good look at how the Moon Corpse is cultivated. Bloodlust will affect evolution, so I only absorb moonlight and earth elemental energy now, and I don’t take anything else.”

The Moon Corpse of the Moon calmly replied that after achieving success in its cultivation, it instinctively knew what the true path to enlightenment was.

Ji An nodded, "Well said, I'll see about it later. Right now, I'm going to put you in a body bag."

If he leaves the sect, the Taiyin Moon Corpse at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage will be a hidden danger. He doesn't dare to completely trust corpse refining yet, since he hasn't had any contact with it before.

The Taiyin Moon Corpse did not resist and obediently entered into the corpse-raising bag.

Ji An's body transformed into a rainbow of five-colored spiritual light and returned to his cave, where he began to take stock of his spoils.

He first took out the World Stone and rubbed it in his hand. The black part of the stone was very smooth, and the white spots were slightly raised. He could clearly feel the roughness when he put his fingertips on it.

He placed the stone on the table and entered his little world.

What comes into view is a 'fragmented' world, with a mountain range in the middle and two ridges extending outwards, dividing this place in two.

On one side is red earth, and on the other side is yellow earth.

Ji An rode the colorful auspicious cloud and flew around the edge of the small world, roughly measuring that the land was about 5,000 acres, much larger than the gourd world.

However, only two types of spiritual energy are most abundant. The red earth has a strong fire elemental energy, and the air is filled with the smell of sulfur. It is an area that is only suitable for the growth of fire elemental spiritual plants. The yellow earth has an earth elemental energy rising, which is more suitable for the growth of earth elemental spiritual plants.

Both plots of land were planted with a large number of spiritual plants, but none of them reached the third rank.

Ji An repeatedly descended to the ground, extending his divine sense deep underground to examine the quality of the spiritual veins. He was very disappointed to find that the highest quality of the spiritual vein nodes here was only second-tier top-grade.

He can now confirm that this small world and the gourd world share the same origin. However, his gourd world was cultivated from a 'disabled' individual to a fourth-grade superior quality, while this small world, which originally had better conditions, is only a second-grade superior quality. He muttered that it would be a waste for the small world to fall into the hands of a non-spiritual farming cultivator.

'From now on, let's leave this little world within the sect.'

Ji An thought to himself that although this small world was large, it held no appeal for him; on the contrary, it was a burden.

The small world is too large, and to improve its grade, more Dao essence would be needed, which is completely unnecessary. The main reason is that he doesn't have that much Dao essence to squander.

For him, as long as he managed the Calabash World well, it would be enough to sustain his cultivation, and the Calabash World was much better than this place.

Ji An began casting spells on the spirit fields. The red area could enjoy the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra and the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique, while the earth-element spirit fields could only enjoy the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra.

After casting the spell, Ji An left the small world, leaving the World Stone outside, and then entered the gourd world.

You cannot enter the gourd world if you carry the World Stone, and vice versa.

Feeling the fourth-grade superior spiritual vein, Ji An stretched and yawned, "It's still so comfortable here! Ayun, brew a pot of fourth-grade superior Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea and light the Bodhi Auspicious Incense."

Ayun immediately did as instructed, first lighting three incense sticks, and then offering spiritual tea a moment later.

Ji An slowly drank a pot of tea, his depleted spiritual energy having been largely restored.

He chewed the tea leaves and swallowed them, then sat cross-legged under the Gathering Yuan Tree and circulated the Five Elements Wheel, causing the spiritual energy in the small world to rush towards him.

Within the vortex of spiritual energy, the five elements shone brightly, like a tornado reaching to the heavens and the earth, and the entire small world vibrated with his breath.

The immortal meridians within his body were like corridors of light, and the Five Elements Divine Palace was simultaneously transforming the power of the five elements. His speed of refining spiritual energy exceeded that of a normal Nascent Soul Ninth Level cultivator by several times.

About four hours later, the Bodhi Wish Incense had burned out completely, and Ji An's magical power had been fully restored.

He took out the remains of the Netherworld True Lord and the Buddhist cultivators, and activated the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame to burn and refine them, obtaining three jars of ashes and more than a dozen relics the size of soybeans.

Without saying a word, Ji An buried the ashes of the two Buddhist cultivators on the left and right sides under the Gathering Yuan Tree. In less than half a year, the spiritual energy and nutrients contained in the ashes would be completely devoured by the spiritual tree of heaven and earth.

He lay half-reclined on the wicker chair, pondering what other methods he could use to improve his combat effectiveness.

Upgrading a spirit treasure is a good option, but unfortunately, high-grade fourth-tier spirit treasures are not easy to obtain. Even if he could produce resources of the same grade, it's uncertain whether others would have them. Spirit farmers have a relatively stable source of resources, while other cultivators have to rely on the weather to obtain high-grade resources.

At this moment, he thought of the talismans he hadn't studied for many years. He had hunted two Kui Niu in the Endless Sea, and with the Heavenly Fox corpse he had obtained from the demonic cultivators, he had fourth-tier animal hides and corresponding demonic beast essence blood.

However, this method can only be used as an auxiliary method, because with the blessing of the Dao Seed, the power of the spells he releases is much stronger than that of the talisman, unless it can be refined into a precious talisman.

After thinking for a moment, Ji An thought that studying puppetry was a good choice, as it would allow him to use materials produced in the small world to create fourth-order puppets.

However, mastering a cultivation technique to the point of being able to refine fourth-tier spiritual objects is not something that can be done overnight, and the sect's inheritance on puppetry is not top-notch, which makes him somewhat hesitant.

Ji An did not make a decision; even if he wanted to research puppets, he would wait until the sect had overcome this crisis.

He took out the Void Stone he obtained from the Netherworld True Lord to examine its resources and found a batch of jade slips containing insights on how to cultivate and refine corpses. The most abundant resource was earth-elemental spiritual objects, including many fourth-tier resources, some of which were of superior fourth-tier quality.

Two translucent, slightly yellowish-brown spirit stones caught his attention. When his palm touched the spirit stones, he immediately felt the surging spiritual energy fluctuations within them, and this power was tightly locked within the spirit stones.

"The best spiritual stone!"

Ji An exclaimed in surprise. He examined the spirit stone carefully and discovered that the earthy yellow color inside formed a slowly flowing mist, which was the mark of a top-grade spirit stone.

Top-grade spirit stones can only be formed after thousands of years of nurturing within a fourth-order spirit vein. They are equivalent to the heart of the spirit vein and are a gift from nature.

Even in the hands of Nascent Soul cultivators, top-grade spirit stones are hard currency. They contain a massive amount of spiritual energy and are easily absorbed and refined by cultivators, serving as a substitute for ten-thousand-year-old stone milk.

Although their effects are slightly less than ideal, they have one unparalleled advantage: they can be recycled.

They are like batteries with extremely high energy levels; burying top-grade spirit stones in the spiritual veins allows them to be recharged.

The higher the grade of the spiritual vein, the faster it charges. The downside is that charging takes a long time, at least two or three years to complete.
In addition, charging top-grade spirit stones will affect the accumulation of spiritual energy in the spiritual veins, but this minor drawback is tolerable for Ji An, as his powerful planting spells can completely offset such consumption.

Ji An perked up. These two top-grade spirit stones could greatly improve his combat endurance. His immediate priority was to see how much mana each spirit stone could restore.

He didn't bother dealing with the Sumeru bag he had obtained from the monk, and rode a cloud away from the small world. The possessions of the two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators were not very attractive.

He left the cave and flew to the foot of the mountain. He began to cast spells on the spiritual fields, spending more than two hours casting spells on all the spiritual fields. This consumed 20% of the magical power in his body.

Ji An couldn't wait to take out the top-grade spirit stone and activate his magic to absorb its spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy stored in top-grade spirit stones is gentler than the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and is also easier to refine.

About ten breaths later, his magical power was fully restored, and more than 60% of the spiritual energy stored in the top-grade spirit stone was consumed.

"Two top-grade spirit stones are not enough to fully restore my magic power."

Ji An felt a little regretful, but the two top-grade spirit stones together could restore about 60% of his mana, which was not bad.

Two days later, in the Southern Continent, above the Earthly Fiend Sect.

At the end of the hour of Mao (5-7 AM), Ji An peeked out from the layer of clouds. He was bald and looked exactly like one of the Buddhist monks he had killed a few days earlier.

In order to scout out the current situation of the Earthly Fiends Sect, he chose to fly between the first and second layers of the Gangyun.

This flight marked his first breakthrough through the Gangyun clouds. The vast sea of ​​clouds was filled with biting cold winds, and a thick layer of ice would condense on his body as he flew, but he could still bear it.

Thanks to his excellent eyesight, he could barely make out the situation inside the mountain gate; everyone coming and going was bald.

After keeping watch for half an hour, just as he was pondering how to break the deadlock, he noticed that the Buddhist monks were beginning to assemble, and six flying boats took off one after another, speeding northward.

"Is the enemy about to make a move?"

Ji An was startled. After calculating the enemy's flight direction, he concealed himself in the gale and followed the last airship.

The flying boat was covered with countless symbols he couldn't recognize, gleaming with golden light.

He was somewhat troubled. He didn't know how strong the airships were, and he wasn't sure if an ambush would be effective. If it wasn't, he would be alerting the enemy.

Furthermore, he had not yet ascertained the cultivation levels of the Buddhist monks, and did not know which flying boat would be easier to deal with.

He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, looking for a better opportunity to fight. Before he knew it, several hours had passed. The setting sun gradually sank into the distant mountains, and the Kuangsha River reflected a blood-red hue.

The long river meanders, reflecting the poignant sunset.

A moment later, the last brilliant crimson cloud on the horizon dimmed and merged into the leaden night.

Ji An saw that the originally compact formation of flying boats had become sparse, with the last flying boat more than 20 miles away from the one in front, and it was preparing to fly across the boundary river.

On the other side of the boundary river lies Xizhou. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible that the Buddhist monks went there for "tourism"; they have already raised their swords against Xizhou.

Several airships glowed with a pale golden light and continued flying northward.

Ji An made a hand seal, releasing the strength of metal and stone. His skin shimmered with a pale silver light. The Five Directions Flag Spirit Treasure formed a defensive domain, and he summoned the Five Elements Divine Mountain and held it in his hand.

With everything prepared, he didn't bother to consider the airship's defensive capabilities; he would put it to the test in actual combat!

If we can't break through the airship's defenses immediately, we can always launch a few more attacks.

Ji An descended from the layer of Gangyun, riding the black water-based spiritual cloud to escape, achieving both high speed and extreme silence.

Once he was within a dozen miles of the flying boat, he stopped concealing his presence and released a burst of golden light to escape at full speed.

Under his control, the Five Elements Divine Mountain slowly grew larger, like a giant bomb dropped from the sky.

By the time Shi Xiu inside the flying boat received the warning, it was too late; the small mountain, about twenty feet high, crashed down.

The Five Elements Divine Mountain, a fourth-grade superior-level structure, weighs nearly 200,000 jin. It can cause enormous damage even in free fall, let alone when it is driven to its death by a Nascent Soul Ninth Level cultivator!
"boom!"

The various defensive measures on the airship were shattered by the extremely powerful impact, and the airship was cut in half.

These flying boats were large troop transport ships for the Buddhist monks, but their grade was only equivalent to the upper-grade third rank, making them completely unable to withstand Ji An's meticulously planned methods.

As the flying boat began to fall, he was overjoyed and did not forget to activate his Nascent Soul Dharma Form, while simultaneously manipulating the Chaos Five Elements Thunder.

　I'm having some writer's block. I went through the outline today, and there aren't any other updates. If I'm being honest, I'm 6 words behind today, bringing my total to 3.3 words.

　　
　
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