Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 908 News of Fourth-Tier Top-Grade Resources

A faint smile played on Ayun's lips as she launched into a spiritual connection:
"Yes, Master. Please wait a moment, it will be ready in about half an hour."

Ji An sat up a little straighter. "Later I'll go catch two precious dragonfish, one steamed and the other roasted with honey."

Body cultivation techniques focus on nourishing qi and blood, and the method of nourishing with spiritual energy is relatively slow to take effect, so it is necessary to supplement with meat.

Although dishes made from musk oxen are delicious, they are of a low level. The most powerful musk oxen he has ever made are only at the third level of the Chaoyuan stage, which is not enough to meet his needs. Therefore, he needs to catch two spirit fish at the Golden Core stage.

Ayun's puppets are only at the second level, equivalent to cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage. It would be impossible for them to catch a spirit fish in the Golden Core stage.

Ayun nodded gently, then rode away on her spirit shuttle to find the Golden Feathered Eagle to help hunt the musk ox.

After resting for a while, Ji An flew to the center of the lake, silently landed in the water, and immediately released the Water Escape Technique by forming a hand seal.

His figure disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was at the bottom of the lake, and he was holding a two-foot-long precious dragonfish tightly with both hands.

This is the area where the Pure Water Lotus grows most luxuriantly, and it's also a favorite habitat for the highest-grade spirit fish.

This spirit fish has reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm, but its life will end today.

Whether it's the precious dragonfish or the crimson carp, Ji An considers them as food. Apart from his tamed beasts, no Nascent Soul level demonic beasts are allowed to appear in the small world.

The precious dragonfish struggled desperately, attempting to use the power of water to attack.

Ji An unleashed a shockwave of energy, causing the spirit fish's internal organs to shatter instantly, and its struggling strength to immediately diminish.

He used the same method and caught another spirit fish at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

The blue clam, which was nearby, sensed its master's presence and poked its head out of the mud.

Although its cultivation level is still stuck at the Chaoyuan stage, it is safe to stay at the bottom of the lake because it is imbued with its master's aura, and no one in the gourd world dares to provoke it.

Seeing the giant tortoise completely mired in the mud, Ji An shook his head and transmitted his voice:
"You've been in a mid-grade fourth-tier spiritual vein for too long. With your current cultivation level, too much spiritual energy is actually harmful."

"If you cannot break through to the Golden Core stage within three years, then I will leave you at Crimson Flame Peak."

Of all the beasts he owned, only this one had not yet reached the Golden Core stage; in terms of bloodline rank, the Golden Fur was the lowest.

Now that the Golden Retriever has broken through for many years, this tortoise is still leisurely wandering around in the Chaoyuan stage. He needs to give it a push.

Lanbei nodded seriously, then burrowed into the mud again, this time even deeper.

Ji An grimaced, released a water escape technique to the lake surface, and gutted the spirit fish, scraping off its scales and gills.

"It's a pity. Next time, I'll use a gentler method to kill the fish."

He whispered that the glue made from fish maw was the best for gluing wood, and the sect's puppet hall needed it in large quantities. It would also be used in the future for making fourth-order puppets.

Today, I was advancing my body-refining technique, so I used two spirit fish to test my skills, which resulted in some waste.

He rode the clouds to find Ah Yun and handed over the spirit fish:

"Fish head is used to make soup, and fish tail is used to make braised dishes."

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the scene of eating spirit fish for the first time after coming to this world, when he was still hanging out in the sect's Biyue Lake.

Wei Songnian led him to a small shop in Liangqiu, where fish bones were used to make pancakes.

He sighed softly. Hundreds of years had passed in the blink of an eye, like a dream. The people in his memories were gone forever, and his cultivation had reached a level he had never dared to dream of back then.

At that time, the highest-ranking cultivator in the sect was True Man Zhengyang, and his dream was still very small.

After Ayun caught the puppet, Ji An slowly walked forward and strolled back to the Gathering Yuan Tree.

Soon after, a whole feast of beef dishes—braised beef head, cumin steak, pan-fried beef tongue, and crispy pepper oxtail—filled the entire table, so much so that an extra table had to be added to accommodate the cooking fish.

Ji An leisurely sipped his fourth-grade pine nut and mulberry wine and ate his spiritual food, enjoying a very pleasant life.

The next day, the cultivators gathered outside the gates of the Nanhua Sect. Juque Zhenjun kept glancing at Ji An and whispered:
"Fellow Daoist, you look a bit thinner."

Compared to yesterday, the other person has changed a lot; there is no extra flesh on their face.

That's not the point. The point is that he was able to sense that the other person's blood and qi had increased to a higher level.

Without a doubt, he has broken through in cultivation and reached the late Nascent Soul stage.

He really wanted to ask the other person, 'How can a cultivator with such a profound understanding of the five elements also have such a strong body? How are the others supposed to survive?!'

Once they reach the Nascent Soul stage, cultivators can improve their physical qualities rapidly by replenishing their bodies with the essence of the sun. However, to reach the late Nascent Soul stage of physical cultivation, relying solely on the essence of the sun is insufficient; one must possess certain talent for body refinement and cultivate body refinement techniques.

Every cultivator has dreamed of cultivating both body and spirit, as this is the most perfect path to development.

Unfortunately, cultivators have limited resources and energy. More importantly, some things don't necessarily yield results just because you try hard. Therefore, the vast majority of cultivators choose to follow a certain path.

Cultivators who can achieve extremely high levels of success in both Dharma cultivation and physical cultivation are extremely rare, even throughout the millions of years of cultivation history.

Ji An clenched his fist slightly, feeling the increased power, and joked:
"It's normal to lose some weight these past few years because I've put so much effort into attacking the Buddha's Field."

Juque Zhenjun curled his lip and changed the subject:
"We have already found a place to settle those brainwashed believers, in a crater thousands of miles away from here."

The terrain there is peculiar, with mountains surrounding a vast space, but the spiritual veins are only of the first-grade low level, overgrown with wild grass and teeming with low-level demonic beasts, making it very suitable for 'reclaiming wasteland'." His words were full of malice, as he saw these Buddhist followers as hopeless, all of them fanatical believers, the kind who don't think straight.

Ji An nodded slightly, "Let's do it that way."

A few careless words can determine the fate of countless ordinary people; it is a path to destruction, and suffering will teach them that faith cannot provide the power to protect them.

Half a year later, the cultivators had migrated more than two million people and captured six temple nodes.

During this time, the Buddhist monks unleashed another attack of desire, but this time the cultivators were prepared and no major losses were incurred.

The Buddhist monks launched several fierce counterattacks, resulting in the death of one True Lord and injuries to several others, but none of them had a significant effect.

Although the outermost Buddhist formation has forty nodes, eight have been destroyed so far.

The situation is clear: the Buddhist monks have lost the war, and it's not too late for them to escape Central Continent.

As time drags on, the area of ​​the Buddhist domain will shrink, and by then the army of cultivators will be able to surround it, leaving no time for escape.

On this day, many Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at Luofeng Mountain.

Azure Dragon True Monarch looked around and said:
"The first batch of fellow Daoists who have gathered here can leave today. Everyone's achievements have been recorded. The rewards cannot be fully distributed, and the remainder will be paid out in the next few years."

Everyone has worked very hard these past few years; let's take a good rest for a few years before fighting again.

The support arrived yesterday and the handover was completed, allowing them to finally enjoy a few years of peace.

These past few years have been filled with intense battles, and while the cultivation levels of most cultivators haven't improved much, it hasn't been entirely without its benefits; the battles have allowed cultivators to grow more rapidly.

When we gather again three years later, everyone will have improved to varying degrees, and some fellow cultivators may even break through to a minor realm.

The war goes more smoothly as it progresses; this is the best-case scenario.

He looked at Ji An, whose Bodhi Auspicious Incense had been a great help in averting a fatal crisis; otherwise, the allied forces would most likely have had to retreat.

Juque Zhenjun grinned, somewhat displeased, and said:

"When we come back three years later, these people should have already eliminated all the outer nodes, and when we take over, it will be another tough battle."

Azure Dragon True Lord comforted him:
"The rewards for fighting tough battles are also greater, so what's there to be afraid of?"

"I feel uneasy about those guys taking advantage of the situation."

Juque Zhenjun is straightforward and doesn't usually suppress his thoughts; he says whatever comes to mind.

Everyone smiled knowingly; many people shared this thought but wouldn't voice it.

Azure Dragon True Lord smiled and waved his hand, then said:

"Now everyone please leave the main hall, Fellow Daoist Xuanqing, please stay."

I will be distributing the rewards to everyone together with Fellow Daoist Juque. I will call you in one by one shortly.

To reiterate, each person will only receive a portion of the reward; the remainder will be distributed gradually over the next few years.

Allocating so many resources at once is no easy task; priority must be given to fully distributing compensation to the families of those who died in battle.

He and Juque Zhenjun were both top cultivators from top sects, so the distribution of resources was entrusted to them, which other forces felt relatively more at ease with.

Ji An agreed with this statement. The resources that could be obtained from conquering the temples of the Buddhist monks were not many, and the resources consumed and the rewards distributed throughout the war were shared by the various sects in the Central Continent.

All the True Lords walked out of the main hall, and True Lord Canglong laughed:

"Fellow Daoist, the fourth-tier top-grade resources you originally requested to exchange for will probably not be available for you for another three years. Please forgive us."

This is part of the reward for purchasing Bodhi Auspicious Incense.

"No problem, I can wait three years."

"However, our Divine Wood Sect, Divine Elephant Sect and Thunder Sound Pavilion are all willing to contribute spiritual items. We have already gathered enough metal resources, and water resources are easier to obtain in the East Sea cultivation world."

Fire-elemental spiritual items are the most scarce because there are the most cultivators who need them.

"Great, the situation is better than I expected. Give me as much as you can exchange."

Having settled the matter regarding the Bodhi Wish-Fulfilling Incense, Azure Dragon True Lord tentatively asked:

"Fellow Daoist, do you need to upgrade the grade of your spiritual treasure to exchange for fourth-tier top-grade resources?"

In truth, he knew in his heart that the other party must be using it to upgrade the grade of the spiritual treasure; those weapon refiners drew that conclusion as soon as they saw the list of spiritual items.

Ji An nodded and said:

“That’s right. I have several imitations of the Five Banners of the Primordial Chaos as spiritual treasures. This time, I want to upgrade their grade.”

Many cultivators knew that he possessed the Five Directions Flag Spiritual Treasure; it wasn't a big secret, and there was nothing to hide.

(End of this chapter)