Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 911 Sound Wave-Type Spiritual Treasures

Any item that can improve one's cultivation level is very expensive, and elixirs are the most effective way to improve one's cultivation level. Therefore, among all the arts of cultivation, alchemy is the most highly regarded.

High-grade pills are very difficult to buy from outside sources. Qin Yan was able to obtain pills as payment once, partly due to luck, as he happened to have spiritual items that the other party urgently needed.

Ji An said with a half-smile, "Shouldn't you ask Lin Lan about the supply of pills? Or perhaps you should ask Han Yan from the Pill Refining Academy?"

He has not concerned himself with the sect's mundane affairs for many years. If you need him to refine pills, just send the medicinal materials to him.

Qin Yan waved his hand with a wry smile and said:
"Senior brother, don't tease me. We only planted the medicinal herbs for refining fourth-order spiritual medicines after the sect's spiritual veins were upgraded to the fourth order."

It will take at least two hundred years for the medicinal herbs to mature.

Unless the spiritual herbs in your senior brother's small world mature, I can only wait in vain.

The medicinal materials used to refine a fourth-grade low-level spiritual medicine must be nearly three thousand years old, and it takes more than three hundred years to cultivate them.

My senior brother is the strongest spirit farmer in the sect, but he is often away now. The spirit herbs planted on Crimson Flame Peak are all taken care of by the Five Sacred Mountains True Monarch.

Although the Five-Colored Deer is a powerful mythical beast of heaven and earth, its planting ability is far inferior to that of its senior brother.

"Then you'll have to wait a bit longer. There are five batches of ingredients for the Jade Dew Condensation Pill in the Calabash World, and it's estimated that it will take another thirty years for them to mature."

Once the medicinal herb matures, I will refine it into a pill and then send it to the treasure pavilion. I will then inform my junior brother.

The medicinal seeds for refining the Jade Dew Essence Pill were collected during the True Demon Tribulation. What others saw as a great calamity became a golden opportunity for him to make a fortune.

They killed a large number of true demons back then, including many enemies at the late Nascent Soul stage, and thus reaped a great harvest.

The true demons killed the Nascent Soul level demon beasts, and these medicinal herbs must have been collected by the demon beasts.

Killing the true demon was considered revenge for the dead monster, so taking some gifts from the monster as a reward was not unreasonable. The small world's warehouse still holds a set of tiger bones and a tiger whip.

Because of the existence of the Gathering Yuan Tree, the most suitable elixir for Ji An is the Five-Flower Elixir, so he rarely grows medicinal herbs for refining other elixirs.

All the Five-Colored Pills he refined went into his stomach, which is why he achieved his current level of cultivation.

"Haha, the thirty-year wait will finally pay off, that's great."

Qin Yan's solemn expression relaxed. Compared to the more than two hundred years that the sect had waited, thirty years was a very short time.

Five batches of pills are already quite a lot; he should be able to exchange for 40% of them.

Ji An continued, "After the medicinal herbs are refined into pills, I will continue to cultivate these herbs and expand the cultivation area."

He thought of a problem: the Five-Colored Pills he would refine in the future would be a top-grade fourth-tier pill, and those whose cultivation level was not high enough to reach the late Nascent Soul stage would probably not be able to withstand its powerful effects.

Lower-level cultivators must cut the pills into pieces and consume them in batches. High-level pills possess stronger spiritual energy, and cutting them will result in some loss of medicinal efficacy, inevitably leading to waste.

There are no medicinal herbs for growing other fourth-tier pills in the gourd world, so having enough spiritual fruits to consume is sufficient for him.

By the time the medicinal herbs he had painstakingly cultivated matured, he could no longer use them.

Qin Yan stood up, cupped his hands in a respectful bow, and said, "Senior Brother, you are truly virtuous and noble. Thank you!"

Ji An smiled and nodded, "Let's help each other out. In a few years, I will obtain the spiritual item to upgrade the Five Directions Flag. Junior Brother, are you confident in upgrading the grade of the spiritual treasure?"

Upon re-entering Zhongzhou, he will obtain materials to upgrade the Plain Cloud Banner, and may also be able to gather enough materials for the Profound Origin Water Control Banner and the Earth-Leaving Flame Banner.

Qin Yan looked troubled and shook his head helplessly:

"Senior brother, you'll have to find someone more capable. With my cultivation level, I'm not qualified to oversee the upgrade of a fourth-grade high-quality spiritual treasure to the top-grade level. Only a late-stage Nascent Soul weapon refiner would be able to do it."

"When a spiritual treasure reaches the fourth-tier top-grade level, the increase in power may be even greater than the leap from the fourth-tier low-grade to the high-grade level."

He sighed inwardly, 'I'm slowly losing the opportunity to serve my senior brother.'

"Oh, I see. I understand."

Ji An himself didn't have high expectations. As an alchemist, he knew that fourth-grade top-quality pills were full of spiritual energy and could potentially take form like spiritual treasures. Fourth-grade top-quality pills seemed to have reached a completely new realm.

He took out a dark blue animal hide and a thick animal bone, about the size of a water bucket and ten feet long.

The bones were covered with lightning patterns, which occasionally flashed with a ghostly blue light.

"Whether these materials can be used to refine a spiritual treasure requires that it not only be able to be used for offense, but also to stabilize the mind."

The monks unleashed the desires of all beings to attack him, making him realize that he lacked sonic magical treasures.

Qin Yan reached out and stroked the animal hide, his movements as gentle as if he were caressing a lover's hand.

The animal hide is relatively rough, but the texture is clear and covered with swirling patterns.

He reached out and grasped the animal bone, examining it carefully for a moment, then asked uncertainly:

"These are the bones of a water-eating monster, and they even have the aura of lightning. Could it be the Kui Niu, which can draw lightning and gather it into a storm?"

In his knowledge system, only the Kui Niu and the Jiaolong, water-type monsters, can condense thunder bones. This bone is clearly not from the Jiaolong, but can only be from the Kui Niu.

Ji An nodded, "Junior brother has keen insight; this is indeed the Kui Niu."

Once, when I went to Central Continent, I didn't take the path to the Land of Desolation. Instead, I headed north to the Ice Ocean and flew eastward along the coastline. By chance, I encountered a Kui Bull undergoing its transformation tribulation. After it succeeded, I ambushed it and happily took its hide and leg bone.

The leg bones of the Kui ox were the most valuable, so they were preserved; the other bones were burned to ashes and used as fertilizer to nourish the spiritual plants.

Qin Yan carefully examined the materials, pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Senior brother, I can refine the spiritual treasure you requested, but there is one thing you need to understand: this type of sonic spiritual treasure is a consumable."

Even with the best maintenance, the lifespan will be shortened. Are you sure you want to do this?

In his opinion, it was a pity to refine these fourth-tier materials into spirit treasures that could only be used a limited number of times.

Ji An nodded firmly, "I'm sure, Junior Brother, feel free to go ahead and refine it."

He had hunted two Kui Niu back then, and the material he took out was from the Kui Niu that had just broken through. There was also the hide and leg bone of a Kui Niu at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage in the small world's warehouse, so he was very confident in speaking like this.

"Alright, put the materials here. I need to figure out how to refine them."

Qin Yan's expression was solemn, but his eyes flashed with a hint of eagerness. This was his first time refining a spiritual treasure of the sound wave type, so he had to design the plan carefully and make sure he didn't mess it up.

"Okay, how much is the payment?"

"Let's calculate the compensation after the refining is finished."

"Do you need me to leave you a large sum of money to buy materials?"

"No need. I've accumulated enough merit over the years to exchange for materials from the Treasure Pavilion."

Ji An smiled and asked again:
"Have you calculated the amount of pills you've exchanged?"

"Snapped."

Qin Yan raised his hand and slapped his forehead. "I forgot that I have to exchange for pills tomorrow. Senior brother, please leave me 200,000 merit points."

Refining a spiritual treasure will take a while, so please be patient, Senior Brother.

After leaving Red Copper Mountain, Ji An returned to Red Flame Peak.

He sent several golden swords with messages, inviting Liu Yu, Li Lingyu, and several disciples to come as guests in three days.

Firstly, to connect with each other, and secondly, to answer the questions that everyone encounters during their spiritual practice.

He made a hand seal and released a golden light that seemed to leap across the ground. His body transformed into a rainbow and he flew away, with nothing standing in his way.

Easily passing through the sealing array of the cave, Ji An arrived at the quiet room and entered the small world.

He sat in the wicker chair, took out the wooden box, poured all the green jade wheat into his hand, and felt the vigorous vitality of the seeds.

All the weak seeds were picked out, and only twelve of the best quality spiritual seeds were kept.

The hand seals changed, releasing the Withering and Flourishing Technique. Strands of azure light were drawn from the seed, gathering into a misty ball of light. The luster of the spiritual seed quickly dimmed and finally decayed into sand.

Ji An brought the spirit seed closer, and the misty light quickly merged into it, nourishing the spirit seed's life force.

He then made a hand seal to release the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique. A miniature azure dragon swam between his fingers, and light spots, like jade beads, fell and disappeared into the spirit seed.

All planting spells have unique effects, and the strongest spell is not necessarily the most suitable one.

In terms of cultivating spirit seeds, the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique is more suitable, as the divine intent contained in this spell can enable the spirit seeds to bear more vitality.

After the spirit seed could no longer devour more wood-elemental spiritual energy, Ji An flew to the blue spirit field.

Currently, the spacing between spiritual plants in the gourd world is quite large; planting just a few wheat plants can fill up any space.

He scattered the seeds, arranging them in a square array of three rows and four columns, with a half-foot interval between the front, back, left, and right sides, mainly for pollination purposes, as Bai Yufeng might not visit this area.

He unleashed the power of dragons to bring forth all things, the power of Yin formed a full moon, the power of water transformed into clouds and mist, and the Azure Dragon and Black Dragon roared in the clouds and mist, as nourishing spiritual rain and azure light spots fell, spreading the breath of life.

Ji An sensed the intertwining of the divine will of water and wood, and seemed to be deep in thought.

Yin and Yang can evolve into the power of the Five Elements, but how to combine the power of the Five Elements into Yin and Yang is the key to future cultivation.

The rain poured down, its joyful sounds carrying a quiet undertone.

A sense of enlightenment gradually rose within him, and he vaguely felt that he had grasped a peculiar rhythm, causing his thoughts to explode outwards.

When he awoke from his thoughts, he found that the rain had stopped sometime earlier, and the fresh air after the rain in the empty mountains was intoxicating.

On the ground, the green wheat seedlings, more than four feet tall, swayed in the breeze. Water droplets gathered at the tips of the leaves lingered on the seedlings, reluctantly falling to kiss the soil.

The spiritual plant grew to over four feet tall not because the spell had such a powerful effect, but because it had reached its normal height and would not grow any taller.

Ji An's lips curled up slightly, and she murmured to herself in a happy mood:
"Fire, water, and wood elements—before I knew it, I had acquired three kinds of spiritual plants that could be used to make spiritual food."

He felt that if he could cultivate fourth-grade spirit rice or wheat on that day, his deeds would be known throughout the cultivation world.

The higher the grade of the elixir, the rarer it is. However, if there is fourth-grade spirit rice available for consumption, it can greatly promote the cultivation of True Monarchs. For him, cultivating fourth-grade spirit rice is not an unattainable goal.

(End of this chapter)