Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 926: Good Luck
The tremors gradually subsided, and the stone tortoise returned to Ji An's side. The spiritual vein's foundation had increased slightly, but there was still a long way to go.

In fact, he was very satisfied with the speed at which the small world improved. Those major sects spent at least five or six thousand years to upgrade the spiritual vein to the fourth-grade top quality, while he only took nearly six hundred years to upgrade the spiritual vein to the fourth-grade upper quality.

He was prepared for a long struggle, but with the support of the Gathering Yuan Tree, Daoist Rhyme, and Spiritual Energy, he estimated that it would only take three or four hundred years, or even less, for his spiritual vein to be upgraded to the fourth-order top-grade.

According to his research, the spiritual roots of heaven and earth can subtly transform the spiritual fields, thereby accelerating the improvement of the spiritual veins.

He is currently focusing his efforts on cultivating the Fusang Tree. Once this fire-elemental spirit tree is cultivated to the fourth-tier top grade, he can begin cultivating the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch.

The Gathering Yuan Tree is in the center, while the Fire and Metal elements are located in the south and west respectively. If we can obtain the Wood and Water elements in the future, all five elements will be complete and everything will be perfect.

Ji An strolled into the forest of spirit trees. Some Xuan Ye Sword Bamboo had also been transplanted into this spirit field, and all the newly planted spirit trees had now reached the second-tier top-grade level.

"It's time to witness the miracle!"

He shouted and began casting a spell by making hand seals.

The nascent soul in the Moon Palace moved in sync with him, and the hand seals in his hands also changed.

The magical power flowed out from the upper dantian, coursing through the immortal meridians. The five elemental divine palaces simultaneously lit up, and the power of the five elements gathered and evolved into yin and yang energies.

Wood is the lesser yang energy, where yin descends and yang arises. The moment the wood energy is manifested, he completes the final step of casting the Yi Wood Divine Thunder spell.

The magical power, imbued with the lingering essence of Yin and Yang, instantly activated the spell, and azure lightning, carrying a slightly different divine intent than before, bloomed in the sky above this land.

This spell had an extra step compared to before, making the divine intent of the spell even purer.

Increasing spell casting time to enhance spell power is not advisable in combat unless attacking a stationary target.

These sacred trees are planted very close together, densely packed like bean sprouts.

More than 10,000 Earth Spirit Fruit Trees were bathed in lightning, rising into clusters of flames, their beauty fleeting before their lives withered and turned to ashes.

There are simply not enough Tier 3 spirit seeds available now, so Ji An will purchase a large number of low-tier spirit seeds from the Si Nong Hall.

Cultivating lightning-struck wood is like winning the lottery. The grand prize is very tempting, but the odds are extremely low. You can only cast a wide net and don't bother to select the best of the best for cultivation, because even if you use good seeds, they will still be cannon fodder.

Ji An squinted as he searched the land ravaged by lightning, then his eyes suddenly lit up – there were still 'living people' in this woodland.

Total annihilation is the norm; as long as there's a single survivor, it's a huge profit.

Five-colored auspicious clouds rose from beneath his feet, carrying him to the proudly standing spiritual plant.

This is a spirit fruit tree. Lightning destroyed most of its body; it was originally about four feet tall, but now it's only one foot tall.

When the spirit wood was at the second level, its skin resembled a grayish-white stone, but now it looks like black charcoal, and it's even cracked black charcoal. This is the unique 'skin' of the lightning-struck wood, which is very distinctive.

He channeled his magic to dig out a five-foot square piece of soil and transplanted the spiritual plant to the area where the lightning-struck wood had been.

Second-tier top-grade spiritual plants have a special connection with the earth's veins. In the outside world, such transplantation would continue to signify the death of the spiritual plant, but in the small world, spiritual plants can be transplanted in this way. At least, there is no problem with moving the location of second-tier top-grade spiritual plants.

This is the result of his exploration over the years. So far, he has performed six transplants without ever failing.

If you are not transplanting and releasing the Wood Divine Lightning, you need to be especially careful, and you need to cast spells separately around the spiritual plant.

For Ji An, who has always hated trouble, this was far too unfriendly.

He did not attempt to transplant those lightning-struck trees that had already been cultivated to a higher grade, leaving them to their own devices, because he had actually transplanted a third-grade low-grade Emerald Leaf Mulberry.

Unfortunately, this experimental plant struggled for two years before slowly withering away, extinguishing his desire to transplant a higher-grade spiritual plant.

After the transplant was completed, Ji An released the Great Virtue Spirit Transformation Mantra, and yellow spiritual light spread across the earth, causing the surrounding land to radiate a jade-like luster.

The nourishing divine will permeated every inch of the land and warmed his body and soul.

With his hands on his hips, he nodded in satisfaction. This was all his hard work, the result of a great deal of his time and emotion.

Among the earth-elemental spiritual plants, only two kinds of spiritual plants have been cultivated into lightning-struck wood. After hundreds of years of unremitting efforts, he now owns twelve earth-elemental lightning-struck wood plants, including four Xuan Ye sword bamboo plants, and the rest are earth spirit fruit trees.

The highest-grade Earth Spirit Fruit Tree has reached the fourth-tier superior grade, and there are two of them.

The black-leaved sword bamboo grows bamboo shoots from its underground stems to form new plants, but when cultivated into lightning-struck wood, they seem to lose their ability to reproduce and never grow bamboo shoots.

Bamboo flowers, produces seeds, and grows into bamboo berries at the end of its life cycle or in extreme environments, after which the mother plant dies. It is unknown whether these lightning-struck sword bamboos will inherit the characteristics of lightning-struck wood if they produce seeds.

As Ji An strolled through the sacred fields, his mood grew increasingly pleasant.

Since the Gathering Yuan Tree reached the fourth-tier top-grade level, many spiritual plants whose growth had almost stagnated have been given a second spring.

The spiritual trees such as Soul Nourishing Wood, Golden Leaf Sandalwood, Enlightenment Tea Tree, Star Tree, and Azure Mist Pine continue to grow taller, and their future is promising.

He sighed inwardly, because his cultivation had improved so rapidly that the growth of the spiritual plants could not keep up with his progress.

Now only the Gathering Yuan Tree is worthy of his Nascent Soul level nine cultivation, which is a bittersweet happiness.

Ji An flew over the white spiritual field on a cloud. This land did not cultivate lightning-struck wood, but only had a few hundred fourth-grade high-quality Vajra Bodhi trees.

As his body refinement cultivation reached the late Nascent Soul stage, the medicinal mud made from Vajra Bodhi fruit became much less effective.

Although he obtained the recipe for the Vajra Body Tempering Ointment, he lacked a spiritual plant unique to the Western Continent. He could only wait until he traveled to the Western Continent in the future to find a solution.

Without the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch, the White Spirit Field would be the most 'barren' land, and the current situation is not much better. A single fourth-grade high-quality Heaven and Earth Spirit Root is not enough to maintain its appearance.

Although there are hundreds of Bodhi trees, this spiritual fruit is only of high grade to cultivators; its actual effect is not as great as that of normal spiritual fruits.

Colorful auspicious clouds swirled over the black earth, and the golden lotus of merit was already budding.

Ji An arrived at the outer edge of the land and continuously made hand seals to release the Yi Wood Divine Thunder.

A large number of Tianyuan Pears and Canglan Spirit Mist Trees are planted here, all of which have reached the second-tier top grade.

There are many places where lightning-struck wood grows. He didn't transplant these spiritual plants after they successfully became lightning-struck wood before, and he doesn't dare to risk transplanting them now.

This spiritual field was planted with more than 6,000 Tianyuan pear trees, but after the flash of blue lightning, not a single blade of grass grew.

He shook his head helplessly and sighed. This was the norm. A single spell could be cast on more than 50,000 spiritual plants, and often none of them would survive.

Relatively speaking, wood and fire elemental plants are more likely to survive the Wood Divine Thunder.

He took the seeds from the Void Stone and sprinkled them down, then made a hand seal to release the Thick Virtue Evolution Spirit Mantra.

The earth element's divine power, which nourishes the soil, bursts forth, and the spiritual seed falls into the soil and is embraced by the earth.

He made a hand seal and released the Dragon Soaring and All Things Grow, Thunderclouds flashed and heavy rain poured down, and the spiritual trees quickly took root and sprouted.

Ji An stopped watching and flew away on a cloud. In the black spirit field, apart from a few merit lotuses, only the pure water lotuses at the bottom of the lake were usable. Pure water lotuses are spiritual herbs, and they will wither away once their medicinal properties accumulate to the level required for a spiritual plant.

Both lotus seeds and lotus roots can be used to make elixirs, but their quality is low, and even if they are made into elixirs, they are not suitable for him to consume. Therefore, he kept a small number of lotus seeds as seeds, used the rest of the lotus seeds to make porridge, and made the lotus roots into Osmanthus Pearl Blood Rice Lotus Root.

Not only is rice lotus root delicious, it also contains a lot of spiritual energy, making it a very good food supplement.

There are five lightning-struck Heavenly Pear trees and one lightning-struck Azure Mist Tree in the Black Spirit Field.

The cultivation of Lightning Strike Wood by Water-based Spirit Plants was relatively late, and the current grade of Lightning Strike Wood plants is only mid-grade fourth rank, but it is not far from being high-grade fourth rank.

Colorful auspicious clouds slowly flew over the blue spiritual field, and Ji An was filled with pride.

If we disregard the spiritual roots of heaven and earth, the cyan and crimson spiritual fields are the richest places in the gourd world.

In this spiritual field, the Jade Leaf Mulberry has made the greatest contribution to nourishing the White Jade Peak clan; the number of other spiritual plants is far from sufficient, and the intervals between their flowering periods are too long.

Therefore, even though Feiye Sang could no longer keep up with his cultivation level, this spiritual plant could still be preserved in large quantities.

Ji An arrived above the experimental field and continuously channeled his magic to unleash the Divine Lightning of the Wood element, immersing the entire small world in the awe-inspiring thunder.

After casting the spell, he began to examine the spirit field and couldn't help but beam with joy, having obtained another lightning-struck mulberry tree.

He carefully dug up the soil around the mulberry tree and transplanted the freshly sprouted spirit wood.

The most common type of spiritual plant cultivated from wood-element plants is the lightning-struck wood plant, followed by fire-element plants. The number of lightning-struck wood plants from these two types of spiritual plants far exceeds that of other types of spiritual plants.

Currently, among the lightning-struck trees in the Azure Spirit Field, there are six Azure Jade Trees of the Moonlit Night and three Jade Trees of the Cloud Peak.

Once all these plants are upgraded to the fourth-grade superior level, he will be able to obtain a sufficient supply of spiritual tea.

There are currently four kinds of spiritual tea in the gourd world: Cloud Peak Silver Needle, Jade Dew Golden Bud, Azure Mist Pine, and Enlightenment Tea.

For others, Enlightenment Tea is extremely precious, but he could never finish it all.

The other lightning-struck trees include two *Pterocarya stenoptera* trees, twelve *Dracaena sanderiana* trees, and an astonishing twenty-three *Mulberry ferns* trees.

As the number of lightning-struck jade leaves increases, the White Jade Peak clan will also be provided for.

Hopefully, the queen bee can accumulate enough resources to reach the fourth level, so that fourth-level honey can be consumed.

Although the flowering and mulberry-producing cycle of the high-level Jade Leaf Mulberry is also getting longer, it is still much faster than that of the Spirit Fruit Tree.

Ji An flew to the crimson spirit field, where the fragrance of rice blossoms filled the air, and numerous amethyst peaks were busily working, buzzing incessantly.

He first landed on a small island in the center of the lava lake. The ashes of the Nascent Soul cultivator had long been used up, and the spirit wood still showed no signs of breaking through its grade.

He was also helpless about this, as he had no resources and could only cultivate it slowly.

Now he uses the corpses of fire crystal ants, mixed with the red sand excreted by spirit ants, and the ash from burning pearl blood rice stalks to make fertilizer.

I don't know how effective it will be, but it's better than nothing.

The timing is unfavorable; most of the nutrients the hibiscus tree receives are used to cultivate mulberries, leaving less for its own use.

Just as he was about to cast a planting spell, a fire phoenix peeked out from the dense foliage, flew in the air, and let out a joyful cry, communicating telepathically.

Ji An's eyes suddenly lit up, and he used his magic to fly up to the spot where the fire phoenix had flown out.

He parted the leaves and saw a cluster of golden mulberries, clearly ripe.

"Haha, after waiting for so many years, today has finally come."

The first bunch of mulberries has ripened, and the others will ripen one after another. With these mulberries, his cultivation level will be able to improve rapidly once again.

Ji An carefully picked the mulberries and placed them in a wooden box made of red pine.

He put the box away and released the Vermilion Bird Mystic Brightness Technique by forming a hand seal.

A golden sun shines on the earth, releasing a warm and luminous aura. The hibiscus tree, bathed in the light, seems to burst into flames, its leaves radiating a spiritual glow.

Ji An left the lava lake and flew to the forest of second-tier spirit trees, where he cast a hand seal to release the Wood Divine Lightning.

This spiritual field is planted with Crimson Cloud Pine, Dragon Blood Fruit, Spirit Peach, and Immortal Apricot of Fire, all of which are excellent varieties.

Red cloud pine is mainly used for brewing wine, and it can also be used to study how to refine elixirs.

Dragon blood fruit not only contains abundant spiritual energy but also replenishes qi and blood, making it an excellent choice for physical cultivators.

All the spiritual fruits produced by lightning-struck trees, due to the power of lightning, can deeply vibrate the internal organs and remove waste blood and impurities from the body.

For body cultivators, if they can regularly consume these kinds of spiritual fruits, the effects are no less than those of taking pills, and may even be better.

The pine nuts are plentiful during harvest season, so there's no need to worry about seeds. As a result, there are the most pine trees in the land, numbering nearly 20,000.

Thunder rumbled, and a blue light shone on the red earth, the two colors complementing each other perfectly and making them exceptionally eye-catching.

The spiritual plant burned its life force in the lightning, its life force was destroyed in an instant, and then it burned again.

As the thunder gradually subsided, Ji An discovered that a spirit tree had survived. Overjoyed, he immediately flew over to it.

The largest number of Red Cloud Pines perished completely, while about a hundred Fiery Immortal Apricots surprisingly survived, prompting a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, including regret and reflection).

When luck comes, nothing can stop it!

Having already harvested two lightning-struck trees today, he had no further expectations, but things are just that strange.

Ji An transplanted the spirit wood to a specific area and released the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique specifically for her.

Currently, the Crimson Spirit Field contains twenty-one Crimson Cloud Pines, seven Dragon Blood Trees, five Spirit Peach Trees, and five Immortal Apricot Trees.

Among these lightning-struck trees, one spirit peach and three red cloud pines are of the fourth-grade superior quality.

Many fourth-tier lightning-struck trees have already borne fruit. Once the spiritual fruits ripen, he can travel to the Central Continent to exchange them for the pills he needs.

Thinking of this, Ji An revealed a strange smile.

He roughly estimated that he could harvest about 120 high-grade fourth-tier spiritual fruits, which could be exchanged for a considerable number of Nine-Turn Returning Origin Pills from the cultivators of the Divine Wood Sect.

If he has enough pills, he might be able to raise his cultivation to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage without waiting for the Five-Colored Flower to mature.

(End of this chapter)