Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 931 Golden Lotus Temple

If the Golden Lotus Salvation reaches the mid-grade level of the fourth rank, it can achieve the effect of sacrificing death twice. If it reaches the top-grade level of the fourth rank, it can achieve the effect of sacrificing death three times.

The Golden Lotus of Merit, used as a material, is a fourth-grade superior spiritual object. Therefore, the Golden Lotus of Salvation can more easily reach the fourth-grade superior level after being refined, but it is almost impossible to improve it to the fourth-grade supreme level.

He knew this would happen when he picked the golden lotus, but the cost of upgrading the golden lotus to the fourth-grade top quality was too high, so he took action before the spiritual plant was upgraded to the top quality level. Being able to die twice in his place was enough for him.

Having the substitute treasure will be helpful when you break through to the Three Flowers Realm in the future.

In addition, he also possessed a seed of the Golden Lotus of Merit, which is why he readily chose to refine the spiritual treasure.

About half an hour later, Ji An finished refining the spiritual treasure and began to cultivate the Five Elements Revolving Scripture.

Refining the Golden Lotus to overcome calamity is a long process, and there is no need to rush it. Cultivation is the most important thing.

Once one's cultivation reaches the perfect level, one will need to activate a secret technique to refine the small world. At that time, there will be plenty of time to refine the substitute treasure.

The main problem is that there are no elixirs or spiritual fruits available for consumption right now. Otherwise, Ji An would definitely prioritize improving his cultivation level, and he could postpone the matter of transforming the Spirit-Severing Land to gain merit.

The Dan Ding Academy is located on the mountainside of Bi Lan Mountain. Although it is not the core node of the sect's spiritual vein, the concentration of spiritual energy has reached the third-tier top-grade level.

The mountains are lush and green, and from the crevices of the rocks on the mountainside flows a nectar of jade and nectar. The spring water gathers into a deep pool, emitting steam that shrouds this land surrounded by green trees.

The incense smoke rose straight up from the incense burner in the main hall, slowly spreading out, carrying a faint fragrance reminiscent of gardenias.

The charcoal in the stove glowed red-hot, and the kettle in the stove made a noisy gurgling sound.

Han Yan used her telekinesis to lift the kettle down, placed dark blue tea leaves and several small flowers of different colors into a small red clay pot, waited a few seconds, poured two cups of tea, and an elegant fragrance wafted out.

"In terms of the grade of tea, the Thunderstruck Wood Jade Dew Golden Bud, Cloud Top Silver Needle, and Enlightenment Tea in True Monarch's hands are the strongest in the sect. Even Phoenix Dance Danxia Tea can reach the middle grade of the fourth rank. But in terms of tea fragrance, it still has to be the flower tea in my hands."

She picked up a glass and handed it to me, a serene smile on her lips, but the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes and the wrinkles on her forehead were faint yet striking.

Ji An sighed silently to himself and smiled slightly:
"I need to savor it properly."

Time waits for no one. When cultivators show signs of aging, it means that their lifespan is running out and their bodily functions are rapidly declining.

He sensed the extent of the other person's decay and the rate at which their life force was dissipating, and deduced that the other person only had about twenty years left to live.

The memory of the two of them traveling together to the Southern Continent is still vivid, yet hundreds of years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Good tea has a fragrant and slightly sweet taste, and the tea leaves a noticeable sweet aftertaste. It can also subtly nourish the Wood element and the spirit."

Ji Anzhong commented that the only spiritual creature he knew that could nourish the Five Elements Divine Palace was the Purple Crystal Bee Honey.

Han Yan's smile deepened as she began to recount her past research on flower tea, and then the conversation turned to her research on elixir formulas.

This conversation lasted for an hour or so, and finally, with a soft sigh, he said:

"I don't know if I have enough time left to research and develop a pill for Nascent Soul cultivators."

Using pine nuts from the Crimson Cloud Pine as the main ingredient and the Fire Essence Pill as a template, she successfully researched and developed three-tiered mid-grade and high-grade pills.

She is currently researching fourth-grade pills using mid-grade fourth-grade lightning-struck pine nuts as raw materials. However, since she is not a Nascent Soul cultivator, there are many inconveniences in the pill research.

Fortunately, she has the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame to rely on, which provides her with some boosts.

Ji An comforted:
"Where there's a will, there's a way; believe that your power can ignite new sparks of thought."

The other party has devoted himself to the growth of the Dan Ding Academy, but in recent years his Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame and Netherworld Bone Flame have rarely been used.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Han Yan's eyes suddenly lit up. "I hope so."

She changed the subject and said:
"If I ascend to immortality and leave, the pills such as the Golden Core Pill and the Nascent Soul Pill can only be made by the True Lord."

Furthermore, we must find disciples to absorb the seed of the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame; this matter also needs the True Lord's approval.

Although the sect's alchemist team has not expanded, its overall quality has improved significantly. However, no particularly outstanding disciples with the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage have emerged.

Alchemists are trained by their sects and rarely need to go out to seek opportunities and acquire resources, so their aptitude and innate qualities have a huge impact on them.

These people, who do not go out, are destined to miss out on opportunities to improve themselves. If they cannot break through to the Nascent Soul stage, the time they can benefit from absorbing the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame is only a few hundred years.

For a sect or power, a few hundred years is far too short, like a drop in the ocean.

Ji An nodded, "I will. Once my cultivation reaches the perfect level, I will research or improve the most suitable pills for the sect's development, and I will also find the best owner for the fire seed."

He would surely make arrangements before leaving this world.

If he is fortunate enough to encounter the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, he will study in detail how these flames are formed.

Many spiritual flames are generated naturally, rather than cultivated from seeds. If the secrets of how spiritual flames are formed can be found, sects can continuously cultivate alchemists who possess spiritual flames.

Otherwise, when the sect's resources are exhausted, the quality of the pills will inevitably drop significantly, which will have a serious impact.

Han Yan felt relieved. In terms of alchemy skills, the True Monarch would definitely surpass her, and his understanding of medicinal properties would also far exceed that of her, a cultivator at the seventh level of the Golden Core stage.

If you are willing to spend time studying, the gains will far exceed your own efforts.

She changed the subject and asked:
"How long does the True Lord plan to stay this time?"

"We're preparing to leave tomorrow."

Ji An replied that he would have left if he hadn't learned about the other party's physical condition from his disciple.

"I don't know if we'll ever meet again."

Han Yan's voice was very soft, as if she were speaking only to her.

"I will return to the sect at some point."

Han Yan immediately understood that the other party might be able to predict when her life force would be extinguished. She felt that low-level cultivators had no secrets from high-level cultivators.

Ji An rode the clouds at breakneck speed, the wind whistling past his ears.

A faint sadness lingered in his heart; though he was in flight, his thoughts drifted to some unknown place.

Along the way, he witnessed and experienced too many partings and deaths. Today, after seeing Han Yan, those vivid faces that lived in his memory reappeared before his eyes, but quickly disappeared.

The path to immortality is fraught with hardship, but without cultivation, a human lifespan of a hundred years is utterly meaningless. Longevity brings loneliness, but it also allows for a deeper understanding of life, and this loneliness can be transformed into a mellow, sweet wine over time.

His worries gradually disappeared, turning into courage. His new goal was to step into the starry sky and travel through the vast sea of ​​stars to see if there was an end to cultivating immortality.

Then, Ji An made a hand seal and released a golden light that seemed to leap across the ground. His body transformed into a rainbow and merged with the five-colored spiritual light, and he sped eastward.

A flash of light pierced the sky, adding a vibrant touch to the world.

As a Nascent Soul Ninth Level cultivator, his total magical power was far greater than before, and the quality of his magical power was also more outstanding, thus enabling him to fly all the way to his destination.

He used to be more relaxed, so he didn't do that.

When they arrived at the Land of Desolation, the bright moon hung in the sky, and the endless yellow sand was draped in a layer of white gauze.

Without resting, he immediately summoned his magical artifact to travel around the new, desolate land, measuring its size and assessing the time required for its transformation.

After nearly three months of surveying, Ji An drew up maps of all the desolate lands, numbered them, and confirmed the order in which they would be renovated.

After restoring his magic power to its fullest state, he flew to the center of a smaller plot of land and began to carry out his plan.

First, he used his magic to excavate a lake that was fifty acres in size with a gentle slope, and the deepest part of it could reach ten feet.

He then made a hand seal and released the Thick Virtue Evolution Spirit Spell. Yellow light spread across the sand, and the nourishing earth element divine intent rose up, but the spell and divine intent completely dissipated after a short while.

A new full moon appeared in the sky, and after the clouds flashing with lightning dispersed, a spiritual rain, imbued with the breath of life, fell amidst the roar of dragons.

The torrential rain lasted for fifteen minutes, but when the clouds and mist cleared, there was no water left in the artificial lake, only a few watermarks.

Ji An alternately cast the Great Virtue Spirit-Evolving Spell and the Dragon Soaring to Life, paying no attention to the results of the spells.

After twelve days of continuous casting of spells, the magical intent could finally remain for more than six hours, and the water in the artificial lake reached a depth of three feet.

At this moment, Ji An was able to relax for once, and the task ahead became much easier. Once the divine intent of the spell could be retained for twelve hours, the area to which the spell could be cast could be expanded to about ten thousand acres.

He took out a large number of grass seeds from the Void Stone and piled them into a small mountain. Then he summoned the puppets, including A-Yun, from the gourd world and said:
"You guys scatter the seeds on the damp sand around the lake, making sure to scatter them as evenly as possible."

These seeds are the most common grass seeds in the mortal world. They were collected at the behest of the sect, or more precisely, by order of the sect to the mortals in the area under its jurisdiction.

Seeds come in all shapes and sizes, as long as they are resilient enough.

Ayun and the other puppets boarded the spirit shuttle and began to work. A few seconds after the seeds were sown, they began to take root and sprout.

Before long, a patch of lush green appeared on the yellow sand, bringing life to this monotonous world.

The spiritual energy here is extremely thin, but it is like paradise for the wild grass of the mortal world.

These weeds wither and flourish every year, and their withered leaves turn into dust and mud, nourishing the barren land. Planting these weeds is more conducive to transforming the barren land.

Once the land suitable for growing weeds reaches 100,000 mu, we can introduce common wild rabbits, rats, badgers, lynxes, and other animals to form a more stable ecological cycle.

For Ji An, the process of transforming the barren land into a vibrant place was one of enjoyment, and it brought him an indescribable joy.

In the center of another sacred land, there is also lush greenery. At the very center of this land, a mountain more than 300 feet high is built with yellow sand.

This mountain is covered with pine and cypress forests, shaded by green bamboo, and dotted with many lotus ponds.

At the summit stands a temple with red walls and glazed tiles, inscribed with the three large characters 'Jinlian Temple'.

In the twilight, the large golden letters reflected a radiant glow.

The drums and music began, followed by the melodious tolling of bells, and finally the sounds of wooden fish drums and chanting echoed throughout the temple.

The edge of this vast oasis, spanning millions of acres, is also surrounded by a ring of mountains made of yellow sand, and the temples atop these mountains also resonate with the sound of evening drums.

Unseen willpower rose up, bound by an invisible force, and finally converged into the golden statue in the temple's main hall.

Golden Lotus Temple, Mahavira Hall.

After the evening prayers, the monks filed out, leaving only two people in the main hall.

The Venerable Monk Jingyue smiled, his eyes seemingly filled with compassion.

"Senior brother, the population of this area has reached five million. As long as we transform this land quickly enough, more and more people will appear."

The power of will can also nourish the land, and the food grown contains more calories, which is enough to feed these mortals and even leave a little surplus.

A larger population means a larger pool of potential candidates, increasing the probability of finding children with exceptional talent.

The Venerable Master Jingci also wore a joyful expression and laughed heartily twice, saying:

"If we continue to develop at this pace, in another one or two decades, the area under our actual control will reach the level of the most prosperous period in the Eastern Continent."

If the number of monk kings can increase, then we will no longer fear those cultivators.

He was in a very good mood, and used a large part of his vows to support his fellow disciples, living a more comfortable life than before.

In addition, his junior brother returned the small world to him a few days ago, which made him overjoyed. He originally thought that this day would never come again.

However, the training of a Supreme Patriarch is extremely difficult. Even with strong innate wisdom and sufficient resources, it takes about two hundred years of training.

Monk Jingyue smiled and nodded, then said:
"However, this humble monk does not intend to expand our controlled area without restraint. We must leave a sufficiently wide buffer zone to avoid being discovered by the cultivators."

The number of cultivators far exceeds that of us monks; in a direct confrontation, we are far inferior.

A Nascent Soul cultivator can easily see for thirty to forty miles. If a Nascent Soul cultivator at the ninth level were to concentrate their vision, they might be able to see for about a hundred miles.

Therefore, it is essential to leave sufficient space and not lose the barriers in the pursuit of expansion.

To maintain the mystique of the Land of Severed Spirits, he also used secret techniques to raise several sand worms at the Nascent Soul level. The purpose of these savage beasts was to patrol the edge of the Land of Severed Spirits and attack any cultivators who dared to venture inside.

Monk Jingci gently shook his head, "Junior brother, you are being too cautious. Those cultivators would absolutely not want to set foot in the Land of Absolute Spirits."

However, caution is never wrong. If this Buddhist realm expands to a sufficient size, let's establish new cities of hope in other desolate lands.

He thought to himself, "If only these desolate places could be connected as one, then this trouble would be over."

The Pure Moon Monk King said, "This humble monk estimates that if we continue to develop at the current rate for several more decades, we will be able to begin exploring new Buddhist domains."

(End of this chapter)