Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 943 Farewell
Looking at her master's face, which had resisted the ravages of time, Lin Lan felt a mix of emotions.

A long time ago, Master mentioned traveling. Theoretically, she still has more than a hundred years left to live. After traveling in the Eastern Continent, Master will cross the Endless Sea to go to the Western Continent.

Even if she were to return to the sect, she probably wouldn't live to see that day again; this departure would be her last.

"Master, my junior brothers and I have discussed how to see you off."

Ji An shook his head slightly and said:

"No need for a farewell. Parting always brings sorrow. I'll just leave quietly."

In a few days, I will host a banquet at Crimson Flame Peak and invite Senior Brother Liu, Senior Sister Li, and you fellow disciples to come.

By the way, after I leave, please gather your fellow disciples to discuss what to do with the spiritual plants of Crimson Flame Peak.

My meaning is to retain the rights for two hundred years, and after deducting the spiritual items handed over to the sect, the rest will be divided among you six.

His disciples and two senior brothers and sisters were his closest people, and this was the last gift he could give.

The rights and interests should not be retained for too long, otherwise the disciples will lose their ambition.

Lin Lan blushed and said, "You have always taken care of us, and I feel deeply ashamed."

If you think about it carefully, what Master gave them far exceeds what they gave in return.

Back then, when she and Junior Brother Han were chosen, their treatment before Foundation Establishment was better than that of all their fellow disciples in the Qi Refining stage at the same time. They never had to worry about resources such as Foundation Establishment Pills, Qi Cultivation Pills, and Golden Core Pills for breaking through major realms.

As long as their cultivation level reaches a certain point, their master will prepare the necessary materials for them, and they can repay the debt slowly after they break through, which will save them at least several decades.

All these disciples did was help their master take care of the spiritual fields; the more valuable spiritual plants were taken care of by the Five Sacred Mountains True Lord.

Ji An smiled faintly and changed the subject:
“From now on, you fellow disciples should support each other. In terms of status, you are naturally allies with a solid relationship, a pure relationship with no conflict of interest.”

Lin Lan nodded, "In the future, Junior Brother Han and Junior Brother Chen will continue Master's glory, and I, the disciple who fell behind, will cheer for them."

She changed the subject and sighed:
"After Master left, the strongest person in the sect is Uncle Qin. I wonder when he will be able to break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage."

There are only three True Monarchs of the older generation. Although True Monarch Haoran has reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he travels around all year round and rarely returns.

Liu Yu and Han Shan are newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators, and it is unknown how much combat power they will have when facing enemies of the same level.

"Junior Brother Qin has a profound understanding of the cultivation technique. The main reason for his slow progress is the insufficient supply of pills. By now, the fourth-grade spiritual herbs planted by the sect should be almost ripe, right?"

Lin Lan smiled more. "I just discussed this matter with Junior Brother Han a few days ago. He predicted that all the materials for the Purple Cloud Flying Immortal Pill would be ready in three to five years."

However, since Master left, there hasn't been a suitable alchemist. Although Junior Brother Han is learning alchemy, he still needs to hone his skills to reach the level of refining low-grade fourth-rank pills, and no one knows how long that will take.

Ji An smiled wryly. He had witnessed his second disciple's clumsy alchemy before.

"Take it slow. As long as you persevere, you will eventually be able to refine fourth-order pills."

The sect's secret vault also contains a seed of the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame. Once Han Shan is able to refine third-grade top-quality pills, he will be allowed to refine the seed.

Alchemy does not require exceptional talent; one can improve by accumulating enough experience.

"That's what I thought too, but I told him that as long as he could refine a third-grade high-quality pill, he would be allowed to refine the fire seed."

After leaving Chaoyang Peak, Ji An was teleported to Chitong Mountain.

Inside the cave, he and Qin Yan sat down as host and guest, and he explained his plans to leave.

"After I leave, my junior brother will have to shoulder more responsibility."

"Don't worry, senior brother, it's my duty."

Qin Yan's tone was filled with reluctance; there would be no one left to ask for his advice.

Although Senior Brother Li Haoran's cultivation level was higher than his, the other party was a sword cultivator, and their cultivation systems were completely different.

Ji An took out a blue jade bottle and placed it on the table, saying:
"There are eight top-grade fourth-tier Five-Color Pills here. Junior Brother can take them after he breaks through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage."

The twelve five-colored flowers were used to refine thirty-two Five-Color Pills, and the rest of the pills were left to Han Shan and Liu Yu.

He then took out a porcelain jar that was half a foot tall and continued:

"There are some spiritual fruits from the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch here, which are also top-grade fourth-level spiritual fruits. I hope they will be helpful for your weapon refining, junior brother."

Everything is a gift to you; you don't need to give anything in return.

"Senior brother, this is too precious, I can't accept it."

Qin Yan declined, saying that fourth-tier top-grade materials are extremely rare and expensive, and purchasing them from outside sources would require paying a high premium.

He had no materials to exchange, and he would feel bad if he took them for free; he was also a man of pride.

Ji An waved his hand and said sincerely:
"True Lord Haoran is away from home most of the year, and now I am also leaving. The sect can only rely on you."

The responsibility on your shoulders is not light; there are likely some survivors who escaped during the siege of the Shi Xiu in the Land of Desolation.

If we compare sects to parents, then cultivators are like children. Those who achieve greater things yearn for a wider world outside, while those who are relatively mediocre can stay by their parents' side.

As long as there is a sufficient supply of pills, the opponent's cultivation should be able to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm without any problem, and at the very least, he should be able to reach the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm.

Qin Yan didn't refuse any longer, nodded slightly, and asked curiously:
"Senior brother, after leaving this world and entering the boundless starry sky, what is the path after breaking through to the Three Flowers Realm?"

The Five Elements Sect's lineage records the stages after the Three Flowers Realm. He pondered that if he couldn't break through in this life, he might have a chance to cultivate again in the next life.

Ji An took out a jade slip and handed it over, explaining:
"Our world is located on the edge of a star field. It was born about a million years ago and is still a young planet. It cannot support the cultivation of cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm."

There is a star map here, which shows the star system where our world is located.

Once our cultivation reaches the Three Flowers Realm, we need to traverse the starry sky to reach other great worlds. A path is marked on the star map leading to the nearest great world.

According to the records he obtained, the path to the stars was filled with loneliness, and most of the stars were desolate and lifeless, lacking the necessary conditions for life to exist, or were dead planets that had become ruins.

This is why it is said that one needs to refine a small world to traverse the starry sky. Without a small world as a backing, a cultivator who has just entered the Three Flowers Realm cannot fly to a life-bearing planet. Instead, he will turn into a dried-up corpse in the starry sky and become material for passing cultivators.

He paused for a few seconds, then said:

"I left Lin Lan a jade slip of inheritance, which can display content based on the holder's cultivation level."

When the jade slip sensed that cultivators who practiced the Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture and reached the late Nascent Soul stage could display star charts, it was noted that sword cultivators of the Haoran True Monarch lineage could not see them. It was said that his junior brother would copy a copy for him upon his return to the sect.

He originally intended to hand it over to Li Haoran personally, but since Li Haoran was not in the sect, he had to have someone else deliver it. He would also leave a copy of the star map for Liu Yu and Han Shan as backups.

Qin Yan took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense. He was immediately awestruck by the vast starry sky within.

Inside is a three-dimensional map. The starting point is this world, and a red line marks the route, leading through a vast sea of ​​stars to a planet that looks much larger than the world we are currently in.

He put down the jade slip and asked:
"Is the planet the red line finally connects to the ultimate destination?"

Ji An shook his head. "No, that's just the closest habitable planet to us. That planet is on the edge of the core of the star field, but once we get there, we'll be in contact with a much wider world."

The protagonists of the immortal legends circulating in our world are all clones of high-level cultivators from the Central Star Region. They bypass the rules of the world and send a wisp of their soul to our planet.

In the very first years of a planet's birth, the world is born with primordial energy, a unique spiritual energy that only develops within the nascent planet.

He briefly recounted the planet's past history, but it still took him more than half an hour.

In a sense, it was the arrival of these high-level cultivators that spread the cultivation techniques to this planet. The methods of cultivating immortality, Buddhism, and even demonic cultivation were all introduced here at that time.

Qin Yan listened intently, his eyes filled with longing:

"I wonder if I will ever have the chance to break through to the Three Flowers Realm in my lifetime."

A breakthrough is a rebirth; failure to break through means death and annihilation of the soul. However, as long as cultivators have the conditions for a breakthrough, few would refuse to take that step.

"How could there not be? Perhaps the future will be bright and smooth."

Ji An comforted him, saying that the other party's lifespan was about 1,400 years, which was not far from the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. With the addition of various longevity-promoting spiritual items, theoretically, he had at least another 2,000 years of lifespan.

With such a long period of time, coupled with the sect's ability to provide more resources, there is hope that he will reach the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

However, whether one can reach the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, refine the small world, and accumulate enough Xuanhuang merit energy depends on fate.

He stroked his beard and continued:

"If you break through to the late Nascent Soul stage in the future, I suggest you leave the sect and interact more with the outside world to seek opportunities. There are some things that are hard to come by while staying in the sect."

If one stays in the sect, unless one has extraordinary luck, it is impossible to obtain the core of the world, and therefore impossible to obtain the small world.

There's no way to exchange these top-tier resources for other resources; you have to find them yourself.

Since the other party did not possess powerful planting techniques, the only way to accumulate enough Xuanhuang merit energy was to pass through three layers of Gangyun to reach the Outer Heaven and obtain merit by capturing meteorites.

If he's lucky enough, he can accumulate Xuanhuang merit energy much faster than he does now.

Qin Yan nodded in agreement:
"What you say is very true, senior brother. That's what I think too. Only by breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage can we have the resources to travel and seek out resources."

Ji An sighed, "The sect holds a dominant position in the Western Continent. It can issue rewards to mobilize cultivators throughout the Western Continent to search for clues about opportunities. Spending a little money might just accomplish great things."

The resources in the Calabash World, such as the Gathering Yuan Tree, Seven Luminaries Golden Branch, Soul Nourishing Wood, Phoenix Wood, and Nether Moon Jade Tree, were all discovered in the Western Continent.

Now that the sect holds a prestigious position, it is easier to accomplish things than before.

Even a few resources left behind by a Nascent Soul cultivator can make a fortune for a lower-level cultivator, so issuing bounties is the most profitable business.

Qin Yan pondered for a moment and asked:

"Are the destinations marked on the star map like our planet, where we also need to 'pay' a sum of Xuanhuang merit energy if we want to leave?"

"I'm not sure about that. It wasn't mentioned in the documents left behind, so I guess it's not necessary."

The two chatted for a long time, from the future development of the sect to cultivation methods, until the moon set in the west before Ji An left.

Qin Yan saw the guest out of the cave and cupped his hands in greeting:

"Senior brother, I hope we will meet again someday."

If he can break through to the Three Flowers Realm, he will definitely follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and embark on the path of the stars.

He had already planned that if he needed to be reincarnated and start over in the future, he would hide the secret treasure in advance and store a considerable amount of resources in a secluded place.

If he can unravel the mystery of the womb after reincarnation, he will have a sum of 'starting capital'.

Ji An returned the greeting and said with a smile:
"Looking forward to that day coming soon."

He was confident enough to break through to a higher realm; as long as the other party could embark on the path to the stars, they would surely meet again in the future.

Ten days later, the bright moon hung high in the sky.

At the foot of Crimson Flame Peak, a gentle breeze stirs the cold pool, causing its waters to shimmer.

The pavilion is surrounded by many luminous pearls, which emit a soft glow and, together with the moonlight, create a gentle world.

The stone table was laden with food and wine, the aroma of the spiritual food and the fragrance of the spiritual wine mingling together.

Liu Yu gazed at the bright moon in the sky and said in a deep voice:
"I still remember the scene when I first met my junior brother. It feels like it was just yesterday. That night was also a bright night."

At that time, in Old Huang's courtyard by the Biyue Lake, Wei Songnian was also there. The spiritual energy in that place was thin, and the spiritual veins were not even at the first-grade low level, or to be precise, there were no spiritual veins at all.

Now they are drinking and enjoying the moon in a fourth-grade low-level spiritual vein, a peaceful and serene time that would have been unthinkable back then.

Ji An nodded slightly, reminiscing about the past:
"When I first entered the sect, I planted a few acres of spirit fields, but I didn't use my limited magic power to cast planting spells. Looking back, a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and only the two of us are left who used to drink and make merry with each other back then."

He felt a deep sense of melancholy and was filled with emotion.

Li Lingyu listened quietly, her eyes and forehead lined with wrinkles.

Her eyes were filled with peace and a touch of magnanimity. She thought to herself:
'Master, you have taught two Nascent Soul disciples, and another is about to leave this world to pursue a better future.'

As Lin Lan and the other disciples listened to their elders recount their humble beginnings, their hearts were filled with gratitude. Since becoming disciples of their master, they had received the best possible training.

With no shortage of medicinal herbs, one can focus wholeheartedly on cultivation and practicing planting magic.

Ji An took out several storage bags and distributed them to everyone present, solemnly saying:

"This is the last gift I'm leaving for you all. I hope you all have a better future."

He gifted Liu Yu and Han Shan a jade slip containing their inheritance, a top-grade fourth-tier spirit fruit, and a Five-Color Pill, along with several top-grade spirit stones. The others received a high-grade fourth-tier spirit fruit and a large number of high-grade spirit stones.

(End of this chapter)