Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 963 Yin-Yang Spiritual Fire
Ji An maintained his inner vision, and time passed second by second. The spiritual fire of heaven and earth completely merged into one, and its color also changed.

The spiritual fire has only two layers: the inner flame is light black and the outer flame is white, which is the exact opposite of the primordial life fire.

The moment the new spiritual fire of heaven and earth took shape, his primordial fire seemed to be replenished in some way, and the brightness of the flames expanded slightly.

A mysterious connection arises between the two flames, and it is clear that they can enhance each other.

Ji An was very curious, wondering what the principle behind the fusion of the spiritual fire of heaven and earth was, but now that he had received real benefits, he could slowly ponder the principle.

The inner flame of the primordial fire is white, and white represents the energy of Yang. It is Yang inside and Yin outside. The new spiritual fire is Yin inside and Yang outside. It is relatively easy to understand the wonderful rhythm that occurs between the two flames.

Ji An came to his senses. By now it was completely dark, and lanterns inlaid with luminous pearls hung nearby.

A soft light shone on him, beyond which lay the deep darkness of night.

In the gourd world, the alternation of day and night becomes increasingly distinct. At midnight, the deep darkness will devour the light emitted by the spirit wood.

When the phenomenon of day and night first appeared in the small world, the light emitted by the leaves of the spirit tree at night was more than three feet long, but now it is only about two feet long.

Ji An extended his left hand and flicked his index finger, and a black and white flame shot out, with a black core and a white outer flame.

He suddenly had an idea. With a thought, the spiritual fire changed, and the core and outer flames reversed, similar to the primordial fire.

He extended his right hand and flicked his index finger, activating and manifesting the primordial fire.

Although the two flames are similar, the auras they emit are completely different. The Yuanming Fire is more intense, but its aura is that of life. The new Tiandi Ling Fire flickers, but its aura is an intertwining of life and destruction.

Ji An put away the spiritual fire and subconsciously patted the area below his navel, thinking to himself:
From now on, I will call you Yin-Yang Spirit Fire.

At this moment, A-Yun stepped forward and said gently:
"Your Majesty, we received a report last night that the Fusang Tree shows signs of breaking through to the fifth level."

I went to investigate, and the color of the plant's leaves had indeed changed.

Several puppets went to the island in the middle of the lava lake to thicken the fertilizer and discovered the situation, and later informed her.

Ji An raised an eyebrow slightly and let out a short whistle, and several of the Five Banners who were away returned one after another.

He communicated telepathically with the flaming flag that had risen from the ground, asking, 'Is the Fusang Tree showing signs of transformation?'

As long as he returns to the small world, the fire-elemental spirit treasure will spend most of its time with the Fusang tree. Logically speaking, the news of the Fusang tree's transformation should have been reported to him first by the Lidi Flame Banner.

The phoenix-shaped spirit treasure nodded, "Yes, I flew back immediately after I discovered it to report, but my master was cultivating and I had to give up."

The leaves of the hibiscus tree show a tendency to turn golden, while the veins are turning reddish, which is quite peculiar.

Before this, the leaves of the spirit tree were fiery red, with golden veins.

Phoenix's mood brightened, and she continued communicating:
"The mulberries would have ripened in a few more years, but if the quality of the spirit wood is improved, the ripening period will be delayed by twenty or thirty years. However, Master can directly harvest a low-grade fifth-tier spirit item. Congratulations!"

The owner benefits, and the animal also benefits indirectly, so it is genuinely happy.

"Haha, that's definitely good news."

Ji An smiled with satisfaction. Over the years, he would exchange ideas with fellow cultivators of the same level every few years in Starfish City, and he also learned what was needed to exchange for spiritual items to upgrade the grade of spiritual treasures.

The five-colored flower is not far from maturity. This spiritual plant is of great significance to him. If he wants to exchange for spiritual plants, he can only use other fifth-tier spiritual plants.

Now that the grade of the Fusang tree is about to be upgraded, he plans to exchange some of it for spiritual items.

The spiritual plants produced by the spiritual roots of heaven and earth are the most sought-after spiritual plants, especially sought after by alchemists. Xuan Shuang Sanren will definitely like them.

The next day, Ji An checked the condition of the Fusang tree, and it was consistent with the description given by the Lidi Yanguangqi; the leaves had already changed.

Based on experience, the transformation of the spirit tree takes about a year, and the ripening time of mulberries will be extended, so if you want to trade with others, you will have to wait for decades.

He returned to the Gathering Yuan Tree and began studying the elixir formula.

The fifth-grade low-level Five-Flower Pill requires many auxiliary materials. Using the previous pill formula may not be able to produce a pill that can nourish a cultivator in the Three-Flower Realm. Several new auxiliary materials need to be added.

In the future, Ji An will gradually reveal the spiritual resources of heaven and earth in his hands, but the Gathering Yuan Tree is the most special. He does not plan to expose it, which is a way of keeping it for himself.

Not only can he not trade the Five-Colored Flower, he also won't discuss the refining of pills with the Five-Colored Flower as the main ingredient with anyone. If he wants to refine qualified spiritual medicines, he can only figure it out on his own.

The five-colored flower was not yet mature, but he had already figured out several new prescriptions based on its medicinal properties.

While it's called a new formula, it's not entirely accurate. The types of medicinal ingredients in the formula are largely the same as before, with the only change being the dosage of the auxiliary ingredients.

The medicinal herbs need to accumulate medicinal age. His planting magic is powerful enough, and with the help of the Gathering Yuan Tree, the medicinal herbs actually accumulate more than twenty years of medicinal age each year.

Four hundred years have passed since the last time the Five-Colored Pill was refined, and the medicinal herbs planted back then are probably over nine thousand years old.

When the medicinal herbs reach the age of ten thousand years, they can be used for refining to verify his conjectures and thus adjust the elixir formula.

As long as he discovers a new pill formula, he can obtain a batch of spiritual herbs every few hundred years to refine the Five-Colored Pill.

Half a year later, the five-colored flowers matured, and Ji An picked the mature flowers one by one and stored them in a yellow jade box.

He harvested nine five-colored flowers this time, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, realizing that the higher the level of the spiritual plant, the less it produced.

The medicinal properties of the five-colored flower are becoming stronger, but the maturation time is getting longer.

To obtain more Tier 5 spiritual plants within a given time period, it is best to focus on cultivating Tier 5 plants from the Lightning-Struck Red Cloud Pine and the Azure Moon Purple Spirit Fir.

A typical fourth-grade top-quality spiritual fruit takes between sixty and seventy years to mature from the time it bears fruit. If the interval between not bearing fruit is included, it takes more than one hundred years to mature once.

However, the fourth-tier top-grade Crimson Cloud Pine and Azure Moon Purple Spirit Fir can mature in about thirty years, and can continue to produce seeds after a ten-year interval.

The medicinal effects of pine nuts and cedar seeds are certainly not as good as those of spirit fruits, but if they can be obtained in large quantities, their effects on him will be several times stronger than those of spirit fruit trees.

After all the five-colored flowers were picked, Ji Anxin controlled the Frost Moon Furnace to fly out from his dantian.

He stroked the alchemy furnace with some emotion, as he hadn't used it for many years.

Over the years, he has also refined some top-grade fourth-tier pills, but he always uses the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame and the Fire Crane Danyang Furnace to refine them.

He made a hand seal and released the Lesser Cloud and Rain Technique. Crystalline raindrops fell and cleaned the alchemy furnace. Ji An sat cross-legged on the futon and began to heat the Frost Moon Furnace by activating the Yin-Yang Spiritual Fire.

As soon as the flames touched the alchemy furnace, the furnace's spirit let out a terrible wail.

He hurriedly put away the spiritual fire and communicated with the bewildered spirit of the alchemy furnace, only to be told that the scorching of the spiritual fire would melt the furnace.

Ji An stood there, stunned. No matter what grade of pill he was refining, the first step in pill refining was to refine the impurities in the spiritual herbs to obtain the divine essence. Now, he was stuck on the first step, which made him both laugh and cry.

He shook his head helplessly, stood up, and left the gourd world.

Inside the cave, after exchanging pleasantries, the two sat down, and Xuan Shuang Sanren jokingly said:
"Fellow Daoist, you are a rare guest. Are you not cultivating today?" A cultivator at the Three Flowers Realm can live for tens of thousands of years, so she would relax for a month or two in her own way after cultivating for a year or two.

However, the fellow Daoist before me was comparable to an ascetic monk in Buddhism; I could only find him when exchanging cultivation insights.

I haven't heard of him having any hobbies before; he should probably spend all his time cultivating himself.

Ji An scratched his head and decided to get straight to the point:

"I wanted to inquire about something today. Which fellow Daoist in our Immortal City can refine a fifth-grade alchemy furnace?"
"Don't worry about the effectiveness, fellow Daoist; I don't even have a fifth-tier alchemy furnace yet."

If you don't have enough resources or fifth-tier materials or pills, no one will agree to help you refine a pill furnace.

The other party has been in the Immortal City for many years and is well-informed. The circle of high-level cultivators is small, so it is likely that they know cultivators who meet the criteria.

"I knew you must have something to do to leave your cave."

When a cultivator breaks through a major realm, they will always be impoverished for several years before they recover; this is true for most cultivators.

Xuan Shuang Sanren covered his mouth and chuckled a few times before continuing:
"In our Starfish City, only Fellow Daoist Queyue can refine fifth-order alchemy furnaces. As far as I know, although he is a mid-stage Three Flowers Realm cultivator, his skills are second to none. He can refine fifth-order high-grade spiritual treasures, including alchemy furnaces."

The alchemy furnace in my hand was made by him and has been with me for eight hundred years.

A while ago I heard that the other party had come out of seclusion, and a fellow Daoist asked him to refine a spiritual treasure.

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you come back here before Chenshi (7-9 AM) tomorrow, and we can visit Fellow Daoist Queyue together?"

Although she felt that cultivation should be balanced, she still greatly admired cultivators who could concentrate on their cultivation and seize every moment to work hard. No matter what level they were at, they deserved respect.

Ji An cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you, fellow Daoist. I will certainly come on time tomorrow."

He thought to himself that the Hermit of the Crescent Moon must have an eccentric personality, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen such a Taoist name.

Xuan Shuang Sanren waved his hand gently, "It's nothing, not worth such a formal thank you."

By the way, do you have the necessary materials to craft a pill-refining furnace?

"We don't have any Tier 5 materials at the moment. Let me ask what materials are needed so I can collect them in advance."

Ji An felt embarrassed. The only materials he could offer were the Five-Colored Flower and a fifth-grade lotus root that was not fully mature. However, he would never use these spiritual plants. He could only inquire about them on this trip.

A fifth-grade superior spiritual item is enough to make many cultivators in the Three Flowers Realm envious, even if the spiritual plant is not fully mature and its medicinal effects are reduced.

"Fellow Daoist possesses powerful planting techniques, so the output of the small world will be sufficient for future needs. I look forward to that day arriving soon."

Xuan Shuang Sanren knew about Ji An's planting abilities because Ji An had close ties with her junior, Changfeng Zhenjun, and would release a batch of fourth-grade top-quality spiritual herbs every few years.

Such cultivators will become increasingly wealthy and will not remain 'poor' for long.

"Thank you for your kind words, fellow Daoist. People are always greedy and never feel that they can produce enough."

The following day, Ji An met the weapon refiner Queyue Sanren through the introduction of Xuanshuang Sanren.

The other person was male but had feminine features. He had no beard, and although his hair was messy, he still looked like a woman.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Queyue."

Crescent Moon Hermit waved his hand and said:
"Don't bother with formalities, it's a pleasure to meet you, fellow Daoist."

His tone of voice was also like a woman's, or rather, his vocal cords were still in their teenage years.

Ji An was slightly surprised, but his expression remained unchanged, and he maintained a gentle smile.

After chatting for a while, he explained his purpose:

"This humble Taoist would like to inquire about the materials required to refine a fifth-grade pill furnace, or whether these two pill furnaces have the potential to be upgraded to a low-grade fifth-grade furnace."

After speaking, he summoned the Frost Moon Furnace and the Fire Crane Danyang Furnace from his dantian, their snow-white and crimson colors complementing each other beautifully.

The Recluse of the Crescent Moon picked up the alchemy furnace and examined it for a moment, then shook his head slightly:
"To be honest, your two alchemy furnaces are slightly flawed. The initial firing temperature is insufficient. It's best not to think about upgrading their grade. There's a high chance of failure, and you'll end up with nothing."

Of course, this is just a small suggestion; upgrading the grade saves five grades of materials compared to refining it.

"If you still wish to improve their grade, that's not impossible, but I won't be responsible for any failures in the refining process."

He made it very clear that the consequences were borne by the individual, without interfering with the other party's choice in the slightest.

Ji An put away the alchemy furnace and said:

"These two alchemy furnaces have been with me for many years. It's good to keep them as old objects. I would like to ask you to reforge one, and make sure it reaches the fifth-grade low quality."

However, I am short of funds and am only inquiring about the necessary materials. I can only entrust you with the refining process once I have collected them.

How could the alchemists who refined or upgraded the quality of alchemy furnaces back then compare to cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm? It's quite normal for spiritual treasures to have flaws.

Since we have no resources at hand, we'll just make do with a low-grade fifth-tier item for now.

The Recluse of the Crescent Moon coughed and said in a deep voice:
"Fellow Daoist, the alchemy furnace you refine is for your own use. If it is for you, I would like to see what kind of flame you usually use, so that I can refine an alchemy furnace that suits you and enhances its auxiliary effects."

However, this approach has a drawback: the alchemy furnace might be awkward for others to use, affecting its selling price.

He has absolute confidence in his craftsmanship and has always liked to strive for perfection; his work is a symbol of quality.

Ji An really had no intention of selling the alchemy furnace. As far as he was concerned, there was no need to sell it once he had sufficient resources in the future.

He nodded slightly and extended his left hand:

"Fellow Daoist, please take a look."

As he flicked his index finger, a distinct black and white Yin-Yang spirit fire appeared at his fingertip.

"Starfire?!"

Xuan Shuang Sanren let out a gasp, his eyes filled with eager light.

This is a spiritual fire that combines yin and yang, making it even rarer than pure yang fire or yin fire.

She possesses a flame of Yin energy, a pure Yin flame, which limits the effectiveness of the elixirs she can refine.

Although she still possesses a Fire-type Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, its effects are significantly inferior to those of the Candle Shadow Fire.

(End of this chapter)