Chapter 129 Enhancement of the Dao Seed

An hour later, Ji An finally buried the last array plate into the corresponding node.

He activated the magic array by making hand gestures, and a faint mist rose along the edge of the mountain forest.

While setting up the array plate, he discovered that with the successful cultivation of the sect's main spiritual vein, the spiritual vein coverage area of ​​the Crimson Flame Peak node had expanded, and the array would need to be replaced after a while.

With the expansion of the spiritual veins, the sect will inevitably replan the nodes of the spiritual veins and measure the area of ​​the newly added spiritual fields. It won't be long before we see people from the Diligent Work Hall.

Today, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged violently, and many spiritual trees, like wheat blown down by a strong wind, lay prostrate on the ground.

The growth rate of such spiritual trees will inevitably be affected, and they will need to be cut down and replanted. The next period of time will be very busy.

Ji An flew to the vicinity of the volcano and released the spirit-seeking rat 'Golden Fur' to check if there were any spirits in the lava.

They found several traces of excavation in the lava, indicating that it had been searched.

Half an hour later, the golden retriever finally pointed to a spot and started squeaking.

"Finally, some work has come!"

Ji An grinned, making hand seals to activate the Golden Light Technique, making his right hand appear as if he were wearing a golden glove.

This is a newly devised application of the Golden Light Technique, which is much more effective than the Gengjin Formula in this scenario.

With a slight effort, he plunged his entire palm into the volcanic rock, which turned into tofu-like dregs and was easily pried open.

He quickly found the goods: a fist-sized piece of black iron ore, which he estimated could be sold for five or six spirit stones.

Ji An chuckled. There must be experts among the weapon refiners who can find spiritual objects.

"Let's go, Golden Retriever."

He no longer tries to pick up bargains; now that he's rich and powerful, there's no need for him to waste time on petty gains.

The spiritual energy here is still too turbulent. Upon hearing its master's words, the golden retriever dashed off towards the icy pool.

Ji An returned to his cave and found that the lava had spread to a distance of two or three zhang from there. He thought to himself that he was lucky, otherwise the Crimson Cloud Pine at the cave entrance would have been in danger.

He broke the spell barrier and entered the cave. He immediately felt a strong surge of fire-elemental spiritual energy, as if he had just taken a cold shower and then entered a high-temperature steam room. He almost fainted.

"Oh no!" he cried, rushing toward the herb garden.

Upon arriving at the herb garden, they found that the medicinal herbs were only slightly wilted from the high temperature, which put their minds at ease.

He walked into the cave and discovered that the magic array sealing the fire vent of the earth's lungs had been broken.

"Damn it!"

Ji An shook his head. He needed to buy a new magic array, and this matter was quite urgent.

The upgrade of the spiritual veins has made the fire element spiritual energy here even more intense. If the fire vent in the earth's lungs is not sealed off as soon as possible, it will damage the spiritual herbs.

He stepped out of the cave, took out a communication talisman sword, entered the information, and activated it to notify Huang Feihu and the other man that they could return.

Then, he used his Wind Control Technique to rush towards the icy pool.

Before the spiritual vein was upgraded, the golden fire in Crimson Flame Peak was bursting forth, tearing at the bones and skin. Two Qi Refining stage cultivators couldn't bear it and ran to the valley outside to hide.

Ji An returned to the cold pool and replanted the fallen medicinal herbs.

The medicinal herbs here suffered considerable damage, which pained him greatly. Years of hard work had been destroyed in an instant. Fortunately, the two spirit fruit trees were only slightly affected.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy here is much richer after the spiritual vein is upgraded, and the losses can be made up in a few years.

Half an hour later, as soon as Huang Feihu and his companion entered the magic array, their faces lit up with ecstasy.

"With such abundant spiritual energy, the sect's spiritual vein has been successfully upgraded!"

"So that's why the sky above was filled with such vibrant clouds and sparkling light."

Ji An, who was transplanting the medicinal herbs, noticed the two returning and waved for them to come over.

When the two approached, Ji An handed over the flying shuttle and said:

"Fellow Daoist Huang, tomorrow morning, go and purchase two formations to seal earth fire. They must be able to seal earth fire of the second rank, mid-grade level."

Before leaving, hire some spirit farmers to cut down spirit trees and make spirit charcoal. Many spirit trees have fallen and need to be replanted as soon as possible.

“Okay,” Huang Feihu took the shuttle and tucked it into his sleeve.

In the evening, another message arrived via a golden sword. Ji An received it and used his divine sense to read the information within.

"The sect's spiritual vein has been successfully upgraded. Effective immediately, the mandatory task of submitting spiritual items is cancelled."

We will temporarily suspend the exchange of spirit items and contribution points, and will resume the exchange once the price of spirit items stabilizes.

Water mist rises near the pool, shrouding the cold water and the moonlight on the sand.

After finishing his dinner, Ji An slowly strolled towards his cave.

After stepping out of the mist, he stopped and focused his mind on his dantian.

After connecting with the stone tortoise, lines of text appeared in his mind, and he focused his attention on the section on Daoist rhyme.

"Refine the Daoist essence of metal to upgrade the grade of your Dao seed. Please choose to upgrade Geng metal or Xin metal."

Upgrade the grade of the Dao seed?

Ji An felt his heart suddenly beat faster; over the years, he had become increasingly aware of the extraordinary nature of the Dao Seed.

When he was practicing his cultivation techniques, these Dao seeds could exert their effects to varying degrees.

It can either release nourishing energy to enhance the wood elemental properties of mana, or it can erode mana to make it more refined.

After a moment's thought, Ji An decided to upgrade the grade of the Geng Metal Dao Seed.

The Xin Jin Dao (the Way of Metal) focuses more on defensive capabilities. If he practices the Liu Jin Yu Gu Body in the future, he won't lack defensive capabilities, so it would be better to improve his offensive capabilities.

"Enhance the Geng Metal Dao Seed".

Ji An felt his consciousness enter a dark void. The next instant, a golden torrent rushed from afar. It was golden light condensed from Geng metal spiritual energy. Within each tiny golden light, there was also a wisp of killing intent that could slay spirits and destroy souls.

He tried to resist and escape, but found that his consciousness was completely paralyzed, and he could only watch helplessly as he was submerged in the incomparably sharp torrent.

"Holy crap! That's a really memorable memory."

After an unknown amount of time, Ji An's consciousness returned to his body, and his whole body trembled incessantly. He personally experienced the Dao of Geng Metal, and this method of enhancement allowed him to deeply understand the meaning of the law.

[The Dao Seed - Sharp Edge Revealed (Low Grade): Hidden in the Taiyuan Cave, it comprehends the true meaning of the Geng Metal Dao spell 'Indestructible,' slightly enhancing the understanding of Geng Metal Dao spells.]

He gasped several times, and it took him a long time to recover.

"hehe."

Ji An let out a low laugh, which sounded like crying. At that moment, he felt as if he were riddled with holes and his whole body was leaking air.

He unleashed the Sharp Metal Technique, golden light flashing from his fingertips, the sharpness intensifying, making it seem as if swords were flashing before one's eyes when staring at it.

He stopped the spell, made a hand seal, and released a golden light spell with two fingers together. A cold light flashed before his eyes.

The crescent-shaped light blade flashed and disappeared in an instant, silently disappearing into the rocks.

He extended his divine sense deep into the thread-like crevice and found that the spell had penetrated nearly three feet, increasing its attack power by about half a foot compared to before.

Very good! This suffering was worthwhile. He felt that ordinary high-grade magic artifacts should not be able to withstand his Golden Light Technique.

The level of understanding of the Metal element decreased by five points, while the level of comprehension of the Metal element slightly improved.

Ji An understood that it should take about five points of Daoist Rhyme to upgrade a Dao Seed from unranked to low-rank.

Therefore, even if all the water and wood elements are used, the grade of the Dao seed cannot be improved.

However, things should be used when needed. Spirit stones will not generate value if left unused, and the same goes for Daoist rhyme and spiritual energy.

Without further hesitation, he began to refine the Daoist essence in sequence.

The world where the divine consciousness resided transformed into a romantic rain world. First, a light, misty drizzle began to fall, like cow's hair. The raindrops gradually grew larger, and the moist atmosphere became increasingly rich, with water mist permeating the vast天地 (heaven and earth).

As his consciousness returned to his body, Ji An sighed deeply:

"The Gui Water Dao Seed is still the gentlest."

[The Dao Seed - Cloud and Rain Manipulation (Low Grade), hidden in the Yongquan acupoint, allows one to comprehend the true meaning of the Gui Water Dao spell 'Spiritual Nourishment for All Things,' and slightly enhances one's understanding of Gui Water Dao spells.]

The Daoist essence of water was completely refined, and the Dao Seed was actually upgraded to the low grade. Ji An was slightly taken aback and had a vague feeling.

Both the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique and the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Technique are spells of the Gui Water Way.

When both are combined, the amount of Daoist essence required to advance to the lower grade is reduced.

He then refined the Dao essence. After refining all the wood-element Dao essence, he was unable to improve the grade of the Jia wood Dao seed. Both fire-element Dao seeds were upgraded to the low grade, and the Ji earth Dao seed was upgraded to the low grade. He still had 3.1 points of earth-element Dao essence remaining.

Ji An put down the jade slip containing the Qingyang Talisman and thought to himself:

"interesting."

He has carefully studied this lineage of talismanic arts seven or eight times and has benefited greatly from it.

It introduced various techniques that could increase the success rate of talisman creation, which were exactly what he lacked.

Previously, he was able to create high-grade talismans entirely based on his exceptional comprehension of magic. These were achievements within the limits of his cultivation level and abilities, nothing to be proud of.

He felt that he could now try to draw second-tier low-grade talismans, which were beyond the level that ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators could reach.

Leaving aside these techniques, the most ingenious part is the record of techniques related to talisman plates and talisman soldiers.

A specially made talisman disc can be used to activate a specific type of talisman. It can typically hold four or five talismans and can increase the activation speed.

The description states that it can accelerate the activation speed by up to 30% to 40%. What does that mean?

This means that if he can create multiple rune disks that trigger the explosion runes, he can use them as fireball Gatling guns.

This perfectly illustrates the violence of fire magic; just imagining the scene is enough to get your blood pumping.

There's no problem that a fireball can't solve; if there is, then just fire a few more.

Talisman soldiers are even more advanced, capable of condensing into Dao soldiers to temporarily assist cultivators in battle. He plans to draw some low-level ones to practice his skills.

Stepping out of the stone house, Ji An saw several plumes of smoke rising in the distance; the spirit farmers were burning spirit charcoal.

By this time, the sun had already sunk most of its way into the distant mountains, and half the sky was filled with golden-red clouds.

Ji An stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the blood-red setting sun, and exhaled a sigh of relief.

More than four months have passed since the spiritual vein was upgraded. According to the previous pattern, Crimson Flame Peak should have erupted more than a month ago, but there is no sign of it now.

As Master said, the Earth's Fire Veins should no longer erupt.

As long as he and the Chen clan keep quiet, the matter of the emerging spiritual creatures can be covered up.

They are beneficiaries of the current system, and knowing that speaking out would be extremely detrimental to themselves, they will certainly keep quiet.

Ji An's face was gloomy. He could have stayed out of it and even had the opportunity to directly strike at the Chen family, but his greed had put him in an extremely unfavorable situation, which was unwise.

The initial plan was to have been greedy for spiritual objects for ten years, but after the spiritual veins were upgraded, they stopped erupting, so the matter wouldn't be exposed.

A reader pointed out that the plot didn't make sense, so I changed some parts, and it seems even more convoluted now. [crying]

(End of this chapter)