Chapter 277 Nourishing Essence Pill

Ji An finished casting the spell and rode the gray-feathered sand goose forward, arriving at the largest second-tier mid-grade spirit field.

Three Foundation Establishment stage planting spells were used in turn, and the green waves rolled under the white mist.

The crystal-clear raindrops fell on the green leaves of the spirit tree, making a crisp sound, the sound of the rain falling was like heavenly music.

In the very center of the spirit field, the Azure Jade Tree of the Moon stretched out freely in the rain.

The bark of this sacred tree cracked, revealing a more lustrous new bark.

The Azure Jade Tree of the Moon is not a tree species that sheds its skin; it is undergoing a transformation, evolving towards a second-tier, low-grade tree.

This situation started last month, and it's unclear how long it will last.

But Ji An knew that once it completed its transformation, Crimson Flame Peak would have another type of spiritual plant to supply those at the Chaoyuan stage.

Once the spirit tree has reached a sufficient age, it will be able to produce seeds.

In the future, both the sect and Crimson Flame Peak will plant a batch of Nether Moon Jade Trees.

From then on, Maple Valley's monopoly on this divine soul tea became a thing of the past.

Two jade trees on the cloud top swayed in the rain, one a mid-grade second-tier tree and the other a low-grade second-tier tree.

Ji An plans to plant another batch of Yunding Jade Trees after the medium-grade tea trees produce seeds.

The Longevity Peach Tree is now a first-grade superior quality. This kind of spiritual wood grows slowly, even slower than the Nether Moon Jade Tree, second only to the Soul Nourishing Wood.

Looking at this vibrant field, Ji An felt a surge of pride.

Currently, there are 386 second-tier Jade Leaf Mulberry trees, 296 Green Ivy Trees, and 32 Azure Dragon Trees in Lingtian.

Among them are 16 second-tier medium-grade mulberry trees, 12 medium-grade green ivy trees, and 4 medium-grade blue dragon wood trees.

The Jade Leaf Mulberry and the Green Ivy Tree have reached the second-tier mid-grade, which theoretically means they have reached the limit of their species.

The upper limit of Azure Dragon Wood is even higher; it can be cultivated to the superior grade. Ji An has seen records of the top grade, and he wonders if he can display such brilliance in his hands.

Medium-grade Jade Mulberry Leaves can be used to cultivate Chaoyuan-stage beasts or spirit silkworms, and can be exchanged for minor merit points, with one minor merit point for every pound of mulberry leaves.

This year, the mid-grade mulberry leaves sold to the Beast Taming Hall yielded 420 minor merits.

This number isn't large, but having this many every year makes one feel quite comfortable.

Those second-grade low-level mulberry leaves can generate a net income of eight thousand spirit stones per year.

"Gah!"

The grey-feathered sand geese called merrily as they continued to circle the mountain peaks.

Red clouds rose from the Red Cloud Pine Forest, six of which were particularly bright and radiant.

That was a mid-grade second-tier spirit wood, which theoretically had reached the limit of the species.

There are currently eight mid-grade Crimson Cloud Pines in Crimson Flame Peak, with the other two located at the entrance of Ji An's cave.

There were a total of 152 second-grade low-quality Red Cloud Pine trees. After deducting those used for roasting into pine nuts and brewing wine, the rest were all kept in our possession.

The sect lost a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Canglan Secret Realm, many of whom were disciples who practiced fire-element techniques. The previously scarce fire-element spiritual items suddenly became plentiful, and he did not hand over any second-tier pine nuts in the past few years.

If I hand it over to the sect in the future, I can get about four thousand minor merit points every year.

Ji An unleashed the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Spell and the Flame Fire Spell, then arrived next to the Fire Crystal Ant Nest, opened the magic restriction, and entered the Lava Cave.

"Holy crap, what a coincidence?!"

He exclaimed in surprise, only to see that the lotus flowers of the green leaves and red lotus had withered, revealing the lotus seedpod with pale red flame patterns.

This means that if the lotus seeds in the lotus pod were to gain another three hundred years of medicinal age, they would be able to nurture the "Blue Lotus Burning Heart Fire".

Ji An grinned, knowing that once this kind of spiritual fire was born, he would definitely become a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage.

He's also an alchemist; if he puts in a little more effort to hone his skills, he might be able to get his hands on some spiritual fire!

"Good news!"

Ji An let out a long breath, releasing the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Mantra and the Azure Wood Transformation Technique, and then flew away with satisfaction.

The grey-feathered sand geese circling in the air saw their master emerge from the cave and swooped down to land.

It disliked this spiritual field filled with fire elemental energy, and felt uncomfortable stepping on this land.

The man and the bird took off again and reached the penultimate destination.

At this moment, the bright moon peeks out from behind the mountains, revealing a sea of ​​gold and silver.

A gentle breeze rustled through the bronze-patterned mulberry fields, creating a soft, metallic clanging sound, as if a large number of sword cultivators were riding their flying swords.

Ji An chanted the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Mantra, and the soft chanting in the spiritual field sounded even longer and brighter.

In this spirit field, there are 155 second-tier low-grade bronze-patterned mulberry trees, 4 second-tier mid-grade spirit mulberry trees, 136 second-tier black-leaf sword bamboo trees, and 6 mid-grade sword bamboo trees.

After the release was complete, Ji An rode his beast towards the icy pool, letting out a silent sigh.

Planting metal and earth elemental spiritual plants requires the use of the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Mantra, and this spiritual field will take much longer to cultivate.

The grey-feathered sand geese let out a few joyful cries and flew away at top speed.

Although its eyesight isn't very good at night, it has flown this route countless times! It knows it better than the back of its hand.

It landed near a cave, "Gah, gah, gah!"

The manic voice carried a provocative tone.

"Awoo!"

Big Yellow roared angrily, and the Grey-feathered Sand Goose immediately took to the air to continue its provocation.

Ji An shook his head slightly, opened the restriction of the mimicry array, and entered the underground cave.

This is a nightly tradition: the grey-feathered sand geese, taking advantage of Big Yellow's inability to fly, always wake up the sleeping rock bear.

Although Dahuang has broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, it can't fly and can only be bullied. Who can blame it when the sand geese have wings?

Upon arriving underground, Ji An activated the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Mantra.

There are now two mid-grade second-tier earth spirit fruit trees here, one for him and one for Liu Suyun, and six low-grade second-tier spirit trees, four for him and two for Senior Sister Liu.

Compared to three years ago, Liu Suyun owes him even more money now.

The Soul-Nourishing Wood is now three feet tall, as thick as a child's arm, and has twelve branches.

Under the moonlight, the leaves shimmered with a deep purple hue.

"Squeak!"

The golden retriever straightened up, cupped its two paws together, as if bowing.

With an ample supply of Earth Spirit Fruit, the Spirit-Seeking Rat has become a Foundation Establishment Level 4 demon beast, and its fur has become much shinier.

Having been pampered these past few years, it has grown much fatter.

With just a little force, the golden retriever's cute image vanishes instantly, its bulging muscles looking extremely ferocious.

Ji An crouched down, stroked the beast's fluffy fur, and said softly:

"I need to find the secret method for raising spirit-seeking rats!"

The last legacy of my father has been used up. If we want to continue nurturing this rather intelligent beast, we have to find a way from the sect.

However, he had never heard of any spirit-seeking rat in the sect that possessed the same spirituality as his own tamed beast, so he figured the sect's secret techniques couldn't compare to the inheritance his father had unintentionally obtained.

"Squeak!"

The golden retriever half-closed its eyes and twitched its ears slightly; it really liked this gesture from its owner.

A seven-foot-tall humanoid puppet leaned quietly against the wall, watching the scene with curiosity.

It is the 'laborer' that opens and closes the moonlight channel every day. It has some intelligence, but it doesn't understand what it is doing at all.

Today, the cultivation of spiritual plants came to a successful conclusion. Ji An walked out of the cave, and by then, the bickering between Sha Yan and Da Huang had subsided.

Big Yellow lay on the ground, glaring fiercely at the sand goose flying in the sky.

Ji An patted the rock-armored bear's large, furry head. "Go back to sleep."

"Aww!"

Big Yellow stuck out its tongue and licked the back of its owner's hand, then wagged its short tail and returned to its burrow.

Ji An rode a sand goose to the Youyue Cangyu tree. He first used the Flame Fire Spell to bake a dry patch of ground, and then took out a futon and sat down cross-legged.

The evening's practice has only just begun.

As the Qingmu Changchun Gong was practiced, the moonlight, like scattered snowflakes, blurred the passage of time.

The next day, Ji An finished his morning cultivation and rode his flying shuttle to Chaoyang Peak, with the golden-feathered eagle following closely behind its master.

Ji An reduced his flight speed and laughed:

"Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I won't need to use the flying shuttle anymore!"

He could actually fly using the Apricot Yellow Banner or the Flame Banner, but it required a continuous input of mana, which was too inconvenient.

The golden eagle understood its master's meaning and let out a joyful cry, its golden crest feathers standing on end.

In the treasure pavilion, the dozing earth dragon beast opened its eyes:

"I think I heard the cry of a golden eagle. Am I dreaming?"

In the past few years, it has fought against demonic beasts and has confronted the Golden-feathered Eagle Demon King many times.

Although it is a beast, it can ride the demonic wind and fly when it reaches the Golden Core stage.

Because he was slower than the Demon King, he was more likely to be hit and less likely to fight back, which was very frustrating.

Jia Yu shook her head and replied:

"I also heard the cry of the Golden-feathered Eagle; it must be one of the disciples' tamed beasts."

It's impossible for unclaimed demonic beasts to appear on Chaoyang Peak; it's the most heavily guarded area in the entire Jinling Sect.

Ji An passed through the great formation on the mountainside and landed in front of the treasure pavilion.

He put away the strange pendant, gave an order to his beast, and strode into the main hall.

Seeing the earth dragon beast staring at him with its fist-sized, yellowish-brown eyes, Ji An immediately took out two earth spirit fruits:

“Ancestor Yan, this is for you.”

I have already cultivated two mid-grade second-tier spirit fruits. Send them over when they bear fruit.

The earth dragon happily swallowed the fruit and snorted contentedly.

"That's very kind of you!"

It closed its eyes and lay down on the ground again.

Ji An lowered his voice and said:

"Uncle-Master, I've come to collect the Purple Ganoderma Lucidum Essence Condensation Pill and exchange it for some water-elemental spiritual items for refining."

Jia Yu glanced at him and said half-jokingly:

"I thought you were afraid of the debt and didn't dare to show up."

This disciple hasn't shown up for three years, but he does send some pine nut wine through someone every year.

"How could that be? It's just 26,000 merit points, nothing at all!"

Ji An spoke boldly, handing over his identity jade token and four storage bags, and then said:

"Inside are spirit fruits and pine nuts accumulated over three years. After exchanging them for spirit items, the rest will be used to pay off the minor merits owed to the sect."

One of the storage bags is a specially designed large-capacity bag, specifically for holding second-order pine nuts.

"Oh ho, I love your rich and powerful attitude."

Jia Yu was amused and said softly:

“When your golden sword of communication arrived yesterday, I also received another piece of good news.”

Junior Sister Han Yan of Feixia Mountain has successfully refined three batches of Qi-Nourishing Pills, producing a total of eight pills!

Ji An suddenly opened his eyes wide and said with a smirk:

"That means I can get one right now!"

"I can't give it to you now. You can come to the Treasure Pavilion to collect it when you have completed the ninth level of Foundation Establishment."

"A secluded training ground will be arranged for you to adjust your condition and directly attempt to break through to the Chaoyuan stage."

(End of this chapter)