Chapter 329 The Promise of True Man Zhengyang

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Ji An found a mid-grade Azure Dragon Wood, took the magic artifact handed to him by his disciple, and activated it.

A cold light flashed, and wood chips flew everywhere.

Everyone else stared intently at the spirit tree, both hoping for a sound to be heard and feeling somewhat uneasy.

As the magical weapon struck down once more, a majestic dragon roar erupted, spreading in all directions as if a breeze were blowing.

Ji An felt that the sound had a much greater impact on him than the previous two times, but it did not cause any harm to his mind.

Jia Yu frowned and said:

"It can be basically confirmed that these spirit trees have undergone unknown changes."

Previously, the sect had never encountered a similar situation with the mid-grade second-tier Azure Dragon Wood they cultivated.

He pondered for a moment, then speculated:

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason might be my junior brother. Could it be that there's some mysterious connection between the Azure Dragon Wood and the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique?"

Only this possibility can barely explain the current problem.

Ji An handed the magical artifact to his disciple and said in a deep voice:

"Let's cut down two more trees and see what happens. If all of them make that sound, we'll go back to Crimson Flame Peak and cut down a few mid-grade Azure Dragon Trees."

If Crimson Flame Peak also experiences this situation, it means that Senior Brother's prediction is most likely correct.

He was also pondering the reason for this phenomenon, wondering if it was only when the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique reached the Great Perfection level that such an anomaly would occur.

If Azure Dragon Wood has this phenomenon, will other mid-grade spirit woods also exhibit this extraordinary ability?

Jia Yu nodded and said:

"Yes, that's what we'll do! But we need to verify something else first."

You lot, go and cut down a low-grade second-tier spirit tree first.

Don't be afraid, there's nothing else unusual besides these sounds.

The Azure Dragon Wood that made the sound was fine; in fact, it was of even better quality. He didn't pay much attention to the dragon roar that the spirit wood emitted.

He didn't care what sounds these spirit trees made, as long as there was no further danger.

Such things were nothing out of the ordinary, and with two senior uncles backing them up, the Foundation Establishment disciples felt more at ease and acted boldly.

A second-grade low-level spirit tree fell down without any apparent abnormality.

They then felled two more mid-grade Azure Dragon Trees, and indeed, sounds could still be heard.

Jia Yu scratched his head, "The spirit tree really has become a spirit!"

Ji An nodded slightly and said:

"I'll go tell Lin Mao, and we'll go back to Crimson Flame Peak together later."

He was very curious about the situation of the Azure Dragon Wood in his dojo.

If it also emits a dragon's roar, but other mid-grade spirit woods do not exhibit this phenomenon, it can be basically confirmed that a wondrous "chemical reaction" has occurred between the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique and the Azure Dragon Wood.

Jia Yudao:

"Junior brother, you can take care of your business first. I will report the matter to the sect leader and see if he has any opinions or suggestions. I will come to find you later."

Master Zhengyang is currently spending most of his time handling sect affairs and is not worried about disturbing the other party.

After all, the ancestor is a Golden Core cultivator; perhaps he can make some discoveries.

Ji An nodded slightly and flew towards the Ministry of Agriculture on a cloud.

The disciples cut off the small branches of the spirit tree and processed the trunk into pieces about ten feet long.

Jia Yu took out the golden communication sword, explained the situation in detail, and then activated it.

He stored the spiritual materials into the Void Stone Ring. This storage ring in his hand was a sect asset, with an internal space comparable to a grand hall, specifically used to store large, high-grade spiritual materials.

After doing all this, he waved his hand and said:

"You can go back now. Just hand over your tasks to the Diligent Work Hall as usual."

However, the matter of the spirit tree being able to emit a dragon's roar remained a secret in their hearts.

If this information gets out, it's hard to say what kind of impact it will have. Maybe it won't cause any ripples, but it's still best to take precautions.

"Yes, sir!"

"Please rest assured, Uncle-Master, we are all people who keep our mouths shut, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to receive high-level missions from the Diligent Work Hall for so long."

The disciples all patted their chests and guaranteed it.

Jia Yu arrived at the Ministry of Agriculture and said:

"We'll wait for the ancestor's reply. If there's no explanation, we'll return to Crimson Flame Peak."

"OK."

After Ji An agreed, he inquired about strengthening the core of the Fire Mansion.

There are no plans to open a third divine palace at the moment, as his divine soul strength is insufficient to support consuming three types of five elements at the same time.

He plans to expand the Wood Element Divine Palace to its full potential and enter the second stage of the Chaoyuan realm, where his divine soul strength will be further enhanced.

At that time, while raising the level of the Fire Palace, the Earth, Metal, and Water Palaces will also be opened up.

Once Huo Fu reaches the third stage of the Chaoyuan realm, the Blood Transformation Soul-Chasing Curse within his body should have completely dissipated.

At that time, you can apply to the sect to travel outside and improve other divine palaces.

Jia Yu said:

"After I opened up the Fire Element Divine Palace, I chose the Qi of the Sun Fire in the Sky and the Qi of the Fire in the Stone.

The Fire in the Stone exists within the magma underground. The sect has abundant fire veins, making it a favorable place to consume the Fire in the Stone.

However, the Earth Lung Fire Vein often contains fire evil energy, requiring the circulation of pure Ding Fire Qi, thus wasting a lot of time.

Ji An listened attentively. The fire element energy that the other party was consuming was different from his, but many of the little tricks gave him a lot of inspiration.

The two exchanged cultivation insights, and about an hour later, a golden sword carrying a message flew in and stopped beside Jia Yu.

He caught the golden sword and probed it into his consciousness, then hurriedly stood up and said:

"Our ancestor has arrived at the summit of Ningcui Cliff. Let's hurry and go to greet him."

The two immediately left the main hall and rode their fiery clouds to the mountaintop, where they saw True Man Zhengyang and Ge Ying talking outside their cave.

Seeing the two auspicious red clouds descend, Master Zhengyang raised an eyebrow slightly and said:

"Ji An, I remember the first one you opened was the Wood Element Divine Palace, how come you opened the Fire Element Divine Palace so quickly?"

He sensed his disciple's cultivation level and found that he had not broken through to the second level.

Ji An grinned and explained his situation again.

Master Zhengyang's expression brightened with joy, and he said:

"Based on the characteristics of the five elements generating each other, it is much easier to open up another generating divine palace when one divine palace is perfected."

"Your Wood Element Divine Palace is not yet complete, yet you were able to open up a Fire Element Divine Palace within a few years. It seems you also have considerable talent in the Way of Fire."

Having a talent for fire means that opening a fire palace will be easier, and opening an earth palace will also be easier. He had higher expectations for this disciple's future.

Ji An chuckled sheepishly, without giving a direct answer.

He is not only talented in the wood and fire elements, but also in the other five elements.

The ten Dao seeds within the body encompass the five elements; they are not merely for show.

However, this kind of thing shouldn't be said aloud; it should be kept low-key.

Master Zhengyang then said:

"I heard about the Azure Dragon Tree emitting a dragon's roar when it was felled during my travels in the Central Plains."

There is a long-standing legend that explains why the Azure Dragon Wood got its name.

It was originally just an ordinary spirit tree, growing near the Azure Dragon's lair. Over time, it absorbed the aura of the divine beast, causing it to mutate, which is why its bark developed dragon scale-like patterns.

"A powerful cultivator created a spell by imitating the characteristic of the Azure Dragon of the East appearing and causing all things to revive. This spell is called the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique."

It is said that this spell can awaken the memories deep within the bloodline of the Azure Dragon Wood, allowing cultivators of the Central Continent Divine Wood Sect to cultivate Azure Dragon Wood capable of roaring like dragons.

This Azure Dragon Wood possesses excellent wood-like properties. If it can be cultivated to a top-grade level, it can be used as the main material for top-grade spiritual artifacts.

I've only heard about it; I've never seen it with my own eyes.

When Master Zhengyang first heard this news, he simply treated it as an interesting anecdote.

Even among the Nascent Soul sects, the Divine Wood Sect, few cultivators possess the ability to cultivate such spiritual materials.

His eyes flashed suddenly, and he asked:

"Ji An, what level has your Azure Dragon Awakening Technique reached now?"

Ji An said in a deep voice:

"In response to the Ancestor, it had already reached its peak half a year ago."

"hiss!"

Jia Yu gasped. He had been at the Chaoyuan stage for over two hundred years, yet he still hadn't managed to elevate a single spell to its ultimate level.

Is it because he doesn't want to?

Of course not, it's because he's incompetent.

"well!"

Master Zhengyang felt extremely gratified. His feelings at this moment were exactly the same as when he learned that Lin Qiubai had taken on a disciple with the Heavenly Qualification of the Golden Element Dao Body.

This disciple's comprehension is exceptionally high, having mastered the spells of the Chaoyuan stage to such an extreme degree.

This isn't exactly shocking, but the fact that the other party accomplished this in less than ten years after breaking through to the Chaoyuan stage shows that their comprehension far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators.

Such a disciple also has the potential to reach the Golden Core stage.

Next, he needs to pay close attention to the time it took for the other party to break through to the second stage of the Chaoyuan realm.

This allows us to roughly estimate the time it will take for the other party to fully refine the five divine palaces.

He suppressed his excitement, took out a golden communication sword, and said kindly:

"There is my magical mark on it. Leave your mark to me."

Let me know as soon as you break through to the second stage of the Chaoyuan realm.

"Yes, sir!"

Ji An took the golden sword and handed his magical imprint to the ancestor.

Now he can be sure that he has truly gained the ancestor's approval.

Master Zhengyang waved his hand and said:

"Let's go, let's go to Crimson Flame Peak and check out the situation."

Crimson Flame Peak, a stone house at the foot of the mountain.

A distorted light shone on the teleportation array, and four cultivators appeared on it.

Ji An stepped down from the magic array first, and used hand seals to break the seal:

"Ancestor, please!"

Stepping out of the stone house, Ji An rode a cloud, carrying his master, and the three auspicious clouds—two red and one yellow—flew towards the Wood Spirit Plant Garden.

The second-tier spiritual plants emitted a soft spiritual light, shining brightly in the sunlight, like gems inlaid in the spiritual field.

Master Zhengyang looked down upon this vibrant land and exclaimed in admiration:

"I've never been to Crimson Flame Peak before, and I never imagined that the density of second-tier spiritual plants here would be comparable to that of those top-grade second-tier spiritual vein nodes!"

At this moment, he personally felt the enormous impact that an excellent Chaoyuan-stage spirit farmer could bring.

This disciple once boasted that he would cultivate a third-tier spiritual plant, and now he believes it to be true.

Ji An smiled modestly:

"I don't deserve the praise from our ancestor."

Ge Ying asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Why is the density of spiritual plants here so low? Logically speaking, now that you've broken through to the Chaoyuan stage and possess new planting techniques, you should be able to plant much more spiritual plants."

She had just roughly estimated that most of the spirit fields only had a dozen or so spirit plants planted sparsely per acre.

The area was much sparser than when she last visited, which she felt was a waste of the spiritual field space.

Ji An explained:

"I do this for two reasons. First, even without my spell, the spiritual field can sustain the growth of these spiritual plants."

Secondly, this allows the spiritual fields to nourish the earth's veins, and given time, the spiritual veins should be able to be cultivated to the second-tier, high-grade level.

He now felt that the spiritual energy the stone tortoise absorbed daily from Crimson Flame Peak was completely insufficient to meet his needs.

After raising the planting spell to the Great Perfection level, it is also necessary to practice several combat techniques as soon as possible, so that safety will be more guaranteed when traveling in the future.

“Cultivating a spiritual vein takes a long time, and it’s good that you have this initial intention and perseverance.”

"If you can cultivate fifty high-grade second-tier spiritual plants on Crimson Flame Peak, I can agree to use the sect's resources to cultivate the spiritual veins of Crimson Flame Peak."

Master Zhengyang solemnly promised that being able to cultivate multiple spiritual plants of a grade higher than that of a spiritual field demonstrates that his mastery of spiritual agriculture is comparable to that of the top spiritual farmers in the Nascent Soul sects of the Central Continent.

In this way, it would be reasonable for him to use the sect's resources to cultivate Crimson Flame Peak, and other cultivators would not have any complaints.

Ji An's eyes lit up, and he smiled:

"I will keep your words in mind, Ancestor."

"If this condition is ever met, this disciple will certainly demand that the Ancestor fulfill his promise."

The situation in Crimson Flame Peak is extremely special. It is a place where the five elements of spiritual energy converge, and the stone turtle can absorb eight kinds of spiritual energy.

If possible, he would not want to leave this place and choose another cave.

Master Zhengyang burst into laughter:

“Very good, I look forward to that day coming soon.”

If Crimson Flame Peak cultivates fifty second-grade high-quality spiritual plants, how much will that add to the sect's foundation!

This is not the end; it means that the other party can continuously cultivate more high-level spiritual plants.

In the long run, this disciple's contribution to the sect will surpass that of a Golden Core cultivator!

Golden Core cultivators can only protect their sect for a thousand years, but second-tier high-grade spiritual plants can survive for more than two thousand years.

Ge Ying could tell that the ancestor was in a good mood. She looked at her disciple with a smile, her eyes full of pride.

As they spoke, three auspicious clouds descended upon the Azure Dragon Wood Forest.

"This time I'm personally here to cut down the spirit tree."

Master Zhengyang said that he found a second-grade mid-level Azure Dragon Wood and took out a cold, gleaming moon-shaped spiritual weapon.

The magical artifact was like a pool of autumn water, yet it emitted a sharp brilliance that was slightly dazzling.

A flash of silver light, and a deep, resounding dragon's roar echoed through the mountains and forests.

Ji An heard an extremely faint sound, and the spirit wood snapped in response.

Master Zhengyang said in a low voice:

"Just as I thought!"

Ji An, I will inform the Diligent Work Hall that this piece of Azure Dragon Wood will no longer need to be handed over as spirit wood. You can try to cultivate it to the second-tier superior grade.

"Give me twenty years, and see if I can succeed."

The second-tier superior grade special Azure Dragon Wood can be traded with cultivators in the Central Continent in exchange for scarce resources.

It will be about twenty-three or twenty-four years before the cultivators from the Central Continent arrive again.

"I will do my utmost."

Ji An said confidently that the growth of the wood-type spiritual plant is affected by three spells.

His Azure Dragon Awakening Technique has reached the Great Perfection level. Within ten years, his Cloud Dragon Rainmaking Technique and Yellow Dragon Enhancing Yuan Technique will also be able to reach the Great Perfection level.

With the combined effects of the three spells, there is a very good chance of cultivating a second-tier superior spiritual plant within the specified time.

(End of this chapter)