Chapter 358 Mid-grade Gengjin Dao Seed

Master Zhengyang shook his head, chuckled softly, and said:

"This is just a loan; remember to return it to me later."

The Mother-Child Jade was brought back from the Central Continent; there were no cultivators in the Western Continent capable of crafting such magical artifacts.

The merchant ships of the Central Continent Merchant Alliance never sell such magical artifacts to cultivators from the Western Continent.

He took out a blank jade slip, organized the information he had obtained from the demon cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness, and made two copies, saying:

"Jiuxiao, have someone deliver the other two jade slips to the other two sects."

Also, there's a demon cultivator's stronghold near Divine Eagle Cliff. Send someone to monitor it using beast taming techniques and see if you can catch a big fish.

Demon cultivators are a common enemy of several sects, and such information should be shared.

"I'll do it right away! Does the Ancestor have any other instructions?"

"Go."

"Yes, sir," Lin Jiuxiao replied, taking the jade slip and quickly leaving.

Master Zhengyang pointed at the giant bear and said:

"I have destroyed the consciousness of this demon cultivator, leaving only the most basic biological instincts. I will take it away and kill it directly in a moment."

"Disciple understands."

Ji An paused for a moment, then said:

"Ancestor, I have a question: what is the state of a demon cultivator—human or demon beast?"

They say demon cultivators are human, but they can transform into demon beasts. However, they also say they are demon beasts, but they lack the most obvious characteristic of demon beasts: demon cores.

"When the demon cultivators were still weak, there were more of them than demon cultivators."

As their cultivation level increases, their body organs will completely transform into demonic beasts, but they can still take human form.

Master Zhengyang pointed to the giant bear on the ground and said:

"Even if a demon cultivator dies in human form, he will transform into a demon beast."

I believe that demon cultivators should ultimately be considered demonic beasts, albeit a rather special kind of demonic beast.

"Yes, I also think they should be considered as demonic beasts."

Ji An nodded slightly. It was good that it was a demon beast; that way, he wouldn't feel guilty.

Killing two Chaoyuan-stage demonic beasts and feeding their flesh to the tamed beasts can greatly accelerate the tamed beasts' ability to condense demonic power.

He now has a weakness that isn't exactly a weakness: because his own improvement speed is too fast, the beasts he raises can only follow him around and do nothing.

Although he tried his best to feed his tamed beasts more high-level spiritual fruits, there was still a long way to go before these tamed beasts could be put to use.

Consuming the flesh of high-level demonic beasts is also a way to accelerate the improvement of beast taming. The flesh of demonic cultivators may even have special effects!

"Ancestor, I would like to learn the Soul Searching Technique. Is that possible?"

Master Zhengyang pondered and said:

"I will teach you the technique after you leave the sect and travel abroad."

But remember one thing: secretly searching souls is a very common thing, but you can't do it in front of other sect cultivators.

Some sects in the Central Continent always consider themselves righteous and powerful, and if they discover a cultivator using soul-searching techniques, they will fight them to the death.

"Disciple understands."

Ji An rested at the sect for one night, and set off again the next day to Divine Eagle Cliff.

He is busy with the circulation of Qi by consuming the Earth element and gathering the Qi of Earth (戊己土).

With the mother-child jade pendant on his person, his safety is further guaranteed.

Half a month later, Ji An circled the outer perimeter of the sect and returned to Crimson Flame Peak.

Having gained experience, I didn't go to many areas that lacked the earth element energy, saving a lot of time.

This trip yielded only half an ounce of spirit silk.

He landed in the icy pool, released several of his beasts, and fed each of them a palm-sized piece of demon cultivator flesh.

Black eagle meat is given to the golden eagle, and bear meat is given to the golden retriever and the big yellow dog.

The beasts quickly devoured the meat; recently, they had been able to eat meat containing a large amount of demonic power every few days.

Wei Songtao stepped forward, holding a golden communication sword, and presented it with both hands:

"Grandmaster, there is information about you."

Ji An took the golden sword and used his divine sense to read the information.

The message came from Lin Jiuxiao and was about the demon cultivator's stronghold.

The demon cultivators in the stronghold tried to escape but were captured by the Enforcement Hall. After a soul search, it was discovered that two of the demon cultivators had seen him once at Divine Eagle Cliff.

The two demon cultivators reported the matter, which led to the arrival of two demon cultivators at the Chaoyuan stage who were lying in wait.

However, the highest cultivation level of the demon cultivators in the stronghold was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and even after searching their souls, they did not obtain much useful information.

Ji An stroked his chin; the truth had been revealed.

He still had a vague impression of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators he encountered at Divine Eagle Cliff. It turned out that the root of the problem was actually here.

Time flies and never turns back; five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ji An stopped operating the method to open the Metal Palace of the Lungs and let out a long breath.

The opening of the Golden Palace was much faster than expected. Not only were all seventy-two outer veins fully opened, but twelve inner veins were also opened.

In recent years, he has gone out once every two months, each trip lasting half a month, and has obtained a total of three catties and one tael of spiritual silk. He is still five taels short of completing his merit.

When he went out, he did not encounter any danger. Occasionally, when he met some cultivators, they would keep their distance from him.

He upgraded the Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword to its highest level, further enhancing its magical power.

Not only did it increase attack power, but the speed of the flying sword formed by the metal element spiritual energy also increased by 30% compared to before.

If Black Hawk were to fight again, he would be killed instantly, with no chance of struggling.

Ji An focused his mind on his dantian, and thanks to the pure and spiritual energy exhaled by the stone tortoise every year, his life force fire was even more vigorous than it had been a few years ago.

The wood-element flames were crystal clear and emerald green, while the fire-element flames were crimson red, transforming into a flame flag about one-third the size of a fingernail, floating and sinking in the crimson flames.

His spiritual strength has increased by 20% compared to five years ago, which is a remarkable improvement without breaking through a realm.

He connected with the stone tortoise, and lines of writing appeared in his mind.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 2.2, Water 0, Wood 0, Fire 0.6, Earth 3.1]

[Spiritual clues: Kan (坎) spirit 2661.6, Gen (艮) spirit 934.8, Zhen (震) spirit 1155.6, Xun (巽) spirit 3542.3, Kun (坤) spirit 2906.7, Qian (乾) spirit 1352.8, Dui (兑) spirit 1346.4, Li (离) spirit 1463.9]

【Spirit Sealing Technique (Mastery 23%)】

Steel is formed from the ground (33% complete).

Earth Escape Technique (Perfect 32%)

Mixed Gold Armor Spell (79% complete)

Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Technique (Perfect 32%)

Xuanming True Qi (Mastery 92%)

Wood Release: Technique (Perfect 3%)

[Tao Seed - Sharp Edge Revealed (Middle Grade): Hidden in the Taiyuan Cave, it allows one to comprehend the true meaning of the Geng Metal Dao spells 'Indestructible and Annihilating,' enhancing their understanding of Geng Metal Dao spells.]

Ji An once conducted an experiment in which he used the Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword to pierce a top-grade spirit tree.

The spell passed through the tree trunk, leaving a hole about the size of a little finger. Centered on this hole, the wood became like rotten wood that had been exposed to the sun and wind for many years.

In other words, as long as his spells hit the body of a cultivator or a demon beast, the enemy will die, at least at the Chaoyuan stage.

"Refine the spiritual energy to enhance the Mixed Gold Mystic Armor Spell."

As the command was given, Ji An's consciousness entered the mysterious space of the stone tortoise, stepping onto the Dui position.

As inspiration continued to flow, so did his understanding of magic.

【Mixed Gold Armor Spell (Perfection 79%→83%)】

"Refine the spiritual energy to enhance the Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Technique."

His consciousness shifted to the Li position, placing him in a sea of ​​fire.

【Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Technique (Perfect 32%→36%)】

"good!"

Ji An nodded in satisfaction. Overall, apart from the relatively slow progress in cultivation, he was quite satisfied with the progress made in the past few years.

He stepped out of the cave. At that moment, the bright moon shone silently, its serene light draping the earth in a white veil.

In the distance, at the foot of the mountain, there is a particularly bright area, where the Azure Jade Tree of the Moon is absorbing and exhaling moonlight.

Ji An continuously used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape into underground caves).

Bathed in moonlight, the Soul-Nourishing Tree has deep black leaves. It now has branches as thick as a bowl and more than twenty arms, with lush foliage.

"Squeak!"

The golden retriever stood up straight and barked as if presenting a treasure. At its feet were several rows of crystal-clear, topaz-like earth spirit fruits.

The spirit fruit was the size of a fist, emitting a jade-like spiritual light that stretched for more than two inches, warm and restrained.

Ji An nodded slightly when he saw that all the fruits on the two top-grade earth spirit fruit trees had fallen.

There was also a superior spirit tree nearby, but it had only just begun to bear fruit.

He collected the fruit and tossed a second-tier low-grade Earth Spirit Fruit to the golden-haired man.

The golden retriever is now four feet long and extremely fat.

Several years ago, after eating the flesh of a demon cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage, both the Rock Armor Bear and the Spirit-Seeking Rat were promoted to the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Golden-feathered Eagle advanced two levels in succession, breaking through to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, becoming a mid-Foundation Establishment demon beast, and its flight speed also increased.

This huge improvement made Ji An happy for a long time; indeed, a horse won't get fat if it doesn't eat wild grass.

He hoped to encounter a demon beast or demon cultivator at the Chaoyuan stage again, but unfortunately, he didn't have that luck.

With a light leap, the golden retriever caught the Earth Spirit Fruit and quickly swallowed it, even chewing up and spitting out the pit.

Since the appearance of the second-tier high-grade earth spirit fruit tree, Ji An no longer needs low-grade fruit pits.

He patted the golden retriever's head, then used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic in Chinese fantasy novels) to leave.

The following day, Ji An was teleported to Ningcui Cliff and paid his respects to his master.

Ge Ying's hair was now completely white, and her face was covered with wrinkles, making her look like an old woman on her deathbed.

After chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left.

He could feel the other person's life force growing dimmer and the decaying will of death becoming more apparent, and a bitter and sorrowful feeling arose in his heart.

Ji An rode away on a cloud, not heading to the Ministry of Agriculture, but flying towards Chaoyang Peak.

Half an hour later, he landed at the treasure pavilion halfway up the mountain and stepped into the main hall.

Jia Yu jokingly said:

"Oh my, what a rare guest!"

Ji An took out a large earthenware pot-shaped jar, "Top-grade spiritual wine, a gift for Senior Brother."

It looks like a jar, but it only contains one pound of spirit wine.

Second-grade superior spirit wine is a luxury item in the entire Western Continent.

It's not that the sects have few second-tier high-grade spiritual items, but rather that they are reluctant to use them for brewing wine.

Jia Yu took the wine jar and laughed loudly:

"My junior brother treats me the best, and I will always remember this favor."

By the way, what brings you here today, junior brother?

He knew perfectly well that the other party wouldn't make a special trip just to deliver a jar of wine.

Ji An cupped his hands and smiled:

"Please inform Ancestor Yan that I have brought a top-grade Earth Spirit Fruit."

"Junior Brother has collected fifty spirit fruits?!"

(End of this chapter)