Chapter 383 Five Elements Escape Technique

Even after the dragon's roar faded into the distance, Ji An's heart remained turbulent. The value of a top-grade spiritual item was far greater than that of a high-grade spiritual item.

Cut down one tree, keep some materials, and sell the rest through the sect's channels. This will give you more financial resources to trade with cultivators in the Central Continent.

News came back from the sect's shops in Qingyun Immortal City that the merchant ships from Zhongzhou arrived in the city yesterday evening.

He and Han Yan agreed to go to the Immortal City in three days and leave directly from there.

Thinking of this, Ji An immediately took out two golden communication swords and reported the good news to Ancestor Zheng Yang and Senior Brother Jia Yu.

The golden light shimmered in the night sky before quickly disappearing.

Ji An rode on auspicious clouds and continued to perform the ritual for the sacred field.

Two hours later, he returned to his cave. In the herb garden, each ginseng leaf stalk had six whorled leaves, which were a deep dark green and showed slight signs of drying out.

Two bright red seeds, each the size of a broad bean, grow at the top, clustered together in an umbrella shape.

The Tianyuan ginseng was fully mature. Ji An carefully collected the seeds and dug them out.

The rhizome is larger, about the thickness of a forearm, and spindle-shaped. Similar to other types of ginseng, it has a pale yellow outer skin covered with red spots.

"Hehe, this Tianyuan Ginseng is a size larger than the ones cultivated in the sect's medicine garden."

Ji An took out the jade box and put the ginseng away. He glanced at the empty medicinal garden and pondered what to plant in the future.

After pondering for a while without any clue, he decided to ask Senior Sister Han Yan for advice the next day before making any further plans.

He strolled into the quiet room and sat cross-legged on the futon, his beloved black requiem futon, its luster now much duller.

Perhaps in another seven or eight years, its mission will be accomplished.

He closed his eyes, focused his mind on his dantian, and his consciousness immediately entered a world filled with light.

Having cultivated immortality for many years, Ji An believed that the dantian was a 'small world' attached to the human body, sharing life and death with the cultivator.

The human body has three dantians. The dantian that is opened at the beginning of cultivation is the lower dantian, located three inches below the navel, also known as the ancestral aperture.

When a cultivator breaks through to the Golden Core stage, they open up the Middle Dantian, located in the center of the chest cavity along the body's axis, where the Golden Core is stored.

After the Golden Core stage, one must begin the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage of cultivation, continuously injecting spiritual power into the Golden Core to nurture it.

Finally, the elixir transforms into an infant, and with this power, the illusory sea of ​​consciousness is reflected in reality, thus opening up the infant's dwelling place—the upper dantian.

It is said that those major sects believe that only when all three dantian are opened can one be considered to have made some progress in cultivation.

Thinking of this, Ji An couldn't help but sigh. In the eyes of those Nascent Soul cultivators, most cultivators in the world were probably as fleeting as ephemeral mushrooms.

The dantian is an absolutely quiet space, yet it feels vibrant and lively to the divine sense.

The flame of primordial life is divided into five layers, with the azure wood elemental flame residing in the innermost layer. Observing it makes one feel the vigorous growth of life and its upward momentum.

Beyond the blue flames was a crimson fire elemental flame, warm yet capable of exploding, occasionally bursting into flames like blooming red lotuses.

Amidst the crimson flames, the flaming flag, now only the size of a mung bean, was moving in a uniform circular motion. If it weren't for the golden light swirling around its surface, it would be difficult to spot its location.

The outer layer of the crimson flame is a yellow earth elemental flame, exuding a profound and all-encompassing divine intent. The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner is hidden within it, quietly staying in a certain spot without moving.

The blue and red flames were very full, while the yellow flames looked much thinner. The silver-white gold elemental flames on the outermost layer of the yellow flames, and the black water elemental flames on the very outermost layer, were extremely thin.

There was nothing that could be done about it; he hadn't yet absorbed the metal and water elements, and his current situation was only possible thanks to the stone turtle's help.

Just then, the stone tortoise approached the primordial fire, opened its mouth, and exhaled five breaths of pure spiritual energy.

In an instant, a great radiance shone forth, and the dantian transformed into an ocean of light.

The flames on the ground cheered and jumped for joy, and a joyful phoenix cry rang in Ji An's mind.

Only then did he realize that the phoenix pattern on the flag had absorbed a wisp of pure spiritual energy, and its luster shone brightly for a moment.

Having done all this, the stone tortoise returned to its original position, keeping its merits and fame hidden.

'You can guard against anything day or night, but it's hard to guard against a thief within your own ranks; you actually stole my food!'

A smile flashed across Ji An's face. It was obvious that the Flame Banner had benefited from this, so the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner should have benefited as well.

However, Xinghuangqi is very low-key and quietly makes a fortune, showing no signs of anything unusual.

If his guess is correct, this pure spiritual energy helps to enhance the spirituality of the vessel spirit.

He was not worried that the growth of the primordial fire would be affected. To understand the true meaning of the mutual generation of the five elements, one must achieve a balance among the five elements.

In other words, the intensity of all the Five Elements Spiritual Flames will eventually be the same, reaching the current strength of the Wood Element Spiritual Flame.

If a top-grade spiritual artifact can generate a spirit before breaking through to the Golden Core stage, it will be of some help in passing the Golden Core tribulation.

Ji An stopped focusing on the Yuanming Fire and connected his mind to the stone tortoise, where lines of writing appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness.

[Master: Ji An]

[Tao Yun: Gold 0.2, Water 2.6, Wood 0.4, Fire 0.6, Earth 1.8]

[Spiritual clues: Kan (坎) spirit 4317.7, Gen (艮) spirit 141.9, Zhen (震) spirit 101.7, Xun (巽) spirit 2798.4, Kun (坤) spirit 2154.2, Qian (乾) spirit 3207.3, Dui (兑) spirit 1962.5, Li (离) spirit 2517.8]

【Spirit Sealing Technique (Mastery 28%)】

Steel is formed from the ground (41% success rate)

Earth Escape Technique (Perfect 85%)

Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Technique (Complete 64%)

Mysterious Dark True Qi (Perfect 32%)

Wood Release Technique (Perfect 38%)

Fire Release Technique (Beginner 1%)

These are the results of the past few years. Although no spells have been improved to the Great Perfection level, considerable progress has been made.

Taking the Earth Escape Technique as an example, Ji An can now traverse hard rocks as if walking on flat ground when casting spells.

Each escape distance reaches thirty-seven or thirty-eight zhang, which can be used to evade attacks from Golden Core level cultivators.

His gaze swept downwards, and he issued a new order.

"Refine the spiritual energy to enhance the Fire Release Technique."

Earth Release and Wood Release are relatively easy to practice, while Fire Release requires jumping through flames, making the conditions for its execution quite demanding.

The best practice environment would be an underground lava river or a forest fire, which he doesn't have.

Ji An's current level is not high enough to allow him to remain in the lava flow inside Crimson Flame Peak for an extended period.

His consciousness was pulled into the stone tortoise space and brought to the very center of the space.

The Bagua pattern representing fire quickly disappeared, and the area transformed into a sea of ​​fire.

He continuously used fire-based techniques, and his spiritual energy was rapidly depleting, like fuel in a speeding car, but in its place, his understanding of magic was constantly increasing.

With his 'fuel' exhausted, Ji An's consciousness was thrown out of this mysterious space.

Fire Release Technique (Beginner 1% → Advanced 68%)

The Fire Spiritual Energy is not abundant, and the two mid-grade Fire Elemental Seeds contributed significantly to this improvement.

"Continue! Refine the spiritual energy and improve the Metal Escape Technique."

"Refine the spiritual energy to enhance the Golden Escape Technique."

【Golden Escape Technique (Beginner 1% → Master 5%)】

Water Release Technique (Beginner 1% → Master 3%)

"That feels good! In the future, I might not be able to win a battle, but I'm sure I can outrun it."

Ji An chuckled softly. He felt that few cultivators could be as proficient in the Five Elements Escape Technique as he was, and when it came to various escape methods, he dared to call himself the strongest among his peers.

He began to calm his mind and circulate the Five Elements Refining Scripture to refine spiritual energy.

In the middle of the night, Ji An felt waves of energy surging outside the cave. He ended his cultivation, made hand seals, and opened the magic barrier.

The golden sword that delivered the message flew over, and he read the information within it.

"Tomorrow at Chenshi (7-9 AM), I will arrive at Crimson Flame Peak with Junior Brother Yuxiao."

The Azure Dragon appeared in the sunlight, its elegant body, golden horns, long and graceful whiskers, and dark green scales all proclaiming its magnificence.

Emerald light spots fell like raindrops, and the ground was covered with lush grass and blooming flowers, their delicate fragrance wafting in the air.

As the dragon's roar resounded, faint ethereal images of a blue dragon appeared above the two top-grade Azure Dragon Woods, their powerful voices harmonizing as if they were originally one.

The dazzling light faded and dissipated, and Master Zhengyang murmured softly:

"Top-grade spirit wood."

Decades ago, the sect had accumulated only four top-grade spiritual trees over a thousand years: the spiritual peach from Ningcui Cliff, the purple-gold parasol tree from Chaoyang Peak, the star tree from Chitong Mountain, and the Canglan Mist Pine from Yunhe Mountain.

Spirit peaches are mainly used to refine pills for consumption by cultivators at the fifth stage of the Chaoyuan realm and those at the Golden Core stage.

Purple-gold paulownia wood and star tree are high-quality materials for refining weapons, while Azure Mist Pine is a specialty of the Western Continent and cannot be grown in other continents. These three kinds of spiritual woods are precious plants that rely on tree species for propagation.

The awkward thing is that they only produce seeds at the third level.

After the spirit peach tree withered, the sect lost a very important foundation.

Unexpectedly, only twenty years have passed, and new top-grade spirit peaches have been cultivated. Now, even top-grade Azure Dragon Wood has been cultivated. It all seems so unreal.

During his travels in the Central Continent, he visited the Divine Tree Sect, which was renowned for its cultivation techniques, but he had never heard of such a powerful Spirit Farmer at the Chaoyuan stage.

Master Yuxiao gazed at the empty space where the dreamlike illusion had vanished and sighed.

"Your understanding of the Way of Wood is not much weaker than mine."

The question is, how can a disciple who is only a third-stage cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage have the opportunity to undergo the baptism of the Five Qi Convergence?

If the other party survives the Golden Core Tribulation, their understanding of the Five Elements will inevitably be elevated to a higher level.

With Li Haoran, who possessed the Heavenly Qualities and Metal Element Dao Body, and now Ji An, who had such a profound understanding of the Five Elements, this was a sign that the sect was about to prosper!

Ji An smiled and said, "Ancestor, you flatter me."

Master Zhengyang asked:

"What are your plans regarding this spiritual vein and spiritual wood?"

“Cut down one of them, hand over a portion to the sect as rent for the spirit field, and see if the rest can be exchanged for usable resources.”

Master Zhengyang frowned and pondered for a moment, then sighed:

"Unfortunately, the sect doesn't know much about the uses of top-grade Azure Dragon Wood, so they will be heavily undervalued by cultivators from the Central Continent."

The Golden Spirit Sect is the overlord of the Western Continent, but it is a small force in the entire cultivation world.

The tragedy of small forces lies in their shallow foundation; even if they obtain rare and precious materials, they can only sell them as raw materials.

Ji An remained silent; there was nothing he could do about it.

Master Yuxiao spoke:

"Isn't it a bit too hasty to sell the spiritual materials now?"

In his view, they could simply wait for the spirit tree to grow thicker and stronger.

Ji An revealed a confident smile and said:

"If I can cultivate the first top-grade Azure Dragon Wood, I will be able to cultivate more top-grade spiritual woods continuously."

Cutting down trees now would result in a significant loss of revenue, but sects could use the resources to acquire more inheritance and enrich their foundation.

Cultivation techniques and various forms of knowledge inheritance have always been the most expensive things. Small forces must bear such exploitation, while large forces unanimously carry out the same thing: knowledge blockade.

I believe that.

Master Zhengyang smiled broadly, his gaze hardening:

"Let's cut it down."

At this moment, he made a decision: to use most of the sect's accumulated wealth to make a deal with the cultivators of the Central Continent in exchange for more knowledge inheritance.

The first priority is to obtain more top-grade spiritual weapon crafting methods and the inheritance of planting techniques, even if it means enduring enormous exploitation.

It's worth it to endure hardship for decades in exchange for long-term development. He will discuss it with his junior brother when he gets back. As long as the other party agrees, there will be no obstacles.

The Azure Dragon Tree crashed to the ground. Ji An cut off about two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) of the spiritual material from the root, and used the remaining one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) as rent.

After seeing off the two patriarchs, Ji An rode a cloud to the Dan Ding Academy.

Han Yan instructed the maid to bring tea and said with a smile:

"Junior brother, you are a rare guest. Is this your first time visiting the Pill Refining Academy?"

Ji An chuckled, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then said:

"Senior sister, there is something I want to ask you. The medicine garden on Crimson Flame Peak is currently at the second-tier high-grade level, but it will be cultivated into a second-tier top-grade level in the future."

Based on your experience in alchemy, what kind of spiritual herbs would be most suitable for me to plant now?

"Is there even a question? Of course, it's the main ingredients for cultivating the Peiyuan Pill: Tianyuan Ginseng, Xinghun Grass, and Xueluo Fruit."

These kinds of pills that allow one to break through to a higher realm are always the most expensive among those of the same level.

"But I want to cultivate the elixirs needed for the Chaoyuan stage. Do you have any recommendations?"

Han Yan extended her fair and jade-like hand and began to analyze:

"There are six main types of pills that cultivators at our level take: pills to enhance and strengthen the Five Elements Divine Palace and Golden Elixir to break through to a higher realm."

The Crimson Flame Peak produces Green Leaf Wine, which is more cost-effective than elixirs for strengthening the Wood Element Divine Palace.

The Purple Flame Heart-Protecting Pill that I developed, made from top-grade pine nuts, can replace the original Fire Element Pill.

The Azure Spirit Mist Tree is the main ingredient in water-based elixirs, but we don't have the seeds for metal-based elixirs.

The main ingredient of the Earthly Soul-Soothing Pill continuously draws upon the power of the earth's veins. Crimson Flame Peak is currently unsuitable for cultivation, otherwise the work of nurturing the spiritual veins will be delayed.

She curled her fingers one by one, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and said:

"As for the Golden Core Pill, we have no way of knowing what medicinal materials it contains!"

You have no better option right now; cultivating medicinal herbs like Tianyuan Ginseng is the optimal solution.

In her view, without a formula for forming the Golden Core, the Golden Core inheritance would not be stable enough.

Unfortunately, the cultivators of the Central Continent had no intention of selling these kinds of pill formulas and quoted an extremely high price.

Currently, none of the sects in the Western Continent have obtained the crucial formula for the Golden Core Pill.

After listening to the other party's analysis, Ji An scratched his head and chuckled:

"To be honest, I just harvested two Tianyuan Ginseng plants from my herb garden a few days ago, and I'm thinking of planting some more valuable medicinal herbs."

Han Yan covered her mouth and chuckled:

"It was my junior brother who influenced my choice. Crimson Flame Peak already has the materials for three kinds of Origin Stage pills. What more could we ask for?"

In the future, the sect's Qi-Nourishing Pills will inevitably become even more scarce.

(End of this chapter)