Chapter 737 Fuso

Ji An left Wuji Palace and was teleported to Ningcui Cliff.

When I left the sect a while ago, my disciple had just broken through to the Golden Core stage. Now that I have time, I should go and visit him.

He looked up at the sun overhead and estimated that it was only late afternoon based on its altitude.

He focused his voice and shouted into the cave:

"Lin Lan!"

With his current abilities, even if the sealing array of the cave is opened, it cannot block his voice.

The fact that no one answered from inside the cave suggests that the disciple was most likely in the Department of Agriculture.

Five-colored auspicious clouds rose beneath his feet, and Ji An flew to the rear hall of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Lin Lan, who was cultivating in the main hall, felt a bright light flash before her eyes, and then heard someone calling her name.

She immediately stopped her practice and rushed outside the hall to greet them, bowing respectfully:

"I was unaware of Master's arrival and apologize for failing to greet you properly."

"What crime have you committed? Don't be so formal."

As Ji An spoke, he stepped into the main hall and sat cross-legged on the futon in the center.

"When you broke through to the Golden Core stage, I had to leave in a hurry and didn't have time to tell you how to cultivate during the Golden Core stage. Today, I'll make up for that lesson for you."

A teacher is one who imparts knowledge, teaches skills, and resolves doubts; what he needs to do is point out the direction for his students to strive for in the future.

He explained in detail the goals of Golden Core cultivation and answered the questions raised by his disciples.

He believed that the other party must have consulted his junior brother Han Shan about these things, but someone of insufficient level could not explain their inner meaning.

After explaining cultivation, Ji An asked:

"What is the current situation at the Ministry of Agriculture?"

Although he is no longer involved in affairs, the Si Nong Hall was, after all, founded by him and carries many memories. He still hopes that things will get better and better here.

"Everything is progressing steadily. My junior brother Han, along with the Five-Colored Deer and the Azure Deer, are all receiving the best care for our third-tier spirit fields."

Junior Brother Wei specializes in fire magic. If he can break through to a higher level, the three of us—junior brother and senior sister—will be able to form the strongest team.

When Lin Lan spoke, her eyes shone brightly like lamps.

She paused, then said:

"It's all because the outbreak of the True Demon Tribulation was too untimely, otherwise Junior Brother would have already gone out to travel and comprehend the mysteries of the Five Elements' mutual generation."

Three Golden Elixir cultivators from one family—just thinking about it is exciting.

If we include Senior Uncle Liu Yu, the Ningcui Cliff lineage has four Golden Core cultivators and one Nascent Soul cultivator, who is the pinnacle of the Western Continent's cultivation world.

"It's all about timing and fate. Complaining about this is useless. Letting Baiyang settle down and reflect over the years might not be a completely bad thing."

Ji An talked with his disciple for a long time, urging her not to slack off in her cultivation, and finally left with his disciple's respectful farewell.

Teleported back to Crimson Flame Peak, Ji An arrived at the cave and entered the small world.

The five magical artifacts, replicas of innate spiritual treasures, left the dantian, circled the Gathering Yuan Tree a few times, and then each flew to its preferred location.

After his cultivation level reached the Nascent Soul stage, Ji An's natal magic weapon improved rapidly, almost changing every day, and has now reached the top grade of the third rank.

His cultivation level far surpasses that of his natal magic weapon, which is the key to the rapid improvement of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.

"We need to put the upgrading of other magical artifacts on the agenda."

Ji An murmured to himself, "According to the advice of True Lord Lianshan, all these magical treasures must reach the level of Spiritual Treasure before they can be considered to have made it through."

Fortunately, he had the support of a small world and many perfect-level planting spells; otherwise, upgrading the four magic treasures to the level of spiritual treasures would have been an impossible task.

Ji An took out a red stone the size of a pigeon egg. This was the gift Lin Lan had given him; it was originally a yellow stone.

Ji An could sense that only a thin outer shell remained, and the inside did not seem to be the spirit fire of heaven and earth, because he could not feel the vitality of the flame.

He channeled his magic power, and the wood element spiritual energy enveloped the stone, using the wood element's ability to plunder life force to corrode its outer shell.

He wasn't in a hurry to find the answer, because he knew that as long as he persisted, sooner or later the stone would unveil its mystery and allow him to see what was inside.

An hour passed, and Ji An stopped channeling his magic power. Just as he was about to put the stone into the Void Stone, he heard a very faint sound, like the sound of jade breaking.

Upon closer inspection, a very fine crack was found on the surface of the stone.

As if some signal had been activated, a series of slight tearing sounds were heard. The hard shell that divine sense could not penetrate was covered with cracks in a very short time, and then shattered completely, revealing a flat, crimson-colored spiritual seed.

The surface of the spirit seed is decorated with faint golden patterns, which can be discerned to be leaf shapes, with textures somewhat resembling the leaves of the Emerald Mulberry.

He probed the spiritual seed with his divine sense, only to feel a scalding sensation from something extremely hot, and reflexively withdrew his divine sense.

Ji An stared blankly at the spirit seed, which was as clear and lustrous as jade, his thoughts momentarily in disarray.

"Am I really that lucky?"

His voice was soft, and his tone was full of disbelief.

At this moment, he recognized the origin of this spiritual seed; it was the spiritual seed of the Fusang Tree, a spiritual root of heaven and earth.

If the spiritual seed takes root and sprouts here, the gourd world will have a second spiritual root of heaven and earth.

The Fusang tree can enhance the spirituality and grade of fire-elemental magic items, meaning that there will be no need to search for materials to upgrade the Ground Flame Banner anymore.

The magical artifact transforms into a fire phoenix and rests on the Fusang tree, where it receives nourishment and gradually improves.

In addition, the most precious fruit of the Fusang tree is the mulberry, which has an extremely sweet and fragrant taste and is a spiritual medicine that can directly improve one's cultivation level without needing to be refined into pills.

Tree heartwood is a top-grade material for refining fire-elemental magic weapons; a strong branch can be traded as a high-level spiritual material.

Mulberry leaves are excellent feed for fire-elemental spirit beasts, and I believe the five-colored deer and rhubarb would love them.

"I obtained the Gathering Yuan Tree from Wei Songnian and the Fusang Tree from Lin Lan. I dreamed of having five spiritual roots of heaven and earth, and I have already achieved forty percent of that dream."

Ji An laughed exaggeratedly, and it took him a long time to stop.

He held the spirit seed in his hand, rode the auspicious five-colored clouds to the lava lake, and slowly landed in the sky above the center of the lake, which was also the very center of the entire crimson spirit field.

He activated his magic, and the ground slowly rose up, artificially creating a circular 'island' about one acre in diameter.

The island is high on all four sides and low in the middle, with the middle part being one foot lower than the lava.

Ji An planted the spirit seeds and then released the Great Virtue Spirit Transmission Mantra, which enveloped the island with a warm and nourishing yellow spiritual light.

The Great Perfection level of the Thick Virtue Evolution Mantra will have its magical intent lasting for three months, making the cultivation of spiritual fields much easier.

A moment later, the light slowly dissipated.

Ji An then unleashed the Dragon Soaring to Life, causing the mist to churn and the Azure Dragon and Black Dragon to stir up clouds and spit out mist within it.

Amidst the rising and falling roars of dragons, crystal-clear spiritual rain, like grains of white jade, poured down, the divine intent rising from the wood element and the divine intent nourishing from the water element intertwined and became inseparable.

When the clouds and fog cleared, the spirit seed showed no signs of taking root or sprouting.

Ji An didn't care about this; the Calabash World had proven countless times that this was a strange place.

When the Juyuan Tree was planted, it took several months to take root and sprout. After all, it is a spiritual root of heaven and earth, and it must have the 'restraint' that belongs to a spiritual root of heaven and earth.

Ji An did not linger. He rode the cloud back to the Gathering Yuan Tree, sat cross-legged on the futon, and began to cultivate the Five Elements Revolving Scripture.

The spiritual energy quickly gathered, forming a huge vortex that could cover half of the yellow spiritual field.

In the lava lake, a golden carp cautiously poked its head out and circled the small island.

It was curious about what was inside, but dared not cause any trouble. The cultivator who had just left was too powerful, so powerful that it dared not entertain any improper thoughts.

Two weeks later.

Ji An flew clockwise as usual, firstly to check the growth of various spiritual plants, and secondly to observe whether the Fusang tree spiritual seed had taken root and sprouted.

He flew away slowly, and from a great distance he discovered the situation in the lava lake, and immediately increased his speed.

On the small island, a three-inch-long seedling with two trunks was visible. Its leaves were only the size of a fingernail. The fact that the hibiscus grows from the same root is an important characteristic of the hibiscus tree.

The leaves are fiery red, while the veins are dark green, creating a striking red and green combination.

The Calabash World has a Gathering Yuan Tree, which makes the growth rate of various spiritual plants very fast. It is unknown whether it will have the same effect on the Fusang Tree, which is also a spiritual root of heaven and earth. This needs to be verified.

Two months later.

Under the bright moon, Crimson Flame Peak erupted violently, with red lava surging into the sky and forming plumes.

Like a giant umbrella, the lava illuminated the mountain peaks as if it were daytime under the setting sun, while the falling lava damaged some of the spiritual plants.

At this moment, Ji An was by the cold pool, quietly feeling the tremors of the ground beneath his feet. The water in the cold pool was bubbling up as if it were boiling.

Deep within the earth, the spiritual forces of metal, earth, water, fire, and earth intertwine underground.

His cultivation level is now vastly different from before, allowing him to perceive more spiritual changes.

Behind the various spiritual mechanisms of the Five Elements lies the ebb and flow of Yin and Yang, and the seemingly chaotic spiritual mechanisms have their own inherent laws.

The five elements—metal, water, and wood—maintain a dynamic balance, and under the impetus of this great power, Crimson Flame Peak slowly rises.

Around Crimson Flame Peak, a large number of cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage flew away on clouds, like streaks of light.

This is a task issued by the Diligent Work Hall: cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage must come to Crimson Flame Peak to collect spiritual items.

The spiritual creatures that erupted were all third-tier spiritual creatures, with many being fourth-tier ones, and the air was filled with laughter and joy.

This crazy change lasted for a full three hours before it finally stopped.

Ji An emerged from his state of enlightenment and sighed:

“In the past, when I sensed the changes in inspiration, I always felt that I had gained some insight. Now I realize that I was just looking at flowers through fog and the moon in the water.”

He is now at the Nascent Soul level, and with the aid of the Dao Seed, he can truly glimpse some of the mysteries of the Yin-Yang transformation within the Five Elements' spiritual mechanism.

He rode the clouds and flew along a clockwise route to see how much damage had been done to the forest.

When the disciples saw the auspicious five-colored clouds flying in, they all made way and bowed respectfully from a distance.

"Greetings, True Lord."

"No need for formalities," Ji An smiled and nodded in response. When he encountered burning spirit wood along the way, he casually released the Dragon Soaring to All Things.

A refreshing downpour fell, extinguishing all the hidden dangers.

The disciples in the Chaoyuan stage were all excited when they saw the planting spell covering hundreds of acres.

(End of this chapter)