Chapter 771 The Infinitely Growing Spiritual Treasure

Two months later, outside the mountain-protecting formation.

Ji An gazed at the white jade plate in the sky and let out a long sigh of relief:

"After going through so much trouble, I finally managed to purify such a large area. My life is so miserable."

During this period, he spent about four hours a day cultivating to restore his magical power, one hour sleeping, less than fifteen minutes absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, and the rest of the time casting spells.

His cultivation level barely improved; the only gain was an enhancement of the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique.

In just two months, my comprehension of magic improved to 21%, but what was frustrating was that the initial casting area was filled with demonic energy again.

Fortunately, the demonic energy is thin, so we don't need to worry about it for now. It should be fine to hold out for a year or two.

He cannot stop cultivating indefinitely; doing so would be putting the cart before the horse.

In order to purify the demonic energy, he did not cast spells on the spiritual fields around Crimson Flame Peak during this period. Dragon Soaring All Things is still 3% away from breaking through to the Great Perfection level.

Ji An released a golden light that seemed to leap across the ground, passing through the mountain-protecting array and flying to Chaoyang Peak. He saw that the Wuji Palace was brightly lit, so he landed on the mountaintop.

Lin Jiuxiao stepped forward and bowed, his smile as bright and lively as a blooming flower.

"Greetings, True Lord. Good news! The Yin Vein in the north of the sect is showing signs of being upgraded in rank."

Junior Brother Zhang Zeye said it would take at least a month, and at most two months, to improve.

After the Yin Meridian is upgraded, it can in turn nourish the Yang Meridian, thus further shortening the time it takes for the Yang Meridian to be upgraded to the fourth-grade lower level.

After the Yin Meridian is upgraded, in two or three years, Junior Brother Zhang will assess how long it will take to upgrade the Yang Meridian to the fourth level.

"Haha, this is indeed good news. The sect will have a few more dojos with third-tier top-grade spiritual vein nodes. Congratulations!"

"Inform Zeye that if there are any signs of improvement in the spiritual veins, inform me immediately at Crimson Flame Peak."

Ji An's mood immediately brightened. There was more Daoist essence to be gained, and based on past experience, he could get more than 800 points.

"Of course, Your Excellency, please take a seat."

After the two sat down, Ji An said:

"I have already purified the demonic energy around the sect. We'll talk about the next purification in a few years."

You notify the Diligent Work Hall to issue a task, sending disciples at the Chaoyuan stage or above out to purify demonic energy.

I will inform the Five-Colored Deer to set aside one hour each day to cast a fire-based spell for purification.

He can't do everything by himself. He's been carrying this burden for so long, he has to get his disciples involved.

Lin Jiuxiao nodded, "I had this idea long ago. Lin Lan also explained the situation to me. The divine intent of Lingnong's fire-element planting spell can last for several days and can maintain purification for a long time."

The sect covers a vast area; True Lord, you've worked hard these past few days.

I will discuss with the Hall Master of the Diligent Work Hall how much merit is appropriate for purifying demonic energy. We will then calculate the area of ​​the purified region and convert the merit into a large amount to be paid to you.

Sects must eliminate voluntary labor in order to ensure the credibility of the merit system.

Purifying demonic energy will be a long-term task and a pure expense, requiring the sect to use its savings.

"Good, rewards for merit and punishment for mistakes, that's how it should be."

Ji An said approvingly, "Keeping public and private matters separate is the way to long-term success. The other party has done a good job since becoming the sect leader."

After taking the teleportation array from Chaoyang Peak to Ningcui Cliff, the moonlight shone on the cliff, as if covering the earth with a layer of white frost.

Ji An arrived at the cave dwelling of the disciple next door, which was also the cave dwelling of his master in the past.

Lin Lan cupped her hands and solemnly said:

"Master, please sit down."

You must be exhausted from working so hard on the sect's affairs these days.

However, with Master's help, the spiritual plants cultivated by the sect have begun to thrive again. The sect deserves to credit you with this great achievement.

Her master had never come this late before, and she felt a little nervous, thinking that something serious had happened.

"Haha, I just came from Chaoyang Peak and I've already spoken to the sect leader about this."

Ji An revealed some of his conversation with Lin Jiuxiao to his disciple, and then said:

"When you see the Five-Colored Deer, inform him and ask him to spend some time each day purifying demonic energy."

The Five-Colored Deer and the Green Deer don't return to Crimson Flame Peak very often now; they spend most of their time performing planting tasks and then collecting their rewards from the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Yes, ma'am."

Lin Lan relaxed and seized the opportunity to ask a few questions about cultivation. Ji An answered patiently, and before they knew it, the moon had begun to set in the west.

"It's getting late, so I have to go. I'll be staying at Crimson Flame Peak for a long time to come. If you have any questions about cultivation, you can ask me from 7 AM to 11 AM on the first day of each month."

"Okay, I've got it. I'll see you off."

Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak and entered the small world. The five magical treasures flew out of his dantian, transformed, circled him twice, and then dispersed.

He smiled with satisfaction. The Flame Banner was a low-grade fourth-order spiritual treasure, the Profound Origin Water Control Banner was a high-grade third-order magic treasure, and the rest were all top-grade third-order items.

After the Plain Cloud Banner and Azure Lotus Banner were upgraded, the strength of their defensive domains increased by nearly 20%, giving him more confidence to confront his enemies head-on.

I've been busy these past few days; I haven't even had time to deal with the spoils of the two Nascent Soul level True Demons I killed two months ago.

Fortunately, he had taken precautions; the body wouldn't rot inside the Cave Void Stone, otherwise it would have developed a smell.

Ji An took out two corpses, and now he had obtained a total of ten Void Stones worn by Nascent Soul level cultivators.

After checking again to make sure nothing was missed, he released the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame onto the corpse to purify it.

The bones of a true demon, once purified, can be sold as high-quality bone material to cultivators who need them. However, Ji An is wealthy and generous, and is currently unwilling to sell bones in exchange for resources.

He wanted to burn the bones and flesh into ashes to use as fertilizer for the spirit trees, as it would be more in his interest to cultivate fourth-order spirit trees as soon as possible.

An hour later, he finished burning the body, lay down on a rattan chair to rest, and pondered the battle that had taken place some time ago.

He has now discovered a problem: the Five Banners magic weapon has become a combination of defensive and support magic weapon, which means that he can only use magic to attack.

This situation presents a problem: his attacks are not saturated enough. Synchronizing magic weapon attacks and spell attacks is more powerful.

"I need another magical artifact. How should I choose?"

Ji An fell into thought, mentally rehearsing various scenarios.

Suddenly, he thought of a magical artifact and had an idea.

Lianshan Zhenjun once mentioned that a certain patriarch of the Five Elements Sect left behind a method for refining a magical artifact—the Five Elements Divine Mountain. This artifact possesses all five elements and can suppress the circulation of the five elements' power within the enemy's body when it is attacked.

The effects of magical artifacts are simple and direct; all the restrictions on these artifacts are designed to enhance the same effect: suppression.

In a sense, this kind of magic weapon is similar to the innate spiritual treasure, the Heaven-Turning Seal, in that it relies on force to subdue people. There are no special skills involved; you can simply manipulate it to smash people.

At the same time, the magic weapon is extremely sturdy, with thick skin and flesh that can be used as a barrier. It is also feasible to throw it out as a defensive magic weapon at critical moments.

No matter what kind of creature the enemy is, as long as it is within the Five Elements, it will be restrained by this magical weapon.

Ji An found the jade slip for refining this magical artifact from the Void Stone. He wasn't interested in the refining method; he just wanted to see what materials were needed.

After studying it for a moment, he was dumbfounded.

This magical artifact left behind two methods of crafting. One method is for creating a second-tier top-grade spiritual artifact, which is made using various five-element spiritual materials through a special secret method.

The reason it was refined into a top-grade spiritual weapon was so that cultivators could use heavenly lightning to temper it into their natal magic weapon when undergoing tribulation.

The second refining method requires five materials, all of which are fourth-tier spiritual objects. He had never heard of any of them before. They are Azure Emperor Hua Soil, Crimson Emperor Yan Soil, White Emperor Jing Soil, Black Emperor Ze Soil, and Yellow Emperor De Soil.

If the crafting is successful, you will directly obtain a spiritual treasure.

"What the hell is going on?"

Ji An scratched his head. He couldn't very well forge a magical artifact and then slowly temper it when the heavenly lightning struck!

Although this is how several non-natal spiritual artifacts were upgraded to the level of magic treasures, the process was a bit cumbersome, and in addition, a large number of spiritual items were needed to upgrade the grade of magic treasures.

After going through countless hardships to upgrade the magic weapon to the third-tier top-grade level, he still needs to use five kinds of unheard-of spiritual objects to further improve its grade. In other words, without these five kinds of spiritual soil, it would all be for nothing.

"No, how could our patriarch, a powerful cultivator at the Three Flowers Realm, be unaware of the situation in the cultivation world?"

Ji An continued to use his divine sense to read the information in the jade slip, and finally he found the annotation.

It turns out that these kinds of spiritual soils almost never exist alone in nature; they are all contained within other spiritual objects and can be extracted using secret methods.

After extraction, it is continuously subjected to heavy pressure to reduce its impurities, a process akin to forging stubborn iron into steel.

The content is low, extraction is difficult, and the quality of materials needs to be improved. It will take a long time to accumulate materials to obtain the Five Elements Divine Mountain.

For example, Qingdi Huatu can be extracted from any fourth-order wood-element spiritual object, and the final product is a substance that combines the characteristics of Jia and Yi wood. Because this substance is somewhat like dust, it is called 'earth'.

When planted in this spiritual soil, wood-elemental spiritual plants can thrive regardless of their demanding requirements.

The Yellow Emperor's Virtue Soil can be extracted from any fourth-order earth-elemental spiritual object to obtain a substance that combines the characteristics of Wu and Ji earth, which can be used to plant all earth-elemental spiritual plants and yin spiritual plants.

Ji An stood up from the chair, then slowly squatted down, grabbing a handful of soil with his right hand:

"Hehehe, I always knew I was sitting on a mountain of treasures, but I really didn't know that if you were to advance to the fourth level, it would be called 'Yellow Emperor's Virtue Earth'."

He held the soil in his palm, feeling a refreshing sensation, much like his current mood.

The method of refining the Five Elements Divine Mountain is very simple: combine various materials together and cyclically add three kinds of magical restrictions: size control, suppression, and solidification.

Aside from the more complex suppression of magical artifacts, the size of the Ruyi and the sturdiness are very basic magical artifact restrictions.

Ji An once again probed the jade slip with his divine sense, carefully memorizing the material ratios of the Five Elements Divine Mountain.

The amount of Huangdi De Tu (Yellow Emperor's Soil) used was the largest, while the amounts of the other four materials were equal. The amount of Huangdi De Tu used was twice the sum of the other materials.

The most terrifying thing is that even after the Five Elements Divine Mountain is successfully refined, materials can still be fused into it.

In other words, this magical artifact has unlimited potential for growth.

Ji An's mood became increasingly cheerful. In the future, he only needed to wait for the spiritual veins of the gourd world to be upgraded to the fourth rank before he could start digging soil to refine spiritual treasures!

(End of this chapter)