Chapter 337 Han Yan's Predicament
As Ji An rode the clouds, he diligently practiced the Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword.
This is practice of multitasking, controlling the flight direction while launching an attack.
The golden light sometimes gathers like a waterfall, cascading down with great force; at other times it is like fine hair, penetrating every nook and cranny.
The air temperature seemed to drop considerably, and a chill was in the air.
In his hands, magic could be as vast as a flowing river or as subtle as a speck of dust, changing at will.
The Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword possesses an additional annihilating intent compared to previous metal-element spells, which is a new characteristic of the metal-element path.
Ji An realized from this the desolation and bleakness of autumn, and that death is the final destination of all life.
When all things are dead and still, that is extinction.
The water vapor in the air turned into tiny ice particles, which were then scattered by the golden light before they could fall, just like white dust being blown up by a gale.
Before I knew it, the cold moon began to shine.
Ji An's eyebrows were sharp as knives. He once again manipulated the Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword, and ten thousand golden lotuses bloomed in his pupils.
The golden lotus spun and flew into the distance, exploding like a dazzling firework, brilliant yet deadly, blurring the moonlight.
As the brilliance fades and silence returns, snowflakes fall from the sky, each one crystal clear.
He closed his eyes, savoring the insights he had just gained.
[Spell: Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword (Perfect 23% → 32%)]
Having gained some insight, Ji An's lips curled up. He made a hand seal and used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to travel to the entrance of the cave) to reach the cave entrance.
The cave is protected by a magic array, so earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic technique) cannot pass through it and can only stop here.
He opened the magic barrier and entered the secret vault, took out a second-grade mid-level spirit peach with a bright red color, went to the quiet room, and sat cross-legged on the futon.
Consuming the Fire Spirit Fruit after establishing the Fire Palace will allow you to fully absorb the contained fire spirit power.
Ji An took a bite of the spirit peach, the warm juice flowing down his throat, the warmth spreading through his stomach and reaching his arms and fingertips.
After finishing the spiritual fruit, he immediately activated the Fire Palace chapter of the Five Elements Revolving Scripture.
The energy contained within the spiritual fruit was rapidly refined, its heart glowing crimson like fire, beating powerfully, its surface gleaming with golden patterns.
The blood seemed to heat up, and white mist rose from the pores.
In Ji An's view, this cultivation method seemed more like an internal cultivation technique.
The body is the furnace, and qi, blood, and magical power are the fuel, thus achieving the goal of rapidly refining magical power.
As the cultivation technique was activated, the juice from the spirit peach was rapidly refined into magical power and crimson light. The magical power flowed into the dantian, where the stone tortoise absorbed one-tenth, and the primordial fire absorbed the other tenth.
The outer flames of the Primordial Fire shone brightly, creating an additional layer of illusory light. The streaks of crimson light were partially absorbed by the Bing-Ding Fire Dao Seeds within the acupoints, while the rest were absorbed by the core of the Fire Palace.
Nighttime is not suitable for practicing the Fire Palace Technique, but it does not affect the refining of spirit peaches.
If he maintains a daily intake of one spirit peach, his speed of improving his cultivation and strengthening the core of his divine palace will far exceed that of other cultivators who have opened up fire palaces.
A few drops of wood-elemental spiritual liquid were born in the liver, most of which flowed into the dantian to strengthen the primordial fire.
The remaining small amount flows into the heart and is absorbed by the core of the Divine Palace.
Ji An replenished his magical power and brewed a cup of Jade Dew Golden Sprout.
As the strong tea was drunk, a cool sensation spread through my mind.
The trunk of the Youyue Cangyu tree is as thick as a water bucket. This year, it yielded 18.9 jin of spiritual tea, and he has become more extravagant when drinking tea.
Because the spiritual energy consumed by practicing spells is quickly replenished, and the soul is also nourished.
When the spiritual tea lost its flavor, Ji An sat down cross-legged again and began to circulate his magic power to open up the Earth Element Divine Palace.
The magical power flowed from the dantian and into the spleen, which then shone with a yellow spiritual light, as smooth as topaz.
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning, after absorbing the morning sun's energy, Ji An hurriedly teleported to Ningcui Cliff.
He went into the cave and spoke with his master for a while, then hurriedly left, riding on a fiery auspicious cloud straight to Chaoyang Peak.
While flying on the clouds, he practiced the Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword, truly a master of time management, wasting not a single moment.
Along the way through the mountains and forests, the disciples looked up at the fiery clouds flying by, their eyes filled with longing.
Soaring through the clouds is an exclusive skill for cultivators at the Chaoyuan stage and above. In the eyes of the vast majority of disciples, the Chaoyuan stage is the goal of their entire lives.
Auspicious red clouds, as vibrant as rosy dawn, descended before the treasure pavilion. Ji An darted into the main hall and retrieved two jars of second-grade, mid-level pine nut wine.
"Senior brother, I've come to see you."
He never came to the Treasure Pavilion empty-handed. The other party wouldn't drink this jar of spirit wine for nothing; they would often do him favors.
Jia Yu took the wine jar, broke the seal, took a deep breath, and smiled knowingly:
"The quality of the spirit wine from Crimson Flame Peak has never disappointed."
He happily manipulated the water control technique, pouring the wine into the gourd.
Ji An sat in the chair and smiled:
"Senior Sister Ge informed me to come here yesterday. I wonder what business you have with me, Senior Brother? Please feel free to tell me."
"Of course it's a good thing. The ancestor has ordered that you can exchange for five more Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pills every year from now on."
Jia Yu handed over the red jade bottle on the table, saying:
"Knowing you would come today, I prepared in advance."
The five pills specially approved by the ancestor, plus the five you entrusted me to purchase, make a total of ten pills.
He took out another wooden box, "There are also twenty trays of soul incense, all of them are yours."
"I am deeply grateful for the kindness shown to me by our ancestor."
Ji An took the jade bottle and wooden box, counted them, and nodded, saying:
"The pills and the quantity are correct."
He put the jade bottle into his storage bag and took out his identity jade token, handing it over.
Jia Yu placed the jade tablet on the spirit plate and murmured:
"Junior brother enjoys the treatment of core disciples. The exchange price of Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pill is one thousand small merits per pill, and Soul Incense is one small merit per plate."
After deducting my junior brother's 12,000 minor merits, I have 360,000 minor merits left.
Non-core disciples need to pay an extra 100 merit points to exchange for Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pills.
He sighed and said:
"360,000 minor merits, and I have never had more than 80,000 minor merits in my possession before."
"You've managed to accumulate so many minor skills in just a few years; there are practically no cultivators in the sect who can compare to you."
Ji An grinned and said:
"I have so many merits, could you please help me exchange them for resources?"
He has more and more minor skills at his disposal, and the rate at which they are being used up cannot keep up with the rate at which they are being increased.
Jia Yu shook his head. "Junior brother, don't make things difficult for me. The stock of the cultivators in Falling Maple Valley probably can't meet your needs."
"If you want to use up all these minor merits you have, you'll have to wait until the merchant ships of the Central Continent cultivators arrive in a decade or so."
He was both happy and worried to have such a junior brother who could earn small merits.
The good news is that the treasure trove has become much more abundant, but the bad news is that every time we meet, I have to mention it.
Ji An waved his hand and then gently patted the storage bag:
"Just kidding. The supply of extra pills and soul incense is all thanks to my senior brother's hard work."
By the way, do you know the progress of Senior Sister Han Yan's research on the new elixir formula?
The sooner a pill can be developed to replace the Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pill, the better it will be for the cultivators of the sect.
The ingredients for the Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pill are Vermilion Bird Grass with a medicinal age of seven hundred years and more than a dozen kinds of spiritual herbs with a medicinal age of six hundred years.
To cultivate this fire-elemental spiritual herb to a medicinal age of seven hundred years, the sect would need to spend nearly a hundred years.
This medicinal herb is grown in a certain herb garden in Ningcui Cliff.
If he were to cultivate it, it certainly wouldn't take that long, since the other cultivators were using the Flame Spell.
The Flamefire Spell is a spell for the Qi Refining stage, and it is worlds apart from the Zhu Rong Divine Fire Spell.
Jia Yu said softly:
"A few days ago, Junior Sister Han and I were ordered to go to Falling Maple Valley. According to her, the research did not go smoothly."
The many medicinal materials in the Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pill are highly potent, and after years of growth, the spiritual herbs contain abundant fire elemental power.
To increase the medicinal potency of mid-grade second-tier pine nuts, one can extract their divine essence.
However, the fire elemental power contained within is too scarce, making this problem difficult to solve.
He lowered his voice and continued:
"Junior Sister Han said in private that this one problem alone has completely stalled her research, preventing her from making any progress."
Perhaps second-grade pine nuts are not suitable as a primary medicinal ingredient.
She has already shifted her focus, researching which adjuvant of the Vermilion Bird Flame Grass Pill could be replaced by pine nuts.
Ji An frowned slightly; researching the formula for the elixir was indeed a daunting task.
Elixirs for the Chaoyuan stage require sufficient power of the five elements; otherwise, they cannot strengthen the core of the divine palace.
Pine nuts only have a one-year growth period, and the fire elemental power they contain is extremely weak.
From this perspective, even second-grade high-quality pine nuts cannot meet the requirements for alchemy, but second-grade top-quality pine nuts are possible.
"It seems that I can only improve my cultivation level quickly by consuming spiritual fruits."
There are many spirit peaches in Crimson Flame Peak, and they are large enough to meet the minimum requirements for alchemy.
However, due to insufficient supply of auxiliary medicinal materials, they can only improve themselves by consuming them.
Jia Yu took a sip of the spirit wine and said:
"Junior Brother's conditions for strengthening the Fire Element Divine Palace are much better than those of his senior brothers."
"Drugs were scarce, and there were no other methods; everyone improved gradually through daily accumulation."
The second-tier mid-grade fire-elemental spirit fruit from Crimson Flame Peak can fully meet the other party's needs.
After chatting for a while, Ji An took his leave.
He needed to hurry back to Crimson Flame Peak; the best part of the daytime was to be used for cultivating his techniques and improving his cultivation level.
The next evening, Ji An left the Si Nong Hall and rode on a cloud through the medicine garden in Ningcui Cliff. Today was the day to cast a spell again.
Finally, he arrived at the mountaintop cave, greeted his master, and entered the herb garden, releasing different combinations of spells according to the different spiritual herbs planted in each area.
He stepped through the passageway onto the platform and immediately noticed the difference.
On the new peach tree, which has only been planted for eight years, the green leaves are even more translucent, and the range of the aura is two inches larger than before.
Ji An quickly unleashed the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique, the Zhu Rong Divine Fire Spell, and the Yellow Dragon Enhancing Yuan Technique.
He quickly left the platform and entered the living room of the cave dwelling, speaking gently:
“Master, the spirit peach tree I planted a few years ago has now reached the middle grade of the second tier.”
Ge Ying squinted and forced a smile:
"very good!"
Her tone was joyful but tinged with sadness. Based on her experience cultivating the previous tree, it would take her more than forty years to cultivate the Spirit Peach to the second-tier mid-grade.
How long did it take the disciple to cultivate a mid-grade spirit peach? Less than ten years!
(End of this chapter)
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