Chapter 724 The Eight Trigrams
Ji An hovered in mid-air, a smile playing on his lips. The spell's range covered an area of 140 to 150 acres, which would save him a lot of time when casting spells on the spirit fields in Crimson Flame Peak.
Not only does it save time, but the power of the spell is also greatly increased, so the spell can definitely last longer after casting it once.
He connected his mind to the stone tortoise, and golden characters bloomed in his upper dantian, making him feel increasingly joyful.
[Master: Ji An]
[Tao Yun: Gold 1368.4, Water 1412.6, Wood 785.2, Fire 1498.5, Earth 876.4]
[Spiritual clues: Kan (坎) spirit 191526.7, Gen (艮) spirit 287284.5, Zhen (震) spirit 364578.4, Xun (巽) spirit 293062.1, Kun (坤) spirit 326184.5, Qian (乾) spirit 306372.6, Dui (兑) spirit 302746.8, Li (离) spirit 195456.2]
[Spell: Mental Roar (Perfect 89%)]
The Thread-Pulling Mantra (Perfect 1%)
[The Great Virtue and Spiritual Mantra (Beginner 1%)]
In recent years, Ji An has neglected to practice his Spiritual Roar. Now that he has broken through to a higher realm, his spiritual strength has increased significantly, and he can begin to improve this spiritual attack spell to the Great Perfection level.
After staring at the spell panel for a while, Ji An stood up, walked to the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and gave the command:
"Refine the Dao essence to enhance the grade of the spirit wood."
The Enlightenment Tea Tree can enhance comprehension, and when using spiritual energy to improve spells, one's mental state will influence the outcome.
I still have a lot of Daoist essence left. Upgrading this top-grade third-tier spiritual wood to the fourth tier and processing it into spiritual tea will definitely reduce the consumption of spiritual energy. Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood.
The stone tortoise appeared above the spirit tree, and colorful spiritual energy threads wove together into an impenetrable cocoon of light in a very short time.
Ji An ignored the Enlightenment Tea Tree and slowly returned to the rattan chair under the Gathering Yuan Tree, instructing:
"Once the quality of the tea trees is improved, you will begin processing the spiritual tea."
Ayun smiled and nodded, and Lin Lan beside her also said:
"Master, I can help."
She's also skilled at making spirit tea, and the tea her master brings here is all high-quality; just smelling it is enough to benefit you.
Ji An had no objection, and said:
"If you are in good condition, of course you can help."
After saying that, he pointed to the dripping water clock and said:
"Remember to wake me up a moment before the change of Yin and Yang occurs at midnight."
In the future, he will need to refine the essence of the sun and moon, which is a task that requires perseverance.
In some ways, being a cultivator is not easy; if one wants to achieve greater success, one cannot waste time on ordinary days.
Just as a tower is built from grains of sand, wasting two quarters of an hour today or half an hour tomorrow will result in losing several or even more than ten years of cultivation time over time.
Every effort you make today will bear fruit in the future; there is no success without a reason.
Lin Lan nodded, "This disciple has remembered."
Ayun maintained her smile and nodded gently. An additional 'alarm clock' appeared in its central magic array, ready to remind her on time.
Ji An stopped talking and took out the magic jade slip containing the Dragon Soaring to All Things to Be Born, and began to study it.
This spell, like the Azure Dragon Water Moon Spell, is a water and wood hybrid spell, and its difficulty is relatively higher than the Thick Virtue Evolution Spirit Spell.
Spells at the Nascent Soul stage are significantly more complex than those at the Golden Core stage, involving the interplay of Yin and Yang, resulting in several times more variations.
Taking the Houde Yanling Mantra as an example, it involves the transformation of Wu Earth and Ji Earth. All changes are controlled by the Nascent Soul and take place in the Five Elements Divine Palace.
Spells place high demands on a cultivator's physical endurance. Ji An predicted that ordinary cultivators, even if they break through to the Nascent Soul stage, would probably not dare to practice spells frequently without more than ten years of accumulation, if they did not cultivate their bodies.
Time always flies when you're focused. Ji An was engrossed in studying the essentials of casting spells when his disciple called softly from the side:
"Master, it's time."
Ji An opened his eyes and nodded kindly.
At this time, the Enlightenment Tea Tree had advanced to the fourth level, grown more than five feet tall, and its branches and leaves were more lush and full of spiritual light.
He connected with the stone tortoise and discovered that it had consumed about 500 points of Dao essence, with each type of Dao essence being consumed.
As Ji An left the gourd world, the radiant gourd stone in the quiet room vanished the instant he left, falling from its suspended state.
Ji An was very familiar with this situation. He grabbed the falling stone pendant, put it around his neck, and strode out of the cave.
The gentle, cool moonlight shone on the entrance of the cave, and two mid-grade third-level Crimson Cloud Pines emitted a warm crimson spiritual light.
Ji An flew to the mountaintop on auspicious five-colored clouds and sat down cross-legged. He joined his thumbs together at the base of his thumbs to form a "Tai Chi" shape, thus forming the Meridian Seal. This hand seal was necessary to absorb the essence of the sun and moon.
Then, he began to practice the secret method of absorbing moonlight, and started breathing exercises in conjunction with a special method of absorbing qi.
He quickly entered a meditative state, and everything except the bright moon above his head blurred and disappeared in his eyes.
The rocky outcrop where they sat also 'disappeared,' as if they were in an endless void.
The sky and earth were completely silent, as if only the sound of his heartbeat remained.
Suddenly, he heard an extremely faint sound, like the 'click' of the second hand of a clock.
He naturally switched from breathing through his nose to breathing through his mouth, and a strange scene unfolded.
The essence of the moon fell from the Milky Way, condensing into frost-colored ribbons. The closer they got to his body, the more concentrated they became, eventually transforming into a snow-white strand as thick as a baby's little finger—the newly formed moon dew.
The moon dew is neither smoke nor mist, but resembles solidified fat from a cold spring.
Early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators do not yet have the ability to directly condense moonlight; they can only absorb moon dew and then have their Nascent Soul tempered and transformed.
Ji An's sleeves moved without wind, and a silver light shone from between his brows, as gentle and serene as moonlight, forming a full moon phase that shone in harmony with the bright moon in the sky.
His hair was completely white, as if snow had fallen from his black hair in an instant, and white frost appeared on his chest.
Centered on his location, a layer of white frost also forms on the surface of the dark red volcanic rock, and the cracks in the rock form an abstract net-like painting.
As the moon dew was inhaled into Ji An's mouth, it immediately flowed along the immortal meridian, splitting into two parts that traveled upwards before finally converging into the upper dantian between his eyebrows.
The nascent soul sat cross-legged in the 'void'. Seeing the white light flow into it, it smiled and raised its hand. Silver threads wrapped around the liquid and gathered into a tiny drop of moon-white spiritual liquid, emanating a faint chill.
Ji An exhaled, and the air condensed into tiny ice crystals that tinkled and fell.
At this moment, his silver hair turned black again, and the frost patterns on his clothes disappeared, leaving only the drop of moon dew between his fingers, which seemed to contain a galaxy.
The next moment, a silvery light emanated from between the nascent soul's brows, and moon dew rose and merged into it.
Ji An let out a long breath. He only had this one chance a day to absorb the moon dew, and he didn't know how long it would take to accumulate enough to refine a single drop of moon essence.
Refining the essence of the sun is even more difficult, requiring multiple harvests each day.
The next day, before sunrise, Ji An was already sitting cross-legged on the mountaintop.
He faced east, formed the Meridian Mudra with both hands, activated the secret method of absorbing the essence of the sun, and began to breathe in and out using the method of absorbing qi, while quietly waiting.
The clouds were like burnt glass, with ochre-red cloud pythons stretching their bodies across the sky.
Suddenly, a golden sunrise leaped out with great force. Ji An opened his mouth, and the purple aura of the sunrise fell from the sky, condensing into several strands of purple spiritual light.
The spiritual light was swallowed and immediately traveled along a specific route to the Fire God's Mansion. The veins lit up, and the Bing-Ding Fire Dao Seed emitted spiritual radiance, refining the purple spiritual light into a drop of spiritual liquid.
The liquid is crystal clear, with a slight purple tinge; only then can it be called Morning Sun Purple Dew.
After the morning sun purple dew was formed, a suction force emanated from the middle dantian, and the spiritual dew flowed into it along the immortal meridian.
A warm sensation emanated from the spiritual dew, warming every part of the body, making one feel as comfortable as if soaking in a perfectly warm hot spring.
At noon and sunset that day, Ji An used similar methods to absorb the essence of Bing Fire Metal and the essence of the setting sun, respectively.
When absorbing the essence of Bing Fire Metal, it felt like swallowing a lump of magma, with a severe burning sensation in the immortal meridians and profuse sweating all over the body.
However, after the Bing Fire Metal Essence entered the lower dantian, the Yuanming Fire and the Qinglian Burning Heart Fire both became slightly more vigorous.
The sunset spirit felt slightly cool, like touching a cold flame, and finally flowed into the upper dantian, lingering around the nascent soul.
Three days have passed.
Wisps of smoke rose from the chimney of the small house, where Lin Lan and A Yun were roasting spirit tea, filling the air with a refreshing fragrance.
Like silk threads, continuous and unbroken.
Ji An stood up, rode the auspicious five-colored clouds and flew to the pond in the black soil, where he began to perform hand seals.
As the spell was cast, clouds spread across the sky, and a giant azure dragon over three zhang long and a black dragon of the same size gracefully stretched their bodies in the clouds, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
Underneath the Azure Dragon's horn, a blue aura the size of soybeans shimmered like scattered particles of light.
The black dragon's horns flashed with a blazing white light, which was the swirling lightning.
Different timbres of whistling sounds rose and fell, thunder rumbled, and rain poured down.
The sky and the earth lost their boundary, with water mist rising and merging with the clouds.
The azure light was not affected by the heavy rain; it fell and merged into the branches and leaves of the spiritual plants.
Inside the spiritual light, a barely visible small azure dragon soared through the clouds, somewhat similar to the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique.
The difference is that the dragon in the Azure Dragon Water Moon Technique is not accompanied by clouds or mist.
The divine intent of the Wood element rising and the divine intent of the Water element nourishing are intertwined like lovers in the throes of passion, inseparable from each other.
Being in such a world, Ji An felt an indescribable joy welling up from his chest.
He connected with the stone tortoise, and golden characters appeared in his upper dantian, adorning the word 'Sky Dome'.
[Spell: Dragon Soars, All Things Grow (Beginner 1%)]
Ji An looked down at the sea of clouds below and saw the flying dragon appearing and disappearing merrily. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Another spell has been mastered. At this rate, he will be able to master all the Nascent Soul level spells passed down by the Five Elements Sect in less than a month.
With the stone turtle's help, his strength will soar like an erupting volcano, reaching the heavens.
At that time, he will be able to break the barrier that the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the combat power, and cross-border challenges will be as commonplace as eating rice.
They might not be a match for late-stage Nascent Soul enemies, but it shouldn't be difficult for them to crush mid-stage Nascent Soul enemies.
Even at the very least, he can still reign supreme in the early stages of the Nascent Soul realm, and enemies at the third level of the Nascent Soul realm will surely tremble in fear before him.
The heavy rain lasted only fifteen minutes before the clouds dispersed and the two giant dragons disappeared.
The green leaves are fresh and vibrant, making them exceptionally pleasing to the eye.
At this moment, Lin Lan arrived on a cloud, with A Yun carrying a white porcelain jar beside her.
"Reporting to Master, the spiritual tea has been prepared."
Because the tea trees have just reached a higher grade, not many leaves were picked; only five catties of tea leaves were obtained. Please take a look.
Ayun stepped forward and removed the lid from the porcelain jar.
The tea leaves of Wudao Tea are slender and golden in color, with a warm and lustrous luster like jade, and are entwined with silver patterns.
A delicate fragrance wafted through the air and quickly spread.
Ji An laughed heartily, "Alright! Make some tea."
He had never tasted the fourth-grade Enlightenment Tea before.
Lin Lan smiled and said, "Yes, ma'am."
Ayun glanced at her, pointed to the ground, and handed the jar over.
After Lin Lan took the jar, A Yun jumped into the pond, splashing water everywhere.
The puppet goes to the spring at the bottom of the pool to fetch water. It can release a water control spell, and no drop of water in the pool can get close to it.
Ji An and his companion flew to the vicinity of the Gathering Yuan Tree and landed. He channeled his magic power and blew on the spirit tree, instantly creating a strong wind that swept away the glistening raindrops clinging to the leaves.
He made a hand seal and released a fire spell, evaporating the raindrops on the rattan chair.
This planting spell, originally used during the Qi Refining stage, has now become a 'life spell,' where cultivation changes one's life.
Sitting in the rattan chair, he took out the jade slip containing the Vermilion Bird Profound Brightness Technique and began to study it.
This is a fire-element planting spell that uses the transformation of yin and yang to enhance the spell's effect. It does not require increasing the power of wood to improve the spell's effect like the Azure Sky Yangming Technique.
Lin Lan found the furnace, lit the spirit charcoal, and soon A Yun flew back carrying a black water urn.
The puppet poured spring water into a kettle, placed it on the stove, added a pinch of tea leaves, and after a moment, the aroma spread.
After smelling the increasingly rich aroma of tea, Ji An finished researching the new spell, took the teapot handed to him by his disciple, raised his head, lifted the pot, and drank it down in one gulp.
The taste is not important; what matters is the 'therapeutic effect'!
He finished the pot of water in five or six breaths, patted his belly comfortably, and lay back on the rattan chair. His nascent soul felt a cool and refreshing sensation, and his mind was exceptionally clear and agile.
After closing his eyes and resting for a moment, Ji An focused his mind on the stone tortoise, confirming that the spiritual tea had taken full effect.
"Refine the spiritual energy and elevate the Thick Virtue Evolution Spirit Mantra to the perfect level."
He first needed to see how much spiritual energy he would need to elevate the spell to the perfect level. The difference between 1% and 20% perfection was not significant. He wanted to retain some Daoist essence to enhance spells such as Chaos Five Elements Thunder and Golden Light Across the Earth.
Although different spiritual energies can be transformed, there is inevitably some loss involved.
Ji An's divine sense entered the mysterious space opened up by the stone tortoise. This was the first time he had come here since he reached the Nascent Soul stage, and he could faintly sense the flow of laws here.
The Bagua pattern lit up with light, and he stood at the very center of the Bagua, with the Kun and Gen positions shimmering and the light spreading to his feet.
Only then did he realize that the original Later Heaven Bagua had become the Earlier Heaven Bagua, which, clockwise, are Qian, Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun, Zhen, Li, and Dui.
He assumed that the patterns on the turtle's shell must have changed as well, but he hadn't observed them closely.
Without time to think it through, Ji An began to practice his spells with his divine sense. The spiritual energy of the Gen and Kun trigrams rapidly decreased, and a large amount of experience and insights flowed out quickly.
The rate at which Kun Ling decreases is approximately three times that of Gen Ling; Yang rises while Yin falls, and the changes are endless.
Here, one cannot feel the passage of time, but Ji An discovers that he can actually sense the depletion of his divine sense and magical power within the ethereal body.
Whenever one's spiritual energy or magical power is exhausted, it will be immediately replenished.
This feeling is more real and the understanding is more profound than the previous methods of casting spells.
(End of this chapter)
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