Chapter 995 Three Flowers Gather at the Top
Ayun walked over quickly, smiling before she spoke, "Your Majesty, we just discovered that two Ghost Mushrooms have been cultivated to the fifth level, and there are about thirty more that are currently undergoing metamorphosis."
In the future, the Ghost Mushroom will also enter the fifth tier era.
Ji An smiled and said, "It's really not easy. It's too difficult for this kind of spiritual plant to break through to a higher level."
He had possessed the Ghost Mushroom for nearly seven hundred years, and even with the excellent conditions of the Calabash World, it had taken him so long to cultivate it.
However, it was all worth it. With the seeds of Tier 5 Ghost Mushrooms, more Tier 5 Ghost Mushrooms could be cultivated in large quantities.
Using Ghost Mushrooms of this level as fertilizer will shorten the time required to cultivate Soul-Nourishing Wood to a mid-grade fifth rank by 30-40%.
"Once the fifth-tier ghost mushrooms mature, we will use the spores of these plants for seeds. Now, send people to eradicate all the other fourth-tier superior and lower-tier plants."
Ayun nodded, "I understand. All new plants will be removed regularly before the fifth-tier plants mature."
Ji An nodded slightly, "You just need to make your plans. I need to start cultivating now. You can go ahead and do your work."
He paused for a moment, then continued:
"By the way, please inform the guards, Big Yellow and the others, that I am preparing to go into seclusion for cultivation. Unless Yunmiao Sanren sends word to hunt a sea beast at the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm, please cancel all social engagements for me."
He doesn't have many social engagements, and he will emerge from seclusion once every eight to ten years to reconnect with his fellow Daoists.
"Yes, ma'am."
Ji An let out a long roar, summoning the Five Banners back.
Once all the five flags had entered his dantian, he sat down cross-legged and activated the Melting Gold Divine Fire Technique, while simultaneously commanding the five flags to form a cycle.
Because of the Flame Light Flag and the Mysterious Origin Water Control Flag, doing this can accelerate the accumulation of the foundation of one's natal spiritual treasure.
Although the grade of one's natal spiritual treasure cannot exceed one's cultivation level, it can be nurtured to its maximum potential.
In that case, as long as his cultivation level increases, his natal spiritual treasure will be able to quickly complete the upgrade of its grade.
The five-colored flowers that grow from the fifth-grade superior Gathering Yuan Tree emit a delicate fragrance that can be smelled in every corner of the gourd world.
Ji An sat cross-legged under the tree, with an incense burner placed in front of, behind, and to his left and right, burning incense containing ingredients of the Soul-Nourishing Flower.
Above his head was a funnel-shaped vortex of spiritual energy, and his hair, like strands of silver, flew in the gale.
The vortex covered an area of nearly a thousand acres, and five-colored spiritual light surged from all directions, illuminating the sky like neon lights.
He quickly swallowed the spiritual energy, and after two cycles, it was refined into Yin and Yang energy.
In the Guanghan Palace, the Nascent Soul sat cross-legged in the main hall. As the hand seals in his hands changed, countless strands of black spiritual light were compressed and swallowed into his stomach.
The two spiritual clouds above the Nascent Soul's head swirled rapidly, their figures becoming somewhat blurry amidst flashes of light.
At the edge of the gourd world, Yue Ling'er gazed intently at the center of the world, feeling the slowly but steadily rising spiritual pressure, her heart filled with admiration.
Ah Yun twisted her sleeves nervously and asked:
"Ling'er, this is the twelfth time His Majesty has attempted to break through to a new realm. Do you think he will succeed?"
Five hundred years have passed since His Majesty decided to go into seclusion.
For other mid-stage Three Flowers Realm cultivators, this amount of time is not much different from taking a nap, but the Lord reached the bottleneck about a hundred years ago with his own efforts and the support of various fifth-tier spiritual fruits.
Yue Ling'er gently shook her head, then slowly nodded:
"I don't know either. Your Majesty's level of understanding is far beyond mine, and I can't see anything at all."
However, ever since Your Majesty began your breakthrough, I've felt an inexplicable excitement, so I believe it's very likely that you'll break through this time as well.
She couldn't explain why she had such an intuition, but she felt a certainty in her heart.
Her eyebrows furrowed tightly, and she said softly:
"How long has Your Majesty waited in the Three Flowers Realm? Do you remember?"
"Five hundred and forty-six years."
"Why"
Yue Ling'er let out an envious sigh, pursed her lips and remained silent, staring intently at the towering vortex of spiritual energy.
Ayun stopped speaking. She sensed the flow of spiritual energy accelerating, indicating that the Lord had reached the most crucial moment.
When the ruler cultivates, he can draw spiritual energy from the entire small world, but the closer he gets to the edge, the lower his control becomes.
At this moment, Ji An took out a few spiritual fruits, five-colored flowers, and mulberries, put them into his mouth one by one, chewed them casually a few times, spat out the pits, and swallowed them.
One Soul-Nourishing Fruit to replenish severely depleted spiritual energy; two bunches of Fusang Mulberries, one Azure Jade Fruit, one Cloud-Panning Fruit, and one Five-Colored Flower—these are to replenish magical power.
The five-colored flower is a fifth-grade superior quality, while the others are all fifth-grade mid-grade.
The spiritual veins in the gourd world are still at the mid-grade level of the fifth rank. They are usually sufficient for his cultivation, but they are not enough when he breaks through.
After being replenished, Ji An's declining condition began to recover. He activated his cultivation technique with all his might, drawing in as much spiritual energy as possible as quickly as possible.
At this moment, wisps of primordial spiritual energy emanated from the Gathering Yuan Tree, the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch, the Coiling Cloud Tree, the Azure Jade Tree, and the Fusang Tree. These wisps were absorbed by the Yin-Yang Dao Seed and transmitted into Ji An's body.
The spiritual roots of heaven and earth have been nourished for many years, and now they are repaying this kindness.
Ji An felt a pure and vigorous spiritual energy of the five elements enter his body, and the quality of the Yin and Yang power he refined suddenly improved a lot.
He was immediately overjoyed, and the speed at which he circulated his cultivation technique broke through the limit, instantly becoming several times faster.
The stone tortoise also joined in the fun, spitting out a mouthful of white spiritual energy and injecting it into the Yuanming Fire, causing the spiritual fire, symbolizing the vigor of life force, to suddenly surge.
With perfect timing, favorable location, and harmonious relationships, the nascent soul in the Moon Palace transformed into afterimages, its hand seals rapidly changing.
A moment later, a pale golden spiritual cloud appeared above the Nascent Soul's head. This was a divine flower that manifested as one entered the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm.
The white jade-colored flower of essence and the silver-white flower of air froze the moment the flower of divinity appeared, and then the three flowers began to rotate in unison.
The spiritual pressure within Ji An exploded outwards, and a shockwave from the strong winds burst outwards.
Seeing all the spirit trees fall towards the edge of the small world, Yue Ling'er exclaimed in surprise:
"Your Majesty has broken through!"
Ayun burst into laughter, "Haha!"
The shockwave reached them in a very short time. Ayun's mouth was filled with the gale, as if her neck was being choked, and she felt suffocated for a moment.
After breaking through, Ji An suppressed his elation and continued to circulate his cultivation technique to stabilize his realm.
The stone tortoise left his dantian and appeared below the meditation cushion, the tai chi diagram on its back slowly rotating.
A new surprise arrived: Ji An discovered that the speed at which the cultivation technique was operating had increased once again.
If the body is likened to a magnet, its magnetism has doubled at this moment!
Located at the edge of the small world, A-Yun felt the attraction from afar suddenly increase, and spiritual energy frantically converged towards the center. The spiritual energy contained in the land was also drawn out and quickly flew towards the center.
The five elements' spiritual energy is like shooting stars, trailing long, bright tails. If someone were to observe it from above the Gathering Yuan Tree, they would see the entire world at this moment resemble a blooming five-colored flower.
Ji An sensed that more Yin-Yang power was disappearing from his body, being absorbed by the Yin-Yang Dao Seed and then dissipating into the earth.
By circulating his cultivation technique, he can draw in more spiritual energy and the five elements, and transmit more pure Yin and Yang power back to the earth, forming a beautiful cycle.
The entire gourd world served as his training ground, and he, in turn, more efficiently nourished the spiritual veins of the smaller world; everything was so harmonious.
After his cultivation breakthrough, his cultivation techniques became somewhat inadequate to keep up with his strength. By the time he creates a cultivation technique suitable for the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm, the small world will probably be unable to support his full cultivation.
Two hours later, Ji An finished circulating his cultivation technique and said happily:
"The next step is to accelerate the cultivation of the spiritual veins."
With the help of the stone turtle, he could efficiently improve his cultivation even without elixirs, so he had to prioritize upgrading the grade of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Wood.
Currently, in the Calabash World, only the Gathering Yuan Tree has reached the fifth-order superior grade. Ji An needs to upgrade the other fifth-order mid-grade spiritual roots of heaven and earth so as to efficiently enhance the spiritual veins of the small world.
Yue Ling'er and A Yun flew to the center of the small world and bowed in unison:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your breakthrough in cultivation! You are one step closer to the Cave Heaven Realm!"
This is not a compliment; it is the truth, and they are not exaggerating.
As loyal servants of their sovereign, they felt honored.
Ji An laughed heartily twice, "There's still a long way to go before you can break through to the next level!"
Only when the Divine Flower is polished to a golden color will one's cultivation reach the peak of the Three Flowers Realm, and only then will one be qualified to talk about breaking through to the Cave Heaven.
Only after breaking through from the first realm within their own body can a cultivator from a grotto-heaven dare to claim to be "outside the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements".
He pointed to a nearby table, "Sit down and talk."
After everyone was seated, he spoke to A-Yun:
"From now on, we will suspend the excavation of the soil and focus all our efforts on cultivating the spiritual veins."
The excavated soil is refined into five elements of spiritual soil, such as Azure Emperor's Splendid Soil and Crimson Emperor's Flaming Soil, and will eventually be divided into two parts.
Part of it is used to maintain transactions with the Crescent Moon Hermit, and the other part is used to cultivate the rank of the Five Elements Divine Mountain.
Although the Five Elements Divine Mountain has not yet reached the middle grade of the fifth rank, the power of the Five Directions Flag is enough for him to deal with any challenge.
Now that his cultivation has broken through, the quality of his magical power will be purified in a few days, and both his combat power and the power of his planting spells will increase by several times.
Now he can proudly say that no cultivator below the Cave Heaven level can rival him.
Ayun nodded slightly, "Yes, sir. I will inform the other puppets in a moment."
She smiled and asked expectantly:
"Your Majesty, when shall we prepare for the celebration?"
The so-called celebration is to announce the ruler's power to the outside world.
Ji An waved his hand and smiled:
"Let's skip the big celebration. In a few years, I'll invite some friends over for a get-together, which will serve as a kind of announcement."
If they do not leave the planet where the Golden Spirit Sect is located, the celebration must be held in a grand manner to spread its fame.
Having grown accustomed to living alone on Ziwei Star and not intending to cultivate any power, there's no need for him to publicize it extensively. He can simply spread the news of his cultivation breakthrough through a friend's words.
He currently maintains contact with only four cultivators: Queyue Sanren, Yunmiao Sanren, Xuanshuang Sanren, and Qiuyue Sanren.
These individuals are all late-stage Three Flowers Realm cultivators, and can be considered the backbone of Shanghai Star City.
Because Yunmiao Sanren relies on hunting sea beasts for cultivation, he is not in the city for many years. Ji An plans to hold a gathering after he returns.
Ayun chuckled twice in agreement, "Your subordinate will prepare the spirit wine and dishes in advance."
Half a month later, Ji An stabilized his realm, and the spiritual pressure that he had been unable to control due to his improved cultivation was regained.
He left the small world and walked out of the cave, flying to the cave of the Crescent Moon Hermit, much to the surprise of the latter.
After exchanging pleasantries, the two took their seats, and the Recluse of the Crescent Moon inquired:
"According to your habit, you only emerge from seclusion for ten days or half a month every ten years to reunite with your friends."
It's only been five years since our last gathering. What problem have you encountered, fellow Daoist?
In his view, if a highly disciplined cultivator were to act abnormally, it must mean that he had encountered some kind of obstacle.
Ji An smiled and shook his head, "I didn't encounter any accidents; on the contrary, it was a good thing."
A few days ago, I broke through my cultivation level. Because the spiritual veins in my body are of low grade, they cannot provide enough spiritual energy for my cultivation. Therefore, I need to speed up the cultivation process.
We have signed an agreement to supply spiritual soil, and following this transaction, I request a temporary suspension of supplies.
"ah?!"
Crescent Moon Hermit was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly cupped his hands in congratulations:
"Fellow Daoist, your talent is truly admirable!"
He did some quick calculations and remembered roughly when the other party broke through to the mid-stage of the Three Flowers Realm. After the calculations, he was shocked.
The other party broke through the realm in just over five hundred years; such a speed was unheard of.
The lifespan of cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm is generally over 20,000 years, and 500 years is just a small segment of that time.
It took him over 2,600 years to break through from the mid-stage to the late-stage of the Three Flowers Realm, a fraction of which was a hundred years longer than his opponent's.
Compared to him, he was really too clumsy.
"I am unworthy of such praise from you, fellow Daoist."
“Fellow Daoist, there’s no need to be modest. No cultivator in Starfish City has ever broken through to the Three Flowers Realm in such a short time.”
The Crescent Moon Hermit was filled with mixed emotions. Judging from the other party's performance, it would take at most two thousand years for him to raise his cultivation to the perfect Three Flowers Realm.
Take one more step forward, and you'll reach the Celestial Lord!
At that moment, he realized with a start that he had never truly seen through the other person's true nature.
Suppressing the bittersweet feeling welling up inside him, he sighed and said:
"The Five Elements Spiritual Soil provided by fellow Daoists has earned me more recognition from fellow Daoists. Without the supply of this spiritual soil, life would be difficult."
By the way, how many years will it take for the supply to be restored, fellow Daoist?
High-quality spiritual soil can not only reduce the difficulty of refining spiritual treasures, but also enhance their power. A stable supply of high-quality soil is extremely difficult to find.
The spiritual soil supplied by the other party was not only more spiritually potent, but also contained fewer impurities, making it the best quality Five Elements spiritual soil he had ever handled.
Ji An scratched his head, "This humble Taoist priest is also unsure. Fellow Taoist, please find a replacement as soon as possible."
The stone tortoise can help with spiritual practice, something he never dared to dream of before, and he will seize this opportunity.
The Recluse of the Crescent Moon sighed again, "Alright, that's the only way."
"By the way, fellow Daoist's breakthrough in cultivation is something to celebrate. When will the celebration be held? I'd like to prepare a congratulatory gift in advance."
(End of this chapter)
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