Chapter 284 Foundation Building Body Cultivation
Ji An took out a golden communication sword, entered the information, activated it, and then looked up slightly as the golden light disappeared into the distance.
Seeing the smile on his junior brother's face, Du Huaiyuan asked with considerable curiosity:
"What good news is this?"
The cheerful mood emanating from the other party spread like the fragrance of flowers, which must be great news.
Ji An brandished the golden sword in his hand, his eyes gleaming.
"Uncle-Master Jia purchased several advanced spells from cultivators in the Central Continent and urged me to study hard so that I could reach the learning standard as soon as possible."
Different stages of spells have distinct requirements for the quality of mana. For a Qi Refining cultivator, the mana in their dantian is in a gaseous state, making it impossible to release a Foundation Establishment level spell.
Although the mana in the body of a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage is also liquid, it is much more viscous than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. In addition, with the constant tempering and nourishment of the Yuanming Fire, the quality of the mana far exceeds that of the Foundation Establishment stage.
The quality of a Golden Core cultivator's magical power represents a significant leap forward, the mysteries of which are beyond his current comprehension.
Du Huaiyuan immediately understood the meaning behind the words and said half-jokingly:
“My dear junior brother, if one day you become a sect leader and an ancestor, you must not forget the ‘brewing master’ of Crimson Flame Peak today.”
Both of them are currently at the Foundation Establishment stage and have a lot in common. However, as the other's cultivation level continues to improve, the circles they belong to will inevitably change.
Time flows quietly like a river, and it's uncertain whether the brothers who once got along well can still talk like they do today.
Ji An gave a haughty "hmm," then said in a sarcastic tone:
"If you do a good job, I can buy another pill for my cultivation!"
"Hehe," Xia Yulian covered her mouth and giggled, and Du Huaiyuan also laughed loudly, pointing a few times with his finger:
"You!"
Regardless of what the future holds, at this moment, their relationship remains as close as ever.
After lunch, Xia Yulian drank a second-grade low-quality Yunding Silver Needle Tea, then stood up and said:
"Senior brother, you two continue your conversation. I'll go check on Lan Bei and see what realm it's at now."
Because she had been carrying out missions for the sect, she hadn't set foot on Crimson Flame Peak for almost a year.
"Seventh level of Qi Refining".
"Wow, so fast! It's already a late-stage Qi Refining demon beast!"
In Xia Yulian's opinion, the Azure Water Turtle has been progressing at a rapid pace, advancing a small realm every year for the past few years!
Ji An shook his head, his face slightly bitter:
"That's slow enough! I will never raise turtle-type demon beasts again, unless they have a Heavenly Grade bloodline."
Of his current tamed beasts, the Golden Fur is at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment and the Yellow Fur is at the first level of Foundation Establishment; both are quite capable and more than enough to deal with demonic beasts in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.
Rhubarb is of the Earthly Rank, with the Earth and Fire elements complementing each other, giving it a great chance to break through to the Chaoyuan stage in the future.
The Golden Feathered Eagle has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, possessing abundant demonic power. After another half year of refinement, he plans to purchase elixirs from Senior Sister Li Minghui to help his beast tamer break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
At that time, the demonic bird will have no problem fighting against early Foundation Establishment level beast-type demonic beasts.
The Yunhe Mountain lineage has a history of raising Golden Feathered Eagles for over a hundred years. As long as they are raised step by step, there will be no problem in eventually obtaining a beast at the late Foundation Establishment stage.
The Grey-feathered Sand Goose is somewhat of a minor character, but it is still a Foundation Establishment Level 2 demon beast. Now it is a diligent 'driver' and can also play a role.
The Azure Water Turtle has consumed a large number of top-grade Heavenly Origin Pears, yet it has only just reached the late stage of Qi Refining. This is outrageous!
The effort put in is completely disproportionate to the reward. Now it can only be used as a refrigerator compressor to make ice to keep food fresh or to make chilled juice.
"Turtle-type monsters, they unleash their power later on!"
My junior brother will have no problem breaking through to the Chaoyuan stage; we have time to wait for him to grow gradually.
Du Huaiyuan chuckled inwardly. Generally speaking, those who raise turtle-type demon beasts are families and sects, who pass it down from generation to generation. Eventually, the fruits of their labor will be borne.
However, when cultivators raise such demonic beasts, it often leads to the comical situation of "the person dies but the turtle is still alive".
Ji An grinned. At his current rate of cultivation improvement, Lan Bei really could only be kept as a pet.
Xia Yulian walked towards the cold pool with a light laugh, and together with Zhang Cuihua fed the spirit fish and the blue water turtle.
The two rode in a lotus-leaf-shaped magical artifact as large as a carriage, shattering the sun in the water. The layers of golden light dazzled the eyes.
Du Huaiyuan also stood up and said:
"Junior brother, I'm going to take a stroll around the spirit field to check the quality of the mulberries, so I can have a better idea of what to expect."
Although he wasn't a lingon farmer, he felt a surge of joy upon seeing the abundant fruit hanging on the branches.
Picking some mulberries to eat while you're at it would be an even better thing.
"I won't accompany you, Senior Brother," Ji An waved goodbye and steered his flying shuttle toward the mountainside.
He first went to the shady side of the mountain and began practicing the Golden Jade Bone Body technique.
This body-strengthening exercise has now become a health-preserving exercise, and he practices it for half an hour every afternoon.
As the cultivation technique is activated, the spiritual food and wine consumed at lunch will soon be refined into spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy disperses into the five internal organs to nourish the blood and qi, while the blood and qi are drawn together, like a surging river constantly washing over the muscles.
Ji An controlled his pores to close tightly, his skin taut.
The body is like a sturdy cauldron, and the vital energy and blood are like the burning fire in the furnace.
As the method is practiced, the pores open periodically, and the rising white mist shoots out of the body like a strong wind, resembling rolling clouds.
Impurities accumulated in the body are expelled along with it, making the body feel lighter.
This set of techniques is extremely powerful, but Ji An has the supply of Tianyuan Pears, so his body has no hidden injuries.
The force originates from the feet, travels down the thighs to the waist, and is unleashed with the combined power of the whole body, producing a sonic boom.
At the same time, he felt a moment of clarity in his mind, and a surge of hot heat rose from his tailbone, like a flying dragon spiraling upwards, with crackling sounds coming from his bones.
Ji An felt his internal organs shudder, his muscles tense and relax, and an even stronger sense of power filled his heart.
The body naturally and unintentionally breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the toughness and strength of the skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs are improved in all aspects.
Now, he can be considered a genuine Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.
He clenched his fist lightly, and with a seemingly casual wave, another loud bang rang out.
"Comfortable!"
Ji An laughed three times, finally feeling the exhilarating sensation of body tempering.
He took out a Heavenly Yuan Pear from his storage bag, quickly ate it clean, and then rode his flying shuttle back to his cave.
He took off his robes and used the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique to wash away the sweat from his body with a refreshing spiritual rain.
After resting with his eyes closed for a while, Ji An entered the Earth Fire Chamber.
The futons in the room were worn out and completely flattened.
"I'm so frugal, it's time to get a new one!"
He muttered to himself, then sat cross-legged on the futon and used his object manipulation technique to move the Azure Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace from the wall to his front.
Because he spends most of his time improving his cultivation, alchemy is only something he does occasionally.
To this day, he still has materials for more than a dozen batches of Qinglian Pills.
Ji An opened the magic barrier, manipulated the Three Yang Pill Fire Technique to control the surging earth fire, quickly warming the pill furnace, and then skillfully put various materials into it to refine the divine essence.
After completing all the preparations, he shut off the earth fire and used the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique to cleanse the alchemy furnace.
Using earth fire to temper the divine essence is for the sake of speed; next, we will use spirit charcoal to refine the Azure Lotus Pill.
Using top-grade first-tier Qingling bamboo charcoal as a fire source for alchemy, the wood elemental energy contained within helps enhance the efficacy of the Qinglian Pill.
The spirit charcoal was lit, and under the control of the Three Yang Elixir Fire Technique, the flames evenly enveloped the Azure Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace.
The blue lotus on the surface of the alchemy furnace shimmered with a faint spiritual light, making it appear even more verdant and vibrant. The fire cloud patterns shimmered with light, like rising flames.
Ji An moved his fingers swiftly, controlling the heat, nurturing the fire, and circulating the fire at will, maintaining the flames enveloping the alchemy furnace in an extremely stable state.
The essence of various medicinal herbs slowly blended in the alchemy furnace, and a faint fragrance permeated the room, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.
Sensing that the time was right, he made a hand seal to open the alchemy furnace, and his hand gestures changed as he manipulated the method of dividing the elixir to condense the liquid into a pill.
The emerald green pills slowly solidified, forming eight pills, two of which were of the finest quality.
"Not bad, we have successfully refined eight pills in several batches, and our experience in refining the Azure Lotus Pill has increased."
Ji An, narcissistically shaking his head, put the pills into jade bottles.
He cleaned the alchemy furnace and strolled away from the cave.
Outside the cave, the sunset was magnificent, and two fiery pine trees swayed gently.
At Chaoyang Peak, the cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage emerged from the Wuji Hall and dispersed.
Master Zhengyang assigned combat missions and transferred a large number of elite cultivators away from the sect.
Lin Qiubai led his disciples to the treasure pavilion and saw that Jia Yu had a jade slip pasted on his forehead and his eyebrows were like tangled worms, tightly pressed together.
"Junior brother, why are you looking so gloomy? We don't need you to go on the mission to support Yuanhe Mountain in the battle!"
Jia Yu removed the jade slip from his forehead and said with a wry smile:
"I've looked through them, and these planting spells are all quite difficult. They require a high level of skill in both condensing the spell seal and precisely controlling the magic power."
The difficulty is even higher than those offensive spells. If Lingnong has such abilities, why doesn't he become a carefree combat cultivator?
His lips twitched. He had been too clever for his own good, but he had miscalculated.
Lin Qiubai chuckled and shook his head, saying:
"I feel that since Ji An, these spells will be forgotten in the Transmission Hall."
He was quite confident in Ji An's ability to master these spells. Judging from Ji An's understanding of the Green Wood Everlasting Technique, there was absolutely no problem in Ji An mastering the Azure Dragon Awakening Technique to a high level.
With a safety net, even if you can't cultivate other spells to a high level, it's not a complete loss.
"With Ji An's abilities, the sect can definitely recoup the cost of twelve high-grade spirit stones; it just depends on how long it takes him."
Jia Yu scratched his head, handed over the jade slip, and said:
"Please trouble you, senior brother, to deliver the magic jade slip to the Transmission Hall."
When the other party returns to Yingyue Peak, they can simply detour to Lingxiao Mountain, which won't take much time.
"You certainly know how to order people around."
"The capable should do more work!"
Lin Qiubai laughed and scolded:
"Bullshit! The capable should do these trivial errands?"
Li Haoran spoke up:
"Master, I'll go deliver it and stop by the Diligence Hall on the way to exchange the materials from the monsters I've killed these past few days for contribution points."
The Treasure Pavilion only accepts Tier 2 materials, but he has a large number of Tier 1 materials.
He took out the jade token and said:
"I'll exchange some mid-grade second-tier spiritual items to refine my flying sword."
After he finished speaking, he named several materials.
After breaking through to the Chaoyuan stage, the level of his flying sword gradually became unable to keep up with his growth and needed to be refined again.
Jia Yu nodded, "I'll get it for you."
He entered the secret vault, retrieved the spiritual item, and deducted a small merit from the jade tablet.
After the transaction was completed, Lin Qiubai nodded with a smile and said:
"We take our leave now and return to Yingyue Peak to recuperate."
After the two left, a golden sword carrying messages flew into the main hall.
Jia Yu probed with his divine sense, "Uncle-Master, please wait patiently. It will take at least three years, and at most five years, for me to break through to the Chaoyuan stage."
Young Master Ji is very confident! Good, that's the kind of spirit a cultivator should have.
The next day, in Qingyun Immortal City.
The cultivator felt the shadow above his head dissipate, and when he looked up, he saw a clear blue sky.
The merchant ship, seemingly shrouded in dark clouds above the immortal city, moved at a seemingly slow but actually fast pace, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
"What's going on? According to past practice, the flying ships from Central Continent should stay for three years!"
The cultivators were discussing among themselves, their words tinged with unease. Since the arrival of the flying boat, the situation in the Immortal City had stabilized after a period of turmoil, but now that the cultivators from the Central Continent had left, they were feeling insecure again.
"Judging from the direction the flying boat left, it was heading towards Yuanhe Mountain. It seems that several sects and cultivators from the Central Continent have reached an agreement to lift the siege of Yuanhe Mountain."
"Hehe, Yuanhe Mountain has been attacked by demonic beasts for years; it deserves this calamity."
The monk who spoke had a gloating look on his face. Seeing the once high and mighty one fall into disgrace, he felt a strange sense of pleasure.
At this moment, aboard the flying boat.
Master Qiongxiao took out a brocade box and smiled:
"I have a demon core in my possession. Fellow Daoist, what is its value?"
As she spoke, she made a hand seal, and the brocade box flew to the front of the Cangwu True Man.
Master Cangwu opened the brocade box, picked up the pale golden demon core, probed it with his divine sense, and after careful examination, said:
"The inner core of the demon king at the fourth level of the Golden Core stage is of excellent quality, and the demon king is not far from becoming a fifth-level Golden Core cultivator."
"You're very lucky, Master. I wonder what you'd like to exchange your demon core for?"
Monster cores have a wide range of uses; the pills refined from them can be consumed by cultivators, used by beast tamers, and even used for crafting magical artifacts.
"Of course, I want to exchange it for pills that can enhance my cultivation. The most suitable pill for me right now is the Purple Lotus Heaven-Burning Pill."
After pondering for a moment, Master Cangwu said:
"The Purple Lotus Heaven-Burning Pill is a pill for the early stage of the Golden Core realm. This demon core can be exchanged for ten pills. I wonder if this price satisfies you, Master?"
The other party was a disciple of the True Lord, and the price he offered was very sincere.
Qiongxiao smiled, her gaze softening considerably:
"I am very satisfied. I wonder when you will be able to complete the exchange, fellow Daoist?"
The other party's offer was one more than she had expected, which seemed to be an invitation from the other party.
The pills taken by cultivators at the Golden Core stage often require spiritual herbs that are thousands of years old or the inner core of a demon king.
In the Lingxu Sect, even though she was a True Monarch disciple, she could only be allocated a few pills every few years for cultivation, and she had to meditate on her own to improve her cultivation level.
These ten pills can save at least twenty or thirty years of hard work.
Thinking of this, she became even more satisfied with the Golden Core cultivators from the Western Continent.
"The transaction can be completed now."
Cangwu Zhenren probed the Dongxu Stone Ring with his divine sense and took out a light red jade bottle.
"Ten Purple Lotus Heaven-Burning Pills, please inspect them, fellow Daoist."
The jade bottle flew through the air and was steadily caught by Master Qiongxiao.
She poured out the pills; ten fiery red pills radiated spiritual energy and emitted a faint fragrance.
After carefully examining them, she scraped off some powder from each pill and tasted it.
"Yes, ten genuine pills. Transaction complete!"
(End of this chapter)
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