Chapter 312 The Stone Turtle Makes Another Strange Move
Master Zhengyang summoned the Xuanhuang Pagoda. The magic weapon was initially only the size of a fist, but it grew larger as it was exposed to the wind.
It spun and flew to the top of the spirit peach tree, where it was already more than five feet tall, cascading down thousands of warm, yellow rays of light.
Master Zhengyang changed the hand seals in his hands, manipulating objects with his magic.
The spells that this Qi Refining disciple possessed were exceptionally powerful in his hands; the entire spirit peach tree, along with its roots, was uprooted.
A large pit remains underground, telling the story of the past.
He held his palm upright like a knife, and with a few seemingly casual swings, several golden lights flashed, slicing off three sections of tree roots as thick as an arm and about a foot long.
Ji An's pupils contracted slightly. The opponent's spell was clearly a golden light spell, but its sharp aura was several times stronger than his own.
When a cultivator breaks through to the Golden Core stage, the quality of their magical power will experience a qualitative leap.
The Xuanhuang Pagoda spun and rapidly shrank, disappearing back into the dantian of True Man Zhengyang.
He used his telekinesis again to send the spirit peach tree root to his disciple.
Ji An hurriedly took the tree root, put it into his storage bag, and bowed again:
"Thank you, Elder Ancestor."
Master Zhengyang waved his hand and with a single flip, stored the entire spirit tree into his Void Ring.
He pointed to the tree pit and said gently:
"When Han Yan delivers the peach seed to you, plant one here."
"After you take over the sect's herb garden, you will receive corresponding rewards upon completing the tasks."
He turned to the side and said, "Ge Ying, explain the specific reward rules to your disciple."
Ge Ying agreed:
"Disciple understands."
Master Zhengyang asked again:
"Ji An, when do you plan to officially take over Ningcui Cliff?"
The unspoken meaning behind his words was that he was urging his disciple to take over as soon as possible.
The sooner the other party takes over the medicine garden, the sooner the shortage of pills for the sect's Chaoyuan stage cultivators will be reduced.
The role of a Spirit Farmer in the Chaoyuan stage is bound to be much stronger than that of a Foundation Establishment stage disciple.
"I will be carrying out various missions in two years, so I plan to officially take over this place in two years."
Ji An replied that the two-year "vacation" without any missions must be fully taken.
Master Zhengyang nodded slightly; he could accept this timeframe.
"Okay, let's go with the time you said."
"Junior Brother Yuxiao, let's go."
Master Yuxiao nodded and gave instructions:
"Notify me immediately after you have cultivated a second-tier top-grade spirit peach."
You can go to the Treasure Pavilion and find Jia Yu; he can pass on the message.
Ji An nodded solemnly:
"Yes, sir. I will report the good news to the Ancestor as soon as possible."
He thought to himself, "Is it because the ancestor is unwilling to leave a mark of his magic power, or is it because my status in their hearts has not yet reached a high enough level?"
After the two Golden Core cultivators left, Master Ji and his disciples returned to their cave.
Ge Ying smiled and said:
"The ancestor wants you to take over Ningcui Cliff as soon as possible, so that I can let go sooner."
Ji An's face turned somewhat bitter as he said:
"Two years later, my tasks suddenly became much heavier. The Si Nong Hall, Ning Cui Cliff, and taking on disciples all required time and energy, and there simply wasn't enough time."
At that time, it will definitely be a busy period.
"With greater ability comes greater responsibility."
Once you've sorted out the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, you can let the other cultivators do their work, and you only need to supervise.
Other hall masters all did this; they delegated most of the trivial matters to the deputy hall masters, only needing to make major decisions.
Ji An nodded slightly. In the past, Ye Changqing had been in charge of all the trivial matters in the Diligent Work Hall, and Senior Brother Zhang Zizhao had hardly ever shown his face.
Ge Ying took out a jade slip and handed it over, saying:
"These past few years have been about taking care of the sect's medicinal garden rules. I'll give you a brief overview, and you can read the details when you get back."
The submitted medicinal herbs will be weighed, and the sect stipulates that a certain quantity must be submitted every so many years.
If you exceed the limit, you'll receive an extra small bonus; you can also choose to keep it.
"However, I still suggest you hand it all over, because you have accumulated enough merit points that you can make a request to the sect, and your needs will be given priority when allocating resources."
For example, if you compete for a spot in the Azure Lotus Burning Heart Flame in the future, having sufficient minor cultivation will give you a greater advantage.
"You can also negotiate with the sect to exchange your minor merit points for pills or high-level spiritual items. Even if the secret vault doesn't have them, the sect will find a way to get them for you from outside."
When dealing with powerful external forces, the treatment you receive when acting in the name of your sect is vastly different from when you act in your personal capacity.
Ji Anjing nodded quietly; that's the principle behind big businesses bullying their customers.
As time goes by, cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage will inevitably accumulate more and more minor cultivation techniques.
The sect will try every means to convert these minor merits into tangible benefits, otherwise the merit system will collapse.
That would shake the foundation of the sect, which is something no one wants to see.
Since sect cultivators do not have the blood ties that bind them together like family cultivators, they must maintain fairness and impartiality as much as possible, otherwise they will not go far.
Ji An chatted with his master until noon, had lunch, and then took his leave.
He activated the teleportation array, and after a blur of light and shadow, he arrived at a distance of 800 li in an instant, emphasizing convenience and speed.
Upon returning to Crimson Flame Peak, Ji An immediately flew on a cloud to the vicinity of the tea trees in the Jade Leaf Mulberry Field.
He took out a futon woven from soul-soothing grass from his storage bag and threw it on the ground. He then sat cross-legged on it and began to circulate the Five Elements Wheel Sutra.
He has only opened the Wood Element Divine Palace so far, and the effect of cultivation is better in places where spiritual plants are abundant.
Various five elements of spiritual light entered the mouth and nose along with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy circulated in the immortal veins, and ten Dao seeds flickered in the acupoints.
The liver glows with a vibrant green, the heart exudes a fiery energy, the spleen shines with a warm, yellowish light, the lungs shimmer with a silvery sheen, and the kidneys are moist and lustrous.
When practicing the Five Elements Revolving Scripture Wood Element Divine Palace Technique, it also has the effect of opening up the outer layer of veins in other divine palaces.
However, compared to opening up one's divine palace through the method of cultivation, it is much slower, but the advantage is that it does not require extra attention.
Every three major cycles of the cultivation technique, the spiritual energy is refined into magical power and flows into the dantian. This is the feast time for the stone tortoise and the primordial fire.
The stone tortoise's shell shimmered with light, and the primordial fire of its life force became even more active.
Ji An looked inward and examined his body; the exercise began to run on its own.
He 'saw' the stone tortoise slowly approaching the primordial fire, then its mouth moved, and a breath of pure spiritual energy gushed out.
The flames of the primordial fire suddenly rose a notch, and then "fatten up" a bit.
Ji An felt refreshed, and his spiritual energy, which had been depleted by consuming qi, was fully restored.
'What's going on? Is it giving out freebies again?'
He was overjoyed. A year later, the stone tortoise made the same move as the day he broke through to the Chaoyuan stage. Did this mean that such 'interactions' would become normal in the future?
The Flame of Life is the life force manifested from a cultivator's essence; its growth will nourish the cultivator.
In other words, Ji An's physical foundation was replenished, and his spiritual strength was also slightly improved.
Due to the influence of a cultivator's innate endowment, there is a limit to the growth of their primordial life fire. Some cultivators are born with a more vigorous primordial life fire than others.
If the growth brought by the stone tortoise is an 'extra' increase, it means that his total mana is significantly greater than that of other cultivators of the same level.
This is not the biggest benefit; the stronger the primordial fire, the more efficient the refining of the golden elixir.
The golden cores condensed by Golden Core cultivators are divided into grades, and those with a strong primordial fire are more likely to refine high-grade golden cores.
Overwhelmed with excitement, Ji An withdrew from his meditative state.
He didn't know if his guess was accurate; it would take time to verify.
If the speculation is true, it means that among cultivators of the same level, his foundation is among the strongest.
After a while, he suppressed his excitement and began to cultivate again.
Time flies, and the blazing sun turns into the setting sun.
The setting sun reflected on the water's surface, and a gentle breeze stirred it, creating countless mirrors that reflected a dazzling orange-red light.
Ji An withdrew from his cultivation and rode a cloud to the designated area to absorb Qi.
Four cool breaths entered my abdomen, warming my liver, and the warm breath spread to my limbs and bones.
He felt his ears and eyes were clear and bright, as if he could 'see' the path of the wind.
He made a hand seal and rode the clouds again, flying towards the cave halfway up the mountain.
After nourishing the spirit pine with his magic, he broke the magic barrier, entered the cave, and went to the quiet room to open the Fire Element Divine Palace.
Before establishing his residence, he made a point of checking the water clock.
Magical power flowed through his immortal veins, and golden light swirled around the surface of his heart. He controlled the magical power to reach the node of the third vein.
With meticulous care, the veins are expanded bit by bit.
After Ji An felt physically and mentally exhausted and withdrew from the mansion, he checked the dripper again and a smile appeared on his lips.
Thanks to the stone tortoise's help, the growth of the primordial fire indirectly enhanced the strength of the divine soul.
He spent half an hour longer than usual today in his private quarters, which is a significant improvement.
Just like a sprinter whose 100-meter time improved from 10.01 to 9.96, the progress is certainly not small.
Ji An lit the spirit charcoal, boiled a pot of spirit spring water, and leisurely brewed a cup of second-grade mid-level Cloud Peak Silver Needle tea.
After drinking the tea until it lost its flavor, he chewed and swallowed the tea leaves, making sure not to waste any of the tea's benefits.
Because they also had to focus on developing the Fire Elemental Palace, the tea produced on Crimson Flame Peak was still insufficient.
This predicament will continue for many years until all five prefectures are developed.
But Ji An knew that the more difficult things were now, the easier things would be later.
Mangcang Mountain, a cave at the bottom of an unnamed deep valley.
Black, bamboo shoot-shaped rocks jaggedly obscure the cave entrance. Continuing down the silent, dark cave, you will come to a small karst cave.
The surface of the altar, built of white bones, shimmered with a faint fluorescent light.
Suddenly, blue flames, half a foot high, rose up around the altar.
As if a wind were blowing, the flames twisted and swayed, casting distorted shadows on the rock face, resembling menacing demons.
In the center of the altar, the giant egg, covered with blood vessels, shook for a moment, and a pretty woman emerged from it.
Her hair was as black as satin, and her skin as white as snow.
A look of confusion flashed in the woman's eyes, her gaze unfocused as she stared at the rock wall above.
A moment later, her blank eyes gradually regained their color, and she let out bursts of coquettish laughter:
"I have finally completed the Divine Embryo Reincarnation Technique and even fused with a wisp of remnant soul left behind by the Blood Demon!"
"Haha, those Golden Core cultivators from those sects, you just wait!"
Her voice grew louder and louder, and it went on for a long time.
The Blood Demon Divine Embryo Rebirth Technique can recreate the divine soul, and from then on, she has no connection with the past.
The only bad news was that her golden core had vanished again, and her cultivation level had dropped to the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
(End of this chapter)
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