Chapter 306 Changing One's Mind in the Morning and Evening
Time flies when you're practicing spiritual cultivation; the years pass in the mountains. Half a year goes by in the blink of an eye.
Ji An ended the cultivation method and sighed:
"It's really not easy!"
It took half a year to finally uncover the seventy-two veins on the surface of the heart.
At this moment, only pale golden flame patterns could be seen intertwined on the surface of the heart, layer upon layer.
Opening the inner layer of meridians is several times more difficult than opening the outer layer. He doesn't know how much longer it will take for him to fully open the meridians of his heart.
Even at its slowest pace, it will only take a few years.
Once the core of the Fire Palace is formed, everything will be accomplished, and all the efforts will have been worthwhile.
There is no conflict in terms of timing between consuming fire and consuming wood to circulate qi. By opening both mansions simultaneously, one can save at least twenty or thirty years compared to others in terms of strengthening the core.
Ji An's mind sank into his dantian, connecting with the stone tortoise lying quietly beside the primordial fire.
Since he broke through to the Chaoyuan stage, the stone tortoise has become quiet and rarely moves.
Even when moving, it stays near the Yuanming Fire, never straying far, just like the demon beast guarding the spirit fruit.
Lines of text appeared in his mind, recording his achievements during this period.
[Master: Ji An]
[Tao Yun: Gold 2.2, Water 0, Wood 0, Fire 0.6, Earth 3.1]
[Spiritual Insights: Kan (坎) Spirit 135.4, Gen (艮) Spirit 152.2, Zhen (震) Spirit 106.6, Xun (巽) Spirit 156.6, Kun (坤) Spirit 5.6, Qian (乾) Spirit 139.7, Dui (兑) Spirit 6687.9, Li (离) Spirit 268.2]
【Spirit Sealing Technique (Mastery 7%)】
Detoxification Technique (Perfect 18%)
Azure Dragon Awakening Technique (Perfect 21%)
Cloud Dragon Rain Technique (Perfect 7%)
Zhu Rong Divine Fire Spell (Perfect 14%)
Yellow Dragon Vitality Enhancement Technique (Perfect 9%)
Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword (Perfect 10%)
Steel formed from the ground (6% complete)
Earth Escape Technique (Minor Success 21%)
The improvement of several spells is extremely slow. Ji An roughly calculated that it would take at least six or seven years to improve several planting spells to the Great Perfection level.
These days he has been busy opening up his divine palace, and his divine consciousness has been severely depleted, so he has no mind to practice spells.
Only after several divine palaces were successively opened did he have time to improve his spell level.
Ji An realized that there was still not enough time. No wonder cultivators preferred to rely on magical artifacts in battle. Where would they find the time and energy to improve their spell levels?
Moreover, practicing spells can lead to bottlenecks, and results may not be seen for a long time. Instead, spending half an hour each day refining spiritual artifacts can yield better feedback.
Ji An rubbed his head as he walked out of the cave. Due to the lack of spiritual tea, his depleted spiritual energy could not be replenished quickly and he could only wait for it to recover naturally.
This feeling is indescribably painful.
He rode a green cloud to an open space behind the mountain and began practicing the Golden Body Refining Technique.
My spiritual energy is severely depleted, making spell practice much less effective. However, body-refining techniques are less affected by my spiritual energy state, so I can continue practicing them.
And to be honest, thanks to the opening of the Wood Element Divine Palace, his body received deeper nourishment, and even without the necessary resources, his body-refining techniques made a breakthrough.
Now his physical attributes are comparable to those of a mid-Foundation Establishment stage demon beast, and the next step is to achieve true mastery of the Silver Armor.
Ji An got into a fighting stance, and with every move he made, a series of loud bangs echoed through the air.
He activated the technique of the Golden Jade Bone Body, and his magical power spread into his limbs and bones with his movements. His muscles and bones resonated, and a warm current rose from his tailbone, spiraling upwards like a giant dragon, reaching its peak before suddenly falling back down.
Heat rises within the body, and as the body's pores open, bursts of white mist are expelled outwards.
An hour later, Ji An slowed down and waited for his heart rate to gradually decrease before he finished his practice.
Back in his cave, he used the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique to take a comfortable bath.
When casting the Cloud Dragon Rain Spell, lightning flashes and thunder roars overhead; it cannot be used as a "life skill".
Ji An rode a cloud to the cold pool and smelled the aroma of tea.
Zhang Cuihua came forward and said with a smile:
"Grandmaster, the spiritual tea has been prepared."
This year, we obtained a total of 18.2 jin of second-tier mid-grade Cloud Peak Silver Hair and 5.4 jin of second-tier low-grade Jade Dew Golden Sprout.
"Very good, thank you for your hard work."
Go find Songtao later and collect the reward of twenty spirit stones.
Ji An smiled more. A few months ago, another Cloud Peak Jade Tree was cultivated to the second-tier mid-grade. In addition, the old tree's yield increased, and the mid-grade spiritual tea was nearly ten catties more than last year.
This would greatly alleviate the problems he is currently facing.
With enough spiritual tea to nourish the soul, the speed at which the Fire Element Divine Palace is opened will accelerate once again.
"Thank you for the reward, Grandmaster!"
Zhang Cuihua's eyes were full of smiles. Every year, just counting the rewards he received, he would receive seventy or eighty spirit stones.
Many disciples at the mid-stage of Qi Refining probably couldn't accumulate this much in a year.
If you also take into account her earnings from her work, her speed of earning spirit stones is comparable to that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
In another five or six years, she will be able to accumulate enough spiritual stones for a Foundation Establishment Pill for her child.
"Pack the Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea into gift boxes, one box contains three catties, one box contains half a catty, and five boxes contain one tael. Also, put two taels of Yunding Silver Needle tea into the gift box. I'm going to give it away tomorrow."
Ji An then instructed that Liu Yu take three jin, Master take half a jin, the other familiar fellow disciples take one liang, and the rest is for himself.
"Yes, ma'am, I'll get right away," Zhang Cuihua said, walking briskly toward the warehouse.
Ji An summoned Wei Songtao and instructed him:
"Tomorrow, you and Tian Tiezhu will deliver the spirit tea gift boxes to my senior brothers and sisters, namely Zhong Yuefei, Du Huaiyuan, Li Lingyu, and Mu Qingwan."
"Alright, please lend me the flying shuttle, Master."
The next day at dawn, Ji An left his cave and flew on a cloud to the Jade Leaf Mulberry Field.
He faced east, assumed a breathing posture, exhaled forcefully, and then inhaled naturally.
This was repeated four times, absorbing four strands of azure energy.
Now he is extremely skilled at absorbing wood and circulating qi, and can basically guarantee 100% absorption of qi.
The core of the Wood Elemental Palace shone with a vibrant green light, and it was noticeably larger than it had been six months ago.
The core may appear to be a physical entity, but it is actually just a phantom.
This applies to both the inner and outer layers of veins.
As the core grows stronger step by step, it will completely overlap with the liver, at which point it will truly become a physical entity, and the Wood Element Divine Palace will be truly complete.
At that time, the liver will completely transform and turn bright green.
The other divine palaces, like the Wood Palace, all need to go through a process of transforming from the illusory to the real to reach perfection.
After absorbing the Qi, Ji An sat down cross-legged on the spot and began to refine the spiritual Qi to enhance his magical power by circulating the Five Elements Wheel.
If you consume qi too often, your spirit will become weak, and you won't be able to muster the energy to practice your skills.
He tested it and found that absorbing four strands of Qi in the early morning and three strands in the evening was the best, so as not to affect cultivation or the opening of the Fire Palace at other times.
The cultivation path during the Chaoyuan stage is divided into three lines. The first line is exactly the same as the Foundation Establishment stage, which involves accumulating more magical power.
The second point is to open up the divine palace to absorb qi and strengthen the core of the divine palace.
The third principle is to cultivate the primordial fire of life.
Once all three lines are complete, the next step can be taken, where the five elements in the five internal organs flow continuously and generate endlessly.
Strictly speaking, there are only two lines, because the primordial fire increases with the increase of magical power and grows stronger with the growth of the core of the divine palace.
Some cultivators' life essence fire is not strong enough, so they use a separate cultivation method, using their essence and vital energy to nourish the fire seed.
Various colored lights surrounded him, entering his mouth and nose with each breath.
The spiritual energy circulated rapidly through the immortal veins, and after three major cycles, it was refined into magical power and flowed into the dantian.
The primordial fire and the stone tortoise began to feast, their flames leaping and their dantian transforming into a verdant world.
At Chen Shi (7-9 AM), Ji An finished his cultivation, rode a cloud to the stone house at the foot of the mountain, and activated the teleportation array to arrive at Ningcui Cliff.
In the morning, there is a natural flow of energy, so there is no need to eat breakfast.
He walked out of the stone house where the teleportation array was located and came to a nearby cave.
Take out the two gift boxes and present them to me with both hands:
"Master, this year's new tea has been processed. I've brought some for you and Senior Sister Ge to try."
Ji An knew that the Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea he had given to his master had been given to Senior Sister Ge, who was now breaking through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment and needed it.
However, Jade Dew Golden Buds were too precious, and he needed a lot of them. He also had to repay Liu Yu, so he didn't send more to Ge Luoying.
Ge Ying's lips curled upwards repeatedly, and the light in her eyes grew even more kind:
"Sit down quickly!"
The gifts I receive from you every year are the envy of even the cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage!
The sect didn't value Lingnong much, but now they have to start paying attention to him completely.
In the future, perhaps the sect will be able to become self-sufficient in high-level resources.
Every year, she receives second-tier mid-grade spiritual fruits, spiritual tea, pine nuts, and spiritual wine as tributes from her disciples. Other cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage would have to spend resources to obtain these items.
Looking back on her life, she realized that taking on this disciple was the proudest thing, as he was only the second cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage in the Ningcui Cliff lineage in hundreds of years.
Ji An sat in the chair, shook his head slightly and smiled:
"Achieving self-sufficiency in high-level resources is extremely difficult."
The sect's foundation is not yet sufficient; perhaps it will be enough in a few hundred more years.
The sect's spiritual veins were upgraded twice before a third-tier spiritual vein was cultivated.
It takes time to transform the benefits of spiritual vein enhancement into a foundational quality.
"Under your management, Crimson Flame Peak has become as prosperous as it is today in just a few decades."
I believe that once you take over Ningcui Cliff, you will significantly enhance the sect's foundation within thirty years.
Ge Ying's tone was optimistic. This disciple always brought her surprises. And importantly, this disciple was quite lucky and almost never encountered any bad luck.
She paused for a moment and then said:
"You must fight for the Azure Lotus Heart-Burning Flame; it is of paramount importance to alchemists."
Ji An nodded emphatically, "We must fight for it. I estimate that the Heavenly Spirit Fire can be divided into three or four fire seeds. It shouldn't be a problem to obtain one of them."
The biggest competitor is Li Haoran, but he is a sword cultivator, and a pure sword cultivator will not use anything other than a sword.
He has at least a hundred years to plan, and there aren't many truly competitive rivals.
With so many years of preparation, he has likely become a cultivator at the fifth level of the Chaoyuan realm.
If you think even bolder, becoming a Golden Core Ancestor isn't impossible.
If a Golden Core cultivator wanted a seed of fire, it would be a piece of cake.
Ge Ying's smile widened, and she said:
"I'm relieved that you know what's going on."
(End of this chapter)
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