Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

Chapter 260: Chapter 243: Life Light

The veins appeared on the liver like the pattern of leaf veins, resembling blooming green flowers.

In the heart, gold and orange merged together, with flame patterns lighting up the surface.

The light of Gui Shui nourished the kidneys, with a faint mist pattern spreading.

The radiance of Ji Earth illuminated the spleen, presenting a pattern like a desert sea.

The trajectory of the sun changed, Ji An finished his cultivation, and opened his eyes.

In his pupils, a phenomenon arose: a giant tree grew vigorously, celestial thunder struck and turned it to ashes, and it instantly disintegrated into mud.

The phenomenon slowly disappeared, reflecting the sun in his eyes.

What is wood? Is it plants?

No, plants are wood, and yet not wood.

Wood is a kind of Qi, a Qi of vigorous growth, a Qi where life force is hidden. It is flowing, never confined to plants.

Ji An furrowed his brows, meditating for a long time. He felt he vaguely grasped more things.

What is called the mutual generation of the Five Elements should refer to transformation, from one form to another.

For example, pouring pine nut wine into clear spirit bamboo—the spirit wine, nourished by wood Qi, becomes more fire-attributed.

In this transformation process, the spirit bamboo is constantly outputting.

With this realization, the world in his eyes seemed to have changed.

…

At Sunrise Peak, in Wuji Hall, the celestial cyan glazed tiles shone brightly under the sunlight.

Ji An piloted the flying shuttle slowly descending, the sunlight shining from behind him casting a shadow on the ground.

He stepped into the main hall and saw a semicircular white jade platform more than three feet tall built against the northern wall.

Around the platform were scattered many pudun, some white ones woven from calming grass, and pale yellow ones woven from Ningxin grass.

Quite a few cultivators had already arrived, sitting in small groups whispering, about thirty people in total.

Ji An looked around and spotted a few familiar faces, Mo Mountain, Teng Zhiyuan, Li Yuangong, Liuu Suyun, and others among them.

He went over to greet them, returned to his most familiar acquaintances, grabbed a pudun, and sat down.

“Senior brother, senior sister, you came so early.

Senior Brother Liu, when did you return to the sect?”

Three days ago, he received a communication golden sword, and the lecture was to be held today at late morning. There was still half an hour until 7:00 AM, yet so many people had already arrived.

Liu Yu recently went to Mingfeng Mountain and managed to rush back in time for the lecture.

“I returned yesterday by spirit ship. Hall Master Lin arranged the lecture time considering how disciples on outside missions could rush back.”

Liu Yu was somewhat excited. The lecturer was Hall Master Lin Jiuxiao from the Law Enforcement Hall, who practiced a fire element technique, which would certainly be helpful to him.

Zhong Yuefei whispered:

“I’ve been to Wuji Hall to listen to the lecture more than ten times, and the Junior Martial Uncles who lecture either practice a fire element, a metal element, or an earth element technique. I always feel the benefit isn’t too great.”

She was quite troubled. It seemed no Junior Martial Uncle in the sect practiced a wood element technique, making it difficult to draw parallels.

Ji An smiled and said:

“Among the foundation establishment disciples in the sect, the most commonly chosen cultivation techniques are these kinds, so there are more cultivators who practice such techniques breaking through to the Chao Origin Stage.

I’ve heard that Chao Origin Stage cultivators’ techniques incorporate the Five Elements. Perhaps the Junior Martial Uncles who lectured before hadn’t reached the realm of the Five Elements endless life, so they couldn’t speak about the mysteries of the wood element techniques.”

He paused, asking:

“Isn’t Senior Sister Ge coming to the lecture?”

The master, Senior Brother Ye Changqing, and others don’t hope to progress further in cultivation, so it makes sense they wouldn’t attend Wuji Hall, but Ge Luoying aims to break through to the Chao Origin Stage—it seems unreasonable for her not to come.

“Senior Sister Ge apprenticed under Junior Martial Uncle Lin Qiu Bai of Yingyue Peak. She is often guided personally by her mentors and seldom comes to lectures unless time coincidentally permits it.”

Zhong Yuefei sighed, having a mentor who can give specific guidance in cultivation indeed makes attending such lectures unnecessary.

As they conversed, more cultivators gradually entered. Ji An looked around and said:

“Senior Sister, when I first joined the sect, I went to Enlightenment Hall to listen to a lecture. Back then, the lecturer was Senior Brother Qin Yan.

I heard he was already at Ninth-Layer Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage. How is this Senior Brother doing now?”

This setting reminded him of past scenes.

“Now we must call him Junior Martial Uncle Qin. He broke through to the Chao Origin Stage twenty years ago.”

Zhong Yuefei’s voice became even lower, “Junior Martial Uncle Qin is a legendary cultivator in the sect, cultivating with lower-grade talent.

In theory, those with lower-grade talent cannot be admitted to the sect, but it’s said he was allowed entry thanks to the blessings of his ancestors.

He started as a spirit farmer, progressing step by step to become the only non-A-class disciple in recent centuries to break through to the Chao Origin Stage…”

There was a touch of admiration in her tone, as such stories are truly inspirational.

Ji An listened intently. He certainly understood the difficulty of cultivation with low-tier talent.

Due to the Stone Turtle’s devouring of magical power, his talent was equivalent to a low-grade talent.

Fortunately, his talent could slowly improve with the advance of his cultivation, and the reduction in the Stone Turtle’s devouring amount after breaking through the Foundation Establishment Stage, otherwise, he would not have been able to break through to the late-stage Foundation Establishment now.

’Junior Martial Uncle Qin is surely one blessed with great fortune, undoubtedly obtaining a tremendous opportunity.’

The hour had struck, and Lin Jiuxiao, dressed in a black Daoist robe, stepped into the main hall. His stern, angular face naturally commanded respect.

A cluster of red fire clouds formed beneath his feet, morphing into the shape of a wind tiger, and lifted him onto the high platform.

“I am Lin Jiuxiao. Today, I will explain to you the path of cultivation in the late-stage Foundation Establishment and also share some insights on breaking through to the Chao Origin Stage.”

“The techniques you mainly practice vary, like the Fiery Sun Melting Furnace Scroll, the Crimson Fire and Red Cloud Skill, the Kun Kun Jade Microdust Scripture, the Evergreen Wood Skill, etc. All these techniques are derived from our sect’s Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture.”