Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

The body refining cultivation technique Ji An practiced is called the Glaze-Gold Jade Bone Body. He discovered that practicing this technique after refining the Vajra Bodhi Fruit produced a sense of clarity.

He somewhat suspected the body refining technique might be a Buddhist cultivator’s method, but he couldn’t be certain as he had never encountered a Buddhist cultivator.

With the help of the Vajra Bodhi Fruit, he planned to elevate the Glaze-Gold Jade Bone Body to the Chao Origin Stage level when he had spare time in the future.

Releasing defense magic takes time, summoning the Wuji Xinghuang Banner takes time, but the physical body is one’s own, a precious body attained through hard work, with its strong defenses present at every moment.

As the sun set in the west and the sky was filled with colorful evening clouds, Ji An rode a cloud back to the edge of the Cold Pool. He raised his hands from the sides of his body, pursed his lips to make a sound, and said, ”Blow!”

With toes gripping the ground, as he exhaled fully, he stood slowly with the pace of his inhalation, then gently lowered again.

A wisp of cold Water Element Qi entered his mouth, and his body instinctively swallowed it.

At this moment, his kidneys were a deep, serene black, faintly shimmering with water light.

Intricate patterns swirled on the surface, like clouds that gather and disperse unpredictably.

In the acupoints, the Ren Water and Gui Water Dao Seeds simultaneously brightened, and a sound like flowing water seemed to echo in his ears.

After consuming a wisp of Qi, Ji An decisively stopped,

not knowing how many wisps this Cold Pool could provide, having never tested it.

He consumed one wisp every four days, an unbroken practice for years, and each time successfully so.

As night deepened, Ji An began to cast spells for the Spirit Field, with water eating and planting sharing the same frequency.

Two double hours later, he completed his tasks and returned to the vicinity of his grotto mansion, where he practiced magic techniques until his magical power was nearly exhausted before stopping.

After nurturing two Red Cloud Pine trees with magical power, he performed a spell to enter his grotto mansion, went to the medicinal garden to cast spells, and his internal magical power was precisely depleted, planned meticulously.

Ji An arrived at the quiet chamber, lit the wind furnace to boil a pot of Spirit Spring Water, and brewed some Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea, the tea fragrance wafting everywhere, steam swirling.

Taking a sip of hot tea, it felt as if a cool breeze had swept through his sea of consciousness, a truly wonderful sensation.

After finishing a pot of water, with the tea losing its color, Ji An chewed and swallowed the tea leaves.

With top-grade Jade Dew Golden Bud, not a bit could be wasted, or he would feel distressed.

Ji An sat cross-legged on the pudun, mind sinking into his dantian, connecting with the Upper Stone Turtle. Lines of text floated in his sea of consciousness.

[Magic Technique: Spirit Sealing Technique (Great Success 36%)

Profound Nether Daoist Qi (Perfection 96%)

Wood Escape Technique (Perfection 58%)

Fire Escape Technique (Perfection 9%)

Gold Escape Technique (Perfection 11%)

Water Escape Technique (Perfection 27%)

Spirit Roar (Minor Achievement 24%)

Silk Thread Spell (Great Success 72%)]

Staying at the sect for these years, with ample supply of spirit tea, soul incense, and soul nourishing pendants, Ji An could freely and boldly practice magic techniques.

The Earth Escape Technique, Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Technique, and Earth-to-Steel Technique reached the Great Perfection level successively.

Once Profound Nether Daoist Qi reaches the Great Perfection level, he would focus on practicing the Five Elements Escape Techniques.

His abilities improved all-around, with Minor Success-Level Spirit Roar extending the casting range to forty zhang.

He was now quite a competent all-around ace; whether in attack, defense, or escape, he excelled.

Ji An’s divine sense returned to his body, and he chuckled contentedly. Just about to consume the Canglan Treasure Light Pill, the Stone Turtle suddenly inquired in his sea of consciousness.

’Spiritual Mechanism storage is sufficient, should it be used to cultivate a Little World?’

The Gourd World was becoming increasingly stable; the Stone Turtle no longer consumed the Spiritual Mechanism without his permission.

”Agree to cultivate!”

As the command was given, after a slight dizziness, Ji An’s body entered the Gourd World.

The size of the space became fifteen zhang in radius, roughly the size of four mu, with no longer signs of lightning flashes in the gray mist at the space edge, nor had any black rifts appeared again.

The area remained desolate, with yellow sand rolling beneath his feet, and the air devoid of any trace of spiritual qi, a Land of Absolute Spiritlessness.

However, there were now puddles among the yellow sand, with wild grass growing at their edges.

Ji An began casting magic techniques, going through the four Chao Origin Stage planting techniques once.

After finishing the spells, the magic intent dissipated quickly, and the spiritual qi vanished just as fast.

He sighed lightly. Although confident that a spiritual vein would eventually germinate here, he was uncertain about how long it would take.

He had invested all the accumulated Dao Rhyme and Spiritual Mechanism over the years, seeing hope, but the future path was still unknown.

Nonetheless, he wasn’t worried because when the Red Flame Peak spiritual vein was cultivated to second-level top grade, a large amount of Dao Rhyme would inevitably be absorbed by the Stone Turtle.

At that time, he planned to go all in again to see what results could be obtained.

Even under the worst outcome, it should at least enable the Little World to produce a spiritual vein!

According to Senior Brother Chu Huai’ge’s estimation, the enhancement of the Red Flame Peak spiritual vein would occur within a decade or so.

What was needed now was simply to wait quietly.

...

Three days later.

Zhong Yuefei piloted the flying ship forward, with a young female cultivator in a gray Daoist robe following behind her.

The female cultivator had delicate features with almond-shaped eyes that seemed to speak; the robe was wide but couldn’t conceal her ample bosom.

At this moment, her hands were tucked inside the robe, tightly clutching the sleeve ends.

Noticing her expression, Zhong Yuefei gently smiled:

”Xue Ning, don’t be nervous. I’ve already spoken with Junior Brother Ji about it. Your skill as a Spirit Chef is not lacking. With dedicated practice for a few years, you’ll naturally be able to undertake the work.”

Zhang Xueling forced a smile and said:

”What I worry about isn’t that; my aptitude is too low, lower grade among the lowest, and I’m concerned that with insufficient cultivation, many spiritual foods will be hard to prepare.”

Spirit chefs also have certain requirements for cultivation, some meat ingredients need to be slaughtered fresh, as that way the taste is most exquisite.

If one’s cultivation is too low to easily slaughter a demon beast, it would invite ridicule, and one’s aunt’s face would be dim.

After all, it’s about serving a high cultivator of the Chao Origin Stage, she was very worried about not doing well.

”Then you needn’t worry anymore. Currently, the disciples who serve as spirit chefs are in good health, and persistently for five or six more years without any issue.

The spiritual vein tier of Red Flame Peak is tier two upper grade, even if you don’t buy pills, reaching mid-stage Qi refining isn’t an issue.”

Zhong Yuefei pointed her arm forward, ”Have you seen that golden-red cloud mist rising up there, that’s Red Flame Peak, the Dao field of the Hall Master of the Agricultural Hall.”

After speaking, she increased the output of her magical power, and the flying ship sped up a bit more.

Zhang Xueling leaned against the boat’s railing, with a look that showed both unease and anticipation.

About three quarters later, the flying ship entered Red Flame Peak, landing by the cold pool.

Ji An laughed boisterously, saying:

”Senior Sister, is this the junior you’re talking about? Her temperament bears some similarities to yours.”

Zhong Yuefei grasped her junior’s hand, walked before him, and smiled:

”Everyone says so, Xueling, quickly pay respects to the Elder.”

”Disciple Zhang Xueling, pays respects to the Elder.

Luckily accepted into the Elder’s Dao field, the disciple will certainly exert every effort to cook even tastier spiritual food.”

Zhang Xueling forced herself to stay calm, repeating the words she’d rehearsed a hundred times in her heart.

”Haha, looking forward to your performance.

Cuihua, from now on the task of teaching Xueling is yours, now take her around to familiarize with her tasks, arrange her residence.”

Ji An finished speaking, transmitting his voice:

”You’ve served Red Flame Peak for many years, I won’t drive you away.”

Zhang Cuihua’s somewhat desolate expression instantly brightened, saying:

”The disciple will certainly teach wholeheartedly, Junior Sister Zhang, please follow me.”

She was over eighty years old, her hands and feet far less nimble than in her youth, energy somewhat diminished.

Old Zhang led Little Zhang away, Zhong Yuefei chuckled softly:

”On the way here, this child was terribly nervous, I almost thought she’d be unable to say a full sentence upon seeing you.”

Ji An smiled, ”I’m not some fierce person, could I possibly scare her?”

”That’s unpredictable, Chao Origin Stage cultivators have strong deterrence power!”

...

In a flash, two months passed and Zhang Xueling adapted to her new identity, very satisfied with life here.

The boundless tier two spirit wood of Red Flame Peak deeply shook her soul.

At her family’s residence, there is a tier two middle-grade spirit plant, cultivated by family predecessors at the cost of hundreds of years.

But here, tier two middle-grade spirit plants were everywhere, and there were many tier two upper-grade spirit plants as well.

Such gigantic achievements, Elder Ji accomplished it in a mere hundred years, she couldn’t imagine how wealthy the Elder was!

The cyan deer traversed the woods like unruly wind, the tinkling bell sound quickly faded in the wind.

The cyan deer approached the cold pool, Zhang Xueling took out a Biluo Fruit, carefully handing it over.

Zhang Cuihua smiled kindly standing nearby:

”Don’t be afraid, Youyou is well-behaved and gentle-natured.”

The cyan deer swallowed the fruit and came to drink water by the cold pool.

Zhang Xueling turned around, speaking softly:

”The cyan deer is a demon beast at the Foundation Establishment Stage, the demonic power it emanates is stronger than our Clan Leader, how could one not be afraid.”

Zhang Cuihua beamed with a wide smile, ”Youyou is indeed a demon beast at the Foundation Establishment Perfection level, stronger than most clan leaders in the Western Continent.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xueling felt even more that Red Flame Peak had profound foundation.

While they were talking, Ji An rode an auspicious cloud back from outside, landing at the cold pool.

He went to Yunhe Mountain, exchanged a pill with Senior Sister He Yuhuan - the Jade Wood Spirit Rhinoceros Pill.

This pill was expensive, costing him thirty thousand small merit, for it is the ”Nourishing Yuan Pill” of Wood Element demon beasts.

The cyan deer ate tier two middle-grade tender mulberry leaves daily, occasionally ate top-grade mulberry leaves, and every three days, could eat a tier two middle-grade Biluo Fruit.

Now the demonic power is abundant, the aura is perfect, already at the state ready for breakthrough.

Ji An smiled and nodded at the two spirit chef disciples, shouting:

”Youyou!”

The cyan deer finished drinking water, swiftly ran over.

Ji An mounted it, ”Luck is coming your way, let’s go to the Clear Spirit Bamboo Forest.”

The cyan deer swiftly moved like the wind, quickly entering deep into the bamboo forest.

Ji An jumped down, took out a jade bottle, poured out a chicken egg-sized Jade Wood Spirit Rhinoceros Pill.

Its color was crimson like blood, its surface had three green pill patterns, still a high-quality pill.

The cyan deer twitched its nostrils, showing a human-like expression, its eyes full of yearning, it could feel the benefits of the pill.

”If you’ve prepared for the breakthrough to the Chao Origin Stage, then start it.”

Ji An placed a tier two upper-grade Biluo Fruit under the beast’s foot and handed the pill from his palm.

The cyan deer swallowed the pill in one bite, then chewed and swallowed the spirit fruit.

A moment later, its demonic power instantly increased significantly, surpassing the expected level of the Foundation Establishment Stage.