Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

In the living room by the Cold Pool, the Luminous Beads embedded in the rock wall emitted a soft glow.

There were hundreds of Luminous Beads embedded here, creating the effect of shadowless lamps.

On the round table, Spiritual Food was covered with large bowls or pots, leaving it unclear what delicious foods had been made.

Lin Lan and the others were chatting casually at the door, occasionally glancing inside.

”Hey, why hasn’t Master returned yet, it’s already the double hour.”

Han Shan chuckled, ”With thousands of acres of Spirit Field, even with Master’s ability, it would take a long time to complete the magic technique.

Think about it, with the two of us plus the Cyan Deer, how long would it take to cast the magic technique across all the Spirit Fields!”

The three of them combined, each responsible for one type of magic technique, needed at least two and a half double hours to cast it over the Spirit Fields.

Every day was like this, and these days the two of them were very tired, as was the Cyan Deer.

As he spoke, he glanced up to see a Red Spirit Cloud descending from the sky and laughed:

”Master, if you had arrived a moment later, the Spiritual Food would need to be steamed again to heat it up.”

Ji An waved his hand, ”Let’s eat!”

As the bowls and pots were removed, the mystery was revealed, with roasted and stewed fish as essential Spiritual Foods.

Additionally, there were various meats, fruits, and vegetables, with an aroma filling the air.

Ji An said nothing, focusing on eating heartily, drinking a little wine, and finished the dinner after two quarters of an hour.

He took the Yun Ding Silver Needle Tea passed by Zhang Xueling, drank half a cup, and patted his belly with satisfaction:

”Comfortable, after running around for so many years, it still feels best to stay at Red Flame Peak.”

This was his base camp that he had cultivated for over a hundred years, his comfort zone.

While staying in the Sect, there were indeed no worries.

His two disciples laughed softly but did not respond.

Ji An seriously glanced at his disciples and said:

”There’s something I forgot to ask. Did the tea leaves bear new seeds while I was away all these years?”

Lin Lan nodded, ”Just like last time, the Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree bore three, and the Cloud-top Jade Tree bore twelve.

The seeds are now stored in the Secret Vault of the warehouse, Master, do you need me to bring them to you now?”

”Go ahead, and also bring the account books, I need to check the harvests over these years.”

No matter how trustworthy someone is, the accounts must also be checked, this is a matter of principle.

”Please wait a moment, Master,” Lin Lan got up and left hurriedly, quickly returning to the living room.

Ji An took the Spirit Seeds and account books, quickly browsing through the contents, and said with a smile:

”Very good, much better than last time.”

Lin Lan covered her mouth and joked:

”Master’s tone doesn’t sound like a compliment.”

Master was easy-going, which is why she dared to speak this way.

”It’s indeed a compliment, don’t overthink.”

Ji An finished the drink in his cup and asked:

”When was the Soul Nourishing Wood cultivated to the Tier Two Top Grade level?”

Han Shan replied, ”Just this year, about six months ago.

Master, did you leave some treasure behind, otherwise the Soul Nourishing Wood couldn’t have grown so well.”

The Copper Patterned Mulberry Field at Red Flame Peak and the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree in the cave were what he took care of.

He knew very well that his minor methods were certainly not the reason for the grade improvement of the Soul Nourishing Wood.

He had learned about the growth process of the Soul Nourishing Wood cultivated by the Sect, and over two hundred years, it had only been upgraded to the Tier Two Middle Grade level.

Ji An’s eyes flashed with reminiscence, ”You’re right, I buried a very special Tier Three Spiritual Object near the Soul Nourishing Wood.”

The ashes of a Golden Core Cultivator certainly count as Tier Three resources.

Han Shan scratched his head and chuckled naively, ”That explains it.”

Ji An glanced at the account book again and asked:

”Over these years, what has been the percentage of resources submitted to the Sect?”

Renting the Sect’s Spirit Field requires submitting the corresponding resources, there are prescribed amounts, if you can produce more resources, the Spirit Farmer retains more.

His departure from Red Flame Peak inevitably reduced the yield of the Spirit Fields significantly.

This led to a situation of submitting a higher proportion of resources to the Sect.

Lin Lan showed a guilty look, speaking softly:

”This disciple is not talented, we need to submit forty-five percent of the yield as rent.”

She knew very well that when Master was at Red Flame Peak, only twenty percent of the yield needed to be submitted as rent.

The gap is very large, often causing her to doubt herself.

Ji An comforted:

”I’ve said it before, you’ve done well enough, don’t overthink it.”

He himself was a Chao Origin Stage Cultivator, and using Chao Origin Stage level Planting Techniques, the gap between them wouldn’t be small.

He changed the subject and asked:

”Currently, how much is the yield of Tier Two Upper Grade tea? What is the stock in the warehouse?”

In a few days, he’ll have to go out again, and Spirit Tea is indispensable.

Lin Lan spoke softly:

”Reporting to Master, the annual tea yield of the Tier Two Upper Grade Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree is approximately thirty-two pounds, and the annual yield of Top-grade Cloud Peak Silver Needle Spirit Tea is about twenty-five pounds.

According to your request, twenty percent of the resources will be retained, and the rest will be handed over to the sect. Currently, the Beast Taming Hall and the Treasure Pavilion owe us a lot of small merit.

In the warehouse, there are seventy-five pounds of Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea and sixty pounds of Cloud Peak Silver Needle.”

Exchanging small merits requires the sect jade token, and these outstanding small merits can only be personally handled when our master returns.

Ji An nodded slightly. The stock of spirit tea was enough for him to drink for ten years. He planned to take some Tier Two Middle Grade Cloud Peak Silver Needle with him when he left, achieving freedom in spirit tea for this trip.

”How many top-grade Spirit Stones are there in the warehouse now?”

He had once instructed to take out half of the Spirit Stones obtained from transactions and use various means and connections to exchange ordinary Spirit Stones into top-grade Spirit Stones.

”There are a total of seventy-two top-grade Spirit Stones.”

Ji An smiled, ”More than I expected, very good.”

They verified the accounts, and after over a double hour, they were done.

Ji An closed the account book and instructed Zhang Xueling beside him:

”Tomorrow, have Feng Xing clean around the tea trees; I want to plant eight more Spirit Tea Trees.”

Two Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Trees and six Cloud-Top Jade Trees, leaving one Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree seed to plant in the Gourd World, and another four Cloud-Top Jade Trees to be planted there.

”As you command,” Zhang Xueling replied.

Ji An took out two Cloud-Top Jade Tree seeds and handed them to his disciples, ”I have plans for the Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree seed; you can plant this seed near your grotto mansion.”

”Thank you, Master,” Lin Lan and the others were very pleased; they had been yearning for spirit tea seeds for a long time.

Ji An took out dozens of sacks and quickly filled the living room.

”These are Pearl Blood Rice; each of you take a hundred pounds and see if you can plant it. If the yield per acre is below two hundred pounds, don’t bother with it.”

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By the time Ji An returned to the grotto mansion, it was nearly 3:00 AM. After using the Planting Technique on the main ingredients for the Nourishing Yuan Pill, he had no desire for sleep.

He entered the purification chamber, sat cross-legged on the pudun, and placed a Soul Tempering Pill in his mouth.

Since purchasing this pill, he had not tried it. Today, he wanted to test its effects and see what improvements it could bring.

Ji An circulated the Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture and began refining the pill within his body. The Sea of Consciousness emanated waves of cool sensations, very soothing.

He focused his eyes on his nose, his nose on his mouth, his mouth on his heart, quietly experiencing the aura that brought such comfort to the spirit soul.

After half an hour, Ji An finished cultivating, and the Soul Tempering Pill had been fully refined, but the cool sensation in his spirit soul remained, nourishing it.

He carefully noted the differences before and after refining and concluded:

’The power of spirit soul slightly increased, approximately by 1%.’

If he took all the Soul Tempering Pills he obtained from the auction, he should be able to increase his power of spirit soul by about 10%.

Later, resistance to the pill would develop, but for cultivators, the benefits of increasing spiritual strength were worth the cost.

Ji An planned to keep two pills; the rest would be used for his cultivation, and these two would be samples for Senior Sister Han Yan to research.

After all, he still had a few Soul Stones in hand, to be used as the main ingredient for refining Soul Tempering Pills in the future.

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The next day.

When Ji An walked out of the grotto mansion, it was early morning; after breakfast, he entered the cold pool.

After a thorough search, he found two Treasure Dragon Fish at the bottom of the pool, with most of their bodies bitten off, leaving only the tails.

He shook his head with a light laugh, realizing that raising Treasure Dragon Fish on Red Flame Peak was a dead end.

This further proved the uniqueness of the Gourd World; Spirit Fish that could only survive in the Nu Lan River could actually be bred in the small world.

He wondered whether it was due to the uniqueness of the small world or the changes brought by the Gathering Essence Tree, or perhaps both.

This deep reason was something he couldn’t understand right now, so Ji An just kept the question in the back of his mind.

He left the cold pool, rode the spirit cloud to the stone house at the foot of the mountain, and inserted middle-grade Spirit Stones into the teleportation array, then activated the magic array.

Gray light flickered before his eyes as if a space-time tunnel had opened above the magic array. In the next moment, he arrived at Ningcui Cliff.

He didn’t choose to go to the Agricultural Hall because he had more important things to do.

He rode the Fire Element Cloud at the fastest speed he could reach, flying for half an hour before arriving at Sunrise Peak, landing in the main hall halfway up the mountain.

The words ”Treasure Pavilion” were covered with dust, telling tales of the ravages of time.

Ji An stepped inside and met eyes with Jia Yu, who was just about to drink from a wine gourd.

He saw more wrinkles on the other’s face, and more strands of hair had turned white.

The other person choked on the wine, coughing constantly, desperately patting his chest.

”What’s the matter? Even the Wine God Senior Brother Jia can choke on wine?”

Ji An stepped forward and swung his arm to help pat the other’s back vigorously.

”Enough, do you want to kill me?”

Jia Yu caught his breath and asked with wide eyes:

”You, how come you’re back?”

”Why can’t I come back?”

”Don’t play riddles with me, you know what I mean.”

Jia Yu’s face was written with urgency as he continued:

”What happened? You shouldn’t have returned to the sect until you comprehended all the Five Elements Mutual Generation Divine Intent, right?”

The counterpart had been out traveling for twenty years, it was impossible for him to have comprehended all Five Elements Mutual Generation Divine Intent, so the question was, what was the reason for returning to the sect?

Ji An gently shook his head and said:

”My first destination was the Northern Land, and I’ve already completed the initial goal I set, so I’m planning to head to the Southern Continent next.

Passing by the sect without stopping is not my style, so I came back to take a look.”