Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

After seeing off the two guests, Ji An instructed:

”Golden Fur, you two guard well.”

After speaking, he sent his Divine Sense into the Grotto Void Stone and took out two Spirit Fruits.

One was a top-grade Tier Two Earth Spirit Fruit with a yellow jade hue, which he gave to Golden Fur; the other was a Tier Two Upper Grade Celestial Essence Pear, given to the Cyan Water Turtle, as its level was too low, and Tier Two Upper Grade was its limit of tolerance.

Now, an awkward situation has occurred, as there are no low-grade Spirit Fruits left in the little world’s warehouse.

The fruit trees planted in the little world had their tiers rapidly improved, often reaching Tier Two in a year’s time, usually above Tier Two Middle Grade.

Without waiting for the fruit trees to start bearing fruit, they could reach Second-Level Top Grade.

So, if the Cyan Water Turtle took longer to break through, he would have to buy Spirit Fruits.

”Squeak Squeak.”

Golden Fur used its two front paws to catch the Celestial Essence Pear, gently tossing it toward the Cyan Water Turtle’s mouth, like a breeder feeding a pet.

Lan Bei’s mouth opened in an illogical fashion, swallowing the Spirit Fruit in one gulp, chewing a few times, and swallowing even the pit without spitting it out.

Its eyes squinted, enjoying the abundant Water Element Spiritual Power washing through its body. At this moment, it felt the barrier to breaking through to the Chao Origin Stage seemed to loosen.

Golden Fur’s eyes flickered with a slight mockery, holding the Earth Spirit Fruit with its front paws, quickly devouring it elegantly.

Ji An watched the two greedy Beast Taming companions, with a hint of a smile on his brows.

Although the Beast Taming companions couldn’t help much presently, they had been his closest companions for years.

His worldly concerns had diminished considerably, thinking it wasn’t bad to keep them as pets.

With the Stone Turtle’s help, his own growth curve was much higher than that of the Beast Tamers, often leading the Spirit Plants to grow and finally using the harvested Spirit Fruits to help them improve.

Ji An stroked the fluffy fur of the Spirit-Seeking Rat a few times and then entered the Quiet Chamber, took out the Blazing Sun Furnace, and began Alchemy.

For the past two years, he spent most of his time doing Alchemy in the little world, finding it a loophole.

Long-term Alchemy in one place would leave traces of medicinal fragrance, so he planned to refine a batch of Pills in the attic daily from now on.

Just past half an hour, a batch of Fire Element Pills was freshly prepared, four pills in total, all at the Top-Grade Level, with a Pill Formation Success Rate of eighty percent.

The Pill Furnace was handy, and the Cyan Lotus Heart-Burning Fire worked well, making such a high success and top-grade rate a normal performance.

Ji An stored the Pills in a Jade Bottle, took out the Gourd Stone, and entered the little world.

The Wuji Xinghuang Banner, Earth-Departing Flame Banner, and Cyan Lotus Treasure Banner flew out of his Dantian, transforming and flying around the Gathering Essence Tree for a while before going off to play.

Ji An brought a vine chair to sit under the Soul Nourishing Wood tree, sighing silently, mourning for Master Wuxuan.

Subsequently, he began reviewing today’s battle.

The battle lasted very briefly but offered insights into the True Demon’s fighting style, providing a basis for dealing with other True Demons in the future.

Summarizing the inadequacies during the battle, contemplating several strategies for dealing with True Demon’s attacks, Ji An got up and began casting a Magic Technique over the Spirit Field.

He released the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Technique, causing the earth to rise and surge, with gentle Spirit Light spreading across the land, and the Magic Intent nurtured by the Dao of Ji Earth filling every inch of the yellow land.

Ji An strolled through this hopeful field, gazing at the Spirit Wood laden with fruits, with a subtle pride rising in his heart.

He had witnessed the little world grow from a barren land to what it is today, a Tier Three Middle Grade Spiritual Vein, a higher tier than any of the Western Continent Sects’, which have only Tier Three Lower Grade Spiritual Veins.

Now he enjoys privileges far superior to any Sect Leader in the Western Continent.

Looking at the heavily laden Spirit Wood, Ji An hoped to complete the mission and leave Wulan Mountain quickly, feeling unfortunate for being unable to utilize so many high-tier resources.

Once he returned to the Immortal City and met with the Sect members, he would exchange the resources for relevant Pill Formulas and purchase various auxiliary medicinal materials.

The Ghost Night Fruit can be refined into Pills nurturing the Spirit Soul. Currently, the Dark Night Tree is at the Tier Three Middle Grade level, and the Pills refined from Spirit Fruits of this quality can be used by late-stage Golden Core cultivators to enhance the Spirit Soul.

This kind of Pill is akin to a door-knocker, facilitating his faster integration into the Late-stage Golden Core circle in the future.

The Golden Leaf Padauk has now been cultivated to Tier Two Top Grade, about two zhang high, with branches spreading out like a massive golden cotton candy.

Once the Golden Leaf Padauk reached the Third Layer, Soul Nourishing Incense made from it would be several times better in quality than regular incense, speeding up the recovery of Divine Sense.

Moreover, the incense also had the efficacy of nurturing the Spirit Soul.

For other cultivators, enhancing Spiritual Strength is a significant problem, but for him, it is quite simple, as there’s an abundance of good things to enhance the Spirit Soul in the Gourd World!

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Ji An rode the clouds above the azure earth, maneuvering the Cyan Dragon Water Moon Tree with elegant and composed movements, resonating with a peculiar rhythm.

The Moon of Taiyin showered the earth with its light, bringing a special sense of peace to his Spirit Soul when the light touched his body.

The Cyan Lotus Treasure transformed into a Cyan Dragon, originally hiding in some corner of the forest, now flying out and growing larger from its originally inch-long form.

Despite being a Magical Treasure, it possessed the ability, like a Divine Dragon, to enlarge or shrink.

Two Cyan Dragons softly chanted to the moon in the sky, with azure light dropping like rain, filling the air with the rising, vigorous breath of the Wood Element.

The gentle rain fell, with large mists rising, and wandering through the rain gave one a feeling of being cleansed both inside and out, making everything transparent.

”Yo yo!”

The melodious cry echoed through the forest; Ji An’s lips curled into a smile. This moment was particularly serene and beautiful, as if the impurities on his body were cleansed, leaving him relaxed and unburdened.

The most valuable land here is the Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree, whose white leaves stand out prominently amid the waves of green.

When the Moon of Taiyin is present, its pure Spirit Light is drawn by the Spirit Wood, forming a gentle, watery halo above the forest.

The halo joined hands with the rising mist, mesmerizing Ji An’s eyes.

The Moon of Taiyin grew fainter until it completely vanished, and the magic-transformed Cyan Dragon similarly dispersed into the void, while the Cyan Lotus Treasure Color Banner returned somewhat disappointed to its rightful place.

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Ji An rode on clouds over the sky of red land, letting out a long sigh of lament.

In the center of the Spirit Field, there was an abyss several dozen yards deep, at the bottom of which lay a Magma Pool, nurturing some Red Gold Carp, with Fire Coral planted around it, but there were no higher-tier spirit plants.

This area occupied about half of the red Spirit Field’s area, making the Spirit Plants unusually crowded, yet these circumstances would be resolved as the Spirit Vein grade ascended.

Ji An began the Azure Sky Yangming Technique, revealing a red-golden sun in the void, whose brilliance illuminated the earth.

Leaf-like emerald green patches drifted down from above, driven by the Wood Element Technique Intent’s vigorous growth.

The leaves swayed as they fell, gradually turning a pale reddish hue, completing the wood-to-fire transformation.

The ’green leaves’ landed on the forest, and suddenly vanished within.

The Azure Sky Yangming Technique at the lower-level stage invoked a sun akin to a setting sun, its color orange-red like blood.

But now, the invoked image resembled a red-golden morning sun, filled with hopeful radiance.

Ji An rode the clouds over the forest, like a tiger surveying its territory.

The Purple Cloud Tree was now Tier Three Lower Grade, just waiting for it to reach Tier Three Middle Grade and bear fruit, so he would have a main ingredient for Purple Cloud Ganoderma.

Once the Spirit Fruit matured, he would immediately replant its pit.

As the Spirit Plants’ tier elevates, the number of fruits produced would markedly decrease; a single Spirit Wood couldn’t satisfy his needs.

The Thunderstruck Spiritual Peach was currently Tier Two Middle Grade; its growth speed was slower than initially anticipated.

Ji An felt immense joy about this; the higher the potential of the Spirit Plant, the slower its growth, an irrefutable truth.

The rapid elevation of Spirit Plant tiers within the Gourd World was due to the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root Gathering Essence Tree anchoring everything.

Dao Rhyme is incredibly advanced, originally used to elevate Dao Seed, requiring only a few dozen points to enhance the relevant Dao Seed’s tier.

But when used on the Gathering Essence Tree, hundreds of points of Dao Rhyme saw no essential advancement.

All other Spirit Plants merely basked in the Gathering Essence Tree’s glow, sustaining swift growth.

The Thunderstruck Spiritual Peach’s bark now appears charred black, occasionally flashing red brilliance, while its leaves have flecks of lightning at the edges.

Ji An eagerly anticipated what the sight would be like when this seemingly reborn Spirit Wood bloomed and bore fruit.

He needed to find an opportunity to inquire about the market value and potential uses of the Thunderstruck Spiritual Peach’s fruit.

Thinking this, a sense of inexplicable melancholy arose in Ji An’s heart, a grief stemming from small beginnings, with too many shortages and necessities left unclaimed.

Every trailblazer enduring hardships deserves respect. He was curious how the first Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch from the Nascent Soul level powers managed to break through.

Conceivably, it was only at the convergence of Celestial Time, Geographical Advantage, and Harmony that a Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch emerged.

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Ji An cast spells on the Spirit Fields of Metal and Water Elements, nourishing them, while a Spirit Rain fell into the pond, shattering the tranquility.

At that moment, he suddenly heard the Earth Qilin let out a roar.

The sound was deep and mountainous, yet couldn’t hide its joyous excitement.

”What good thing has it encountered? I’ll have to go ask.” Ji An chuckled, then felt tremors emanating from the earth’s depths.

Like a sea that has stirred in the wind, the tremors reverberated like continuous waves, a unique aura ascended.

The earth seemed to grow heavier, with endless power rising from the depths into his body through his feet.

In the distance, the emergence of towering giant trees grew vigorously, shooting straight into the clouds, accompanied by flames endlessly surging, with the sound of great water flows in the void, threads of killing intent entwined within the phantasm, creating a peculiar sense of fusion.

”Why does this feeling seem so familiar?” Ji An mused thoughtfully, then abruptly realized the Spiritual Qi had rampantly swirled like beasts startled by a predator, disorderly, swift winds beginning to ravage.

Ji An clapped his hands swiftly, he was just pondering the familiarity; at its core, what’s happening now is strikingly similar to when the Spirit Vein tier ascended at Red Flame Peak!

The Gourd World would soon become a Tier Three Upper Grade Spirit Vein; the mere thought of it excited him.

The elevation of the Spirit Vein tier naturally meant the Gourd World’s area would increase significantly, alleviating the Spirit Field shortage.