Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 136 Fire Crystal Ant

A month later.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the night breeze blows gently. In the spiritual field, thousands of crystal green lights are like pouring raindrops, falling on the stretched leaves and dark green branches of the jade-leaf mulberry.

Under the reflection of the spiritual light, the leaves look like translucent jade, with the veins clearly visible.

Ji An felt the magic power in his body being exhausted and let out a breath.

I finally completed the spellcasting plan for today. It was not easy.

If he wanted to cultivate the spiritual wood quickly, Huang Feihu and the nearby spiritual farmers could not be relied upon, so he had to cast the spell himself.

"I wanted to be a farmer, but ended up becoming a farmer."

Ji An laughed, but a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Now he owns 5,000 acres of forest. He will feel much more relaxed once the roots of these spiritual trees grow deep into the earth.

In the newly added spiritual fields, there are about 600 acres of emerald mulberry and green lotus trees planted around the cold pond.

Because of the unique environment of Chiyan Peak, it requires more care on a daily basis, which takes up most of his energy.

If the range of the perfect level spell was not large enough, his magic power would not be enough to cast spells for the spirit tree every day.

The Green Wood Transformation Technique and the Thick Earth Return to Origin Mantra must be performed every day, and the Spring Breeze Transformation Technique must also be performed every few days.

Compared with them, copper-veined mulberry and iron wire grass are much easier to take care of. You just need to cast the Thick Earth Returning Origin Mantra every day.

But the effort and reward are proportional, and the difference in the growth of just a few Moon Spirit Wood trees is clearly reflected.

The plants of emerald mulberry and jasmine tree are now half a person's height, but the copper-veined mulberry is just above his calves. However, in his plan, the copper-veined mulberry will be the most important support in the future.

Within the sect's jurisdiction, the planting area of ​​copper-veined mulberry is far smaller than that of the other two spiritual woods, and relatively speaking, it has the greatest potential demand.

Ji An had already thoroughly studied the planting tradition passed down from his master, and had not found any more secret methods to accelerate the growth of the metal-element spiritual tree. He could only rely on the Ji Tu method of the Thick Earth Return to Origin Mantra to accelerate its growth.

This is not a solution. He needs to go back to Ningcui Cliff to ask for advice.

A teacher is someone who teaches, educates, and resolves doubts. If a student is left to figure things out on his own, it will take an unknown amount of time before he sees results.

The next day, Ji An drove the shuttle to Ningcui Cliff. At this time, Ge Ying was taking care of the medicine garden in the cave.

"Greetings, Master. I will take care of these matters."

He took over from the other party and began to cast a spell for the elixir. The seals in his hands changed, and raindrops hit the branches and leaves of the elixir in the rolling clouds and mist, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

Ge Ying watched this scene with a smile and nodded slightly.

After the spell was completed, the two returned to the living room. Ji An bowed and said:
"Master, the spiritual vein area of ​​Scarlet Flame Peak has increased by more than a thousand acres, and I have contracted all of it. I have now planted copper-veined mulberry trees, jade-leaf mulberry trees, and green rose trees, and cultivated several earth spirit fruit trees.

Whether it is fire-type spiritual plants such as red cloud pine, or wood-type spiritual plants such as clear spirit bamboo and jade leaf mulberry, in addition to relying on the Thick Earth Return to Origin Mantra and the Green Wood Transformation Technique to accelerate cultivation, there are also the Flame Mantra and the Spring Breeze Transformation Technique available respectively.

But the Bronze Mulberry and Earth Spirit Fruit Trees can only rely on the Thick Earth Returning Origin Mantra. I'd like to ask if there are other secret methods to accelerate their cultivation?"

With so many thousands of years of inheritance in the world of immortal cultivation, it is impossible that there is no secret method to accelerate the cultivation of gold and earth spiritual plants.

In the sect's power transmission hall, there are very few secret methods related to planting. He had carefully checked them when he was building his foundation, but there were no relevant records.

Ge Ying looked at his disciple deeply for a few times and said softly:

"I haven't noticed that you have grown to this point. You can already plant so many spiritual trees at the same time. It is a blessing for the sect."

Her tone was one of relief and sighing.

The sect has too little inheritance regarding planting, which has affected the performance of the disciples.

She paused and continued:

"Aside from spells like the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Curse, the only force in the entire Western Continent that possesses the secret method of accelerating the cultivation of metal and earth spiritual plants is Luofeng Valley.

The spiritual farmers of the sect have figured out some methods, but they require the consumption of spiritual objects and are only suitable for cultivating a small number of plants and for use when cultivating advanced spiritual trees.

If you want to cultivate spiritual trees on a large scale, this method is not feasible."

Ge Ying took out the jade slip, copied it, and then handed it to his disciple with a hand gesture.

Ji An took the jade slip, placed it against his forehead and read it with his spiritual sense. After reading it, he remained silent.

The method recorded in it is to use magic arrays to refine the corresponding spiritual objects, thereby supplying spiritual trees to accelerate their growth. It is indeed not suitable for large-scale cultivation and has no cost-effectiveness at all.

The most economical method is to extract the corresponding five elements essence to nourish the spiritual wood, but this economy is only relative.

Putting down the jade slip, Ji An smiled bitterly and said:

"Looks like I need to take some time every day to extract the essence."

In his heart, he wanted to cultivate at least a few second-level spiritual trees from the copper-veined mulberry tree.

We have now set aside 10 to 20 acres of land as experimental fields, from which we will select the plants with the greatest potential for intensive cultivation.

The price of Gold Essence is the most expensive among several essences. He needs it for a long time and uses a large amount.

If he relies entirely on purchasing, it would be difficult for him to afford it given his financial resources. He needs to keep some spirit stones in hand for emergencies.

The task of extracting the essence of the five elements can be done by cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi training. When Lao Huang was still in the sect, he had to go to the Bishui Lake every day to extract the essence of water.

This is also a source of income for many Qi Refining disciples, but he has never done it because it is quite time-consuming.

Strictly speaking, Chiyan Peak is an excellent place to extract the essence of gold and fire, but the environment there is harsh and the Qi Refining disciples cannot bear it, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators rarely do the work of extracting the essence.

Ge Ying took out a jade slip and handed it out, saying:

"I once got a Five-Directions Spirit Extraction Technique to give to you. This technique can extract the essence of any of the five elements.

You can adjust the casting steps according to the different essences you extract. You will know it at a glance, and there is no need to learn multiple spiritual extraction techniques from the sect."

"Thank you, Master." Ji An solemnly put the jade slip back into the storage bag, and then talked about his planting situation in Chiyan Peak, sharing his insights and gains and losses.

Ge Ying smiled from time to time while listening. Among her many disciples, there was only one spiritual farmer. Only this disciple could express the joy of the harvest, which made her recall her youth.

After the disciple finished explaining the current situation and plans, she said gently:
“Your planning is good, but it can be better.

The last time I went to Red Flame Peak, I saw a large number of red cloud pines there that were already old enough, but roasting the pine nuts was a bit of a waste.”

"You can go to the Beast Taming Palace and order a Fire Crystal Ant Queen as your beast, and then buy a few hundred Fire Crystal Ants later.

When the red cloud pine blooms, fire ants can collect pollen and make pine honey.

If pine honey can reach the first-grade upper grade, it will be a high-quality auxiliary material for refining fire-attribute elixirs."

"The environment where you live is more suitable for the growth of fire crystal ants, so you don't need to spend too much extra time on management.

In a few years, the queen ant will be able to break through the foundation-building stage and produce high-quality pine honey continuously."

Ji An nodded slightly and said with a smile:
"Thank you, Master, for your guidance."

He began to recall the information about the Fire Crystal Ants. These were social monsters. Whoever controlled the queen ant controlled the entire monster colony.

The larger the Fire Crystal Ant colony, the stronger the queen ant will be. He had seen a description of a Chaoyuan period queen ant in his notes on cultivation.

Ji An flew to the Beast Taming Hall on Cuizhu Peak. He took out his identity jade token and said:

"I ordered a Fire Crystal Ant Queen and the secret method for breeding queen ants.

In addition, I will also give you 500 ordinary Fire Crystal Ants, which I will take away when I claim the Queen Ant."

Although the queen ant's strength is more affected by the size of the colony, it is good to be able to grow faster.

The deacon disciple respectfully took the jade token and operated on the spirit disk, saying:

"Uncle Master, this order costs 500 contribution points for the Queen Ant, 1500 for the Secret Cultivation Technique, and for the Ordinary Fire Crystal Ants. It only contains spiritual food. It has an effect on both the Queen Ant and the Ordinary Fire Crystal Ants, but the effect is not significant. You can come and pick it up in a month."

Fire crystal ants are insect-type monsters. The sect mainly cultivates high-level war beasts and does not conduct in-depth research on this type of monster.

As the disciple spoke, he returned the jade token and the waist badge that served as proof with both hands.

Leaving Cuizhu Peak, Ji An came to Chitong Mountain.

Zhang Yuanshan welcomed him into the cave and said:

"Junior brother has been very active recently."

After establishing his foundation, the other party stayed in the cave and practiced hard, without going out for several years. However, he has been traveling everywhere during this period.

Ji An pursed his lips and said:

"Senior Brother Ye from the Qin Gong Hall also said something similar to me."

Zhang Yuanshan couldn't help laughing, and after a moment he stopped laughing and said seriously:
"Junior brother, if you have time, you should go out more and make more friends so that you can help each other after the demon disaster breaks out."

Ji An nodded slightly:

"I will definitely communicate more with my fellow apprentices in the future. After the spiritual veins were upgraded, there were many more spiritual fields on the Red Flame Peak. I'll wait until I'm through these busy years."

“I came here today to ask my senior brother to refine a top-grade defensive magic weapon.

I've thought about it, and I don't know when I can get all the materials to refine the Apricot Yellow Flag, so I need some magic tools to protect myself.

It requires sufficient defensive power without affecting the body's movements."

He only had a mid-grade magical weapon, the Stone Turtle Shield, which could no longer meet the requirements.

Now, thanks to his unremitting practice, the wind control technique has reached the level of great perfection. Although he has not generated the Tao seed, his body movements are agile enough to allow him to turn freely in the air.

Buying another top-grade defensive magic weapon will be enough.

Zhang Yuanshan pondered for a moment and said:
“I suggest that you refine the Earth Spirit Pearl, a magical orb-shaped tool that can generate a protective aura.

Although it is far inferior to Senior Brother Zhao's Apricot Yellow Flag, it can easily deal with attacks from the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and can greatly weaken attacks from the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

It also has the advantage of consuming less mana and can be used for a long time."

He took out a fist-sized gem and said:
"This Earth Bead is a defensive magical weapon I refined for myself. It has twenty-four layers of magical restrictions. Junior Brother, you can try it."

Ji An took the orb and walked to the center of the living room. He input his magic power into it, and immediately a yellow aura protected his body. His movements were not affected at all. The effect was similar to that of the apricot yellow flag.

"Brother, you will be responsible for all the refining materials. Don't be stingy with the good ones. Counting the refining costs, how many spirit stones do you need?"

Gem-like magical instruments are not easy to damage, and it will be easy to sell them when he obtains the Apricot Yellow Flag in the future.

Zhang Yuanshan calculated the material prices and said:

"Just over a thousand spirit stones, just give me an integer."

Ji An readily paid the spirit stones and asked:

"How long will it take to get it?"

"I don't have enough materials, so I need to buy some. It will take about two or three months. I'll let you know when the magic weapon is ready."

Zhang Yuanshan paused and continued:
"Does Junior Brother need an offensive weapon?"

"No need," Ji An waved his hand. After seeing the spiritual weapon, he felt that using magic weapon to attack was too rigid.

His magical attainments are enough, and he will use offensive spiritual weapons in one go.

The compatibility of spiritual weapons with cultivators can be improved through sacrifice and refinement, and they also have certain growth potential.

(End of this chapter)