Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 170 The miserable Liu Yu

Ji An drove the shuttle to Chitong Mountain and landed in front of Zhao Lei's cave.

The strong young man came forward and said with a smile:
"Uncle Master, you are here. Master is already waiting in the living room. Please come in!"

He learned the basic information of this uncle from his master and was filled with admiration.

A spiritual farmer in the early stage of foundation building who still has the spare energy to purchase spiritual weapons while continuing to improve his cultivation must have extraordinary qualities.

The cost of the Apricot Yellow Flag is one of the highest among low-grade spiritual weapons. It is difficult to gather enough materials with only spirit stones. The other party changed his opinion of the spiritual farmer.

The Taoist disciples who entered the sect at the same time as him and were assigned to be spiritual farmers all had a very busy life.

After training, I don't have many spirit stones left. I don't know how many years it will take to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for foundation-building pills.

There is a chain of contempt among disciples in the Qi Refining Stage.

The disciples of the Equipment Refining Hall and the Beast Taming Hall only look up to the disciples of the Alchemy Academy, the Formation Hall, and the Law Enforcement Hall, and have a superior mentality towards the disciples of other halls.

Although it is not stated explicitly, it really exists.

The spiritual farmers are at the bottom of the contempt chain.

Ji An nodded slightly and walked into the cave with the young man.

He saw Zhao Lei putting down his wine glass and coming to greet him, and he bowed and said:
"I received a message from my senior brother yesterday evening. I wanted to fly over right then and there. It took me a long time to suppress my excitement."

Zhao Lei clapped his hands and smiled:

“For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the first spiritual weapon is of great significance and will accompany us for many years.

I understand your feelings, Junior Brother. When I refined my first spiritual weapon, I wanted to hold it in my hand even when I slept."

How many foundation-building cultivators can break through to the Chaoyuan stage? Many spiritual weapons will accompany their owners throughout their lives.

He took out a palm-sized golden flag and a jade slip and continued:
"The jade slips describe the control and refining methods of the Apricot Yellow Flag. Take a quick look at it and try out the effects of the spiritual weapon."

"Thank you, senior brother."

Ji An took the spiritual weapon and jade slip, and first stroked the flag a few times. He probed his spiritual sense into it and actually felt a faint Ji Earth spiritual charm, and the Wu Earth spiritual charm came from the flagpole.

He was very sure that when the flag was taken from Liu Suyun, the spiritual charm contained in it was extremely restrained and could not be perceived by spiritual sense.

Senior Brother Zhao actually displayed the spiritual charm of the material itself through the means of refining. It must be said that he is a master.

The spiritual silk extending from the flag is completely integrated with the flagpole, as if it has grown inside, completely natural.

He placed the jade slip on his forehead, quickly glanced through it, and then carefully looked at the control technique, and said:

"The technique isn't complicated. I feel it's even simpler than controlling a magical weapon."

Zhao Lei nodded slightly and responded:

“The reason why a spiritual weapon is called a spiritual weapon is because it already possesses considerable spirituality.

The higher the level of the spiritual weapon, the more spiritual it is, and the more freely the magic weapon can attack.

This is also why cultivators can only operate two or three magical instruments at the same time, but can control many at the same time using spiritual instruments and magic treasures.

However, spiritual weapons and magic weapons need to be sacrificed and refined to unleash their greater power, so cultivators will choose one or two to focus on cultivating.

Ji An shook his head and laughed:

"Brother, don't fool me. There aren't many cultivators who can possess so many spiritual weapons!
Even if I have multiple spiritual weapons, my mana is still not enough."

“Junior brother, you are no longer an expert. A top-grade spiritual weapon can already be placed in your Dantian for nurturing.

It will automatically store spiritual energy. If you have multiple spiritual weapons of the highest quality, you won't need to input extra mana for short battles. The same goes for magic weapons."

"Brother is right, but the prerequisite is to have a top-grade spiritual weapon."

Ji An curled his lips. Generally speaking, only cultivators in the late Chaoyuan period have the financial resources to refine top-grade spiritual weapons.

The materials alone make it a luxury for a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage to possess a top-grade spiritual weapon.

He made a fortune for ten years when the Red Flame Peak erupted, but he did not obtain many second-grade top-grade materials, which was still a long way from what he needed to refine top-grade spiritual weapons.

More importantly, the quality of the mana of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is incomparable to that of a Chao Yuan cultivator.

Even cultivators in the late stage of foundation building cannot meet the demand for top-grade spiritual weapons.

As Ji An spoke, he input his magic power into the apricot yellow flag. The spiritual weapon was like a black hole, absorbing nearly 30% of his magic power.

He scratched his head in embarrassment. This was too much of a sucker. If he used a spiritual weapon to fight, he would never be able to fight a protracted battle.

Zhao Lei noticed his expression, chuckled, and said:
"I guess Junior Brother must be worried about the consumption of mana from the spiritual weapon, but there's no need to worry.

Once you advance to the middle stage of foundation building, this situation will improve significantly."

The quality of mana in the middle stage of foundation building is 20% to 30% higher than that in the early stage, which can reduce a lot of consumption accordingly.

Ji An nodded slightly and began to activate the Apricot Yellow Flag.

He was immediately surrounded by warm yellow light, and golden lotus flowers bloomed on the outside.

Zhao Lei took out a crescent-shaped treasure shimmering with red light and said with a smile:

"Let's go outside the cave.

What I hold in my hand is a low-grade spiritual weapon, which can not only attack as a whole, but also split into twelve pieces for saturation attack.

I will attack later, and you can feel the defensive strength of the Apricot Yellow Flag.

I performed better when refining this spiritual weapon.

If it weren't for the material limitations, it might have been refined into a mid-grade spiritual weapon."

Letting customers inspect the goods on site is a common practice for many weapon refiners.

Ji An nodded and said:
"Thanks to you, Senior Brother, I am so lucky. When I refine spiritual weapons in the future, I will come to find you again."

The two men walked out of the cave and stood still. Zhao Lei activated his magic weapon and began to attack.

There was a flash of red light, and the next moment the magic weapon flew in front of Ji An.

He forced himself to dodge and took the hit from the spiritual weapon.

He noticed the outer golden lotuses spinning in the direction of the spiritual weapon's attack, but they were insufficient to withstand the powerful attack and dissipated. At the same time, the protective spiritual light moved like a sand dune, slowing the spiritual weapon's impact.

With a loud bang, the spiritual weapon exploded into smaller fragments, cutting back and forth around it.

The thickness of the protective aura decreased rapidly, but Ji An could feel that because of the flow of the aura, the attacks he endured were weakened a lot.

When the protective auras of the Apricot Yellow Flag and other spiritual weapons completely dimmed, Zhao Lei put away the spiritual weapons and said with a smile:
"Brother, what do you think?
My cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation building. Even if I am also controlling a low-grade spiritual weapon, the power I can exert is much higher than when you control it.

Furthermore, I have been refining this spiritual weapon for many years, and its power is comparable to that of a mid-grade spiritual weapon."

Ji An pinched his fingers and inserted the apricot yellow flag, which had become even larger, into the ground and injected magic power into it.

With him as the center, the ground within a radius of two meters turned golden, as if cast in bronze.

"Brother, come again."

This is to test what kind of damage the Apricot Yellow Flag can withstand under its strongest defense mode.

"it is good!"

Zhao Lei urged his spiritual weapon to attack, and this time it took nearly twice as long to weaken the protective spiritual light of the apricot yellow flag to dim.

"Brother, you can stop now."

Ji An smiled, he had a real understanding of the defensive effect of spiritual weapons.

When I spar with Brother Liu again in the future, I won’t have to worry about defense issues in the short term. I can withstand the opponent’s attacks and counterattack with offense.

……

After returning to Chiyan Peak, Ji An added one more thing to his daily routine: he would set aside half an hour every day to refine spiritual weapons.

Fortunately, the time spent on the spiritual field has been reduced a lot, and his work is not saturated.

After the Thick Earth Returning Origin Mantra and the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Mantra reached the great perfection level, not only the casting range was expanded, but the spell effects could also last longer.

His spellcasting frequency was slightly lower than before, from once every two days to once every three days.

The days passed in peace, but the speed at which the top-grade spiritual wood on Chiyan Peak increased did not stop.

More and more emerald mulberry, copper mulberry and jasmine trees are being cultivated to the highest level.

During this period, the Qingong Palace sent people to collect the best mulberry leaves.

The populations of Fire Crystal Ants and White Jade Bees have been steadily expanding. Ji An did not collect much of the nectar brewed by the two beasts this year. Next year will be a year of great harvest.

In a flash, more than half a month passed.

The Tianyuan pear tree has grown to a height of one meter and its branches have begun to bend.

The dragon blood tree is more than half a person's height, with fiery red leaves. Under the moonlight at night, it emits a hazy orange-red glow.

As the sun sets, green smoke curls up from the Red Flame Peak, and it is time to burn spiritual charcoal.

Ji An was lying beside the bamboo forest. There was a cup of tea on the stone table beside him. The faint fragrance of Yunding Yinhao was diffused in the air.

The second-grade lower-grade spiritual tea not only tastes great, but can also increase some magic power after drinking and refining it.

More importantly, he discovered that drinking spiritual tea could speed up the recovery of consumed spiritual consciousness, and he had the idea of ​​planting tea trees.

However, there are no high-level tea trees in the sect, so there is little point in planting them.

The quality of the mother tree is not high, so it is unlikely to cultivate a high-level spiritual plant. We can only gamble on a benign mutation with a probability of less than one in ten thousand, and the time cost is too high.

Xia Yuhan walked over gently and said:

"Uncle Master, the tea is getting cold. Drink it and I'll refill it with hot water."

Ji An nodded slightly, sat up and drank the spiritual tea, then continued to lie down.

Thinking about what kind of spiritual plants to cultivate, he planned to plant some practical spiritual trees with flowering periods.

In this way, you can smell the fragrance of flowers all year round.

Suddenly, Ji An caught a glimpse of a golden-red light rushing into the Red Flame Peak.

Because of the burning of spiritual charcoal, there have been people coming and going in Chiyan Peak these days, and the portal of the mountain protection formation is open most of the time.

He immediately sat up and took a closer look, thinking:

"Senior Brother Liu was hunting monsters in Mingfeng Mountain, so how did you find time to come back?"

The person who came was Liu Yu. At this moment, he was riding the flaming golden wheel, with brilliant spiritual light, leaving a clear mark in the sky.

"Junior brother, I'm done."

Before Liu Yu landed, she shouted in the air, her voice was sad, like a young wife who had been wronged.

Ji An raised his eyebrows slightly. This senior brother was usually calm and confident. What happened today?
When the other party landed on the ground, Ji An felt the spiritual pressure emanating from him, which belonged to a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building, and grinned:
"I don't know whether I should congratulate my senior brother or..."

He didn't continue speaking, at this moment he completely understood the other person's feelings.

A cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building who participates in the competition among the three sects must be assigned to the group in the middle stage of foundation building.

Liu Yu's face showed bitterness, and his eyebrows knitted together:
“Ever since I felt I had reached a bottleneck in my breakthrough, I haven’t taken any more pills to improve my cultivation, and I’ve even deliberately reduced my cultivation time.

However, a breakthrough was made during a fierce battle a few days ago.

What am I trying to achieve by suppressing my cultivation these past few years?!"

If he had known the result would be like this, he would have practiced hard.

Possessing a Fire Daoist body, his understanding of the techniques would inevitably improve rapidly through refining spiritual objects, and breaking through to the fifth level of foundation building would not be impossible.

Despite all his planning, fate played a joke on him.

Ji An grinned, not knowing what to say. A breakthrough was something many cultivators dreamed of, let alone a breakthrough in battle.

But for the other party, it becomes a pain that they are unwilling to bear.

"Brother, if others knew your thoughts, I'm afraid they would beat you to death."

(End of this chapter)