Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 174 Refining the Purple Fire Gourd
In the underground cave, a warm yellow spiritual light illuminates the darkness.

Ji An saw that on the branches of the two earth spirit fruit trees in the north, several crystal clear flowers were about to bloom.

Some flower buds also grew on the two spiritual trees in the south.

Ji An used the fire control technique, and flames ignited above his fingertips. The flames were much brighter than the light of the night pearl.

He leaned in closer and counted them carefully. There were 168 flowers in total. He wondered if there would be more in the future.

This spiritual tree has one flower and one fruit. According to the agreement with Liu Suyun, he can get more than 40 fruits.

"I can keep 18 fruits and feed you one every two months."

Ji An said that judging from the fruit-bearing cycle of the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree this time, there would be new fruits to eat before these dozen fruits were eaten.

After Xunling Rat established its foundation, its wisdom increased a lot and it was able to understand what he said.

"Squeak."

The golden retriever barked a few times to please it, and it was very satisfied, which exceeded expectations.

It is still a little silly now and doesn't know how to bargain.

Ji An squatted down and stroked the beast's fluffy fur.

He extended his spiritual sense into the cracks in the stone to feel the decay of the Xuanyang wood.

Huang Xuan and his companion would fill the cracks in the rocks with broken wood every few days, and Ji An would come to cast a spell every two days. The Thick Earth Returning to Origin Curse could greatly accelerate the decay of the wood.

Ji An stood up and shook his head in disappointment.

After a year of comparative experiments, this method was not found to be effective, and additional methods were needed to cultivate the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree.

"Take good care of it."

Ji An gave some instructions and left the underground cave.

The shuttle landed near the nest of the fire crystal ants, and the fourteen purple fire gourds on the wooden rack had a glowing red surface.

Compared with the failure in cultivating the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree, the cultivation of the Purple Fire Gourd using Xuan Yang Wood Powder and red sand as fertilizer seems to have been successful.

Three of the gourd vines that were fertilized produced two top-quality gourds, while the other four only produced one top-quality gourd.

However, there are too few samples now, so this situation can only be used as a reference. The real comparison can only be made after the next round of planting.

The gourd vines had begun to wither, so Ji An picked all the gourds and put them in a storage bag.

"This isn't that difficult! Why haven't other spiritual farmers cultivated top-quality gourds?"

Ji An laughed arrogantly twice, without mentioning his own advantages at all.

There are not many spiritual farmers occupying the second-level spiritual veins, and even if there are, they will not place the purple fire gourd on the core area of ​​the spiritual vein.

Besides, those people's fire spells probably couldn't match his.

In addition, he often used the essence of fire to nourish spiritual plants, so although this result was unexpected, it was also reasonable.

Ji An walked to the anthill and used his spiritual sense to communicate with the queen ant.

It is very easy to raise this group of fire crystal ants with a large area of ​​top-quality red cloud pine, not to mention the second-level red cloud pine.

After a year of careful cultivation, the number of second-level spiritual pines increased by six, reaching twelve, which was better than expected.

With the nourishment of second-level pine honey, the queen ant's demonic power has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. It is estimated that it will only take two or three years for her to break through the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Fire Crystal Ant Queen lives a life of luxury, like a crystal jade.

Ji An left the ant nest and came to the copper-patterned mulberry field.

In the spiritual field where wind-milled copper ore powder was added, the mulberry trees appeared stronger and the wire grass grew significantly better.

The black-leaf sword bamboo is already as thick as an arm, all the old bamboos have reached the highest level, and there are four new bamboos.

Now, some weapon refiners have come here to buy bamboo leaves.

Once you have the right materials, of course you have to refine them into magical instruments as quickly as possible.

Ji An controlled the shuttle and flew to Chitong Mountain.

Zhao Lei happened to have some free time and was happily drinking a little wine.

"Senior brother's life is really comfortable."

Ji An bowed and smiled, placing two jars of top-quality gin wine on the table.

Zhao Lei widened his eyes, held up two fingers and said:
"Junior brother, didn't you see that I was busy? The sect placed an expedited order, and I took fasting pills for two months before I finished the work."

Ji An smiled and said:
"Is the sect's weapon refining shop business too booming?"

More and more independent cultivators and families settled in Mingfeng Mountain, making it a great immortal city as famous as Qingyun Immortal City.

Zhao Lei shook his head slightly and said:

"Something has changed. Two months ago, a small gathering place of cultivators around Mingfeng Mountain was quietly destroyed. Several sects are investigating it.

The sect that I made the magical instruments for was offering a reward for clues, and other sects also offered rewards."

"Is there any result?"

Ji An frowned slightly. There were at least hundreds of cultivators in one gathering point.

Now that such a vicious incident has occurred, it must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause the independent cultivators to worry about their safety, which will be detrimental to the overall situation in the future.

Zhao Lei's expression became serious:
"No results yet. I received news that something is very strange. There are no signs of fighting at the destroyed gathering point. It's as if the monks have vanished into thin air."

Ji An's brows furrowed even tighter. It was not difficult for a powerful cultivator to massacre a small gathering point, but to do it silently was not something a regular cultivator could do.

Ghost cultivators and demonic beasts proficient in illusions are all suspects.

No matter which one it is, it is not easy to deal with.

"Let's not think about it anymore. The affairs of Mingfeng Mountain are taken care of by our uncle who is in charge. What brings me here today, Junior Brother?"

Zhao Lei asked, Chiyan Peak was not close to him, so the other party couldn't have come to chat with him.

"I recently came across a few top-grade gourds, and I'd like to ask you to refine them into suitable magical instruments." Ji An took out three purple fire gourds and said:

"I don't know how to prepare these gourds, so I just picked them from the vines today and hurried to bring them to you, Senior Brother."

Zhao Lei took the gourd and played with it for a while, then said with a smile:
"Purple Fire Gourds of the highest quality are rare. Does that mean Junior Brother planted them himself?"

It was not easy to grow top-quality purple fire gourds, and he was even more surprised that three were produced at once.

Ji An nodded slightly and said:

"I got a few seeds three years ago. The environment of Scarlet Flame Peak is also suitable for this type of fire-type spiritual plant, so I planted them and carefully nurtured them."

"Junior brother, are you confident that you can consistently cultivate a top-grade fire gourd?"

Zhao Lei leaned forward slightly and looked across with anticipation.

There are not many foundation-building cultivators who have the financial resources to refine spiritual weapons, so using top-grade magic weapons is the norm.

"I'm fifty to sixty percent sure."

"Junior brother, I can refine a gourd-shaped magical instrument that nourishes flames. The top-grade fire gourd can produce fire clouds that are comparable to the attacks of cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

I want to buy the top-quality gourds you grow for a long time. Do you think it's feasible?"

"The purpose of growing them is to sell them. I wonder how much you can offer me, brother?"

Ji An said calmly, waiting for the other party to bid.

Zhao Lei quickly calculated in his mind that the price of a top-grade spiritual weapon was between one thousand five hundred and two thousand spirit stones. The Purple Fire Gourd could be sold for one thousand eight hundred spirit stones without any problem. It was suitable for all foundation-building cultivators who practiced fire-based exercises.

The most important thing in refining the Purple Fire Gourd is to find a top-quality gourd, which can be done with only two hundred spirit stones as spiritual materials.

There are a large number of potential customers within the sect, and dozens of them can be sold in the Law Enforcement Hall.

"Six hundred spirit stones for a top-grade gourd. What do you think, Junior Brother?"

“Brother, you have been refining weapons for many years, so you should know that top-grade gourds are very rare.

It takes me three years to grow the gourd, and I need to use fire essence to nourish the spiritual plant every day.

Apart from anything else, the essence of fire consumed in growing these three top-grade gourds is about seven or eight hundred spirit stones.

I only sell one for 600 spirit stones, what am I looking for? Brother, you can’t just count on your own profits.”

Ji An did not lie. The essence consumed in cultivating seven gourds over the past three years was indeed worth seven hundred spirit stones.

Zhao Lei grinned, his price was neither high nor low:
"Junior brother, there are costs for planting, and there are costs for me to refine magic tools. The price of a top-grade magic tool is there. If I make a mistake when refining and the magic tool does not reach the top-grade level, I will not be able to sell it at a high price.

In addition to these top-quality gourds, my junior brother must have a batch of high-quality gourds that can also be sold.

Add another fifty spirit stones, no more."

Ji An pondered and said:
"Seven hundred spirit stones, and I guarantee a steady supply of top-grade gourds from now on."

He knew that if he continued grinding for a while, he would be able to get more spirit stones, but he was just too lazy to waste his breath.

In the future, the number of high-quality gourds grown will increase further, and the cost will be reduced.

Zhao Lei smiled and nodded:
"make a deal!
Junior brother, how many of these three gourds are you going to sell to me?"

"I'm going to use these three myself."

"Huh? Why do you keep so many? At least sell me one."

"I'm afraid one won't be enough, so I'm preparing three. Brother, please tell me the refining cost."

Ji An didn't give in. For him, he must be able to cultivate the fire in the gourd to the point where it could threaten the life of a demon beast at the perfect foundation-building stage.

Sharp weapons can be used without them, but they are not available when they cannot be used.

"Due to our friendship, I will give you the biggest discount: three top-grade magic tools and two thousand spirit stones for the refining fee."

Zhao Lei shook his head slightly, muttering to himself.

"It's a waste for a spiritual farmer like you to carry around several magic weapons."

Ji An handed over twenty medium-grade spirit stones and said:

"Brother, I still need the seeds in these gourds. Remember to leave them for me."

Zhao Lei did not take the spirit stone and said:

"I'll take out the seeds later. By the way, Junior Brother, are you selling the high-quality gourd in your hand?
Hey, I bought it for my disciple to practice with."

"What's the price, brother?"

"One step at a time, I'll give you one hundred and twenty spirit stones each."

Ji An took out the remaining eleven high-quality gourds and said:

"Brother, can you refine a magical instrument to store spiritual wine?"

He thought it would be perfect to use this thing to store fire-attributed spiritual wine, and Senior Brother Du would probably like it very much.

"Of course I can. I just want to make two for myself. Do you want some too, Junior Brother?"

"Refine two wine gourds for me, and give me the seeds of the top-grade gourd as well."

"No problem, that's equivalent to selling nine gourds for 1080 spirit stones. I'll charge you 200 spirit stones for the labor of refining the wine gourd.

In that case, Junior Brother, just give me 1100 Spiritual Stones."

Zhao Lei took the spirit stone and said:
"I'll go take care of the gourd and take out the seeds. Please wait a moment, Junior Brother."

After a moment, Ji An got the seeds, stood up and bowed, saying:
"Brother, I'll take my leave first. When can I come to get the magic weapon?"

“My spiritual power was severely depleted a few days ago, and I need to rest for a while.

It will take about a month to refine it, and I will inform my junior brother when the time comes."

　I have something to do today, so the next chapter will be updated later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)