Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 177 Complete Merits
Ji An couldn't help but recall the brief illusion that appeared when he just broke through. He stood up and practiced the Green Wood Transformation Technique.

Emerald green light spots filled with vibrant energy fell like heavy rain, like lively elves falling into the world.

At this time, the morning light has not yet shone into the mountains and forests, and this area has become a green ocean. The mulberry leaves can be seen growing larger and new buds sprouting from the branches.

Sister Xia Yuhan looked at the ocean of light, with stars twinkling in her eyes.

Although they had seen the same scene countless times, this time it felt different.

At this moment, they felt as if they were in a dense forest where few people had been, and they seemed to be able to hear the sound of trees growing.

Ji An nodded slightly, and the range of the Green Wood Transformation Technique expanded, the consumed mana decreased, and the pervasive magic power increased.

Everything is consistent with the characteristics of a spell being elevated to the level of great perfection.

As his cultivation level improved, all the planting techniques he mastered reached the level of great perfection.

"The merit is complete."

Ji An whispered, turned around suddenly, and said with a smile:
"Prepare wine for lunch. I'm so happy today that I want to get drunk."

The two maids responded in unison:

"As ordered."

My uncle's cultivation has improved and his magic has also made a breakthrough, which is worth celebrating.

The next day, Ningcui Cliff.

In the cave, the maid brought two cups of spiritual tea and quietly left the living room.

Ge Ying felt the spiritual pressure and vigorous aura of the disciple, and her eyes gleamed:

"Middle stage of foundation building? Great! When did you break through?"

The youngest disciple surpassed her in cultivation, which indirectly shows her vision.

Memories flashed through her mind, and she recalled the scene when she accepted this disciple in the past.

In the medicine garden of the cave, the other party's small cloud and rain technique had magical power, which made her want to accept him as a disciple.

The past events are still vivid in my mind, as if they happened just yesterday.

The light of the universe changed, and when he woke up, the disciple in the Qi Refining Stage had become a cultivator at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.

Ji An bowed and said with a smile:
"I just broke through yesterday. I wanted to tell my master through the sword, but I felt it wasn't solemn enough, so I made a special trip today to express my gratitude."

After becoming his disciple, it was a new starting point for him.

"Sit down, don't stand. Have you told Liu Yu and the others?"

Ge Ying said gently that for cultivators, cultivation is the foundation of everything.

"I'm planning to invite them to Chifeng in a few days to attend a small celebration."

"Well, we have to tell them that Qingwan and the others have fallen behind. Holding a celebration can motivate them."

Ge Ying nodded. Among the five youngest disciples, two had already become cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building.

If he could maintain this momentum, perhaps before his own death, the Ningcui Ya lineage would have two more cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

She thought for a moment and said:

"To advance to the middle stage of foundation building, one must refine spiritual objects to enhance one's understanding of the technique.

For you, the time you stay in the middle stage of foundation building may not be more than a few years longer than the early stage.

However, don't become complacent because of this; you still need to guard against arrogance and impatience and practice diligently."

If one can comprehend more of the divine meaning of the exercises, one can significantly increase the speed of cultivation.

This disciple's aptitude is just average, but his comprehension is commendable.

The more a cultivator practices, the more his aptitude will be improved. At that time, his superior comprehension will be able to bring more convenience to others.

"Remember Master's teachings."

Ji An nodded humbly and said:

“Regarding cultivation, I only know that the Qi Refining Stage is just the beginning, and the Foundation Establishment Stage is the true beginning of cultivation.

What is the pursuit after building the foundation? Master, can you help me solve this puzzle?"

He read the Taoist books and various notes on cultivating immortals in the sect, and learned that after the Golden Elixir, there are many other realms such as the Nascent Soul and the God Transformation. It was surprisingly similar to many novels about cultivating immortals in his previous life.

However, the Taoist books only record the names of the realms, and do not mention what needs to be done in the realms.

The miscellaneous notes do record quite a few stories about great masters, but they clearly feel like bragging and imagination.

Master is a cultivator in the late foundation-building stage and should be able to access more secrets.

"You've just broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, and you're already aiming too high?"

Ji An smiled gently and said:
“Only when you have a clear vision of the road ahead can you better appreciate the present moment.”

“The path of cultivation is long, and the destination is even more distant.

When you reach a peak, you find that there are still higher peaks. Aren’t you afraid of being shaken and confused? "

"The morning mushroom does not know the new moon and full moon, and the cicada does not know spring and autumn.

How fortunate it is for a person who practices Taoism to see the four seasons while being a chirping cicada!
If I hadn't known how high the sky was or how vast the earth was, that would have been fine. But now that I know how vast the world is, I yearn for it. Why should I fear the bumpy road ahead?

Ji An's voice was low. In his previous life, living to be a hundred years old was considered a long life, but now it was nothing unusual for the Jindan Patriarch in his sect to live to be a thousand years old.

The lifespan of Yuanying cultivators above the Jindan stage can reach as long as three thousand years.

Whenever he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel his blood boiling.

Ge Ying looked at the disciple's gentle yet resolute gaze, nodded slightly, and said with a smile:

"I was young once too. I hope that many years from now, you can still maintain your current mindset." She looked away, her voice filled with nostalgia:

“There’s not much I can tell you, I can only vaguely describe the scenery ahead.

Because my cultivation level is not high enough, these understandings are just hearsay.

Other people's wisdom is just a stone from another mountain, it doesn't belong to you, you must remember this."

"The ancient immortals divided cultivation into four stages: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao.

The two realms of foundation building and Chaoyuan are just the stages of refining essence into qi.

At this stage, what we do is to temper the immortal veins, comprehend the power of the five elements, and condense ourselves to a leak-free state as much as possible.

The Chao Yuan stage is to polish the five qi in the chest to condense the medicine for the human body. Finally, the five qi return to the Yuan Yuan and use the fire of one's own Yuan Ming to refine the golden elixir.

The golden elixir is the end point of refining essence into qi, and it is also the starting point of refining qi into spirit.

What a Jindan cultivator needs to do is to perfect his understanding of the Five Elements Law, polish and improve the quality of the Jindan, and at the same time temper the power of his soul.

They nurtured their souls in the golden elixir to form a soul infant, and finally broke the shackles of the golden elixir and became a Yuanying..."

Ji An listened very carefully, sometimes looking confused, sometimes suddenly enlightened.

Master’s explanation was not detailed, but it outlined the path ahead, and I will slowly fill in the details later.

Ge Ying told everything he knew without reservation, looked at his disciple's increasingly bright eyes, and nodded secretly.

Among the many disciples, this disciple has the least background. His father is a casual cultivator, and he was alone when he joined the sect.

His aptitude is also the lowest, only middle grade, but his firm heart of Taoism and his comprehension beyond that of ordinary cultivators make him stand out.

She picked up the cup and drank the cooled spiritual tea, saying:
"In the sect, every two years there will be a Chao Yuan period uncle giving a lecture, and all late foundation building cultivators can participate and discuss cultivation together.

If you are lucky enough, you can see the ancestor in person to answer your questions.

If you can break through to the late stage of foundation building before the age of 100, you will receive Class A treatment, the contribution points required to exchange for cultivation techniques will be halved, and you will have priority in exchanging for spiritual objects and spiritual tools."

The tradition of preaching has continued since the sect moved westward from Central China.

It is because of the unity of the people over the past three thousand years that the sect has achieved its current prosperity.

Ji An's eyes showed confidence:

"Then we have to fight for first-class treatment, but..."

He changed the subject and continued:
“I don’t have much confidence in the resource reserves in the secret vault. The sect’s accumulation over thousands of years must have been consumed a lot when upgrading the spirit veins.

The demonic disaster is about to strike again, and many resources will probably have to be forcibly stored to prepare for the war."

He believed that he would not be able to get much help from the sect in terms of resources.

Instead of allocating more resources to the late stage of foundation building, the sect should focus on cultivating cultivators who have the potential to achieve the golden elixir stage.

If there is one more Golden Core Ancestor, that would be a strategic foundation.

Ge Ying smiled and said:

“Before the demonic disaster breaks out completely, if you perform well enough, the sect will definitely provide sufficient support.

Only when you reach the late stage of foundation building will you be able to access the sect’s hidden heritage.”

Ji An raised his eyebrows slightly in thought, wondering what other background the sect might have.

The sect has only been a Jindan force for over a thousand years. If it has more foundation, it should be in refining equipment and taming beasts.

“Since you have broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, you need to go to the secret library to exchange spiritual objects for refining so that you can gain a deeper understanding of the divine will of the technique.

Let me ask you, how many types of the Five Elements can you sense when practicing Qingmu Changchun Gong?"

Ge Ying asked, some inheritances are not recorded in writing.

For example, when it comes to refining spiritual objects, it does not mean that practicing the wood-type exercises can only refine wood-type spiritual objects.

Even if a cultivator without a master goes to the secret vault to exchange spiritual objects, the uncle-master who controls the secret vault will mention this.

"Three kinds."

“How many?!”

Ge Ying's voice suddenly increased a lot, and she felt that she was hallucinating.

When many cultivators first enter the initial stage of foundation building, they can only feel one of the five elements, and those with high talent can only feel two.

Ji An stretched out his right hand and bent two fingers:
"Three kinds: the flourishing of Jia wood, the moistening of Gui water, and the inclusive nourishment of Ji earth.

Master, is there any problem?

Ge Ying's breathing became a little rapid. Doesn't the power of the three elements mean that it is similar to her current self?
She looked the disciple up and down again and again, "Follow me."

The two left the cave and came to a secluded pond surrounded by green trees.

"You practice for a while, I'll take a look."

The disciple probably wouldn't lie about this because it was meaningless. She wanted to know to what extent the disciple understood the technique.

"Ok."

Ji An nodded slightly, and habitually released the Thick Earth Return to Origin Mantra, then took out the cushion and threw it in a shady place and sat cross-legged on it.

When he was practicing at Chiyan Peak, he had to change his position every day, and he carried several cushions in his storage bag.

When the yellow spiritual light spread, Ge Ying narrowed her eyes.

In addition to the nourishing and inclusive Dharma, there is also a deep and obscure aura in the Dharma, which is not present when she casts spells. It is clear that she has practiced the spell to the extreme!
Ji An began to practice Qingmu Changchun Gong. Emerald wood-type spiritual light flew out from the surrounding spiritual trees, yellow spiritual light emerged from the earth, and almost transparent water-type spiritual light jumped out from the pool and surrounded him.

(End of this chapter)