Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 230: Blue Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace

By the cold pond, Xia Yuhan was drying tea leaves.

The green leaves are used to stir-fry Yunding Yinhao, and the white leaves are used to stir-fry Yulu Jinya.

When drying, the two types of tea need to avoid direct sunlight, otherwise it will affect the taste and effect, so they are placed in the shade of the stone house to wither.

In order to prevent any direct sunlight from reaching the tea leaves, the two sisters took turns to look after them, each for two hours during the day.

In order to better roast tea, the two sisters worked very hard. They not only borrowed a large number of jade slips for roasting tea, but also repeatedly visited the experienced tea-roasting disciples in the sect.

Xia Yuhan looked at the tea leaves with white leaves and golden patterns, her heart filled with joy.

The top-grade Jade Dew and Golden Buds is a good thing that even the uncles and uncles in the late stage of foundation building will fight for.

As a disciple of Chiyan Peak, she is proud of it.

There are two Yunding jade trees, one of which has been cultivated to the best level, and the other is of top quality.

The uncle-master asserted that this top-grade tea tree had great potential to be cultivated into a second-grade mid-grade tea.

That is a high-level spiritual object that can be enjoyed by Chaoyuan-stage cultivators. With this kind of resource, my uncle's network of contacts can be extended upwards again.

Ji An walked over with his hands behind his back, picked up a handful of tea leaves, felt the moisture inside, and said:
"Should it be ready for the next step of stir-frying?"

Xia Yuhan answered with a smile, two shallow dimples appearing on her cheeks.

"It's still a little short of perfection. I think it will be ready by sunset today."

Ji An nodded slightly and changed the subject:

"How many years will it take for you to get the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"About four and a half years."

"Time flies so fast," Ji An sighed. Chiyan Peak is permanent, but its disciples are transient.

Xia Yuhan and several other disciples all obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill four years later. They obtained more resources than Liang Qiu and Huang Feihu, so breaking through the Foundation Establishment should be no problem for them.

It’s time to put the matter of recruiting a new generation of disciples on the agenda.

Ji An was thinking whether it would be better to choose some who had no hope of building a foundation when recruiting disciples in the future.

The best choice are those spiritual farmers who have just passed the late stage of Qi Refining and meet the requirements to stay in the sect for a long time.

Ji An waved his hand and said, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll go somewhere else."

He walked along the cold pond and saw Xia Yulian spreading bait to feed the spirit fish.

The Cangshui Turtle joined the competition. It was still at the fourth level of Qi Refining, but its body had grown a lot bigger, and no other spirit fish could compete with it.

"Uncle Master!"

Xia Yulian greeted him, muttering to herself that her uncle had a lot of free time in recent days and no longer went out to practice magic.

Apart from making talismans and extracting essences on the top of the mountain, I spend most of my time wandering around.

Ji An waved his hand as a greeting.

He looked for a while and then walked away.

"I suddenly have free time and feel so bored."

Ji An laughed at himself. In the past, he practiced for six hours every day, and spent the rest of the time tending to the spiritual fields and practicing magic.

Now there is no need to practice spells anymore, and I suddenly have nothing to do.

Got to find something else to do!

It is unrealistic to spend all the time in the day practicing the exercises; you have to do something else.

Ji An returned to the cave, took out the jade slip with the glazed jade bone body, placed it on his forehead, and used his spiritual sense to read the information.

He carefully studied the technique and was attracted by the inheritance within it. He sighed:

"Following me is like a pearl in the dust."

He had only taken a cursory look at this technique back then, focusing on studying the tricks involved.

Ever since the Silver Armor was completed, he has never touched this jade slip again.

The concept of the exercise is to refine the body like refining a weapon, to regulate the qi and blood, nourish the internal organs, and use one's own essence, energy and spirit to polish the body into a "treasure weapon".

Unfortunately, he will not practice this kind of skills as his main skill, but will only use it as an auxiliary skill.

Time is fair to everyone. A monk's energy is limited, so it is difficult to have a day off for both the Dharma and the body.

In addition to the characteristics of the stone turtle, his choice of magic cultivation was the most correct choice, and body refining could only be used as an auxiliary means to increase his own "life value".

There isn't much to do now, so I can spend some time training my body to kill time.

Ji An took out the jade slip given to him by his master and found the alchemy inheritance.

Alchemists need to be able to control flames, and the entry-level spell is the Fire Control Technique.

He couldn't help but grin. His original purpose of learning the art of fire control was to be more calm when encountering a fire environment in the future. It would also be needed when refining medicine and equipment.

Now it seems that I was really far-sighted back then.

He read the inheritance of refining primary elixirs in detail and pondered it carefully in his mind.

Finally, Ji An made the decision to spend his free time refining pills and practicing body building.

Learning martial arts is always a good thing, but the art of alchemy, although it requires high talent, cannot accumulate enough alchemy experience without enough refining times.

I don’t know whether he has the talent for alchemy, but he must have enough spirit stones to cover the cost of training.

If he is not talented in alchemy, he will try refining weapons.

After thinking clearly about the future development, Ji An felt that the world was much broader.

three days later.

Ji An drove the shuttle away from Chiyan Peak, and the golden-winged eagle followed behind, neighing with joy from time to time.

It rarely leaves the range of the Red Flame Peak mountain protection formation, and it always feels so comfortable riding the wind.

As the shuttle's speed increased, the beastmaster gradually couldn't keep up and began to cry out for help.

Ji An slowed down, released the beast into the shuttle, and then flew at full speed.

The shuttle entered Ningcui Cliff and landed on the top of the mountain.

Ji An stepped into the cave and took out two jars, both as big as fists.

One is a green porcelain jar and the other is a mutton-fat white jade jar.

"Greetings, Master! Scarlet Flame Peak has roasted some new tea and sent it to you to try. I have a jar of the highest quality Jade Dew Golden Bud."

Whenever he came to share the joy of the harvest, Master was particularly happy, and the smile from the heart could be felt.

“Once the Youyue Cangyu Tree has reached the ultimate level, it will be useful to you.

Very good, a high soul strength is of great help in breaking through the Chaoyuan stage."

Ge Ying showed a kind look. She opened the two jars respectively and put them to her nose to smell the tea fragrance.

She handed the mutton-fat jade jar to the maid:
"Make two cups. I want to taste it now."

"Uncle Master, please wait a moment," the maid took the teapot and went out.

Ge Ying pointed at the chair and said with a smile:
"Don't stand, please sit down.

At noon, I received a letter from Liu Yu, saying that he had broken through to the late stage of foundation building!

Liu Yu is a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall. After the demon disaster breaks out, he will often be on the front line of the battle.

Now that his cultivation has reached a higher level, his safety is more guaranteed.

The quality of mana of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building is about 20% higher than that in the middle stage of foundation building.

She is very happy now. Liu Yu is her second disciple in the late foundation building stage, and the disciple in front of her may very well be the third one.

The output of Chiyan Peak is becoming more and more abundant and high-end, which will provide more help to the disciples of Ningcuiya lineage.

"Haha, Senior Brother Liu is always one step ahead."

Ji An smiled and said that he had recently felt that the bottleneck had begun to loosen. If the other party had broken through a year or two later, he might have become the first among the few to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Ge Ying nodded slightly and asked:
"Your sixth senior sister, Zhong Yuefei, is even more skilled in alchemy than I am. Do you have much contact with her?"

Ji An shook his head, "We have hardly any contact. We, the later disciples, don't have much contact with other brothers."

The word 'almost' can be crossed out. He has no connection with those disciples who entered the sect earlier.

He prefers quietness to movement, and since there are a large number of spiritual fields on Chiyan Peak that need to be taken care of, he has no time to run around and make connections.

"You should contact other brothers more often.

Now that we are familiar with each other, there will be someone to help you refine the pills when I am gone."

Ge Ying paused and continued:
"I increasingly feel my body's function is declining and I can't hold on for much longer."

She felt that they should find opportunities to get together more often so that after she passed away, her disciples could take care of each other.

"Master is still in good health."

"I don't know whether I am strong or not. Alas, time is merciless."

Ji An looked at his master's increasingly old face and fell silent.

Time is fair to everyone, like a chisel that carves marks on everything in the world and wears away its life.

The maid brought the magic tea. Ge Ying picked up the teacup and observed it carefully. The tea soup was as white as the dancing moonlight, shimmering with light.

She took a sip and immediately felt the fragrance of the tea lingering between her lips and teeth, which lifted her spirits.

Slowly swallow the tea, after the hot flow, the sweetness comes immediately, a hint of coolness arises, and the sea of ​​​​consciousness becomes clear.

"Jade Dew and Golden Buds are indeed a great product for nourishing the soul!"

Ge Ying praised it, saying that she had not had this kind of spiritual tea many times.

"The tea production will increase in the future. I will send more for Master to taste."

"I'm old, it's a waste for me to drink such spiritual tea."

Ge Ying sighed and said:

“The situation around Mingfeng Mountain Fairy City has become increasingly unstable, and the demonic disaster has only occurred in the past few years.

Liu Yu really needs this spiritual tea, you can trade him some more."

Ji An nodded slightly:

"This tree seed was given to me by Senior Brother Liu. I will provide him with a steady supply of Jade Dew Golden Buds in the future."

He paused and continued:

"I'd like to try alchemy recently. I wonder if Master has a furnace suitable for a novice alchemist?"

His master is the sect's top alchemist and must have quite a few alchemy furnaces in his collection, so there is no need for him to go find an equipment refiner to buy them.

"Do you want to learn alchemy?"

Ge Ying's eyes immediately brightened. If this disciple learned alchemy, he would be the true successor of her legacy.

"Yes, apart from practicing my skills recently, I have plenty of time."

"Okay, I support you in learning alchemy.

Please wait a moment, I'll go to the warehouse to find the alchemy furnace."

Ge Ying stood up, entered the cave's storeroom, and took out a furnace as big as a human head.

The body of the stove is dark red, with traces of time mottled on it.

It has three legs and two ears, with lotus leaves engraved on the surface and flame patterns under the leaves.

Ge Ying's eyes were gentle, and she gently stroked the stove with her hand, as if she was reminiscing.

“This is a first-grade, top-grade alchemy furnace, the Azure Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace. It has been with me for over fifty years, and I’ve been using it since I became a first-grade, superior alchemist.

It can be used to refine late-stage foundation-building pills. I am giving it to you now, hoping it will witness your growth into a second-level alchemist."

With a solemn expression, she carefully held the alchemy furnace and handed it to her disciple personally.

In her heart, this is the continuation of the tradition, full of her earnest hope.

Ji An stood up and took the furnace with both hands.

"Thank you, Master, for your gift."

Ge Ying sat down again and smiled as he recounted his experience of purchasing the alchemy furnace, and described what emergencies might occur when refining elixirs and how to deal with them.

"What is the first elixir you plan to refine?"

"Bigu Pill."

Ji An answered solemnly that this was a decision he made after careful consideration.

The main ingredient of the Bigu Pill is yellow sprout rice or other spiritual rice, with the addition of blood-replenishing and qi-invigorating medicinal materials, and the refining cost is relatively low.

In addition, after the demon disaster breaks out, the monks have to engage in long-term high-intensity battles, which consumes a lot of physical strength and mana.

Although the taste is not very good, the Bigu Pill can provide a strong sense of fullness and sufficient nutrition.

After refining the fasting pills, they can be sold to recover the costs.

“A good choice, not too ambitious.”

Ge Ying nodded slightly. The first kind of elixir that most alchemists refine is the Qigong elixir.

The lowest-grade fasting pills are made of cheap materials, and after refining them in large quantities, you can tell whether someone has talent.

She thought for a moment and talked about some alchemy techniques.

"The jade slip I gave you contains a complete and detailed discussion. Please study it several times before you begin refining.

But understanding the theory is one thing, and practicing it is another. You have to be prepared for many failures."

She was a little worried that her disciples would feel a psychological gap after repeated failures, so she lowered their expectations first, so that even if they failed, they would not be hit too hard.

"Thank you Master for your teaching."

The master and disciple chatted for half an hour, and Ji An stood up and said:
"It's getting late. I have to leave now. I will report my progress in alchemy to Master regularly."

He understood the significance of his master giving him the alchemy furnace.

"I'm waiting here for good news."

After Ji An left, Ge Ying put away the white jade jar, took out a communication sword, recorded the information, and then activated it.

The talisman sword left Ningcui Cliff and flew towards Yingyue Peak.

She no longer needs to use Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea to nourish her soul. The tea that her disciples gave her as a gift can play a greater role if passed on to future generations.

Ge Luoying is now at the eighth level of foundation building, and is not far from breaking through to the ninth level. He will have to prepare for breaking through to the Chaoyuan stage in the future.

Threads of green smoke rose from the Red Flame Peak. Now was the time to burn spiritual charcoal.

Ji An landed in the cold pond and came to the stone house where talismans were made.

He wrote down the recipe for the Qigong Pill. There were a large number of recipes in his master's jade slips, and this was just one of them.

He handed the recipe to Xia Yuhan and said:

"Tomorrow, go to the General Affairs Hall and buy one hundred ingredients according to this recipe."

The materials were cheap, and he was quite "generous" in spending. It didn't matter if he didn't have a high talent for alchemy, as long as he was skilled, he could successfully refine the pills.

Xia Yuhan glanced at the recipe, put it away solemnly, and said:

"As you command, it happens to be Yulian's turn to make breakfast tomorrow. After we both get up, I'll go buy some magical rice and herbs."

Although she was not an alchemist, she could tell that this was a pill recipe.

She wondered in her heart whether her uncle wanted to learn alchemy. If so, maybe she could buy suitable elixirs from her uncle after she established her foundation.

In her impression, there is nothing that her uncle wants to do that he cannot accomplish.

(End of this chapter)