Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 296 Luxury
Lingxiao Mountain, the rear hall of the Qinong Hall.

Incense curls up in the room, and the faint fragrance is refreshing.

The aroma is inhaled into the mouth and nose, which makes people feel refreshed.

Ge Ying's eyes were filled with pride, and she said softly:

"Master, we originally agreed to build a teleportation array between Scarlet Flame Peak and Ningcui Cliff. We would like to request that construction begin now."

In the sect, there are not many examples of Foundation Establishment cultivators teaching Chao Yuan Stage disciples. Perhaps one such case may only occur once in a hundred years.

"The materials for the teleportation array are ready, but Junior Brother Chu Huaige is currently on a mission, so we can start construction in a month."

Zhang Zizhao smiled, turned his head to look at Ji An, whose eyes were as calm as the depths of the sea, and nodded secretly in his heart.

The other party is less than seventy years old, and he is practicing the Qingmu Changchun Gong, which has the ability to prolong life. Now he has become a cultivator in the Chaoyuan period, and at this age he can be called a teenager.

He is young and promising but not arrogant. He can take on great responsibilities in the future and has great potential in the future.

He once thought that it would be difficult for the other party to break through the Chaoyuan period, after all, his qualifications were only middle-grade.

He didn't expect that the other party could achieve a breakthrough smoothly by relying on his understanding of the martial arts. This was far beyond his expectations.

It turns out that understanding the skills to a certain extent can greatly make up for the lack of talent and thus reduce the obstacles when breaking through.

"As long as Uncle Master keeps this matter in mind, that's all that matters."

Ge Ying smiled and said, Chu Huaige is the sect's Chaoyuan stage formation master and is very busy on weekdays.

Now that the materials are ready, once the other party is free, the teleportation array can be built in two or three days.

Ji An interjected:
"Palace Master, I have another thing to tell you this time. I will be holding a celebration at Scarlet Flame Peak on the Jiazi day of next month. I hope you will come and attend."

He originally wanted to call the other party "senior brother", but it was not appropriate for the master to call him "senior brother" in this case, so it was better to address him by his position.

"Haha, I'll definitely go. It's been a while since it's been so lively."

Zhang Zizhao burst into laughter. In the next ten days, he would attend three celebrations in a row.

As far as he could remember, there hadn't been such a grand occasion in the sect for nearly a hundred years.

After chatting for half an hour, Ji An and the other said goodbye and left.

Walking out of the hall, Ji An said:
"Master, I'm going to talk to Fellow Daoist Ye next. Are you ready to join me?"

Ye Changqing has been too busy with demon disasters and post-disaster reconstruction work in recent years, and he has not visited Chiyan Peak in person for many years.

The last time he went to the Transmission Hall to exchange for martial arts, he also left in a hurry.

This time when I come to the Qingongdian, I must have a good communication.

"I won't go there. I'll go back to Ningcui Cliff directly."

Ge Ying summoned a shuttle and floated away.

Ji An walked into the front hall and was looking through the account books. Ye Changqing glanced at him and smiled faintly:
"Uncle Ji, what brings you out?"

Ji An laughed and scolded:
"That's too unfamiliar, Fellow Daoist Ye, you're insulting me!"

The two of them had known each other since he established his foundation, and their friendship had lasted nearly forty years. Based on their seniority, they seemed too distant.

He was filled with sadness. After not seeing each other for a few years, the other person's hair had turned as white as snow, and his face was covered with wrinkles, especially on the forehead and around the eyes.

Perhaps because of his practice of Qingmu Changchun Gong, he could faintly sense a sense of decay and death from the other party.

If my prediction is correct, the other party will probably die within a decade or so.

Ye Changqing bared his teeth and said:
"Hehe, it's been almost a month since Master-shi broke through to the Chao Yuan Stage, right? I only found out when I was chatting with the Palace Master."

In his opinion, the other party's failure to share such good news immediately implied alienation.

Many people are brothers when they are at the same level, but once their identities and status change, they naturally become estranged. He has seen this kind of thing many times.

Ji An shook his head slightly and explained:

"I originally planned to inform my friends during the celebration that the dragon blood fruit has completely turned red and is two hundred years old.

The seeds of this spiritual tree were given to me by a fellow Taoist. We had agreed to give you spiritual fruits in return!

Why, you have no appetite now?"

"Dragon Blood Fruit!"

Ye Changqing sighed softly, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

When he handed the seeds to the other party, although he was looking forward to tasting the dragon blood fruit, he did not hold much hope.

More than thirty years passed, and his life was almost coming to an end, but he didn't expect that he would still have time to taste the spiritual fruit.

“Okay, fellow Daoist, you still remember the promise we made back then. I, an old man, will go to the celebration with a shameless face.

But let me tell you in advance, don't expect any gifts or anything like that. I don't have any spiritual items that a Chao Yuan period cultivator can use."

A hint of cunning flashed in Ye Changqing's eyes.

Ji An shook his head and waved his hand:

"That won't do. At least give me some spirit stones!"

"Haha, no!"

The joke diluted the subtle estrangement and the two sat down to talk.

Most of the time, it was Ye Changqing who was talking, recalling the past, describing the sect's development over the past two hundred years, and the turmoil caused by these demonic and devilish disasters.

Before I knew it, more than half an hour had passed.

Ye Changqing said faintly:
"I have already applied to the Palace Master for retirement. I will spend the rest of my life drinking only strong tea and light wine until my successor, Junior Brother, takes over."

There is so much desolation in the words.

Ji An was silent. The life of a monk is much longer than that of a mortal, but if he cannot maintain the momentum of continuous improvement, he will one day be buried by the dust of time.

There are many bones on the road to immortality, all buried under the sand.

After informing Ji An of the time of the celebration, he said goodbye and left.

After leaving the hall, he said to Ye Changqing who came out to see him off:
"Fellow Daoist, if you have free time in the future, please come to Scarlet Flame Peak to find me more often. I will give you plenty of second-grade spiritual wine and spiritual fruits to eat as much as you want."

Apart from anything else, in the warehouse of Chiyan Peak, there are still six or seven thousand kilograms of two bottles of low-grade pine nut wine in stock.

The second-level spiritual fruits cannot be guaranteed, but the first-level top-quality spiritual fruits are sufficient.

"Haha, I'm very happy to hear this from you, fellow Taoist."

After leaving the Qinong Hall, Ji An went to the second floor of the Chuan Gong Hall and informed Mo Feiyu of the time of the celebration.

"Okay, I'll be there by then!"

Mo Feiyu smiled brightly. He asked Jia Yu about the information of cultivators who had broken through the Chaoyuan period in recent months.

When he learned that the second-grade mid-quality Red Cloud Pine and Cloud Top Jade Tree were cultivated in the Red Flame Peak, he was overjoyed. He loved tea and wine.

From now on, there will be new channels to buy what you like.

As for "absenteeism", it's not a big deal.

Guarding the second floor of the Transmission Hall was the easiest task. Unless a disciple reached the Chao Yuan Stage, it was normal for no one to be seen for a year. The sect only had a few dozen Chao Yuan Stage cultivators, and the stored techniques were few and far between. All the cultivation experiences and knowledge had been copied away at once, so there was no need for them to come.

After being dragged into conversation for half an hour, Ji An stood up and said:

"Brother, I will be waiting for you then.

It’s getting late, so I’ll take my leave now.”

Studying martial arts, opening up liver meridians, and attending banquets, Ji An's life is busy and fulfilling.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the celebration at Chiyan Peak.

Wei Songtao hired ten young and beautiful female disciples as maids and five spiritual farmers to do odd jobs.

With the assistance of Wei Songnian, the two brothers managed everything in an orderly manner.

Liang Qiu, Xia Yuhan and Xia Yulian all came to the kitchen to help, and Liu Yu and other brothers came to greet guests. This was not a hard job and it could help expand their network.

Ji An originally arranged for the master to sit with the Chaoyuan period monks, but the other party refused on the grounds that "it would feel uncomfortable and affect appetite."

Come to think of it, the topic of a Chaoyuan-stage cultivator was not on the same level as that of a Foundation Establishment-stage disciple, so he did not force it.

The maids wore light blue silk skirts and walked like blooming flowers or flitting butterflies.

Before the banquet started, the fragrance of Yunding Silver Hair Tea was emitting, and portions of spiritual fruits, second-grade medium-quality fried pine nuts and dried mulberries were served.

Lingtao, Tianyuan Pear, Lingxing, each Chaoyuan-stage cultivator can enjoy one second-grade medium-quality spiritual fruit and two second-grade low-quality spiritual fruits.

The spiritual peach, emitting a bright and moist glow, burned Jia Yu's eyes. He picked up the fruit and took a big bite. The fragrant juice of the spiritual fruit spread between his lips and teeth.

There is very little residue in the spiritual fruit. When the pulp and juice enter the stomach, you will feel a warm current rising from the stomach, and traces of fire spiritual power flow along the immortal veins to the heart.

The surface of his heart was surrounded by pale golden flame patterns, which were now flickering.

After eating the peach, he patted his belly lightly and said to Zhu Xiangrong beside him:
"Ji brat has bad intentions. The feeling of fullness from the mid-grade spiritual fruit is too strong. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat too much later!"

Zhu Xiangrong laughed and said:
"Well, Junior Brother, what you said makes sense. These spiritual fruits should be used as gifts after the banquet."

"Of course!"

"But can the gift you gave be compared to the value of the food at today's banquet? We can't let our new junior suffer any loss!"

On the other side, Han Yan took small bites of the peach, chewing with her sleeve covering her mouth, and then whispered:
"What a waste! It would be much better to refine the mid-grade spiritual fruit into a pill!"

As the sect's only Chaoyuan-stage alchemist, she prefers to refine all medicinal spiritual fruits into pills.

The average annual amount of elixirs obtained by Chaoyuan-stage cultivators is much less than that of Foundation Establishment-stage disciples, so every high-level spiritual fruit is precious.

Jia Yu wiped his mouth and interrupted:

“Hehe, I think Junior Sister should be more worried about the cultivation of spiritual medicine.

A large number of spiritual fruit trees have been planted on Chiyan Peak. Junior Brother Ji has now cultivated the cultivation magic of the Chaoyuan period. In the future, the number of second-level medium-grade spiritual trees will increase, and the output of spiritual medicines will probably not be able to keep up."

When refining the elixir, even if the main ingredient is spiritual fruit, it must be supplemented with auxiliary spiritual medicines.

The higher the level of the elixir, the more types of spiritual medicine and the age of the medicine are required. Although this is not absolute, it is the case for most elixirs.

Zhang Zizhao smiled and said:
"The gap won't be that big. Junior Brother Ji will be taking over Ningcui Cliff. With the help of a Chaoyuan-level spiritual farmer, the speed at which the spiritual medicine ages will increase will definitely be several levels faster."

Han Yan's eyes brightened a little, but she quickly frowned and said:
“I don’t know how effective Chaoyuan Stage spells are. Even if the effects are extremely strong, it will take time to raise the spell level to the level where the medicine age can be accumulated quickly.

At least, it takes more than ten years of accumulation, right?"

The others nodded slightly when they heard this. The levels of spells are divided into entry-level, proficient, minor success, major success, and perfect. However, in order to truly make a qualitative leap in the effect of a spell, it is necessary to reach the perfect level.

Time is the fairest thing, everyone has only twelve hours a day.

A cultivator in the Chao Yuan period needs to open up his divine palace, nourish the core of his divine palace with food and energy, and practice techniques to improve his cultivation. After all this busy work, how much time will be left every day?
If one wants to cultivate numerous planting spells to perfection, a dozen years is probably the least amount of time it will take.

Another point is that sometimes hard work may not necessarily bring rewards, and sometimes you may practice magic for a long time but gain no new insights, which is the most frustrating.

Jia Yu looked serious and thought that his thoughts were still too optimistic.

Even if he looked at Junior Brother Ji again, the other party would have to follow the basic rules of things.

At another table, Li Yuangong and Yue Yunlong grinned at each other, with shock in their eyes.

Before the banquet started, there were actually second-grade mid-quality spiritual fruits and pine nuts, which they simply couldn't bring out during their celebration.

Yue Yunlong thought to himself that this was too extravagant and was simply not something a cultivator who had just entered the Chaoyuan period could do.

Peiyuan Dan costs 50,000, which is a huge burden for disciples who still need to maintain their cultivation.

I don’t know about other people, but in order to exchange for pills, he sold all his belongings except for his own beast.

Li Yuangong scratched his head. His impression of Chiyan Peak was still that it had a few second-grade low-quality red cloud pines.

After a while, Wei Songtao came over and said:
"Master, all the invited guests have arrived. Some uninvited guests have come and presented gifts but are unwilling to stay for the banquet.

I copied down the names of these people and their gift lists.”

Ji An nodded slightly, "Serve the food, and let's start the feast."

He stood up, gathered his magical power in his throat, and his gentle voice spread to every corner:
"Thank you, brothers and sisters, and fellow Taoists, for coming here."

After a few polite words, he announced the start of the banquet.

Each Chaoyuan-stage cultivator was given a small pot of second-grade medium-quality pine wine and two jars of low-grade spirit wine. The main course was the meat of a demon beast in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the pickled second-grade spirit bamboo shoots were very appetizing.

When the fresh grilled red grouper was served, Jia Yu frowned slightly and said jokingly:
"Junior Brother Ji, is it because too many people came and there aren't enough spirit fish in the cold pond? That's too stingy."

There was only half a grilled fish, and it wasn't very big.

"That's right, too stingy!"

Everyone laughed in good-natured laughter. In fact, the scale of the celebration was much higher than what they had attended in the past few days.

Ji An bowed and explained:

"Please forgive me, fellow brothers and sisters, but Scarlet Flame Peak has only cultivated the second-grade, mid-quality Jade Leaf Mulberry in recent years, so the stock of mid-quality honey is limited.

In order to let everyone taste this honey grilled fish, I had to resort to this last resort."

Jia Yu raised his eyebrows and said with a simple smile:

"Grilled fish made with second-grade, medium-quality honey? Ah, it's okay. I take it back.

Everyone, eat first as a sign of respect!"

The second-grade medium-quality honey produced in the sect's medicine garden is used to refine various elixirs. How can it be used to roast fish?

"What a waste!"

Han Yan was heartbroken. In addition to being used to refine pills that improve cultivation, the second-grade medium-quality honey can also be used to refine beauty pills.

Among female cultivators, beauty pills can be used as hard currency.

She chewed a piece of grilled fish resentfully, and the bitter and resentful expression on her face immediately eased.

'It's so delicious, the taste is completely different from other honey-baked fish!'

(End of this chapter)