Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 359 Deposit
Jia Yu couldn't help but be surprised. It was not easy to collect fifty top-grade spiritual fruits.

"How can it be that fast? We still need a few more, but the third high-grade Earth Spirit Fruit tree in Scarlet Flame Peak is already bearing fruit. If we wait for two more years, we will have enough.

I'll discuss with Yan Zu and see if I can get paid in advance."

Ji An explained that the best quality earth spirit fruit trees would take three years to mature.

The golden-spotted spider silk needs to be soaked in the blood of the earth dragon beast, and it takes about a year to meet the requirements.

And after a year, he was able to collect enough spiritual silk and gather all the materials, so he could directly ask Senior Brother Zhu to help him refine the Wu Ji Xing Huang Flag.

"Yan Zu is relatively easy to talk to. Junior brother, wait a moment, I will go and ask for instructions."

Jia Yu pinched his fingers to open the mimicry array and entered the secret vault. The passage to the vault opened and closed again.

Among the two Jindan-stage guardian beasts in the sect, Lihuogui has a bad temper and is a man of his word, rarely making concessions.

The Earth Dragon Beast is much friendlier and easier to deal with.

Ji An took off the pendant hanging around his neck and put it into the storage bag. This rare item obtained from the Mingfeng Mountain Fairy City can still be absorbed by the stone turtle into Kunling.

About thirty points can be obtained every year, which is much less than before. Perhaps after reaching a certain point in time, this rare item will be completely scrapped.

A moment later, the passage to the secret vault opened again, and the Earth Dragon Beast, which looked only as big as a bull, walked out first with lazy steps.

Its footsteps were so light that the ground could not feel any vibration at all.

But as it approached, Ji An felt a sense of oppression as if it were a towering mountain, something he had never felt before. He thought to himself:
"It turns out that only after opening up the Earth-Walking Divine Palace can one feel the true power of this mountain-guarding spirit beast."

The Earth Dragon Beast walked to the scales, its golden vertical pupils revealed majesty, and its deep voice rang out:
"Little guy, how many high-grade Earth Spirit Fruits did you bring? If the number is too different, there's no way you can get my blood in advance!"

Jia Yu had already told it the general situation, and it would be very happy if it could enjoy the spiritual fruit earlier.

"I only need eight fruits. I will pay off the debt within three years. Not only that, I will also give one more to Yan Zu."

As Ji An spoke, he took out several topaz boxes with soul-sealing talismans on them and opened them one by one in front of the Earth Dragon Beast.

The Earth Dragon Beast extended its tongue, rolled up a spiritual fruit, and chewed it carefully. It nodded its huge head a few times in satisfaction.

"Yes, this taste is really nostalgic. I agree."

The Jinling Sect can't provide it with many earth-based spiritual fruits, so it usually spends most of its time sleeping in the earth veins.

“However, as a cultivator, you should understand that I cannot give you the blood directly. Take out the spiritual silk that needs to be soaked.

I'll have Jia Yu notify you once the spiritual silk is processed."

There are vicious curses circulating in the world of immortal cultivation, which can be cast through blood or other personal belongings. It has witnessed the entire process of a Jindan stage monster being cursed to death.

From then on, it became extremely cautious.

"of course can."

Ji An took out a dozen strands of spider silk that shone with a pale yellow light, placed them in a specially made white jade box, and continued:

"The blood needs to completely submerge the spiritual threads. Once they develop a warm, jade-like luster, the task is complete."

The earth dragon beast raised its front limbs, and its sharp claws bent and pierced the muscles not covered by scales. Red blood as crystal clear as lead and mercury flowed, quickly submerging the spiritual silk in the box.

The blood does not have any fishy smell, but instead has a light fragrance.

"I'm going back to sleep."

The Earth Dragon Beast said this and turned away. The jade box in Ji An's hand was lifted up by a ball of yellow mist and flew above its head.

"Farewell, Yan Zu."

The Earth Dragon Beast entered the secret vault, the passage was closed, and the mimicry array reappeared.

After finishing one more thing, Ji An felt much more relaxed.

"Hey, Junior Brother will soon have a second top-grade spiritual weapon. Let those fellow disciples who insist on refining customized spiritual weapons envy him!"

Jia Yu smiled and said that most of his fellow disciples didn’t even have a top-grade spiritual weapon.

Ji An bared his teeth and said:

"It's a heavy burden. Just the Flame Banner alone consumes more than a hundred spirit stones every day to buy the fire essence.

If I were to produce another Wuji Xinghuang Flag, I'd spend at least two hundred more spirit stones every day. A careful calculation would show that I'd be spending eighty to ninety thousand low-grade spirit stones every year."

This kind of day will last for many years until the spiritual weapon gives birth to a weapon spirit, and the time of the birth of the weapon spirit is not fixed.

"Haha, stop crying poor here. The Jade Leaf Mulberry trees grown on Scarlet Flame Peak are enough to easily meet our needs."

Ji An shook his head slightly. The amount of five elements essence absorbed by the spiritual weapon was not constant, but was continuously increasing.

The other party also didn't know the ambition in his heart. One day when he created five top-grade spiritual weapons, the burden would be the heaviest at that time, and it would cost about 300,000 low-grade spiritual stones a year.

The current spiritual stone harvest from Chiyan Peak cannot cover this consumption, and small merits will have to be exchanged for spiritual stones at that time.

The two were chatting when they heard a commotion outside the hall and several disciples walked in happily.

They wore the black Taoist robes of the Law Enforcement Hall, with two gold threads embroidered on the cuffs and a flying sword embroidered on the chest.

The leader held up a fist-sized, extremely rough, gray stone and said:

"Uncle Jia, we were out and saw a meteor fall to the ground, and we got this good thing. Let's check how much it's worth!"

He had a full beard and his face was flushed with excitement.

"What good stuff? Bring it to me," Jia Yu said with a smile. He was very pleased that his disciples came to the treasure pavilion as soon as they had their gains.

Taking the stone, he squinted his eyes to examine it carefully, then probed into it with his spiritual sense, a smile of joy appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Let's go outside."

He left the desk and walked out of the hall, and Ji An followed him out with great interest.

The blue flame in Jia Yu's hand steamed, and heat waves rolled in an instant.

The monk's spells or the flames he creates appear in five colors: red, yellow, blue, white, and purple.

The fire magic of the Qi Refining Stage is a light furnace red, the magic of the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator is bright yellow, and so on, the infant fire of the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator is purple.

As for the color of the flames of higher-level monks, there is no way to know.

After all, the Jinling Sect is just a Jindan Sect and is relatively lacking in high-level knowledge.

The stone rolled in the air and was soon burned into a bright red color.

After a while, the magma dripped to the ground, making a "sizzling" sound, and bursts of white mist rose.

After a while, a flat spherical stone the size of a pigeon egg was revealed. It was slightly red and showed no signs of dissolving due to the burning.

Jia Yu stopped casting the spell. As the blue flame disappeared, the stone cooled down rapidly, revealing its gray texture, like an ordinary stone.

The only difference is that the surface has a wavy pattern, which is complex and simple, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

He held up the stone with two fingers and asked with a smile:
"Junior brother, do you recognize this thing?" As he said this, he threw the stone.

Ji An reached out to take it, and felt that it was as warm and smooth as jade, a quality that no ordinary stone could possess.

He extended his spiritual sense and immediately realized that he had entered another bright space, but he didn't know where the light came from.

There was thick white fog outside the space. He tried to probe his spiritual sense into the fog, but found that it was as if he had encountered a magical barrier and could not penetrate at all.

He probed around and realized that it was a space of 13 feet square, very large, equivalent to more than 50 of his largest storage bags.

Ji An withdrew his consciousness, and the smile on his lips could not be suppressed:

“It has its own space. This must be the Cave Void Stone. I didn’t expect the original stone to be so inconspicuous. If you don’t deliberately use your spiritual sense to test it, you can’t detect it at all.

Brother, I happened to meet you this time, you must exchange this Dongxu Stone for me!"

The Dongxu Stone is extremely rare and is the product of the collapse of the small world. He has long wanted to own one but has never been able to get one.

"After completing the formalities, it will be yours. Please wait outside the hall while I discuss the exchange price with a few of my nephews."

Jia Yu invited several disciples into the hall and even opened the magic ban.

Ji An grinned. The price the sect received from the disciples must be lower than the price he exchanged, but he didn't know how much lower.

He handed in the second-grade medium-quality Biluo fruit, and each one could earn him 20 small merits, but if other cultivators wanted to exchange it, they would have to spend 22 small merits or even more.

The sect serves as a platform and maintains its operations in this way.

Being bored, he simply practiced the earth escape technique, and walked through the ground outside the temple, feeling the 360-degree no-dead-angle magic restriction of the treasure house.

Two quarters of an hour later, several disciples strode out of the hall, each with a smile on their face, obviously having gained a lot.

Ji An stepped into the treasure house and passed by them.

Jia Yu coughed lightly and said with a smile:

"Junior brother, the sect's rules state that you cannot be present just now. Please forgive me."

"Understood. Brother, please tell me how much small gong is needed to redeem it."

Ji An didn't care, this was the sect's "business model".

"The obtained Dongxu Stone cannot be given to you directly. A dedicated weapon refiner will be made into a real space magic weapon to expand the effective space and strengthen the internal stability.

Junior brother may not know that if the Dongxu Stone is attacked by a strong spell, the internal space will collapse.

The storage bag has the possibility of being seen through by high-level monks or monks who practice special techniques. The Void Stone artifact does not have this problem, but..."

"Everything has its pros and cons. If the storage bag is destroyed, the things stored in the space will be scattered out, but most of the things can still be used.

If the Dongxu Stone is affected in battle, the internal space will be directly annihilated and everything inside will turn into residue.

There are many examples in the world of immortal cultivation where people have lost everything due to the destruction of the Cave Void Stone, so the internal space of the Cave Void Stone must be reinforced."

After the other party's explanation, Ji An nodded slightly:

"What is the value of the successfully refined Dongxu Stone?"

"The exchange price will be determined by the size of the space after refining. I expect it to reach 40,000 small gong or even more."

"So expensive? I remember that Junior Brother Teng Zhiyuan from the Weapon Refining Hall also owns a Void Stone magical weapon. He probably wouldn't want to part with it at such a high price!"

Ji An was a little skeptical. The item was very rare, but it shouldn't be worth the price. Teng Zhiyuan's most urgent need was Peiyuan Dan, so it was impossible for him to give out so many small items.

"The price of the Dongxu Stone is calculated based on the size of the space. I know that Junior Brother Teng owns a Dongxu Stone magical instrument, but he refined it himself after obtaining the raw materials."

Ji An sighed, "Okay, I have to buy it no matter how expensive it is."

He really didn't want to go out with a bunch of storage bags hanging around his shoulders; it would be too conspicuous.

He took out the jade token and said:
"I paid a deposit first to avoid being robbed. How long will it take before I can collect it?"

Dongxu Stone is still very popular. Even if he doesn't buy it, there will be others who will buy it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so hard to find.

He just felt rich out of habit. Considering his wealth, spending 40,000 yuan was no problem.

Jia Yu placed the jade tablet on the spirit plate and operated it, saying:
"I'll charge you 30,000 small merits first, and then I'll give you the rest.

I will notify Brother Zhu to come today. Based on past experience, it can be completed within half a month.

I will inform you as soon as I receive the finished product. Have you been out recently?"

"I won't go out. I will stay in Sinong Palace for the next month."

The two chatted and talked about the sect's recent situation.

Jia Yu took a big gulp of the spirit wine and said with emotion:

"The method that Junior Brother has implemented in Sinong Hall is very effective. The number of spiritual agricultural disciples is decreasing, but the value of their output has increased significantly, which is equivalent to increasing the amount of resources per capita.

The ancestor has already ordered the other halls to investigate their respective actual situations to see if similar methods can be implemented."

The other party's approach was not very clever, but it was something that others had not thought of. In the past, spiritual farmers were each responsible for a piece of spiritual field and there was no need to cooperate with other cultivators.

Ji An raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile:
“It’s a bit difficult to implement in other halls, for example, in the Equipment Refining Hall, a qualified equipment refiner must be proficient in all the processes.

If it is broken down into smaller steps, refining low-level magical instruments can indeed improve efficiency, but it will not help in training independent instrument refiners."

The resources of the sect are ultimately for the service of high-level cultivators. To give an extreme example, refining a top-grade spiritual weapon requires the collaboration of several people, and the sect happens to have only three weapon refiners who are capable of doing the job.

If one of them has an accident, does that mean the spiritual weapon cannot be refined?

The lack of a spiritual farmer in the medicine garden is still acceptable for casting spells, but the refining of spiritual weapons will have to be put on hold.

He thought for a moment and then said:

“In fact, there are two training modes. For cultivators with higher talent in refining weapons, additional master-apprentice training can be carried out to refine high-level spiritual weapons in the future.

A weapon refiner with average talent only needs to be responsible for one process and achieve mastery. This type of cultivator is only responsible for refining magical instruments and low-level spiritual instruments, which can also greatly improve efficiency.

Jia Yu pondered the meaning of his words, nodded repeatedly, and slammed the table and stood up:

"Well said, if we do this, many ordinary disciples will be able to make greater contributions.

Haha, I will tell the ancestor about your idea later. If I promote your method in the future, I can get some small rewards."

When it comes to rewards and punishments, the sect has always been very clear.

"I wonder how much the reward is?"

Ji An scratched his head and thought:
"Will the sect become a sweatshop in the future? Let's take a look at the assembly line in the Jinling Sect's Weapon Refining Hall!"

It’s true, this possibility really exists. After the birth of Blue Star’s assembly line, work efficiency has been greatly improved.

In the future, the sect can undertake the task of refining standard magic weapons from other sects or families, which is absolutely efficient.

(End of this chapter)