Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 56 Two Years
Time flies so fast, like a white horse passing by, and two years have passed in a hurry.

Zhang Fan's hands were behind his back, his wide sleeves swaying in the wind:
"Junior Brother, you have been in the sect for five years and have reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. You also own several acres of first-level spiritual farms. I have been in charge of the East District of Bishui Lake for decades, and I have never seen such an outstanding spiritual farmer as you."

He looked at the rolling green waves and the slightly withered talisman grass field next to it, and roughly calculated in his mind how many crystal stones this disciple could earn, and sighed in his heart.

If I had been half as good as him back then, I wouldn't have wasted so many years before successfully building my foundation.

The most important thing in the Qi Refining Stage is the nourishment of the immortal veins and the accumulation of mana. If there are sufficient resources, there is no need to waste too much time!

Ji An said with a proud and reserved smile:
"It's all thanks to my uncle's good teaching."

This uncle-in-law would come by every few months to talk about his cultivation experiences and interesting stories. He benefited a lot from it and gained more knowledge.

Under his careful cultivation, five acres of spiritual fields became first-grade low-grade spiritual fields a year ago, and all of them were planted with green corn.

Green corn matures once every six months. With the dual blessing of the perfect level of Small Cloud and Rain Technique and Thick Soil Technique, the average yield is 30% more than when planted by Lao Huang, and the maturity time is reduced by about 20 days.

Now all his food has been replaced with green corn. The Soul-Seeking Rat has become fatter and has now reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

When the green corn had not yet sprouted, he practiced magic every day to draw water curtain talismans and Gengjin talismans, and during the busy farming season, he brought rain and combed the earth's energy.

Although practicing cultivation is very expensive, the satisfaction I feel when I see my cultivation level improving all the time is indescribable.

"Stop flattering me. This is all the result of your own hard work."

Zhang Fan smiled kindly, then his expression turned serious:
"Although my nephew has a good harvest every day, he still needs to accumulate more crystals to prepare for exchanging them for the Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Thank you for the reminder, uncle. I plan to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and prepare for it."

Zhang Fan shook his head, his gray hair messed up by the wind.

"I've also heard of your talisman-making skills. If it were ten years ago, with your talisman-making skills and spiritual farming abilities, it wouldn't have been difficult to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills. But things are different now.

The sect has been expanding its outposts repeatedly, and the storage bags of many disciples have become bulging, and many more disciples are able to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.

In addition, the proportion of family disciples exchanging for Foundation Establishment Pills has increased significantly. Even though the sect has refined more Foundation Establishment Pills than before, there are still too many wolves and too little meat to go around.

This year is the day for the sect to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. I heard from a familiar senior brother that the distribution of the Foundation Establishment Pill has been scheduled for ten years! Time waits for no one.

Ji An's pupils suddenly shrank. How come the competition suddenly became so fierce!
The sect refines a batch of foundation-building pills every five years. He had inquired about this information before. After exchanging for the foundation-building pills, he could usually get them during the next round of refining.

He has already waited two rounds, and how long will he have to wait before he can redeem the Foundation Establishment Pill?

"Nephew, make plans early. I'm leaving now."

Zhang Fan saw the other person's expression and knew that he had realized the seriousness of the situation, so he didn't say anything more.

"Thank you for the reminder, uncle. I respectfully send you off."

Ji An watched the other person leave, and recalled what Zhao Mengyao said when they were chatting a few days ago.

The family has issued a new regulation, willing to provide more crystals to sect disciples under the age of 40 who have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining so that they can purchase foundation-building pills.

If such a rule had been issued earlier, I could have exchanged for the Foundation Establishment Pill a few years earlier!

He didn't pay much attention to these words at the time, but now after receiving the clear instruction from Uncle Zhang, he suddenly woke up.

After living a leisurely life for too long, I lost my keen insight into things. As the saying goes, "A cicada senses the coming of an autumn wind before it stirs." In recent years, the three sects have been vying for more territory, and the other families should have noticed their intentions.

Contrary to their usual practice, each sect designated a market in the new stronghold for everyone to purchase supplies and trade. A large number of independent cultivators also poured into the stronghold. This was a very unusual situation.

Even if one does not know what the sect is trying to do, one should be able to foresee the impact of the sect's actions. There will definitely be more casual cultivators who can build a foundation!
Ji An considered carefully in his mind. With his current speed of earning spirit stones, even if he reduced the supply of pills during cultivation, it would take several years to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Given the current situation, he would have to wait at least fifteen years to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill in a few years.

After a few days, Ji An used up all the blank talisman paper in his hand, took out dozens of talismans he had accumulated and stuffed them into his arms, then rode on the talisman bird and flew to the Bishui Market.

When he arrived near the market, Ji An saw a familiar figure flying from the horizon. He went up to it and said with a smile:

"Brother, your face is beaming. What good news has happened to you?"

Even from a distance, he could feel the smug aura emanating from the other person.

"Haha, today's my treat, let's go to Baiweilou and have a couple of drinks and talk slowly."

Wei Songnian patted his chest, and his fat rippled like waves.

The two of them arrived at Baiweilou, found a private room, and ordered two bottles of spirit wine and some side dishes.

Ji An stood up and filled the glass with wine. After they drank two glasses, Wei Songnian started talking.

"Just now, Senior Brother and I went to the General Affairs Hall and paid a sum of crystals. I finally collected 60,000 contribution points. In ten years, I will be able to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill."

He leaned forward and lowered his voice:
"Junior brother, there's news that the sect is planning to attack another monster territory.

After each new stronghold is established, a group of disciples and independent practitioners will gain high returns.

I think the competition for Foundation Establishment Pills will become increasingly fierce. Junior Brother, you need to accumulate crystals as soon as possible, because time is running out."

“I also heard the same news a few days ago and was troubled by it.

Now I have to improve my cultivation and break through the ninth level of Qi Refining, and I also have to accumulate crystals, which is quite difficult.

No one can become rich without unexpected fortune. I also want to visit the Shiwan Mountains."

Ji An said as he pulled out the talisman and slammed it on the table.

The consumption of talismans was very high in the past two years. He earned a lot of crystals by making talismans, but he invested them all in daily practice and cultivating spirit-seeking rats, and still had few crystals in his hands.

If he hadn't worked so hard to improve his cultivation at all costs, with his mid-level aptitude and the stone turtle's characteristic of plucking feathers from passing geese, it would have been impossible for him to break through to the eighth level so quickly.

Due to the limitation of his magic power and the insufficient supply of raw materials, he could not draw that many talismans every month.

It is unrealistic to expect to quickly accumulate a large amount of crystals by using talismans, unless he stops practicing and grows more talisman grass, but doing so would be putting the cart before the horse.

Wei Songnian shifted his gaze from the talisman that was gleaming with blue and golden light, and said cautiously:

"Junior brother, have you thought it through? Monster hunting may yield great rewards, but it's far less safe than staying in the sect and accumulating contribution points.

This is especially true for you.”

(End of this chapter)