Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

At the same time, he felt a momentary clarity in his mind, and a wave of scorching heat rose from his tailbone, swirling upwards like a flying dragon, accompanied by the cracking sound of his muscles and bones.

Ji An felt a tremor in his internal organs, his muscles tensed and relaxed, and a more powerful sense of strength filled his heart.

His body naturally and effortlessly broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, with the toughness and strength of his skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs improving comprehensively.

Now, he was truly a Foundation Establishment Stage Body Cultivator.

He lightly clenched his fist, casually swung it, and another explosive sound rang out.

“This feels great!”

Ji An laughed heartily three times, finally experiencing the exhilarating sensation of body refining.

He took out a Celestial Essence Pear from his Storage Bag, quickly devoured it, and then rode his Flying Shuttle back to his grotto.

Removing his robes, he performed the Spring Breeze and Rain Skill, allowing the nourishing Spirit Rain to wash away his sweat.

After closing his eyes to rest for a moment, Ji An walked into the Earth Fire Chamber.

The pudun in the room was quite worn and completely flattened.

“I’m really frugal; it’s time to get a new one!”

He muttered to himself, sitting cross-legged on the pudun, and used the Object Control Technique to move the Cyan Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace to his front.

Due to focusing most of his time on cultivating, alchemy was only an occasional activity for him.

To this day, he still had materials for over a dozen batches of Cyan Lotus Pills.

Ji An opened the Dharma Prohibition, performing the Three Yang Pill Fire Technique to control the Earth Fire shooting upwards, quickly heating the Pill Furnace, and then expertly adding various materials for refining the Divine Essence.

After completing all the preparations, he closed the Earth Fire, releasing the Spring Breeze and Rain Skill to cleanse the Pill Furnace.

The purpose of using Earth Fire for refining Divine Essence was for speed; next, he would use Spiritual Charcoal to refine the Cyan Lotus Pill.

Using Tier One Top-grade Clear Spirit Bamboo Charcoal as a fire source for alchemy, which contains Wood Element Elemental Power, helps enhance the efficacy of the Cyan Lotus Pill.

Lighting the Spiritual Charcoal, under the control of the Three Yang Pill Fire Technique, the flames wrapped evenly around the Cyan Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace.

The cyan lotus flowers on the surface of the furnace flickered with a faint spirit light, appearing verdant and vivid, while the fire cloud patterns shimmered like rising flames.

Ji An moved his fingers swiftly, changing between Warm Fire, Nurturing Fire, and Fire Manipulation at will, maintaining the flame surrounding the furnace in an extremely stable state.

The Divine Essence of various Spirit Medicines slowly blended in the furnace, and a faint fragrance filled the room, delightful to breathe in.

Feeling that the time was right, he performed a hand seal to open the furnace, his hand seals changing to control the Pill Separation Technique, condensing liquid into pills.

The emerald-green pills gradually solidified, forming eight pills, with two being high-quality pills.

“Not bad, I’ve formed eight pills consecutively several times, gaining more experience in refining Cyan Lotus Pills.”

Ji An nodded boastfully, placing the pills into Jade Bottles separately.

He cleaned the Pill Furnace and strolled out of the grotto.

Outside the grotto, the sunset was splendid, and two Fire Cloud Pines swayed gently.

…

At Sunrise Peak, numerous Chao Origin Stage Cultivators emerged from Wuji Hall, dispersing in various directions.

Daoist Master Zhengyang assigned combat tasks, deploying a large number of elite cultivators out of the sect.

Lin Qiu Bai took his disciple to the Treasure Pavilion and saw Jia Yu with a jade slip pressed to his forehead, his brows furrowed like intertwined worms.

“Junior Brother, why the long face? You don’t even need to join the battle-support task at Yuanhe Mountain!”

Jia Yu removed the jade slip from his forehead and smiled wryly:

“I’ve gone through it once; these Planting Techniques are quite challenging, requiring a high level of expertise both in forming Dharma Seals and in meticulous control of magical power.

The difficulty even surpasses that of the Attack Techniques. If a Spirit Farmer had such skills, why not just become an unfettered Magical Combat Cultivator?”

His mouth twitched, thinking he’d been too clever but ended up miscalculating.

Lin Qiu Bai chuckled and shook his head:

“I feel that after Ji An, these techniques will gather dust in the Inheritance Hall.”

He had confidence in Ji An’s cultivation of these techniques; judging by his understanding of the Evergreen Wood Skill, there wouldn’t be any issue with cultivating the Azure Dragon Shocking Skill to a profound level.

There’s at least one guarantee; even if the other techniques can’t be cultivated to a high level, it wouldn’t be a loss.

“With Ji An’s ability, the cost of twelve top-grade Spirit Stones is bound to be returned to the sect; it’s just a matter of how long he’ll take.”

Jia Yu scratched his head, handing over the jade slip, and said:

“Please, Senior Brother, take the Magic Technique Jade Slip to the Inheritance Hall.”

When you return to Yingyue Peak, you can swing by Lingxiao Mountain, it won’t take much time.

“You’re really good at having others work for you.”

“The capable must work more!”

Lin Qiu Bai jokingly scolded:

“Nonsense! The capable handle these trivial errands?”

Li Haoran spoke up:

“Master, I’ll take it, and on the way, I’ll visit the Diligence Hall to redeem the Demon Beast Materials I’ve harvested for Contribution Points.”

The Treasure Pavilion only accepts Tier Two Materials, and he had a large amount of Tier One Materials.

He took out a Jade Token and said:

“I’ll exchange for some Tier Two Middle-grade Spiritual Objects to cleanse my Flying Sword.”

Having broken through to the Chao Origin Stage, his Flying Sword’s tier could no longer keep up with his growth and needed to be reforged.

Jia Yu nodded, “I’ll fetch them for you.”

He entered the Secret Vault to get the Spiritual Objects, deducting a Small Merit from the Jade Token.

After the transaction was complete, Lin Qiu Bai nodded with a smile and said:

“We’ll take our leave, returning to Yingyue Peak to recharge.”

After the two left, a Communication Golden Sword flew into the hall.

Jia Yu probed it with his Divine Sense, ’Junior Martial Uncle, please wait. At best three years, at most five, and I will certainly break through to the Chao Origin Stage.’

Ji the kid is quite confident, good; a cultivator should have this kind of spirit.

…

The next day, in Cyan Cloud Immortal City.

The cultivators felt the shadow above their heads dispersing and looked up to see a clear sky stretching for miles.

It was as if the merchant flying ship, looming like dark clouds over the Immortal City, was moving quickly but smoothly, soon disappearing from everyone’s sight.

“What’s going on? By usual practice, the flying ship from the Central Continent would stay for three years!”

The cultivators discussed animatedly, their words tinged with unease. Since the flying ship’s arrival, the city’s turmoil had stabilized, but now, with the Middle Continent Cultivators’ departure, they felt a chill of insecurity again.

“Judging by the direction of the flying ship, it’s heading for Yuanhe Mountain. Probably, several sects and Middle Continent Cultivators have reached an agreement to resolve the siege on Yuanhe Mountain.

Heh heh, Yuanhe Mountain has been besieged by Demon Beasts for years; they got what they deserved this time.”

The speaking cultivator looked schadenfreude, feeling a mysterious joy seeing the once-mighty fallen into disgrace.

At this moment, aboard the flying ship.

Qiong Xiao Daoist Master took out a brocade box and smiled:

“I have a Demon Core in my hand, could Brother Dao estimate its value?”

As she spoke, she performed a hand seal, sending the brocade box to Cangwu Zhenren’s front.

Cangwu Zhenren opened the brocade box, picked up the pale golden Demon Core, probed it with his Divine Sense, and said after a careful examination:

“The Inner Core of a Fourth-layer Golden Core Demon King, of excellent quality, and the Demon King is not far from becoming Fifth-layer Golden Core.

Daoist Master is lucky; may I ask what you wish to exchange the Demon Core for?”

Demon Beasts’ Inner Cores have a variety of uses; pills refined from them can be consumed by cultivators, used for Beast Taming, or for Artifact Refining.

“I want to exchange it for cultivation-enhancing pills; the Purple Lotus Sky-Burning Pill suits me at the moment.”

Cangwu Zhenren pondered for a moment and said:

“The Purple Lotus Sky-Burning Pill is an early-stage Golden Core pill; this Demon Core can be exchanged for ten pills. Is this price satisfactory to Daoist Master?”

The other party was a Daoist Monarch Disciple, and the price he offered was quite generous.

Qiong Xiao smiled, her gaze became much softer:

“I’m very satisfied. When can Brother Dao complete the exchange?”

The offer exceeded her expectations by an extra pill; it seemed the other party was showing goodwill.

Pills for Golden Core Stage Cultivators often require Spirit Medicines with a thousand-year maturity or Demon King Inner Cores.

Even as a Daoist Monarch Disciple in the Lingxu Sect, it took her years to receive a few pills for cultivation, usually relying on meditation for progress.

These ten pills could save twenty to thirty years of hard work.

Thinking of this, she felt even more content with the few Golden Core Daoist Masters of the Western Continent.

“The transaction can be completed right now.”

Cangwu Zhenren probed his Grotto Void Stone ring with his Divine Sense and took out a light red Jade Bottle.

“Ten Purple Lotus Sky-Burning Pills, please inspect them, fellow Daoist.”

The Jade Bottle hovered in the air, steadily caught by Qiong Xiao Daoist Master.

She poured out the pills; ten fiery red pills brimming with spiritual energy, their faint fragrance spread.

After carefully inspecting them, she scraped some powder from the pills to taste.

“Hmm, ten genuine-grade pills, the transaction is complete!”