Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

Outside the sect, the willow trees on the banks of the small river turn green and yellow, yellow and green again.

Time flows quietly like river water, two years have passed.

In the quiet chamber of the Red Flame Peak’s Grotto Mansion, the incense burner wafts a delicate smoke, and the scent of soul incense permeates.

Ji An sits cross-legged on the black Soul-Calming Grass pudun, fully focused on activating the Dharma Gate.

The magical power in his dantian bursts forth like a spring, racing through the Immortal Vein at high speed.

In the Taiyuan Acupoint, the Metal Dao Seed glows, while in the Yunmen Acupoint, the Xin Metal Dao Seed radiates brilliance, continuously infusing mysterious power into the magical power.

At this moment, the lung’s vein pattern shines bright, with magical power pouring into it wildly.

A hundred and eight vein patterns have been unlocked; Ji An is opening the Jin Mansion.

He’s lost track of time, with his lungs emanating a cold glow like the full moon.

After some time has passed, a soybean-sized shimmering silver lung shadow suddenly condenses, devouring the magical power being delivered.

Lung’s Golden Mansion, successfully opened!

In the dantian, outside the Primordial Life Fire, an unexpected new layer of flame appears.

A thin layer of bright white, yet more ’brilliant’ than other flame layers.

The blue, red, yellow, and white flames dance brilliantly, and the Stone Turtle begins to swim spiritedly, occasionally approaching the Primordial Life Fire to emit a mouthful of Clear Spirit Qi.

After emitting four continuous mouthfuls of spiritual qi, it quiets down again.

The flames of various colors simultaneously grow stronger, and the white flame immediately thickens considerably, while Ji An’s spirit soul power also grows at this moment.

He now notices a situation, where the innermost cyan flame can no longer grow, except when the Stone Turtle breathes out Cyan Spirit Qi, making it slightly more vigorous.

Usually, the cyan flame would transfer spiritual qi to the red flame, which, nourished, grows ever more vigorous incessantly.

He has a bold idea: if the red flame reaches its maximum potential, it might nourish the yellow flame.

At this point, it’s like both the red flame and cyan flame are nourishing the yellow flame simultaneously.

Ji An’s mind connects with the Stone Turtle, and rows of words appear in his sea of consciousness.

The words seem like ink marks floating on clear water, pale yet condensed.

[Spirit Sealing Technique (Great Success 25%)

Earth-to-Steel Technique (Perfection 36%)

Earth Escape Technique (Perfection 42%)

Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Technique (Perfection 44%)

Profound Nether Daoist Qi (Perfection 18%)

Wood Escape Technique (Perfection 12%)...]

[Dao Seed: Hundred Refinements to Gold (Middle Grade), hidden in the Yunmen Acupoint, comprehends the True Intent of ’True Gold in Fire’ within Metal Daoist Technique, enhancing comprehension of Metal Daoist Technique.]

Several months ago, the Mixed Gold Profound Armor Spell reached the Great Perfection Level, meaning one less magic technique to practice regularly in the future.

Ji An lets out a cheerful laugh; his situation is unique now, as though his cultivation is only at the Third Transformation of the Chao Origin Stage, he’s already opened four divine mansions and can now perform Golden Eating and Qi Circulation.

He is very curious; if Golden Eating and Qi causes the Lung Mansion core to grow, what about the Earth Element Divine Mansion core? Could it possibly skip the Earth Mansion and lead to a perfect Jin Mansion?

However, curiosity aside, he has no intention of putting it into practice.

He will choose Golden Eating and Qi, but will perfect the Earth Element Divine Mansion core before perfecting the Jin Mansion core.

The order of opening the divine mansions follows the Five Elements Mutual Generation sequence, and he won’t experiment with himself, lest a mistake in cultivation invokes regret later.

Ji An stood up and said softly:

"The Jin Mansion is completed, the next target is to open the Water Element Divine Mansion!"

Once out adventuring, he can take a bite of any resources he encounters.

This feeling is definitely very satisfying, setting up a place where not even a blade of grass remains!

He’s very much looking forward to the flourishing scene once all five mansions are open.

He sits down and introspects, discovering that the vein patterns on the surface of his kidneys, passively nurtured over the years, have opened sixty-five of them, exceeding nine-tenths.

By opening seven more, he can begin to work on opening the inner vein patterns.

At this moment, Ji An has a premonition that the opening of the Water Element Divine Mansion will be very smooth.

The feeling comes without reason, but he is unwavering in belief.

...

The full moon rises in the east, and Ji An finishes casting magic over the Spirit Field and returns to the grotto mansion to cast magic over the Medicinal Garden.

He releases the Yellow Dragon Essence Enhancement Skill, nourishment spreads deep, and the earth vein trembles.

With the sorting of the Earth Qi, the land with fish-scale patterns glistens with the luster of gemstones, like glass under sunlight.

Ji An changes Dharma Seal, magical power flows from his dantian, tinged with cyan.

A cyan dragon of arm’s length appears, the sound of dragon’s roar echoes within the confined space, with green light shining on the stone walls, a burst of spring vitality is evident.

The law intent of thriving growth and prosperity of the Dao of Wood Element is fully revealed.

After both the Wood Mansion and Fire Mansion reach perfection, the aura of the Azure Dragon Shocking Skill and Zhurong Divine Fire Spell becomes even more profound, possibly with effects Ji An didn’t understand adding up together.

Currently, in the Medicinal Garden, the Star Soul Grass has reached an age of four hundred years and has been harvested.

The limit for this spirit grass is four hundred years; if not harvested, it will gradually decay, greatly reducing its medicinal efficacy.

The spirit medicine nourishing the lungs and blood is the Blood Luo Fruit, now the size of a casserole pot, larger than spirit fruits cultivated by other cultivators by a full circle.

The cyan on the fruit peel is now barely noticeable, and the blood-red stripes glow with crystalline brilliance.

In a few years, the Blood Luo Fruit will fully mature.

On the leaf stalk of the Celestial Essence Ginseng, there are already six oval leaves as big as fingernails, with serrated edges.

Its medicinal age is estimated to be over 450 years and will mature after the Blood Luo Fruit ripens.

Once these spirit medicines are harvested, tens of thousands of small merits will be acquired!

Ji An performed the Cloud Dragon Rain Technique, causing dark clouds to rumble with lightning flashing, followed by a downpour of rain like white jade.

As the nourishing aura spread, water vapor rose.

He nodded in satisfaction, finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Hmm, what should I plant in this medicinal garden in the future?"

With his hands behind his back, he left. This medicinal garden’s earth vein is a main spiritual vein node and will soon be upgraded to Tier Two Upper Grade.

Planting Celestial Essence Ginseng and other spirit medicines here again would be a bit wasteful.

...

The next day.

Early in the morning, Ji An consumed a few wisps of Wood Element Qi for breakfast, then went to the summit of Red Flame Peak to practice magic techniques.

Earth Escape Technique, Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Technique, and Profound Nether Daoist Qi came naturally to him. As dawn broke, the clouds turned gold and purple, set against the gray-black sky.

The sun was about to rise, and Ji An stopped practicing the Earth Escape Technique, switching to the Earth-to-Steel Technique, spreading yellow spirit light across the rocks.

As the first rays of sunlight hit the peak, he immediately faced the sun and let out a "Ha" sound.

The turbid air in his heart was expelled, his body instinctively inhaled, swallowing a wisp of Sun Bing Fire, gathering it in the Fire Element Divine Mansion.

The wisp of Fire in Wood and golden Sun Bing Fire absorbed last night fused together, and the fire qi was absorbed by the Divine Mansion. A thread of heart liquid was produced, flowing along the immortal vein into his dantian.

Scarlet heart liquid dripped, and the Red Flame of the Primordial Life Fire suddenly blazed brightly.

Although Ji An’s Fire Element Divine Mansion was already at perfection, the growth of the Primordial Life Fire had not yet reached its limit and still had significant potential to uncover.

He again let out a "Ha" sound, consuming another wisp of Sun Bing Fire, continuously infusing heart liquid into the dantian, elevating the Primordial Life Fire.

As the sun rose higher, Ji An finished the Qi Eating, leisurely descending on a cloud to a stone house at the base of the mountain.

At this moment, Dahuang walked lazily out of the cave, yawning.

In the morning, Red Flame Peak was peaceful and beautiful.

Ji An replaced the spirit stones of the teleportation array and then activated the magic array.

These tasks could be assigned to Wei Songtao and the others, but when it came to safety, he never entrusted anyone else.

The twisted light flickered, a gray passage emerged, and Ji An had arrived at Ningcui Cliff.

He walked into his master’s grotto mansion and gently said:

"Greetings, Master. You look well today."

Saying insincere words, he felt a pang in his heart, as his master now appeared gaunt, with dull white hair and cloudy eyes.

He still remembered their first meeting when his master only had a few faint crow’s feet.

"Come, sit and talk," Ge Ying said, her eyes filled with affection.

In recent years, Ge Luoying had been focusing on strengthening the Gold Element Divine Mansion, often frequenting various sect mines, leaving little time to visit Ningcui Cliff.

Among her many disciples, only this one could she regularly see.

Her most proud closed-door disciple, who might become the first Golden Core Daoist Master from Ningcui Cliff.

Ji An obediently sat by his master’s side, ’smelling’ the increasingly intense scent of decay from her body.

His master’s qi and blood had dried to a certain degree, leaving no color in her face.

After chatting for a while, Ji An finally took his leave:

"Master, I must go to the Agricultural Hall, I’ll return in the evening to accompany you."

Though it was mostly his master speaking, recounting past events, many of which he’d heard several times, he always showed great interest.

"Go, you’re the only one now who listens to my rambling," she said.

...

Ji An arrived at the Agricultural Hall, just in time to see Lin Mao, walking slightly hunched, which made him sigh.

Time is ruthless, burying countless cultivators and beings who cannot attain immortality, becoming mere dust in the end.

He was fortunate, with a bright future ahead, and should cherish the present even more.

Entering the front hall, Ji An gathered the stewards and, after inquiring about the recent situation, said:

"Within two years, the spirit medicines in my managed medicinal garden will mature one after another.

By then, we can refine ten batches of Foundation Establishment Pills. Prepare a list of the best disciples for these pills.

Allow disciples to redeem the merits needed for the Foundation Establishment Pills and repay after breaking through.

By the way, how many Foundation Establishment cultivators are there currently in the Agricultural Hall?"

Kong Yunyi lightly coughed and reported:

"Back to the Hall Master’s words, our hall currently has 119 Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Among the Qi Refining disciples, twelve have redeemed Foundation Establishment Pills and will receive the pills from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall in three years."

When the Agricultural Hall was just established, there were over seventy Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the number has increased by fifty in recent years, a significant progress.

Ji An nodded slightly, smiling kindly:

"Very good! At this rate, fifty or so disciples will receive Foundation Establishment Pills in the coming years. What is the current success rate of Foundation Establishment for Agricultural Hall disciples?"

"About a little over sixty percent, and the entire Agricultural Hall is expected to have over twenty more Foundation Establishment juniors," Lin Mao replied. Achieving the Hall Master’s goal of ’two hundred Foundation Establishment spirit farmers’ now seemed within reach—something unimaginable before.