Chapter 806: Earth's Fury (2)

As long as the tier of the Magical Treasure is enhanced, it can hide within the Fire Cloud and act when the opportunity arises.

He rode the clouds and flew away, having obtained three Magic Techniques yesterday and today elevating two to the Great Perfection Level, while the other reached Perfection. The Stone Turtle is indeed so potent.

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Returning to the Grotto Mansion, Ji An entered the Little World, threw the petrified bird wing under the tree, and instructed:

“Observe carefully, if it turns into flesh and blood, notify me immediately.”

He did not believe the petrification effect could persist indefinitely; such a thing would be far too astounding.

The Puppet blinked obediently and nodded.

Ji An paced around, arriving at the edge of the yellow soil, an area adjoining black soil.

An robust table stood in the clearing, with a wooden cabinet nearby containing various jars and bottles.

This is the place for researching Thunder Bead refinement. Whenever he has leisure, he’ll come here to ponder how to refine Thunder Beads with even greater power, and how the Dharma Prohibition should be adjusted.

This is a long-term meticulous task, requiring countless experiments to test which proportions are more suitable.

Now he is waiting for feedback from the Sect, so he temporarily need not conduct new experiments,

Ji An activated the Flame Fire Spell, drying the harvested Thunder-Attracting Grass.

Differing from bathing in Thunderbolt, Thunder-Attracting Grass has certain variances in nature, and Spirit Plants “fed” with Bing Fire Divine Thunder can more effectively enhance the power of the Thunder Beads.

Before long, the elongated sword-shaped leaves lost all moisture.

Within the dark green leaves grew white spots, faintly emitting a reddish glow; these spots are the needed Spiritual Objects.

He used tools to grind the leaves into powder. The action cannot be too vigorous, or it would affect the properties of the Spiritual Objects.

He loaded the powder into a machine and activated it. This device is exceedingly simple, equivalent to a fully automatic blower.

Once the machine starts, the powder leaks down the channel, passing through a vent.

The white flecks, heavier in quality, fall without being affected, while the other dark green parts are blown away.

This little contraption was something he casually crafted after learning Artifact Refining, and even Puppets can operate it; simple and easy to use.

After processing the Thunder-Attracting Grass, Ji An began dealing with the crystals grown from Fire Coral.

The mother of these crystals is Tier Three Fire Coral. Once this Spirit Plant grows to Tier Three Lower Grade, it reaches its limit. Most Fire Coral in the Little World is Tier Three.

The crystals are vibrantly colored like Vermilion, with particles the size of soybeans that need to be ground into powder.

Ji An crafted a grinder, eliminating the need for manual labor. He turned on the machine, grinding the grains into fine powder as if milling flour.

The sap of the Red Cloud Pine is actually resin, dark red, requiring grinding, mixing with potion, and drying into mung bean-sized pellets.

The juice of the Celestial Essence Pear is sky blue, solidifies rapidly, and finally shatters into crystal sand, requiring no additional processing.

After preparing the materials and placing them in the cabinet, Ji An began casting spells on the Spirit Field.

Within the yellow soil region, Tier Three Upper Grade Spirit Plants include Soul Nourishing Wood, Golden Leaf Padauk, and Dark Night Tree, while Canglan Mist Pine and Star Tree remain Middle Grade, as he currently has no need to swiftly upgrade their tier.

He activated the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Technique; the nourishing Earth Element Spirit Light unveiled, with nurturing Magic Intent rising from the depths of the earth.

While at Red Flame Peak, Ji An enhanced the Spirit Field’s tier through Magic Technique, thereby elevating the Spirit Vein’s tier. As of now, the Gathering Essence Tree can achieve the same effect, masking the extraordinary aspect of his Magic Technique.

He rode the clouds to the Wood Element Spirit Field, with two Cloud-Top Jade Trees reaching Tier Three Upper Grade, alongside four Bodhi Trees and Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Trees at the same tier.

With the Purple Sandalwood Soul Nourishing Incense, the demand for Yun Ding Silver Needle Tea has much diminished. The tier of the Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Trees must be high; otherwise, it would impact the effect of nourishing the Spirit Soul.

Enhancing the Bodhi Trees is purely for boosting the efficacy of the Purifying Talisman and Spirit Stabilizing Talisman.

The Spirit Stabilizing Talisman can resist Spirit Soul attacks. He currently has four Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Stabilizing Talismans and an equal number of the same tier Purifying Talismans.

Ji An activated the Green Dragon Water Moon Skill, Taiyin Silent Illumination, Cyan Dragon’s Sky Chant, spreading the vigorous growth intent of the Wood Element with accelerated wind currents.

He came to the black soil, where Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field are limited to the Celestial Essence Pear and Canglan Spirit Mist Tree.

They could not provide greater value, so Ji An did not use Dao Rhyme for Fertilization.

He released the Green Dragon Water Moon Skill before departing, arriving above the white soil and casting Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Technique.

Both the Vajra Bodhi Tree and Purple Gold Phoenix Tree have a maximum tier of Tier Three Middle Grade, with the latter having produced four Spirit Seeds, all of which were planted and have now grown into Tier Three Lower Grade Spirit Wood.

In two years, once fellow Cultivators arrive in Cloud Sea Immortal City, Ji An will trigger the growth of three Vajra Bodhi Trees for refining Puppets.

Within his Grotto Void Stone lies quietly a Tier Three Top-Grade Puppet and a Tier Three Middle Grade Puppet; this is his confidence.

The Tier Three Middle Grade Vajra Bodhi Fruit is sufficient to satisfy his Body Refining needs, avoiding the use of precious Dao Rhyme.

Ji An rode the clouds to the magma lake in the red soil area, where a four-foot-long Red Gold Carp was stirring the waves, its golden scales striking in the fiery red environment.

Noticing a figure in the sky, the Red Gold Carp intensified its waves.

A gentle smile curled on Ji An’s lips—this was the first Red Gold Carp he captured, now a Golden Core Stage Demon Beast.

When the Demon Beast broke through, the Stone Turtle absorbed some Metal and Fire Dao Rhyme, essentially paying its “rent.”

Since the Red Gold Carp isn’t Ji An’s tamed beast, it became rather audacious upon reaching the Golden Core Stage, so Ji An had disciplined it a few times but had never pursued it into the magma lake.

Perhaps this act led the Red Gold Carp to misunderstand, believing Ji An feared entering the magma lake, thus growing even more brazen, retreating into the lake upon attacks.

Ji An disregarded the Red Gold Carp’s impudent provocation and decided he would kill it directly if needed for its bones and blood.

The reason he wouldn’t chase it into the lake was concern that a spillover of magma might threaten the growth of the Fire Coral, additionally, the Fire Crystal Ants nesting on the lake’s high banks couldn’t withstand the surging magma.

The Red Gold Carp is a Gold Element Demon Beast. Once its cultivation further advances, Ji An would have the confidence to directly draw a Tier Three Top-Grade Geng Metal Divine Thunder Talisman using Demon Beast Essence Blood.

Perhaps then he’ll cook a pot of fish soup to savor its flavor, allowing its arrogance for the time being.

Ji An touched down in the Spirit Field, which hosts the greatest number of Tier Three Upper Grade Spirit Plants: Spiritual Peach, Li Fire Immortal Apricot, Dragon Blood Tree—all have Tier Three Upper Grade plants.

Additionally, he used Dao Rhyme to trigger the growth of Thunderstruck Peach Tree to Tier Three Upper Grade, producing Spirit Fruits that visibly sparkle with thunder light.

Ji An thought its juice could extract superior materials for making Thunder Beads, yet he was reluctant to do so.

Phoenix Wood remains Tier Three Middle Grade. Without methods to utilize Phoenix Wood, he refrained from using Dao Rhyme to elevate the Spirit Wood’s tier.

He planted four Purple Cloud Trees, one is Tier Three Middle Grade, while the rest are Lower Grade.

Tier Three Upper Grade spirit veins nurturing too many Spirit Plants of the same tier create a heavy burden, a factor Ji An considered.

His hand seal changed, he released Azure Sky Yangming Skill, and within the Little World rose a Golden Sun, radiating light throughout.

Countless green leaf shadows floated down, rapidly turning red as they descended, akin to fiery red maple leaves after the frost.

The leaves eventually merged into the Spirit Plants, as hot wind blew.

Ji An returned below the Gathering Essence Tree, connecting with the Stone Turtle, “Leave thirty Dao Rhyme points for each kind, the rest all enhance the Gathering Essence Tree.”

The Gathering Essence Tree reached Tier Three Top Grade, causing the tier of the spirit veins in the Little World and many Spirit Plants with deepened foundations to rise to the Top-Grade Level.

Now he wished more Cultivators would break through to the Golden Core Stage in the Immortal City; that way, he could directly benefit.

The Stone Turtle appeared over the Gathering Essence Tree, beginning to weave a Light Cocoon, while Ji An took the medicinal mud made from Vajra Bodhi Fruit for a bodily breakthrough, subsequently activating Qi and Blood power to practice the Acala Bodhisattva Skill.

Each year the Stone Turtle still emits Clear Spirit Qi to enhance the Primordial Life Fire. However, while others use Qi and Blood Power to nourish their Primordial Life Fire, he does the opposite, having his Primordial Life Fire nourish his Qi and Blood Power.

Perhaps due to this, Ji An never encountered a bottleneck while cultivating the Acala Bodhisattva Skill.

Surging Qi and Blood power traveled through his body, revealing atop his head scarlet smoke, a manifestation formed from sufficiently abundant Qi and Blood Power.