Chapter 591 - 474: Tier 2 Spiritual Vein of the Gourd World (2)
He summoned the Spirit Armor, abandoning the idea of nurturing it with the Primordial Life Fire.
In the future, when entering the Gourd World every few days, he would only need to store it in his Dantian for a brief nurturing session.
The Primordial Life Fire would improve along with his cultivation progress, and he could only experiment later to see if it could simultaneously nurture so many top-grade Spiritual Artifacts.
"In the end, I was still too greedy."
Ji An laughed self-mockingly. After all, if people have choices, they naturally want the best.
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Two years passed leisurely.
In the Quiet Chamber of the grotto mansion, Ji An finished cultivating, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
His magical power had steadily accumulated without encountering a bottleneck. This was a good sign.
The later a bottleneck appears, the greater the potential it proves, and he was very satisfied with his current state.
He focused his mind into his Dantian, connecting with the Upper Stone Turtle, and a line of elegant script appeared in his sea of consciousness.
[Master: Ji An]
[Dao Rhyme: 0]
[Spiritual Mechanism: Kan Spirit 2258.6, Gen Spirit 1256.8, Zhen Spirit 611.2, Xun Spirit 1246.9, Kun Spirit 2838.6, Qian Spirit 914.8, Dui Spirit 921.4, Li Spirit 862.9]
[Magic Techniques: Spirit Sealing Technique (Perfection 2%)
Fire Escape Technique (Perfection 14%)
Gold Escape Technique (Perfection 16%)
Spirit Roar (Minor Achievement 79%)
Silk Thread Spell (Perfection 1%)]
In the Red Rock Immortal City region, nothing significant occurred, and Ji An would practice the Water Escape Technique in the Nu Lan River outside the city during his free time, finally perfecting this escape technique to the Great Perfection realm.
Now, when fully activating the Water Escape Technique, he could traverse five hundred zhang in the river, a distance sufficient to escape from the attack range of a Golden Core level cultivator.
He had never seen the casting range of a Nascent Soul Cultivator and didn’t know what it looked like.
During the practice of the escape technique, he had also gained some Water Element Dao Rhyme, which he used entirely to nurture the Gourd World.
Next, Ji An would focus much of his energy on practicing Spirit Roar.
From years of observation, he found practicing this Spirit Soul Attack Technique slightly helped in controlling his Divine Sense.
Ji An ordered, "Enter the Gourd World."
Gray spirit light emanated from the Stone Turtle, and his figure vanished from the Quiet Chamber.
The Gourd Stone floated in mid-air, emitting warm spirit light, and images of flowers, birds, insects, fish, sun, moon, and stars were projected on the rock walls.
Flowers bloomed, birds flapped their wings as if soaring in the sky; insects landed on the flowers, and fish elegantly swayed their tails as if swimming in water.
The sun, moon, and stars appeared bright and dim, as if reflecting the flow of time.
Ji An was unaware of all this, standing on the yellow earth, involuntarily spreading his arms open.
Six months ago, all five Spirit Fields in the Gourd World were cultivated to Tier Two Lower Grade, beginning to nourish the Spirit Veins.
Three days ago, the Spirit Veins in the Little World rose to Tier Two Lower Grade, expanding significantly, each Spirit Field covering about fifteen mu.
This opened a new Chapter, and with his Great Perfection Level Planting Technique, he could cultivate the Spirit Plants to Tier Two Middle Grade.
These Spirit Plants now held significant value, truly becoming his support.
The Wuji Xinghuang Banner automatically flew out of his Dantian, circling the Gathering Essence Tree, as the Earth Qilin’s deep roar echoed like a low-pitched horn through the sky.
The Heaven and Earth Spirit Root now stood at five chi tall, the thickness of an arm, with leaves no longer sparse but showing signs of flourishing.
The five-colored leaves were vibrant, with their radiance flowing as if the Five Elements were mutually generating.
Ji An placed the Celestial Soaring Armor into his Dantian; Spiritual Artifacts, once refined, needed nurturing with magical power for quicker response during use.
The Celestial Soaring Armor didn’t have such privilege and could only be briefly nurtured in the Dantian when the ’elder brother’ was out.
He glanced at the Spirit Devouring Insect nests near the Spirit Trees. After years of reproduction, numerous individuals at the Foundation Establishment level had emerged.
Even with their progress in strength, they remained harmless Spiritual Insects, akin to pure Spiritual Energy Groups.
The tallest insect tower was over a zhang high, and there were twelve towers in total, their spirit light shining brightly, each resembling jagged Yellow Jade Mountain Peaks.
As long as the Spirit Devouring Insect tribe’s individuals showed significant progress, they would build new nests.
The abandoned nests became natural High-Tier Spirit Soil. If cultivating Spirit Fields now, the demand for Earth Element Spirit Soil could be moderately reduced.
Ji An activated the Yellow Dragon Essence Enhancement Skill, yellow spirit light shimmering as the Spirit Devouring Insects left their nests to greedily absorb the rich Spiritual Qi filled with the Power of Earth Element.
Deep within the earth, a rumbling sound emanated, the ground subtly trembled as if an Earth Dragon was burrowing through.
The ’scales’ of the earth’s spirit soil were scattered, forming new fish-scaled patterns.
The earth’s Qi steamed, as the Golden Leaves of the Profound Leaf Sword Bamboo swayed, rustling softly.
Two Earth Spirit Fruit Trees were planted here, both reaching Tier Two Lower Grade and currently bearing fruit.
In half a year, it would be harvest time, marking the Little World’s first batch of Tier Two Spirit Fruit.
Four Profound Leaf Sword Bamboos had reached Tier Two Lower Grade as well, and though some bamboo shoots appeared yearly, Ji An had no plans to expand the scale.
He would dig up the bamboo shoots, dry them in the wind, and burn them to return them to the fields.
Ji An took out a bamboo tube, capturing some Spirit Devouring Insects, and then rode the cloud flying escape over the black land’s pond.
He scattered the Spirit Insects, and numerous Spirit Fish emerged to snatch them, even resulting in a conflict between a red carp and a Treasure Dragon Fish, their tails whipping at each other’s bodies.
The red carp, about four feet long, was the original overlord of the pond, while the Treasure Dragon Fish, although only eight or nine inches long, was not intimidated at all.
The strongest individuals among the Spirit Fish were these two, at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment level.
"Grow quickly, and you will qualify to appear on my barbecue grill!"
Ji An smiled wickedly, activating the Cloud Dragon Rain Technique.
A mass of dark cloud rapidly expanded, covering the black land, faint electric lights flickering, revealing black scales and claws.
Rain drops as clear as white jade fell, water vapor rising rapidly, the moist aroma covering the pond’s struggle.
Ji An looked down at the dark clouds, seeing no Black Dragon, the scales and claws were merely phenomena created by the air currents.
Two Celestial Essence Pears swayed in the rain, glinting with light blue spots on the eggshell-sized Spirit Fruit.
He nodded with a smile, flying on the cloud over to the blue land, activating the Azure Dragon Shocking Skill.
A cyan dragon over a zhang long appeared, its dragon horns radiating brilliance, and with the dragon’s roar, a cyan light column spread from it, rapidly expanding across the entire blue land.
In the sky, cyan light dots fell like star rain, each containing a swimming dragon.
On the ground, a scene of lush grass and blooming flowers unfolded, the Magic Intent Transformation of the Wood Element Skill always bringing a sense of beauty.
The towering Azure Dragon Wood bathed in the brilliance, with two Biluo Trees bearing abundant fruit.
Over a hundred Jade Leaf Mulberries bloomed with pale yellow flowers, the White Jade Bees flapped their wings, buzzing loudly.
Initially, Ji An planned not to plant too many Spiritual Mulberries but later found the land utilization too low, fearing the White Jade Bee colony’s extinction without enough flowers, so more were planted intermittently.
The mulberry leaves also served as fertilizer, a form of utilization, and in the future, cyan deer could be released here.
He rode the cloud away to the red land.
The stalks of Pearl Blood Rice bent under the weight of their ears, the fragrance of rice filling the air, attracting the arrival of the Purple Crystal Bees.
Ji An staggered the planting time of Pearl Blood Rice, supplemented with Peach Blossoms and Fire Coral flowers, ensuring nectar sources for most of the year on this land.
The Purple Crystal Bee population was several times larger than that of the White Jade Bees. After maintaining the bee colony’s survival with Tier Two Lower Grade nectar, over a hundred jin were still stored.
This prompted Ji An to expand the Jade Leaf Mulberry planting scale; without comparison, there is no frustration.
The Purple Crystal Honey, depending on its nectar source, was sealed in different jars, stacked in a small warehouse.
The initially planted Spiritual Peach Trees, Dragon Blood Trees, and Red Cloud Pines all reached Tier Two Lower Grade while more than thirty Fire Coral plants did too.
The Spirit Pines had produced pinecones, and the Fire Crystal Ant colony split into two parts, one harvesting pine honey and the other collecting crystals on Fire Coral’s surface, brewing a red jade paste even Ji An didn’t recognize.
Ji An released the Zhurong Divine Fire Spell, with the Fire God’s phantom appearing in the sky, the ground aflame.
The Fire Crystal Ants and Purple Crystal Bees paused their labor to dance joyfully.
Witnessing this vibrant scene, Ji An smiled warmly.
The selected Spirit Seeds were the best, the planting techniques competent, and with the Little World’s favorable conditions, its prosperity was just a matter of time.