Chapter 725 - 570: Purple Cloud Tree
Walking out of the pharmacy, Zhang Jun said apologetically:
"I don’t have a cooperative relationship with Yunhai Pharmacy, I couldn’t help the senior bargain the price down."
Large shops have enough reputation, they don’t look for cooperation with brokers.
Ji An gently shook his head, "It’s nothing, big stores have pricing power, the status is unequal, it’s hard to bargain."
Even as a Golden Core Daoist Master, he couldn’t save face to bargain, there was no way around it, as the pharmacy was backed by a Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch.
As the two chatted, a golden light descended from the sky, emitting a special spiritual power fluctuation beside them.
Ji An picked up the Communication Golden Sword and laughed:
"Several times when I came to the Immortal City, I received a message."
He extended his divine sense to read the information within, and then said:
"I have something to attend to at the Certification Association, goodbye."
He rode the clouds away and found Master Qingfeng at the association.
"I happened to be in the Immortal City just now, what do you have to tell me, fellow Daoist, you can tell me now."
The other party asked if he was available for a visit recently, he came straight away.
Master Qingfeng was a bit surprised, he originally wanted to visit and could enjoy a few cups of Spirit Tea, perhaps receive a return gift, now his plan had fallen through.
He quickly composed himself and replied with a smile:
"I’ve always kept in mind the matter of you buying a spirit seed, I’ve mobilized old friends to help, and today I got a spirit seed."
With that, he took out a round box the size of a bowl and handed it over.
The box was made of dark red wood, with fine cow hair-like grain, exuding a faint sandalwood scent.
Ji An was quite pleasantly surprised as he accepted the box and asked:
"What kind of spirit plant is this?"
Master Qingfeng sold a mystery, "Haha, fellow Daoist might as well see for yourself!"
"Fellow Daoist, you’re testing my eye, honestly, I’m not very confident myself."
Ji An has not encountered many spirit plants, he only knows how to cultivate valuable spirit plants to a very high level, reaching the species’ limit.
He gently inhaled, finger rubbing the grain of the wooden box, and opened it.
A seed the size of a broad bean, with yellow-brown outer skin and purple cloud-like patterns.
He pinched the seed between his fingers, feeling the internal level of life force, discovering it’s a Tier Three Middle Grade spirit seed, abundant with condensed fire element Spirit Mechanism.
Trying hard to recall the learned knowledge, Ji An shook his head helplessly:
"I can’t recognize it, please enlighten me, fellow Daoist."
He didn’t recognize many seeds, if it were spirit fruits or plants, there would be a chance of recognition.
"Fellow Daoist is an alchemist, and a very excellent Spirit Farmer as well.
In the future, you’ll inevitably refine Golden Core level pills, this is a Purple Cloud Tree spirit seed, I hope it will be helpful to you."
"It will definitely be helpful, I really like this gift, fellow Daoist, once I cultivate the Azure Dragon Wood into material, I’ll plant it outside my grotto mansion!"
Ji An beamed, he had once asked Feiyun Zhenren, the main ingredients for mid-stage Golden Core spirit plant-refined pills are primarily the Purple Cloud Ganoderma Pill and Nine Flowers Pill.
The main ingredients for the Purple Cloud Ganoderma Pill are the Purple Cloud Fruit and Jade Ganoderma.
With the Purple Cloud Tree, half of the main ingredients for the pills are secured, once the Purple Cloud Fruit bears in the little world, it can be exchanged with other cultivators, or taken to Yunhai Pharmacy to trade for other medicinal ingredients.
The reason to wait for the Azure Dragon Wood to become material before planting it is to take advantage of the time difference.
"I’m glad you like it, it wasn’t in vain, my painstaking effort."
Ji An put the spirit seed back in the box and stored it in the Grotto Void Stone, taking out a blue ceramic jar the size of a fist:
"Thank you, fellow Daoist, a little Spirit Tea for you."
The other party was a tea aficionado, gifting one tael of Tier Two Top-Grade Pine Needle Tea would surely be appreciated.
"Oh, I couldn’t possibly," Master Qingfeng quickly waved his hand.
Ji An placed the ceramic jar on the table, meaning he’s embarrassed to accept.
After a pleasant exchange, Ji An bade farewell and left.
He rode the clouds and flew back to Black Stone Mountain, when a cultivator breaks through, refining the Golden Core takes at least three to five days, the last time a cultivator broke through, it took him seven and a half days to successfully refine it.
Therefore, he didn’t need to stay here and wait, he could come back in a few days.
If he weren’t worried, he would have chosen to leave the Stone Turtle here.
Back in the grotto mansion, Ji An planted a batch of spirit seeds for the Gold Core Pill in the medicinal garden, wanting to compare how much faster the cultivation of spirit medicine in the little world could be.
He controlled the output of magical power, sequentially releasing the Green Dragon Water Moon Skill and Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Technique.
Some fire spirit seeds are not suitable to be planted here, he’ll take them to the Gourd World to plant.
Amidst the roar of the Cyan Dragon and the descending spirit rain, seedlings broke through the soil, their branches and leaves swaying in the rain.
Ji An returned to the Quiet Chamber, holding the Gourd Stone in hand, probing his divine sense to the silver spot within the stone representing the little world space.
After entering the little world, the Wuji Xinghuang Banner and Cyan Lotus Treasure Banner flew out from his body, frolicking around the Gathering Essence Tree.
Planting the Purple Cloud Tree seeds and Golden Core Spirit Seeds, Ji An returned to the area beneath the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tree and began to circulate the Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture.
According to the cultivation technique, cultivating at the Early and Mid-stage Golden Core level is a process of continuously increasing the capacity of Golden Core Magic Power.
Wanting to shatter the pill to form a Nascent Soul is the foundation laid in the Late-stage Golden Core, but the sect’s inheritance is lacking; the cultivation technique only goes up to Mid-stage Golden Core, with the most crucial content missing.
If one cannot obtain the subsequent cultivation techniques, one must change techniques, or else there will be no hope of achieving a Nascent Soul in this lifetime.
Ji An’s time is actually quite pressing; he must enhance his cultivation as much as possible before the Five Elements Sect relic opens.
Due to the lack of many pills for assistance, breaking through to the Second-Layer Golden Core took him about fifty years; he must speed up the process.
As soon as he feels that his body has completely dispelled the toxicity of the pill, he will definitely ’consume pills’ for cultivation.
The spiritual energy in the Little World is very pure, aiding in the dispelling of pill poison.
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Taihua Mountain, Xuanzhen Hall.
In the great hall, dozens of cultivators sat cross-legged on the Pudun, with light passing through the glazed tiles of the caisson, casting speckles of pentagram-shaped gold spots.
There are a total of three hundred and sixty-five gold spots, subtly aligning with the number of days in circulation.
Pingtian True Monarch detailed the situation at Wulan Mountain and then said:
"The appearance of Yin Demons at the Golden Core level means something significant, fellow Daoists, you know the southwest of Central Continent will certainly not be peaceful.
How to solve it, I ask all fellow Daoists to brainstorm and come up with a comprehensive solution.
Today, the mist in Wulan Mountain is becoming thicker, even the bright noon sun cannot dispel all the mist."
Present were Nascent Soul Daoist Monarchs from the southern region of Central Continent, and their views represent the future direction of the southern region of Central Continent.
"I think before the demonic energy surges wildly, we should find the location of the Demon Cave and then seal it.
This way, we buy more buffer time and can make more targeted arrangements."
"I disagree; currently, the flow of spiritual energy is more yin than yang. Instead of wasting resources on sealing, it’s better to issue tasks to hunt the demon lords.
The outbreak of the True Demon Tribulation is imminent, better to guide than block, this way we can also accumulate more combat experience."
The great hall formed two schools of thought, one advocating to avoid confrontation temporarily for better response, the other believed it was an excellent opportunity to familiarize with future combat modes and wanted to attack instead of defend.
Everyone each had their own opinions, disputing endlessly.
Fufeng True Monarch spoke, "Fellow Daoists, why not discuss the specific plans and see which is easier to implement."
Any plan involving execution will inevitably encounter various problems, selecting the plan more suitable for the actual situation provides directional guidance for future wars.
For example, finding the Demon Cave for sealing has two main difficulties.
First is to locate the Demon Cave, which is a tedious and detailed task, inevitably requiring a lot of cultivators; how should personnel be allocated?
The other difficulty is that sealing the Demon Cave will surely consume a lot of high-tier resources; how should these resources be apportioned?
If all these require contributions from Yunhai Business Alliance, Taihua Sect, Void Sect, they will not agree.
So everyone began to discuss the feasibility of various plans, and how to distribute the manpower and resources needed for implementing the plans.
Several double hours later, a consensus was reached to adopt the strategy of stopping killing with killing, with various forces taking turns sending disciples to Wulan Mountain for trials.
At the same time, issuing tasks to attract Loose Cultivators to participate.
Invoking Loose Cultivators to fight in the name of righteousness is not feasible at this stage.
In the eyes of Loose Cultivators, when the sky falls, there are taller figures to hold it up, the major sects and big families are those taller figures.
Approaching with righteousness Loose Cultivators will not respond, but approaching with profit, the likelihood of success is much greater.
Not to mention Loose Cultivators, even Nascent Soul Daoist Monarchs will risk it if the profit is substantial enough.
While hunting demon lords, it doesn’t delay finding the location of Demon Cave; they won’t set sealing arrays but can set purification arrays.
Everyone discussed back and forth and came up with a general plan.
Fufeng True Monarch swept his gaze around, speaking in a deep voice:
"Everyone, the specific circumstances following the outbreak of the True Demon Tribulation can only be glimpsed from past records.
Although the Cultivation Realm has made significant progress over the years, no one can be complacent.
Being lenient with the enemy, I suggest starting the previous ’Demon Cultivator Plan,’ selecting and nurturing cultivators practicing demonic cultivation techniques."
His words caused a huge uproar, the chaos of demon cultivators back then is also recorded in the inheritances of major sects.
The damage caused by the chaos of demon cultivators was equally massive, causing the destruction of several Nascent Soul sects.
"After the True Demon Tribulation ends, how should those demon cultivators be dealt with?"
When the True Demon Tribulation ends, each Demon Cave needs to be resealed; without resources for cultivation, the demon cultivators will inevitably cause chaos.
In the period of yin flourishing and yang waning, cultivating demonic cultivation techniques is like the times coming together with forces of nature, rapidly enhancing cultivation levels, and at that time, surely a batch of Nascent Soul-level demon cultivators will emerge.
Can’t wait until after the True Demon Tribulation to fight a battle with the demon cultivators; that would seriously damage the vitality of the Cultivation Realm, detrimental to restoring prosperity.
Fufeng True Monarch slightly raised his eyebrow and said pointedly:
"Why deal with demon cultivators? As long as they exert effort during the True Demon Tribulation, it’s okay to leave a few Demon Caves for their cultivation.
This way, when the Heaven and Earth Spirit Mechanism changes again, we can also know in advance."