Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique-Chapter 198 - 195: The Blood Luo Tree Blossoms

Ji An stayed beside the Tier Two Gourd Vine for quite a while before leaving, pondering the factors involved in cultivating Tier Two Spirit Plants.

The seeds were nurtured with the Great Perfection Level Flame Fire Spell and Jade Wood Transformation Skill, achieving the best possible results.

Daily, they would be cultivated with Fire Element Essence, while usually nourishing the land with the Flame Fire Spell and Thick Earth Returning Origin Spell.

Every three days, he would release the Jade Wood Transformation Skill to nourish the Fire Element with Wood Element, and every ten days or so, he would use the Spring Breeze and Rain Skill.

Although the Purple Fire Gourd was more suited to grow in arid soil, the ground being too dry was not ideal.

The fertilizer was a mix of Top-grade Red Cloud Pine Powder and the red sand excreted by Fire Crystal Ants. After long-term cultivation, the soil of this Spirit Field had a faint red color under sunlight, making it more suitable for the growth of Fire Element plants.

’Should I try using Tier Two Red Cloud Pine Powder as fertilizer?’

A thought sprouted in Ji An’s mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

Red Cloud Pine grows slowly, and there weren’t enough Tier Two pine branches to squander.

Having already cultivated Tier Two Purple Fire Gourds, the need had become less urgent.

Ji An summoned the Flying Shuttle and returned to the Cold Pool, where Huang Xuan and three others were gathered excitedly discussing something.

"The Tier Two Purple Fire Gourd holds special significance. Everyone is rewarded with twenty Spirit Stones each, and Huang Xuan, who first discovered and reported the good news, gets an additional thirty Spirit Stones."

To refine even the most basic Spiritual Artifact, the materials would cost at least three thousand Spirit Stones, with his Apricot Yellow Banner costing over ten thousand Spirit Stones, but simply using Spirit Stones wouldn’t be enough to gather the materials.

The core material of the Purple Fire Gourd is the gourd itself, saving a significant amount of Spirit Stones and Spiritual Objects.

"Congratulations to Junior Martial Uncle on acquiring the treasure, and thank you for the reward, Junior Martial Uncle Xie."

The Qi Refining Disciples congratulated in unison, each with a beaming smile.

...

The moonlight cast a serene glow, and after casting spells over the Spirit Field, Ji An headed near the underground cavern, where he saw Golden Fur working diligently, having dug over three yards deep.

According to estimates, the distance from the Soul Nourishing Wood at the Spirit Vein Node was about twenty yards.

Unsure what technique it used, the rock seemed like mud under its sharp claws, scattering rock fragments with each swipe.

The Spirit-Seeking Rat was now only the size of an average dog, limiting its capabilities, otherwise, it could dig even deeper.

Sensing its owner’s presence, Golden Fur darted over, affectionately rubbing against its master’s feet.

Ji An took out a Spirit Feeding Pill to feed the Beast Taming creature, gently stroking its fluffy fur.

Golden Fur swallowed the Spirit Feeding Pill, squinting its eyes in contentment from the stroking.

"Dig a funnel-shaped passage, making the excavation amount smaller the further down you go."

Ji An communicated spiritually through the Beast Taming Token with Golden Fur, explaining the concept of a funnel to reduce the workload.

Start by digging the passage first, and then widen it later.

Digging a straight tunnel would appear foolish and unnecessary, seeming like a lot of work with no real purpose.

"Squeak, squeak," Golden Fur acknowledged understanding.

"Continue with your work then."

Ji An stood up and left; most rodent-like demon beasts were nocturnal, their energy peaking at night.

He entered the underground cavern, releasing the Thick Earth Returning Origin Spell on the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree and Soul Nourishing Wood.

Yellow Spirit Light emerged, with the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree’s bark glowing with radiant golden light, and the Soul Nourishing Wood’s leaves reflecting a purple sheen.

The Spirit Light gradually faded away, restoring tranquility.

...

Ji An returned to his grotto mansion halfway up the mountain, nourishing the Spirit Pine with Magical Power.

The Red Cloud Pine emitted three feet of red light, resembling a fiery cloud.

He went to his small medicinal garden, surprised to find several small buds appearing on the branch of a Blood Luo Fruit Tree.

This Spirit Tree only blooms after fifty years, indicating that after nearly twenty years of cultivation, the spirit medicine here has reached fifty years of medicinal age.

His three Planting Techniques only recently reached the Great Perfection Level, meaning that cultivating fifty-year medicinal age would take even less time in the future.

Ji An’s expression immediately relaxed, revealing a grinning mouth of white teeth.

"Great, a year of flowering and then it’ll bear fruit. I can start nurturing the medicinal age of the Blood Luo Fruit."

The three main ingredients for the Nourishing Yuan Pill: Star Soul Grass is the easiest to cultivate to four hundred years of medicinal age, followed by Blood Luo Fruit, while Celestial Essence Ginseng requires five hundred years of medicinal age, maturing the latest.

If he couldn’t cultivate the spirit medicine in the medicinal garden fast enough, he would resort to using Nourishing Yuan Pills. The shorter the time until the spirit plants mature, the more confident he was in obtaining pills from the Sect.

Ji An invoked the Thick Earth Returning Origin Spell, spreading yellow Spirit Light, making small dots on the Star Soul Grass leaves blossom with silvery brilliance.

The dual glow intertwined, leaving fantastical colors on the stone wall.

...

The next day at 5:00 AM, Ji An exited the grotto mansion, with the remnants of the moon still lingering in the sky.

Leaping upwards, he flew towards the Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree’s location.

The Spirit Tree had grown a palm’s length, with its trunk now thicker than a thumb, sporting seven leaves.

Under the dim moonlight, the golden light flowing along the leaf veins was visible.

Ji An nodded with satisfaction. The Spirit Wood weathered a day, having endured the baptism of the Gold and Fire Spirit Mechanism, and was firmly rooted.

In a spot distant from the Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree, he found a place, threw out a pudun, and sat cross-legged, placing Spiritual Objects in front or holding them, calming his mind before activating the Evergreen Wood Skill.

Various Spirit Lights flew out from the Mulberry Field, Cold Pool, and the earth, swirling around him, entering his body with his breath and Spiritual Qi.

Spiritual Qi circulated along a designated path within the Immortal Vein, undergoing refinement repeatedly, condensing into Magical Power merging into his dantian.

In the acupoints, the Wood of Jia, Gui Shui, and Ji Earth Dao Seeds radiated brilliance, absorbing the Spiritual Mechanism.

Ji An felt a warm sensation in his liver area, spreading throughout his body.

His presence as a cultivator gradually thinned out, seamlessly blending with the Mulberry Field.

At this moment, if any cultivator were to use Divine Sense nearby, they might mistakenly perceive him as a Jade Leaf Mulberry.

A quarter past 7:00 AM, Ji An awoke from his cultivation state.

His aura rapidly shifted, returning from a ’wood’ state, transforming back into a flesh-and-blood cultivator.

He saw the Azure Dragon Wood in his hand had completely decayed, scattering into dust with a gust of wind.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, this phenomenon indirectly proving he had gained a deeper insight into his cultivation technique.

He gazed at the shadow of the tree, his smile growing wider.

The changes in the shadow suggested that his cultivation time had lengthened, increasingly satisfying him.

...

After breakfast, Ji An came to the place where the beehives were kept, communicating with the Bee King through the blood contract.

"Now, there are some special Spirit Mulberries in the Mulberry Field, harboring more Spiritual Qi.

It’s almost the season when the mulberry flowers bloom, assign some White Jade Bees to gather the pollen from these Spirit Mulberry flowers to make honey."

Tier Two honey needs to be stored separately, not mixed with ordinary honey.

The honey can be exchanged with other cultivators, although the Tier Two honey produced this year won’t be much, accumulating over a few years will become significant.

The Queen Bee expressed an emotion of ’understanding,’ conveying that the bee colony had already noticed these Spirit Mulberries.

Looks like my actions were redundant, Ji An chuckled, then issued a new order.

The Bee King received the command, immediately dispatching dozens of worker bees.

Ji An used a small beehive to house the White Jade Bees, added some honey into the hive, and then transported the box back to the mountainside, placing it within the medicinal garden.

The garden is very enclosed, if there aren’t insects like spirit bees or butterflies for pollination, he’ll have to do it himself.

The White Jade Bees, smelling the fragrance of flowers, flew out of the hive, bringing a touch of life to the silent medicinal garden.

...

Time flows like a river, relentless day and night, half a year passed swiftly,

The Jade Leaf Mulberry’s flowers were about to wilt, after a month of busyness, the White Jade Bees quieted down.

The Ghost Moon Cyan Jade Tree grew day by day, now as thick as an arm and as tall as a person, branching into five tree branches, bearing over a hundred leaves.

Ji An sat facing the Cold Pool with the sunset behind him, manipulating the water to form a large net, searching for a target.

Due to his frequent practice of the Water Control Technique, the Red Grouper had grown very cunning, Xia Yuhuan and her sister complained that it now took over half an hour to catch Spirit Fish.

"I, Du Huaiyuan, am back!"

The shout, full of vigor, echoed through Red Flame Peak, Ji An twitched at the corners of his mouth, halted practicing his spell, and connected his mind with the Upper Stone Turtle momentarily.

[Magic Technique: Water Control Technique (Perfection 55%)]

He stepped forward to greet him, sensing the deliberately emitted Spiritual Pressure from the other party, and clasped his hands, saying:

"Congratulations on breaking through to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, I’ll treat you to two jars of Tier Two Pine Nut Wine at tonight’s banquet."

"Haha, I like it when my junior brother is this generous!"

Du Huaiyuan laughed heartily, during the refining of the Foundation Establishment Pill at Mingfeng Mountain this time, he greatly reduced his drinking, diligently cultivating, and finally broke through to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment.

He put away his Flying Shuttle and eagerly said:

"I noticed the number of Tier Two Spirit Mulberries in the Mulberry Field has increased significantly, how many are there now?"

For him, drinking Tier Two Spirit Wine and refining it can further enhance his cultivation.

Tier Two Pine Nut Wine contains more Fire Spirit Power, refining it is not friendly to him.

Tier Two Mulberry Wine is much better, after refining, it not only enhances cultivation but also aids in understanding the divine intent of Water Nurtures Wood.

"Twenty-one plants, there aren’t many Spirit Woods with high potential after all."

Ji An replied, after the emergence of Tier Two Spirit Mulberries, the surrounding mulberry trees are cut down, and there may be inadvertent "mis-killings" of potential Spirit Woods.

"That’s already quite a lot," Du Huaiyuan said with a smile, quickly calculating in his heart how much fresh mulberries he could harvest.

Each Tier Two Spirit Mulberry roughly yields five pounds of mulberries, barely a hundred pounds, producing fifty to sixty pounds of wine, he can get five pounds.

"How many Tier Two Red Cloud Pines are there?"

"Twenty-six, in the future, the number of Tier Two Spirit Mulberries will definitely surpass them."

Due to the cultivation technique and Planting Technique, Ji An has a greater advantage in cultivating Wood Element Spirit Plants.

Now the number of Tier Two Biluo Trees has reached six, Li Minghui requires Ji An to inform her of the number of Tier Two Spirit Woods every half month.

Du Huaiyuan smiled and nodded, filled with anticipation, he asked:

"Are there any other Tier Two Spirit Woods?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Tier Two Spirit Woods won’t be cultivated so easily!"

Ji An chuckled, he’s not an Immortal.

Du Huaiyuan laughed foolishly, scratching his head, he really thought the other party found it easy to cultivate Tier Two Spirit Woods.

He coughed and said:

"How long until mulberries can be harvested on a large scale? We must prepare the raw materials in advance."

"Four to five days will do."

Ji An paused, then said:

"Senior brother, I still have over a hundred Top-grade Celestial Essence Pears, do you need them?"

Last time he wanted to discuss the Celestial Essence Pears with him, he can’t consume so many Spirit Fruits.

"Of course I need them, consuming Celestial Essence Pears is greatly beneficial to me, how many Spirit Fruits does junior brother plan to sell?"

Du Huaiyuan practices Water Element cultivation methods, consuming Water Element Spirit Fruits complements them well.

"A hundred, each Celestial Essence Pear priced at sixty Spirit Stones."

In the Western Continent, there are relatively few cultivators practicing Water Element methods, so the price of Water Element Spirit Fruits is not as high as other fruits of the same level.

Fire Element Spirit Fruits are the most expensive, Wood Element Spirit Fruits next, Gold Element Spirit Fruits are the rarest, but cultivators practicing Gold Element methods are even rarer, their price is equivalent to Wood Element Spirit Fruits.

"I’ll take them all!"

Du Huaiyuan shouted with financial prowess, after breaking through to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, his speed in refining pills increased, and he’s able to take on some private tasks.

Coupled with the profits from Spirit Wine, his Spirit Stones are unprecedentedly plentiful.