Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique - Chapter 207 - 202: The World Is Vast, I Want to See It (Part 2)
Chapter 207: Chapter 202: The World Is Vast, I Want to See It (Part 2)
Ji An raised his wine cup and laughed:
“Every word is heartfelt. The situation on Mingfeng Mountain is not like the sect. I’m very impressed that you three Law Enforcement Hall cultivators have been able to establish yourselves here. Here’s to everyone!”
He could stay in the sect and cultivate peacefully, thanks in part to the efforts of the Law Enforcement Teams from the Three Sects in the Immortal City.
“Cheers!”
Everyone drank heartily.
Liu Yu, after drinking, smiled and asked:
“Junior brother, what brings you to the Immortal City? Surely it’s not a sect mission?”
The sect often issued missions to recruit alchemists and artifact refiners, but rarely spirit farmers.
Ji An explained his purchase of demon beast cubs and added:
“I’m also here to see the current situation in the Immortal City, to see if I can buy some rare seeds and seedlings, or other peculiar things.
If any senior brother finds an Earth Grade bloodline demon beast cub and intends to sell, do contact me. I’ll be in the Immortal City for the entire month.”
The ones who could first encounter demon beast cubs were, of course, the Law Enforcement Hall cultivators and other demon hunters who often undertook demon hunting tasks.
Zhao Mengyao gently shook her head and said:
“I can’t help with that. If I encounter an Earth Grade demon beast cub, I’ll be the first to buy it.”
As a beast tamer, breeding more and stronger demon beasts was instinctual for her.
Even if she came across slowly growing turtle-like demon beast eggs, she might buy them to return to her family.
Liu Yu slightly nodded and smiled:
“I haven’t planned on raising beasts yet. If I encounter a suitable cub, I’ll strive to get it for you, but only during this month.”
The smaller the demon beast cub, the better it sells. If one isn’t in the Immortal City, there’s no time to waste.
Ji An cupped his hands:
“Thank you, senior brother, I understand.”
The smaller the demon beast cub, the easier it was to enter a blood contract. Some cultivators would purchase cubs for their juniors so that the beast would grow alongside them.
“Where are you staying, junior brother?”
Wei Songnian answered quickly:
“I’ve arranged for Senior Brother Ji to stay at Wei’s Talisman Shop, where there are guest rooms in the backyard.”
Ji An nodded in agreement, saving on accommodation costs was a good thing.
Chu River’s voice had become much more resonant than before; he said in a low, muffled tone:
“Senior Brother Ji, recently, our team completed a task and wiped out a nest of Jade Wood Apes, capturing a few alive.
These demon beasts can actually brew spirit wine. Are you interested in purchasing a few?”
Ape-like demon beasts are known for their intelligence, and it’s not uncommon for monkey groups capable of brewing spirit wine to exist.
Monkey Wine is a spirit wine brewed with a hundred fruits and contains abundant spiritual power after years of fermentation.
Ji An shook his head slightly, politely declining:
“There aren’t enough Spirit Fruit Trees on Red Flame Peak to brew Hundred Fruit Wine, so it’s not suitable to keep these monkey demons.”
He believed that the wine brewing of monkey demons was unique and had much to do with their habitat, making replication difficult.
Even if the entire ape tribe were relocated somewhere, environmental changes could mean an uncertain future for spirit wine brewing.
The group chatted and laughed, sharing their experiences, and before they knew it, a double hour had passed.
Zhang Yuanshan said:
“In just half a year, my task will be over; I really miss the time in the sect.”
Stationed at the Artifact Refining Shop in the sect, repairing and refining magical artifacts had yielded considerable gains, but left little time for cultivation.
If possible, he would still want to refuse such busyness.
At this moment, he was filled with envy for Ji An. Given the environment around Mingfeng Mountain, summoning spirit farmers was impossible, at least not now.
Liu Yu said:
“In the future, everyone will become busy, and then you will long for the present.”
As night deepened, everyone dispersed.
Ji An and the others returned to Wei’s Shop on Vermilion Bird Street. He declined Wei Songnian’s suggestion to have a maid attend to him, returning to the guest room to focus on refinement of spiritual food through his cultivation technique.
Nothing noteworthy happened that night.
The next day, Ji An awoke promptly at 5:00 AM, his consciousness sinking into his dantian, linking with the Stone Turtle.
Upon observation, he found that the Kun and Gen Spirit Mechanisms here had grown slightly more than those on Red Flame Peak, while other spirit mechanisms grew very little. The Li Spirit, in particular, hadn’t increased at all.
Ji An went to the courtyard, performing the Small Cloud Rain Technique beside the green trees. A basin-sized white mist rolled, followed by spirit rain falling.
He gathered water to wash up, then returned indoors to ingest a Cyan Lotus Pill and began cultivating.
Without accumulating small gains, one cannot achieve great success; cultivation advancement is the result of daily accumulation, culminating in a breakthrough.
Lacking accumulation, there can be no metamorphosis.
Spiritual Qi gathered toward Ji An’s room, and the trees in the courtyard swayed gently without a breeze, leaves rustling non-stop.
Ji An finished his cultivation by 7:00 AM, and there was a maid waiting at the door, delivering hot spiritual food.
While eating breakfast, Wei Songnian entered and said:
“Senior brother, I personally visited the larger beast-taming shops to leave word and a deposit.
If there’s any news of Earth Grade demon beast cubs, they’ll inform me first.
However…”
“However, what? If there’s something to say, just say it. As senior and junior brothers, what’s so inconvenient?”
“As you know, senior brother, the competition for demon beast cubs with Earth Grade bloodlines is intense. Those shops expressly stated that we have to compete with other cultivators who have similar requests.”
Ji An stroked his chin and nodded slightly:
“Shops engage in strategic withholding for more profit, which is understandable. Competition is competition, but at least there’s a chance.”
Earth Grade bloodline demon beast cubs are strategic resources, rarely bought with spirit stones, so he was prepared, having brought some Tier Two spiritual objects.
“Heh, I was just worried you might think I was ineffective, senior brother.
By the way, do you have any plans for these days?”
Ji An communicated telepathically:
“Having offered me the Soul Nourishing Wood, how could I ever think that way? Don’t overthink in the future.”
He then spoke:
“I’ll be making talismans in the morning and going out for a stroll in the afternoon.
Arrange for an astute young clerk, for I want to check out the Loose Cultivator market in the afternoon each day.”
He wasn’t hoping to find rare treasures but aimed to broaden his knowledge.
Much knowledge came from Jade Slips, but they weren’t memory implants, leaving his understanding of many things superficial.
Though the Loose Cultivator market rarely had high-quality goods, its array provided ample exposure, allowing him to connect knowledge with real objects.
Wei Songnian agreed:
“No problem, I’ll arrange it for you, senior brother.
My nephew Wei Shouqing works at the Spirit Wine Shop; he’s quite astute. I’ll have him wait here after noon.”
…
Wei Shouqing waited respectfully at the guest room door, as Wei Songnian had specifically found him for a discussion, giving him five hundred spirit stones.
From his uncle, he learned that the visitor was an esteemed acquaintance his uncle had made in the sect, a high-tier Talisman Master with thousands of acres of spirit fields planted.
Over seventy percent of the spirit wine in the Talisman and Spirit Wine Shops, as well as the Talisman Soldiers and top-grade talismans, were produced by him.
After Ji An finished his lunch, he kindly said:
“Shouqing, right? Sorry for the wait. Let’s head out.”
“You’re too polite, senior. Please, follow me.
The market is busiest in the afternoon, and it’s the perfect lively time to go now.”
The two exited the Talisman Shop and headed west, with Wei Shouqing occasionally describing the unique features of shops along the way.
Their pace, typical of immortal cultivators, was swift, covering a distance of about half an hour before reaching a large square.
Stalls were run by Qi Refining Stage cultivators, shouting like ordinary people, creating a very noisy atmosphere.
Ji An watched with great interest, sometimes squatting down to pick up items for careful scrutiny, conversing with the stall owners.
Most loose cultivators could recognize the Golden Spirit Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivator’s standard magic robe, and although he didn’t buy anything, the stall owners maintained a courteous attitude, answering every question.
The sun slanted westward, and the evening glow draped a veil over the Immortal City.
Ji An suddenly felt a surge of longing from the Stone Turtle in his dantian, prompting him to stop at a stall.
Upon finding the object that aroused the Stone Turtle’s desire, he bent over to pick it up and asked:
“How much is this?”
It was a yellow-brown elliptical stone, resembling a seed, about the size of a knuckle, with messy white patterns on its surface.
The seller was an elderly cultivator, at the eighth layer of Qi Refining, with gray-white hair and slightly clouded eyes.
He didn’t recognize the object, which hadn’t sold despite being displayed for a long time, but since it didn’t burn or break under a hammer, he felt it wasn’t mundane.
He had tried selling it to shops of several sects, but they wouldn’t take it, and even chased him away.
