Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

Chapter 474: Chapter 402: Gourd World

Ji An introspected his body, the Wood Element Divine Mansion emitted a cyan glow, the Heart Mansion was red like fire with golden flame patterns swirling on its surface, and the spleen illuminated with a gentle yellow spirit light.

He smiled and opened his eyes, immediately hearing the voice of his senior sister.

"Congratulations, junior brother, on your cultivation reaching new heights, getting closer to the Golden Core."

Han Yan’s tone changed from solemn to playful, "When you achieve a breakthrough to the Golden Core someday, don’t forget to support your suffering senior sister who has been in the same boat today!"

After ten years of companionship, their friendship had deepened, often engaging in playful banter.

Ji An chuckled, saying:

"Mutual congratulations, the path to becoming a Golden Core Cultivator is still long, let’s encourage each other, senior sister."

Chao Origin Fifth Transformation, Five-Turned Perfection, Five Elements Circulation Endless Life, Five Qi Chaoyuan, plus overcoming Thunder Tribulation, he still had five steps to become a Golden Core Cultivator.

Han Yan smiled, "Junior brother just had a breakthrough, would you like to cultivate a while to replenish magical power?"

From now on, no one would compete with her for Earth Element Qi, delightful! There are benefits to being behind.

Ji An gently waved his hand, "No need, I’ll cultivate back in the grotto mansion later, you continue with Qi Eating, senior sister."

Refining magical power requires a longer time, no need to have fellow sect members protect the law for him.

A moment later, Han Yan finished Qi Eating, the two rode clouds for two double hours back to the grotto mansion, each entering a quiet chamber.

It was just past 7:00 AM, still plenty of time to use.

Ji An sat cross-legged on the Pudun, took out a piece of Soul Incense and placed it into the Incense Burner to ignite, this was his last Soul Incense on hand, and it would be difficult to enjoy these before returning to the sect.

He took out the Cultivation Technique Jade Slip and unlocked it with a key, placing it on his forehead, then started to ponder the essence of Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture Metal Element Chapter.

Opening the Divine Mansion and using the Divine Mansion to enhance cultivation are two different concepts.

Although he had previously heard the ancestor’s tips, that was merely others’ experience, to get hands-on, he must walk through completely on his own.

About two double hours later, Ji An put away the Jade Slip and began his first cultivation post-breakthrough.

The Spiritual Qi within the grotto mansion gathered beside him, inhaled through the nose into the body, the lungs lit up with silver brilliance, Spiritual Qi flowed through the Immortal Vein, into the Wood Mansion.

The Wood of Jia and Yi Dao Seed within the acupoints brightened, emanating Wood Element Technique Intent.

When Qi left the Wood Mansion, it was tinged with emerald green, exuding a life-rising magic intent.

Leaving the Wood Mansion, Spiritual Qi gathered in the Fire Mansion, processed, becoming bright and hot, similarly imbued with rising aura.

Upon reaching the Earth Element Divine Mansion, Qi immediately altered, the vigorous momentum became introverted, and a weighty mountain-like aura spread.

Spiritual Qi then entered into the lungs, the silver Metal Dao Seed shimmered, Spiritual Qi transformed into liquid like silver quicksilver, finally converging in the Dantian.

Primordial Life Fire flickered, the Stone Turtle proudly raised its head, each devouring a part of silver magical power.

Unlike the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, now refining Spiritual Qi would undergo further "fine processing" in each Divine Mansion.

After half an hour, Ji An felt his cultivation becoming adept, he took out the Jade Bottle from Void Realm Space, pouring out a silver elixir with two golden patterns on its surface.

This was the White Tiger Mysterious Golden Pill, cool to the touch, quite substantial, almost like a metal orb rather than a pill.

Swallowing the pill, Ji An felt as if he had truly ingested a golden iron object.

Calm within, he began to activate the cultivation technique, the pill’s spiritual power was swiftly refined, filling the Dantian.

Meanwhile, strands of Light Silver Metal Qi were released, entering the Divine Mansion, enhancing the core of the Divine Mansion.

Every time the Divine Mansion swallowed a strand of Metal Qi, the silver flame within the Primordial Life Fire slightly strengthened.

Unknowingly, another hour had passed, the pill being fully refined.

Ji An opened his eyes, the refining speed of the White Tiger Mysterious Golden Pill was much slower than other pills, perhaps due to the inherent retention characteristic of Metal Element.

He left the quiet chamber, seeing Han Yan cooking demon beast meat in the outer small living room.

"Junior brother arrived just in time, the meat soup is almost done, wouldn’t you have calculated the timing?"

They discovered an unknown avian demon beast in Qianren Mountain, with extraordinarily delicious taste, often hunting to feast.

Ji An playfully replied, "I’m just a bit sneaky, you hit the nail on the head, senior sister."

The two took bowls and plates, eating meat and drinking soup, enjoying themselves.

After a while, Han Yan tentatively asked:

"Junior brother, having broken through to the Four Transitions of Chao Origin Realm, what are your plans next? Staying here would be a waste of your time."

With Earth Element Divine Mansion at perfection, next is opening the Gold Element Divine Mansion, best to find a mountain with mines to enter, where Gold Qi is abundant, it can slightly boost efficiency.

"No worries, senior sister may not know, when I left the sect, I had already opened all Divine Mansions, just next to absorbing Water Element Qi in the rapid streams of Qianren Mountain is quite suitable."

Han Yan felt her mind bewildered, ’Opened Five Mansions before leaving the sect? Am I hearing a delusion!’

Such a situation was unheard of to her, how could he open other Divine Mansions without achieving perfection in one?

"Junior brother, did I hear correctly? How did you accomplish it?"

Her voice betrayed disbelief.

"This situation is related to my constitution, not truly a skill."

Ji An half-truthfully said, his situation was different from others, too complex to explain, no need to reveal his successful ventures during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

’Turns out it’s a natural talent, that makes sense.’

Han Yan self-consoled in her heart, hearing the claim of Five Mansions being opened gave her deep feelings of disappointment.

Ji An drank the soup clean from his bowl, saying:

"In the future, I will cultivate through Water Eating and Qi Walking in the mountain stream near Senior Sister."

Later, he plans to start using pills for cultivation, taking the White Tiger Mysterious Golden Pill followed by the Heavenly Water Soul Cleansing Pill.

The two chatted for a while longer, and Han Yan returned to the Quiet Chamber to rest, while Ji An used Little Cloud Skill Rain to wash the dishes and the bronze tripod used for cooking.

After finishing the cleanup, he returned to the Quiet Chamber to meditate, and suddenly, the Stone Turtle transported him into the World Core’s space.

Each time the Stone Turtle accumulates a certain amount of Spiritual Mechanism, it brings him to this place.

In recent years, Ji An has not used Spiritual Mechanism at all, letting the Stone Turtle manage it entirely, because he saw a bright hope.

Now he has personally entered it! As for the outside world, Golden Fur describes it as a stone emitting faint spirit light floating in the air.

Initially, the Stone Turtle could only bring his Divine Sense here, but six months ago it managed to bring his body in.

The situation in the Gourd World has improved significantly since he first obtained the Gourd Stone, expanding to twelve zhang in diameter.

From nine zhang to twelve zhang, the direct numerical increase is only three zhang, but the area has almost doubled.

The phenomena of flashing thunderstorms in the surrounding gray fog have decreased, and the appearance of black spatial cracks has become much less frequent.

The sand and gravel beneath his feet have become finer, and digging two feet down reveals moist soil.

A skinny mountain rat, only skin and bones, seeing Ji An enter, rushed over as if seeing its savior.

"Squeak, squeak!"

Ji An smiled and took out some fresh meat, along with a large amount of nuts.

The mountain rat was introduced three months ago with the intention of bringing more vitality to this place.

The surface yellow sand here is very dry, making it ideal for preserving nuts.

The previous preparation was insufficient, but this time he brought plenty of provisions for the mountain rat.

Ji An contemplated that once the surface soil becomes more moist, he would plant wild grass.

There is no Spiritual Vein here, essentially making it a desert of spiritual energy, but he believes that with the Stone Turtle’s relentless efforts, a Spiritual Vein will eventually emerge.

A moment later, the Stone Turtle completed its task and led him out of the Gourd World.

Ji An exhaled deeply, feeling a pressing desire to find an area with active volcanoes and await their eruption.

Drawing from the experience at Red Flame Peak, volcanic eruptions can gain Dao Rhyme, which will accelerate the cultivation of this Little World.

...

The next day, the two set out on clouds together, Han Yan landing atop a mountain peak.

Ji An landed beside rapids below the mountain peak, casting Golden Light Technique to carve a foothold, then stood with feet apart shoulder-width, toes gripping the ground.

He began to exhale, raising both hands from his sides and forming his lips to emit a sound, "Blow."

When exhaling completely, he slowly stood up in the rhythm of inhaling.

A thread of icy air entered his mouth, immediately moistening the tongue with saliva—this was Water Element Qi.

The body instinctively swallowed, the Water Element Qi gurgled down, entering the Water Element Divine Mansion and devoured by its core.

The refreshing cool sensation spread throughout the body, feeling nourished.

The kidneys, black as ink, had white patterns rolling like a sea of clouds.

Each exhale and inhale, Ji An swallowed threads of Water Element Qi, causing the Divine Mansion to grow stronger.

Ji An silently counted the number of Qi Eating, stopping when a slight fatigue touched his Spirit Soul.

Eating Qi twenty-three threads, reaching the limit state should allow him to eat twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

"Not bad!"

An improvement compared to before, once the Jin Mansion perfects and enhances the Water Mansion, it will take much less time to elevate the Water Mansion to a state of Perfection compared to other Divine Mansions.

...

Six months passed.

At dawn, Ji An parted with Senior Sister and arrived at a deep pool.

He had never explored its depths; observed visually, the bottom appeared pitch-black.

Based on experience, water depth reaches a hundred zhang before affecting light penetration.

He prepared to eat Qi when suddenly he felt a tremor from the ground, causing the pool to ripple with layers of waves.

Feeling something amiss, Ji An immediately rose on clouds and distanced himself from the pool.

Right after, he saw a multitude of bubbles emerge from the pool, like boiling water, and steam began to rise.

He had just flown several dozen zhang away when the pool water suddenly shot skyward, forming a column reaching the clouds.

Ji An sensed astonishing power contained within the water column, and dense Spiritual Qi spread outward in shockwave form.

For a moment, the pool water crashed back down, splashing a mass of water droplets like countless sparkling jade fragments.

"What’s happening?"

Ji An asked, feeling a lingering fear. He had visited this pool several times, staying for half a day each time because the Stone Turtle could absorb some Kan Spirit.

This was the first time such a scene occurred. He had no understanding of the underlying cause.

He furrowed his brows slightly, considering a possibility, and immediately focused his mind in the Dantian to connect with the Stone Turtle.