Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 12 Planning
After the greetings, Xu Banshan said leisurely:

"Junior brother, your lecture today was very interesting, but the last part was a bit redundant."

His words seemed casual, but the blame was very obvious.

"It can help me to clarify the future, so why would it be redundant? Please teach me, brother."

Qin Yan was not surprised that his senior brother was able to hear his teachings.

There are no magical restrictions that separate the inside and outside of the Wendao Hall, and it is located not far from the main hall of the General Affairs Hall.

Although Senior Brother Xu is very old, he is also a cultivator at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. As long as he pays some attention to that, he will naturally be able to hear what he says.

Xu Banshan seemed not to hear the dissatisfaction in the other party's words, and continued to speak slowly:
"Junior brother also said that many disciples are not talented and have no external help.

If you don't have profound magic skills, how can you earn elixirs for cultivation and magical weapons for fighting?

For disciples who have no one to rely on, the difficulties they face at the beginning of their practice are best understood by their junior brothers.

Now, if all the disciples follow suit, what will be the consequences?"

He gave a forced "Hehe" sound and sighed:
"Improving your cultivation won't necessarily be much faster, and you won't be able to study magic to a high level. Without reaching a higher realm, relying on practicing techniques to strengthen your immortal veins will only bring minimal improvement in your aptitude. In the end, you'll end up with nothing and wasted years."

His meaning was very straightforward. Most people did not have the conditions to use the time of practicing martial arts to expand the branches of the great immortal meridian. Instead of trying to please both sides, it would be better to focus on one side.

Cultivation is the root of everything, this is absolutely true.

But for most disciples, advancing to the foundation-building stage is extremely difficult. Even if they work hard to improve their cultivation, it is still futile.

In comparison, practicing the techniques is much more practical.

Even if I leave the sect in the future, I will have a skill to make a living and can earn a decent income.

This way, you can not only ensure your life, but also save some spirit stones so that your descendants won't have to work so hard in their cultivation.

Among the sect's Qi-refining disciples, the number of people in the middle stage of Qi-refining and the seventh stage of Qi-refining is the largest. Why?

This is because most disciples will gradually understand that building a foundation is an unattainable luxury. Their goal is only to advance to the late stage of Qi Refining before the age of thirty, so that they can stay in the sect for another thirty years.

These people will then use these thirty years to frantically accumulate spirit stones, because once they leave the sect and become independent cultivators, the speed of accumulating spirit stones will be much slower.

Their ultimate dream is for some of their descendants to advance to the foundation-building stage and establish a small family.

This is how small families were born, and this is how sects grew stronger step by step.

In a sense, the younger generations are practicing on the corpses of their predecessors.

Qin Yan remained unmoved. He certainly understood his senior brother's reasoning, and he had never thought about changing anything.

Looking across through the swirling smoke, he said lightly:

“I know that the method I mentioned to strengthen the immortal veins and improve aptitude is just one of the tacit methods used by the noble families.

I also know that many disciples do not have the conditions to improve their qualifications using this method.

But I tell you this method to give my disciples more options.

They will weigh the pros and cons of what to do.

My original intention was to make the future path of capable disciples smoother."

He recalled that it was only after he advanced to the foundation-building stage that he heard about the method of improving his aptitude through regular practice. It took him another ten years to make up for most of the lessons he had missed.

It is more effective to strengthen the immortal veins with the cultivation in the foundation-building period, but the expansion of many branches has missed the best time and has to take more time to develop.

Some branches have completely missed the opportunity to expand. Without a major opportunity in the future, these branches will not be able to emerge.

Correspondingly, the acupoints that depend on these branches will not appear.

The number of branch meridians opened and the number of acupoints opened throughout the body are related to the practice in the Chaoyuan period and beyond, which is also what he is concerned about.

If you want to reach a higher level, every bit of improvement is valuable.

In his heart, the Jindan stage wasn't his final destination. Qin Yan's hand, tucked into his sleeve, caressed a thumb-sized, translucent piece of broken jade. This rare treasure had been the foundation of his rise to prominence.

"Junior brother seems to be resentful. Is it not just because of this incident?"

Qin Yan was silent for a moment, then slowly said:
"Since three years ago, the sect has been issuing more and more missions, but the rewards the disciples have received have not increased.

The same is true for us foundation-building monks.

Not only that, the amount of merit required to purchase realm-breaking elixirs has increased significantly.

I want to ask why this is happening.”

"This is the consideration of the ancestor."

Xu Banshan knew that the sect's policies had caused dissatisfaction among many people, and Qin Yan was probably pushed out by his fellow disciples to test him.

Qin Yan pursed his lips and laughed:

"Brother, everyone knows that this was the order of the ancestor, but the ancestor did not explain why we did this.

"Brothers, you want to know what the sect is planning? Is something big going to happen in the world of immortal cultivation?"

The sect's actions seemed to be preparing for war.

The wars in the world of immortal cultivation are extremely cruel. A high-level cultivator can easily cast a spell and wipe out a small immortal cultivation family on the mountain without leaving a single one alive.

If there are such signs, everyone should prepare early. It should be safe inside the sect, but many people have relatives behind them who are making a living outside.

I also want to know the reason, but since the ancestor doesn’t tell me, I don’t dare to ask more.

Xu Banshan spread his hands:
"Junior brother, I'm sorry for putting me in a difficult position. I'm just following orders from our ancestor."

Qin Yan's eyes were deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After the lecture, Ji An said goodbye to Chu He and others and hurried back.

Without the talisman bird, it would take another two days to travel.

His spiritual fields have not been planted yet. If he delays too long, the spiritual grains will mature a few days later than others.

It may seem like nothing, but if other people's spiritual grains are harvested, those stealing birds will just focus on him and take advantage of him!
A man was walking on a narrow path. He made up his mind that when he had some extra money in the future, he would first buy a Fu Niao for transportation.

Not being able to fly is such a waste of time.

Two days later, Ji An returned to his bamboo house under the moonlight, dragging his exhausted body.

On the way back, he started learning the Art of Withering and Flourishing, and tried to refine the Xunling. He found that his magic could be improved without the need for Zhenling, and he felt relieved.

After resting for a while, he quickly made some food, then washed his hands and face, took out a cushion, lit a burner of incense, sat cross-legged in the yard and began to practice martial arts.

Strands of spiritual energy from heaven and earth were absorbed into the body, and the tiredness in the body slowly disappeared.

An hour later, Ji An came out of his practice feeling refreshed.

He mobilized the stone turtle with his mind and put all his ideas into it!

[Master: Ji An]

【Daoyun: 0】

[Spiritual Ability: Kan Spirit 0, Kun Spirit 0, Xun Spirit 0]

[Spell: Light Cloud Rain (Mastery 72% → 99%)

Thick Earth Technique (Mastery 48% → 71%)

Withering and Flourishing Technique (6% for beginners → 8% for masters)

(End of this chapter)