Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 16 I always feel something is wrong

Wei Songnian quickly packed up his stall and said:
"Junior brother, you are only at the first level of Qi Refining, but you have already achieved a minor success in the Small Cloud and Rain Technique. I have been hanging around in the Bishui Market for more than ten years, but I have never seen anyone as good as you.

I have a question. You once said that your immortal veins were opened just a few days before the sect assessment. The mana in your body should not be enough to release the third level of the Small Cloud Rain Technique, right?
Can you please let me open my eyes and watch you make it rain for once?"

This senior brother has such a good memory?!

Ji An was surprised. He had just said it casually at the time, but he didn't expect the other party to remember it.

He knew that the other party was testing him, and if he was just talking nonsense, he would definitely be exposed.

"of course can."

Ji An readily agreed. True gold fears no fire. The other party has a wide network of contacts and might be able to help him promote himself and establish his image as a magic genius.

If you want to make a living out there, you still have to learn to package yourself, you never know when it may come in handy.

The initial accumulation of crystals is too difficult, otherwise he would not be willing to take the limelight.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

He had made up his mind that from now on, only the three magic talents of Small Cloud and Rain Technique, Thick Earth Technique and Withering and Flourishing Technique would be displayed.

The world is full of tricky people and their hearts are complicated, so you should always keep some tricks up your sleeve.

After Wei Songnian closed his stall, the two of them crossed the square, left the market and came to the edge of the Bishui Lake.

Ji An learned his lesson this time and controlled the output of mana when casting the spell. When about 90% of the mana in his body was consumed, the seals on his hands changed and the spell was activated.

Under the white clouds and mist, the rain began to fall heavily. Half a minute later, the clouds and mist dissipated.

"Life in the sect is not easy, but Junior Brother has this ability, so it won't be difficult for him to settle down."

Wei Songnian praised, and his smile became more sincere:
"Come on, I'll take you to eat some authentic silver-scaled fish. I guarantee you'll never forget the taste."

He pointed to the pier in the distance and said:
"Liang Qiu is good at catching magical fish in the fishing shed, and he is also an excellent cook. Most people who want to eat the magical fish he cooks have to make a reservation.

I have some friendship with him, so I just go."

The sect used a magic array to cut the Bishui Lake into many fish ponds, and set up a branch in the Beast Taming Hall specifically responsible for raising spirit fish.

Among them, about 80% of the water area is public area, and many disciples rely on catching spiritual fish and collecting water-attributed spiritual herbs to subsidize their practice.

There is a tax on fishing and collecting herbs, but if you have any harvest, you must go through the fishing pen, otherwise you will be punished according to the rules of the sect.

The two men arrived at a tavern near the fishing pens and came to the door of a large restaurant.

He walked past the door without entering, and then walked forward a few dozen steps to a small restaurant next door.

The space inside was not big, with six square wooden tables, and they were full of people.

"Aqiu, give me the biggest silver-scale fish, so that Junior Brother Ji An and I can have a good drink."

A simple-minded young man with a slightly red face poked his head out from the kitchen:
"Brother Wei, please go upstairs and sit down first.

I haven't seen you for a while, so I saved some fish bladder glue for you."

"Eat the fish, let me weigh it."

The two of them greeted each other, and Wei Songnian led them to the small room upstairs and sat down:
“One fish, four ways to cook, you can never enjoy it anywhere else.

The fish head is used to make clear soup, the fish tail is fried and then made into thick soup, and the fish body is steamed and combined with Aqiu's secret seasoning. That taste is so good!"

Wei Songnian swallowed his saliva and said, "It's very memorable."

He changed to a comfortable sitting position, leaned forward slightly, and said earnestly:
“Junior brother, if you want to quickly improve your cultivation, I beg your pardon for using inferior elixirs.

Brother, the medicinal effect of the inferior Huangya Pill in my hand is still acceptable. The medicinal power of two pills is much greater than that of one genuine pill.

However, the time required to refine the medicinal power and remove the poison would be two to three times longer than that of a genuine elixir, and the time cost is too high."

"I understand the logic," Ji An said rather embarrassedly.

"But the crystals I have are borrowed, and the quantity is not enough for me to continue using genuine elixirs for cultivation."

Wei Songnian placed a spiritual stone on the table and pushed it across:
"I'll lend this spirit stone to you, Junior Brother. It won't be too late to return it after you harvest the second season of spirit valley." Ji An was silent for a few seconds and pushed the spirit stone back.

Wei Songnian frowned slightly. He couldn't have imagined that someone would push away the spirit stones that were delivered to his door.

The Wei family was a family of independent cultivators who came from a merchant family. The reason they became rich was that one of their ancestors supported a promising cultivator from a humble family.

Later, this cultivator soared into the Chaoyuan realm, and the Wei family took advantage of it. It transformed from a low-ranking family with only a few big cats and small cats into a large family with hundreds of Qi-refining disciples and nearly ten foundation-building cultivators, and it also owned a first-level advanced spiritual vein.

Our ancestors taught us: "Supporting the poor and promising is a more sustainable business than buying and selling goods."

Wei Songnian agreed with this and after coming to the sect, he supported the two of them one after another.

Today is a good opportunity to establish a good relationship. If the other party shows more potential in the future, he will place another bet.

Ji An coughed, took out the inferior pills, pushed them over, and said with a bow:
"Brother, you think highly of me. I will accept these spirit stones and exchange them all for Huangya Pills."

As a person who traveled through time, Ji An viewed cultivation as if he were playing a competitive game.

All the money (all resources) must be spent to be converted into strength. What he needs to do most now is to quickly improve his cultivation.

Earn crystals by farming and practicing to improve your cultivation. The higher your cultivation, the more mana you have, which allows you to farm and practice better, creating a perfect closed loop!

He set a small goal, striving to advance to the middle stage of Qi Refining within a year!

Wei Songnian scratched his head, feeling like something was wrong.

He took out an unopened white jade porcelain bottle from his storage bag, poured out two Huangya pills, and pushed the bottle over.

"Ten pills, Junior Brother, count them."

Ji An poured out the pills without hesitation, counted them, and put them back into the jade bottle:

"Exactly ten, thank you, brother."

Wei Songnian took out a handful of spirit crystals, counted out 80 of them, thought for a moment, and then took out a talisman with a dull and dim talisman:

"This is the spiritual crystal change. The Talisman Bird is a gift to me, Junior Brother. Don't refuse it. It will become useless in about 20 to 30 hours.

If the aura of the talisman begins to fade, do not use it any further."

Ji An counted the number of spirit crystals and thanked him again.

While the two were talking, the cooked spirit fish was served, and the aroma was fragrant.

Wei Songnian raised his chopsticks and said, "Eat it while it's hot. Don't be polite. The fish bones have been removed."

Ji An picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth, and the fragrance spread on his taste buds.

As the fish meat enters the stomach, a wave of warmth rises, and the immortal veins spontaneously absorb the spiritual energy contained in the fish meat.

He didn't hesitate to eat, and ate with relish, using his chopsticks quickly.

The fish was not big, and the two men quickly finished it off.

"Hurry up and practice the exercises to refine the spiritual energy," Wei Songnian said with a smile.

Ji An was quick to follow good advice and practiced the Qingyuan Sutra.

Half a moment later, he stopped practicing, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

Although half of his mana was devoured by the stone turtle, the increase in mana from refining half a spirit fish was equivalent to the amount of work he would normally do in three or four days.

He couldn't help but sigh that whether or not one has sufficient resources has a huge impact on one's practice.

The two chatted for a while, and then Ji An stood up to say goodbye.

Wei Songnian brought a double-sided golden pancake from the kitchen and said with a smile:
"The fourth way to cook spirit fish is to fry the fish bones until golden brown, then mix with the flour and bake into pancakes.

At this point, every bit of spiritual energy in the spirit fish has not been wasted."

(End of this chapter)