Taking the Earth Escape Technique as an example, Ji An can now cast the technique to pass through hard stones of the mountain as if walking on flat ground.

The distance of each escape reaches thirty-seven or thirty-eight zhang, which can be perfectly used to evade attacks at the Golden Core Level.

His gaze swept downward, issuing a new command.

"Refine the Spiritual Mechanism, enhance the Fire Escape Technique."

Earth Escape and Wood Escape are relatively easy to practice, while Fire Escape requires jumping through flames, with rather demanding conditions for casting.

The best practice environments would be scenarios like underground lava rivers or forest fires, conditions he currently lacks.

Ji An’s current level is insufficient for long-term entry into the lava flows inside the Red Flame Peak.

His Divine Sense was pulled into the Stone Turtle Space, arriving at the central position of Li.

The Eight Trigrams representing Li Fire quickly vanished, transforming into a sea of fire.

He continuously cast the Fire Escape Technique, with the Li Spirit depleting like the fuel of a speeding car, while his understanding of the technique increased by leaps and bounds.

’Fuel’ exhausted, Ji An’s consciousness was thrown out of this mysterious space.

[Fire Escape Technique (Entry 1%→Great Success 68%)]

Li Fire Spirit Mechanism was scarce, but achieving such a significant improvement, the contribution of two middle-grade Fire Dao Seeds was considerable.

"Continue! Refine the Spiritual Mechanism, enhance the Gold Escape Technique."

"Refine the Spiritual Mechanism, enhance the Gold Escape Technique."

[Gold Escape Technique (Entry 1%→Perfection 5%)]

[Water Escape Technique (Entry 1%→Perfection 3%)]

"Now that’s satisfying! In future battles, I might not win, but there’s no way I can’t run away."

Ji An chuckled softly, feeling that few cultivators could master the Five Elements Escape Techniques like him, claiming to be the strongest at the same level when it comes to creative escapes.

He began to calm his spirit and quieten his mind, operating the Five Elements Reincarnation Scripture to refine Spiritual Qi.

At midnight, Ji An felt waves of energy surging outside the grotto mansion. He ended his cultivation, formed a seal and opened the Dharma Prohibition.

The Communication Golden Sword flew over, from which he read the information.

’Tomorrow at 7:00 AM, I will arrive at Red Flame Peak with Junior Brother Yuxiao.’

...

The Cyan Dragon appeared under the sunlight, its elegant body, golden dragon horns, slender and lively dragon whiskers, and dark green scales, all epitomizing nobility.

Emerald light spots fell like rain, as the ground flourished with luxuriant grass and a riot of colorful flowers, carrying a faint fragrance.

As the dragon’s roar resounded, a faint cyan dragon phantom emerged above the two top-grade Azure Dragon Woods, its majestic voice blending as if forming a single entity.

The brilliant light and shadow faded away, and Daoist Master Zhengyang murmured softly:

"Top-grade Spirit Wood..."

Decades ago, the sect’s thousand-year accumulation had only four pieces of top-grade Spirit Wood, including the Spiritual Peach of Ningcui Cliff, the Purple Gold Phoenix Wood of Sunrise Peak, the Star Tree of Red Copper Mountain, and the Canglan Mist Pine of Yunhe Mountain.

The Spiritual Peach is primarily used for alchemy, supplying it to Fifth Transformation of Chao Origin Stage Cultivators and Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

Purple Gold Phoenix Wood and Star Trees are high-quality artifact refining materials, whereas Canglan Mist Pine is a specialty of the Western Continent and cannot survive in other regions. These three types of Spirit Wood are treasure plants, relying on seeds for propagation.

The awkward thing is they only bear seeds at the Tier Three level.

After the Spiritual Peach tree withered, the sect lost a significant part of its foundation.

It was unexpected that in just over twenty years, a new top-grade Spiritual Peach was nurtured, and now even a top-grade Azure Dragon Wood has been cultivated. Everything seems surreal.

During his travels in the Central Continent, he once reached the Divine Wood Sect, renowned for its path in plantation, but never heard of such a powerful Chao Origin Stage Spirit Farmer.

Daoist Master Yuxiao sighed at the empty space where the dreamlike illusion vanished:

"Your understanding of the Dao of Wood Element is not much weaker than mine."

The problem is, the disciple is merely a Third Transformation of the Chao Origin Stage Cultivator and can even undergo the baptism of the Five Qi Chaoyuan.

If the other party successfully crosses the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, their understanding of the Power of the Five Elements will certainly advance to another level.

First, there was Li Haoran with celestial-grade talent, Metal Element Dao Body, and now Ji An, with such a profound understanding of the Five Elements. It’s a sign of the sect’s upcoming prosperity!

Ji An smiled, "The ancestor is too kind with his praise."

Daoist Master Zhengyang asked:

"How do you plan to handle this Spirit Vein Spirit Wood?"

"I plan to cut down one of the trees, submit part of it to the sect as rent for the Spirit Field, and see if the remainder can be exchanged for useful resources."

Daoist Master Zhengyang frowned in thought for a moment, then sighed:

"It’s a pity that the sect lacks knowledge on the use of top-grade Azure Dragon Wood, and will be severely underpriced by Central Continent cultivators."

The Golden Spirit Sect is dominant in the Western Continent, but considered a small force in the entire Cultivation Realm.

The tragedy of a small force lies in its shallow foundation; even when possessing heavenly materials and earthly treasures, they can only be sold as raw materials.

Ji An remained silent, understanding it was an unavoidable issue.

Daoist Master Yuxiao spoke up:

"Isn’t selling the spiritual materials now a bit too hasty?"

In his view, it would be ideal to wait until the Spirit Wood grows sturdier.

Ji An revealed a confident smile and replied:

"Since I can cultivate the first top-grade Azure Dragon Wood, I can continuously nurture more top-grade Spirit Woods."

Harvesting now would result in significant losses, but the sect could exchange resources for more inheritance, enriching its foundational accumulation.

Cultivation techniques and various knowledge inheritances have always been the most expensive, and small forces must endure such exploitation, while larger forces engage in the coordinated act of knowledge blockade.

"I believe in those words."

Daoist Master Zhengyang smiled broadly, his gaze firming up:

"Go ahead with the harvesting."

At this moment, he made a decision, planning to use most of the sect’s accumulation to make a deal with Central Continent cultivators, exchanging for more knowledge inheritances.

The top priority is acquiring more methods for refining top-grade spiritual artifacts and planting inheritances, even if it entails severe exploitation.

Suffering for decades to trade for long-term development is well worth it, and upon returning, he plans to discuss it with his junior brother. As long as they agree, there will be no obstacles.

With a loud crash, the Canglan Dragon Wood fell, and Ji An extracted approximately two zhang in length from its roots as spiritual material, leaving the remaining one zhang as rent.

...

After seeing off the two ancestors, Ji An rode the clouds to the Dan Ding Institute.

Han Yan instructed the maid to serve tea, smiling as she said:

"Junior Brother is quite the infrequent guest; this is the first time you’ve come to the Dan Ding Institute, isn’t it?"

Ji An chuckled and exchanged a few polite words before saying:

"Senior Sister, I have something to consult you about. The medicinal garden on the Red Flame Peak is now at the Tier Two Upper Grade level and will be cultivated to a Tier Two Top Grade in the future.

Based on your alchemy experience, what kind of Spirit Medicine would be suitable for planting now?"

"Isn’t it obvious? Of course, you should nurture the main herbs for the Nourishing Yuan Pill: Celestial Essence Ginseng, Star Soul Grass, and Blood Luo Fruit.

Such pills for breaking through the Great Realm are always the most valuable at the same tier."

"But I want to plant medicinal herbs needed for the Chao Origin Stage level, do you have any recommendations in this regard?"

Han Yan extended her fair and jade-like hand to begin her analysis:

"The pills consumed by cultivators at our level mainly include six types, those that enhance the Five Elements Divine Mansion and the Gold Core Pill for breaking through the Great Realm.

The Cyan Leaf Wine produced on Red Flame Peak is more cost-effective for enhancing the Wood Element Divine Mansion than pills.

The Purple Flame Heart Protection Pill I researched, using top-grade Pine Nuts as the main ingredient, can replace the original Fire-element Elixir.

The Canglan Spirit Mist Tree is the main ingredient for Water-element Elixirs, but we don’t have seeds for the Metal-element Elixirs.

The main herbs for the Earth Soul Soothing Pill will incessantly absorb the Power of the Earth Veins, which makes Red Flame Peak unsuitable for cultivation right now, otherwise it will delay the Spirit Vein cultivation."

Her fingers slowly curled down one by one, giving a self-mocking smile, and she continued:

"As for the Gold Core Pill, we can’t even determine all the medicinal ingredients!

You really don’t have a better choice now, planting Celestial Essence Ginseng and other such Spirit Medicines is the best solution."

In her view, without a Gold Core Pill formula, the Golden Core inheritance is unstable.

Unfortunately, the cultivators from the Central Continent don’t have any intention of selling such formulas, quoting extraordinarily high prices.

Currently, no sect in the Western Continent has obtained such a crucial Gold Core Pill formula.

After listening to her analysis, Ji An sheepishly scratched his head and laughed:

"Honestly, my medicinal garden just harvested two Celestial Essence Ginseng plants a few days ago; I even considered planting more valuable Spirit Medicines."

Han Yan covered her mouth and giggled:

"Junior Brother, you’ve influenced your own decision-making. Red Flame Peak already has three types of Chao Origin Stage pill materials. What more are you unsatisfied with?

In the future, the sect’s Nourishing Yuan Pills will undoubtedly be in greater demand."