Chapter 173 Discussing Core Formation with Spirit Root Upgrade
Yan Xi turned pale when she heard the words and struggled for a moment before finally reaching out and taking the small bottle.
"Alright, Xi'er, you just got back. Let's go have something tasty," Real Person Qiu Qing said, leading the somewhat wooden Yan Xi out.
Real Person Yi Zhi also left, but before stepping out the door, he exchanged a glance with Real Person Qiu Yue. Their eyes met with an indistinguishable meaning.
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Back in her small courtyard within Xiangfei Elegant Garden, after having her fun, Yu Qingtan took out the pot of Five-Colored Soil and watered it with a bit of the Third-order Spiritual Water obtained from the spoils of battle.
She had wanted to let Xiao Tao out for some fresh air, but he was still in a deep sleep.
Xiao Tao had consumed a lot of Third Stage Demonic Beast meat, and Yu Qingtan had simply fed him the Demon Core of Eagle Nine Skies; it didn't take long for him to fall into a deep slumber, likely digesting the energy from the Demon Core.
Within the Vajra Protective Spirit Array inside the house, Yu Qingtan adjusted her condition and then took out an advanced Spiritual Root Upgrade Card and chose to use it.
This time the system didn't offer Yu Qingtan a choice; it automatically upgraded her Spiritual Root.
Yu Qingtan immediately felt an increase in her understanding of the Five Elements attributes, techniques, and so on.
After deeply reflecting for a while, Yu Qingtan opened the system panel.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
[Name: Yu Qingtan]
[Gender: Female]
[Age: 16/299]
[Spirit Root: Water 100/100; Wood 83/100; Earth 70/100; Metal 70/100; Fire 70/100]
[Cultivation Level: Late Foundation Establishment Stage 100,000/100,000; Body Cultivation Late Foundation Establishment Stage 100,000/100,000]
After using the advanced Spiritual Root Upgrade Card, her compatibility value for the Spiritual Roots jumped by 150 points. Her Water Spirit Root had reached the pinnacle of Immortal Quality, her Wood Spirit Root had reached Superior Quality, and the Earth, Metal, and Fire Spiritual Roots had also reached High Quality.
"Hahaha~ Just as I expected!" Yu Qingtan laughed unrestrainedly. This was why she chose the Five Elements Prime Essence Sutra as her cultivation technique.
Calming her surging emotions, Yu Qingtan began to cultivate the Five Elements Prime Essence Sutra, which she had been contemplating for many days.
Perhaps because all her Spiritual Roots were above High Quality, switching her cultivation technique went incredibly smoothly. In just three days, she retrained using the Five Elements Prime Essence Sutra to reach the peak of the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.
The liquid Spiritual Power in her Dantian was extremely concentrated, faintly displaying an interwoven state of gold, cyan, blue, red, and brown-yellow colors, but the hues were subtle, almost colorless unless inspected closely with Divine Sense.
The amount of liquid Spiritual Power had increased by thirty percent compared to before and was purer, her Divine Sense had further expanded, and the range of exploration had reached two Li, equivalent to the level at the beginning of the Golden Core Stage.
Yu Qingtan had a vague feeling that if she chose to form her Golden Core now, she would have a high chance of success.
However, she did not opt to form her Golden Core immediately for several reasons: first, she was still under the restrictions of the Slaughter Demon Order; second, the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the area was insufficient; and third, she felt she could accumulate more foundation.
Opening the system panel, she replicated a series of Second Stage Five Elements spells that were liked during the Foundation Establishment period, such as Yin Cen's fully mastered Second Stage Earth Spike Technique.
Now, even though she no longer had Spell Upgrade Cards, since all her Five Elements Spiritual Roots had reached High Quality, she would also be highly efficient in cultivating these spells on her own, and couldn't always think of copying only the fully mastered spells.
[Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Prime Essence Sutra, Demon Blood Refinement Technique]
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[Spell: Third Stage Breath-Concealing Technique fully accomplished, Second Stage Purification Spell, Water Escape Technique, Water Blade Technique, Water Curtain Technique, Object Controlling Technique, Decay and Flourish Technique, Blood Control Technique, Soul Cleansing Technique, Invisibility Technique, Earth Escape Skill, Heavenly Fragrance Illusory Dance perfected, Second Stage Rejuvenation Spell, Heavenly Fragrance Sword Art, Consort Sword Technique, Earth Spike Technique fully accomplished, Blue Clear Spiritual Pupil Technique partially accomplished, First Stage Wood Escape Technique and other First Stage Spells perfected, Heart Sensing Technique fully accomplished]
[Charm Points: 4497]
[Affection Value: 77068]
[Skills: Dance Artistry, Zither Art, Chess Skill, Calligraphy, Painting Skill perfected, First Stage Spiritual Tailoring Skill perfected, Second Stage Talisman-Making Skill perfected]
[System Space Grid: Three Third Stage Cultivation Upgrade Cards, one Fourth Stage Wind Evasion Talisman, 76 Upper Grade Spirit Stones, 1378 Medium Grade Spirit Stones, 1.34 million Lower Grade Spirit Stones, one drop of Third-order Spirit Dew, 50 Second-order Wasteland Crystals, one Third-order Superior Ancient Treasure Canglan Umbrella, one Third-order Superior Artifact Dragon Scale Soft Armor and Canglong Flying Sword, one Third-order Medium Ancient Treasure Nine Python Profound Fire Cover, one Third-order Medium Artifact Little Tarou Armor, one Third-order Inferior Artifact Rift-Space Flying Sword, one Third-order Inferior Ancient Treasure Qingxuan Turtle Spirit Shield, two Golden Cores, one Foundation Establishment Pill, Fourth Stage Nourishing Soul Incense, etc.]
[System Shop: Immortal Body Activation Card 0/1 (100,000 Affection Value), Innate Divine Ability Upgrade Card 0/1 (100,000 Affection Value), etc.]
[Lucky Draw: 10 Charm Points for one draw (can do a ten-draw)]
Satisfied, Yu Qingtan closed the system panel, ending this brief period of seclusion.
Arriving at the small courtyard, she found two Communication Talismans at the door.
These were Second Stage Communication Talismans, capable of waiting at the recipient's location even if the recipient was in seclusion.
Yu Qingtan infused her spiritual power into them, and after the talismans recognized the target's spiritual energy fluctuations, they emitted sound.
The two Communication Talismans were from Xiang Yiyi and Yan Xi, indicating they had come to see her, but since Yu Qingtan was in seclusion, they had left.
Yu Qingtan replied to both of them with Message-Transmitting Flying Swords, and then went to pay respects to her master, True Person Rou Jia, only to find that all four senior sisters were also there.
"Qing Tan pays respect to Master, and greets my senior sisters!"
"Look at you all, it's Qing Tan who cultivates the hardest. She went right into seclusion upon returning. No wonder her cultivation strength is so outstanding," said True Person Rou Jia, addressing her four disciples.
"Master's teaching is correct, your disciple will surely cultivate even more diligently."
The four senior sisters were silently frustrated; they had already been putting in a lot of effort, but the path of cultivation requires both tension and relaxation; relentless hardship is not suitable for most cultivators.
Moreover, True Person Rou Jia herself was much more lax in her cultivation than they were. How could she say such a thing with a straight face?
"Alright, Qing Tan, you've come at just the right time. Xing Ruo is preparing to go to the center of the Third-order Spirit Vein in the valley tomorrow to try to break through to Core Formation. I was about to share my insights into Core Formation with you all; you should listen as well," said True Person Rou Jia.
"Congratulations to the eldest senior sister. I wish her immediate success!"
"Alright, you always have the sweetest words. Take a seat."
"Core Formation, like Foundation Establishment, consists of three aspects: spiritual power, the physical body, and the soul. Yet, these three aspects are even more closely linked—so closely, in fact, that they might be considered one.
Core Formation is more dangerous and more difficult to achieve than Foundation Establishment.
The foundation for attempting Core Formation is the spiritual power in the dantian condensed to the extreme, almost reaching a solid state.
During the Core Formation process, the spiritual power continues to compress and condense, forming the embryonic shape of the Golden Core in the dantian. Then, one must guide half of their essence blood and half of their soul into it, refining the Golden Core embryo. Simultaneously, the laws of the Great Dao will descend upon the individual, tempering the embryonic Golden Core, the physical body, and the soul. The process is extremely perilous; success results in the formation of the Golden Core, while failure leads to death and the dissipation of one's way.
The stronger the body and the soul, the more advantageous it is for Core Formation. That's why I asked you all to also practice body refinement. However, your progress in body cultivation falls short of Qing Tan's, although with the help of the Golden Cores, even Xing Ruo's initial stage of body cultivation for Foundation Establishment should be barely sufficient.
As for the soul, since Tianxiang Valley doesn't have any soul cultivation techniques, we can only rely on some external items to enhance it. Nevertheless, with the protection of the rented Third-order Superior Ancient Treasure, the Soul Purifying Bell, Xing Ruo should be safe.
In the process of Core Formation, one must cast aside all distracting thoughts, forget the distinction between self and objects, and fully immerse oneself, completing the process with the most steadfast faith and will..."
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