As he moved, all the Spiritual Qi within the Secluded Cave Mansion surged toward the speck of dust on the ground.
anwhile, colorful auspicious clouds appeared in the sky above the West Border Mountain.
On the ground, those Core Formation Cultivators who were guarding their friends stood up at the sight.
"Is this... soone forming a Golden Core?!"
"What a grand phenonon. According to my friend, when I broke through to Core Formation, there was only one colorful cloud. But now, with just the beginning of the breakthrough, there are already three clouds... When the Core Formation is complete, won’t it be a sight of five clouds crossing the sky?!"
"..."
A group of cultivators discussed among themselves.
Liu Yuan and Mu Xueyao were also communicating via voice transmission: "Brother Ji just went into seclusion and already encountered soone else’s breakthrough, and the phenonon is this significant. I wonder if it’s a good or bad thing."
Liu Yuan was sowhat worried.
If his luck was good, sensing the aura of soone else’s breakthrough, Ji Yuan might also capture a trace of the breakthrough opportunity.
If his luck was bad, the stimulation might instead disrupt his own breakthrough.
"Have you not considered that this could be Brother Ji’s breakthrough phenonon?"
Mu Xueyao looked Liu Yuan up and down, speaking with surprise.
"Breaking through right after going into seclusion, and with a Pseudo Spirit Root at that, do you really think your Brother Ji is a god?"
Liu Yuan replied helplessly.
"Doesn’t matter, my Brother Ji is a god!"
"Alright, there’s no talking to you."
After Liu Yuan finished speaking through a voice transmission, he looked again at the sky above West Border Mountain, where the third colorful cloud was slowly forming.
This indicated the person’s breakthrough was still ongoing!
"..."
In the Mountain of Mind and Heart.
Ji Yuan watched as the spiritual pillar grew smaller, followed by that familiar prickling pain again.
This indicated the earlier effect of the Pill Essence Fruit was fading.
Looking at over half of the mana spirit liquid remaining in his Dantian, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but think: "Am I too powerful, or what? A single Pill Essence Fruit only lasts for such a short ti."
But luckily, Ji Yuan never relied solely on one Pill Essence Fruit to succeed in Core Formation.
So when he sensed his Dantian reaching its limit, he imdiately took the second Pill Essence Fruit.
With the fruit ingested, the painful swelling feeling in the Dantian disappeared imdiately.
"Absorb for !"
Ji Yuan dared not delay, imdiately operating his cultivation technique with full force, desperately converting the mana within his Dantian.
The four pale blue spiritual pillars, which initially flowed like fine streams, transford once more into rushing rivers, continuously being absorbed by the Golden Core rotating in mid-air.
Simultaneously, the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Vein was also continually absorbed by Ji Yuan, circulating through his ridians before being transford into pure mana and injected into the Dantian’s Golden Core.
At the mountaintop of West Border Mountain, within the location of the Black and White Divine Hall.
Quite a few Core Formation Cultivators looked up at the phenonon in the sky, conversing with each other:
"Such an astonishing phenonon, it must be a Celestial Spirit Root forming a Golden Core."
"A Celestial Spirit Root could only be in the Eight Holy Lands or within our Divine Hall. How could such a talent degrade to a Loose Cultivator forming a Golden Core here in West Border City?"
"What are you implying?"
"I don’t know. Let’s quickly find out which Cave Mansion is forming the Core."
"..."
Before long, a fiery Escape Light fell from a distance, and before the figure was visible, a rough voice echoed in the great hall.
"I found out, it’s the cultivator in Cave Mansion number seventy-three forming a Core!"
In a corner of the hall, a nondescript long-faced man suddenly raised his head, but only for a mont before he lowered it again, contemplating to himself.
"It’s him... forming the Core right after going into seclusion. Such talent, and with the surna Li, could he be Tingtai Li? But why would Tingtai Li co all the way to West Border City to form a Core?"
"Forget it, as long as I know it’s him, it makes sense why he’s so generous... seems this fellow cultivator is indeed worth befriending."
The man, nad Wen Jiu, surveyed the Core Formation Cultivators who were still guessing, internally keeping the matter to himself.
Revealing it would surely lead them all to seek his acquaintance, and then he would beco inconspicuous.
But not revealing it ans he’ll have the exclusive chance to connect with him.
But how to befriend him?
Wen Jiu recalled that Storage Bag, "He ford the Core so quickly, he probably doesn’t need much Spirit Stone, so I’ll help him by paying for the leasing of this Cave Mansion’s Spirit Stone. Even if it doesn’t work out, it still makes for a good connection."
"..."
Core Formation is inherently a slow process.
Hence, the phenonon in the sky above West Border Mountain only caught everyone’s attention when it first appeared.
But as ti passed, these Core Formation Cultivators began to grow accustod to it.
Only when a new colorful cloud appeared would they look up.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
The five colorful clouds in the sky did not increase after reaching five.
Evidently, five clouds were the limit for this person.
But even so, it took the city by storm.
After all, the last ti the phenonon of five clouds appeared in West Border City was hundreds of years ago.
And now, that cultivator with five clouds has settled in Yunya Temple, becoming the legendary Half-step Nascent Soul expert.
On the ground.
Liu Yuan, seeing no second Core Formation phenonon, felt sowhat worried.
Mu Xueyao, however, remained her optimistic self, firmly believing the one currently forming the Core was Old Demon Ji!
And within the Mountain of Mind and Heart.
Ji Yuan furrowed his brows, sensing the remnants of spirit liquid boiling within his Dantian, feeling both helpless and fortunate.
Helpless because there was only a little spirit liquid left, and he still required one more Pill Essence Fruit.
Fortunate because he managed to reach the third Pill Essence Fruit before forming the Core; otherwise, in such a situation, who knows what he would have done.
"Co on!"
"It’s just a Pill Essence Fruit!"
In his thoughts, Ji Yuan ingested the third Pill Essence Fruit.
As the Pill Essence Fruit entered his stomach, the remaining Spiritual Qi within his Dantian was instantly swept away, rging completely into the Dantian.
And just as the Dantian was about to be exhausted, the Golden Core floating above it finally reached completion.
Releasing a magnificent light!
Ji Yuan’s hands continuously ford Hand Seals, while he recited the Core Formation mantra of the Sword Manual in his mind.
anwhile, outside in the Cave Mansion, a massive Spiritual Energy Vortex was sweeping up the Spiritual Qi all around.
Even the five clouds on the sky seed to be carried away and disappeared by this Spiritual Energy Vortex; whether it was an illusion or not, many people, at the mont the clouds disappeared, seed to notice a few more clouds appearing around the original five clouds, but the phenonon vanished in an instant.
And in that mont.
The Core Formation Cultivators who witnessed the phenonon all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Clouds gather to form the Core, clouds disperse as the Core achieves formation."
"The disappearance of the phenonon signifies that the Fake Pill Cultivator has finally achieved Core Formation, and next ti, he must be addressed as ’Golden Core Zhenren’."
In the Mountain of Mind and Heart.
Suddenly, a loud rumbling resounded within Ji Yuan, following which a majestic aura spread from him, shattering the surrounding Spirit Stones, now exhausted of Spiritual Qi, into fine powder.
He looked inward at his Dantian, and saw a Golden Core, entirely water blue, though upon closer inspection, it radiated four colors, shining brilliantly.
Ten years of seclusion.
Aged sixty-six.
Ji Yuan’s Core was ford.
——
(Alright, no empty promises, another explosive ten thousand words. Ji Celestial Venerable has finally ford his Core. How about a monthly ticket in celebration?)
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