Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 322 - 192: Nine Orifice Golden Core! First-Grade Golden Core!
Whoosh!
Meanwhile, outside, the sound of the breeze grew louder and louder.
The five-colored cushion beneath Qi Chuan became the center, and a large amount of special Five Elements Spiritual Qi from all directions started gathering toward it, and then seeped into Qi Chuan’s body through his breath and pores.
These special Five Elements Spiritual Qi entered Qi Chuan’s body and immediately flowed into his meridians, merging with his mana, running through their circulation together.
Although they were external spiritual qi, due to the nature of these special Five Elements Spiritual Qi, they were easily refined into Qi Chuan’s own mana, and also flowed into his Dantian.
For a moment, the mana within Qi Chuan’s Dantian actually exceeded the Foundation Establishment limit of two hundred and forty drops of liquid mana foundation, and continued to increase.
Moreover, this increase in speed was faster and more intense than many other methods such as cultivating with high-tier Spirit Stones or high-tier Cave Mansions. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
And this is the increase in mana aspect during Core Formation at a special Five Elements Spiritual Vein Land.
Thus, Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivators can temporarily increase their mana foundation, thereby increasing the probability of successfully forming a core.
After all, the more abundant the mana foundation, the greater the compressive power can be applied during Core Formation, making it easier to form a core.
Additionally, the special Five Elements Spiritual Vein serves another function; since it allows Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivators’ temporary mana augmentation to be fast and fierce, the time is short, and in a way, it reduces risk.
Because this method of temporarily increasing the mana foundation is inherently unstable, the longer it lasts, the more likely an accident is to occur; and once it happens in the Dantian, the consequences are often severe.
Next, under Qi Chuan’s effort, time continued to pass.
Soon, the mana in the Dantian accumulated more and more, and all of it transformed into extremely unstable mana.
When the last trace of mana was completely transformed, even Qi Chuan found it difficult to suppress it, and it was time to start the Core Formation.
Qi Chuan swept his Divine Sense across the Dantian.
At this moment, the Dantian was different from the initial two hundred and forty drops of liquid mana, suspended and flowing like a chaotic nebula, rotating rapidly.
In some places of the nebula, faint lights flickered like some kind of solid dust crystals, due to the immense pressure of mana in the Dantian; some places had already started condensing into solid form uncontrollably.
However, condensing such subtle solid dust crystals was useless.
Only forming a pellet-like shape is the true Core Formation.
If it doesn’t form into a core, these fine solid dust crystals will eventually explode back into liquid form and cause a series of side reactions.
The nebula occupied most of the space in the Dantian.
But, there was one place that was entirely different.
That was the very center of the Dantian.
At this moment, the Celestial Spirit Gang Qi and Earth Demon Spirit Evil Qi, intertwined like yin and yang fish, unknowingly arrived at the very center of the Dantian, occupying it firmly, and compared to the surrounding liquid nebula, it was like a blackless black hole.
In fact, its function was no different from a black hole.
Since entering Qi Chuan’s Dantian, it continuously emitted a massive attraction, trying to absorb all the mana from Qi Chuan’s Dantian to strengthen itself, but was always suppressed by Qi Chuan.
But now, it was time to let go of the suppression.
Thus, Qi Chuan loosened his thoughts’ grip.
Immediately, the two types of Qi erupted with a massive attraction, pulling the liquid nebula outside.
Whoosh!
Then, the liquid nebula rolled over, flowing rapidly into the two types of Qi.
These Sword Technique mana, upon entering the two types of Qi, the Qi immediately wanted to devour them and strengthen itself.
However, the Qi now was no longer the initial two Qi; it had become tame, under Qi Chuan’s control, so Qi Chuan merely shifted his thoughts and suppressed their devouring, allowing his Sword Technique mana to instead reverse the process, absorbing them as benefits to strengthen and purify energy and act as a catalyst for solidification reactions.
As the saying goes, Tai Chi gives birth to Two Elements, Two Elements being yin and yang; the unity of yin and yang can also reverse Tai Chi.
Therefore, the two Qi were excellent catalysts for Core Formation.
Accompanied by the continuous flow of Sword Technique mana into the two types of Qi, the Core Formation reaction immediately occurred, and a small "star core" light appeared, faintly resembling a pellet shape, forming at the center of the two Qi, and continuously absorbing the power of the two Qi and Qi Chuan’s Sword Technique mana, beginning to grow.
This process was both stable and rapid.
Meanwhile, Qi Chuan continuously swept his Divine Sense to observe and control the process carefully, preventing unexpected occurrences.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened in the end.
Within a mere quarter of an hour, the Core Formation had completed.
Within the Dantian, neither the liquid nebula nor the two types of Qi remained, only a single shining solid mana pellet, slowly floating and spinning, its surface glowing, and the pellet had nine orifices, appearing like a grand sun in the dark universe.
"Nine orifices... Is it actually the legendary Nine-Orifice Golden Core? A first-grade Golden Core?"
Qi Chuan was pleasantly surprised.
The "gold" here didn’t represent a particular color but a status; the solid mana pellet formed by Core Formation True Masters, regardless of its element, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, was all called Golden Core.
As he knew, Golden Core divided into nine grades; Ninth-Grade Golden Core was one orifice, Eighth-Grade Golden Core was two orifices, and so on.
The Golden Core he condensed now had nine orifices, wasn’t it the legendary first-grade Golden Core?
It must be known that when True Masters of the same tier come across each other, if all other factors like methods, divine techniques, and artifacts are similar, a Nine-Orifice Golden Core will definitely beat an Eighth-Orifice Golden Core!
A first-grade Golden Core is the pinnacle of Golden Cores.
Not only is it the strongest combat force of the same tier, but it also represents a greater potential in cultivation immortality, allowing easier cultivation in various methods and divine techniques.
Qi Chuan didn’t expect that he would be able to achieve a first-grade Golden Core.
Despite being an Eighth Grade Spirit Root, his cultivation qualifications were right there.
In both Nanhua State and Beihua State’s historical records, generally speaking, the better the spirit root, the higher the grade of Golden Core they condensed.
Hence, he subconsciously thought the quality of a Golden Core was linked to spirit root; therefore, even though he knew Golden Cores were divided into nine grades, he never thought much about it, believing he could steadily improve by forming a Ninth-Grade Golden Core through meticulous effort, eventually reaching the pinnacle of the path.
Unexpectedly, he achieved a Nine-Orifice Golden Core today, drawing a conclusion that the grade of a Golden Core is unrelated to spirit root!
"Moreover, the smoothness of this Core Formation, the time taken was far beyond my expectations."
Qi Chuan mused within.
Before forming the core, he was prepared to face various issues.
After all, the information from various channels before Core Formation was all about how difficult it was, how many problems and accidents could occur, and once core formation failed, how many shortcomings and sequels would arise, and how terrifying they could be.
So he had already prepared for the worst.
Yet in the end, the process was surprisingly smooth, even fluid.
"Maybe I just underestimated myself."
Qi Chuan sighed with a mix of laughter and tears.
Not to mention the unprecedented two hundred and forty drops of liquid mana foundation; reaching a foundation of over two hundred and thirty drops indeed makes Core Formation easier.
