Chapter 291 - 250: Thunderclaps Over Purple Sun Peak! (Double-Length) (Part 2)
Chapter 291: Chapter 250: Thunderclaps Over Purple Sun Peak! (Double-Length) (Part 2)
For Golden Core cultivators, ordinary Spirit Stones are no longer of much reference value.
Golden Core cultivators basically engage in barter, dealing in amounts of Spirit Stones that can easily reach millions.
In addition, there is a unique currency used in transactions among Golden Core cultivators, called "Gold-Attribute Stone."
This is a unique Heaven-Earth Spirit Stone, not inherently divine, but of special construction that can be refined to store the Gold-Attribute Magical Power of Golden Core cultivators.
Any Gold-Attribute Magical Power from a Golden Core cultivator that is injected into it will be refined, turning into an ownerless resource, which can afterwards be absorbed by any Golden Core cultivator.
However, this Gold-Attribute Magical Power cannot augment cultivation, it can only be used to replenish mana.
To put it simply, this "Gold-Attribute Stone" is like a "power bank" during magical combat for Golden Core cultivators.
Every time a "Gold-Attribute Stone" is made, it requires a single thread of a Golden Core cultivator’s Gold-Attribute Magical Power.
This thread of magical power takes at least half a year to cultivate and recover.
Thus, creating this stone is laborious and unrewarding, significantly affecting cultivation.
Nonetheless, having this stone during magical combat indeed provides a bit more security, maintaining its stable value.
Over time, it gradually turned into a form of currency that everyone grudgingly accepts.
Some financially poor Golden Core cultivators would inject their painstakingly cultivated mana into it, creating these stones to purchase treasures.
For the sake of acquiring this pool of Golden Bone Thunder Liquid, Gu Yuan spent most of the gifts he received during the Golden Core Ceremony.
But as long as the scripture can be cultivated successfully, everything would be worth it.
"Boom!"
As the Grand Array continuously summoned thunder, Purple Sun Peak had already turned into a land of thunderstorms.
Countless electric lights flickered incessantly, like thundering serpents circling the peak, hissing endlessly.
"Almost there..."
Feeling the intensity of the Thunder Element Power at the peak, Gu Yuan closed his eyes and sank his thoughts into his Dantian.
"Boom!"
With the urging of his thoughts, the always silent Golden Core in his Dantian suddenly began to spin along his body’s meridians.
Initially, the rotation path of the Golden Core was slight and mild, seemingly following the operational path of the Three Dharma Celestial Human Diagram.
As time passed, the rotation path of the Golden Core became increasingly grand, like thundering claps, blasting open all of Gu Yuan’s apertures.
What’s more, all of Gu Yuan’s bones began to tremble under the influence of the Golden Core.
Golden Bone Thunder Aperture!
The semi-formed Dao Body that Gu Yuan previously did not know how to utilize, suddenly trembled, with inexplicable electric lights emerging from the bones and apertures.
"Boom!"
Furthermore, the spinning speed of Gu Yuan’s Golden Core almost reached its limit, akin to a star rotating within him, with surging magical power stirring all of creation.
He seemed to transform into a black hole, drawing countless electric lights from Purple Sun Peak into his body in a frenzy.
"Boom!"
The lightning surged, entering apertures and tempering bones.
The Golden Thunder Bone Liquid also began to pour into his body frantically, rapidly enhancing Gu Yuan’s mana and physical body.
Furthermore, above his Golden Core, a vague shadow slowly emerged.
"Boom!"
Amid the roaring sound, countless thunders continuously flooded in, as the shadow grew more brilliant, yet its true face remained unclear, just hidden within Gu Yuan’s Golden Core, alternately appearing and disappearing.
Celestial City Thunder Spirit!
If Gu Yuan could cultivate to the Late Stage Golden Core with perfect magical power, he could fully gather the Yuandu Thunder Spirit, briefly manifesting an anomaly with power to destroy heaven and earth.
However, at the moment, he was still far from that.
But once the Yuandu Thunder Spirit is formed, it signifies the success in cultivating this scripture.
"Boom!"
The golden array patterns continuously flickered, with countless spiritual energy surging up, drawing the power of thunder and lightning between heaven and earth to the top of Purple Sun Peak.
The lightning was so intense it almost seemed to be dripping.
But the immense boost from practicing the mysterious techniques for the first time made Gu Yuan accept everything without refusal, like a black hole abyss, desperately absorbing all.
One thread!
Two threads!
Ten threads!
Thirty threads!
In just half a day, Gu Yuan’s Gold-Attribute Magical Power had already condensed thirty threads, increasing his power by thirty percent compared to just after his breakthrough.
A long time later.
The lightning and thunder at the top of Purple Sun Peak gradually disappeared.
Gu Yuan opened his eyes, the intense thunder light in them flickering and disappearing, making Purple Sun Peak seem to flash like lightning, as bright as day in an instant, before slowly dispersing.
At this moment, the originally thick Golden Thunder Bone Liquid in the Cyan Jade Pool, similar to jade water, had turned into a clear pool, losing its spiritual nature.
Conversely, Gu Yuan’s apertures were filled with thriving lightning light, with almost eighty percent of the bones all over his body being of an aurous gold color.
"Sure enough, practicing with the Golden Core Technique is indeed exhilarating!"
Feeling the surging mana within and the gradually dispersing anomaly on Purple Sun Peak, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but let out a long breath.
During Foundation Establishment, cultivation was just breathing exercises, with spiritual energy rolling like a gentle breeze and drizzle.
But Golden Core cultivation was about swallowing thunder and absorbing electricity, stirring up storms and clouds, a world of difference.
"Mr. Gu!"
At this moment, a soft call sounded from outside the Grand Array.
Gu Yuan turned his head to see Cen Qingqing in a white gauze dress, revealing her fair, jade-like calves, smiling sweetly, waving at him.
Perhaps due to the intense Thunder Techniques, an unexplained heat rose in Gu Yuan’s heart.
With a thought, he didn’t put on a Daoist Robe, his figure flashed, and he vanished from the Jade Pool.
Along with him, Cen Qingqing disappeared.
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The Golden Core doesn’t know the passage of time.
In the blink of an eye, another three months had passed.
Gu Yuan thoroughly consolidated his cultivation, with the Great Thunder Origin Celestial Scripture moving at will, completely becoming a part of his cultivation.
"I didn’t expect you to ultimately choose the Thunder Technique."
"However, your Golden Bone Thunder Aperture indeed matches this scripture, and moreover, this scripture’s anomaly is extraordinary and can be cultivated to the Daoist Embryo Realm, not considered a weak technique."
On Jade Pot Peak, Sword Fox Immortal flashed her pink eyes, looking at the burgeoning thunder light within Gu Yuan, and couldn’t help but sigh.
"It was thanks to the Golden Cauldron Seal that Senior Sister acquired for me, without which I wouldn’t have cultivated this Thunder Technique..."
After several visits, Gu Yuan could finally sit alongside Sword Fox Immortal on Jade Pot Peak, drinking tea and chatting at a stone table, no longer needing to observe the disciple’s etiquette.
"That’s due to your deep fortune, no need for repeated thanks."
"Besides, since you call me Senior Sister, how can I not plan for you?"
Sword Fox Immortal shook her head with a light smile, her tone slightly chiding.
Perhaps because Gu Yuan’s realm was similar to hers, her words carried a bit more natural liveliness, no longer maintaining that aloof, immortal demeanor.
"Senior Sister has planned much for me; I am truly unable to repay. Recently, a True Person appointed me as the Hall Master of the Soldier Fighting Hall, granting me the Northern Boundary Water Vein of Red Moon River as my fief. I found some calming Spirit Grass in the Red Moon River, giving them as a gift to Senior Sister!"
Recently, he took some time to handle the fief affairs of the Red Moon River, appointing Cen Qingqing as the Steward of the Soldier Fighting Hall, and Ma Wu as Vice Steward, to temporarily manage its internal affairs.
The Northern Boundary Water Vein of Red Moon River, vast and boundless, was once the Spiritual Land of the Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape clan, containing one Tier Three Spirit Island and one Tier Three Spirit Stone Ore, producing abundantly.
The only regrettable aspect was that the Tier Three Spirit Island’s Spirit Meridian was not abundant, being Lower Low-grade.
The genuine Tier Three High-grade Spirit Island belonging to the Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape clan had been largely destroyed when the Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape Great Demon fled.
It was currently sealed by the Daoist School and would take at least several hundred years to repair before reuse was possible.
Though Gu Yuan obtained this Vast Water Realm, there weren’t many actual Tier Three treasures, only a few spirit fruits and some exotic herbs of value.
He carefully selected a few to bestow upon Sword Fox Immortal.
"You are thoughtful!"
Looking at the meticulously packaged jade box, Sword Fox Immortal felt joy, her pink eyes shining.
The importance of a gift lies not in its weight but in the thought behind it.
Gu Yuan’s numerous gestures proved that he was a person who valued gratitude.
All her efforts to support him were not in vain.
However, hearing the words Soldier Fighting Hall, Sword Fox Immortal showed a hint of helplessness in her eyes: "This Soldier Fighting Hall of yours is likely to become busy before long..."