Chapter 386 - 296: Cultivation Advances Again, Heading to the East Mountain Realm!
Chapter 386: Chapter 296: Cultivation Advances Again, Heading to the East Mountain Realm!
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
Within Purple Sun Peak, Gu Yuan slowly opened his eyes while seated on a mat. A golden light flickered in his eyes, flashing momentarily.
A faint scent of pill wafted from him.
At his feet, there was a gourd-shaped bottle quietly placed.
"Cultivating in human form is still too slow..."
He sighed lightly, then transformed, directly turning into a golden dragon body.
On the dragon’s body, Dao Seals flowed, and countless subtle auras emanated quietly from the scale armor.
The golden dragon claws held the pill bottle, directly pouring the remaining ten Celestial Reef Pills from within into his mouth, swallowing them whole like candy.
"Boom!"
In an instant, a surge of Spiritual Qi erupted madly, creating a storm of Spiritual Qi within the cave. If not for the suppression of the Grand Array, the overflowing Spiritual Qi would have likely shattered the Cave Mansion in an instant.
Even a Golden Core Cultivator would be overwhelmed by such surging Spiritual Qi.
The human body simply cannot withstand the vast infusion of Pill Power.
Taking pills for cultivation is not an unorthodox method, but one must proceed step by step.
Yet, the mystery of Gu Yuan’s dragon body goes without saying; it is his greatest reliance in the Golden Core Realm.
The ten Celestial Reef Pills entered his stomach but were firmly sealed within the dragon body. Then, as the Dragon Essence Golden Light flashed, the rich Pill Power was slowly absorbed into his body.
The dragon body became transparent, revealing a large Golden Core spinning continuously. As the Pill Power was absorbed, the Gold-Attribute Magical Power surrounding the Golden Core continued to condense and increase.
A strand!
Two strands!
Ten strands!
In just the blink of an eye, there were ten additional strands of Gold-Attribute Magical Power.
With these newly added ten strands, the number of strands of magical power surrounding the Golden Core had astonishingly reached four hundred and forty!
It seemed he was just one step away from the Mid-Stage Golden Core threshold of five hundred strands of magical power.
"The mystery of the dragon body is indeed profound!"
After refining the pills, Gu Yuan’s dragon body transformation time was reached, and he returned to his human form. Feeling the newly added Gold-Attribute Magical Power within him, he couldn’t help but smile slightly.
If cultivating in human form, taking pills requires caution; this gourd of pills would take at least half a year to refine, otherwise, there would be a risk of Pill Poison.
But the dragon body is unrestricted by root bone aptitude. In just one day, all can be refined without any future concerns.
The profound mystery of the Dragon Essence Golden Core Skill is fully demonstrated in cultivation.
It was by using this skill that Gu Yuan could, in a short time, fully refine three gourds of treasured pills, allowing his cultivation to advance further.
And the Dragon Essence Golden Core Skill is different from the Celestial Human Three True Techniques Diagram in the Silver Flood Dragon Celestial Book; its status and mystery are of a higher level.
During his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, using the Celestial Human Three Techniques Diagram, his Mana was three times that of others at the same stage, vast like a river, but the resources needed were also three times as much. For this, Gu Yuan expended considerable effort and, with the help of the Stone Liquid, found the Six Ren Golden Book of Alchemy; otherwise, he would have wasted many years.
But the Dragon Essence Golden Core Skill does not expand the Dantian or amplify magical power; it triumphs in quality.
With the same resources, the magical power condensed by the Dragon Essence Golden Core Skill is more profound and substantial.
It’s like tempering iron in the mortal world; different methods and furnaces produce entirely different iron tools.
This skill is more mysterious than the Celestial Human Three True Techniques Diagram, and it is one of Gu Yuan’s trump cards.
"With the refinement of magical power complete, the Demon Realm Seal has also been refined, and the Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd has reconsolidated the Heaven-Slaying Essence Qi. It’s time to set off..."
After introspecting himself, in Gu Yuan’s Dantian, three Golden Seals shimmered brilliantly, and the Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd was also dazzlingly bright, giving him great confidence.
Besides the Heaven-Slaying Gourd, the Demon Realm Seal is also extraordinary; it can suppress the magical power and Dharma Seals of Enemy Cultivators.
The only pity is that the demonic aura within is ominous, and even though Gu Yuan refined it into his Golden Seal, it still suppresses about thirty percent of his own magical power.
However... this drawback has a solution for Gu Yuan.
As long as he transforms all his magical power into that of a Demon Cultivator and enters this realm, he will be like a fish in water!
It’s just a matter of switching to another Cultivation Technique!
However, for now, he has no Demon Cultivator Dharma Gate, so he can only temporarily set it aside.
"My lord, Senior Sister Sword Fox has arrived!"
At this moment, outside the Cave Mansion, Cen Qingqing’s gentle voice came through.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan’s heart stirred. His figure flashed and he disappeared from within the Cave Mansion, reappearing outside.
Outside the mansion, Cen Qingqing was dressed in a light gauze dress, her skin as white as jade, her eyebrows like distant mountains, and her eyes like autumn water, resembling a serene beauty painting.
Cen Qingqing, after many years of cultivation, received intentional resource allocation from Gu Yuan and had long reached the Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivation. For this, Gu Yuan also gifted her several Spiritual Artifacts he had during his Foundation Establishment period. Now, in terms of calculation, Cen Qingqing was quite formidable among the Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
But the Golden Core is a significant barrier.
Unless one’s talent is astonishingly formidable, without the help of Core Formation Spirit Object, crossing the Celestial Tribulation is a one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival.
Therefore, Cen Qingqing still dares not easily attempt Realm-Breaking.
Fortunately, Foundation Establishment Cultivators have a lifespan of four hundred and fifty years; Cen Qingqing is still very young.
Moreover, after decades of cultivation, her personality has become stable, helping Gu Yuan manage worldly affairs on Purple Sun Peak daily with great order, quite exuding the aura of a Golden Core main wife.
"Humans have feelings, as even plants do not lack,"
Gu Yuan took a step forward, holding Cen Qingqing’s wrist, and softly said, "Once I secure my position in the Thousand Waves Sect, I’ll bring you over. The East Mountain Realm is vast and rich, and there should be chances for Core Formation!"
If he can cultivate a Golden Core Cultivator aligned with his interests, the benefits would certainly outweigh the drawbacks. Gu Yuan would undoubtedly be generous as long as there is an opportunity.