Chapter 269: Refining the Precious Mirror (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Chapter 269: Refining the Precious Mirror (Seeking Monthly Votes)
“One hundred and eighty-five years old, achieved Core Formation! ”
“Shouldn't this count as an inspiring example of an elder cultivating immortality? ”
“No. . . I'm still young! ”
Putting the two completely refined artifacts into his storage ring, Fang Xi then stroked his Dantian, feeling the two life-bound artifacts circling his Golden Core. He slowly stood up, calculating with his fingers: “After achieving Core Formation, my lifespan should have increased by another seven or eight jiazi cycles, which is about four hundred and fifty years! ”
Historically, Foundation Establishment cultivators who successfully form a Core gain around five jiazi cycles of lifespan.
However, Fang Xi possesses the 'Wood Spirit Body', which provides a bonus in this regard, making it seven or eight jiazi cycles!
“But these are minor gains. . . with the Demonic Tree constantly extending my lifespan, my current lifespan already exceeds two thousand years. . . Truly, the longer I live, the younger I become. Am I turning into an old child now? ”
“With such a long time, I will certainly succeed in forming a Nascent Soul. . . perhaps even. . . aspire to realms beyond Nascent Soul? ”
“Beyond that. . . among my spells and divine abilities, the sharpest is the 'Withered Glory Mystic Light'. . . ”
“The power of the Wood Spirit Divine Light has also sharply increased; it can now truly be called a third-order technique, but I just don't know who to test it on. . . ”
“Furthermore, the secret arts and divine abilities from my Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment periods are somewhat outdated. . . ”
Fang Xi pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned his gaze inward to his Sea of Consciousness.
Three 'Primordial Demon Spikes' were arranged in sequence, seemingly sharper and thicker.
“After entering the early Core Formation stage, as my Divine Consciousness transformed into Core Formation Divine Consciousness. . . the power of the Primordial Demon Spike secret art has been continuously increasing. . . even the quantity has increased; now I can store a full nine Primordial Demon Spikes! ”
“As for other cultivation methods and secret arts, only the Burning Blood Escape Art and the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art are still somewhat useful. . . ”
“For Core Formation cultivators, spirit artifacts are utterly useless now. . . Huh? ”
Fang Xi rummaged through his old storage rings, and indeed found two quite interesting items.
One was a fourth-order 'Phoenix Perching Parasol Wood', but unfortunately, it was only a single root segment.
The other was the 'Blurring Pearl'!
“This pearl is a rare treasure; combined with the secret art from my Withered Glory Chant. . . it can conceal my cultivation and facial aura even in front of Core Formation cultivators. . . ”
“I must have been out of my mind. In the Three Kingdoms, what more do I need to hide? ”
“However. . . just because I don't need to here, doesn't mean I don't need to conceal my identity elsewhere, or even in the myriad small worlds. . . ”
Fang Xi rubbed his chin, deactivated the spirit gathering array, sat cross-legged, and quietly began circulating the Withered Glory Chant cultivation method.
Time passed, drop by drop.
A few days later, he opened his eyes, his expression unreadable: “Indeed. . . Core Formation cultivators are still best off cultivating on a third-order spirit vein. . . ”
Dragon Fish Island's spirit vein was only peak second-order, quite suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators, but not quite enough for Core Formation ancestors.
Fang Xi, having tried it once, had already realized that cultivating on a second-order spirit vein, his Core Formation stage cultivation progress would absolutely be as slow as a snail.
“An ordinary early Core Formation cultivator would at least need to cultivate on a low-grade third-order spirit vein. . . But I possess the 'Wood Spirit Body', so it would be best to have a mid-grade, superior-grade third-order, or even a fourth-order spirit vein! ”
If he could cultivate on a better spirit vein, Fang Xi believed his Core Formation stage magic power progress would be extremely gratifying.
However, seeing that most Core Formation ancestors in the Three Kingdoms cultivation world lingered in the early stage, occasionally mid-stage, with not a single late-stage one, he knew how scarce the cultivation resources in this place were.
As for a fourth-order spirit vein, he didn't even need to think about it; there certainly wouldn't be one.
“Fortunately, I'm different; I still have my cheat! ”
“A shallow pond cannot produce a flood dragon, but behind me is a vast ocean. . . ”
A trace of excitement appeared on Fang Xi's face. He closed his eyes once more, his thoughts concentrated on the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' deep within his Sea of Consciousness!
Combining the changes in the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' from his previous breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment major realm, this time, with his breakthrough to Core Formation, he should, perhaps, likely be able to open the third world?
The aura of the All-Heavens Precious Mirror was still incomparably grand and vast. . .
Compared to it, Fang Xi's spiritual sense was simply like an ant.
At this moment, sensing the mirror's aura, Fang Xi's heart, which had been slightly complacent due to his Core Formation breakthrough, immediately became much more subdued.
Compared to the entire South Barrens Cultivation World, or even the rumored Immortal Realm. . . what is a mere Core Formation, then?
Having grasped such a supreme treasure, his vision must be far-reaching!
His Divine Consciousness entered the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' inch by inch. Suddenly, his expression changed!
Fang Xi opened his eyes, gazing at the bronze mirror in his hand.
“I actually summoned this supreme treasure? ”
He involuntarily reached out, wanting to caress the damaged gaps and ancient patterns on the old mirror.
But the next moment, Fang Xi's palm passed directly through the air.
It turned out that what he had summoned was merely a phantom image of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'.
Fang Xi thought for a moment, then changed his posture.
He held the phantom image of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' in his hand, and a surging stream of magic power directly poured into the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'.
This was his Core Formation magic power!
Fang Xi wanted to seize the opportunity to refine this supreme treasure.
After all, the bronze fragment from the Shard World still had a slight reaction to the Wu King's Core Formation magic power.
A quarter of an hour passed. . .
Two quarters, three quarters. . .
Fang Xi's expression involuntarily turned incredibly unsightly; he wanted to interrupt this refinement.
He felt that more than half of the magic power he had just recovered through meditation had already been consumed.
The surging and vast magic power of a Core Formation ancestor was ultimately still too negligible for this supreme treasure.
But just as Fang Xi was about to give up.
Boom!
On the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, a ray of light flashed.
The next instant, the mirror's phantom image vanished, actually returning to the depths of his Sea of Consciousness.
Fang Xi rubbed his forehead, and received another piece of information from the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror': “So that's how it is. . . ”
“No wonder the bronze fragment had some reaction back then. It turns out it didn't just need Core Formation magic power, but *my* Core Formation magic power. . . The female Wu King Dan Ya's magic power wouldn't do. . . After all, I am the true master of the Precious Mirror! ”
“Now, using my Core Formation magic power, I can barely connect with the bronze fragment in the Shard World, and travel through as I do to the Great Liang world. . . ”
“The second world is finally fully open! ”
“And I must retrieve that fragment to open the third world? ”
Fang Xi muttered to himself, then almost cursed out loud: “If only it could have been earlier. . . my Core Formation process would certainly have been much smoother. . . ”
“My Profound Crystal Essence, my Heavenly Fire Glaze, my Five Elements Spirit Fruits. . . ”
“Fortunately. . . these Core Formation Spiritual Items can still be auctioned or exchanged, plus the abundant resources in the mystic realm, and those Vermilion Fruits. . . definitely not a loss. ”
After Core Formation, a Core Formation cultivator's cultivation becomes even more difficult.
Pills for increasing magic power and breaking through bottlenecks become even scarcer. Even if a cultivator has excellent spiritual root aptitude, those stuck in the early Core Formation stage are still countless.
And all of this was a joke to Fang Xi!
With the resources of a mystic realm, he had confidence that his cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds during the Core Formation stage!
“It's just that. . . the first transmigration will definitely appear near the bronze fragment. . . This is a bit troublesome. ”
This means that once Fang Xi transmigrated there, he would directly face the female Wu King Dan Ya!
“Fortunately. . . this woman doesn't carry the fragment with her everywhere; I still have a chance. . . I just need to observe quietly and wait for an opportunity. ”
Once he gained the ability to act, the proxy Dan Ya would be useless.
Fang Xi's plan was to do it himself and live in abundance.
Indeed, he was such a scoundrelly mirror!
“However. . . there are still many crucial points here, which must be thoroughly considered. . . ”
“Furthermore. . . once my true body transmigrates, the Great Heavenly Cycle circulation with the Demonic Tree would be broken, and this iteration of the 'Longevity Art' would come to an end. ”
“Fortunately, there's still some time until the next Heavenly Demon Great Tribulation; I can fully take my time to think over a strategy. . . Surely I won't just transmigrate over and immediately silence Dan Ya, right? Leaving aside the question of whether it's proper or not, this woman has now refined a Demonic Core, and her strength is no weaker than a demonic Core Formation cultivator. Though. . . I still withheld many secret arts from the 'Five Extremes Primordial Demon Art' and methods for refining artifacts from her. ”
Fang Xi naturally knew that the truly good things in that mystic realm would only be accessible for harvesting once the hundred-year period arrived and the restrictions were lifted.
Therefore, the true harvest season had yet to arrive.
“And the female Wu King hasn't been obliterated by some powerful being. . . News of her should have spread by now. . . ”
“Considering this, if it's not that Nascent Soul cultivators cannot enter the mystic realm. . . then that Heavenly Demon faction is somewhat sluggish, planning to completely deal with her during the next Heavenly Demon Great Tribulation? ”
Cultivators' perception of time is different from mortals', especially high-level cultivators!
But for something to be dragged on for a hundred years, Fang Xi also felt somewhat speechless.
Once again sitting cross-legged, after recovering his magic power.
Fang Xi opened his eyes, his Divine Consciousness sweeping outwards.
His Divine Consciousness limit now reached twenty li, almost encompassing several core areas of Dragon Fish Island.
Naturally, he could detect a group of cultivators nervously waiting outside the forbidden area.
Among them, Yuan Feihong and the two other Foundation Establishment cultivators were leading.
“Huh? ”
Fang Xi's Divine Consciousness swept past a second-order immortal's cave, and saw Hai Da Niu undergoing Foundation Establishment.
This person was sitting cross-legged, his face contorted in pain; an empty jade bottle lay overturned beside his meditation mat.
At the mouth of the bottle, wisps of Black Wind Baleful Qi still lingered.
“It's Hai Da Niu. . . It seems this session's Treasure Contest was won by him. . . ”
“Mm, his foundation is quite solid. . . With the help of the 'Black Wind Baleful Qi'. . . his chances of successfully establishing Foundation are quite high. . . ”
“Are so many people outside attracted by my Core Formation phenomenon? ”
“It's also time to emerge from seclusion. ”
Fang Xi stopped pondering. He waved his sleeve and stood up, then flicked a finger, and his spirit robe instantly became spotless, as good as new.
...
“Has Young Master not emerged from seclusion yet? ”
Yan Ying was already over eighty years old. Although still young and beautiful, her figure was graceful and she possessed a certain mature charm. She now looked towards Zhong Hong Yu.
“Don't be anxious, didn't you also see the Core Formation phenomenon? Since the Island Master successfully formed his Core, he would certainly enter seclusion for a period to consolidate his realm. ”
Zhong Hong Yu, who had been sitting cross-legged, explained briefly, then suddenly stood up.
The mist in the forbidden area dispersed, and a person walked out.
He was dressed in a green bamboo spirit robe; his aura was both ancient and young, like the twin sala trees, carrying a sense of contradiction.
It was precisely Fang Xi!
More crucially, with his appearance, a powerful spiritual pressure followed, making Qi Refinement cultivators feel overwhelmed, almost wanting to prostrate themselves on the ground.
Even the few Foundation Establishment cultivators, meeting Fang Xi's calm gaze, felt a chill in their hearts, experiencing a profound sense of oppression.
“Island Master. . . have you. . . perfected Core Formation? ”
After a long moment, Yuan Feihong cautiously asked.
“Indeed. ”
Fang Xi was in excellent spirits, and the Core Formation phenomenon couldn't be concealed, so he answered directly.
“Congratulations, Island Master! With your Core Formation perfected, you shall now enjoy eternal life and vision! ”
Tai Shu Hong and Zhong Hong Yu, leading a group of Qi Refinement cultivators, respectfully performed a grand bow.
For a moment, all the cultivators bowed their heads, congratulating the Golden Core!
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