"The Water-Fire Spirit Pearl?!"
Jiang Sheng looked at Lin Fan in surprise.
The path of cultivation held barrier after barrier. Foundation establishment, core formation, and spirit transformation were all difficult thresholds.
They determined a cultivator's foundation, divine abilities, and fortune.
Cultivators who achieved heavenly dao foundation establishment could go farther than those who achieved earthly or mortal foundation establishment.
The divine abilities of a superior golden core were far beyond anything a middle- or inferior-grade golden core could imagine, and its bearer could naturally enter the nascent soul realm.
As for the threshold of spirit transformation, it determined whether one could enter the Upper Three Realms.
Having achieved heavenly dao foundation establishment through astral energies and baleful intent, Jiang Sheng naturally intended to pursue a superior golden core.
Once his essence, qi, and spirit were perfectly rounded and flawless, he would need to consider the great medicines required for core formation.
Great medicines such as Five Elements Spirit Pearls and mica spirit sand were of paramount importance.
Only cultivators with no hope whatsoever would use something like a Golden Core Formation Pill to forcibly condense an inferior golden core.
Anyone with ambitions of obtaining a superior golden core generally gathered these great medicines themselves, rarely relying on their lineage or sect.
The purpose was to temper their dao hearts while traveling far and wide, seeking that elusive wisp of spiritual resonance.
Now that Lin Fan claimed to have news of a Water-Fire Spirit Pearl, Jiang Sheng was naturally tempted.
"A spiritual treasure like the Water-Fire Spirit Pearl cannot be manufactured. It can only arise naturally from heaven and earth. Could you have found a naturally formed secret realm with a spiritual pool where water and fire mingle?" Jiang Sheng asked probingly.
Lin Fan smiled smugly. "Exactly! I've confirmed that there's