Breakthrough to Mid-stage Golden Core

After rescuing Storage Ring immediately, Xiao Chen did not forget to collect all the Spirit Artifact scattered on the ground.

There are one Bright Silver Red Tassel Spear, one Embroidered Landscape Seal, one Dragon Carving Gold Splitting Sword, and one Narrow Blade Spirit Combining Saber.

The Spirit Artifact of Xu Gongtong could not be found at the scene, maybe because he did not have time to sacrifice it.

The reason why they are all offensive type Spirit Artifact is because both the spiritual shield and the robe are inevitably damaged during the battle.

Although due to the limitations of Total True Essence, Xiao Chen cannot be used for many Spirit Artifact for the time being.

But this thing is quite valuable, at least you can exchange it for Spirit Stone.

Of course, it is best not to sell it directly at the Southern Lao Sea. It would be safer to sell it somewhere else, such as Outer Sea.

In case these Spirit Artifact are recognized by local monks and cause unnecessary suspicion.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen did not choose to stay on the island to refine Storage Ring, but left directly in case there were other monks passing by and witnessing his presence here.

However, halfway through the flight, I suddenly felt a strong Spiritual Energy Tide sweeping past me.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the sky and the earth change color, and the surrounding thousands of miles suddenly became gloomy.

A large amount of sea water seemed to be pulled by something, and actually gathered toward the southwest.

The overflowing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi also flowed back at a faster speed.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. He adjusted his direction slightly and followed the current to find it.

Such a big movement, which spreads tens of thousands of miles, can first rule out that there are monks fighting.

Although the sky was gloomy, there was no lightning flash, so it could be ruled out that it was a thunderstorm at sea.

In this case, there shouldn't be any danger, and maybe it's a good thing.

"Could it be that a certain ruin has appeared?"

Xiao Chen's heart moved, and Flying Sword's feet immediately moved three points faster.

After walking forward for about five thousand miles, he saw a large mist on the sea ahead.

The mist gathered on the sea, and from a distance it covered an area of at least thousands of miles.

It is estimated to be more than twenty feet tall, and it is still getting higher and higher as time goes by, constantly expanding in all directions.

Xiao Chen got a little closer, but the white fog in front was so thick that it was impossible to see clearly what was going on inside.

He opened his Divine Sense and went deep into it. There was nothing unusual in the outermost thirty miles.

But for the entire fog, this distance is only a drop in the bucket, and nothing can be seen.

After a slight hesitation, the fog expanded again for more than a mile in his direction, almost wrapping him up.

"Crash in and take a look before the other monks arrive?"

Xiao Chen stepped back a little distance. "But wouldn't this be too risky?"

Many times, fortuitous opportunity and danger are just a thought away.

If you choose the right one, you will be rich; if you choose the wrong one, you will die.

"Forget it, I have Hextech here, why should I bet on this?"

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and suppressed his curiosity.

Even though he seems to be impulsive sometimes, it's actually because most of the time, he's confident enough.

But now he knows nothing about the situation inside the mist, so if he goes in hastily, he may encounter unexpected dangers.

Although there are Xiao Chen and Night's Edge, such a big movement will definitely attract other monks to arrive soon.

Maybe someone nearby Nascent Soul True Lord has been alerted by now.

Therefore, it is best to wait and see on the periphery for a while, and hold Life-Saving Trump Card in your hand for an emergency.

Facts have proved that Xiao Chen's speculation is correct.

Although there are only a few monks on the In-Between Sea, the initial wave of Spiritual Energy Tide that spread tens of thousands of miles successfully attracted many nearby monks.

It's just that they were slower, so they arrived a little later.

Within two quarters of an hour, Xiao Chen saw a Sword Light coming from a distance about seven hundred miles away to his left.

Facing the completely different mist, the other party almost didn't pause and rushed straight into the white mist.

Another quarter of an hour later, a young man in white robe also arrived from more than a hundred miles away on the right.

He first looked at Xiao Chen warily, and then took the initiative to stay a hundred miles away.

Then he made some tentative experiments around the outside, and after thinking for a while, he decisively opened Protective Spiritual Light and rushed into the mist.

"Why are you all so brave?"

Looking at the choices of others, Xiao Chen felt a little unconfident. "Am I too cautious?"

Fortunately, another Sword Light came from behind at this time and took the initiative to get close to him.

"Fellow Daoist, I'm glad to meet you. I'm Southern Lao Sea Jade Talisman Rogue Cultivator. I think there is something fishy about this situation, but I don't know why?"

Xiao Chen turned sideways and took a look.

I saw that the other party looked middle-aged, with black hair tied on top of his head and fixed with a seemingly ordinary wooden hairpin. He had a high nose bridge, thick eyebrows, and a neatly trimmed beard under his chin. He was wearing a Yellow-bottomed Robe with the mysterious Golden Rune embroidered on it. At first glance, it was not Yellow-grade.

There is a brocade talisman bag hanging on the waist, exuding a faint wave of Spiritual Power, and it looks like it is also a Spirit Artifact.

Just from this outfit, you can tell that he is definitely not a simple person.

Although most casual cultivators have a relatively difficult life, there are a few who can stand out, even no worse than disciples from big forces.

Obviously, the Jade Talisman Rogue Cultivator in front of him should be the leader among casual cultivators.

"Jade Talisman is friendly, I'm Golden Light Rogue Cultivator."

Xiao Chen first returned the favor, then shook his head slightly. "Unfortunately, I came a step too late and didn't see the situation in the fog."

"That's why I stay outside."

While he was talking, seven more monks came from nearby one after another.

Two of them hurriedly rushed into the white mist, but the remaining five chose to stop outside.

First, they reported to their homes to inquire about the situation, and then they each stepped back a little, taking the initiative to maintain a certain safe distance.

For Golden Core cultivator, being separated by more than a thousand feet, that is, more than six miles, can make both parties more relaxed.

Xiao Chen has also come to his senses at this time.

As expected, relatively cautious monks accounted for the majority. This was the Cultivation World he was familiar with.

The reason why the two monks in front were so courageous is probably because this place is located in the In-Between Sea, and the people who usually move around there are not good people, so they dare to take risks.

At this time, all the monks who were active nearby had already come closer.

Xiao Chen noticed that one of them sent Sound Transmission Spirit Sword, which seemed to be reporting information, but I didn't know which party he belonged to.

But it doesn't matter, his name is Golden Light Rogue Cultivator now, he is not afraid of anyone.

Everyone waited patiently for about three hours.

The white mist that had grown to a height of more than seventy feet and occupied an area of about ten thousand miles around the sea finally stopped expanding.

But it just stopped expanding and had no intention of dissipating.

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One day later.

City Lord Huo arrived at the scene first, and with him was Ink Plum True Monarch.

The two of them were far more cautious than Xiao Chen, and stopped fifty miles away from the fog, using Divine Sense to remotely sense the changes in the dense fog.

Then he directly used Detection Law Technique from a distance, summoning a butterfly and a small snake respectively to rush into the mist.

After a while, I couldn't wait for a response, so I calmly switched to other methods.

From the beginning to the end, there was no intention to take a closer look.

Hiss~!

Xiao Chen silently stepped back, keeping a safe distance of fifty miles in a learned manner.

It looks a bit evil, why don't even Nascent Soul True Lord dare to get close to it?

After a while, Ink Plum True Monarch seemed to notice something, and his lips moved slightly as if he said something to City Lord Huo.

It's just that the people around are a bit far away, and no one dares to use Divine Sense to monitor.

Immediately afterwards, City Lord Huo looked around and said loudly, "The abnormality here has been temporarily confirmed as Yin Spirit Calamity. Everyone retreats quickly and is not allowed to stay."

As soon as these words came out, the dozens of monks watching outside were all startled.

"Hiss~!"

Xiao Chen took a breath of cold air. The few monks who rushed in before are most likely gone now. This is the price of taking risks.

Although he didn't recognize it at first, he had actually heard of Yin Spirit Calamity.

This is also one of several maritime disasters for which Eastern Domain is famous.

I have seen records about Ghost Mist and mirages on some Ancient Books and Xiao Chen before.

Yin Spirit Calamity is the fusion of these two disasters.

Rumor has it that Yin Spirit Calamity will always appear before a certain ruin is opened, especially half a year to a year before New Ruin was born.

There does not need to be a strong correlation between the two, and they may even be millions of miles apart, but they will form a mirage-like situation.

From the outside, it is very easy to misjudge that there are ruins open.

But once you get deep inside, you will be besieged by Yin Spirit lurking inside. Golden Core cultivator accidentally enters it by mistake, and almost always escapes death.

Although it does not sound like a desperate situation, you must know that there are always some people who are Child of Destiny and can turn disaster into good fortune.

That glimmer of hope was left to them and had nothing to do with ordinary monks.

So Xiao Chen immediately turned around and left, quickly opening up a distance of several hundred miles, and then made a big circle back to the Southern Lao Sea.

On the way, he saw Hundred Herbs City and many monks were heading to the In-Between Sea in groups.

When I returned to the city and inquired about it, I found that all the Talisman and Thunderballs that restrained Yin Spirit had been sold out, and all new products within a month had also been reserved.

Yin Spirit Calamity is both a disaster and an opportunity.

It is said that the fog will go through two to four rounds of expansion, but will eventually reach a clear limit.

After the maximum range of the mirage stabilizes, the monks can try to sweep the outside of the fog to hunt down Yin Spirit and collect Yin Spirit Heart.

However, this matter will take about ten days at the earliest, so there is no rush.

At the speed of Xiao Chen, it only takes three days to get back there.

He has a more important thing to do first, which is to return to the small courtyard to check Storage Ring.

It took him a day and a half just to crack the restrictions on these five Storage Ring.

Fortunately, the final harvest was quite rich.

The first one to get it was the small Cloud Piercing Shuttle, which was two feet long and two feet wide.

Xu Family uses a customized model, which consumes 30% more Spirit Stone than the ordinary Lingshuo. In exchange for more space, it can carry up to five people.

If Xu Gongtong's plan goes well, the five of them can just come back together.

However, for Xiao Chen, this spiritual shuttle has little practical effect.

After all, his escape skills are no worse than Lingsuo, and he doesn't need the Spirit Stone driver, which saves money.

However, there is also a corresponding benefit, that is, it can provide him with a space to meditate and rest to restore his true energy when he needs to travel a long distance.

Then in total, there are more than 378,000 Low-grade Spirit Stone and two thousand two hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

Among them, Ge Dongyan alone contributed more than one-third.

However, it was precisely because Xu Family lacked Spirit Stone that Xu Gongtong had a wrong idea and finally brought it upon himself.

"No, why is there not even one Demon Core?"

Xiao Chen Divine Sense scanned Storage Ring, a little speechless. "It's just a lie, right?"

It can be seen that from the beginning, the other party was not prepared to trade normally.

Fortunately, although there is no Demon Core, there are four bottles of Essence Returning Pill, two bottles of Essence Replenishing Pill and one bottle of Winter Grass Essence Gathering Pill.

Winter Grass Essence Gathering Pill and Essence Replenishing Pill have the same effect, and both can help monks quickly Condense True Essence.

However, its effect is about three times better, but its price is five times more expensive.

"If you don't have Demon Core, then use this instead. Although there are only three pills in a bottle, it should be about the same with Essence Replenishing Pill."

Xiao Chen is not picky about food and can eat anything.

He used to take Demon Core just to pursue cost-effectiveness, but it doesn't mean that he can't practice Cultivator of Magic without Demon Core.

Now that I have Winter Grass Essence Gathering Pill, I still hope to practice Early-stage Golden Core Completion before setting off in May.

"Hey, there's also Cultivation Method?"

After putting away the elixir, Xiao Chen also found two thin booklets.

He curiously opened it and saw that they were <Golden Core Pill Abstract> and <Four Key Techniques for Refining Essence Returning Pills>.

"Good guy, is Third-Tier Pill Recipe so complicated?"

Compared with the low-end Pill Formula, which is densely packed into one page, one page of Third-Tier Pill Recipe is obviously not enough.

In order to describe the refining process in detail, especially some techniques, the former has four pages on both sides, and the latter has nine pages because of the illustrations.

However, after reading Xiao Chen, I found that the mainly explanatory stuff took up too much space.

Pill Formula itself only has a few more strains of Spirit Herb, and it does not suddenly become particularly complicated.

On the contrary, with detailed explanations, it can also help low-level Alchemist learn better.

In addition, after eliminating all kinds of debris in Storage Ring, there are still two Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box.

Xiao Chen has always been very patient when it comes to good things.

It took me a day and a night to deal with the complicated restrictions above.

He took a deep breath. "Open!"

Reaching out and lifting it, I saw a piece of Dao Comprehension Crystal lying quietly among the first Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box.

There is a vaguely visible mysterious rune sealed in the translucent crystal.

Xiao Chen looked carefully and found that it was different from the one he encountered before.

This is also a good thing. After all, collecting Dao Comprehension Crystal with different attributes will have a greater chance of encountering Wood Attribute.

He rubbed his hands and picked up the second Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box: "Open!"

"Hey!"

I saw that there was another piece of Dao Comprehension Crystal inside, and it was different from the previous two pieces.

However, Xiao Chen's gaze crossed the crystal and fell below it.

There is also a thin biography pressed at the bottom of Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box.

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This biography has no name and the content is not very neat. It looks more like a memoir written by a monk.

It indicates the attributes corresponding to different runes in Dao Comprehension Crystal.

At the same time, a special place was also mentioned-Lightless Sea.

As far as Xiao Chen knows, you can reach Lightless Sea by walking straight east from the Nether Sky Sea for about 2.4 million miles.

It is said that there is almost no order there and it is a very chaotic and turbulent place.

The biography says that in the southeast of the Lightless Sea, there is an island with a special shape that looks like a sunflower when viewed from the air.

This island is very large, with a length of more than a thousand miles at its longest point and more than eight hundred miles at its shortest point.

There are several large mountains on the island, and there are large and small hot springs and caves scattered on the mountains.

These caves are intricate, some are interconnected, some lead directly to the seabed, and some are filled with rich Sha Qi.

Fire Attribute Dao Comprehension Crystal in the second Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box comes from it.

"Sha Qi?"

Xiao Chen's focus fell on the word Sha Qi. For him, collecting Sha Qi was the primary goal of his visit to Eastern Domain.

Lightless Sea actually has Sha Qi?

Moreover, the location is recorded very clearly. For such a big island, it should be easy to find it.

Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed. If this is the case, then he must take time to check it out.

Lightless Sea already belongs to the scope of the Outer Sea.

However, he happened to make an agreement with the Three Immortals Sect to set out together to the Outer Sea to search for New Ruin in early May.

In this case, when you get out of New Ruin, you can stop by the Lightless Sea and have a rest.

Moreover, Flying Crossing Sea is just on the edge of the Inner Sea, and is even closer to the Lightless Sea than Southern Lao Sea.

From the Lightless Sea, you can also go straight to the Flying Crossing Sea along the northwest direction.

Perfect plan!

"Huh, but having said that, the most urgent thing is to practice first."

Xiao Chen put away the biography, took out one Winter Grass Essence Gathering Pill and took it. The quantity of Cultivation Method began to condense the true essence, and then it turned into Essence Replenishing Pill.

In this way, it was not until the second day of May that the 333rd true essence was finally condensed and came to Minor Bottleneck of Mid-stage Golden Core.

Xiao Chen tried to continue to condense the true energy, and sure enough, he felt a layer of vague restrictions.

Most monks stay in this place for several years or even decades.

Especially Xuan level and Yellow-grade Technique are even more difficult to break through.

However, Xiao Chen was not unprepared for this. He decisively took out the Hundred Revolutions Profound Pill he had redeemed before.

Like Nine Luminaries Profound Pill, Hundred Revolutions Profound Pill is also surrounded by a fine circle of Pill Mark, indicating that it is also made by Fourth-tier Alchemist.

After taking it directly, Xuan Dan fell into his belly and immediately turned into a Spirit Liquid.

This Spirit Liquid seemed to be conscious, going straight to Flawless Golden Core in the Dantian, and then wrapped up Golden Core.

It took about two full hours before it slowly penetrated into Golden Core.

During this process, Xiao Chen barely felt any changes in his Golden Core, but the amount of real energy in it actually increased.

He took the initiative to rest for two hours, and then took the second pill of Hundred Revolutions Profound Pill, and then the third pill.

This brings my Total True Essence to the 336th lane.

Don't underestimate this change. The most important three treasures for monks are Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Total True Essence represents the amount of 'qi' in it.

Similar to this are Qi and Blood Concentration, which corresponds to 'jing', and Spiritual Sense Strength, which corresponds to 'god'.

It is not difficult to conclude from this that adding Total True Essence will also help monks break through the bottleneck.

In the same way, adding Qi and Blood Concentration will also help to break through the bottleneck.

Xiao Chen took out Traceless Elk Heart Blood from Storage Ring.

Then he uncorked the bottle and drank it all in one breath.

"Boom~! Boom~! Boom~!"

As Heart Blood was taken down, Xiao Chen immediately heard the sound of his own heartbeat, which was getting higher and higher and more obvious.

After all, Traceless Elk is Fourth-Order Demonic Beast, and Heart Blood is the essence of its life.

If an ordinary Golden Core cultivator dared to drink it directly like this, he would probably explode and die on the spot.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen Dual Cultivation of Body and Magic immediately mobilized Life Core to help him refine this Heart Blood.

At the same time, immediately follow the mental method of <Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art> and mobilize one hundred and eight Acupoints all over the body to work together to carry your own Qi and blood and reduce the burden.

Soon his whole body from forehead to ankles turned red, like a cooked prawn.

At the same time, traces of white gas came out of his body, and his whole body seemed to have turned into a furnace.

Although Fourth-Order Spirit Blood is powerful, it is an ownerless thing after all. It was quickly refined into the rich Blood Qi in the furnace.

Then it was driven by the surging Qi and blood in Xiao Chen's body, and was finally fused and absorbed bit by bit.

"Huh~!"

Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes, opened his mouth and spit out Turbid Qi.

The Turbid Qi actually burned out of thin air, and the fierce flames immediately swept through the entire room.

"Wipe it, come again!"

If you are not careful during practice, your furniture will be damaged. This is not the first time.

"Hey!"

Xiao Chen subconsciously wanted to put out the fire, but found that this time it was different.

Since the house was guarded by the Nine Apertures Interlocking Grand Formation he arranged, the flames were blocked by Formation Power on its own and did not damage the furniture in the room.

"Fortunately, I was prepared in advance. When I arranged the formation, I was indeed foresighted."

Xiao Chen waved his hand to extinguish the remaining fire in the air, and then gently adapted to the new power.

Then he worked hard and took advantage of his strong energy and blood to reach the middle stage of Impact Golden Core.

Then of course it failed.

Fortunately, the consequences of failure to attack Minor Bottleneck are not serious. It is just a slight loss of energy and blood. Just rest for a while.

"Something's wrong, my Essence, Qi, and Spirit is clearly enough, why did it still fail?"

Xiao Chen sat cross-legged on the ground and carefully reviewed his breakthrough process to Cultivation Method: "Could it be that it was because of insufficient understanding?"

If there was anything he didn't do well enough, it would be his lack of understanding of Way of Wood.

In fact, he was right. Starting from the Golden Core Realm, a monk must choose a great road as his direction.

It doesn't need to be very sophisticated, but it must be there.

Being able to form Golden Core monks, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are one-in-a-million geniuses.

Then why are they stuck in Early-stage Golden Core or mid-term, and why are they stuck for decades or even hundreds of years?

The problem lies in the avenue of enlightenment!

Although it does not require much depth, for Golden Core cultivator, enlightenment is inherently a very difficult thing.

Xiao Chen thought about it and found Dao Comprehension Crystal from Storage Ring.

He was pretty lucky. Apart from the Fire Attribute crystal, there was only one Earth Attribute and another Wood Attribute.

There is a three-fifths probability that it is not distorted.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Chen took out one Purple-Gold Bodhi Fruit and drank it.

With the opportunity of Bodhi enlightenment, inject all Divine Sense into Dao Comprehension Crystal and comprehend Way of Wood.

He sat there for a full six hours, and it wasn't until the effect of Purple-Gold Bodhi ended that he suddenly came back to his senses.

I can't seem to say what I have realized.

But at the moment when he came back to his senses, Xiao Chen suddenly felt that his soul was blessed, and he immediately started to use his mental method.

Sure enough, it successfully broke through Mid-stage Golden Core!

Ahem, I discovered that I miscalculated the number again the day before yesterday (Chapter 214), and forgot to add the ten Demon Core exchanged for Fairy Mushroom Soul Cleansing Pill, so the Total True Essence at that time was not two hundred and sixty-seven, but should be three hundred and seven.

When I was about to use it today, I realized something was wrong. Why was it so different?

Well, I only made numerical changes and there is no need to re-read it. I will explain it here.