Qing Tan Forms Her Core

Night.

Lin Fan and Qing Tan sat on a massive boulder atop the mountain, leaning against each other.

Lin Fan caressed Qing Tan's little hand and said, "Tonight is crucial for you. If you can subdue the Yin Fiend Qi within your body, it will never erupt again, and your future cultivation will be smooth sailing.

But if you can't control it..."

At this point, Lin Fan could not help glancing at Qing Tan worriedly. "If you fail to control the Yin Fiend Qi, you'll face a fatal danger..."

"Lin Fan Bro, I'm not afraid!"

Qing Tan abruptly raised her little face and answered without hesitation.

Lin Fan had already told her that she possessed the Calamity Demon Physique. If she could not form a Yin Core, she would only live to be eighteen.

She still wanted to grow old with Lin Fan and spend her life with him. Naturally, she had to overcome this hurdle.

The two sat together, waiting until deep night fell.

This was the day of the month when Yin Fiend Qi was at its densest, and midnight was when it was most concentrated during the day.

As midnight approached, Yin Fiend Qi swirled around Qing Tan's entire body, even coating the boulder with a thin layer of frost.

Qing Tan's Yin Fiend Qi had not even erupted yet, but such a phenomenon had already appeared.

Lin Fan raised his head and saw that the bright moon in the sky was gradually dimming, while the Yin Fiend Qi between heaven and earth was steadily growing denser.

He could clearly sense that this Yin Fiend Qi was flooding uncontrollably into Qing Tan's body.

As the Yin Fiend Qi poured in, the terrifying cold hidden within Qing Tan's body began to seep out silently.

Lin Fan rubbed Qing Tan's head and said, "Qing Tan, the rest is up to you. I believe you'll succeed."

"I will succeed!"

Qing Tan clenched her small fists, her face resolute.

Then, Lin Fan moved aside and began standing guard for Qing Tan.

Qing Tan sat cross-legged and began actively absorbing the Yin Fiend Qi between heaven and earth.

As the cold Qi poured forth, Qing Tan became like a magnet, directly turning into a gathering point for Yin Fiend Qi.

Whoosh!

The Yin Fiend Qi between heaven and earth surged, pouring endlessly into Qing Tan's body with bursts of piercing whistles.

Lin Fan watched Qing Tan intently. When the Yin Fiend Qi within her reached its critical point, he flicked a finger, and a Jade Box flew out of his Cosmos Sack.

The Jade Box opened, and a stalk of Black Spiritual Medicine radiating immensely dense and pure Yin Fiend Qi slowly floated up, hovering above Qing Tan's crown.

Whoosh!

With a thought from Lin Fan, the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva immediately burst apart under the force of his Divine Sense.

It then transformed into drops of pitch-black, viscous liquid that exuded boundless icy Qi, rapidly merging into Qing Tan's body.

In an instant, waves of terrifying Yin Fiend Qi swept forth like black flood dragons.

The moment this Yin Fiend Qi appeared, the surroundings became bitterly cold, like blades scraping against bone.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Even the stone platform Qing Tan sat upon was frozen until cracks spread across it by this supremely yin and frigid power.

Thick frost rapidly spread. Moments later, a layer of white frost covered the entire mountaintop.

"As expected of the Calamity Demon Physique. This extreme cold power is truly formidable!"

Even Lin Fan was startled as he sensed the power within Qing Tan.

Because he was standing so close, the blood within his body showed signs of freezing.

Fortunately, his blood Qi was powerful enough. Once he accelerated his blood circulation, the chilling sensation finally faded.

After this Yin Fiend Qi surged forth, large amounts of black gas also emerged from Qing Tan's body, making the fiendish aura even denser.

Qing Tan, seated on the boulder, could not help revealing a pained expression. Her body trembled violently without pause.

"This Calamity Demon Qi is far too tyrannical!"

Lin Fan's expression turned grave.

He could sense that the extreme cold contained within this Calamity Demon Qi could even freeze another person's soul. Its grade likely far surpassed the ninth rank.

No wonder a possessor of the Calamity Demon Physique could surpass an ordinary martial artist's ninth-rank Essence Core merely by forming a Yin Core.

The ink-black Calamity Demon Qi resembled enormous black pythons as it coiled around Qing Tan's body. They intertwined with one another, forming a massive black storm that shot into the sky.

Argh!

After the Calamity Demon Qi surged out, thin black lines appeared in Qing Tan's eyes, making her look exceptionally eerie. Pain-filled, hoarse sounds also began escaping from her mouth.

Squelch!

In her agony, Qing Tan's jade hand, wreathed in Calamity Demon Qi, plunged directly into the stone. The sturdy rock was now like tofu, offering no resistance whatsoever.

"There's too much of this tyrannical Calamity Demon Qi. I have to help Qing Tan absorb some of it."

Seeing Qing Tan's long hair flying wildly and her body trembling ceaselessly, Lin Fan flashed over and sat cross-legged beside her.

With the Void Body Refining Art operating at full force, Lin Fan's body seemed to transform into a black hole, continuously devouring the Calamity Demon Qi pouring from Qing Tan's body.

The Void Body Refining Art could refine all things. Even demonic Qi and death Qi could be refined, so naturally it could refine Calamity Demon Qi as well.

With Lin Fan sharing the burden, the pain on Qing Tan's little face finally eased somewhat.

Qing Tan had only just let out a breath when Lin Fan's shout resounded within her heart.

"Focus your mind, gather the Calamity Demon Qi, and condense it into a Yin Core!"

Hearing this, Qing Tan hurriedly calmed her mind and began suppressing the Calamity Demon Qi within her body with all her strength, driving it all toward her dantian.

Under Qing Tan's control, the Calamity Demon Qi howled through her body. Every time it passed through, it brought immense pain to her meridians, flesh, and bones.

However, beyond the excruciating pain, Qing Tan's body was also being passively strengthened by the Calamity Demon Qi.

Lin Fan Bro is guarding me right beside me. I have to successfully form my core!

Qing Tan clenched her silver teeth and endured bitterly.

She did not want to leave this world so early before she had even married Lin Fan.

As the Calamity Demon Qi within her body was gradually restrained, Qing Tan changed her hand seals. The Calamity Demon Qi swirling around her also churned as she inhaled it into her mouth.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The "black pythons" wrapped around her spun madly, forcibly drawing in all the Yin Fiend Qi within several hundred zhang.

"Is Qing Tan about to succeed?"

Such a commotion immediately caught everyone's attention.

Since Lin Fan had informed the Lin Family beforehand, everyone in the Lin Family knew about this.

"Th-this is really Qing Tan forming her core?"

Lin Zhentian stared blankly at the enormous black vortex in the distance, his heart filled with shock.

When he had formed his Essence Core, the Yuan Power vortex he had summoned had only covered ten zhang.

Yet the Yin Fiend vortex Qing Tan had summoned spanned several hundred zhang.

The gap between the two was simply enormous.

Then, he could not help looking enviously at Lin Xiao beside him. "Xiao'er, your branch is about to produce three heavenly talents!"

Lin Dong was already in the Heavenly Yuan Realm and would break through to the Essence Core Realm before long. At that point, the Lin Family's strongest combat power would all belong to Lin Xiao's branch.

However, when he thought of how they were all his descendants, Lin Zhentian felt at ease.