At the family's Second-grade High-rank Spirit Vein, Li Qingyuan had taken ten years to advance from Foundation Establishment Early Stage to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
Within a Third-grade Low-rank Spirit Vein, Li Qingyuan had still taken ten years to advance from Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Next, going from Foundation Establishment Late Stage to late-stage perfection—or reaching the False Core Realm before Impacting the Core Formation Stage—would take at least another twenty years at the fastest.
And that was under ideal conditions.
The difficulty of Core Formation was far beyond that of Foundation Establishment. In particular, his foundation during the Foundation Establishment Realm was astonishing, and his combat strength among those of the same realm was exceptionally formidable. That would make Core Formation even more difficult, and it would be best to have Third-grade Elixirs to assist him.
Otherwise, should his Core Formation fail and he suffer a backlash of spiritual power, the consequences would be more than he could bear.
He had to succeed in forming his core in one vigorous push.
"First, I'll enter seclusion and improve my Talisman Path Skill." Li Qingyuan took out Second-grade High-rank materials, talisman ink, and a talisman brush, then retrieved the talisman-script jade slips he had traded from Shang Xiuxin.
There were two talisman-script jade slips in total. He injected his divine sense into them and began to study them.
The Blazing Sky Talisman was a Second-grade High-rank fire-attribute talisman script.
Ding Fire was the essence of all things: in the heavens, it became stars; upon the earth, it became lamplight. Ding Fire was gentle yet insidious, its yin lingering and gnawing into the bones...
The Quicksand Talisman was a Second-grade High-rank earth-attribute talisman script.
Ji Earth was the primordial qi of heaven and the soil of earth.