By the time he turned back toward the sect, dusk had already fallen.
Chen Sheng walked beneath the rosy clouds, the sky-high price Azure Profound Water had fetched at the auction still echoing in his mind.
Thinking of those cultivators throwing everything they had into even a half-chance at Golden Core Formation, he could not help but feel a surge of complicated emotions.
The path to Golden Core Formation was indeed far more difficult than he had imagined!
He quickly composed himself, returned to the Hibernating Dragon Cave Dwelling, and took out the Ancient Formula for the Golden Sun Qi and Blood Pill that he had purchased.
The jade slip felt faintly cool in his hand. When he sent his Spiritual Sense into it, he found that many of the medicinal ingredients were marked with words such as "lost" and "hard to find."
After giving it a rough look, Chen Sheng secretly shook his head. "This Ancient Formula will probably need major revisions."
Remembering Third Senior Brother Li Yuan's reminder, he quickly found Sixth Senior Brother Fang Lingxiao's Golden Communication Token and sent him a message, explaining that he wished to cooperate in deducing a Pill Formula.
Deep within the Turbid Fire Forbidden Land.
Inside a Stone Chamber wrapped in fiery patterns.
Fang Lingxiao sat cross-legged, faint Fire Spiritual Qi curling around his body. His Spiritual Pressure was smooth and full, and he had astonishingly reached Qi Refining Perfection.
His hair was disheveled, his face covered in stubble, and his robes were stained with quite a bit of dust. He had clearly been in secluded cultivation here for a long time.
A countdown was carved into the Stone Chamber wall.
"Qi Refining Perfection at thirty-two. At this speed, he rivals those High-grade Spiritual Roots with only average resources."
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