The Eldest Senior Sister's Method of Forming a Golden Core

"Do you really want to know?"

"Really, really." Lu Yang nodded vigorously, like a chick pecking at rice.

Yun Zhi considered the pros and cons for a moment and decided that it wouldn't hurt to talk about it, just to satisfy her junior brother's curiosity.

"Fine, since you want to know, I'll tell you. But like I said, just listen and don't follow my example."

"I definitely won't learn it," Lu Yang agreed.

The Immortal Fairy was also very interested in Yun Zhi's Core Formation. She wanted to hear what kind of Core this junior had formed, and whether it could be stronger than her own Invincible Core.

"That happened hundreds of years ago..." Yun Zhi fell into a state of reminiscence.

Lu Yang blurted out, his voice filled with undisguised surprise. "Hundreds of years ago?!"

The eldest sister is an unparalleled cold beauty, looking to be in her early twenties. When she walks down the street with Lu Yang, they look like siblings. In addition, Yun Zhi's attitude towards Lu Yang is not like that of an elder, but more like the concern of a mature peer, which leads Lu Yang to always have the illusion that the eldest sister is about the same age as him.

Now that the eldest senior sister was recounting her story of forming her core hundreds of years ago, Lu Yang realized that the eldest senior sister was the most senior among the disciples, and her actual age was much older than he had imagined.

How old is the eldest sister exactly? Hundreds of years old? Could she be close to a thousand years old?

The aforementioned psychological process may seem complex, but it all happens in the blink of an eye, as fast as lightning.

These thoughts flashed through Lu Yang's mind, and without even having time to think, he shouted out his true thoughts.

As soon as he said it, Lu Yang felt like he was doomed.

Yun Zhi's gaze slowly fell on Lu Yang's shoulder. For a moment, Lu Yang felt as if a gleaming knife was across his neck. He was walking on the edge of death, just a thought away from it.

Fortunately, this feeling came and went quickly. The senior sister withdrew her gaze, no longer caring about Lu Yang's excessive curiosity, and continued her lecture.

"Several hundred years ago, I cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and was preparing to form my core."

"Back then, my master saw that my talent was unparalleled and that I was destined for greatness. So he told me some secrets to prepare me for the future. Among them was the story of the nameless High Antiquity man who refined stars into continents. Most of the stars we see today are illusions; the real stars are right beneath our feet."

It is generally accepted in the cultivation world that only those who reach the Nascent Soul Realm are qualified to know that the stars are illusory; the general public and ordinary cultivators simply consider it a sign of world peace.

Otherwise, the general public and ordinary cultivators would wonder, if High Antiquity, nameless being could refine a star into a continent, could he now refine a continent into a star?

It's better not to tell anyone than to cause unnecessary trouble.

"I should have told you that I grew up in a secret realm before leaving to come to the Ask Dao Sect."

Lu Yang nodded. His senior sister had indeed said that she had lived in the secret realm since childhood and had only been in contact with cultivators. This was also the case after she came to the Ask Dao Sect. Therefore, she did not understand the habits of mortals and did not know that mortals could not take hot baths.

--The above is the explanation given by the senior sister when Lu Yang's skin was red and swollen after taking a hot bath.

"There is no night sky in the secret realm. When I left the secret realm and came to the outside world, I saw the stars twinkling under the night sky, and I thought the scene was extremely beautiful."

"When I'm not practicing meditation, I often lie on the grass and look at and count the stars."

"When my master told me that there were actually no stars left in the sky, I didn't show it to anyone, but I was disappointed inside."

"The stars I see every day are nothing more than illusions left over from 300,000 years ago. Once I think about that, I no longer find the night sky beautiful."

"When I was pondering what kind of Golden Core I wanted to form, I read in the Treatise on the Golden Core Elixir that 'Gold is something that is hard, durable, and indestructible; the elixir is something that is perfect, radiant, and without flaw.'"

A ridiculous thought crept into Lu Yang's mind: Senior Sister, you wouldn't do something so outrageous, would you...?

Yun Zhi continued, "At that time, I thought to myself, the Golden Core is flawless and indestructible, isn't that exactly the star I envisioned?"

"Since there are no stars, why don't I use Golden Core to replace them and recreate the magnificent night sky of High Antiquity?"

Lu Yang thought to himself, "As expected, Senior Sister, that's really what you think."

"Among the Golden Core, the first grade is the best. So, based on my vision of the Starry Sky Golden Core, I created a new first-grade Golden Core called the Brilliant Starry Sky Golden Core."

"At the beginning, the technique of forming the core was still a bit rusty, but as the number of cores formed increased, the speed of core formation also increased."

"Throughout the Golden Core stage, my main task was to continuously form Golden Cores, aiming to increase Golden Core number to be as numerous as the stars in the sky."

Lu Yang gasped. "Senior Sister, you really dare to think and act!"

"It's difficult for someone at the Golden Core stage to replace a star with Golden Core. When I broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, I shattered one of my Golden Core Cores into a Nascent Soul, while the other Golden Core remained in my body."

"Later, when I achieved success in my cultivation, I extracted all the Golden Core cores from my body and replaced the illusions and the stars in the night sky with real objects."

"Unfortunately, there are simply too many phantom stars in the night sky. Even if I work hard to form my Golden Core, I cannot match the number of phantom stars. The number of Golden Core is far less than the number of phantom stars."

"But something is better than nothing. Wasn't the whole point of the Golden Core formation process to replace the Star Illusion with it?"

"So, some of the stars in the sky now... are your Golden Core?" Lu Yang's tone was unconsciously cautious. There was no other reason than that his senior sister's actions were too outrageous, which forced Lu Yang to show her respect.

"Only a small portion."

"... even a small portion is enough."

Lu Yang didn't know what to say.

The eldest sister was worried about Lu Yang and repeatedly warned him, "My Pill Formula is different from ordinary people. Don't try to imitate me just because you think it's strange."

"I will absolutely not imitate it."

If Lu Yang's previous statement that he couldn't imitate was just a perfunctory response, his current answer reveals his true feelings.

It would be outrageous to imitate this; just thinking about it makes it clear that the process of forming the core is far from the simplistic description made by the senior sister.

What does it mean that the more Core Formations one has, the faster the Core Formation process? Does this statement make sense?

No wonder the senior sister wrote in her Core Formation experience post, "My Core Formation experience has no reference value whatsoever; please do not imitate it. Those who try to emulate me will die; those who resemble me will die."

Sometimes Lu Yang felt that the difference between people was greater than the difference between people and dogs.

We're all cultivators, so why are you so outrageous?

"Fairy, can your invincible pill compare to Senior Sister's?" Lu Yang asked secretly.

The Immortal Fairy scoffed, "It's just a pile of Golden Core. No matter how many useless Golden Core cores there are, they're still trash. As the second-in-command of the Immortal lineage, you must remember that our Immortal lineage has always valued quality, not quantity. This little girl may have a lot, but my Golden Core are of high quality. There's no comparison between the two."

"Do you dare say that to Senior Sister's face?"

"I wouldn't dare."

He spoke with such confidence and conviction.

"..."

Lu Yang felt that with his senior sister and the immortal fairy as his backers, his cultivation should be smooth sailing.

It now seems that neither of these two powerful backers can be relied upon.

Speaking of which, how old is the eldest sister exactly?

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