The four golden cores gathered together, and Dan Star revolved. Spiritual energy converged, gradually filling the dantian in Ling Tian's body. It spun along with the four golden cores, slowly compressing. Before long, it would form a vortex of spiritual energy.
Ling Tian was already well practiced at this. He effortlessly condensed several spiritual-energy vortices. Looking inward with his Primordial Spirit, he sensed the dense, steady aura filling them and thought, The fifth golden core I'm about to condense really is going to have the Earth Attribute.
Now, Ling Tian's Mental Cultivation was far higher than when he'd cultivated his fourth golden core, and he cultivated much faster—at a thousand miles a day, one might say. In only half a day, he had condensed thirty-six spiritual-energy vortices. They were already saturated; next, he would merge them and refine them into droplets of liquid spiritual energy.
As he cultivated, a wisp of his released spiritual sense suddenly sensed an energy fluctuation. Recognizing the familiar aura, Ling Tian smiled and temporarily stopped cultivating.
"Hehe, Brother Tian, you're cultivating here?" Seeing Ling Tian open his eyes, Lian Yue beamed at him. With a flash, she threw herself into his arms. But as if remembering something, she pouted, and her smiling face quickly turned sulky. "Brother Tian, you've been away for so many years. Yesterday, you only cared about drinking and didn't spend any time playing with me. You promised you would!"
"Hehe, big brother and the others were too much yesterday. They all ganged up to pour liquor down my throat." Remembering what had happened the day before, Ling Tian felt a headache coming on. Seeing Lian Yue's angry expression, he felt a twinge of guilt. "Yue'er, I'm sorry. I really didn't have time yesterday."
"Hehe, then do you have time today?" Lian