In the Small Courtyard of Small Mountain Village.
"System, I've completed the task... I can upgrade to the Golden Core Realm now, right?!"
Li Fan asked expectantly.
At this moment, a trace of inexplicable tension rose in his heart!
How many years had passed since he came to this cultivation world...
Raising chickens, raising fish, planting trees... He'd completed all sorts of strange and unusual tasks...
Today, he was finally about to see the light at the end of the tunnel!
The Golden Core was within reach!
Yet after hearing his words, the system in his mind fell silent for a long, long time!
"Say something! I've completed the task, you damn system! I'm warning you, if you don't let me upgrade to the Golden Core Realm, I'll fight you to the death!"
Li Fan panicked.
Only then did the system speak, tentatively asking:
"You... want the Golden Core that badly?"
Li Fan said, "Obviously! I've worked so hard for so long, wasn't it all for the Golden Core?!"
System: "..."
The system seemed to take a deep breath, then answered readily:
"Fine... You've upgraded."
Hearing this, Li Fan froze.
Had he upgraded?
Why didn't he feel anything...
Was this damn system trying to fool him?
"Are you sure I'm at the Golden Core Realm? Where's my Golden Core?!"
He couldn't help asking.
The system said:
"Press on your dantian. Isn't there something bulging there?"
Li Fan immediately reached down and pressed...
There did seem to be something in his dantian, a little hard...
"This is the Golden Core?" he asked doubtfully.
"This is the Golden Core!" the system declared confidently.
Li Fan was immediately confused. This damn system didn't seem very reliable...
But he really didn't know anything about cultivation, either. He had no idea what a real Golden