So much so.
Even if a profound and intricate cultivation technique were placed before ordinary cultivators, they would not dare to practice it.
This is because they know that the greater the power and the more solid the foundation of a technique, the higher the price one must pay—to a point they can hardly bear.
Unless, of course, they are cultivators who have lost all hope of advancing further on the Immortal Path.
But once a cultivator reaches the Golden Core Realm, how many would not harbor the desire to advance further?
Even those cultivators nearing the end of their lifespan, like Jia Rong, would risk death and annihilation to seize any opportunity for a breakthrough.
This is the most authentic face of the majority of cultivators in the Cultivation World.
Of course.
Cheng Buzheng dares to practice it not only because of his miraculous Alchemy Art, but also because he possesses the Small Plate for deduction as his reliance.
According to the formula for the Godly Extreme Pill deduced this time, he can obtain spirit pills that refine his cultivation.
Moreover, the source of the main ingredients for these spirit pills is those third-tier Demonic Beasts and Desolate Beasts; while rare in the Outer Sea, they are not lacking in the Inner Sea of the Endless Sea.
Furthermore.
Based on the medicinal properties of this third-tier low-grade Godly Extreme Pill, it can be estimated that a Golden Core cultivator can take two pills per year.
One pill takes a month to be fully absorbed, and then an interval of five months is required before the next pill can be taken.
This five-month period is precisely the time needed to eliminate drug resistance and clear out alchemical toxins.
Only in this way can one take the alchemical pills for a