The one attempting Core Embrace at Carefree Platform was not a Carefree Platform disciple, but a disciple of Ten Directions Platform—they had borrowed Carefree Platform's Branch Academy.
This person was quite wealthy, and his cultivation had always gone smoothly. Yet after reaching Peak Emergence from Dust, he simply could not find the feeling needed for Core Embrace. He suspected that his spiritual energy was somewhat unstable, so he began tempering it again.
Just like that, seventy or eighty years slipped by. He was now over three hundred years old.
It was the first time two people had begun Core Formation simultaneously at Liba Beach. However, since they were more than twenty li apart, their mutual interference remained barely within tolerable limits.
Mingyang had begun Core Formation several days earlier, and his progress was faster. Therefore... he was also the first to run out of momentum.
Yue Qing realized something was wrong and immediately sought out Feng Jun. "I've already prepared the Cauldron candidates on my side. I hope Feng Mountain Lord can lend a hand."
Azuresteel Sect had originally cared the least about Cauldrons. The sect emphasized pressing forward without hesitation. Still, even if they did not value them, they could borrow some Cauldrons from elsewhere.
Li Chengqiong had just succeeded in Core Embrace and had a good relationship with Mingyang. He specifically went to Qi Yu to borrow several candidates, then went to Pine-Cypress Peak and said, "Yan Yuxi did not use Cauldron aura during her Core Embrace. Could I borrow your family's Cauldrons for the time being?"
Of course, by "borrow," he did not merely mean renting them. The basic rental fee would certainly be paid, but once a Cauldron was actually used, he would have to pay a large sum of Spirit Stones.
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