The Art of Merging Cores: "As for the second..."
Wei He slowly drew a scroll from his robes and set it on the table.
"This is the Myriad Ravines Origin-Returning Scripture."
"You have not been with the Bureau long and have yet to receive much in the way of salary or provisions from the Demon Suppression Bureau, yet we are sending you to a place like Yumen Pass, where death is all but certain, to serve as the vanguard. The Bureau... feels somewhat indebted to you."
"This art of merging cores shall count as a reward granted to you in advance."
Myriad Ravines Origin-Returning Scripture?
An art of merging cores?
A trace of confusion appeared on Jiang Yuechu's face.
Seeing her expression, Wei He was momentarily taken aback, but then understood.
This girl possessed astonishing talent, and the origins of her skills were strange. But in the end, she had no sect or master's inheritance and could be considered half a wild-roads cultivator.
It was only natural that she did not know much about martial cultivation.
So he explained.
"On the path of martial arts, String-Hearing and Bone Resonance are, in the end, merely the tempering of one's blood and qi and the forging of one's sinews and bones. They rely on slow, grinding effort and the piling up of heavenly treasures."
"But if one wishes to go a step further and enter the Core Formation Realm, bitter cultivation and external resources alone are not enough."
"The most crucial thing is this 'art of merging cores.'"
"So-called merging cores means using a secret method to melt a martial artist's three treasures—essence, qi, and spirit—into a single furnace, refining them into a martial Golden Core. Once this core is formed, one may be called Core Formation. Every gesture and movement will