Chapter 208: Together
Luckily, no one knew what Chen Zui was thinking. Otherwise, the fellow disciples around him might have ganged up on him.
Of course, everyone's attention was fixed on that thunderous third bolt of Tribulation Lightning. Probably only a handful noticed that Daoist Chen, the sect's latest celebrity, had hurried onto the scene.
While the onlookers were so anxious they barely dared open their eyes, Bian Chunchou took only a brief rest before pulling out every talisman he had prepared. Clearly, he was ready to fight to the death.
"So many talismans! Is Junior Brother Bian that rich?"
"I'd heard Junior Brother Bian had a knack for making money. Looking at this, no wonder he's forming his core!"
"Give it a rest. We can smell the jealousy from here."
Golden Core Tribulation Lightning was a hard-nosed test of a cultivator's strength. At Foundation Establishment, as long as one's Dao Heart was steady, the Heavenly Dao was mostly encouraging. But the standard for advancing to Golden Core was much clearer: survive three bolts of Tribulation Lightning, and one could advance.
As for how perfect that Golden Core was, opinions... varied.
Core Formation meant gathering liquid into a mass. The spiritual energy in one's body, originally gaseous, gradually became liquid; then that liquid spiritual energy solidified into a denser sphere.
Usually, it was a golden pill, hence the name "Golden Core." Chen Zui, for instance, had plain, practical tastes in everything, so he formed a Golden Core exactly as most people imagined one. It was thoroughly unadorned, but no one could call it ordinary.
As Venerable Yanshan had said, although his youngest disciple had formed his core in a rush, he had suffered no hidden injuries. That showed just how solid a foundation Chen Zui had built over the