"No! I cannot be vague with you about this and feed your wild fantasies." Hu Ji said solemnly, "Young Master Su, on the path of cultivation, your time and energy are limited. You can only carefully choose one path. Devote ten thousand years of effort to it, and you will surely become a peerless prodigy of your generation. But if you grasp for too much, you will accomplish nothing in the end."
"Ten thousand years of effort? Is it really that difficult?" Lin Xiaosu murmured.
"What do you think?"
"Then where exactly does the difficulty lie?"
"There are difficulties everywhere!" Hu Ji said. "Never mind comprehending laws, where a single session can easily last a thousand years without yielding anything. Even entering the enlightened realm, as you just mentioned, is extraordinarily difficult. Compressing true qi into true essence requires vast resources, but never assume that having vast resources means you can accomplish it quickly. This is a Flood Dragon Elixir, arguably the best resource available at your current stage. Try refining it and see how many years it takes you to refine it completely!"
Hu Ji raised her hand and placed a translucent pearl in Lin Xiaosu's palm.
Lin Xiaosu took the pearl and was startled. This tiny pearl actually weighed several hundred pounds, and the tremendous energy contained within it seemed to surge straight toward the crown of his head.
"This Dragon Core must be worth a fortune. Fairy, you..."
"Weren't you calling me Cousin?" Hu Ji rolled her eyes at him. "Now that I've given you a little something, you've gone and made your cousin disappear. Had I known, I wouldn't have given it to you."
"Cousin, you can't do this. If you're this good to me, you really will throw my Dao heart into turmoil..."
Hu Ji