"You're right, Fellow Daoist Mo. I've been stuck in the Qi Refining Stage for a long time. Only after asking around about countless unconventional remedies and leads did I learn where to find this Thorn Rat. That's why I've spent over five years cultivating the Wood Suppression Art—all so I could one day claim its False Core."
Hearing this, Mo Chen found himself even more puzzled.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, most False Cores are refined into Five Elements Essence to temporarily seal the negative effects of spiritual roots. But what's so special about this Thorn Rat's False Core that you had to put so much effort into planning for it? All Seventeen Sects of our Immortal Alliance have a Myriad Chips Hall. As long as you complete the alliance's various missions, you can exchange the task points you earn for Five Elements Essence, can't you?"
Mo Chen could not understand Gu Dongfeng's purpose. These False Cores were generally used to refine Five Elements Essence, but it was readily available from the sect's Storehouse. Why insist on venturing into the Half-Limit Secret Realm, where danger lurked on every side?
Thus, Mo Chen was also probing indirectly, hoping to draw out exactly what special use the Thorn Rat's False Core had that made Gu Dongfeng spend five years preparing by learning the Wood Suppression Art.
"You're right, fellow Daoist. Completing sect missions lets me exchange points for Azure Radiance Dew, which can also temporarily remedy my wood-attribute adverse spirit. But the effects of Pomegranate Wood in my eight-character five-note resonance are particularly terrifying when it acts as an adverse spirit. I only found a way to deal with it after searching through all the ancient texts and jade slips in the Scripture Pavilion."
Hearing this, Mo Chen hurriedly recalled the annotations in the