Chapter 258: Rainbow Rosy Peak! Liu Xian'er! (Third Update)
A few days later, word that Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong had returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect quietly spread among the high-level cultivators on Divine Path Mountain. Although no one knew how the two had returned, the news that both had advanced to the Golden Core Stage was confirmed beyond doubt.
For a time, the high-level cultivators buzzed with discussion. Both young men were indeed rare talents under heaven, reaching the Golden Core Stage after only a few decades of cultivation. No wonder two of the Three Immortals of the Heavenly Dao had taken them as disciples. Any cultivator who formed a golden core within a hundred years had a very good chance of advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm. Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, to be precise, were only around sixty, yet they were already Golden Core Stage Cultivators. No wonder everyone thought so highly of their prospects of advancing along the Great Dao. Even the Three Immortals of the Heavenly Dao had been several decades older when they formed their golden cores.
In fact, he should be counted as under sixty. Li Xiaoya had spent several days in the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea and the Misty Sea Region, and he had formed his Pill in Heavenly Lake City. Dong Santong had formed his golden Pill several years before Li Xiaoya, but that was only because cultivating the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art had delayed Li Xiaoya for a few years. Overall, both had excellent prospects of advancing along the Great Dao.
The sect also seemed intent on nurturing them. Neither had been assigned any of the posts usually held by Golden Core Stage Cultivators, such as peak elder or Battle Hall cultivator. In other words, all they had to do now was