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Chapter 199: Mission accomplished
Of course, those without flawless foundation establishment could still condense a first-grade golden core, but the chances were simply too low. They needed to gather large quantities of Upper-Grade Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence, then expend considerable time, effort, and resources to remedy their foundations and improve their companion beasts' three-meridian aptitudes.
Even then, the golden cores they condensed would most likely be second-grade, or even worse, Third-Grade Golden Core.
Could this be where the orange fortuitous encounter triggered by Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion comes into play?
Chen Beiwu's heart skipped a beat. Ignoring the many spirit stones and miscellaneous items in the storage space, he took out the jade-bottle magic artifact and opened it.
Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence was essential for cultivators to achieve a golden core. It was expensive and divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.
For example, the metal essence qi Golden Egg needed to advance into a Golden Dragon Carp was an upper-grade metal-aspect Earth Baleful Essence, its price comparable to that of a Calamity-Breaking Golden Elixir.
Middle-grade five-element Earth Baleful Essence came next and was the choice of the vast majority of the Immortal Alliance's foundation establishment peak cultivators.
The Immortal Alliance could now artificially synthesize this grade of Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence in bulk.
Although its quality was a notch below Earth Baleful Essence naturally nurtured by heaven and earth, it was sufficient for use.
The worst was lower-grade five-element Earth Baleful Essence, which practically no Immortal Alliance cultivator was willing to choose.
"Hum!"
As the lid opened, a strand of Earth Baleful Essence came into Chen Beiwu's view. It resembled dew mixed with ash, yet when still, it looked like a date-pit-shaped pebble.
This is lower-grade water-aspect earthly baleful qi, Xuanli essence qi. Chen Beiwu's brows furrowed slightly, his