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Chapter 239: Reaching Heaven's Ears
"A few wisps of upper-grade five-element earth baleful essence?" Yu Shuiyao could not help laughing despite herself.
This Martial Nephew Chen really did dare to open his lion's mouth wide.
Middle-grade earth baleful essence would have been manageable. Though essence of that quality was rare, it was not as precious as a third-tier treasure pill.
But upper-grade five-element earth baleful essence was different. Its value could rival that of a third-tier treasure pill, the Golden Tower Elixir, or even surpass it.
One had to understand that for Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through to Golden Core, they had to gather earth baleful essence and refine the Qi within their bodies into earthly baleful Qi. Only then could they nurture a thread of undying golden nature during Core Formation.
The higher the quality of the earth baleful essence gathered, the higher the grade of the Golden Core a cultivator could form.
The Five Great Sects of the Earth Evolution Realm shared a consensus: for Foundation Establishment cultivators to forge an upper third-grade golden core, they had to gather at least one wisp of upper-grade earth baleful essence corresponding to the attribute of their cultivation technique.
Otherwise, the Golden Core they formed would invariably fall within the middle three grades, or even be a lower third-grade golden core.
The Founding Patriarch of Mirror Moon Sect had once left behind four sayings:
Those who formed a lower third-grade golden core would never attain the position of True Lord in their lifetimes.
Those who formed a Golden Core of the middle three grades could hope to become True Lords, but would never become True Venerables.
Those who formed an upper third-grade golden core could attain True Lord and had hope of reaching Spirit Transformation.
Those who formed a