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Chapter 303: Stirring the Winds and Clouds
Cloud-Dwelling Residence, One Peak Cave Abode.
A wisp of pale smoke curled upward, and the fragrance of tea filled the air.
"Chen Beiwu has formed his core."
Gu Xiao picked up the purple-clay teapot and poured two cups of hot tea before suddenly speaking.
"That's only natural. Fourteen years have passed, and both of us have formed our cores. There's nothing surprising about Chen Beiwu doing the same."
Shen Yuanbao slowly sipped his tea. His tone seemed calm, but beneath it lay a measure of helplessness.
In Foundation Establishment combat, he had been no match for Chen Beiwu.
To catch up with Chen Beiwu, or even surpass him, Shen Yuanbao could only make the most of his advantages, choosing to draw on his lineage's cultivation resources to form his core as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, he should, by rights, have spent several decades at the Foundation Establishment peak, attempting to forge an honorific golden core rather than directly forming a first-grade golden core.
"He formed a primordial origin golden core." Gu Xiao tapped the jade table lightly with his fingertips, his tone complicated.
At those words, Shen Yuanbao froze slightly, tiny ripples spreading across the tea in his cup.
"Is the news reliable?" Shen Yuanbao asked instinctively.
An honorific golden core was difficult to achieve.
Although those with flawless Foundation Establishment possessed the potential to forge an honorific golden core, not every prodigy could succeed.
He and Gu Xiao, for example, were typical cases of cultivators who had achieved flawless Foundation Establishment but failed to walk the path to an honorific golden core.
An ordinary prodigy with flawless Foundation Establishment might have refused to accept that outcome, spending decades immersed at the Foundation Establishment peak, attempting to glimpse the great path leading