Heart-Questioning
Tianyan glanced at his granddaughter and said, "This method might work for an ordinary elder, but ' Black Python ' won't care about such things. He always acts in the manner of 'better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.'"
Since you're all in the same group, you can't shirk responsibility. On the contrary, if you pin everything on Jiang Yao, it will only anger him further. He'll think we're deliberately plotting against the Giant Spirit Peak lineage, so..."
Elder Tianyan paused, "... You all need to form your cores as soon as possible. Your grandfather and the two elders will help you secure a chance to enter the ' Heart-Questioning Cave.' If you can come out alive, Black Python will have no reason to suspect that you deliberately harmed ' Feng Lin.' If you don't come out, that's your fate."
"The Heart-Questioning Cave!"
Liu Ruyan's eyes showed a look of doubt, "Isn't the Heart-Questioning Cave specifically designed to test the State of Mind True Disciple? We were supposed to enter it anyway, weren't we?"
Ding Yue looked over and said, "The Heart-Questioning Cave has three levels. Ordinary True Disciple only need to come out from the first level, but you need to come out from the third level. The Ascension Immortal Sect has existed for 30,000 years since its first patriarch established the sect, and only 123 True Disciple have been able to come out from the third level. If even one of you four can come out alive, it will be an immense stroke of luck."
"It's three levels!" Liu Ruyan's eyes turned serious. She looked at Zhang Zhonghu, who also had a solemn expression, while Yang Zhan still seemed carefree.
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Cloud Mist Cave.
Fang Yu handled the ' Five Elements Spirit Fruit ' with great care, making sure they weren't all perfectly processed to avoid producing only genuine ' Golden Core Formation Pill ' after the pills were refined. This was nominally his first time refining them, and the best result he could hope for was one genuine pill, one substandard pill, and two defective pills. Only then would it be in line with the outcome of his first attempt at refining Golden Core Formation Pill.
It has to be said that producing 100% genuine pills is easier than controlling the quantity and quality of pills produced, which is a considerable challenge for him.
Suddenly, his Divine Sense trembled slightly, and a slight flaw appeared in the perfectly refined medicinal liquid.
However, Fang Yu's brows did indeed furrow.
'On a whim!'
His Divine Sense fluctuated as he transferred the medicinal liquid into the cauldron, then closed his eyes and began to calculate with his hands inside his sleeves.
After a moment, he opened his eyes, which held a hint of doubt: [Great fortune]
'What's going on? My future fortune within the Ascension Immortal Sect has turned into [Great Fortune]!'
Who is plotting against me?!
Fang Yu's heart tightened instinctively. He feared extreme situations like "extremely bad luck" or "extremely good luck" the most, and preferred situations like "slightly good luck" or "slightly bad luck" that he could handle calmly.
No, this "Great Fortune Inside the Gate" is not a good omen.
Fang Yu immediately closed his eyes again and began to calculate his fortune after leaving the Ascension Immortal Sect.
[Extremely unlucky!]
'What's going on!'
Fang Yu suddenly opened his eyes, a faint flame flickering within them.
Staying in the Ascension Immortal Sect is 'very auspicious,' while leaving the Ascension Immortal Sect is 'very inauspicious.'
This sensation can't be wrong, right? I'm still in the Great Scarlet Heaven, not the Profound Black and Yellow Heaven of Dao of Qi Ingestion.
Fang Yu pursed his lips, his thoughts wandering.
This is the Great Scarlet Heaven, the Dao of Qi Refining. There aren't many Purple Mansion interfering with the secrets of heaven, so what I've calculated should be the true fortune.
The current situation is definitely related to me, but I still have control over it. The power that could bring me such great misfortune must be a Nascent Soul level power, and the kind of power that even the Great Void might not be able to escape from. It is most likely a power in the mid-to-late Nascent Soul, or even a power at the Incarnation stage.
This means that as soon as he leaves the Ascension Immortal Sect, he will encounter 'force majeure'.
However, staying in the Ascension Immortal Sect brings great fortune. Does this mean that I can successfully become True Disciple?
But that's not right either. I've always had good fortune before, but now I'm extremely lucky, which means that I've encountered fortuitous opportunity far beyond that of True Disciple.
Could it be that something has changed in the Azure Lotus Secret Realm, and if I enter Azure Lotus Secret Realm again, I will encounter a great fortuitous opportunity?
That doesn't seem right either. There haven't been any major changes in the Azure Lotus Secret Realm. If we're talking about a great fortuitous opportunity, then the only one is the Spirit Transformation stage fortuitous opportunity on that island. But I haven't even broken through the fourth-order restrictions yet, so how could I possibly obtain Spirit Transformation fortuitous opportunity?
Fang Yu pondered for a long time before finally placing his work on the Pill Furnace.
'The immediate priority is to refine the Golden Core Formation Pill, to formally establish it as such. That way, I can openly use Golden Core Core-level power, and even if I have to resort to the Purple Mansion Divine Ability, I can get away with it.'
Fang Yu quickly composed himself and continued refining the ' Golden Core Formation Pill '. Whether it would bring great fortune or great misfortune, it would still take time to develop. There was no need to rush. Things had to be done and resolved one by one.
Several months later.
"Open!"
Fang Yu a roar, Fang Yu opened the Pill Furnace, and four pills flew out, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.
The next moment, two of the pills turned to ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye and dissipated in the air. Of the remaining two, one remained unchanged, while the other developed several cracks.
One pill is genuine, the other is inferior.
"Congratulations, Senior Brother, on Golden Core Formation Pill! The Golden Core is within reach!"
Congratulations, senior brother!
"..."
Led by Chen Tang, the numerous auxiliary Alchemist looked up at the Golden Core Formation Pill in the air with immense excitement, their eyes filled with undisguised anticipation and longing.
What excited them was participating in the refining of the third-tier elixir, the ' Golden Core Formation Pill,' which greatly improved their Dao of Alchemy skills. They yearned to be able to refine the ' Golden Core Formation Pill ' themselves and achieve the same result in the future.
"Why!"
Fang Yu sighed deeply, flicked his hand to collect the two ' Golden Core Formation Pill ', and looked at the crowd.
"Thank you all for your hard work, fellow disciples. Your contribution to this alchemy session will be increased by another 30% on top of the previous contributions!"
Fang Yu spoke, he opened the restrictions on the cave abode.
"Thank you, senior brother!"
Everyone was overjoyed and offered their congratulations before leaving one by one.
As the restrictions on cave abode cave abode were lifted, communication talismans, which had been fluttering around like headless flies, were finally able to enter.
Fang Yu took the documents and examined them one by one, quickly finding the message talisman sent by Zhang Zhonghu:
"Jiang Yao, I originally wanted to tell you directly, but I was afraid of disturbing your alchemy and causing it to fail, so I could only leave a message. Your intuition about what happened at Moonshadow Mountain was right; there was indeed an ambush. The ' Feng Lin ' team, who took over our mission, was killed by ' Mo Long,' causing the situation to completely spiral out of control."
Feng Lin's master, the chief elder of Giant Spirit Peak, Black Python, intervened, leveling the Primordial Devil Sect Sect's mountain gate and killing its Primordial Devil Sect. During his pursuit of Long Mo, he encountered several elders of the Heavenly Devil Sect, leading to a fierce battle.
Although Black Python killed one elder of the Heavenly Devil Sect Heavenly Devil Sect injured the rest, he was also wounded. After returning to the sect, he demanded substantial compensation from Elder Tianyan, my master Ding Yue, and Elder Yang Qing, the clan elder of Yang Zhan, and also asked the elders to hand over the four of us to him for disposal.
They said we deliberately framed ' Feng Lin,' and that he was a spy planted by an outer sect, so we must all be executed.
The people of Giant Spirit Peak are all madmen. Elder Tianyan didn't want to argue with them, but Black Python wouldn't let it go, and eventually the matter was brought before the sect leader.
As a result, in order to appease the "Black Python," the sect leader planned for the four of us to enter the third level of the "Heart-Questioning Cave" three years later for the most severe soul-searching interrogation. If we could come out alive, we would directly become True Disciple, and the death of "Feng Lin" would only be due to his bad luck. The "Black Python" would also stop bothering us.
But in the past 30,000 years, only a little over a hundred people have managed to emerge from the third level of the ' Heart-Questioning Cave,' so we're basically doomed. Besides, we're now forbidden from leaving the mountain gate; we can't escape even if we wanted to.
Ruyan, Yang Zhan, and I have already begun to form our cores. You'd better do the same as soon as possible. The stronger you are, the higher your chances of surviving. I don't have many Golden Core Formation Pill left, so I can only give you one. It's already been deposited in your name, so remember to collect it."