Forming Another Core
"I see!"
Fang Yu now understood the specific reasons behind his calculations of "great fortune" and "great misfortune".
It turns out that ' Feng Lin ' was ambushed and killed by Long Mo.
This matter was indeed largely his fault. If it weren't for him, it would have been Ruyan and the other two who were killed, while he could have escaped.
However, the death of Fairy Ruyan, the granddaughter of the Nascent Soul Late Stage elder ' Tianyan, ' had consequences no less severe than those of ' Feng Lin ' from Giant Spirit Peak. Jiang Yao's alternate account was essentially ruined, and when he wanted to return to the Ascension Immortal Sect, he could only delete the account and start over.
Now, the auspicious day he left in the sect should be inside the ' Heart-Questioning Cave '.
He had heard of this cave before. It was a forbidden area that one had to enter to advance to the level of True Disciple. It was said to be used specifically to screen out disciples with ulterior motives like himself, and also a means to identify disciples who had infiltrated the core level.
The so-called soul-searching interrogation is to explore a person's true inner self through illusions, and he is not worried about it at all.
After all, he had already cultivated the ' Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze ' technique, read the lives of millions of true spirits, and was also affected by the ' White Bone Contemplation ' Divine Ability. A mere illusion posed virtually no threat to him.
The word "great fortune" suggests that one may gain unexpected benefits within the Heart-Questioning Cave, though what those benefits might be remains unknown.
Having figured out the source of both great fortune and great misfortune, Fang Yu immediately decided to go into seclusion and form his core.
He first retrieved the ' Golden Core Formation Pill ' that Zhang Zhonghu had deposited in his name, then visited True Person Jade Liquid to arrange matters for the Dao of Alchemy disciples, and widely publicized his intention to go into seclusion to attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage. After that, he returned to his cave abode and activated the great formation.
The small red clay stove on the tea table was bubbling away, boiling water. Fang Yu brewed a pot of tea and slowly sipped it, the contents of "The Great Daoyan Five Elements Chaos True Explanation" floating in his mind.
Although he has already formed his Golden Core, it is not a ' Five Elements Golden Core '. Therefore, this time he is truly going to condense a ' Five Elements Golden Core ' again.
Fang Yu had drunk half a pot of tea and was about to pour himself another cup when a thought suddenly struck him. Without hesitation, he grabbed the kettle and poured himself a cup of tea.
Within his mind, the Yuanchen Pearl slowly rotated, sensing the faint Divine Sense surrounding him.
With a powerful Divine Sense, it silently passed through the third-order array restriction and entered the cave abode to investigate his situation.
Who is this?
Fang Yu sipped his tea normally, his thoughts racing.
This formation was set up by Liu Ruyan, and he had checked it himself. There was no tampering with it, and the formation had no backdoor.
A powerful being capable of silently penetrating a third-tier formation must possess extremely high attainments in the Dao of Arrays, and also have extremely high cultivation levels, at least at the Nascent Soul Divine Sense.
Within the Ascension Immortal Sect, there are quite a few who can do this; the Nascent Soul elders of Five Elements Peak, Seven Ingenious Workshop, and Star-Splayed Peak, who are proficient in Dao of Arrays, can all do it.
However, there shouldn't be many Nascent Soul elders connected to him. Considering the events at Moonshadow Mountain, the elder who came to investigate him is very likely Elder ' Black Python '.
'Hmm, another one's come in!'
Fang Yu's heart stirred slightly as he sensed another Divine Sense Divine Sense entering, which was easier to detect than the previous one.
'Two powerful beings? Who are they?'
Fang Yu slowly took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, got up and went to the vegetable garden in the courtyard. He picked up a hoe and started loosening the soil around the vegetables.
As he moved, the two Divine Sense followed, sensing the hoe in his hand and the vegetables in the field. After loosening half of the vegetable patch, Fang Yu made a basic judgment based on the two Divine Sense.
The first to enter must have been a master of formations, while the second to enter had infiltrated through the channel opened up by the first Divine Sense.
If that's the case, then these two are very likely the head of Star-Splayed Peak, the ' Elder Tianyan ', and the head of Giant Spirit Peak, the ' Elder Black Python '.
"These two Nascent Soul Late Stage elders wouldn't actually suspect I'm a spy planted by an outer sect, would they? Hmm, if it were me, given such a coincidence, I'd definitely suspect I was sent in by the ' Heavenly God Sect Sect'."
This explains why he so skillfully avoided ' Long Mo's ' ambush; he must have received prior warning.
As for why it was arranged by the ' Heavenly God Sect ' instead of the ' Primordial Spirit Sect ', it's because the Primordial Spirit Sect and the Ascension Immortal Sect are not on the same level.
Only the Heavenly God Sect would have the resources to expend so much effort planting pawns within the Ascension Immortal Sect.
Fang Yu finished tending to the tea table, then took out three ' Golden Core Formation Pill ' pills and placed them on the tea table.
Two genuine products and one inferior product—these were precisely the ' Golden Core Formation Pill ' that he could rightfully use.
He reached out and picked up a low-quality pill, put it in his mouth, and began to circulate the "Great Daoyan Five Elements Chaos True Explanation." Wisps of medicinal power slowly flowed into his body, helping him absorb the Spiritual Qi from the outside world.
Having already experienced Core Fang Yu once, Fang Yu was naturally very familiar with it. However, he did not rush into it, but instead slowly compressed the liquid Law Power in his Dantian.
A year later, after the inferior Golden Core Formation Pill he had been holding in his mouth had been completely digested, he picked up two more Golden Core Formation Pill and threw them into his mouth in one gulp.
In an instant, every pore on his body opened and closed, frantically absorbing the Spiritual Qi around him. Then, with a thought, he activated the third-order grand formation restriction, and the Spiritual Qi from the outside world continued to gather, forming a vortex of Spiritual Qi above the cave abode.
The two Divine Sense that had been watching him for a year were quickly dissipated by the violent vortex of Spiritual Qi, and soon vanished from the vicinity.
Fang Yu's lips twitched slightly before he began to focus all his efforts on forming his core.
He frantically absorbed the fourth-order Spiritual Qi from the Five Elements Peak, which surged into his Dantian along his strong and wide meridians, condensing and compressing into a ' Five Elements Golden Core ' that shone with five-colored light.
As time goes by,
The massive vortex of Spiritual Qi alarmed the disciples within the sect.
Attention from all directions converged on the ever-growing vortex of Spiritual Qi above the Cloud Mist Cave.
Those disciples who knew Fang Yu or were aware of Fang Yu Core Formation immediately guessed that Fang Yu was indeed forming his Core at that moment.
"That must be Senior Brother Jiang forming his core over there!"
"With such a favorable aura, it seems Senior Brother Jiang has a good chance of forming his core."
"Back then, Senior Brother Jiang and I entered the sect at the same time. He had already formed his core, while I had only just Foundation Establishment!"
"..."
Above a cave abode on Five Elements Peak, True Person Jade Liquid gazed at the celestial phenomenon of Core Formation and subconsciously touched the Storage Bag containing the ' Golden Core Formation Pill '.
He refined a batch of Golden Core Formation Pill not long after obtaining the Five Elements Spirit Fruit, but he hesitated to take that step.
Now, Jiang Yao, whom he had personally promoted to the Five Elements Peak, was making great strides and had resolutely formed his core, which left him with a mixed feeling.
Suddenly, the vortex of Spiritual Qi began to spin wildly, as if it were trying to absorb all the Spiritual Qi of the entire world.
Endless Spiritual Qi poured downwards, and after an unknown amount of time, a five-colored ray of light shot up from below, illuminating the entire sky above Cloud Mist Peak.
An excited voice spread in all directions.
"Hahaha! I've succeeded, Daoist Master!"