Customized Core Formation Services

After listening to Xiao Yu's brief explanation, Hu Mang's expression was quite strange, and he looked at the other person subtly.

"So, apart from Old Zhu, all the crew members resigned after the Dragon Blood Tide."

"Yeah, this trip alone earned us at least thirty or forty years' worth of sailing money. What's the point of continuing? Remember Xu Xiaoya? The lucky guy who caught the spirit crystal coral? Do you know how much that spirit crystal coral sold for? 12 million!!"

"Xu Xiaoya had just come out of the auction house when she spent 5 million to buy 'Core Formation Insurance,' and then used the remaining money to purchase Chengdan Spiritual Enterprise's customized Core Formation service before heading straight back to Heavenly Gate to form her Core."

At this point, Xiao Yu made no attempt to hide her envy, jealousy, and resentment.

"Chengdan Spiritual Enterprise, I think I've heard of it. You're the famous company that customizes Golden Core formation, right? It's said that as long as you follow their Golden Core formation process, you're guaranteed at least an Industrial Golden Core."

Hu Mang recalled.

In modern Heavenly Gate, cultivators no longer need to run around collecting various types of materials to form their Golden Core. There are sects that offer related services, providing a one-stop service, from selecting Golden Core materials to tailor-made Golden Cultivation Method and training, and even providing follow-up Golden Core maintenance.

Some even offer more than one opportunity to achieve the Core Formation stage.

Among them, the best performer is "Chengdan Spiritual Enterprise". According to its listing report, for users who customize Golden Core formation, the formation rate of ordinary Golden Core can reach 70%, and the formation rate of Industrial Golden Core can reach more than 50%. In addition to three Golden Core formation opportunities, they even provide one Golden Core modification service.

It is a very high-quality Core Formation Spirit Enterprise.

The only problem is that it's expensive!

It is said that purchasing Core Formation services from his shop requires a minimum investment of ten million Spirit Coin.

This is just the bottom line, not the top line.

Hu Mang Gu Yunshu had been invited by several companies that helped him reach the Core Formation stage before, including theirs.

It's not that he spent money to buy his own Golden Core, but rather that a Golden Core cultivation company paid him to form his own Golden Core. Someone like him, a seed of Golden Core, could increase the success rate of forming a high-quality Golden Core.

Even so, the combination of Core Formation Insurance and Chengdan Spiritual Enterprise's customized Core Formation services...

Hu Mang felt that Xu Xiaoya's industrial core formation was at least secure.

"Then why don't you buy some? You must have made at least ten million Spirit Coin on this trip," Hu Mang asked.

"Brother Hu, life isn't just about forming the Golden Core. Even Golden Core cultivators need to eat," Xiao Yu said in a tone that suggested he was out of touch with reality.

"Oh, that's true."

Hu Mang nodded.

No matter how well Heavenly Gate can replicate medicinal materials and master the manufacturing methods of ancient elixirs, there are still some special materials for forming elixir overseas that Heavenly Gate cannot replicate.

With the market so hot right now, you can gather a pretty good set of materials for Core Formation for 5 million. If you spend another 1 million to buy a spot on an inner island for cultivation, you might have a success rate of Core Formation in such a natural environment that's no lower than in Heavenly Gate.

The reason why Hu Mang specializes in the Azure Mysterious Realm Cultivation Method is not because he looks down on the Heavenly Gate Core Formation method, but simply because the Azure Mysterious Realm Cultivation Method is powerful and fierce!

Moreover, judging from Gu Yunshu's experience, this kind of customized Core Formation service is reliable at the Industrial Golden Core level, but for anything higher, you have to secretly increase the success rate.

If it only costs 100 million to perfectly form a core, then the Hu Mang would swipe its card right now and sell all its underwater cargo to raise that money.

But this level of service isn't available.

Moreover, while chatting with Xiao Yu, Hu Mang suddenly thought of something.

The Cultivation Method of the Azure Mysterious Realm are indeed powerful and fierce, but can they form a Heavenly Gate Core?

If he were to form his golden core, would it be the Buddhist Golden Core or the demonic Golden Core?

Can Old Xie create his own Core Formation method based on the Cultivation Method of the Azure Mysterious Realm?

Thinking about it this way, Hu Mang felt that there were even more problems with the formation of the Pill Formula.

While chatting with Xiao Yu and strolling around, Hu Mang was also thinking about all sorts of things, trying to do three things at once.

During that time, I also made a phone call to Old Zhu to report the good news that I was still alive.

"... You really didn't die! I knew you couldn't have died so easily! I quickly called Zhao Tiezhu back. I even asked him for your home phone number. I didn't dare tell him that something had happened to you, but he seemed to have guessed something. Haha, sorry bro, I made a misunderstanding."

"..." Hu Mang's lips twitched.

"Nothing much, it's just that after I finished talking to you, I also called my mother back. I don't know if she knows about my death yet."

"Hahaha, it's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright. It's a pity that the Dragon Blood Tide only lasted for three days, otherwise, if we joined forces, we could definitely have made a fortune at the bottom of the sea."

"So, Old Zhu, everyone else has left, why are you the only one who didn't? Do you think you're not earning enough?"

"Hehe, I've almost scraped together my retirement pension, but I still owe Old Gan a favor. I stayed on the ship until the new crew members were trained..."

According to Old Zhu, although they had been fishing on the outskirts of the Dragon Blood Tide, the Turbid Dragon was too ferocious. They faced several close calls while fleeing, and it was only when the captain brought an ocean-going cargo ship that they were finally safe.

Although Old Zhu is old and thick-skinned, he really owes him a huge favor.

So he had no choice but to stay on the ship, training new people for the ocean freight company until they were ready to take over before he could leave.

"... Since everything's alright, go find Old Sha directly. He still has your previous payment. If you don't keep pushing him, he might actually embezzle it. Wait a minute, I'll call him right now!"

After the call ended, Xiao Yu couldn't help but interject:

"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as Old Zhu said. Although Old Sha is taciturn, he's a really good person. Besides taking a fixed cut from our goods, he hasn't treated us like suckers. Old Sha has taken the initiative to arrange everything for us these past few days, including our food, drink, and even our trips to the underground trading markets."

Hu Mang nodded. In the current trading market, there is no shortage of swindlers who take advantage of the chaos, brokers who profit from the chaos, and con artists who set traps. New faces like them who have made a fortune from the Dragon Blood Tide are simply walking fat sheep, and wherever they go, someone wants to rip them off.

It's quite lucky to meet people like Lao Zhu and Lao Shar who still respect the moral principles of the world.

Moreover, birds of a feather flock together. Old Zhu is a man of honor and loyalty, so Old Sha, no matter how bad he is, shouldn't be too bad.

Soon, Hu Mang met Old Sha, who then took Old Sha directly to his underground trading place.

Surprisingly, the trading venue that Old Sha set up himself was neither in the center of the island nor on a bustling commercial street.

On the eastern cape of Canglang Island stands an old lighthouse that was built sixty years ago.

Old Sha's apparent identity is that of the current tower guard.

The Hu Mang looked at the lighthouse.

The tower is made entirely of grayish-white granite. After sixty years of erosion by sea winds and salt spray, its surface has become rough and mottled, with dark green moss and tiny barnacles growing in the crevices. From a distance, it looks like Root Bone.

The tower is about twenty zhang tall and is octagonal. Each side is covered by sunlight and sea fog at different times. The sunlit side is covered with a faint warm white, while the shaded side is covered with a dark bluish-gray shadow. The old and new are intertwined, like an old coat that has been worn for too long without being changed.

"It's quieter here, and everyone who comes here is a regular customer. Although the transaction volume might be Xiaoyi, it's safer. Everyone who attends my trade fairs is a familiar face."

Old Sha explained as he walked.

Meanwhile, the Hu Mang surveyed its surroundings and, with the aid of its newly acquired Yin-Yang Eyes, clearly saw that the flow of Yin Qi and Yang energy here was accelerating.

Generally speaking, only the core of a formation can exhibit this Yin-Yang transformation.

So, this old lighthouse is connected to the entire grand formation of Canglang Island?

It's a bit unsafe.

This is not ordinary security.

Moreover, this Old Sha's background is probably not simple either.

The tower keeper's status was probably similar to that of a temple keeper.

The Xiao Zhu he knew was a direct descendant of a thousand-year-old demon from an outer island, a so-called "connected person".

The other party is a human cultivator who serves as the tower guardian and also controls the island's formations within a certain range; their "relationship" might even be more significant.

So what's the relationship between them?

Old Sha led the Hu Mang directly up to the fourth floor, to the tower guard's room.

It's called a living room, but it's more like a hollowed-out cave, about 1.5 meters square, and just high enough for an adult to stand up straight without bumping their head.

The four walls are bare granite, unpolished, retaining the chisel marks left during the excavation. Some crevices are also embedded with small fragments of fossilized shells, gleaming like mother-of-pearl in the dim light.

Against the wall was a single bed made of old ship planks, the planks dried by the sea breeze, and a roll of equally dusty bedding on it.

It looks quite "simple".

This is completely inconsistent with the identity of Old Sha as an underground smuggler.

On the wall opposite the bed, there was a row of wooden shelves, divided into dozens of small compartments by glass.

Hu Mang raised an eyebrow when he saw the glass.

"Spirit-proof glass?"

You know?

"I've seen this material used in the window furniture of some modern Nascent Soul cave abode. It can effectively isolate Spiritual Qi and defend against ordinary Law Technique attacks."

This stuff is considered top-tier building material even in Heavenly Gate; I never expected to find it here.

If the glass is this expensive, then everything in this cabinet must be bulk goods?

"Found it."

Old Sha rummaged through drawers and cabinets for a while, and finally found what he was looking for: four anonymous black cards, which he handed over.

One card has 5 million, and four cards together have 20 million.

"Originally, Old Zhu wanted to transfer this money directly into your family's account, but considering that the source of these Spirit Coin is somewhat questionable, I changed it to this type of card."

Hu Mang hadn't expected that he would earn so much money in just one and a half days.

Of course, this excludes channel fees.