Chapter 269: Chapter 268: Sacrificial Refining the Treasure Mirror (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1
"At the age of one hundred and eighty-five, I achieved Core Formation!"
"Shouldn’t that be considered an inspirational example for elderly Immortal Cultivators?"
"No... I’m still young!"
Having fully refined the two magical artifacts, Fang Xi stored them in his Storage Ring, then touched his Dantian, feeling the two life-bound magical artifacts circling his Golden Core, and slowly stood up, calculating with his fingers, "After achieving Golden Core, my lifespan should have increased by another seven or eight Jiazi, which is about four hundred and fifty years!"
Historically, when a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage successfully forms a core, their lifespan increases by about five Jiazi.
However, Fang Xi, possessing the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ benefits from an additional increase, resulting in seven or eight Jiazi!
"But these are trivial matters... With the Monster Tree constantly extending my lifespan, my lifespan is now over two thousand years... Truly, the older I get, the younger I seem. Have I become an old child?"
"With such a vast amount of time, I will surely succeed in Nascent Soul formation... and perhaps even... look forward to realms above the Nascent Soul?"
"As for becoming an immortal? Let’s start by cultivating the ’Eternal Green Body’ first..."
"Aside from that... among my magic and Divine Skills, the most sharp is ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’..."
"The might of the Yi Wood Divine Light has also surged immensely, qualifying as a true third-tier method, but I’m unsure who to test it on..."
"Furthermore, the Secret Skills and Divine Skills from my Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment periods are somewhat outdated..."
Fang Xi thought for a moment, then suddenly introspected within his Sea of Consciousness.
Three ’Primordial Demon Stabs’ lined up in sequence, appearing to be sharper and somewhat thicker than before.
"After entering the early stage of Core Formation, along with the transformation of my Divine Consciousness into Golden Core Divine Consciousness... the power of the Primordial Demon Stab Secret Skill has been continuously increasing... and even the quantity has been enhanced, where I can now store up to nine Primordial Demon Stabs!"
"As for the rest of my Cultivation Secret Skills, only Blood Combustion Escape Skill and Sky Demon Dismemberment Skills are still somewhat usable..."
"For a Core Formation Cultivator, Spiritual Instruments are of no use at all... Huh?"
Flipping through his older Storage Ring, Fang Xi actually found two very interesting items.
One of them was a fourth-tier ’Phoenix Nesting Wutong Wood,’ although it was only a piece of root.
The other item was a ’Mirage Bead’!
"This bead is an Exotic Treasure; when combined with the secret methods in my Kuyong Skills, even in front of Core Formation Cultivators, it can hide my cultivation, appearance, and aura..."
"I really was out of my mind. In the three kingdoms, what do I need to hide?"
"However... the fact that it’s unnecessary here, doesn’t mean that I won’t need to hide my identity elsewhere or even in the small worlds across the heavens..."
Fang Xi stroked his chin, dispelled the Spirit Gathering Array, sat cross-legged, and began to silently operate his Kuyong Skills.
Time trickled by.
Several days later, he opened his eyes, an inscrutable expression on his face, "Indeed... Core Formation Cultivators should cultivate in spiritual veins above the third-tier..."
The Spiritual Vein on Dragon Fish Island was merely a second-tier upper grade, perfectly suitable for Foundation Establishment Cultivators but hardly sufficient for Core Formation elders.
Through firsthand experience, Fang Xi realized that cultivating above a second-tier Spiritual Vein, his progress in Core Formation magic would be as slow as a snail’s.
"Ordinary early-stage Core Formation Cultivators need to cultivate above a third-tier lower grade Spiritual Vein... but I possess the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ making it best for me to cultivate within a third-tier middle grade, upper grade, or even fourth-tier Spiritual Vein!"
If he could cultivate on a better Spiritual Vein, Fang Xi believed his progress in Core Formation magic power would be immensely satisfying.
However, seeing that most Core Formation elders within the Cultivation Realm of the three kingdoms linger in the early stage, occasionally reaching the middle stage, with not even one in the late stage, it was evident how scarce the Cultivation resources were in this place.
As for fourth-tier Spiritual Veins, they were not even worth considering, definitely nonexistent.
"Fortunately, I am different, I still have my cheater!"
"Shallow waters can’t produce a Flood Dragon, but behind me lies an ocean..."
A trace of excitement appeared on Fang Xi’s face as he closed his eyes again, his thoughts focusing on the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, upon the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ there!
Combining the changes he saw in the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ when he broke through the great realm of Foundation Establishment, this advancement to Core Formation might, should, perhaps, possibly unlock the third world?
The aura of the Treasures of All Heavens was still immeasurably majestic and vast...
In comparison, Fang Xi’s Divine Thought was like a mere ant.
The moment he felt the Mirror’s aura, Fang Xi’s heart, slightly proud from achieving Core Formation, immediately became much more contained.
Compared to the entire Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, or even the Immortal Realm of legend... what was Core Formation, really?
With such a Supreme Treasure in his grasp, he needed to have a long-term perspective!
His Divine Thought inched into the ’Treasures of All Heavens,’ suddenly his expression changed!
Fang Xi opened his eyes and looked upon the Bronze Mirror in his hands.
"Did I actually summon this Supreme Treasure forth?"
He couldn’t help but extend his hand, wanting to touch the flawed nicks and the ancient patterns on the old mirror.
But the next moment, Fang Xi’s palm passed directly through thin air.
What he summoned turned out to be only a phantom of the ’Treasures of All Heavens.’
Fang Xi thought for a moment and changed his posture.
He held the phantom of the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ in his hands, a grand surge of magic power flowing directly into it.
This was his Core Formation magic power!
Fang Xi wanted to take this opportunity to Sacrificially Refine this Supreme Treasure.
After all, the Bronze Fragment from the Fragment World had reacted a little to the Core Formation magic power of the Witch King.
One quarter of an hour passed...
Two quarters, three quarters...
Fang Xi’s expression turned extremely grim, wanting to interrupt the current refinement.
He felt that the magic power he had just restored from sitting in meditation was already largely depleted.
For the Supreme Treasure, the roaring and powerful magic power of a Core Formation elder was ultimately a little too meager.
But just as Fang Xi was about to give up.
Boom!
A flash of light flickered on the Treasures of All Heavens.
The next instant, the phantom of the Treasure Mirror vanished and once again returned to the depths of his Sea of Consciousness.
As Fang Xi stroked his forehead, he received another message from the ’Treasures of All Heavens’,"So that’s how it is..." he murmured.
"No wonder there was some activity from the bronze fragment initially, it turns out it requires not just any Core Formation magic power, but specifically my Core Formation magic power... The Witch Queen Danya’s magic power won’t suffice... after all, I am the master of the Treasure Mirror!"
"Recently, with my Core Formation magic power, I can barely make contact with the bronze fragment of the Fragment World, just like crossing over to the Da Liang World..."
"The second world has finally been completely opened!"
"And must I bring back that fragment in order to open the third world?"
Fang Xi mumbled to himself, then nearly burst into curses, "If only I had known this earlier... my Core Formation process would have been much smoother..."
"My Mysterious Water Crystal Ying, my Heavenly Fire Liuli, my Five Elements Spirit Fruit ah..."
"Fortunately... these Core Formation Spiritual Objects can still be auctioned or exchanged, plus there are the rich resources within the Secret Realm, as well as those Vermillion Fruits... definitely not a loss."
After Core Formation, a cultivator’s cultivation becomes even more difficult.
The shortage of magic-boosting and bottleneck-breaking pills further worsens, and even if Cultivators have excellent Spiritual Roots, many are still stuck in the early stages of Core Formation.
But all of this is a joke to Fang Xi!
With the resources of a Secret Realm, he is confident in making significant progress in his Core Formation stage!
"It’s just that... the first crossing must occur near the bronze fragment... That’s somewhat troublesome."
This meant that once Fang Xi crossed over, he would directly face the Witch Queen Danya!
"Fortunately... that woman doesn’t carry the fragment with her at all times, I still have a chance... As long as I observe in silence and look for the opportunity."
Once he gains the ability to act, the agent Danya would be useless.
Fang Xi intends to act on his own, to be well-fed and clothed through his efforts.
Indeed, he is such a mirror ready to reflect everything on its surface!
"However... there are many crucial points that must be considered thoroughly..."
"And... once my true body crosses over, the Great Zhou Heavenly cycle with the Monster Tree will be broken, and my ’Longevity Skills’ will come to an end."
"Fortunately, there is still some time before the next Heavenly Demon Catastrophe, allowing me ample time to ponder over my strategies... Surely, I wouldn’t just eradicate Danya as soon as I cross over, would I? Putting aside whether it feels right or wrong, she has already refined a demon core, and her strength is not inferior to that of a Core Formation Cultivator from the Demon Sect. Although... I still haven’t taught her many of the secret techniques and the methods of refining magical treasures from the ’Five Extremities Primordial Demon Skill’."
Fang Xi certainly knows that the true treasures within that Secret Realm can only be unrestrictedly harvested once the hundred-year period arrives and prohibitions are lifted.
Therefore, the real season of harvest is yet to come.
"And the Witch Queen hasn’t been obliterated by any great power... Her news should have spread... "
"It seems that if it’s not because Nascent Soul Cultivators can’t enter the Secret Realm... then that Sky Demon power is being lax, planning to deal with her thoroughly during the next Heavenly Demon Catastrophe, perhaps?"
The Cultivators’ concept of time is different from that of ordinary people, especially for those of higher ranks!
But when something can be delayed for a hundred years, Fang Xi is left rather speechless.
Once again sitting cross-legged, he recovered his magic power.
Opening his eyes, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness swept outward.
His limit of Divine Consciousness now reached twenty li, almost enough to encompass several core areas of Dragon Fish Island.
So he could naturally detect a group of anxious cultivators waiting outside the prohibited area.
Among them, Yuan Feihong and the three other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were the leaders.
"Huh?"
As Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness swept over a second-order Dongfu, he saw Hai Danaiu who was in the process of Foundation Establishment.
The man was sitting cross-legged with a painful expression on his face, and beside him lay an empty jade bottle.
Around the mouth of the bottle, traces of Black Wind Evil Qi still lingered.
"It’s Hai Danaiu... It seems that in this Treasure-snatching Conference, he has become the foremost winner..."
"Hmm, his foundation is quite solid... with the help of the ’Black Wind Evil Qi’... The chances of successfully establishing the foundation are quite high..."
"So many people outside, were they attracted by my Core Formation celestial phenomena?"
"It’s also time for me to leave seclusion."
Fang Xi didn’t give it another thought, stood up with a wave of his sleeve, and flicked his finger, causing his Spiritual Robe to instantly become as clean as new.
...
"Has the Young Master not yet left seclusion?"
Yan Ying was already over eighty years old, but though she still maintained a young and beautiful appearance, she carried a mature charm, and at this moment looked towards Zhong Hongyu.
"Don’t worry, didn’t you all witness the Core Formation celestial phenomena? After successfully forming his core, the Island Master will naturally spend some time in seclusion to consolidate his realm."
Zhong Hongyu originally sat cross-legged, replied with an explanation, and then suddenly stood up.
The fog around the prohibited area dispersed, and a man emerged.
He was dressed in a bamboo green Spiritual Robe, with an aura that was both ancient and youthful, like a contradictory sense of being as old as a twin Schizandra tree.
It was Fang Xi!
What was even more critical was that with his appearance, a strong Spiritual Pressure emerged, making Qi Refining Cultivators feel almost overwhelmed, near to collapsing on the ground.
Even the few Foundation Establishment Cultivators felt a chill in their hearts when they made eye contact with Fang Xi’s tranquil gaze, as if they were being oppressed.
"Island Master... have you... reached the Grand Accomplishment of Golden Core?"
After a long while, Yuan Feihong carefully ventured a question.
"Indeed."
Fang Xi was in a good mood, and since the Core Formation celestial phenomena could not be concealed, he replied directly.
"Congratulations to the Island Master, reaching Grand Accomplishment of the Golden Core, henceforth living a long and prosperous life!"
Taishu Hong and Zhong Hongyu, along with a crowd of Qi Refining Cultivators, bowed down respectfully.
For a moment, many cultivators bowed down to celebrate the Golden Core!