Chapter 272 My Fate is in My Hands, Not Heaven's (Part 2)
Only a few hundred drops; based on his current cultivation speed, at most two years of skill.
Another two years passed in a flash.
August of Wang Yu's 53rd year of Stewardship Career.
After refining a Top-Grade Ice Lotus Pill, his True Essence accumulation finally reached the limit of the Foundation Establishment Stage, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine drops, not a single drop less!
Readjusting his state, Wang Yu, while fearless of the Core Formation Thunder Tribulation, still properly arranged the Thunder Lotus Dao Platform and the Heavenly Heart Thunder Dispersing Tribulation Avoidance Treasure Array.
Just in case.
Thus, after several more days of calming his mind, he swallowed the Upper-Grade Core Formation Spirit Material, Frozen Earth Blood from the Ice Plains, in the jade bottle in one gulp.
This Frozen Earth Blood possessing extreme cold properties immediately made Wang Yu's Lake of True Essence seethe, expanding to the limit that his Dantian could accommodate within a few breaths.
Crystallization began to appear, precisely the manifestation of True Essence solidification.
The Core Formation Spirit Object did not need to act on Divine Sense and Qi and Blood; all effects were focused on True Essence, maximizing Wang Yu's success rate.
The Profound Origin Demon Embryo, fused with a large amount of Spirit Roots, was also utilizing its "Dual Spirit Root" effect, frantically absorbing Natural Spirit Qi from Heaven and Earth to provide some assistance for True Essence transformation.
He had pushed all aspects of preparation he could do to the extremes.
Failure was impossible.
The process of absorbing Natural Spirit Qi from Heaven and Earth lasted for a long time, greatly exceeding the upper limit that the Dantian Qi Sea could accommodate, but the fragmented True Essence crystals within also increased the upper limit of accommodation.
At a certain moment, Wang Yu suddenly opened his eyes.
"Golden Core... Condense!"
The Qi Sea erupted, the sound of collisions constantly sounded, yet it was also shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A round pill, like a chicken egg but only the size of a fingernail, materialized from nothingness, emitting a misty spiritual aura, wisps of Mana permeated out from the pill, pitifully small in quantity.
Became!
Before he could even feel joyful, dark clouds rolled in from the Outside World Sky again, the distant Heavenly Might gave birth to a sense of palpitation, enveloping the entire Gui Ling City Lord's Mansion within it.
True Person Qing Yang and Commander Xu Ruozhou both revealed expressions of astonishment.
"So fast... Compared to City Lord, True Person Green Ram is already old, truly living like a dog."
"City Lord... is about to achieve Core Formation?!"
Xu Ruozhou clenched his fists, he knew Wang Yu was only a little over ten years older than him, yet was about to surpass him by a Major Stage, simply unbelievable.
Golden Abundance Pavilion.
Jin Miaoshan leaned against the Corridor railing, gazing at the Tribulation Clouds in the Sky, feeling somewhat numb in her scalp for a moment.
"So fast, the Fortuitous Encounter near You Province...
"Speaking of which, the few days he returned were exactly when the Mount Luofu Earth Spirit Fruit competition ended, is it this Fortuitous Encounter?"
"Meow~"
Black Cloud Treading on Snow, nestled in her arms, lazily stretched its waist, not paying attention to the approaching Heavenly Might.
Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
City Lord Wang's good Little Brother, True Person Han Jia, also became aware of the anomaly in the City Lord's Mansion, and immediately judged the general situation.
"It's Little Brother Wang Yu!
"Golden Dragon, Silver Phoenix, come quickly to observe the ceremony, prepare a congratulatory gift for your father, and accompany me to visit City Lord Guiling later."
The dragon and phoenix twin siblings looked at each other speechlessly, the younger sister Silver Phoenix murmured, "Brother, aren't we more than twenty years older than Wang Yu, yet we have only cultivated to the Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage now."
Han Jinlong also sighed in admiration.
"This City Lord Wang's aptitude, I fear it is an unpublicized Heavenly Spirit Root, truly enviable."
"Indeed—"
Various parties in Gui Ling reacted differently, most hurriedly preparing a congratulatory gift, some Sects would prepare celebrations for the addition of another Core Formation Cultivator.
Although the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect would not do so, the Post Core Formation status was vastly different from before, just the Inheritance they could access was completely different.
In the Cultivation Secret Chamber.
The accumulation of the Thunder Tribulation did not last too long, soon the first streak of Heavenly Thunder pierced downwards, breaking through the palace and striking into the Underground, Precisely Locked On him.
Wang Yu summoned the Bloodline True Artifact Evil Demonic Dragon Armor to cover his body, not making any resistance, allowing the Thunder Tribulation to strike his body, the violent Thunder Tribulation power did not cause much injury.
Instead, it made him feel extremely comfortable, this was the benefit brought by Third Grade Body Refinement, the Dragon Armor and physical body received Heaven and Earth tempering, advancing a step further.
The second Thunder Tribulation that followed closely behind was much more powerful.
The Thunder Tribulation poured into his body, his internal organs could feel intense stinging pain, but when he circulated the Yin Nether Demon Dragon Skill, this stinging pain rapidly subsided.
"Ci la—"
The last Heavenly Thunder, blue and white intermingled, like a pillar of thunder, descended, Wang Yu's expression also became much more serious, the Demonic Dragon Fist punched towards the Sky.
The Yin Nether Demon Dragon manifested from Qi and Blood, soared upwards!
Forcefully colliding with the Thunder Tribulation in one place, with a boom, the pillar of thunder shattered into hundreds of thousands of electric snakes, continuing to fall on Wang Yu's body.
But the power had dropped drastically, besides a feeling of numbness, wisps of Tribulation Lightning were absorbed by the Evil Demonic Dragon Armor, causing the dragon head beast to swallow a little more Heavenly Thunder Talisman.
Ordinary Magic Treasures and True Artifacts absolutely could not achieve this level.
"This should be the Scalability brought by a Dragon Vein Treasure."
The answer emerged in his Deepest Heart.
The Thunder Tribulation had also passed, the Tribulation Evasion Treasure prepared did not play a role, this point he had long been mentally prepared for, it was not a waste, but rather the result of strength exceeding expectations.
Actually, it was a good thing!
Focusing his attention on his own body, the Life Level transformation brought about by the Realm breakthrough was still not over.
Even accompanied by the end of the Thunder Tribulation, some kind of invisible mysterious Heavenly Gift descended from the Tribulation Clouds, making his transformation even faster.
His body had undergone a massive Spiritual Qi flushing, physical body, Meridians, and Divine Sense all had different levels of Increased, these were all benefits brought about by Realm breakthroughs.
Dantian Qi Sea.
As the Golden Core condensed, ten wisps of Mana, like substance, appeared wreathed around it, the Cultivation Level at this stage was still mainly accumulating Mana and strengthening the Golden Core.
Wang Yu had just Breakthrough, entering the First Layer Core Formation Stage Realm.
When the Mana upper limit reached three hundred wisps, he could Breakthrough into the Core Formation Second Layer, accumulating a thousand wisps would allow him to enter the Third Layer of Core Formation, and further Cultivation Practice to three thousand wisps would bring him to the Peak.
At that time, he would face a new difficulty—Solidify Core!
Similar to "Refine Spirit" in the Qi Condensation Stage and "Core Formation" in the Foundation Establishment Stage, to Breakthrough to the Mid-Core Formation Stage, he would need to inject three thousand wisps of Mana into the Golden Core.
It was the "fruit" of a Cultivator's Cultivation to a certain Stage, strengthening it would Increased strength.
If described by size: 1 centimeter, 2 centimeters, 5 centimeters!
These three diameters were the standard Scale of a Cultivator's Golden Core, but there were also some special individuals with formidable strength who could Increased the Golden Core to a diameter of 9 centimeters.
Wang Yu felt that his Golden Core was indeed larger, but more Differences, he would have to wait until after Cultivation Breakthrough to the Mid Stage Realm to directly feel it.
At the very beginning of Core Condensation, everyone was Similar.
Divine Sense and Physical Body followed the Major Stage Breakthrough, both Increased by a Minor Realm, strength stepping into a completely new Stage.
"Everything is Different."
Next, besides stabilizing his Realm, was to experience the speed of Cultivation Magical Power, and the changes in the Storage Slot.
It was Not Really that an extra Storage Slot was added, but rather that after the Fundamental Realm Increased, its Efficiency should also be Increased, after all, it was based on him as the foundation.
[Storage Slot 1: Heavenly Cold Yin Blood Art (Third Grade/Perfection/Beyond Derivation)]
[Storage Slot 2: Heavenly Cold...]
[Storage Slot 3: Demonic Dragon Fist (Third Grade/Combat Method/Physical Body Divine Ability)]
「Demonic Dragon Fist (15/100): Nine Practices Daily, sixty-five years to Perfection.」
[Storage Slot 4: Cold Dragon Pill Refinement Art (Second Grade/Completing...)]
「Cold Dragon Pill Refinement Art (45/100): Three Derivations Daily, twenty years to Complete.」
[Storage Slot 5: Corpse Demon Secret Art (Second Grade/Completing...)]
「Corpse Demon Secret Art (99/100): One thousand four hundred and forty Practices Daily, one month to Complete.」
[Storage Slot 6: Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal (Third Grade/Mystical Power)]
「Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal (40/100): Twenty-Four Practices Daily, forty years to Perfection.」
The almost completely renewed Efficiency made Wang Yu extremely Joyful.
The Corpse Demon Secret Art, which was already about to Complete to the Third Grade, was even accelerated to only one month before it could Recover again, at that time, those small problems remaining on his body would be Perfectly resolved.
At Least, his tactile sensitivity would Recover to normal.
Next, Wang Yu used Machine No. 6 to Replace them one by one, to check the accurate Information of many Cultivation Methods and Secret Arts.
「Ancient Soul Art (20/100): Three Practices Daily, three hundred and fifty years to Perfection.」
This was a Nascent Soul Level Divine Sense Cultivation Method, wanting Perfection was still far away, Normal.
「Little Shura Killing Fist (65/100): Nine Practices Daily, twenty years to Perfection.」
This Mystical Power had already been cultivated by him to the Great Accomplishment Realm, the time shortened to this point was also Reasonable.
「Soul Vanquishing Finger (32/100): Twenty-Four Practices Daily, forty years to Perfection.」
「Nether Evil Corpse Refining Technique (52/100): One thousand four hundred and forty Practices Daily, ten years to Perfection.」
「Thousand-Mile Tracking...」
「Sky Soul Primordial Qi...」
After Inventorying all the way down, Wang Yu replaced Little Shura Killing Fist and Corpse Refinement Technique upwards, replacing Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal and Demonic Dragon Fist downwards, first Increasing those that were about to reach Perfection.
Post Core Formation, he was going to Return to the Sect once to obtain new Third Grade Cultivation Methods, matching Mystical Powers, Magic Treasures and other Inheritance, but he would not Return immediately.
Calculating the time, it took three years before the Breakthrough to Core Formation.
In between, taking the Upper-Grade Core Formation Spirit Item, Frozen Earth Blood from the Ice Plains, and Absorbing a large amount of Natural Spirit Qi from Heaven and Earth to wash his body, and then compressing True Essence and condensing the Golden Core, took two years.
In other words, this Secluded Cultivation consumed a total of five years, half shorter than he expected.
It was already August of Wang Yu's 55th year of Stewardship Career.
"Ninety-three years old, First Layer Core Formation Stage!
"Barely Achieving the Goal of Core Formation by a hundred years old, compared to Heavenly Spirit Root, although not as good as the Top-Tier Heavenly Spirit Root, it is also Similar to an Ordinary Heavenly Spirit Root.
"There is still one Earth Spirit Fruit!"
Thinking of this, a second fruit appeared in Wang Yu's hand.
According to Radiant Bear (Xiong Huan)'s Memory, the Yellow Springs Temple's Yellow Springs Law Pill could use this item as the main material, after Refining it into a Spirit Pill, it could Increased a thousand wisps of Mana.
There was also some Unknown Benefit, the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect should also have Similar Medicinal Pills, after Returning, Refining it into Medicinal Pills and then taking them could maximize the Effect.
"Continue Secluded Cultivation, wait for the Storage Slot to Feedback new Cultivation Level before saying more."
Stabilizing the Realm also required consuming a period of time.
On the second day of Breakthrough, as the Feedback from the dual Storage Slots Arrived as Scheduled, Wang Yu could not help but reveal a bitter expression, it was too Slow!
The Efficiency of a single Storage Slot was "1 wisp/day" of Mana, dual Storage Slots were "2 wisps/day", according to this speed, it would take 145 days to Breakthrough to the Core Formation Second Layer.
"Hmm—
"145... days?!"
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