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Chapter 251 Primordial Qi and Golden Core Formation
Inside the inn, a loud shout of "Thirty-first on the Xuan List" made Chen Xu's heart skip a beat.

He stopped at the inn's entrance, and as he hesitated, he heard urgent voices coming from the crowd gathered there:

"Quickly, take a closer look at what great things our young master Chen has done this time. He didn't even participate in the provincial examination, yet he has already risen from thirty-first to twenty-fifth on the list."

The speaker's voice was loud and clear, and his emotions were high.

When Chen Xu saw that everyone was just talking amongst themselves and no one was actually looking in his direction, he realized that although people were talking about "Chen Xu", it was just talk.

In fact, no one in this inn truly knew him.

Chen Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He continued walking into the inn as if nothing had happened and sat down at an empty table.

The innkeeper, however, dawdled and didn't rush to serve him. Instead, he took a handkerchief and stood around the crowd, pretending to wipe the table while craning his neck to listen to the clamor of conversation.

"In Yunjiang Prefecture and the Wanqiu Mountains, we slayed the evil cultivator disguised as the River God. Wow, that evil cultivator was at the Core Formation Realm!"

One person raised his voice, holding a volume titled "The Splendor of the Great Li Dynasty" in his hands; his voice nearly shook the inn.

Someone hurriedly asked, "The Core Formation Realm, what kind of realm is that?"

Yes, what exactly is the Core Formation Realm? In the marketplace, many people don't really understand these distinctions between cultivation levels.

Then the one who loved to teach raised his head slightly and explained, "This Core Formation Realm, hey, in the Daoist sect, you can be called a True Person. It's about condensing a golden core in your dantian!"
Just imagine, a person's internal energy can actually condense into a golden core; how powerful must that be? Tsk tsk tsk…

The onlookers were increasingly amazed, and a chorus of "wows" erupted in the inn's lobby.

But someone suddenly said, "Heh, what do you mean that Condensing Core is the same as Golden Core? I say, brother, don't mislead everyone. Condensing Core doesn't necessarily mean Golden Core."

If Condensing the Core is the same as Reaching the Golden Core, then why isn't this realm called the Golden Core Realm, but instead called the Condensing the Core Realm?

That makes a lot of sense.

The audience nodded in agreement, and the bearded man who had initially been surrounded by the crowd blushed, and immediately retorted in a gruff voice:
"Then tell me, what's the difference between the Condensed Core and the Golden Core?"

From the crowd, the arrogant middle-aged man said, "You are all lucky to meet me today. Well then, I will tell you about the difference between the Condensed Core and the Golden Core."

It's actually quite easy to understand. The so-called "condensing the elixir" means that when one's qi cultivation reaches a certain level, all the meridians in the limbs are unobstructed, and the true qi in the dantian is thick and full until it fills the dantian and there is nowhere else to grow.

"Hey, shouldn't all this true energy be condensed into one place and form an inner core?"

Upon hearing this, the onlookers nodded in agreement, saying, "That's how it is. So that's how the elixir is formed. It's truly amazing."

"Heh, the most amazing thing is yet to come," the arrogant middle-aged man said. "The so-called 'condensing the core' is simply gathering ordinary true qi into an inner core."

Once the inner elixir is formed, it is equivalent to the transformation of a mortal body, and the person will have the bones of an immortal.

With both the bones of an immortal and the profound true energy in his dantian that has become tangible, one can imagine how deep this person's magical power must be.

Naturally, he could summon wind and rain, shrink the earth to an inch, and use all sorts of magical spells at will.

"If there were such a master at the Core Formation Realm in the Daoist school, wouldn't we mortals respectfully address him as 'True Man'?"

The onlookers exclaimed, "Absolutely! This is the true man! There is a true man in the Qingxu Temple outside our city!"

That master was truly remarkable. A devout woman who had been unable to conceive for several years came to him seeking a child. The master simply brushed her belly with his whisk, and less than half a month later, she received the joyous news that she was pregnant.

"What's so special about praying for a child? I've heard that the master at Qingxu Temple once held a prayer for rain in our county during a severe drought. And in less than a quarter of an hour, the rain came down. That's truly remarkable, a real ability to summon wind and rain!"

"Not only does he command wind and rain, but True Immortal Qing Shuang has also killed a tiger demon. It is said that the tiger demon's roar in the mountains and forests can even collapse half a cliff."

As the tiger demon galloped, a demonic wind swept for dozens of miles, carrying countless vengeful spirits bound within it. With the demonic wind raging, who within a hundred miles wouldn't tremble in fear?

Hey, it turned out that Master Qing Shuang simply rode on a cloud and swung his sword from afar.

Whoosh! The tiger demon was cleaved in two by a sword that descended from the sky. How imposing!

Everyone started talking about the legend of Master Qing Shuang, and for a moment they were so excited that they forgot to continue discussing Chen Xu's matter.

As Chen Xu listened to these casual remarks, he gradually relaxed.

To be honest, when people talked about him, although most of them were praising and marveling at him, Chen Xu still felt quite embarrassed.

If no one here recognized him, he would have turned around and left immediately.

Fortunately, everyone's focus had shifted to Master Qing Shuang. Chen Xu found it quite interesting to hear, considering it a way to broaden his horizons and learn about famous people and current events.

Unfortunately, he relaxed too soon, and the topic was brought back to the forefront a moment later.

The same bearded man holding the "Records of the Splendor of the Great Li Dynasty" said, "Master Qing Shuang is truly remarkable. Who doesn't know that? But what is the difference between the Condensed Elixir and the Golden Elixir?"

"Hey, Rong Changyan, weren't you going to discuss the Condensation Core and the Golden Core?"

The arrogant middle-aged man had long, narrow eyes, which made him appear even more haughty.

The full beard that called him Rong Changyan was truly a fitting description.

Rong Changyan snorted, "Master Qing Shuang is quite remarkable, precisely because he is actually a Golden Core cultivator!"

The so-called Golden Elixir is the process of transforming one's true energy into primordial Qi before the elixir is formed.

Only when the primordial Qi is condensed into an elixir can it be called a golden elixir.

That pill is said to be a wisp of pure energy; if released, it could even shimmer with golden light in the sunlight.

Then, before anyone could ask further questions, he continued, “This Primordial Qi is said to be a kind of true energy that can communicate with heaven and earth. If a person can be in harmony with heaven and earth, just imagine how powerful their every move would be.”
Therefore, can you still say that the Golden Elixir is no different from an ordinary Condensed Elixir?

This explanation was concise and clear, and even those among the crowd who did not understand dared not speak out at this moment.

Instead, as others exclaimed in amazement, even those who didn't understand hurriedly chimed in, saying, "So that's how it is! There really is a huge difference between the Condensed Core and the Golden Core."

Rong Changyan said, "That's right. Although the Golden Core and the Condensed Core are roughly at the same level, they are actually worlds apart."

Our young master Chen is incredibly powerful; he was able to kill a heretical cultivator at the Core Formation stage before he even became a scholar.

However, you don't need to idolize him too much, after all, he is only number twenty-five on the Xuan Ranking.

"In our Tiannan Dao, he's not the only one on the Xuan Ranking."

(End of this chapter)