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Chapter 273 Core Formation! Four Seas Chamber of Commerce!
Tianquan Peak.

"Sect Master, are you saying Elder Lin is going to undergo the Core Formation?!"

On this day, when the Fairy of Rainbow Robes from Xuan Yin Pavilion brought the two of them to the vicinity of Tianquan Peak, she slowly explained the whole story.

Liu Ruyu's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Elder Lin... hasn't Elder Lin already attained the True Core stage...?"

However, before she could finish speaking, she seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

A low-grade Golden Core cultivator will likely only reach the mid-stage of Core Formation in this lifetime, but with some fortuitous opportunities, they might be able to break through to the late-stage.

Lin Chang'an's current attempt at refining pills is clearly not aimed at mid-grade golden pills, but rather at high-grade golden pills with the potential to become nascent souls.

This man is truly a hermit.

Xu Lingfeng, standing to the side, was also astonished.

"How can it be!"

Xu Lingfeng, who had attained the mid-grade Golden Core, naturally understood the gap between them. Just like him, he could only cultivate to the late stage of Core Formation at most in his life.

But this is only in theory. Looking at the Xuan Yin Pavilion and even the major sects and clans, those who have attained the middle-grade Golden Core stage can only be counted on one hand, and those who can cultivate to the late stage of Core Formation stage are very few and far between.

"Never underestimate the people of the world."

Looking at the two of them, Fairy Ni Chang was filled with emotion, as if this experience had made her realize the steadfastness of the Daoist heart of a rogue cultivator.

"I once heard my master say that although there are good and bad rogue cultivators, those who can emerge from them have supernatural abilities and a firm Dao heart that are far superior to ordinary cultivators of the same level."

At this moment, Fairy Ni Chang secretly reminded herself not to underestimate the cultivators of the world.

"Senior sister, in my opinion, Elder Lin is far too arrogant."

However, after the initial shock, Xu Lingfeng frowned, while Liu Ruyu rolled her eyes at her senior brother.

"Sect Master, this Elder Lin is truly a person with a firm Dao heart. In my opinion, if he succeeds this time, he will probably achieve great things in the future."

Looking at the two of them, Fairy Ni Chang gently shook her head and said:

"Alright, there are no outsiders here. Elder Lin is a guest elder of my Xuan Yin Pavilion, so we should naturally protect him."

Outside Tianquan Peak, all three were Core Formation cultivators, and since they concealed themselves with magic, no one could see them.

……

At Tianquan Peak, Lin Chang'an used the excuse of seclusion to activate the Spirit Peak Array, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Meanwhile, inside the cave...

The sword attendant, dressed in a dark blue outfit, sat cross-legged outside the cave with a solemn expression, standing guard alongside the Green Horned Ox, looking like a protector.

At this moment, Lin Chang'an was sitting cross-legged in the secret room.

"Although the Xuan Yin Pavilion's alchemy techniques are incomplete, we can learn from others' experiences and gain a lot of knowledge."

In the fragmented memories of the Blood Fiend True Man, he had transformed into a pill once.

The highest grade Golden Elixir transforms into the Immortal Golden Elixir.

This is also why Lin Chang'an was confident in transforming the pill.

Because he also has indirect experience in this area.

"This Blood Fiend True Man can be considered a prodigy in his own right, but unfortunately, his fate was sealed."

Lin Chang'an shook his head inwardly. The Immortal Golden Core was merely a talent; ultimately, whether one could form a Nascent Soul depended on personal fortune.

"The transformation of the core is quite harmful to the cultivator himself, so theoretically speaking, the stronger the body, the better."

Now that he is at the early stage of the second level of body refinement and possesses a terrifying self-healing body, he is confident that he can minimize the damage.

Now, with his self-healing body, as long as his golden core is not damaged, even if his physical body is pierced by vital organs such as his head and heart, he can recover in an instant.

"Preparations are almost complete, let's begin the pill-forming process. I hope everything goes smoothly."

Lin Chang'an took a deep breath, while outside the secret room, the phoenix bird also stared at its surroundings with a solemn and vigilant expression.

"Penal Transformation Begins!"

As Lin Chang'an closed his eyes, he slowly began to circulate the secret technique of refining pills.

As the secret technique was activated, the magical power in the dantian began to flow in reverse, and a sharp pain came over it, as if the golden core in the dantian was being scraped raw.

The Golden Core was threatened, and a tremor from the soul struck, causing Lin Chang'an to break out in a cold sweat, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

This is the process of transforming the elixir, a forced transformation that is comparable to the pain of shattering the elixir.

This process lasted for two full hours. By then, the golden elixir in the dantian had disappeared, replaced by countless tiny, sand-like particles.

"change!"

Under the terrifying reversal of magical power, the dense sand began to slowly turn into liquid.

This process of defying common sense and undergoing reverse cultivation is also the most harmful to the body.

At this moment, Lin Chang'an's face was deathly pale, and he had suffered numerous injuries.

"No wonder cultivators suffer great damage to their vital energy after the Core Formation."

As time went by, Lin Chang'an's pale complexion gradually returned to normal, and thanks to his powerful self-healing ability, his internal injuries were rapidly recovering.

But now his attention was focused on his dantian, and finally the golden core turned into a pool of liquid.

"The secret method of transforming pills has the opportunity to improve the quality of golden pills because of the higher quality that the golden pills achieve after they are transformed into liquid."

The liquid mana within Lin Chang'an's body is now of a quality far exceeding that of when he formed his core, after all, one was the mana of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

What he has now is liquid mana after he has reached the Core Formation stage and then undergone further refinement and evolution. The quality of the two is naturally not comparable.

He is currently in a very strange state. If he is interrupted in the middle, he may fall from a higher realm.

"Next is to reaffirm the Golden Core Dao!"

Lin Chang'an took a deep breath, and with a flick of his finger, a jade bottle in front of him opened, and he inhaled wisps of purified black energy into his body.

This pure power not only has the effect of stabilizing and nourishing the body, but after entering the body, the liquid magic power in the dantian gradually stabilizes.

Then he quickly swallowed a high-quality Crystallization Pill.

At this moment, there were several bottles of purified demonic energy and Xuan Shui liquid, a spiritual item for Core Formation, in front of him.

……

At this moment, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared outside, which alarmed many cultivators on Five Dragons Island.

"The Core Formation has begun!"

First were the Fairy Ni Chang and others who were guarding outside Tianquan Peak. The three of them looked solemn as they observed the strange phenomenon in the sky.

"Junior sister and junior brother, you must be careful. This extraordinary phenomenon of Core Formation will surely alarm others."

"Don't worry, Sect Leader."

"Senior sister, don't worry!"

The two replied, but Xu Lingfeng's affectionate address of "senior sister" made Fairy Ni Chang frown slightly.

She wasn't really trying to put on airs, but how could she not see through her junior brother's intentions?

Too obvious.

In Xu Lingfeng's eyes, the Xuan Yin Pavilion is now entirely supported by the three of them. He is also a Core Formation cultivator, and if he were to become a Daoist couple with his senior sister and cultivate together...

He might have a chance to reach the late stage of Core Formation in the future, but as for his senior sister's ambition to reach the Nascent Soul stage? He hadn't even considered that.

Although Heavenly Spiritual Roots are rare, they are not uncommon in the cultivation world, but how many can form a Nascent Soul?
Moreover, their Xuan Yin Pavilion simply doesn't have the capacity to prepare Nascent Soul spiritual items.

Therefore, in his heart, he did all this for the sake of the sect.

On Five Dragons Island, countless cultivators gazed at this extraordinary celestial phenomenon.

"Someone is forming their Core!"

"Look! Someone is forming their Core Formation! Who could it be?!"

Immediately, the cultivators on Five Dragons Island were abuzz with discussion. Some Foundation Establishment cultivators, who considered themselves to be powerful, had already flown on their swords towards the direction of the Core Formation celestial phenomenon.

This time, the phenomenon of Core Formation was astonishing. The spiritual energy and clouds swirled and converged into a colorful mass, which alarmed many cultivators.

Upon seeing this, the Core Formation cultivator from the Long family frowned slightly, then fell silent and restrained his clansmen from interfering in these matters.

The Long family needs to keep a low profile right now.

The Core Formation cultivators of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce all became solemn.

"It's in the direction of Xuan Yin Pavilion."

"go!"

The third-party forces on the island are the Zhu and Liang families, who have recently won over many other forces.

Even in the neighboring seas, they rallied several families to jointly establish the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. Their power quickly rose to become comparable to that of the Xuan Yin Pavilion.

……

The celestial phenomena at Tianquan Peak were unusual. The cultivators who were tending to their caves below the peak stared in disbelief and astonishment at the sky above their caves.

"It's Master Lin's cave!"

"My God! What is Master Lin doing?"

Just then, a cold snort came from the spirit peak, and the sword attendant with Foundation Establishment cultivation directly shouted:

"Tianquan Peak cultivators, heed my command! No one is to act rashly. Anyone who dares to ascend the peak without authorization or disrupt the great formation shall die!"

A sharp killing intent emanated from him. Lin Chang'an was currently in seclusion, and the cultivators responsible for managing his cave were almost all at the Qi Refining stage.

The sword attendant's cold shout immediately frightened countless cultivators below, causing them to turn pale and tremble as they bowed.

"Moo!"

The Green Horned Ox, standing to one side, also exuded a terrifying aura befitting a quasi-third-tier demonic beast.

……

Meanwhile, outside Tianquan Peak.

A series of streaks of light flashed, and cultivators at the Core Formation and Pseudo-Core Formation stages came rushing to the scene upon hearing the news.

There were also many Foundation Establishment cultivators who flew over on swords, but they all stopped at a distance and bowed to the Core Formation cultivators who were arriving.

Among these Core Formation cultivators, many of them, with their eyes gleaming, were probably planning to take advantage of the chaos.

"Fellow Daoists, please stop here. This is where my Xuan Yin Pavilion's guest elder is currently refining his core."

Seeing the large number of cultivators arriving, the three members of Xuan Yin Pavilion exchanged glances and their expressions turned solemn. Fairy Ni Chang also revealed herself, her clear and cold voice slowly echoing around.

"Isn't this the Fairy of Rainbow Skirts?"

When the three fairies, Ni Chang and her companions, revealed themselves on a spiritual peak, the arriving cultivators' eyes flashed, and they all followed suit, arriving at the spot and bowing in greeting.

Facing the assembled cultivators, the elegant and ethereal Fairy Ni Chang smiled gently, exuding a refined and otherworldly aura, and cupped her hands in greeting to everyone.

"Fellow Taoist, you're welcome."

"Greetings, fairy."

The other Core Formation and Pseudo-Core Formation cultivators also bowed, and many people looked at the fairy in the blue and white dress with flowing hair with different expressions.

"Haha, Fairy Ni Chang, your Xuan Yin Pavilion is making quite a stir."

"That's right, Fellow Daoist Ni Chang, why didn't you give us any advance notice of such a big commotion?"

Just then, the heads of the Zhu and Liang families from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce spoke up with smiles on their faces, causing many people's expressions to change.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce has been making quite a splash lately. In terms of overall strength, it is the strongest, but it has too many internal factions, unlike the Xuan Yin Pavilion and the Long Family, which are a unified entity.

"Greetings, fellow Daoists."

Upon seeing the two, Fairy Ni Chang smiled and cupped her hands in greeting, but the two men's eyes flickered.

"Such a momentous event as the transformation of the elixir, why didn't you tell us about it, fellow Daoist?"

"Indeed, given the relationship between my Sihai Chamber of Commerce and your esteemed establishment, how could we not offer our assistance?"

That being said, the two sides have clearly begun to compete in terms of momentum.

With the decline of the Long family and the rise of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and the Xuan Yin Pavilion, the struggle for interests in the Five Dragons Island waters reveals that there are no eternal friends.

At the same time, everyone also learned that this fellow Daoist Lin, who was a third-order array master, was actually undergoing a transformation and retraining process.

Some people marveled at and admired Lin Chang'an's courage, while others were envious and jealous.

However, one should also consider whether it is worth offending a third-tier array master.

……

Lin Chang'an was unaware that the strange phenomena in the outside world had alarmed so many people. At present, he was closing his eyes tightly and constantly making hand seals to condense his elixir.

With a high-quality Crystallizing Pill, a portion of Mystic Water Liquid, and the pure demonic energy of this top-grade Pill Transformation Spiritual Object, his path to Pill Transformation was exceptionally smooth.

At this moment, his dantian was completely transformed into crystal-clear liquid magic power of extremely high quality.

After all, this was transformed from a mid-grade Golden Elixir, so its quality is naturally high.

"The magic has liquefied and crystallized; the next step is core formation!"

As Lin Chang'an made a hand seal, the liquid mana within his body instantly began to compress and condense, especially with the assistance of this pure demonic energy.

The path of reshaping the Golden Core, which should have been extremely difficult, has surprisingly begun to crystallize internally with exceptional ease.

Besides these auxiliary spiritual items, what's more important is that Lin Chang'an's physique is extremely strong at this time.

The initial stage of the second tier of body refinement also provides a significant boost.

……

"It's so fast!"

Many cultivators outside exclaimed in surprise, especially those who had formed their core, who all turned their heads in astonishment.

The strange phenomena in the sky kept changing, with a vortex-shaped cloud of rosy light frantically devouring the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and even expanding.

"This speed is surprisingly stable!"

The two Core Formation cultivators, Zhu and Liang, from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, both became solemn. Naturally, they did not want a powerful cultivator to appear in the Xuan Yin Pavilion.

"This weather phenomenon has already impacted the quality of a mid-grade Golden Core!"

Experienced monks exclaimed in surprise.

"His momentum is still rising. Could it be that Master Lin is about to condense a high-grade golden core?!"

Someone in the crowd exclaimed, drawing everyone's attention.

A top-grade Golden Core cultivator is already qualified to condense a Nascent Soul in the future. It can be said that both top-grade and immortal Golden Core cultivators are seeds for Nascent Soul formation.

"Haha, I have a very good friendship with this Fellow Daoist Lin, so let me, Zheng, also protect you."

Just then, a burly cultivator burst into arrogant laughter, exuding the aura of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, clearly intending to intervene.

“Fellow Daoist Zheng, Fellow Daoist Lin is a guest elder of my Xuan Yin Pavilion, so there’s no need for you to trouble yourself.”

Just then, Fairy Ni Chang intercepted Zheng Hu, a Core Formation cultivator.

"Fairy of Rainbow Robes, Fellow Daoist Lin and I are close friends. What do you mean by this!"

Upon being intercepted, Zheng Hu appeared enraged and exuded a terrifying aura.

Actually, he didn't want to risk offending the Xuan Yin Pavilion, but the temptation the Si Hai Chamber of Commerce had just sent him made him weigh his options before making his choice.

"Fellow Daoist, this is a matter concerning my Xuan Yin Pavilion!"

The usually calm and collected Fairy Ni Chang still had a smile on her face, but two high-grade third-tier magic treasures had appeared in front of her.

One attack and one defense.

There were even Xu Lingfeng and Liu Ruyu, who, although only at the early stage of Core Formation, brought out magical treasures that made many cultivators envious.

"Truly worthy of the Xuan Yin Pavilion, which boasts centuries of history."

Many cultivators felt a pang of sadness, knowing that these magical treasures left behind by the previous generation of Core Formation cultivators would become the foundation of their sects.

"Haha, very good! I have long heard that the Sect Master of Xuan Yin Pavilion is a prodigy in this small place of the Seven Kingdoms, but I don't know how capable he is!"

With a furious shout, Zheng Hu instantly engaged in combat with the two fairies.

"You two will continue to protect Elder Lin!"

"Yes!"

Faced with such a momentous event, Xu Lingfeng and Liu Ruyu let out a cold shout, unleashing a powerful aura. Relying on the advantage of their magical treasures, they managed to intimidate quite a few people.

In addition, no one wanted to offend the Xuan Yin Pavilion.

Some people are just watching the spectacle, while others are trying to take advantage of the chaos.

"Brother Liang, what's next?"

"Let's wait and see. Now is not the time to tear off the mask. Hopefully, this Zheng Tiger isn't as bad as he claims."

Zhu and Liang from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce secretly communicated, watching the battle with furrowed brows.

They seemed to have underestimated the fighting power of this Fairy of Rainbow Robes. Despite both being at the mid-stage of Core Formation, she was able to suppress the long-established Zheng Tiger.

Although the magical artifact provided an advantage, it still made the two of them somewhat wary.

Given their innate talent, they certainly didn't want another Dragon family to emerge on Five Dragon Island.

They never want to experience that feeling again.

　Thank you all for your support.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)