A mortal, starting with the Heavenly Bottle!

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed.

For the past thirty years, the middle-aged Confucian scholar had been sending people to monitor the cave dwelling that Lin Fan and his companions had rented, but there had been no movement from them.

"Thirty years have passed. Could it be that none of the four of them have ever left the cave?"

The middle-aged scholar, his face darkening, asked the old man in black before him.

After all, the old man in black had been in charge of sending people to monitor them for the past thirty years, but unfortunately, there was still no movement.

"No, no matter how many communication talismans we sent to their caves inviting them to visit, they never responded. If nothing unexpected happens, they should all be in seclusion cultivating in their caves and have no interest in the outside world. So I think we should stop monitoring them and instead focus our attention on other people."

The old man in black nodded and recounted the events of the past thirty years.

"Thirty years of seclusion. Those two Foundation Establishment cultivators are somewhat better off, but the fact that they and those two Qi Refining women could endure it for so long shows that they have no shortage of cultivation resources or elixirs. This means they definitely have a lot of good stuff on them, so we absolutely cannot let them go. Continue to send people to check; we absolutely cannot let them slip through our fingers."

The middle-aged scholar shook his head, directly rejecting the old man in black's suggestion.

His eyes also held a fiery, greedy glint.

"Yes! By the way, when do you plan to go into seclusion to form your core?"

The old man in black asked another important question, and as he spoke, a hint of envy appeared on his face.

After all these years, he has only just reached the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, while the middle-aged scholar is only a hair's breadth away from the Core Formation stage.

However, even so, not everyone can break through this barrier.

Otherwise, cultivators in the Core Formation stage in the cultivation world wouldn't be called ancestor-level cultivators.

"It will take me at least five years, and at most ten years, to go into seclusion and condense my Golden Core. If nothing unexpected happens, the chance of success is at least 20%!"

The middle-aged scholar thought for a moment and then revealed his plans. As soon as he finished speaking, the old man in black looked even more envious. Just as he was about to say a few words of flattery, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned to look at the distant horizon.

Because at this moment, the distant horizon was like a hurricane, frantically attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions.

Furthermore, dark clouds descended from the sky, gathering together, silver snakes danced wildly, and most importantly, a large vortex of spiritual energy appeared in the sight of many cultivators.

At this moment, even cultivators with a little knowledge knew what had happened.

"Someone has reached the Core Formation stage!"

The old man in black muttered to himself.

"That's right, someone has reached the Core Formation stage, and judging from the direction, if there are no surprises, it should be the leader of those four people. I didn't expect him to have reached the Core Formation stage."

At this moment, the middle-aged scholar's face was filled with a complex mix of emotions: resentment, envy, jealousy, and regret.

In short, I had all sorts of emotions.

At the same time, many cultivators above the Core Formation stage in Tianxing City, even if they did not see the strange phenomenon of the changing weather, could still sense the changes in the spiritual energy throughout Tianxing City, and naturally knew what had happened.

Their expressions and gazes varied; some remained expressionless, some were excited, and others looked rather grim.

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"I've finally successfully condensed my golden core, which gives me enough power to protect myself. Next, I need to prepare to refine a magic weapon."

Inside his cave, Lin Fan muttered to himself as he entered seclusion, his face beaming with undisguised excitement. After all, after so many years of cultivation, he had finally succeeded in condensing his Golden Core.

Most importantly, he condensed his Golden Core before the age of one hundred, which means he has plenty of time and energy to condense his Nascent Soul in the future.

The chances of success are many times greater than those of other Core Formation stage cultivators.

This was also the thing that made him happiest and most joyful. His original goal was to successfully condense his golden core before he turned one hundred, and now he had finally achieved his wish.

What he needs to do next is even simpler: hunt demonic beasts and obtain cultivation resources such as demon cores and demonic beast materials.

Then, try to reach the late Core Formation stage or Nascent Soul stage before the Void Heaven Palace opens.

The chances of reaching the Nascent Soul stage are slim, but there is still some hope for reaching the late Core Formation stage.

After all, his spiritual root aptitude was already quite good, and with a continuous supply of cultivation resources, he should be fine.

In any case, the time required will definitely be much less than that in the original storyline for Han Li.

Lin Fan was confident in this regard, after all, he was also a unique spiritual root.

"It's time to go out for a walk. I wonder if those guys will still be watching us. If they are, then don't blame me for being impolite."

A murderous glint flashed in Lin Fan's eyes as he muttered to himself.

After saying that, he got up and left his cultivation chamber.

Outside, Han Lixin, Ruyin, and Xiaomei had been waiting for a long time.

Upon seeing Lin Fan emerge, before he could even utter a word, the three of them immediately bowed to him with smiles and envy.

"Congratulations, Senior Lin, on successfully forming your Core!"

"Alright, stop being so polite. As for how you address me, just call me Brother Lin from now on. There's no need for any of that 'senior' stuff. We've known each other for so many years, there's no need to be so formal. You've all made good progress too."

Lin Fan waved his hand dismissively at the grand gesture of respect from the three men, saying it was nothing to him.

His face and eyes were filled with satisfaction. Han Li had now cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, which was equivalent to the Pseudo-Core Formation realm.

Although Xin Ruyin and Xiao Mei, the mistress and servant, were not particularly talented, they had reached the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage thanks to a continuous supply of elixirs and medicines, and were not far from the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

This also made the two of them, mistress and servant, feel extremely grateful to Lin Fan and his fellow disciple Han Li.

Because the two women, mistress and servant, knew very well that without Lin Fan and Han Li's help, let alone reaching their current level, even wanting to establish their foundation would have been a pipe dream.

Han Li was the same way, after all, he knew that Lin Fan was definitely the one who made the greatest contribution to his rapid cultivation.

Over the years, he felt that his cultivation speed had increased slightly, which made him even more certain that Lin Fan had not lied to him and that the Heaven-Mending Pill did indeed have a significant effect on spiritual roots.

"Brother Lin, what are your plans for the future? Shall we go out for a stroll? We've been in seclusion for so many years."

As a woman, Xin Ruyin naturally enjoyed being able to go out shopping.

Not to mention that the materials they had previously purchased had long been exhausted, and they urgently needed more materials to study the formation.