Ordinary person: What to do with unused treasures? (On Zhuanzhuan)

Chapter 105 Early Stage of Core Formation

Since he went into seclusion, Qin Fang has put aside all worldly affairs and focused solely on improving his cultivation.

Except for occasionally swallowing a pill, Qin Fang mostly sat motionless on the futon, like a statue.

After five or six years, with an almost unlimited supply of pills, Qin Fang finally managed to raise his cultivation to the peak of Foundation Establishment, which is what people call the Pseudo-Core stage.

In the years that followed, although Qin Fang could still feel the powerful spiritual energy rising from his dantian after each pill, his cultivation stagnated for the first time.

So, a year after this situation occurred, Qin Fang decisively swallowed several spiritual items that he had prepared in advance to aid in the formation of the Golden Core!

Dust-reducing pill!

Heavenly Fire Liquid!

Snow Spirit Water!

And the Spirit-Sucking Sand obtained from Wang Chan —

These treasures are considered top-tier rare treasures by cultivators outside the sect! Even an ordinary one would be a treasure that Foundation Establishment cultivators could only dream of.

But in Qin Fang's eyes, it didn't have that much value.

Even if this breakthrough fails, he can quickly collect another one to fill the gap: for Qin Fang, this is an extremely simple matter.

Although treasures are rare, as long as you have enough spirit stones, there's nothing you can't get!

Perhaps it was precisely this extremely relaxed mindset that made Qin Fang's breakthrough seem almost effortless.

In the third year after consuming numerous auxiliary spiritual pills, just when Qin Fang was about to give up, a sudden inspiration struck him, prompting him to try one last time.

This time!

Just as if he had climbed countless steps, Qin Fang saw the existence of the "steps" and instinctively lifted his foot upwards—

This time!

With complete ease, as if it were always meant to be this way, he effortlessly stepped onto that abstract staircase.

In an instant, it triggered a violent outburst of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

It wasn't until he felt the immense spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowing into his body that Qin Fang belatedly realized that he was actually about to break through to the early stage of Core Formation.

His true energy seemed to boil over, completely rampaging within Qin Fang's dantian!

Qin Fang personally felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously pouring into his body, eventually condensing into a three-colored bead the size of a fingernail in his dantian.

What does it feel like to form the Golden Core?

Qin Fang felt a sense of disorientation, as if he had been in another world. He didn't even actively circulate his cultivation technique; it was as if he was in a state between sleep and wakefulness, and he unknowingly broke through the final barrier.

After drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Qin Fang didn't even have time to do anything before his golden core naturally formed within his body!

"So this is considered breaking through to the Core Formation stage?"

Qin Fang stared at his palm in disbelief, an indescribable joy surging within him.

With a loud "boom," a loud explosion occurred in the air as he clenched his fist.

"His physique has also improved considerably."

"ha!"

Qin Fang's expression turned into ecstatic joy.

Now that he has broken through the bottleneck of the Core Formation stage, it not only means that he can now be considered a high-level cultivator, but his lifespan has also reached five or six hundred years!

Five or six hundred years!

A typical secular dynasty, from its inception to its peak and then to its decline, lasts only a mere two or three hundred years.

In other words, if Qin Fang is willing, he can even sit back and watch the secular royal family change several times over.

His lifespan of five or six hundred years gave him ample time to attempt to break through to a higher level of life.

"This is my Danhuo Yao—"

With a thought, a ball of crimson-yellow flame appeared in Qin Fang's palm.

Although Qin Fang could feel the extremely high temperature of the flames, because the fire originated from his dantian, he not only did not feel unbearably hot, but also had a faint sense of unusual comfort.

"With this alchemical fire, I can begin refining my own natal magic weapon."

"This natal magic weapon will need to be continuously nourished with this fire in the future, greatly increasing its power!"

Qin Fang, intrigued, began to manipulate the flames in his hand into various shapes.

One moment it's a crow, the next a colorful phoenix.

Speaking of magic weapons!

Qin Fang had already made up his mind. Since he traded the Nine Netherworld Mountain-Suppressing Stone from Han Li of the Xuan Kong Realm a few years ago, he now has as many as seven or eight such immortal stones in his possession.

Speaking of which, Han Li from the Xuan Kong Realm is indeed hardworking enough!

In order to obtain enough spirit stones from Qin Fang, they spared no effort in collecting this refining material.

At the beginning————

It has been more than a year since Han Li of the Xuan Kong Realm found the first Nine Netherworld Suppressing Mountain Stone after the first transaction.

For more than a year, Qin Fang even thought that he would never be able to obtain the Nine Netherworld Suppressing Stone again.

After all, if it were easy to find such special materials that are rare even in the Immortal Realm, Han Li of the Xuan Kong Realm would probably have already called for him to trade.

However, the fact is that more than a year later, Han Li from the Xuan Kong Realm came to him again and brought out a relatively smaller Nine Netherworld Mountain Suppressing Stone.

Providing the materials was enough to surprise Qin Fang, but what surprised him even more was—

When Han Li from the Xuan Kong Realm approached him for the second time, he had clearly already refined a trace of spiritual energy within his body, and was not far from reaching the first level of the Qi Refining stage in the true sense.

He actually has spiritual roots!

It was only because the Xuan Kong Realm was a place devoid of spiritual energy that Han Li, even though he obtained cultivation techniques, was unable to cultivate and attain enlightenment.

A land devoid of spirits?

Qin Fang had never seen such a place before, but he still had some impression of it!

In the not-too-distant future, after Han Li returned from the Void Heaven Palace with great success, during a break in his battle with Wen Tianren, the "number one person below the Nascent Soul stage," he was swept into a space by the ghostly mist.

The land of the dead!

That was the internal space of the True Spirit Rahu—it wasn't considered part of the human realm.

It was only because Luo Hou was too close to the human realm that Han Li accidentally entered it.

That dark and gloomy place is a place utterly devoid of spirits!

Perhaps the "Mysterious Void Realm" is a space that is somewhat similar?

However, there are still significant differences between the two!

First of all, judging from Qin Fang's probing of Han Li of the Xuan Kong Realm, the other party is obviously able to use magic power to activate spells, otherwise he would not have traded low-level magic artifacts and fireball spells with him.

Of course, none of this mattered to Qin Fang! He only made a slight connection and had no intention of pressing the issue further.

What secrets the Xuan Kong Realm holds is none of Qin Fang's concern.

He was previously just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and crossing realms was nothing short of a fantasy for him.

Even now that he has reached the early stage of Core Formation cultivation, such matters still have absolutely no bearing on him.

"Nine Netherworld Suppressing Mountain Stone —"

Qin Fang whispered something and then reached behind him with his five fingers.

Soon, a clump of black gravel about three fingers wide was dragged over.

"Indestructible—radiating the aura of the deepest hell!"

"Furthermore, after absorbing spiritual energy, its weight will increase depending on the amount of spiritual energy absorbed."

"No matter how you look at it, this is the Nine Netherworld Mountain-Suppressing Stone recorded in the Hundred Meridians Refining Treasure Manual!"

"I never doubted this before —"

"But now I'm a little unsure!"

Qin Fang stared at the black stone in front of him with a strange expression.

From the moment he obtained the first piece, he placed it next to the spirit-gathering array in his cave, allowing it to slowly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nourishing the stone body little by little.

Eight years have passed —

These last few pieces were collected in the past year because Han Li's strength in the Xuan Kong Realm had increased.

Qin Fang could still move easily even when using his physical strength.

But the previous two pieces, especially the first one!

Now, its weight probably exceeds ten thousand jun (a unit of weight in China). Even though Qin Fang's physical strength alone is comparable to that of a level four demon beast, he still has a headache about this stone.

This stone was like a bottomless pit, its absorption of spiritual energy seemingly endless, never truly stopping.

"Fortunately, the idea of ​​using this stone to forge the Hundred-Forge Hammer shouldn't have too many problems!"

"Perhaps—it might even be more unexpected than the ordinary Nine Netherworld Hundred Forging Hammer?"

A strange light flashed in Qin Fang's eyes.

Why would the disciples of the Hundred Refinements Mountain Sect in the Immortal Realm choose the Nine Nether Mountain-Suppressing Stone as one of the materials to forge this natal magic weapon that would accompany them for life?

Isn't it because they value the malleability of the Nine Netherworld Suppressing Stone?!

Furthermore, the stronger the magic power, the heavier the hammer will become.

Now, both of these strange "Nine Netherworld Suppressing Mountain Stones" are satisfied.

"I don't think I can find a better option than this."

Qin Fang moved the black stone back to the Spirit Gathering Array.

Even if you turn the entire human realm upside down several times, you probably still won't find suitable raw materials for the Hundred-Craft Hammer.

He was only able to obtain the "Nine Netherworld Mountain-Suppressing Stone" by taking advantage of the secondhand trading platform, Zhuanzhuan.

Even if someone else obtained a fragment of the Hundred Meridians Refining Treasure Technique and coveted several of the natal magic treasures within it, they would still be unable to actually refine them.

Qin Fang believed it! The senior Tiannan Nascent Soul cultivator who obtained this incomplete manuscript back then might have had similar thoughts.

However, even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Those materials simply do not exist in the human realm. Even if you are a Nascent Soul cultivator, and can easily obtain anything you want in the world, you still cannot refine it!

After putting the black stone back in its place, Qin Fang meditated quietly on the futon for a while before getting up and walking towards the door of the meditation room.

According to his divine sense, not long after he broke through to the Core Formation stage, three more auras appeared in this cave!

One of them he was quite familiar with was Nangong Wan, whom he had spent several years with in the outer seas.

The other two —

"Congratulations, Senior Qin, on achieving the Golden Elixir! Immortality is within reach!"

"Congratulations, Senior Qin, on achieving the Golden Core stage!"

Xin Ruyin and Mo Caihuan bowed and offered their congratulations.

"Oh, it's the two of you~"

"Fellow Daoist Xin has already advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage. It seems you've been working on it for quite some time now?"

"Miss Mo, it seems you haven't been slacking off for a moment? You've actually broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining—I notice your aura is a bit unstable. Here are some pills I left behind when I broke through, so I'll give them to you to stabilize it!"

Qin Fang first glanced at Nangong Wan, who had a faint smile on her face, and then at Xin Ruyin and Mo Caihuan.

"I must also thank you for the Foundation Establishment Pill back then, otherwise Ruyin would not have reached this point today."

"Thank you very much, Senior Qin!"

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The two women expressed their gratitude.

"Oh, right————"

"Where is my Senior Brother Han? He should have come to Tianxing City with you all by now, so why is he nowhere to be seen?!"

Qin Fang already had some guesses in mind, but still asked a few questions.

"Brother Han went to the outer sea several years ago to hunt monsters and obtain their core essences—"

"They are not currently in Tianxing City!"

Mo Caihuan was afraid that Qin Fang would misunderstand Han Li, so she immediately spoke up to explain for Han Li.

"I see----"

This aligns with Qin Fang's guess.

Even with the help of the Heavenly Bottle, unless Han Li creates his own pill formula, he will definitely have to go out to sea to hunt monsters in this Chaotic Star Sea.

While it's true that the recipes for the Chaotic Star Sea Pills are easy to obtain, almost all of the main ingredients are based on the inner cores of various demonic beasts, making it completely different from Tiannan's recipe.

"Don't all stand there!"

"How about we go into the pavilion for a chat?"

"Nangong Qian—Please trouble Fellow Daoist Nangong to fetch that spiritual tea. Don't be stingy today!"

Qin instinctively wanted to say "Senior Nangong," but he couldn't help it—he was used to it.

However, considering that he was now a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation, he naturally changed his address to Nangong Wan as Fellow Daoist.

"Hmph~"

"Since you've reached the Core Formation stage today, I'll take some."

Nangong Wan gave a feigned snort.

That spiritual tea wasn't anything particularly precious, but it was something Nangong Wan brought from the Tiannan Yanyue Sect, and she would never normally give it to Qin Fang to drink.

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