"Hunting Golden Core?"

Upon hearing Ma Ning's words, Yang Bolin's expression became noticeably more serious:

"Wealth moves people's hearts. Even in the mundane world, there are thieves and robbers, so naturally there are also such corrupt thoughts and degenerates on the path of cultivation.

Especially in recent years, as the Damo Realm has faced a scarcity of spiritual energy, cultivation has become increasingly difficult.

Some powerful cultivators, struggling without enough spiritual energy to practice, have taken this evil path of coveting others' Dao fruits.

These degenerates have a code name, they are called Dan Plunderers.

For instance, an uncle of mine, who was at the Second-Layer Core Formation Realm, unfortunately fell victim to this evil while traveling and died, his core was destroyed..."

Ma Ning, listening to Yang Bolin's narrative, couldn't help but furrow his brows.

To be honest.

He's not a particularly sanctimonious person.

At the very least, he wouldn't, like some online Netizens, justify such a murderous demon like Lao Rongzhi with the concept of an innocent, deceived girl.

Nor would he demand the children of an innocent murdered carpenter to forgive the one who killed their father.

However, not being sanctimonious is one thing.

Ma Ning still has basic views on good and evil, and human nature.

Therefore, he innately has a strong aversion to the act of killing and stealing the core that Yang Bolin mentioned.

He then asked with some perplexity:

"Shopkeeper Yang, don't the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in the Damo Realm take care of this kind of thing?"

"Nascent Soul Realm?"

Yang Bolin sneered slightly upon hearing this:

"There's no shortage of formal statements, like identifying those who kill and plunder cores as public enemies of the cultivation world, and having all the factions hunt them down, etc.

But in reality...

The cultivation realm of those who can become Dan Plunderers is mostly above or at the Fifth-Layer Core Formation, how many cities have the ability to hunt down strong individuals of such a level?

To ensure a perfect kill of a Dan Plunderer without pay any price, only Nascent Soul Realm cultivators can achieve that.

In fact, there were a few prominent Nascent Soul Realm figures who did pay attention to these issues before and took action to kill a few Dan Plunderer malefactors.

However, given the vastness of the Damo Realm and the fact that moving each time consumes a large amount of spiritual energy for a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator,

They found that each time they acted to kill a malefactor, it only served to demonstrate justice and held no actual meaning.

So over time, even those notable figures of the Nascent Soul Realm lost interest in dealing with such matters.

After all, even those Dan Plunderer malefactors in their crazed state, wouldn't dare target Core Formation cultivators who have strong backing.

Of course.

Openly, everyone still condemns such matters.

The act of plundering cores is undoubtedly something that can't be openly acknowledged, but that's all there is to it.

Yet this kind of situation is hard to eliminate in the black market.

Those people often claim the core they plundered was left by a deceased elder from their family, and everyone pretends not to know the truth."

Yang Bolin's tone carried an obvious trace of resentment.

Although he is a typical businessman, his character isn't so vile as to be beyond redemption.

This can be somewhat seen from his willingness to engage with Ma Ning, a mortal, even before the Purple Treasure Pavilion had reached any trade agreements with the rabbits.

Of course.

He indeed couldn't avoid certain flaws.

Such as taking concubines, which might not sit well with those back in his homeland, or occasionally punishing servants.

But this relates to the traditional notions of the Damo Realm, you can't expect everyone to be perfect — not even many in his homeland are like that.

In short.

Whether one calls it methods or nature.

It is a fact that Yang Bolin adheres to the rules of trade.

His character remains intact.

Human nature isn't lacking.

Moreover, given that one of his relatives fell to the hands of Dan Plunderers, Yang Bolin's words were obviously laced with personal emotion.

"My uncle was born with a dual spiritual root of water and wood, and within just over sixty years, he had reached the Second-Layer Core Formation Realm.

Although not an unmatched prodigy, he can still be proud of his accomplishments.

Uncle was humble and kind to others, often giving generously to beggars he passed and was willing to guide young ones outside of the Yang family.

Oh yes.

Zhao Zhicai, who was in charge of the demonic beast materials collection in the east of the city, was, in fact, a descendant my uncle brought back, born of a refugee.

During that year, I was just twenty when my uncle traveled, who, unfortunately, was viciously attacked by a Dan Plunderer.

When his remains were found, his inner sea had been ruptured, his body mangled beyond recognition, unable to find peace.

Later, my father deduced the perpetrator was The Seventh-Layer Core Formation Realm Guihai Wanderer through examination of the wounds, and thus led the clan elders to pursue him.

At that time, a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator was overseeing the southern region there, and Guihai Wanderer was only three hundred miles away from his place of cultivation.

However.....

That Nascent Soul Great Cultivator turned a blind eye.

He would not even entertain requests for intervention or for the clan to take action and allowed Guihai Wanderer to flee from the south...

Yang Bolin spoke of this, and his tone suddenly carried a hint of glee:

"But perhaps justice prevails, as that Nascent Soul Great Cultivator perished not long ago.

Torn apart, a miserable sight."

Ma Ning, originally listening to Yang Bolin in silence, was taken aback by this.

He quickly thought of something and asked:

"Could he be one of the two Nascent Soul cultivators who fell at Demon Gate?"

Yang Bolin nodded and said:

"Correct, this person was nicknamed Old Monster Duan, and was one of the legends in the south.

After his fall, the Duan family was instantly thrown into turmoil.

Although there seems to be support from a great cultivator at Demon Gate on the surface, the clandestine means have never ceased.

I heard his Core Formation son was recently killed at the hands of a Dan Plunderer, such is the turning of Heavenly Dao..."

After lamenting the impermanence of the world, Yang Bolin shifted his gaze back to the Golden Core in his hand:

"Shopkeeper Ma, I spoke too much about unfortunate matters, I apologize sincerely

Let's speak about your issue. Is there anything you need me to do?"

Seeing this, Ma Ning quickly snapped back to attention.

The recorder had already noted down Yang Bolin's words, and others would analyze the issues at hand, as that wasn't his concern.

He pointed at Yang Bolin's Golden Core and said:

"Shopkeeper Yang, can you identify the cultivation realm of the owner of this Golden Core during their life?"

Yang Bolin placed the Golden Core on his palm, examining it closely.

Ma Ning remained silent, watching quietly from the side.

After a few minutes passed.

Yang Bolin raised his head, pondered a bit, then said:

"Shopkeeper Ma, may I ask what kind of spiritual root the owner had during their life?"

Ma Ning immediately replied:

"Mutated Gold and Earth dual spiritual roots."

"Mutated double spiritual root..."

Yang Bolin blinked and said:

"The initial size of a cultivator's Golden Core is related to their spiritual root quality.

For instance, a well-balanced triple spiritual root with some fortuitous encounter, even during an era when spiritual energy was abundant, had records of breaking through the Core Formation Realm.

The Gold Core of such triple spiritual root cultivators is the smallest, about the size of a cow's eye.

Next are common dual spiritual roots, generally about the size of a pigeon egg.

Mutated dual spiritual roots tend to be a bit larger, approximately egg-shaped.

Single spiritual roots are the largest, roughly the size of a goose egg.

Based on these fundamentals.

The size of a Golden Core grows larger with each small realm breakthrough by the cultivator."

Ma Ning nodded thoughtfully.

Yet another piece of knowledge that seems useful yet isn't immediately applicable added to his knowledge base.

Then Yang Bolin gently tossed this Golden Core in his hand and said:

"If it's a mutated dual spiritual root...

The owner's realm should be between entering the Ninth-Layer Core Formation and reaching the Great Perfection of Core Formation, undergoing the Nascent Soul Tribulation."

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