Chang'sheng's heart stirred, and he activated the Bone Transformation Technique, morphing his appearance. In an instant, he became a young cultivator of about twenty-three or twenty-four, with rosy cheeks and gleaming white teeth, displaying the cultivation of Foundation Establishment Third Layer!

Now an ordinary cultivator, Chang'sheng started moving closer to the gathering crowd of cultivators.

"This Dragon Turtle battle! Looks like they're fighting over some treasure inside the mountain!"

"The spiritual energy inside that mountain crack is so dense, I swear just taking a breath would let my cultivation break through!"

"No idea why, but suddenly this part of the mountain split open with a huge crevice and this surge of spiritual energy. We wanted to check it out, but then the Cold Jade Snow Python and Black Armored Profound Turtle arrived, fighting over it!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the spiritual energy inside that mountain is similar to the legendary Jade Spirit Marrow. That's a treasure that can boost your chances of Core Formation! These two Tier Five Great Demon Beasts must be here for the Jade Spirit Marrow!"

"......."

Just as Chang'sheng approached the crowd of cultivators, he caught a wave of discussion.

"Jade Spirit Marrow?"

"A treasure that can raise your odds of Core Formation?"

Chang'sheng's eyes lit up at the words. He immediately retreated a hundred zhang, reached a secluded spot, pulled out his Myriad Soul Banner, and summoned Murong Tian's soul.

"Senior, what do you need?"

Murong Tian appeared instantly, greeted Chang'sheng with a deep bow, his expression utterly respectful.

"Do you know about Jade Spirit Marrow? I heard it helps with Core Formation?"

Chang'sheng eyed Murong Tian and asked.

This old guy was a prodigy back in his sect; he definitely knew more than Chang'sheng did.

"Yes, Senior. I once read about it in the sect records. Jade Spirit Marrow is the essence of the earth veins, extremely rare. I heard it takes five hundred years to produce a drop. One drop can increase your Core Formation success rate by thirty percent, but each person can only take one drop!"

Murong Tian said seriously.

"A single drop boosts the chance of Core Formation by thirty percent!"

Hearing Murong Tian, Chang'sheng's eyes sparkled.

This was the first time he'd ever heard about Jade Spirit Marrow.

Right now, his divine sense and physical body were both at the level of Middle Stage Core Formation, but his actual cultivation was still just shy of Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer!

As long as he pushed a bit further, he'd have to start thinking about Core Formation.

This Jade Spirit Marrow was definitely worth considering.

"Hmm, excellent!!"

Thinking this through, Chang'sheng put away Murong Tian, concealed his figure, and slowly neared the crack in the mountain peak!

At this moment, the Black Armored Profound Turtle and Cold Jade Snow Python were battling fiercely. Just as Chang'sheng approached the crack, the giant turtle's huge claw and the python's enormous tail suddenly swung around, aiming straight at him!

"Bang!"

Chang'sheng instantly activated Three Thousand Thunder Moves, but despite his tough body, his speed was still only at Foundation Establishment Third Layer. Right away, he got smacked by the python's tail—equal in power to Golden Core Early Stage—sent flying and slammed deep into the mountain wall!

The stone wall collapsed, giant rocks tumbling down.

The turtle's claw missed him, though.

"That Cold Jade Snow Python is terrifyingly strong!"

Watching a Foundation Establishment Third Layer cultivator sneak toward the crack only to be struck into the wall by the warring Snow Python, the three Golden Core cultivators hesitated, just standing aside to observe.

"That Foundation Establishment Third Layer guy is probably toast now!"

"What a vicious Demon Beast, its strength's on par with Golden Core Early Stage!!"

"How'd a mere Foundation Establishment Third Layer dare try his luck? Probably smashed to bits by now!"

"......."

About ten miles away on a mountain peak, Zhuo Yijian, Yu Lingfei, Zhang Aoxue, and others were hiding behind a massive boulder. Watching the python fling a young Foundation Establishment Third Layer cultivator into the mountain wall, they were all totally shocked.

"Foundation Establishment Third Layer, even after being knocked away by the python, his body dug into the stone wall—his physical strength must be off the charts. Could it be...? Is it him?"

Yu Lingfei looked at the human-shaped hole bashed into the distant cliff and her eyes flickered thoughtfully.

She knew that Fellow Daoist Long Ping'an—that was Chang'sheng—had an insanely strong body, able to kill Golden Core Stage Demonic Cultivators. No way he'd die so easily.

"Holy shit! That python moves faster than lightning!"

Chang'sheng was stuck in the stone wall, stunned.

His speed wasn't as fast as the Golden Core Stage python, but his body was equal to Middle Stage Golden Core. Even after being knocked into the wall, he wasn't hurt at all.

"Getting swept into the stone wall works for me—it gives me cover to dig through the stone and enter the cave, grab that Jade Spirit Marrow!"

Chang'sheng didn't leave right away. Instead, he started digging toward the cave inside the mountain. He extended his hands, slicing up the rock as easily as chopping tofu. Each stone block, he stashed into his storage bag, and in moments he had tunneled a passage.

Chang'sheng tunneled quickly, just like a pangolin or a groundhog.

Soon after,

the tunnel was through, and he entered the cave. His divine sense had already scoped out the place earlier.

This cave spanned nearly a hundred zhang across.

Over a hundred natural stalactite pillars supported it, the spiritual energy inside was off the charts.

In the center of the cave was a natural stone platform about ten feet wide.

Above the stone platform hung a stalactite as thick as a man's embrace. At its tip was a tiny hole, from which waves of dense spiritual energy wafted out.

On the platform, exactly below the stalactite, was a fist-sized depression. Inside it pooled some emerald-green paste that gave off intensely rich spiritual energy.

"Jade Spirit Marrow!"

Seeing the paste in the depression, Chang'sheng's eyes lit up. He reached into his storage bag and pulled out five palm-sized jade bottles.

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