"Yeah, traveling in a group is definitely safer."

Lin Chang'sheng heard this and nodded in agreement.

On the way, Lin Chang'sheng learned that teaming up was Tu Yunfei's idea—as the strongest loose cultivator of the Southern Realm's younger generation, he was already acquainted with Mu Yunfeng.

Lin Chang'sheng had a feeling that those two teamed up mostly out of caution, heading into the Golden Core Area intending to find more cultivators to stick together.

Tu Yunfei had a cheerful look and was a real chatterbox. He went off to find Zhuo Yijian, Jianghai, Yu Lingfei, Gao Ziyue, Xin Yun'Er, and the others—before long, he'd talked them all into joining the team.

A party of more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators set out together through the Golden Core Area, hunting for their own opportunities.

On the road, whenever they encountered Demon Beasts as powerful as those in Early Golden Core Stage but unable to fly, they'd work together to slay them, but aside from a few Demon Cores, there wasn't much else to show for it.

One day later, at dusk.

Lin Chang'sheng, Tu Yunfei, Mu Yunfeng, Zhuo Yijian, Yu Lingfei, Gao Ziyue, and the rest were resting on a stone platform atop a thousand-zhang high peak in the Golden Core Area.

At night, most cultivators wouldn't dare wander around, opting to set out again once morning came.

"Daoist Wei, I haven't asked—you're a disciple of which Sect?"

To Lin Chang'sheng's surprise, Jianghai from the Celestial Sword Immortal Sect edged over and asked.

This Jianghai, Lin Chang'sheng already knew.

They'd run into each other before in the Spirit-Seizing Land, heading off to an island together, so they were acquainted. But now, Jianghai didn't recognize Lin Chang'sheng—he was already masquerading as Wei Wuji!

"I'm just a loose cultivator, though truth be told, I really envy you major sect cultivators!"

Lin Chang'sheng smiled back.

"You're too modest, Daoist Wei. The fact that you could reach Foundation Establishment as a loose cultivator shows you must be strong. I might be a Sect disciple, but I'm jealous of you loose cultivators—you get to do whatever you want!"

Jianghai shook his head and said.

"Freedom, sure—but every resource has to be fought for. It's life-and-death every time."

Lin Chang'sheng thought about his journey so far, sighing inwardly.

Even with the simplified panel, it's really been tough. He couldn't even manage to just be a well-behaved Sect disciple.

"We have to do missions in our Sects too. If our cultivation doesn't keep up, we don't get any resources anyway—everyone's got it hard!"

Jianghai said, then changed the subject: "Didn't expect the Void Hall to actually contain a world inside, and Demon Beasts running around. The territory's huge! Who knows what kind of powerful cultivator set up this Void Hall?"

"Void Hall's a Heavenly-descended Divine Hall. As for whether some powerful cultivator set it up—nobody really knows."

Lin Chang'sheng glanced up at the vast starlit sky, gave Jianghai an apologetic smile, and said, "Daoist Jiang, hunting Demon Beasts today burned up too much magical power. I need to go recover for a bit—excuse me!"

"Go ahead, take care of your business."

Jianghai nodded and sat off to the side, pulling out an Elixir to restore his magical power.

Lin Chang'sheng dashed through the mountains, leaving the group behind by more than ten li, before finding a cliff. He quickly dug out a cave about five-zhang wide and settled inside.

"Better take an Elixir and boost my experience points!"

Lin Chang'sheng thought to himself.

He quietly took out a True Essence Pill, tipped it back, and boosted his Seventh Layer Foundation Establishment experience. By the time he hit the seventh layer, every True Essence Pill only bumped up experience by 75 points—half as much as before!

Lin Chang'sheng shook his head—he'd have to make up for it with quantity.

Luckily, he'd killed quite a few Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, scoring lots of True Essence Pills.

"Right, time to check Beimu Saint Heir's storage bag."

After absorbing another Elixir, Lin Chang'sheng saw his panel increase by 75 experience points, then suddenly recalled he'd never looked inside Beimu Saint Heir's storage bag.

"No wonder he's the Beimu Immortal Race's Saint Heir—the guy's loaded."

"This haul was definitely worth it!"

Lin Chang'sheng poured his divine sense into the storage bag, gaping in wonder.

Beimu Saint Heir's storage bag was three times the size of Lin Chang'sheng's old one, and crammed with stuff.

There were loads of snow-white spirit stones—at least over 300,000!

Heaps of refining materials, and more than ten spirit medicines over five hundred years old; fifty-plus Tier Two Talismans, a whole variety of other materials, and two boxes.

"What's in here?"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed. He scanned the two boxes with his divine sense and found inside each a jade scroll, roughly the length of a finger and two-fingers wide, yellowed with age.

With a flick of his divine sense, the box appeared in his hand. He opened it, pulled out the jade scroll, and enveloped it with his mind.

The contents of the jade scroll appeared clear as day.

"Huh? Purple Lightning Cloud-Piercing Arrow Skill? A divine power?"

Lin Chang'sheng's attention snapped to the contents of this jade scroll—he hadn't expected to find an archery divine power among Beimu Saint Heir's loot.

Truth be told, archery was where he'd first started his Martial Dao!

His Meteors Fire Rain skill had already fallen behind his strength—this new archery divine power came right on time!

"Let's see what's in the second jade scroll."

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed again, took out the second box, retrieved the jade scroll, and injected it with his divine sense.

The first box had a divine power; for the second, Lin Chang'sheng was even more eager.

"Hmm? Divine Soul Contract Technique?"

Lin Chang'sheng stared in surprise—the jade scroll that Beimu Saint Heir had taken such care to preserve contained a Divine Soul Contract Technique.

He poured his divine sense into it.

Divine Soul Contract Technique: Requires powerful divine sense to cultivate. Once mastered, you can plant contracts into the sea of divine soul consciousness of pets, Demon Beasts, or other living creatures, allowing you to control Demon Beasts for battle.

"So this Divine Soul Contract Technique is a divine power to make Demon Beasts fight for me!"

Lin Chang'sheng gripped the jade scroll, his eyes slowly lighting up.

He remembered Xiaobai could understand a lot.

And it had instant teleportation over a thousand miles, with extraordinary strength. If he could master the Divine Soul Contract Technique to perfection, wouldn't he be able to communicate with Xiaobai?

"Oh right, there's those three boxes I got in the Enlightenment Hall."

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed; he pulled out one of the boxes from the Enlightenment Hall haul.

This box was very light, not heavy at all, with a layer of restriction covering it.

The restriction wasn't all that strong—probably just to protect what's inside. Lin Chang'sheng bombarded it with his divine sense and instantly unlocked it.

Opening the box, Lin Chang'sheng found a jade scroll inside.

He immediately sent his divine sense into the scroll.

"Wait—is this the Myriad Treasures Pill Formation Technique? A top-level cultivation technique from Foundation Establishment all the way to Golden Core?"

"Awesome—no need to fuss with fussing over technique fusion for now!"

Lin Chang'sheng saw the info inside and his eyes lit up. This was a top Golden Core Stage cultivation technique.

Moreover, training it greatly enhances Golden Core condensation.

This technique is especially effective at transmuting the powers within the three exceptions of the Five Elements.

"Time for box number two."

Lin Chang'sheng's gaze sharpened. He opened the second box to find nothing but a fist-sized white porcelain bottle. Inside was a single Elixir, pale milky white and shining, rich in fragrance.

"Golden Molding Pill!?"

Lin Chang'sheng read the three bold characters on the porcelain and looked thoughtful.

Beside that, in small letters: Can improve chances of Core Formation and enhance Golden Core level!

"So this pill increases your odds of condensing a Golden Core, and upgrades your Golden Core's quality?"

"Wow... now that's a treasure!"

Reading those words, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes gleamed.

As he understood it—

After Core Formation, Golden Cores are ranked into four levels.

Ordinary Golden Core, Outstanding Golden Core, Unparalleled Purple Pill, Flawless Golden Core.

Most cultivators only condense an Ordinary Golden Core!

It's said countless cultivators never achieve Foundation Establishment in a lifetime, let alone Core Formation. Those who do, mostly have Ordinary Golden Cores.

Anyone able to condense an Outstanding Golden Core is at least a dual spirit root genius from a major Sect!

The ones who achieve an Unparalleled Purple Pill are unmatched talents, with celestial spirit roots at minimum—and even then, the odds of forming a Purple Pill are slim.

As for Flawless Golden Core, there's nothing about it in the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm's records.

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