Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World
Chapter 354 - 215: New Core Formation Method, The Secret of the Secret Realm_2

Chapter 354: Chapter 215: New Core Formation Method, The Secret of the Secret Realm_2

She knew better than anyone else, the difficulty of modifying a top-grade Golden Core Secret Technique...

As she’d said herself, her cultivation had always been smooth sailing, except when it came to Core Formation, which had been delayed for nearly a century—there was something she actually felt embarrassed to mention in detail in the jade tube to Zheng Fa:

At first, she too wanted to attain the most suitable Core Formation technique for herself without relying on her Master.

But days and years passed, and she was still short of the final breakthrough.

Her Master couldn’t bear to see it any longer and managed to get her a Nine-leaf Bodhi Seed.

This Spiritual Medicine was precious in the Xuanwei Realm to begin with, and if it were not for her Master being a Divinity Transformation, plus her being an only Direct Disciple, others would not even dare to dream about it.

Even so, the resources her Master had expended to obtain this Spiritual Medicine were not small, not to mention the favors owed...

But... Zheng Fa’s inexplicable actions were close to success?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuying couldn’t help asking: "Do you also have an Enlightenment Treasure?"

Zheng Fa looked at her, pondered for a moment, and said: "I have something better."

After all, a Bodhi Seed... may truly not compare to the wisdom of an entire world.

Realizing that matter is made of atoms...

This path has taken the modern world thousands of years.

The research methodology of science is also the wisdom of generations.

The few days in Xiao Yuying’s eyes were the result of relentless pursuit by many modern scholars.

He did not think that the Nine-leaf Bodhi Seed was more precious than these insights.

This was also a fundamental difference in pursuit between himself and the cultivators of the Xuanwei Realm—

The effects of the Nine-leaf Bodhi Seed, according to Xiao Yuying’s description, seemed to allow one to ponder over a problem millions of times in an instant...

While Zheng Fa’s approach to building the Jiushan Realm was more like having millions of people contemplate the same problem together.

Which was better or worse, Zheng Fa himself was not sure, but one thing was clear to him—he didn’t have the same conditions as Xiao Yuying, so he only had this choice.

Xiao Yuying nodded slightly, her face softened, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly sighed: "Was I really not that good at dealing with people before..."

"Hm?"

Zheng Fa was puzzled, not understanding why she had such a sentiment.

"I used to think that other people were narrow-minded..." Xiao Yuying looked up as if recalling the past.

"..."

"After meeting you, I’ve realized... it’s understandable."

...Observing Xiao Yuying’s rueful expression, indeed, after a beating, the capacity for empathy sure grows fast!

...

On University Island, by the strange sugar-coated hawthorn alchemy furnace, Zheng Fa and the others were refining "Shenxiao Outer Pills" again.

This time, it wasn’t the disciples from the "Golden Core Project" team who were operating, but Zheng Fa leading with Lady Xuanhua assisting, while those disciples watched and learned from the side.

Zheng Fa aimed to familiarize himself with the Core Formation process.

Lady Xuanhua was purely curious.

With an old hand like Lady Xuanhua present and the successful experience of the last time, it didn’t take long for a brand-new Shenxiao Outer Pill to appear in the alchemy furnace.

This Shenxiao Outer Pill was of even better quality than the last one—possessing the power of a Low-grade Golden Core.

Zheng Fa held the Shenxiao Outer Pill in his hand, a smile inevitably creeping onto his lips:

By now, he could confirm that his idea of substituting Tai Chu Gang Qi for the original Heavenly Gang Qi had succeeded!

Or to say—he had found the Golden Core Method best suited to himself!

This Shenxiao Outer Pill looked brighter than the previous one, its radiance reflected on the faces of those around, capturing the various expressions.

No one spoke, it seemed like nobody even breathed.

Just staring at this Shenxiao Outer Pill...

After a long time, Master Pang finally spoke: "Is this...’Golden Core Project’?"

Zheng Fa nodded gently.

Using the "Golden Core Project" to simplify the Golden Core Method for everyone, even creating the most suitable Golden Core Method for oneself...

Zheng Fa had said this from the start—but it was only now that these people truly realized the weight of his words.

"Without the Nine-leaf Bodhi Seed..." Xiao Yuying’s tone was drifting.

"Not an Enlightenment Spirit Body either..." Master Pang added.

"It’s only been about a month..." Elder Yuan calculated the time Zheng Fa spent modifying the "Shenxiao Golden Core," his face expressing a toothache-like discomfort.

"Now that ’Shenxiao Golden Core’ is modified, we should put the other eleven Golden Core Methods of our sect on the agenda," Zhang said as if not surprised at all.

With these words, some of the disciples observing the Outer Pill refining could not help but show joy, especially those dozen or so Foundation Establishment complete Jiushan Disciples.

Xiao Yuying could even fully understand these people’s excitement—wasn’t this equivalent to everyone having a Nine-leaf Bodhi Seed, everyone having an Enlightenment Spirit Body?

Zhang then asked Zheng Fa: "Are you preparing for Core Formation?"

Zheng Fa frowned in thought and then said: "I have a feeling..."

"What?"

"That Fusang Wood probably needs a tremendous amount of Tai Chu Gang Qi..."

The previously mentioned Fusang Fruit had absorbed some Tai Chu Gang Qi, but the change was minimal... This indicated that the amount of Tai Chu Gang Qi needed to fully mature the Fusang Fruit was substantial.

Correspondingly, this meant the Earthly Fiend Qi needed would greatly increase, surpassing what a typical person needed for Core Formation.

Elder Yuan was taken aback, then nodded: "That’s not a bad thing; the more Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Qi absorbed, the more robust the Golden Core’s mana will be..."

Zheng Fa sounded a bit helpless: "It’s just that the Jiushan Realm doesn’t produce Tai Chu Gang Qi, and the Fusang Wood’s demand for Tai Chu Gang Qi is vast, likely to be quite costly."

He had not only modified the Heavenly Gang Qi required for cultivating "Shenxiao Golden Core," but also the Earthly Fiend Qi—mainly to save money, changed to the Nine Yin Thunder Evil that could be produced by the Jiushan Realm.

But Tai Chu Gang Qi could only be imported from abroad.

He would have to ask the Hundred Immortals Alliance or the Unrivaled Society if they had any reserves of Tai Chu Gang Qi.