Mortal Alchemy

What came into view were:

Third-Order Essence Gathering Pill

Third-Order Spirit Cleansing Pill

Third-Order Barrier Breaking Pill

Third-Order Longevity Pill

Third-Order Eternal Youth Pill

Third-Order Detoxification Pill

Third-Order Dao Extension Pill

Third-Order Spirit Nourishing Pill: Enhances a cultivator's spiritual power

Third-Order Dao Comprehension Pill

Third-Order Crystal Essence Pill: One pill is equivalent to one month of diligent cultivation for a Golden Core cultivator.

These are the standard pills for enhancing a cultivator's cultivation.

Now that I've advanced to the Golden Core stage, all my spiritual power has crystallized and been incorporated into the Golden Core, which needs to be nurtured and grown.

Upon entering the Golden Core stage, all Golden Core cultivators must strengthen their spiritual power while enhancing their magical power. Only then can their cultivation improve, and it's not just about cultivating magical power.

This also means that Golden Core cultivators require more resources.

A simple calculation shows that one needs to enhance magical power, enhance spiritual power, and comprehend the Dao to plant a Dao seed.

Calculating it this way, the four hundred years of lifespan for a Golden Core cultivator isn't very long after all...

At the very least, Chen Ping needs to secure the resources for his daily cultivation.

After all, Golden Core cultivators can only use Third-Order pills and spiritual herbs to enhance their cultivation.

Of course, diligent meditation is also an option.

But Chen Ping heard Bai Jianjia say: "Most Golden Core cultivators like us enhance our cultivation through diligent meditation because one, resources are scarce; two, the magical power enhanced through diligent meditation is purer; and three, Third-Order pills have more pill toxins."

"Golden Core cultivators crystallize their magical power, and once they refine pills, if pill toxins enter the Golden Core, they will suffer a Qi Deviation, and in severe cases, their path will be cut short."

Therefore, starting from the Golden Core stage, mid-grade spirit stones are more popular among Golden Core cultivators. These mid-grade spirit stones are equivalent to pills, but they are clean and there's no need to worry about poisoning.

Due to the special nature of the Golden Core, once it's contaminated, the spirit will also be contaminated.

Many Golden Core cultivators also practice body cultivation to some extent. Firstly, it can preserve youth and beauty; secondly, it provides stronger defense; and thirdly, body cultivators utilize Qi and blood, which enhances detoxification and healing functions.

Below the Crystal Essence Pill, there are hundreds of other pills densely packed.

Chen Ping gritted his teeth: "There are so many types of pills, but there's a lack of spiritual herb resources."

Looking at the end.

Fourth-Order Nascent Soul Pill: Refined from twelve Fourth-Order spiritual herbs, it can increase the success rate of forming a Nascent Soul by 30%.

"As expected, it's here!"

Chen Ping smiled: "Nascent Soul Pill..."

Chen Ping can confirm that the Eastern Region's cultivation world doesn't have Golden Spirit Guiding Pills, let alone Nascent Soul Pills.

"Twelve Fourth-Order spiritual herbs..."

I'm going to have to embark on the slow journey of collecting spiritual herbs again.

"Ordinary places definitely don't have Fourth-Order spiritual herbs."

"The Changtian Secret Realm was established by the Central Region's immortal sect, so it has some Fourth-Order spiritual herbs..."

"I haven't heard of any Fourth-Order spiritual herbs in other places, so I guess ordinary places don't have them."

"Eastern Wasteland, Bathing Sun Sea, Endless Icefield, Hundred Thousand Mountains..."

Chen Ping shook his head: "I should go to Hao Jade Sea and try my luck first."

After entering the Golden Core stage, Chen Ping's resources totaled about eight thousand mid-grade spirit stones.

This wealth, among the Golden Core cultivator community, isn't considered poor, but it's not rich either.

"The value of Third-Order spiritual herbs is much higher than Third-Order spiritual veins... The Golden Core forces in Hao Jade Sea are all fully searching for spiritual herbs, and many Third-Order spiritual veins are not being mined."

During this Golden Core advancement tribulation, the Qianlong Armor that Bai Jianjia gave him was directly shattered into dust by the Heavenly Tribulation lightning.

Exiting from the inheritance hall.

Chen Ping collected his thoughts and began to circulate the third layer of the Great Violet Immortal Pill Scripture, first thoroughly stabilizing his Golden Core realm.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—"

Chen Ping cultivated in the dojo, and the majestic Third-Order spiritual power became visibly dense, with flowing lights everywhere.

"Huff~"

Chen Ping has cultivated for decades and hasn't meditated and breathed in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for many years.

Now, after advancing to the Sword Dao Spirit Body, he's no longer in the embarrassing situation of having a Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root.

Majestic and pure spiritual power continuously poured into Chen Ping's body.

But Chen Ping's eyes showed no joy: "Slow... it's too slow..."

The Sword Dao Spirit Body might cultivate quickly through breathing in the Foundation Establishment stage, but it's too slow after entering the Golden Core stage.

First, you have to breathe in Third-Order spiritual energy into your body, and then you have to condense this spiritual energy into a semi-crystallized form so that it can be absorbed by the Golden Core and enhance your cultivation.

This process is relatively slow. After entering the Golden Core stage, perhaps only top-tier Dao Spiritual Roots can continue to maintain a relatively fast cultivation speed.

"No wonder Senior Sister Jianjia has been in the mid-Golden Core stage for so many years."

When Chen Ping saw Bai Jianjia more than forty years ago, Bai Jianjia was already in the mid-Golden Core stage, and now, she's still in the mid-Golden Core stage.

Even then, Bai Jianjia is still a Nascent Soul direct disciple, and her resources are much richer than many non-direct disciple Golden Core cultivators.

His current aptitude is the same as Bai Jianjia's, both being special spiritual bodies.

"At my current cultivation speed, if I only rely on meditation, it will take ninety years to raise my cultivation to the peak of the early Golden Core stage..."

Chen Ping suddenly felt a toothache. Ninety years is too long.

Moreover, how can a Golden Core cultivator be so idle and carefree to meditate?

"I still need to collect resources and refine special Crystal Essence Pills..."

Chen Ping can foresee that the Third-Order Crystal Essence Pills provided by the Eastern Xuan Sect are probably of average efficacy, only slightly better than diligent meditation.

He is a top-tier Sword Dao Spirit Body, and the spiritual power he needs is several times that of ordinary Golden Cores.

Now that Chen Ping has entered the Golden Core stage, he can somewhat understand why the internal strife in the Eastern Xuan Sect is so serious. If he didn't have the ancestor's inheritance, he would also fight to plunder resources for himself.

Heaven destroys those who are not for themselves.

But if anyone provokes him, hehe.

"Let's thoroughly familiarize myself with the cultivation technique first..."

The Great Violet Immortal Pill Scripture contains the Danwen Ruihuang Method, which is to lay the foundation for the Dao Seed. It will take more than a few days to become familiar with this technique.

In a flash, half a year passed.

...

This day, Chen Ping walked out of the dojo, ending his seclusion.

He can be considered to have completely stabilized his Golden Core realm, and his cultivation technique has also been completely converted to the third layer of the Great Violet Immortal Pill Scripture.

His strength has increased by another 20% on the original basis.

"I guess... ordinary mid-Golden Core cultivators are no match for me..."

Chen Ping guessed so, but he still needs to find a Golden Core cultivator to spar with him so that he can figure out the bottom line of his combat power.

As for the three Golden Core cultivators back then, they were purely trash. They were very old, but their cultivation was still stuck in the early Golden Core stage, and they could only do petty things for the rest of their lives.

"It's time to ask my master about the Sword Dao Spirit Body."

Chen Ping possesses a top-tier Sword Dao Spirit Body, but the origin of his spirit body is special, and he doesn't know how to stimulate the power of the spirit body.

His figure transformed into a purple light and flew towards the dojo at the top of Gongyue Peak.

"Disciple greets Master!" Chen Ping cupped his hands and bowed in front of Superior Gongyue.

"Ping'er has come out of seclusion." Superior Gongyue nodded slightly, seeming to be in a good mood at the moment: "I happen to have something to tell you. In a few months, the Sect Master will return to the sect."

"It is expected that the True Inheritance Ceremony will be held half a year later. This True Inheritance Ceremony happens to be the sixtieth year of the Sect Master's succession to the Eastern Xuan Sect."

"In these sixty years, including Ping'er, there have been a total of twenty-three Golden Cores, and then ten have been granted the position of True Inheritance."