Chapter 92 Annihilation of the Alliance

Another month passed.

During this month, Chen Li diligently practiced Alchemy and Cultivate without fail.

He refined many breakthrough pills, taking one whenever he felt like it. The most important gain from his trip to Duan Ya Mountain concerning Lin Feng was the golden core formation Cultivation Technique.

The name of the Cultivation Technique was: "Turtle Pile into Core Method".

True to its name, Chen Li carefully read through it. He felt this Cultivation Technique was suitable for Cultivators with poor Comprehension Ability but immense patience.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator who first devised this method was also a Genius. This Cultivation Technique consumed the most time; starting at fifty years, the maximum duration was unknown.

In short, you might reach the halfway point only when your lifespan ends.

golden core formation meant solidifying the spiritual sea in one's Dantian into a Golden Core, thus undergoing a qualitative change, forming an elixir embryo, and finally having the elixir embryo achieve Nascent Soul.

The "Turtle Pile into Core Method" began after reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection, requiring secluded cultivation where one could not stop once started. This technique involved gradually condensing and refining the spiritual sea in the Dantian bit by bit, thus forming a Golden Core.

The method was simple, requiring no complex operations, but it was incredibly slow. Once one started piling up the Golden Core, they could not stop; otherwise, the Dantian would suffer irreversible damage, the spiritual sea would dissipate, returning them to Qi Refining, making Foundation Establishment difficult again!

This Cultivation Technique was not suitable for him; instead, it suited his fourth brother, Songxiao, who possessed that kind of patience.

For example, if one Cultivated to Foundation Establishment Perfection before the age of one hundred, prepared life-extending Medicinal Pills afterward, and began secluded Breakthrough, they might form a Golden Core at one hundred and fifty with good luck, or perhaps at one hundred seventy or eighty, or even two hundred with bad luck.

One certainly needed to reserve a lot of lifespan to be confident in forming a Golden Core, but many Cultivators did not reach Foundation Establishment Perfection before the age of one hundred.

Secluded cultivation for a hundred years was truly unimaginable for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Since Foundation Establishment only grants a lifespan of over two hundred years, half of one's life would be spent piling up the Golden Core, and it was uncertain how many years that would take.

However, succeeding in golden core formation meant another step forward. Golden Core Cultivators started with a lifespan of five hundred years, and the longest could reach seven or eight hundred!

Chen Li would definitely use the "Five Qi Facing Primordial Breakthrough Method," which was suitable for a Five Spiritual Roots Cultivator like him.

Inside the Great Sun Seed Cultivation Cave Mansion, the small thunder bamboo had also matured for a month. Based on the rate of one hundred years for fifty days, this bamboo had already grown for seventy or eighty years.

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During this month, Chen Songli successfully opened a shop in the Prefecture City, selling Formations. Two Non-Clan Cultivators at Qi Refining First Layer from the Family served as shop assistants, selling only Formations below the third rank.

Chen Songli presided on the second floor and also set up a Teleportation Array inside the shop for immediate escape if the situation turned bad.

However, the cultivation world of the Nanwu Kingdom was terrifyingly quiet this month.

Ever since Demonic Path Cultivators from the East Sea appeared at Duan Ya Mountain, True Person Bai reported the matter to the Beast Hunting Sect. During True Person Bai's pursuit that day, he only managed to kill two Demonic Cultivators; quite a few Demonic Cultivators escaped.

However, the escaped Demonic Path Cultivators seemed to be hiding even more secretly. Over this past month, these escaped Demonic Path Cultivators seemed to have evaporated without a trace.

At this time, a thousand li northeast of the Beast Hunting Sect, within a vast mountain range, Luo Sheng stood covered in Devilish Qi, with a host of dried corpses below him.

Beside him, the An Family Head was using the Spirit Devouring Grand Technique to absorb the spiritual essence of seven or eight Mid-stage Qi Refining Cultivators.

The jade finger on his hand continuously absorbed the blood and spirit Qi of these Cultivators.

The screams of these Cultivators were continuous, and soon they all fell silent.

"Husband, we are about to reach the territory of the Nanwu Kingdom. Shall we go inquire first?"

"Mhm. Especially those three Foundation Establishment Cultivators who pursued us back then. This time, we will hide in the shadows and plan carefully."

"Oh, right. I heard that the infiltrating Demonic Cultivators among our peers have been exposed. What do you think their hidden objective was?"

"I managed to find out a little. I heard it was some kind of Enchanting Great Technique that can allow some Mortals to instantly possess cultivation comparable to Mid or Late Stage Qi Refining for a short time. I don't know if it's true."

"Let's not worry about them. We will slowly scout our way over and must not be exposed. A Golden Core Cultivator might appear; we are no match for them right now!"

"Mhm, Husband is right."

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Three days later, those hidden Demonic Cultivators finally showed their claws.

Mortals everywhere reported disappearances. Among them, many prefectures in the Nanwu Kingdom experienced phenomena where Mortals, covered in Devilish Qi, indiscriminately killed the innocent.

In the Taihu Mountain Range, the Beast Hunting Sect issued an order, organizing an Alliance to exterminate the Demonic Path Cultivators, with the two Golden Core Families coordinating their assistance.

In Yuanwu Prefecture, Zhu Zelin of the Zhu Family and Lu Xilou of the Lu Family invited all Qi Refining Families in the Prefecture to a meeting to form an Alliance.

Chen Li also attended. Since the Zhu Family and Lu Family formed a marriage Alliance, their management was basically unified, and many adjustments were made together.

Yuanwu Prefecture formed a Mutual Aid Extermination Alliance.

First, suppress the Mortals who have turned into Demonic Path Cultivators; they are to be uniformly executed upon encounter.

Second, investigate suspicious, unfamiliar Cultivators; check the identity of any strange Cultivator encountered.

Third, form patrol teams, five people per team, to survey the situation within the Prefecture.

Fourth, if a Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivator is encountered, do not engage in a prolonged fight. Notify Lu Xilou and Zhu Zelin, and they will take action.

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At Black Magpie Mountain, Chen Li prepared to set off for patrol. As a Cultivator outwardly at Eighth Level of Qi Refining, he certainly had to become a member of a patrol team.

In Artifact Refining, Chen Songxiao forged the second 【three absolutes disaster severing blade】.

This time, he increased the proportion of thunder ore used. Inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Li examined the saber.

"Not bad, another fourth-rank Magical Artifact!"

Chen Li praised. Chen Songxiao said, "Father, take it. I already forged one before, but this one has more thunder attribute!"

Chen Li nodded and was not overly modest. Looking at Chen Songxiao, he said, "Songxiao, your Artifact Refining is truly excellent!"

"Haha, Father, I achieved this by piling up time, and by piling up so many Ore Materials. Quite a few were wasted."

"Having so many Ore Materials is also due to your contribution!"

The two chatted casually. Chen Songxiao became much more natural in front of him, no longer as nervous or rigid as before.

Chen Li arrived at the assembly point in the Prefecture. The team leader was the Family Head at Ninth Layer of Qi Refining from a certain county within the Prefecture. The other three were also at Mid-stage Qi Refining, selected from their respective Families.

Yun Chengyue was in his group, with a cultivation of Qi Refining Sixth Layer. The Yun Family's Old Ancestor, Yun Tiancheng, was stationed at the Yun Family.

They needed to patrol the intersections of several counties within the Prefecture. The five people started their patrol from the Lu Family.