40: Five Elements Golden Elixir

Under Ye Ming's expectant gaze, the Five-colored Heavenly Tribulation Lightning above the black clouds finally couldn't hold back.

"Boom~"

Accompanied by a deafening thunderclap, a Five-colored Heavenly Tribulation Lightning as thick as a child's body rushed down from the clouds. Before Ye Ming could even blink, the lightning had already struck the five Golden Cores.

"Crack~"

Then Ye Ming only heard a soft sound, and his Golden Cores all shattered. Before he could react, the fragments actively gathered together. If one observed carefully, tiny electric arcs could be seen moving between the fragments.

These electric arcs were bringing the fragments together!

Just as Ye Ming saw clearly, a strong five-colored light burst forth from the center of the fragments, illuminating the surrounding dark world.

Then, after the light dissipated, a pigeon-egg-sized, five-colored Golden Core flew out. The colors on the Golden Core constantly changed, looking like the five-colored divine pearls from myths, just a bit larger.

Ye Ming observed for a while, then suddenly frowned. Under his Divine Sense, four figures were approaching him.

Ye Ming immediately put away his Five Elements Golden Core, then cast the Divine Concealment Art, and he instantly disappeared into mid-air.

"Hmm? Where's the item?"

The four figures flew over, one of them with a slightly darkened expression. He had clearly just seen the five-colored light, so how could it be gone in the blink of an eye?

"Split up and find it. I suspect this item must be a spiritual object that has developed sentience!"

"Yes, Sect Master!"

With that, the four figures split up, each going in a different direction to search, but even after searching a hundred-mile radius, they couldn't find it.

At this moment, Ye Ming had already returned to Qinghe City. His two Puppets also followed closely. Before he cast the Divine Concealment Art, he had transmitted a message to the two Puppets to hide, and then he would pick them up.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, the Old Village Chief and the others gathered around to see if Ye Ming was alright.

"I'm fine now. I was just Undergoing Tribulation!" Ye Ming smiled and waved his hand at the Old Village Chief and the others, indicating that he was fine.

"It's good that you're fine... Wait, Undergoing Tribulation?"

The Old Village Chief's worried heart finally settled, but upon hearing about Undergoing Tribulation, his eyes immediately widened.

The others nearby also looked shocked. As expected of an Immortal, increasing one's strength required the baptism of lightning.

Wu Yiting in the crowd looked at Ye Ming curiously and asked him, "Master, how did you Undergo Tribulation? Was it like the legends, with lightning striking all over you?"

"No, that's the Soul Transformation Tribulation, and I only had a rare Core Formation Tribulation. Disciple, let me tell you, at that time, the Heavenly Tribulation..." Ye Ming shook his head upon hearing this, then told Wu Yiting how he Underwent Tribulation, also letting her know that Undergoing Tribulation was not easy.

However, Ye Ming only briefly spoke about his tribulation process, without going into too much detail, as who could replicate his Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root?

Anyway, Ye Ming had never heard of anyone like him in the Mortal Realm.

After he finished speaking and they saw that he was truly fine, everyone finally relaxed and went about their business.

Wu Yiting stayed behind, saying that Ye Ming needed care after Undergoing Tribulation. So, she followed Ye Ming to the flying boat to drink spiritual tea and eat roasted meat skewers.

Of course, what she ate was Early Stage first-order Yao Beast meat; she couldn't handle anything higher. She was currently at Qi Refining Second Level, just one step away from entering Qi Refining Third Level.

Just two cups of spiritual tea and ten skewers of roasted meat would allow her to Breakthrough to the Third Level.

On the flying boat, when Wu Yiting heard that she could Breakthrough by eating a little something, she no longer cared about being a lady. Anyway, Ye Ming was the person she was most familiar with, so she would just release a little bit of her true nature!

She took three bites of a skewer and gulped down a cup of spiritual tea, not even savoring the taste before immediately going to Breakthrough.

Since his disciple was Breaking Through, as her master, he naturally had to act as her Protector.

"Clear your mind, empty your heart!"

A solemn, ethereal voice rang in Wu Yiting's ears, instantly putting her into a state, and her entire Mental Energy reached its peak at this moment.

Finally, that voice once again echoed through her heart and mind.

"Circulate the third stage of the Foundation Establishment Art!"

Wu Yiting complied, drawing out the spiritual power from her Dantian and circulating it through her body for three major cycles. After that, she felt that she had touched the thin membrane of the Third Level.

"If not now, when will you Breakthrough?"

The ethereal voice spurred Wu Yiting on, and she directly broke through the membrane, entering the Qi Refining Third Level.

Wu Yiting excitedly opened her eyes, her face flushed. She had finally broken through!

The first thing she saw was Ye Ming sitting beside her, looking at her with a smile. At that moment, she understood: that voice just now was her master!

"Thank you, Master, for protecting and guiding me!"

She quickly bowed respectfully to Ye Ming in a master-disciple salute and remained bowed for a long time.

"Hmm, well done. Go and stabilize your cultivation!"

It wasn't until Ye Ming spoke that she stood up, then, at Ye Ming's suggestion, went to stabilize her cultivation, still feeling a little light-headed as she left.

That ethereal voice earlier was something Ye Ming could do when he entered the Golden Core stage. Those with lower cultivation than him could have their entire spirit affected by a single word from him, and he could even decide life and death with a word.

In reality, it was just transmitting sound into the Golden Core, causing the Golden Core to vibrate and utter a sentence, similar to ventriloquism, but with many profound mysteries.

Looking at his disciple's retreating back, Ye Ming smiled and shook his head. Then he walked to the center of the Spirit Gathering Array and sat down. His two hundred years of cultivation hadn't been fully infused yet. If it weren't for the Heavenly Tribulation, he would have already entered the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Ye Ming ordered the System in his mind: "System, continue infusing cultivation!"

[Ding, the remaining thirty percent of cultivation is being infused...]

The familiar refined spiritual power reappeared, and all of it surged into his Five Elements Golden Core.

The Golden Core, infused with spiritual power, immediately burst forth with intense five-colored light, even illuminating Ye Ming's body.

It took a full quarter of an hour for the cultivation infusion to complete, and Ye Ming's cultivation also reached the Golden Core Middle Stage. Moreover, he could Breakthrough to the Late Stage after just ten more days of Cultivating.

Thus, Ye Ming continued to Cultivate.

Ten days later.

Golden Core Late Stage, complete!

However, Ye Ming still didn't open his eyes. He had just reached the Late Stage on his own and needed to stabilize his cultivation, otherwise, his entire aura would be uncontrollable.

So he once again circulated the Five Elements Returning to One Art, stabilizing the Five Elements Golden Core that was slightly trembling within his body.

Stabilizing his cultivation took longer than Ye Ming expected, a full twelve days to stabilize the Golden Core.

On this day, inside the flying boat, as Ye Ming's eyes slightly opened, five-colored light overflowed.

When he fully opened them, two five-colored rays of light carrying powerful auras shot out from his eyes, instantly hitting the flying boat's Grand Array, causing the Grand Array to hum and glow brightly.

The Grand Array only calmed down after thirty breaths, and the light in Ye Ming's eyes also disappeared, returning to normal.