txolops Chapter 118 Second Transformation! The Avatar Prepares to Form the Core!
Chapter 118 Second Transformation! The Avatar Prepares to Form the Core!
Time flies like water.
Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Nine years is neither a long nor a short time.
With the large amount of pills he had accumulated from previous alchemy and the high-quality cave blessed by the Spirit Eye Spring, Lin Chuan's cultivation speed far exceeded that of ordinary people.
He started cultivating from the early stage of Foundation Establishment, step by step, and finally returned to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and even reached the peak of the late stage of Foundation Establishment!
Moreover, this peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage is completely different from that of nine years ago.
He could clearly feel that the liquid magic power in his dantian was much thicker than before, and as it flowed, it had a heavy, solid feel to it.
The total amount of magic power is also a quarter more than it was nine years ago!
"As expected, this Third-Stage Rejuvenation Technique allows one's total magical power to far surpass that of others at the same level!"
Lin Chuan was overjoyed.
Originally, he planned to try to break through to the Core Formation stage after his first transformation.
Nine years is neither a long nor a short time. For an ordinary cultivator, being able to rebuild from the early stage of Foundation Establishment back to the peak of the late stage is already incredibly fast.
But now, he has changed his mind.
If the first job advancement can increase the total amount of mana by a quarter, what about the second job advancement? And the third job advancement?
If the three cycles are completed.
To what extent should magical power be solidified?
What is the success rate of Core Formation?
After forming the Golden Core, how much more powerful will one's mana be than that of other cultivators of the same level?
Lin Chuan became more and more excited the more he thought about it.
Anyway, he's only in his forties now, and he has plenty of life left.
Although the Three Transformations Rejuvenation Technique takes time, with his dual spiritual roots, the Spirit Eye Spring Cave, and a large number of pills, he can complete the Three Transformations smoothly in at most another twenty years.
Twenty years is but a blink of an eye for cultivators who pursue immortality.
"Why not carry this three-stage transformation through to the end!"
Lin Chuan made a decision.
However, he is currently facing a problem—he doesn't have enough pills.
The amount of pills consumed during these nine years of cultivation was enormous.
In addition, the transformed soul is also cultivating, which also requires resources.
Lin Chuan now has very few pills left in his storage bag.
He glanced at the avatar.
Transformed into Qu Hun, he has now cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but has not yet reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.
After all, the avatar has three spiritual roots, unlike Lin Chuan who has two. If he hadn't cultivated the Blood Refining Divine Light, a method that allows for rapid success, he probably wouldn't even have reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage by now.
"It seems I still need to go out and seek opportunities through divination to quickly accumulate wealth."
Lin Chuan pondered in his heart.
Although Tianxing City is the center of the Chaotic Star Sea, it has a large population and many high-level cultivators.
He'd been here for nine years, consulting the divination books daily, but rarely had a chance to "find a bargain."
There are basically no wild spiritual herbs, cultivator relics, or hidden opportunities.
Holding out in one place is not a long-term solution.
……
Lin Chuan immediately began to tidy up.
He followed the same method, having the Blood Thread Dragon help him retrieve the Spirit Eye Spring from the meditation room and store it in a spatial jade tablet.
The incarnation of the soul must also follow, because if it goes too far away, the incarnation will become sluggish.
Fortunately, he had the Gray Wing Boat, which carried his avatar to fly with him. The avatar could also cultivate on the boat, so it wouldn't waste any time.
With everything prepared, Lin Chuan left the cave and exited Tianxing City.
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For the next month, Lin Chuan wandered the waters near Tianxing City.
This sea area, spanning tens of thousands of miles, is basically within the Star Palace's sphere of influence, with excellent public security and very few encounters with Tribulation Cultivators.
Lin Chuan travels between islands daily, guided by divination, seeking opportunities.
Today's divination result: Minor good fortune.
[The divination reads: Today, you found an 800-year-old Ganoderma lucidum (Flowing Heart Fungus) in a deep ravine on the western side of Moli Island!]
"As expected, the only chance is to leave Tianxing City."
Lin Chuan was very happy.
An 800-year-old elixir, sold in the market, can easily fetch over a thousand spirit stones.
This is an amount that many independent Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to accumulate even after several years.
This is just his daily routine of "picking up things".
Soon, Lin Chuan arrived at the island indicated by the divination – Moli Island.
The island is small, only about a hundred miles in circumference, with lush vegetation and rolling hills.
Following the directions, Lin Chuan found a hidden ravine on the west side of the island.
The cliffs on both sides of the deep ravine are steep, and the bottom is dark and damp. Ordinary cultivators would never notice this place.
He descended with his escape light and discovered the 800-year-old Flowing Heart Fungus behind a giant rock at the bottom of the deep ravine.
The Ganoderma lucidum was pale golden in color, with an umbrella-shaped cap and natural cloud-like patterns on its surface. It emitted a rich medicinal fragrance. Lin Chuan carefully dug it up, roots and all, and placed it in a jade box for safekeeping.
"An 800-year-old Flowing Heart Mushroom can fetch at least 1,500 spirit stones in the market."
Lin Chuan put away the jade box with satisfaction and continued his journey.
……
In the days that followed, Lin Chuan wandered within the 100,000-mile sea area near Tianxing City.
This sea area is dotted with islands.
Some places are inhabited by ordinary people, some are occupied by wandering monks, and some are completely deserted and neglected.
Every morning, Lin Chuan would refresh the divination chart and then follow the guidance to the corresponding islands to collect the undiscovered opportunities.
A year has passed quietly.
The harvest this year was nothing short of astonishing.
High-aged medicinal herbs: Hundreds of plants, including eight that are over a thousand years old.
The monk's belongings: a dozen or so items.
Most of them were storage bags left behind by cultivators who perished at sea. They were washed ashore on some deserted island reef by the tide and remained undiscovered until Lin Chuan found them by following the clues.
The most precious one came from a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator who had been dead for countless years.
It was discovered in a crevice of a rock on a deserted island less than a kilometer in circumference.
A skeleton, long since reduced to white bones, was curled up deep in the crevice. The robes on its body had long since decayed to ash, but the storage bag at its waist remained intact.
Lin Chuan opened the storage bag, and the contents inside made his pupils shrink—
A high-grade spirit stone!
The azure spirit stone, the size of a fist, contained a pure and abundant spiritual energy, far exceeding that of a mid-grade spirit stone by many times.
In terms of exchange rate, one high-level spirit stone can be exchanged for ten thousand low-level spirit stones.
In reality, nobody is willing to trade. Even if someone were willing to, they would need to spend at least 60,000 to 70,000 low-grade spirit stones to have any chance of getting one!
Because high-grade spirit stones are extremely rare.
The Tiannan region has long been exhausted, and the Chaotic Star Sea is almost the same, with most of it controlled by various major forces and some Nascent Soul cultivators.
It will not easily enter the market.
This thing, whether used to quickly restore mana during battle or to enhance the power of formations, is far superior to low- to mid-grade spirit stones.
Lin Chuan carefully put away the high-grade spirit stone, feeling overjoyed.
……
A year later, Lin Chuan returned to Tianxing City.
This trip was far more fruitful than expected.
He first sold off the unused elixirs, materials, and magical artifacts in batches, and then exchanged them for a large sum of spirit stones.
He then began preparing for his second job change.
First, there were the materials for alchemy—he bought a large quantity of medicinal herbs and demon cores.
Secondly, he went to the market to buy a set of Core Formation spiritual items—Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid.
These two spiritual items are the main aids for Core Formation.
Lin Chuan also prepared a Dust-Reducing Pill. Although this pill doesn't significantly increase the success rate of Core Formation, it's better to have it than not.
With everything prepared, Lin Chuan returned to his cave and began his seclusion.
……
Another year of medicine making has begun.
One by one, the pills took shape in his hands, were placed into jade bottles, labeled, and neatly arranged.
Once he had a sufficient supply of medicinal pills, Lin Chuan began to disperse his internal energy again.
The second stage of the "Three Revolutions Rejuvenation Technique" is initiated.
Half a month later, his cultivation level dropped from the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage to the early Foundation Establishment stage.
Let's start from scratch.
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Time flies, and six years have passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past six years, Lin Chuan has hardly ever left his home.
Every day, all I do is cultivate.
The pure spiritual energy provided by the Spirit Eye Spring, along with ample elixirs, kept his cultivation speed at an extremely high level.
Six years later, his cultivation level returned to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
On this day, Lin Chuan walked out of the meditation room and came to the meditation room where he was cultivating as the Soul of Music.
The avatar still sat cross-legged, his body exuding faint blood energy, and his aura was much deeper than before—the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, only a step away from the late-Foundation Establishment stage.
Lin Chuan took out five pills of different colors from his storage bag. These were the Blood Condensation Five Elements Pills he had obtained after killing the four Blood Servants and the Yue Emperor in the Yue Kingdom's palace.
The five pills are white, green, yellow, red, and blue, respectively, corresponding to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
According to the records in the Yue Emperor's Jade Slip, there is about a one-in-three chance of condensing a Killing Pill by collecting the Five Elements Pills and using the "Evil Pill Technique".
The Demonic Core, also known as the Pseudo-Golden Core, once formed, grants the user magical power, physical strength, and lifespan comparable to the early stages of Core Formation. However, the price is that one's cultivation level becomes permanently fixed, making further progress impossible.
For an avatar, this is the perfect path.
"This is the Blood Coagulation Five Elements Pill. You have already cultivated to the peak of Foundation Establishment. You can try the Qi Formation Pill."
Lin Chuan handed five pills to his avatar.