Chapter 498 - 262: Taking the Spirit Supplement Pill

The moment the words changed, the Cyan-Horned Bull’s eyes widened.

Watching its master’s calm expression, it mooed anxiously.

This is too unfair to the bull. How can it compare to the Phoenix Cry Bird?

They are not even in the same league of bloodlines.

The Phoenix Cry Bird is equivalent to the peak of human cultivators’ Spirit Body, an even rarer Golden Flame Divine Phoenix.

What about it? It is just an ordinary Cyan-Horned Bull with an upper-grade bloodline among demon beasts.

Expecting it to break through Tier Three and reach the Golden Core Realm?

This is too unfair to the bull!

"Alright, cultivate well."

Lin Chang’an gently patted the bull’s head, then turned around and returned to the cave mansion, stating he was going into closed-door meditation.

As Lin Chang’an’s figure disappeared, the Cyan-Horned Bull mooed in grievance.

Meanwhile, the petite Sword Servant staggered back two steps, finally sitting on a rock by the pond, looking at the Cultivation Technique Jade Scroll in her palm in disbelief.

"Cultivation! I can cultivate again!"

Falling from the mountain peak to the abyss, only then did she realize what she had lost.

This kind of regained loss makes one cherish it even more, clutching tightly the only life-saving straw in the abyss.

As tears welled up in her eyes, she hurriedly wiped them away, revealing a stubborn look on her baby-faced cheeks.

"Mother, Ling’Er can still cultivate, Ling’Er still wants revenge!"

...

At this time, Lin Chang had already passed through the Earthfire Cavern and went to Red Fire Peak.

After all, he intended to take the Spirit Supplement Pill, which was said to have results even stronger than the Pill Formation Secret Skill, and he feared anomalies might attract crowds.

The pill formula didn’t record that part anyway.

The Pill Formation Secret Skill is equivalent to reforming the Golden Core, naturally causing heavenly phenomena during the reformation.

At Red Fire Peak, he outwardly presented himself as a Fake Pill Cultivator and a Reincarnation Cultivator, which was quite reasonable.

"This is the Spirit Supplement Pill. According to the pill formula, after taking it, a cultivator needs to slowly absorb the medicine’s potency. The higher the quality, the longer it takes to improve the cultivator’s physique..."

In theory, no anomaly should occur, but he remained cautious.

In the cave mansion, Lin Chang’an sat cross-legged, holding the Spirit Supplement Pill radiating multicolored glow, feeling a surge of emotions.

"For this one Spirit Pill, I’ve almost emptied my entire savings."

With no hesitation, Lin Chang’an gulped down the precious pill.

He then began channeling his mana to absorb the medicinal power.

With his strong Divine Sense, which cultivated cultivators can introspect from the Foundation Establishment stage, now as a Golden Core Cultivator like Lin Chang’an, he could clearly see it.

In his dantian, after forming the core, a longan-sized Golden Core was swirling.

This was the foundation of a Core Formation Cultivator. As one’s cultivation grew stronger, the size of the Golden Core would undergo some changes.

At this moment, within him, there existed a Spirit Supplement Pill shining with multicolored light, bursting into spots of glow being absorbed by the Golden Core.

Visible to the naked eye, his dantian’s Golden Core felt a qualitative change happening.

Simultaneously, countless flares were nurturing his body, and his Spirit Root aptitude was subtly changing.

Lin Chang’an had his eyes tightly closed, continuously channeling mana to revel in the changes brought by the Spirit Supplement Pill.

...

Over time, a year and a half passed in the blink of an eye.

[Life Span: 148//599]

[Realm: Core Golden Early Stage (5/100)]

On this day, a spring breeze blew outside, awakening all life. Within the cave mansion on Red Fire Peak, Lin Chang’an, who had been in closed meditation for over a year, slowly opened his eyes.

"As it turns out, this kind of Spirit Pill is meant to gradually nourish and improve the cultivator’s Spirit Root physique and Golden Core quality, not like those methods of wildly destroying the current Golden Core to reform it."

Opening his eyes, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but display a relaxed smile.

No phenomenon during the core formation, which was good because it saved him some trouble.

Likewise, his Golden Core Realm cultivation absorbed the pill faster, unlike if he were at Foundation Establishment Cultivation, which would have taken over ten years.

"Now I am finally not a Low Grade Spirit Root anymore!"

As Lin Chang’an raised his hand, a Magic Disc for testing Spirit Roots from his Storage Bag appeared, and as his mana was channeled into it,

an earthy green spiritual power fluctuation corresponding to him rapidly rose on the ancient scale visible to the naked eye.

Pseudo Spirit Root, Low Grade Spirit Root, until the scale filled with the Low Grade Spirit Root, still didn’t slow, directly reaching the Middle Grade Spirit Root scale range.

Until it climbed to the limit of Middle Grade Spirit Root, just one thread away from reaching the Upper Grade Spirit Root qualification, before stopping.

"Now I can distinctly sense the faster speed at which I absorb spiritual energy during cultivation."

Moreover, the longan-sized Golden Core within him was more refined, also surpassing the Low Grade Golden Core’s realm.

"Finally achieved!"

Within the cave mansion, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but burst into laughter, the sensation of altering his aptitude was truly addictive.

Though there are many secret techniques in the Immortal Cultivation Realm to change one’s aptitude, most have certain side effects and limitations or require some price.

Only certain Heavenly Spiritual Objects, or Spirit Pills like the Heaven Repairing Pill, are the safest options.

Seeing the two points increase in his cultivation, Lin Chang’an felt elated.

Before, it took two years to gain one point. When he first went into closed doors, he noticed his cultivation pace gradually increasing.

Along with the noticeable easing of the breakthrough shackles in his realm, he understood that these were the results of changes in Golden Core quality, enhancing his potential.

"Now, I can approximately increase one realm point per year. If I don’t factor in the bottleneck breakthrough from early to middle stage Core Formation, I may achieve breakthrough in a hundred years."

Lin Chang’an calculated his cultivation speed with flickering eyes.

Considering the difficulty of the bottleneck, it may take around a hundred and thirty years to breakthrough to the Core Formation Middle Stage, by which he would be about two hundred seventy plus years old.

If he wishes to breakthrough to Core Formation Late Stage afterward, with a normal cultivation schedule, it might take him close to five hundred years.

"At five hundred years old, for a cultivator ordinarily capable of breaking through to the Core Formation Late Stage, their potential would almost be spent. No wonder in the Immortal Cultivation Realm it’s said that only an Upper Grade Golden Core is the lowest threshold for a Nascent Soul Cultivator."

Historical records in the Immortal Cultivation Realm note that almost anyone able to form a Nascent Soul has either an Immortal Golden Core or an Upper Grade Golden Core.

Only a few blessed by fortune, gaining some heavenly opportunities, could step into the Nascent Soul Realm.

"I have way more life expectancy than ordinary cultivators, surely I can’t be like True Monarch Lu, forming a Nascent Soul around six hundred years."

Calculating like this, the joy from the Spirit Supplement Pill had dissipated by half, making Lin Chang’an sigh in resignation.

How difficult it is to form a Nascent Soul! A Peak of Core Formation cultivator attempting it once in a lifetime is a celestial blessing, with countless cultivators lacking even the opportunity to try.

"Refining a Heaven Repairing Pill with a Tier Three Upper Grade Demon Pill isn’t something I can handle right now."

Thus, Lin Chang’an didn’t even consider it. Even with the Phoenix Cry Bird hunting a Tier Three Late Stage Yin Spirit Beast King, the realm difference was too great.

Despite having attribute advantages, it was still extremely dangerous.

"A Tier Three Late Stage demon beast’s strength can’t be matched by a Tier Three Middle Stage."

The higher the realm, the larger the gap between each small realm.

Hence, Lin Chang’an shook his head. Given the current situation, it wasn’t so bad; he should first cultivate to the Core Formation Middle Stage.

If the Cyan-Horned Bull can breakthrough Tier Three, joined by a Tier Three Middle Stage Phoenix Cry Bird,

he can repair the Blood Slaughter Red Sun Array to peak Tier Three Upper Grade, then perhaps have a chance to hunt the Tier Three Late Stage Yin Spirit Beast King.

"In the Immortal Cultivation Realm, a single misstep can lead to a series of setbacks. Sometimes hiding in a cave mansion for cultivation could mean being inevitably dragged into turbulent situations, with no control at all.

And waiting till the age of six hundred to plan for Nascent Soul, there might only be one chance."

Thoroughly pondering upon it, Lin Chang’an shook his head quietly.

Given the strength of his Self-Healing Body, even if he failed to form a Nascent Soul, he wouldn’t suffer as severely as Dragon Island Master of the Long Family.

Yet how much life span does he have? Failing at forming a Nascent Soul at six hundred years, he’ll need time to plan for Nascent Soul formation once more.

However, all of this is still far from him.

"First, let’s exit closed-door training. For now, it’s enough. Occasionally helping Profound Sound Pavilion with elixir refining to accumulate some Tier Three pills, use them during bottleneck periods."

Thereupon, Lin Chang’an stretched, leaving behind a clone at Red Fire Peak, while he himself prepared to leave with a face full of smiles.

But just as he removed the array, intending to return to Celestial Spring Peak through Earthfire Cavern,

suddenly the anxious cry from the Phoenix Cry Bird resounded.

"Master, the silly bull is in trouble!"

In its urgency, the Phoenix Cry Bird saw its master finally exit, for had it taken another three to five days, the silly bull might not have made it.

"Cyan-Horned Bull!"

Encountering this just after exiting closed-door training, Lin Chang’an was startled and swiftly sensed something amiss.

The Cyan-Horned Bull’s presence was within the Earthfire Cavern, and its aura felt unusual.