Chapter 204

"Sister, you are an alchemist; you should know roughly how much Jin Dan Liquid is needed to form a False Core in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, right?" Xia Daoming asked, feeling quite nervous.

The amount of Jin Dan Liquid is not much, estimated to be about twenty drops.

His two beloved wives, Lan Xue, Lu Ziying, and he himself would definitely need to use one or two drops for Foundation Establishment. If Shang Rui alone needed twenty drops, that would be troublesome.

Upon hearing this, Shang Rui's body shook violently, and she woke up, blurting out: "You are willing to share the Jin Dan Liquid with me to help me form a False Core?"

"You said it yourself, the inheritance is only left to Wenyue! How could I not share the Jin Dan Liquid with you!" Xia Daoming smiled.

Looking at Xia Daoming's smiling face, Shang Rui's eyes turned red unknowingly, and there was an indescribable emotion rolling in her heart.

She has lived a lifetime and has long seen through human relationships and worldly affairs.

At this moment, how could she not understand that Xia Daoming insisting on talking about the inheritance earlier was merely to prevent her from feeling burdened and not to make her feel indebted!

This is the true family and close friend!

"Yes, Sister. We are sisters; if Daoming didn't have the Jin Dan Liquid, that would be one thing, but if he has it, he must help you," Ji Wenyue said hurriedly.

Two old tears finally couldn't help but roll down from Shang Rui's eyes.

She turned around, wiped them away gently, took a deep breath, and then turned to Xia Daoming and said: "I have read some classical records before, saying that it takes about five drops of Jin Dan Liquid to help someone form a False Core."

Upon hearing this, Xia Daoming secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said very boldly: "No problem, I'll save ten drops for you just in case."

"No need for so much, no need for so much, you should still try your best to save it for Wenyue and the others' Foundation Establishment. One drop of Jin Dan Liquid is a Foundation Establishment pill of extremely high quality, which can build an extremely solid and strong foundation," Shang Rui said hurriedly.

"I know this, I will set aside their share," Xia Daoming nodded.

Hearing this, Lu Ziying suddenly remembered what Xia Daoming had said to Lu Jinglong, and her heart was greatly shocked.

"However, the False Core is a path taken only as a last resort; the Jin Dan Liquid is just a precaution. We still have to find a way to find life-extending objects and strive for the Jin Dan Great Dao," Xia Daoming said.

"Jin Dan Great Dao?" Shang Rui looked at Xia Daoming, shook her head and said: "You think too highly of me. Even if there is a chance for life extension, given my age and talent, the hope of successfully forming a Jin Dan is also extremely small. Once the Jin Dan formation fails, then there is no turning back, and there won't even be a chance to form a False Core.

And the three to five-year limit I mentioned is just a very vague feeling, but heaven's will is hard to predict; it is very likely that the limit will come this year or next year, not even giving me the chance to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment! Therefore, I will start charging toward the late stage of Foundation Establishment with all my might recently. Once the charge is successful, I cannot wait any longer.

Opportunities don't come twice; the False Core not only has part of the strength of a Jin Dan ancestor, but its lifespan is also the same as a Jin Dan ancestor, reaching five hundred years. What else can I be dissatisfied with."

"Everything is decided by Sister herself; anyway, I will set aside ten drops of Jin Dan Liquid for you. After you form the False Core, Sister, you can help with alchemy every day when you have nothing to do. Several hundred years, let me calculate how many spirit pills can be refined, wow, I'm rich!" Xia Daoming said, shouting exaggeratedly.

Upon hearing this, Shang Rui was stunned for a moment, then laughed rarely, and then glared at Xia Daoming irritably: "So, you had already calculated it!"

"That's right, I have always been a person who doesn't get up early without profit, and I calculate everything!" Xia Daoming said triumphantly.

After saying that, Xia Daoming stood up and said: "I'll go back to Qingyun City to report to Mo Zhanglao first, and by the way, see if that girl Lan Xue has entered the inner sect."

"She has entered the inner sect; she is now taken in by Mo Zhanglao and also serves as a managing disciple of the Spirit Field Hall. She was worried that you wouldn't be able to find her when you returned, so she specially told us her new residential address," Ji Wenyue said.

"She was actually taken in by Mo Zhanglao? It seems Mo Zhanglao really has a discerning eye for talent!" Xia Daoming said with some surprise.

As for entering the inner sect, it was already within his expectations.

It was just that Mo Zhanglao would actually take Lan Xue in and personally guide her, which still made him feel a bit surprised.

"That Mo Zhanglao summoning you to the Qingyuan Sect and sending you to accompany her clan's descendants to Wanluo Immortal Mountain is the true discerning eye for talent!" Shang Rui said.

"Oh my, Sister, you flatter me, you flatter me!" Xia Daoming hurriedly waved his hands modestly in an exaggerated manner.

Looking at Xia Daoming's exaggerated and unserious appearance, Shang Rui couldn't help but want to laugh again, but she held it back.

Ji Wenyue told Xia Daoming Lan Xue's new address.

Xia Daoming stood up and left.

But just as he walked to the living room door, he turned around and asked Shang Rui: "Sister, is there really no way after the False Core?"

Upon hearing this, Shang Rui's heart trembled slightly, and the look she gave Xia Daoming carried an indescribable emotional color unknowingly.

"Heaven never closes all doors; one cannot say there is no way after the False Core. It is said that one can break the core and reform it, just like refining discarded ore or medicinal materials back into the furnace, but this is only a legend.

You don't need to think so much; if I can really form a False Core, that is already something I wouldn't dare to dream of. The False Core realm is a powerful figure anywhere!"

"Countless Foundation Establishment cultivators, their dream is actually not to form a Jin Dan, because they know the Jin Dan Dao is not something they can hope for; their dream is actually just to form a False Core.

Even so, the False Core Dao is still out of reach for countless Foundation Establishment cultivators; only a few people finally form a False Core and become a hegemon," Shang Rui said.

"It's not a dead end, that's good; at least there is still hope!" After hearing this, Xia Daoming laughed heartily, and then turned and left.

Returning to Qingyun City, Xia Daoming first went to Mo Zhanglao's mansion to report.

Mo Yongzhi received Xia Daoming in the living room.

Xia Daoming expressed his apologies for not being able to help the Mo Clan.

"It is they who are short-sighted and missed the opportunity; it has nothing to do with you. Instead, you helped me run this errand, and I owe you a favor," Mo Yongzhi said.

"Elder, you are too kind, too kind. This is what a disciple should do," Xia Daoming said hurriedly.

"The cultivation world ultimately relies on strength to speak. Mo Ru Jun has already told me about you going to the Lu Clan to help. With your strength, being willing to run this errand for me, it can indeed be considered that I owe you a favor.

But in this era, the martial arts can only stop at the Grandmaster level. Even if you are gifted in martial arts, with the realm of a Grandmaster, your strength can be comparable to a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator, and that's the limit.

The Qingyuan Sect is a cultivation sect and will not admit you into the inner sect because of this, so you should focus your energy on the Qi Refinement Dao and strive to cultivate to Qi Refinement Perfection before the age of thirty-five.

Otherwise, if you cannot enter the inner sect and cannot reach Foundation Establishment, your achievements will basically be at an end," Mo Yongzhi saw Xia Daoming's humility, thought for a moment, and said earnestly.

"Thank you for your guidance, Elder; the disciple will definitely work hard and not live up to the Elder's high expectations," Xia Daoming bowed and said.

"Alright, you may go. If there is anything you don't understand in your cultivation, you can come to the Elder's mansion to ask me. Although I don't cultivate the Azure Wood Evergreen Art, my realm is here, and I can still help you resolve your doubts," Mo Yongzhi said.

"Thank you, Elder, the disciple takes his leave!" Xia Daoming bowed again and then left.

Watching Xia Daoming's departing back, Mo Yongzhi was lost in thought: "Just now I said he was gifted in martial arts, and with the realm of a Grandmaster, his strength could be comparable to a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator; he did not deny it. It seems his strength is indeed not inferior to a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator.

If he can enter the inner sect after reaching Qi Refinement Perfection before the age of thirty-five, and successfully reach Foundation Establishment in the future, I am afraid his strength could approach the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. And if the martial arts erupt unexpectedly, he might even be able to kill a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, this person seems to be, as Lan Xue said, a person who values relationships and righteousness; otherwise, since he clearly has the strength of a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator, how could he have sworn an oath of brotherhood with Lan Xue given her situation?

It's a pity that Mo Ru Jun doesn't know how to cherish it; otherwise, forming a good relationship with this person and growing together would have been a great help to her. Just this trip to the Wanluo Secret Realm alone brought thousands of spirit stone resources."

Xia Daoming left the Elder's mansion and went all the way to the Nancheng, the area where managing disciples live and cultivate.

Just as he entered the Nancheng, Xia Daoming saw Zhong Meng and Ma Tianliang walking toward him.

Seeing that it was the two of them, Xia Daoming naturally didn't want to pay attention to them, acted as if he didn't see them, and was about to brush past them.

As a result, as soon as Zhong Meng saw Xia Daoming, she immediately remembered the recent setbacks, and old sorrows and new hatreds welled up in her heart. It just so happened that Ma Tianliang was on the side, so she had confidence, and couldn't help but sneer: "Xia Daoming, now that Lan Xue has become an inner sect disciple, you must be trying hard to curry favor with her!"

Xia Daoming smiled noncommittally and continued walking.

Seeing Xia Daoming ignoring her, Zhong Meng was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

And Ma Tianliang's personality was originally hypocritical, with deep schemes, and he acted in a mature and steady manner. But because he had climbed up to Shang Rui, he believed that the future was promising and that he would soon have hope of reaching Foundation Establishment, so he inevitably became a bit self-inflated.

So seeing Xia Daoming's attitude, he acted contrary to his usual self, sneered coldly, and said: "Xia Daoming, don't think that just because you are a Grandmaster, you are amazing. Once I become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, dealing with you will be as easy as turning my hand."

"Then wait until you become a Foundation Establishment cultivator before you say that to me!" Xia Daoming sneered coldly, stepped forward, and continued walking.

"You!" Ma Tianliang was so angry that his nose was crooked. He really wanted to release his magic tool to give Xia Daoming a taste of his power, but when he remembered that he was a Martial Arts Grandmaster, if he really made a move, it would be self-inflicted humiliation, so he helplessly suppressed this impulse in his heart.

"Xu Shixiong, look, how arrogant this person is; you must find a way to teach him a lesson!" Seeing Ma Tianliang's anger, Zhong Meng was overjoyed instead. Watching Xia Daoming's departing back, she revealed a ruthless look.

"Hmph, once I become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, not only will my strength be stable and suppress him, but I will also be his senior. Dealing with him won't be easy! Let him be arrogant for a while now," Ma Tianliang gritted his teeth.

"Is Xu Shixiong really confident about reaching Foundation Establishment in recent years?" Zhong Meng asked.

"I wouldn't dare say ten percent, but I'm sure there's eighty or ninety percent!" Ma Tianliang thought of Shang Rui's attitude toward him and the fact that her limit was approaching, and couldn't help but be full of confidence.

(End of chapter)