Chapter 661: Duer Pill

Night has fallen.

There is no curfew in all of Qianyang City, and lights of every variety shine everywhere, illuminating the night as if it were day.

Aaron activated the Array Formation provided by the Cave Abode, instantly isolating the inside from the outside, no longer looking at the smoke and splendor of the city.

To him, all of this is someone else's bustle.

A Foundation Establishment outsider like himself is merely a passerby...

"The Spirit Qi in this Cave Abode is the best I have ever seen in my life... Practicing the thirteenth layer of the Mingyu Art in this environment will surely allow me to reach perfection faster... Of course, the cost is also greater!"

In reality, the most common Spirit Root among cultivators is still the Five Elements attribute, which is why the Five Elements Golden Core Pill is the most expensive!

Furthermore, it is also the safest, just as the Immortal Cultivation World, after many years of elimination, ultimately screened the 'Foundation Establishment Pill' as the primary spirit item for Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, this struggle for the opportunity to attain the Tao is mostly a fight to the death, and it is very easy to invite trouble.

Aaron looked carefully at those few cases and immediately understood.

Although he knows that taking risks is the fastest way to obtain Spirit Stones, Aaron instinctively rejects such high-risk behavior.

Looking at the recorded prices of the Golden Core Formation Pills sold at auction later on, Aaron gasped: "Hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones? After draining the Li Family, I have less than one hundred thousand Spirit Stones in total..."

He truly lacks the confidence to succeed in forming a Golden Core in one go, and if the Golden Core formation fails, his cultivation will inevitably regress, requiring a long time to recuperate.

Even in Great Gan, where immortal cultivation resources are extremely abundant, a Golden Core Cultivator is still a high-level cultivator.

"Even with a Golden Core Formation Pill, success is not guaranteed... Forget it, I will just follow my own plan."

The required spirit items are all extremely precious, and this threshold is not so easy to cross.

Snatching Golden Core formation spirit items is too eye-catching!

This was after selling a batch of Spirit Medicine and establishing a friendship with 'Shopkeeper Hao' of the Heavenly Pill Tower, from whom he bought this knowledge related to Alchemy.

Aaron's eyes lit up as he found the part he wanted.

He sat on a meditation cushion, holding a white Jade Slip in his hand.

The first thing that caught his eye was a type of 'Ziyun Pill', suitable for Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators of all Spirit Roots to increase their Dharma Power; it is said to have a certain effect even on Golden Core early-stage cultivators.

"So... the expected cost of forming a Golden Core starts with at least three or more Duer Pills, then a large amount of healing pills, and then, the long-term rental of a high-level Cave Abode, at least one hundred years of expenses!"

"Starting tomorrow, I have to go back to being a wage earner and save up Spirit Stones..."

Finally, his Divine Sense landed on an introduction: "Duer Pill... Consuming one before Golden Core formation can ensure that a cultivator does not die if the Golden Core formation fails... But there is a note at the end that it is common for those who fail to form a Golden Core to be severely injured and drop in cultivation level, which even consuming a Duer Pill cannot prevent... Furthermore, there are still cases of failure."

However, he is not in a hurry himself; after all, he has only practiced to the halfway point of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Even in Qianyang City, it will take another twenty or thirty years to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection and enter the False Core realm.

Aaron did the math: "Hmm... about three or four hundred thousand Spirit Stones should be enough, and my purse is still far from this goal..."

"Thunder Fire Quenching Golden Core... suitable for Thunder Spirit Root cultivators to attempt Golden Core formation, over one hundred thousand Spirit Stones... these are all prices that have been auctioned off."

"Golden Core Formation Pill... full name 'Five Elements Golden Core Pill', suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators with Five Elements Spirit Roots to attempt Golden Core formation... it can increase the probability of Golden Core formation by several percent, and a single pill is hard to find! Only Nascent Soul sects like the Shushan Sword Pavilion and the Black Demon Sect can stably produce them, and they aren't even enough to supply the cultivators within their own sects... If outside cultivators want to obtain one, they can only wait for the once-every-thirty-years grand auction in Qianyang City?"

His Divine Sense spread out, looking at other pills:

Aaron skipped these low-to-mid-level pills and looked at the high-level pill section at the end of the Jade Slip.

"Yao Yue Pill... suitable for assisting Ice attribute Different Spirit Root cultivators to attempt Golden Core formation... one hundred thousand Spirit Stones... these are all prices that have been auctioned off."

However, it was not an Alchemy Inheritance, but just a volume of "Alchemy Evaluation", which is very helpful for recognizing the types of pills in Great Gan.

"And the Spirit Qi of the Cave Abode rented here is also very sufficient, and the safety is also okay."

During this period, safety is a big problem.

His Divine Sense moved rapidly, starting to search for the pills he needed: "Nine Infants Blood Pill... restores injuries at a great speed, suitable for recuperation after a failed Golden Core formation... I need the ones for before Golden Core formation..."

"However, buying just one pill is a bit of an overreaction..."

The price is even about the same as the 'Vein Protecting Pill'.

"Hmm... Golden Core Formation Pill?"

"No wonder there are so many Foundation Establishment cultivators in Qianyang City..."

And then, there are the pills for Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through bottlenecks...

Those were all Foundation Establishment cultivators of over one hundred and twenty years; after failing to form a Golden Core, their Essence Qi dissipated too severely, and their cultivation actually dropped back to the Qi Refining stage in one breath!

Although they did not die from the failed Golden Core formation, their lifespan for the Qi Refining stage had already been reached, so the outcome was—direct death!

"This Duer Pill is much more affordable, between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand Spirit Stones... my net worth can afford one."

There is also a type of 'Small Foundation Establishment Pill', which can only increase a cultivator's success rate by ten percent, and failure in Foundation Establishment will lead to death and dissipation, but it is cheap!

Furthermore, besides the 'Foundation Establishment Pill', there are some other spirit pills that assist in Foundation Establishment, such as the 'Bao Yue Pill'. This pill is specifically for assisting female cultivators at Qi Refining Perfection to reach Foundation Establishment, and it is said that the probability of increasing Foundation Establishment is not inferior to the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Aaron carefully calculated his plan: "The Duer Pill formula is hard to obtain, and the raw materials are also hard to find... It's better to just buy the finished pills."

Compared to the barren Far West, the pills in Great Gan are much richer; there are dozens of types of pills just for increasing Dharma Power during the Qi Refining stage, and there is no shortage of spirit pills for breaking through bottlenecks.

If I don't become a Golden Core Cultivator, I won't leave seclusion!

"Actually... if we talk about safety, Qianyang City is not bad. With the signboard of the Shushan Sword Pavilion and a Nascent Soul old monster sitting in town, a mere newly promoted Golden Core Cultivator will not attract too much attention..."

Aaron chose to take a step back.

Aaron's plan is to buy a sufficient number of 'Duer Pills' in one go, then find a safe place and keep trying to form a Golden Core.

If I just find some deep mountain forest to go into seclusion, once the Golden Core celestial phenomenon appears, it will still attract many cultivators, and I will lack someone to act as a Protector!

After all, this is Great Gan!

Who knows if there are any ruthless characters among the Foundation Establishment cultivators who can kill a Golden Core Cultivator?

Furthermore, there are too many high-level cultivators and too many second-generation ones. If I accidentally kill someone I shouldn't have and provoke a major force, what can I do?

Aaron does not want to live a life of being hunted down every day, hiding everywhere like a street rat.

Being a wage earner and earning Spirit Stones is nothing to be ashamed of!

Although there are many Foundation Establishment cultivators in Qianyang City and the competition seems quite fierce, Aaron is not afraid at all.

In the name of a double-overtime dog who is both a rice-eater and a wage earner, he will out-compete those Foundation Establishment cultivators who are grabbing his food!

(End of chapter)