Chapter 686: Eight Hundred Years of Life, Reaching Golden Core Again (6000+ words)

The Qingding Sect was destroyed, and the Li Family rose to power.

This was a world-shaking event for the Immortal Cultivation World of the Lin Kingdom, and even the entire Far West!

In chaotic times, heroes and children of the Heavenly Mandate are bound to rise to the occasion!

The Immortal Cultivation World was in chaos; the Qingding Sect and a batch of its affiliated forces were liquidated, leading to a large amount of precious resources, and even Foundation Establishment Pills, being scattered abroad. It is a very reasonable development that many experts rose among the Loose Cultivators.

In fact, several such Loose Cultivator Foundation Establishment experts, like the one Aaron was disguised as, had appeared in the recent Immortal Cultivation World all at once.

One could even imagine that more lucky individuals would inevitably rise to the occasion in the future!

After he entered Wanshang Market, he rented the best Cave Abode and cultivated with single-minded devotion.

Implicitly and explicitly, this was a jab at the fact that this Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Lan was already very old and still had to rely on Spirit Wine for Youth Preserving...

Aaron sat cross-legged and carefully glanced at his Attribute Panel:

【Name: Fang Yu (Aaron)】

Several streaks of escape light danced, among which three Foundation Establishment cultivators were chatting and laughing.

Two male Foundation Establishment cultivators were fawning over a female cultivator in white robes with a beautiful appearance.

Then, within the tornado, a young figure emerged; it was none other than Aaron!

At this moment, his Golden Core-level Dharma Power and Divine Sense were exposed without reservation, wantonly displaying the might of a Golden Core!

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Lan's expression turned gloomy.

【Age: 800】

"It has been about one hundred and fifty years since I reached Golden Core, hasn't it? As a result, I haven't even finished cultivating half of the fourteenth layer of the Mingyu Art... Especially after coming to the Far West, my efficiency has dropped even further."

That powerful pressure even forced the three Foundation Establishment Dashiu to lower their Magic Tools and tremble all over like ordinary cultivators.

"Haha, this is easy... In this Wanshang Market, there is no one who does not give my Lan Family some face."

"But the local specialties of our Lin Kingdom are not necessarily inferior to those of the Wu Country; for example, that 'Drunken Beauty'... I hear that Fang Daoyou has been drinking it every day, so he is clearly quite fond of this item."

Once matters involving Golden Core, sects, and family hegemony were involved, those large sects often became unreasonable, overbearing, and vicious...

This time, he had truly become famous throughout the entire Wanshang Market. Every cultivator knew that this Fang Laozu, or Fang Laoguai, was not only reclusive in personality, but his own Spirit Root aptitude must also be excellent—either a Heavenly Spirit Root or a Different Spirit Root—as he had actually broken through two realms in a mere thirty years!

In fact, when Aaron acted as 'Li Qingjing', the dossier on 'Fang Laoguai' was already placed on his desk, delivered personally by Li Jiantong, with a solemn annotation on the side: "This person must either be won over, or he must absolutely not be left alive!"

Another twenty years passed, and he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, becoming one of the few top experts in the Lin Kingdom's Immortal Cultivation World!

The representatives of several cultivation forces who rushed over kept saying they didn't dare, while at the same time feeling incomparably astonished in their hearts.

After all, he was acting on both sides, and most of his closed-door cultivation time was spent running around; he was quite busy.

Countless Spirit Qi gathered above a single Cave Abode, even forming a tornado.

This day.

"Compared to the specialties, there are quite a few powerful fellow Daoists in this market." The female cultivator surnamed Bai smiled slightly: "This little sister has just reached Foundation Establishment, yet I wish to make more fellow Daoists and discuss cultivation insights..."

"Fellow Daoist Bai, ahead is Wanshang Market. This market connects the Immortal Cultivation Worlds of two countries and has many specialties not found in the Lin Kingdom..."

"Lin Ye, don't go too far!"

"Hehe..." The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Lan sneered: "Fellow Daoist, you are thinking too simply. Even if the other party's aptitude is good, this matter of Golden Core cannot be achieved by mere bitter cultivation... Not to mention, it is still up for debate whether the Li Family would agree! That Li Jia Lao Zu is someone who is approaching the end of his lifespan, yet is ruthless and has even killed Qingyunzi!"

"Not at all, not at all. It is our honor as cultivators that a senior can reach Golden Core here!"

Above the firmament, dark clouds gathered, and the Spirit Qi formed a vortex.

"It just so happens that today is my eight-hundredth birthday. Even Peng Zu only lived to eight hundred; I shall reach Golden Core today to bring myself some good luck!"

【Realm: Golden Core Early Stage】

Wanshang Market.

……

Thinking of this, Aaron stood up and began to set up an Array Formation to attract Spirit Qi and forge the celestial phenomenon of a Golden Core breakthrough.

As time went on, those Foundation Establishment forces all learned that this 'Fang Daoyou' was actually an extremely rare Second-tier Alchemist, and they tried to win him over repeatedly, but Aaron refused them all, disguising himself as a person devoted to bitter cultivation.

【Technique: Mingyu Art 14th Layer (4317/10000)】

Another Foundation Establishment cultivator in green robes smiled.

After showing off his might for a while, Aaron swept his Divine Sense over the Foundation Establishment Dashiu who had rushed over, and finding that no one had seen through it, he said loudly: "Fang has achieved the Golden Core today. In one hundred days, I will hold a lecture here to share some cultivation insights..."

"This... this is..."

"After spending several decades, this fake identity of Fang Laozu should be famous in one region!"

The cultivator in green robes asked suspiciously: "Is that so? Why have I heard that your Lan Family tried to win over that Fang Laoguai several times, only to return in failure?"

"It is indeed this person, but he has a strange temper and is not easy to associate with..." Lin Ye laughed: "Among the few people in the current Lin Kingdom's Immortal Cultivation World who have hope of reaching Golden Core, this person is at the top of the list."

The female cultivator surnamed Bai was full of shock and astonishment...

【Spell:...】

……

Ten years later, he let his cultivation 'break through' the bottleneck, becoming a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator, a rarity among Loose Cultivators.

"That's impossible... In the market, there is only one Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator, and that is that Fang Laoguai! But how many years has it been since he advanced to the Late Stage?"

"Fang Laoguai?" The female cultivator surnamed Bai's eyes lit up: "Is that the great cultivator who broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage in thirty years?"

Fortunately... such days would not last long.

"The legendary... Golden Core celestial phenomenon?" Lin Ye muttered to himself: "In the market, a senior has actually reached Golden Core?"

Just as the three Foundation Establishment cultivators were about to reach the market, a terrifying fluctuation suddenly erupted from within the market.

……

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Lan had an expression of disbelief, as if his Dao heart had somewhat collapsed.

He only occasionally came out of seclusion to sell some Second-tier pills and exchange them for other cultivation supplies.

Perhaps this Array Formation could not fool anyone in Qianyang City, but it was not much of a problem to fool the bumpkins of the Far West.

Aaron's expression at the time: "..."

【Talent: Immortality】

Inside the Cave Abode.

"This Cave Abode in Wanshang Market just cannot compare to the Spirit Vein of Qingding Mountain!"

The female cultivator surnamed Bai could not help but tremble.

【Skills:... Third-tier Jade Bone (1021/10000), Third-tier Talisman Making (2229/10000), Third-tier Artifact Refining (3799/10000), Third-tier Alchemy (2051/10000), Third-tier Array Formation (3399/10000)】

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Lan said proudly.

'It looks like... the effect of this Array Formation is not bad.'

A youth in a blue shirt smiled, his tone carrying a hint of arrogance: "My Lan family also holds shares in this market."

Wanshang Market.

With the Spirit Vein of Dongmen Valley, could it actually support a cultivator in reaching Golden Core?

This Fang Laoguai... no, just how heaven-defying has the aptitude of Fang Laozu reached? Or perhaps... what kind of great fortuitous encounter does he harbor?

Alas... the other party has already reached Golden Core; any schemes or calculations are already too late...

(End of this chapter)