Chapter 956: Golden Core (8000-word supplement)

Meihuajian.

This is the Cave Abode of Baimei Laodao.

Fang Jing, protected by Mysterious Light, flew into the depths of the plum blossoms and saw an old Taoist drinking under a plum tree.

He bowed respectfully and called out, "Master..."

Then, he asked unwillingly, "Does my Emei really have to engage in a sword duel with Luofu?"

A sword duel is actually nothing much.

But thinking about having to be enemies with his two former little companions, Fang Jing felt deeply unsettled.

After all, a Golden Core Grandmaster has a lifespan of over a thousand years and can establish a sect!

Some Side Door Loose Cultivators wouldn't even dare to imagine it!

At this moment, even as steady as Fang Jing was, his heart was filled with indescribable envy and jealousy...

Saying too much would likely be lost on this dim-witted disciple, so he could only drink his bitter wine alone.

"Master..."

But Baimei Laodao could not tell this disciple about such matters.

Baimei Laodao gripped a Flying Sword, seemingly envisioning the scene where Li Yingyun won three battles out of three, slaying Side Door Golden Cores with her sword before even the Luofu Ancestor could intervene, and for a moment, he was quite captivated.

"Has someone refined a Golden Elixir? I wonder which Junior Uncle or Senior Uncle it is..."

"Let's go..."

"Junior Brother, do not fear..."

He saw Yang Xumi unfold the Shadowless Sword, transforming into a Sword Light as thin as nothingness, and enter the Nine Elders Cave.

'Therefore, no matter who is right or wrong, under the tribulation, this sword duel is unavoidable...'

Simultaneously guarding the Nine Elders Cave.

Qimiaoyi smiled slightly and actually put away the Purple-Green Sword.

He was flying in mid-air when he suddenly felt the Heavenly Qi surging like a tide toward the Nine Elders Cave.

Li Yingyun only needed one sword to slay those Luofu Mountain Golden Cores; she would likely need about the same to slay him...

Yet the next moment, layer upon layer of strange phenomena left Fang Jing, this Emei Disciple, somewhat stunned.

And Li Yingyun, who had entered the sect less than fifty years ago, had achieved the Golden Core, and the most superior Taiqing Golden Elixir at that!

Even before forming the Golden Core, she could slay a Golden Core Demon with her sword; if she became a Golden Core, wouldn't she be able to roam the world at will?

The Great Dao manifested, the Dao Ancestor left traces...

The Golden Crow warmed the sun, the Moon Rabbit looked back...

"Sigh..."

At Wanfo Golden Summit, Qimiaoyi still had the ageless face of a child, wearing a Taiqing Daoist Robe, full of majesty.

Fang Jing was truly shocked beyond words this time.

"Looking at this elixir grade... the purple-green Qi rushes straight to the clouds, and the Heavenly Qi for a hundred miles around is submissive... I fear it is a superior-grade Golden Elixir."

The second reason was his low strength; his presence or absence made no difference, so he was appointed to stay behind and guard the sect.

As an Emei Disciple, he at least had this much insight.

At this moment, another person suddenly appeared beside him; it was Yang Xumi.

But the Sect Leader, Qimiaoyi Zhenren, only said a few faint words, leaving Baimei with nothing more to say.

Calculating the days, it was about time for Kutoutuo to emerge from seclusion.

At this time, he called out: "Master has bestowed the Purple-Green sword, so you have no Flying Sword at hand; why not use this one of your disciple's... The Luofu Ancestor has twelve Dutian Jian, which can form a sword Array, and their power is extraordinary."

Fang Jing widened his eyes, feeling very envious in his heart.

Yang Xumi chanted a Buddha name aloud: "After Junior Sister, I will also enter seclusion to attempt to refine the Golden Elixir... Not only the little monk, but the little monk's master is also entering seclusion to attempt to break through to the Primordial Spirit... My Emei is flourishing, and all disciples must work hard."

"I will strictly follow Senior Brother's teachings."

Baimei Laodao looked toward the Nine Elders Cave, thinking to himself.

The group transformed into Sword Light and vanished without a trace.

Fang Jing remained silent for a long time before drifting away; he still had to prepare a gift to congratulate Li Yingyun on her Golden Core Great Success.

As the Emei Sect Leader, he happened to have half of the nine supreme Emei Flying Swords on his person.

"I wonder if Senior Brother Kutoutuo can break through to the Primordial Spirit and catch up to this sword duel?"

On the Wanfo Golden Summit, only Baimei Laodao and his disciple Fang Jing remained, staring at each other.

At this moment, Kutoutuo's voice resounded through the heavens. Baimei looked left and right but could not see the other's body at all, so he couldn't help but call out: "Senior Brother, have you already refined the Primordial Spirit?"

In the sky, nine great elixir-forming phenomena appeared in succession before finally calming down slowly.

"Li... Junior Sister? Could it be... Junior Sister Li Yingyun? How long has she been in the sect? Less than fifty years, right?"

Unable to get a definitive answer, Fang Jing bid farewell to his master, feeling even more depressed.

"Amitabha..."

He looked at the figure flying out of the Nine Elders Cave, his tone full of envy: "Junior Sister Li, you are ultimately a step faster than me!"

Clearly, she had already refined that Taiqing Golden Elixir to the point of perfect control, surpassing many veteran Golden Core Grandmasters.

'The Great Tribulation of Immortals, the End of Dharma Tribulation, and the immeasurable heavy tribulations are coming... Emei must gather the Qi Luck of the entire world to seek the Ascension of the whole sect and survive the tribulation...'

"Li Yingyun is truly a little killing star. She personally entered the first round of the sword duel and, without even using the Purple-Green Sword, slew three Luofu Mountain Golden Core Grandmasters... It angered the Luofu Ancestor so much that he skipped the rest and entered the arena himself to challenge the Sect Leader..."

After all, he was also an Emei Disciple and did not want to see Emei fail the sword duel.

Therefore, even though Baimei Laodao was at Emei, he could clearly know the process of the sword duel on the shores of the East Sea.

"This... this..."

But he also knew that he himself would not succeed.

Inside Nine Elders Cave, Kutoutuo and his Disciple were also in secluded cultivation.

Seven days later.

Among the many experts of the Emei Sect, there is naturally a special channel of communication called Flying Sword Transmission, which is extremely fast in its escape speed.

Baimei Laodao had a friend at Luofu Mountain and could not bear to take action.

In the blink of an eye, three years of time passed.

When Baimei Laodao spoke to this point, his face carried a look of doubt.

"Since that is the case, I am off!"

Fang Jing muttered to himself.

Throughout history, even within the Orthodox Xuan Sect, if a Disciple could refine a Golden Core within a hundred years, they would be a peerless genius who appears once in a thousand years, the primary candidate for the future Sect Leader.

Behind him was his Personal Disciple, Li Yingyun.

He was merely an Emei Elder who lived a life of idleness, and he had that good friend, Jiuzhen Xianniang, at Luofu Mountain.

"Now among the Side Door, Luofu Mountain is widely accepting Disciples and already has a trend of rising; if this is not interrupted, how can Emei gather the Qi Number of the Side Door?"

"How can the gap between people be so vast?"

Baimei Laodao took another sip of wine and sighed: "Why are the affairs of the world so difficult?"

"Even the Sect Leader has truly encountered a rival... Luofu Ancestor has profound cultivation, his Swordsmanship is also the pinnacle of the Side Door, and he possesses twelve Dutian Jian, which can set up an Array; it is hard for anyone in this realm to escape..."

Inside Nine Elders Cave, auspicious Qi streamed in ribbons, and purple-green Qi shot straight into the clouds.

Fang Jing hurriedly collected his thoughts and respectfully agreed.

"Daoist Lineage and sect members come first... any minor friendship can be cast aside..."

"It is not just a First-Grade Golden Core, but the finest among the first grade... the highest pill grade of our Orthodox Xuan Sect—the Taiqing Golden Elixir."

After Li Yingyun achieved Golden Core, she remained in secluded cultivation for three years; when she emerged again, her divine Light was restrained, leaving no trace of hostility visible.

To tell the truth, he really did not want to engage in a sword duel with Luofu Mountain!

Regarding the last time Kutoutuo killed Purple Jade Loose Immortal the moment he took action, Baimei Laodao was also very disapproving and even lost his temper at Kutoutuo.

"Respectfully sending off the Sect Leader..."

Even in an Orthodox Xuan Sect like the Emei Sect, not every Disciple can achieve Golden Core; for example, his Master Baimei... he spent two lifetimes in bitter cultivation and finally had to slay an external tribulation to arduously achieve Golden Core.

And his Swordsmanship could be said to be unrivaled in this realm.

"This is... a First-Grade Golden Core?"

"Indeed... I have already refined the Taiqing Formless Primordial Spirit, and no one in the world can see through my Shadow anymore... I shall now have my Primordial Spirit leave my body to assist the Sect Leader."

Kutoutuo shouted, and his voice vanished instantly.

(End of this chapter)