Chapter 124: Golden Core Celestial Phenomenon

After more than a month of regulating his breath, Zhang Nuo finally left the tree hollow. He first returned to the place where Zhuge Qing was in seclusion. Seeing that there were no signs of the entrance having been opened, he guessed in his heart that the young woman might still be in seclusion.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Beixuan Sect, Zhang Nuo only stayed for a short while before immediately piloting his Flying Sword to flee into the distance. This time, he did not have a clear destination; he was just going to various places in the Trial Ground to pick some Spiritual Medicine.

On the way, he encountered a few demonic beasts of around the third rank. Zhang Nuo did not spend much effort to slaughter them all, obtaining some materials from the bodies of the demonic beasts.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed. Counting on his fingers, Zhang Nuo had already stayed in the Trial Ground for nearly a year and a half. This year and a half had made Zhang Nuo deeply understand what it meant to be on tenterhooks.

Every day, even when meditating and resting, he had to be on guard at all times, terrified that a high-rank demonic beast or a cultivator from another sect might crawl out from somewhere.

However, this period of tempering had also allowed him to grow quite a bit. The tempering of his temperament and the process of experiencing life and death made Zhang Nuo vaguely feel that breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage was a matter of the next three or four years.

Once, Zhang Nuo inadvertently encountered three disciples of the Beixuan Sect. As soon as they engaged in battle, Zhang Nuo did not hold back any means, slaughtering two people in the blink of an eye. The remaining cultivator saw this and immediately fled on a flying escape technique, so as not to leave any survivors.

Zhang Nuo bitterly chased this person for three days, and in the end, he slaughtered them when the opponent's Spirit Power was exhausted. Back when he was in the forest and heard the conversation between Ding Fu and Nangong Ao, he already understood in his heart that if he let go of a cultivator who knew his whereabouts, other Beixuan Sect disciples would immediately come to kill him.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, Zhang Nuo would not take it to heart, but he had to fear Nangong Ao's terrifying cultivation! This person was known as the number one Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Beixuan Sect; this title could not have been added out of thin air.

Calculating the time in his heart, Zhuge Qing should also be coming out of seclusion. Although the double-headed snake's final attack was not weak, it did not damage the young woman's foundation.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo flew toward the mountain cave where the young woman was in seclusion. The mountain cave was a two-day flight away from his current position.

However, just as Zhang Nuo had started piloting his Flying Sword, a strange change suddenly occurred in the sky of the Trial Ground! He saw the originally gray sky erupt with white spots like fish scales. These white spots were as large as several dozen miles across at their biggest, and two or three zhang in size at their smallest.

The number of white spots was extremely vast; as far as Zhang Nuo's gaze could reach, the sky was full of these white spots. His expression changed slightly, and Zhang Nuo sensed these white spots slightly, suddenly gasping a breath of cold air! The countless white spots in the sky were shockingly gathered from pure Spirit Power!

Formless and imageless Spirit Power had actually condensed into white spots visible to the naked eye. This was truly shocking. Following the formation of the white spots in the sky, the Spirit Power in the entire Trial Ground also began to churn. Some higher-cultivation demonic beasts raised their heads and let out bursts of giant roars, but the roars were permeated with a sense of fear!

Zhang Nuo was on his Flying Sword, feeling the Spiritual Qi around him flowing rapidly toward a certain direction, and he looked toward the direction of the Spiritual Qi flow in confusion.

He saw that above a patch of sky very far away from him, a huge white spot was slowly condensing, and all the white spots in the sky of the Trial Ground were also moving toward there, with white spots of varying sizes constantly merging into it.

After about an hour, that huge white spot had become completely snow-white, and the dense Spiritual Qi inside was churning non-stop, the momentum extremely terrifying. Although Zhang Nuo's distance from the huge white spot was relatively far, he could still feel its massive Spiritual Pressure.

What was the reason that the Spiritual Qi of the Trial Ground had all gathered there? Zhang Nuo racked his brains but could not find the answer. He glanced at the small beasts fleeing non-stop in the forest below; it seemed they were also extremely terrified!

His body trembled slightly on the giant sword, and Zhang Nuo suddenly felt the surrounding space churn. Raising his eyes to look, he saw that the huge white spot in the distance was changing rapidly.

These aggregates of Spiritual Qi gradually formed a vortex shape, and around the vortex, lightning and thunder rang out crazily. Slowly, the vortex began to spread downward, forming a long funnel shape. At the bottom of the funnel, a stream of pure Spiritual Qi submerged into a certain place below it.

Watching this concentration of Spiritual Qi rushing toward a certain place, Zhang Nuo dared not imagine that if it were an attack, even if there were refined iron below, it would be beaten into powder.

At the same time, in a certain place in the Trial Ground, a cultivator with a head full of white hair also saw this scene in the distance. He held a Square Heaven Painted Halberd in one hand and exclaimed in surprise with a face full of astonishment.

"Could it be that someone has entered the Golden Core Initial Stage in the Trial Ground!"

The person who exclaimed was none other than Han Liang of the Wuji Sect. His knowledge far exceeded Zhang Nuo's; with just one glance, he discovered the mystery within. He just did not expect that the Spiritual Qi in the Trial Ground was thin, and someone would actually choose to form a Golden Core in such a place. Once they failed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At the same time that Han Liang let out his exclamation, in another place in the Trial Ground, a middle-aged cultivator over fifty years old had just slaughtered a third-rank demonic beast. After taking back his Magic Treasure, his eyes, which were like bright lamps, looked rapidly toward the celestial phenomenon in the distance.

After a moment, this cultivator could not help but gasp a breath of cold air, and two streaks of astonishment flashed through his bright eyes! His pair of eyebrows were almost knitted into a ball.

This person was Nangong Ao of the Beixuan Sect. He had been searching for the whereabouts of Zhang Nuo and Zhuge Qing, but several months had passed, and he had not found a single clue.

Now seeing this Golden Core celestial phenomenon, he was even more horrified in his heart. As his thoughts turned, he carefully recalled the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Great Perfection cultivators of the Four Great Sects on the Heaven Falling Plain, but even after racking his brains, he did not know who it was!

According to his knowledge, among the Four Great Sects, if he were the only Foundation Establishment Late Stage Great Perfection cultivator, then if one were to discuss the first person to form a Golden Core, it should have been him. However, in the Trial Ground, the Spiritual Qi was thin, and the possibility of being able to form a Golden Core was minimal; he would not take this risk.

A Golden Core Cultivator had appeared in the Trial Ground—this thought rang out in Nangong Ao's mind like a thunderclap. Even with a Golden Core Initial Stage cultivation, it was enough to sweep across the entire Trial Ground. Suddenly, he had an ominous premonition in his heart!

At this very moment, Gu Yu was standing on the peak of a mountain, looking at a small mountain several dozen miles away from him; that was exactly the place where his senior brother Tie Lin was cultivating.

He raised his head and glanced at the funnel-shaped Spiritual Qi vortex in the sky, and an excited look appeared on his face. It seemed that Tie Lin had succeeded in his attempt to form a Golden Core this time. All the Spiritual Qi in the Trial Ground was gathering toward him. Before long, this Spiritual Qi would merge into Tie Lin's body, and finally condense into a Golden Inner Core!

With his hands behind his back, feeling the Spiritual Qi around him rushing crazily toward the vortex in the sky, a cold smile appeared on Gu Yu's face. Within his small eyes, there was nothing but pride and relief.

The pride was because Tie Lin had successfully formed a Golden Core, and from now on, the cultivators of the other three sects in the Trial Ground would only have to wait for death. The relief was because the one forming the Golden Core was a member of his own sect; if it had been a cultivator from another sect, he might have immediately found a place to live in seclusion until the trial ended.

Thinking about engaging in battle with a Golden Core Cultivator, Gu Yu shuddered with fear. Also being at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he deeply knew the prowess of a Golden Core Cultivator.

At this time, almost all the cultivators in the Trial Ground had stopped their movements, looking up at the huge Spiritual Qi vortex in the distant sky, each of them looking ashen-faced, and some cultivators were even trembling in their legs.

They all knew the significance of a Golden Core Cultivator appearing in the Trial Ground. If it were a member of their own sect, it would naturally be a good thing, but what if it were from a hostile sect?

Everyone in the Trial Ground was in danger, and a bloody slaughter was about to begin!

How would Zhang Nuo face Tie Lin, who had already entered the Golden Core Initial Stage? Could he walk out of the Trial Ground safely? What kind of fortuitous encounter would the Underworld Ancient Book obtained from the Dark Swamp bring him?

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