Chapter 351

A few more years passed.

Yan Buji, relying on the sensory chapter given by Lin Tianlin, finally found a method to cultivate the soul, or rather to strengthen and alter the nature of his own soul.

However, that was a method of Magical Cultivation, so Yan Buji reversed cause and effect, starting from True Essence, discovering that the soul resides in the flesh, and succeeded in cultivating the soul by refining it with True Essence.

At this moment, Yan Buji's soul already had a visage, no longer an invisible form, and could even leave the body for a period of time.

However, the soul just successfully cultivated is quite fragile; even an ordinary gust of wind could blow it away, let alone in the endless ocean trench ten thousand meters below.

So Yan Buji did not rashly attempt it, but instead went to Wang Man to ask how they formed their Golden Core.

"Are you about to condense a Golden Core?"

"Almost there." Yan Buji laughed.

Wang Man nodded, astonished: "Your cultivation is too fast, but you are a Martial Cultivator forming a Golden Core, which I don't really understand. We follow the path of Magical Cultivation; after opening the three gates of essence, qi, and spirit, we highly condense our own magical power, using qi to command spirit, first refining the prototype of the Golden Core; this is the first step;

"The second step is to have all the cultivated magical power no longer managed by the dantian, but instead led into the Golden Core to continue high-pressure condensation; this step usually lasts many years."

"The third step is, after all magical power inside the body, whether entering or exiting, occurs within the Golden Core, then to fuse the soul into it, merging essence, qi, and spirit completely into one, thereby achieving the Way of the Golden Core."

Wang Man explained in detail; every obstacle encountered at each step was his own experience from moving from the Core Formation stage to the Golden Core stage, which is of tremendous use to any Foundation Establishment or Core Formation cultivator.

However, as the other party said, Yan Buji is a Martial Cultivator forming a Golden Core, which is completely different from the path of Magical Cultivation.

For example, Yan Buji takes the path of strengthening essence, qi, and spirit to enter the Core Formation stage, whereas Magical Cultivators must open their own three gates of essence, qi, and spirit.

Because Magical Cultivators do not overly train their flesh and blood, their blood and qi are not among their main forces; it suffices to merely maintain vitality.

But magical power is the key, so the qi of Magical Cultivators is very strong, yet their essence is not.

As for spirit, that is, the soul and spiritual awareness, they are the same.

Only with sufficiently strong spiritual awareness can one avoid exhausting energy before completing the long process of condensing a Golden Core; refining the soul allows the Golden Core to display the cultivator's primordial power, enabling the union of essence, qi, and spirit.

Magical Cultivators, at this point, need to open the middle and upper dantians, that is, the spirit terrace and the muddy pellet, so they can smoothly guide essence, qi, and spirit out and into the Golden Core.

But Yan Buji's Martial Dao originally follows the path of simultaneously strengthening essence, qi, and spirit, so forming a Golden Core is also a completely new experience for him.

After roughly understanding how Magical Cultivators form a Golden Core, Yan Buji pondered for a while.

"Eh, wait—if I form a Golden Core via Martial Dao, then isn't my magical power useless?"

Although it's practically useless now, Yan Buji always thought he could never achieve the likes of Demon Wuji, who could let Martial Dao break taboos.

But having consumed the Human Element Grand Pill, without the Earth Element Grand Pill and Heaven Element Grand Pill it is fundamentally impossible to break through the Golden Core stage; yet if he later fortuitously finds them, but because the soul resides in the Martial Dao Golden Core he cannot condense a magical-power Golden Core—what should he do?

He can only give it up.

Yan Buji sighed; right now he needs strength, regardless of the future, first get past the immediate obstacle.

He was already greedy enough; preserving some Magical Cultivation techniques would be enough, but now he needs to boost his combat power even more.

"That is, first highly condense True Essence?"

Yan Buji tried; the vast True Essence in his dantian was squeezed into a mass, but it could not hold for long before spontaneously dispersing.

Moreover, it is formless and substanceless; even forcibly condensing it into a lump does not change its essence.

Yan Buji sat down, pondering how to accomplish the first step.

Meanwhile.

Long Batian looked at Wang Chao, frowning: "You really want to start secluded cultivation now? You could wait a while longer, and you know that rushing for quick gains is dangerous."

Wang Chao remained silent for a long time, gazing at Long Fei beside him, her eyes full of concern.

"I... I must step forward." Wang Chao looked at them and said: "Yan Buji is about to reach the Golden Core realm; his cultivation speed far exceeds our imagination. Once he succeeds, our side will have you two Golden Core experts. Although we cannot truly erupt into battle, we still need enough people to stand against them to fight, otherwise I feel uneasy."

"Big Brother Chao, I mean, don't be so impulsive; forming a Golden Core isn't that simple. Even if that guy truly has talent in Martial Dao, he couldn't possibly form a Golden Core in just these few years."

"But he has already reached the final threshold, only lacking the step of condensing a Golden Core." Wang Chao looked at everyone: "I'm not doing this solely for you all; I myself also need a breakthrough; continuing to linger would be meaningless."

Long Batian looked at Wang Chao and nodded: "Alright, since you want to break through, let Fei stay beside you to watch over. The Dragon People are now at a crucial juncture of flourishing; we old couple still need to oversee the overall situation; once you succeed in your breakthrough, everything can be handed over to you."

Wang Chao's face was solemn: "Yes!"

Perhaps someone will say Wang Chao is a hypocrite, and Wang Chao knows there will certainly be those who think so.

He is not someone who can simply sacrifice everything for the Dragon People, but he also does not want the Dragon People to just decadently decline.

He also wants, through his own efforts, to make the Dragon People better; beforehand he also needs to become stronger himself, capable of standing alone.

However, long ago, the Dragon People never had a chance for reform.

Since he arrived, everything has changed.

So sometimes Wang Chao himself thinks, if he cannot control those dark thoughts within, he would likely have already become someone like Yan Buji.

But fortunately he also has his own persistence; the strength of the tribe and his own interests can be linked.

The stronger the tribe, the stronger they become; this is originally a great thing that can develop both ways.

But Wang Chao still doesn't understand why Yan Buji does those things.

But upon second thought, making the Dragon People fond of gambling—how is that not also a method to oppose the tide of laziness?

Otherwise, if they remained lazy and uninterested in anything, they could never become today's vibrant self.

"So, I must step forward! Yan Buji's methods, though extreme, are also developing toward the good. I need to become stronger, able to step forward and stand before all the Dragon People to lead them toward a new future!" Wang Chao firmed his resolve, then returned to his dwelling to begin secluded cultivation breakthrough.