Chapter 400: Jin Dan Preaching

Hearing that Huang Shengxin was going to go into seclusion immediately after going back, Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised and immediately thought of the reason why he was in a hurry to go into seclusion.

However, before Song Qingming could ask, Huang Shengxin sighed and said directly, "To tell you the truth, Fellow Daoist Song probably also knows that my lifespan is not much left. This time, I have already planned to go into life-and-death seclusion directly after going back. If I don't break through, I won't come out to see people again.

It is shameful to say that I have been cultivating for more than two hundred years in my life. The first half of my path can be said to be smooth sailing. I cultivated to the peak of Foundation Establishment without experiencing too many setbacks. But when it came to the core formation pass, I was repeatedly not favored by heaven. In these decades, I have exhausted my mind but still couldn't enter the door.

We Foundation Establishment cultivators, although we are only one step away from this Jin Dan Great Dao, it is like the bright moon in the sky, visible but unattainable. I don't know how to cross this natural chasm."

Hearing Huang Shengxin suddenly say these heartfelt words, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, who were present, were silent for a while, and didn't know what to say, so they could only cast their gaze to the side.

Even a genius cultivator like Huang Shengxin, who was the most talented in Qinghe County in the past hundred years, could only say such bleak words when facing this Jin Dan Great Dao. How much hope could they two have if it were them?

Foundation Establishment cultivators have at most a lifespan of more than two hundred years. If they cannot form a core, even if they are glorious for another hundred years, they will eventually turn into a pile of dust. What cultivators seek is ultimately that trace of opportunity for longevity. As their cultivation base gets higher, Song Qingming also feels that he is increasingly yearning for it.

"Two fellow Daoists, I will send you here. I hope you have a safe journey!" Watching the two sword lights disappear before his eyes, Song Qingming turned and stepped on his flying sword and soon returned to Mount Tuoyun.

With the departure of many cultivators participating in the trading society, the entire Mount Tuoyun also changed from the bustling appearance of the previous few days and became slowly quiet.

Compared to small-scale trading societies like the auction held secretly by the Tiandan Alliance and the Bai Long Mountain Assembly, the security guarantee for cultivators participating in this Mount Tuoyun Trading Society, which is held once every few decades, is much better. Basically, there will be no cultivators who will stay on Mount Tuoyun because they are afraid of being targeted.

After all, the Mount Tuoyun Trading Society is held by Chen Laozu himself, and many cultivators who come to participate in the trading society are invited by him personally. Whether it is those greedy rogue cultivators or the nearby bandit cultivators, generally no one dares to openly plot against those cultivators participating in the trading society. Otherwise, that would be slapping Mount Tuoyun in the face and going against Chen Laozu.

In the northern cultivation world of Song Guo, the consequences of rashly offending a Jin Dan cultivator like Chen Laozu can be imagined. Without even needing this ancestor himself to take action, just the disciples and grandchildren under him taking action is enough to wipe out a large bandit nest like Yingchaoling.

After living in the temporary cave dwelling on the mountain for another three days, Song Qingming finally received a notification from the cultivator sent by Feng Hede. The day for Chen Laozu to preach was coming soon, and the location was still on the platform on the mountaintop.

Being able to get an opportunity to listen to a Jin Dan ancestor preach, not only Song Qingming, but all other cultivators who entered the top ten also cherished this hard-won opportunity very much. By the time Song Qingming arrived at the mountaintop, these Foundation Establishment cultivators had all arrived here without any omission.

Besides cultivators like Song Qingming who participated in the Sword Discussion Assembly, several disciples of Chen Jinliang and some disciples and grandchildren with higher talent also came here. Everyone sat cross-legged in the open space in the middle of the mountaintop platform in turn.

Before long, an old man with white beard and hair who looked like a Daoist immortal came with the wind and landed directly in front of everyone.

After Chen Jinliang swept his eyes over the many cultivators who were already waiting in the open space, he walked directly to a gray meditation cushion placed in front and sat down slowly.

"In these years, I have actually not discussed the Dao for a long time. This time, it is also because I saw many young generation cultivators with good talent at this trading society, which is why I had a sudden whim and had this idea of preaching.

Today, everyone sitting here is basically not far from forming a core. I will tell you some of my insights and feelings when I formed my core back then. Of course, what I say is only my personal insights. As for how much you can understand, and how much help it will be to you in the future, that can only depend on everyone's good fortune."

Hearing that Chen Jinliang was going to talk about the core formation insights that everyone wanted to know most, everyone present, including Song Qingming, pricked up their ears, not daring to reveal a trace of extra sound, for fear that they would miss every word that this Jin Dan ancestor would say next.

Although Chen Jinliang only spoke for a short half-hour, many cultivators present fell into deep thought on the spot. Until this ancestor had already stood up and left the mountaintop, many people were still sitting in place, savoring some insights and feelings about cultivation that he had just said.

When Chen Jinliang entered the Dao at a young age, he had been cultivating with an old Qi Refining Daoist priest. It was not until his cultivation talent gradually revealed itself later that he had the opportunity to worship under a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Although this master of his helped him a lot, as a Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator with average fame, his master could not get him a Foundation Establishment Pill. The Foundation Establishment pass mainly relied on Chen Jinliang himself taking the risk of death to break through.

When it came to core formation, it was the same. Although Chen Jinliang had some opportunities after cultivating to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment and obtained two spiritual items useful for core formation, his ultimate success in forming a core mainly relied on his own insights into cultivation.

Unlike breaking through Foundation Establishment, which requires transforming the cultivator's physical body and soul, core formation does not have much life danger. Even if the breakthrough fails, it is at most a loss of some vitality, which can be slowly restored after a period of adjustment.

But compared to the difficulty of breaking through Foundation Establishment, the more difficult part of core formation is that there are too few spiritual items that can assist core formation. Third-tier spiritual pills like the Yuchen Pill and Xuling Pill, which are relatively common, can only increase the probability of core formation by about half a percent or one percent.

Other better third-tier spiritual items that assist core formation are extremely difficult to see near the Fuyun Mountain Range. Even a major Nascent Soul sect like the Xiaoyao Sect can hardly take out one or two.

Because of this, when cultivators break through the Jin Dan realm, their reliance on external objects is lower than that of Foundation Establishment, and what affects them more is the cultivator's insights into their own cultivation and techniques.

Especially for cultivators like Chen Jinliang who can successfully form a core as a rogue cultivator, they are basically people with excellent talent in the Dao of cultivation and heart-nature insights. Some of his cultivation insights are exactly what people like Song Qingming urgently need.

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