Chapter 405

Three days later, north of Mount Tuoyun, several flying boats suddenly flew over and landed on the mountaintop.

As the flying boats landed, many cultivators led by Chen Jinliang also jumped down from the flying boats. At the same time, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators responsible for staying behind to guard Mount Tuoyun had already been waiting here for a long time with a group of Qi Refining stage cultivators.

After Song Qingming and others all walked down from the flying boats, these Mount Tuoyun cultivators, under the command of Foundation Establishment cultivators like Feng Deyang, hurriedly jumped onto the flying boats and began to transport some various demon beast materials from inside.

This time, the Great Black Mountain battle, besides hunting the Golden Core demon king, the Black Flame Tiger, also killed more than a dozen second-grade demon beasts. By the time everyone returned, the several flying boats were already full of demon beast materials.

This time, the second-grade demon beast materials collected alone were worth at least ten thousand spirit stones. However, compared to the corpse of the Golden Core demon king, the Black Flame Tiger, lying on the flying boat, that was still far behind. The value of the demon king's inner core on the Black Flame Tiger alone far exceeded the sum of these low-grade demon beast materials.

However, these things were all the spoils of war of Mount Tuoyun and had nothing to do with Song Qingming and these people. The reason they participated in the Great Black Mountain battle was entirely for the Jade Dust Pill promised by Chen Jinliang.

To obtain this spiritual item for forming a core, among the ten people who participated in this battle, one died and two were seriously injured. This time, Song Qingming being able to return smoothly was already somewhat lucky. After greeting Feng Deyang, Song Qingming left the mountaintop directly.

"Fellow Daoist Song, today you and I survived a disaster, which is really not easy. How about going to have a good drink with me?"

Song Qingming, who had just walked down from the mountaintop and was preparing to return to his cave dwelling to rest, suddenly heard a familiar voice enter his ears from behind. Turning around to see who it was, a smile immediately appeared on Song Qingming's face:

"With such a grand invitation from Fellow Daoist Fang, how can I, Song, not comply? Fellow Daoist, please!"

A moment later, Song Qingming and Fang Wuqian came to a restaurant around the Mount Tuoyun market and ordered a table of delicious spiritual food and fine wine.

The two of them had gone deep into the Fuyun Mountain Range together a few years ago to explore a Golden Core cave dwelling, so they could be considered old acquaintances. After participating in the Mount Tuoyun Sword Discussion Assembly together this time and then following Chen Jinliang to Great Black Mountain to hunt the Golden Core demon king, their relationship had become even closer.

At this point, after a few more cups of spiritual wine, the two naturally had many endless topics to talk about, chatting from this trade fair to the many experts who participated in the Sword Discussion Assembly.

"Fellow Daoist Song, in fact, for this Sword Discussion Assembly, that you and I could walk to the end is also somewhat lucky. There are many disciples under Old Ancestor Chen on Mount Tuoyun who did not sign up to participate in the competition. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the two of us to have the opportunity to enter the top ten of the Sword Discussion Assembly."

"Indeed. A few days ago, in the Great Black Mountain battle, I also saw Fellow Daoist Feng fighting three second-grade demon beasts alone without falling into a disadvantage. If it were me, I am afraid it would be difficult to deal with. If Fellow Daoist Feng had participated in the Sword Discussion Assembly, I would definitely have had to give up this opportunity to form a core to him."

This time, the Mount Tuoyun Sword Discussion Assembly, I don't know if it was because of Chen Jinliang's special instructions, but all seven of his Foundation Establishment disciples did not sign up to participate in the competition. Otherwise, this Sword Discussion Assembly would probably have been even more exciting.

Hearing Song Qingming mention Feng Yangde, Fang Wuqian suddenly shook his head and said: "Fellow Daoist Song, this statement is wrong. The opportunity to form a core that we obtained is indeed very rare, but in the eyes of Fellow Daoist Feng, I am afraid it is not a big opportunity.

After all, compared to Foundation Establishment cultivators like us who have no big backing, Fellow Daoist Feng has the support of his master, Old Ancestor Chen. I see that he is not far from forming a core. At most, in another ten years, we will have to come to Mount Tuoyun to congratulate him again."

"Oh! Even with the support of Old Ancestor Chen, it is not such an easy thing to form a Golden Core, right? Why is Brother Fang so confident about Fellow Daoist Feng forming a core? Is there any saying?" Song Qingming asked with some doubt on his face.

Hearing Song Qingming ask this, Fang Wuqian, who was already a bit drunk, suddenly pretended to be mysterious and said: "For ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators to form a Golden Core, it is naturally not so easy. However, there is not only this method to form a core. Fellow Daoist Song, you have been cultivating for so long, you should have heard of fake core cultivators, right!"

"I have indeed heard some rumors of this kind in the past, but I have never really seen a fake core cultivator. Can Fellow Daoist Fang tell me in detail?"

"Haha! For us Foundation Establishment cultivators to form a core, besides breaking through this Golden Core Great Dao, there are also many methods in the cultivation world to help cultivators form a core. Some cultivate special techniques to form a Sha Core, some cultivate ghosts and refining corpses to form a Corpse Core, and some refine demon beast inner cores to form an Outer Core. These cultivators who finally take a shortcut to form a core using various methods are collectively called fake core cultivators in the cultivation world.

After fake core cultivators form a core, although they look about the same as ordinary Golden Core cultivators on the surface and can enjoy five or six hundred years of lifespan, this kind of core formed by taking a shortcut cannot cultivate life-bound magic treasures, and their combat strength will be three points weaker than normal Golden Core cultivators.

Moreover, after fake core cultivators form a core, it is very difficult for their cultivation realm to improve further. Basically, they can only stay at the early Golden Core stage for their whole life. Cultivators who choose this path indeed need a bit of courage."

"Brother Fang, saying this, could it be that Fellow Daoist Feng is preparing to form an Outer Core this time?" Hearing Fang Wuqian introduce fake core cultivators in detail, Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised.

"This method of directly refining a demon beast inner core to form a core, if you assist it with some spiritual items, the probability of success in forming a core is still very high. Fellow Daoist Feng has the full support of his master, Old Ancestor Chen. I think if there are no surprises, he will definitely be able to form a core successfully."

"So that's how it is. No wonder Old Ancestor Chen would unite with Elder Chu and Senior Ma to take action against Great Black Mountain this time. It seems that he has already planned for this matter for a long time."

Fang Wuqian nodded and said: "Fellow Daoist Song is right. This Mount Tuoyun trade fair, Old Ancestor Chen announced the establishment of a new market and gave up a part of Mount Tuoyun's interests to the Carefree Sect, actually to exchange for the support of the Carefree Sect.

Old Ancestor Chen has already killed the Black Flame Tiger, the biggest threat to Mount Tuoyun, this time. As long as Fellow Daoist Feng can successfully form an Outer Core next, during the next Northern Frontier demon beast turmoil, even if Old Ancestor Chen cannot take action, Mount Tuoyun will have enough strength to hold this spiritual mountain."

"In this way, it seems that Fellow Daoist Feng forming a core is indeed very possible. It is not easy to rely on seclusion to break through the Golden Core Great Dao. Fellow Daoist Feng being able to have a master like Old Ancestor Chen spend so much effort to plan for him to form a core is indeed very enviable."

After Fang Wuqian explained it this way, Song Qingming also quickly figured out the interest relationship behind this Mount Tuoyun trade fair.