Who Let Him Cultivate?!

“Maybe they figure that they’d regret it if they just followed the traditional process?” Lu Yang had a rough idea about what they were thinking.

This was indeed in line with Seek Dao Sect’s way of thinking.

Lu Yang himself strongly opposed this way of thinking. He felt that the future Seek Dao Sect needed ambitious people like him to lead it and rectify its practices, to steer the sect back on the right path!

The methods of forming the golden core used by his senior brothers and sisters were all over the place.

For example, one senior brother got inspiration from ancient texts. He found that many ancient powerful beings were born differently, with unusual features like a double pupil, rainbow-colored eyebrows, and three eyes. He decided to place his golden core at the center of his forehead, making it look like he had a third eye. This looked very spiritual, especially when the golden core shone, and could really stun people.

“You’re talking about being born differently? Eh, that’s all nonsense, all additions made later on. The competition among geniuses back then was so fierce. Without any unique characteristics or peculiar legends, they wouldn’t have been able to stand out.” Fairy Eternity scoffed at such deceptive advertising.

“But there truly were some born differently. Like a child with wings being born to two humans, it caused a sensation at the time. Later on, it was discovered that this child’s father had been cuckolded. The child’s real father was from the Feather Tribe. That caused an even bigger sensation.”

“Oh, Fairy, what was your most famous characteristic at the time?”

“My beauty.”

“I’m not bragging, but the saintesses and witches at that time, each and every one of them was less beautiful than me! If there was a ranking for the top ten beauties in ancient times, I would have gotten first place!”

Lu Yang decided to take Fairy’s word for it.

Lu Yang also read about a senior brother who observed the night sky for a long time and became enlightened. He found that all the stars in the sky were not as powerful as the sun. So, he formed a Sun Core that could utilize solar energy for fighting. During the day, the golden core was extremely powerful, but it would become weak at night.

Luckily, the Seek Dao Sect had a wide variety of techniques, covering all fields. There was a technique for storing solar energy that compensated for that senior brother’s weakness.

Lu Yang went through all the records of his senior brothers and sisters forming golden cores, but he didn’t feel that any of it could be used as reference for himself.

But there were some gains.

Lu Yang figured out the specific process for forming the golden core. The most basic condition, without a doubt, was to have one’s magic power reach consummation, to reach the peak of the late stage of the Foundation Establishment.

To form the golden core, one also needed enlightenment. Some people proactively sought enlightenment, such as Senior Brother Dai Bufan seeking water and Senior Brother Ji Hongwen seeking bamboo. Others let things take their natural course, like Senior Sister Zhou LuLu.

There was no superiority or inferiority between these two methods. It all depended on personal choice.

So far, Lu Yang hadn’t figured out which method he wanted to choose.

“This one should be about my master’s generation’s methods of forming the golden core.”

Lu Yang opened the first page, and the name Daoist Buyu was written clearly. It described his master’s enlightenment at the time of successfully forming the golden core.

“Haha, I cultivated a Sword Core, one of the best golden cores. Those who come after me, don’t be jealous. Of course, if you are, there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s all due to my diligent cultivation. Cultivation is not something that can be half-hearted or half-baked. You need to be like me, down-to-earth, step by step.”

“However, no one can imitate my enlightenment. As you all know, my natural talent for swordsmanship is known to all. I can easily learn a predecessor’s sword moves. Look at Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother, they’re working themselves to death to form the golden core. I think it’s not that hard!”

“Eh, Eldest Senior Brother and them have such poor talents.”

The next section included comments from eight elders on Daoist Buyu: “Step by step, Old Nine’s words are reasonable.”

As Lu Yang continued flipping, he came across a page where Daoist Buyu accidentally fell and left marks on the ground. There were eight footprints.

“Sword Core…”

The Sword Core was exclusive to the Sword Spirit Root. As long as Lu Yang wished, forming a Sword Core wouldn’t be difficult. It was possible that, like Daoist Buyu, he might suddenly gain enlightenment in a dream, and everything would fall into place seamlessly.

“Should I form the Sword Core?”

Lu Yang shook his head. He had just reached the late stage of the Foundation Establishment. There was still time, and there was no need to rush his decision. He could take his time.

“Do you have any recommendations, Fairy? Apart from the Harem Golden Core.”

“Hehe, of course, it’s the pill that I formed, the Invincible Elixir. It’s the second most powerful golden core.”

“How do you form it?” Lu Yang hadn’t heard of such a golden core. The name was pretty straightforward.

“You fight continuously with cultivators, not afraid of challenges. After winning a hundred battles, you’ll develop an unmatched spirit. You use this spirit to guide the flow of spiritual essence, and solidify it into a pill!”

“I created this golden core. I named it the Invincible Elixir.”

“Ordinary people, I don’t tell them how to form this pill! Now you know the benefits of hanging out with me, right?” Fairy Eternity looked pleased, hoping to win a look of admiration from Lu Yang.

“Just in case, let me ask in advance: when you say winning a hundred battles, do you mean fighting people of the same level or those of a lower level?”

“Of course, those of a lower level!”

Fairy Eternity’s golden core was very powerful, so Lu Yang decided to let that go in one ear and out the other.

Lu Yang spent three entire days in the Scripture Pavilion. His eyes were dry, and his mind was no longer clear. Luckily, he had the eye drops provided by Eldest Senior Sister. A couple of drops made both his eyes and brain feel a lot better.

“Forming the golden core really is something that requires careful consideration.” Lu Yang rubbed his temples in pain. He had read so many methods of forming the golden core that he now didn’t know which type to form.

“Time for a change of scenery.”

Lu Yang felt stiff all over.

He greeted Zhou LuLu, who was standing at the door, and left the Scripture Pavilion.

Lu Yang stood in the sunlight at the entrance to the Scripture Pavilion, stretching lazily and moving his body around. The stiffness finally started to fade away.

“Senior Brother Lu, so you’re here! I’ve finally found you.” A slightly excited voice rang out.

“It’s Haoran.”

The one who approached was none other than Li Haoran, whom he had met just a few days ago.

“See, I told you he was here.” Meng Jingzhou was following lazily behind Li Haoran.

“What’s up?”

Li Haoran was a bit coy. He found this matter somewhat embarrassing, but he couldn’t avoid it, “My parents sent a letter yesterday, saying my fiancée has returned and asked me to go meet her. I haven’t met my fiancée yet, and I’m a bit nervous. So, I thought somebody should accompany me.”

“I initially wanted to ask you, Senior Brother Meng, and Senior Brother Man. But Senior Brother Man is busy studying magic skills at the moment, so he couldn’t get away. Now I’ve only managed to find Senior Brother Meng.”

“Senior Brother Lu, do you have time?”

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yang responded. He didn’t have anything pressing to do at the moment. Accompanying Li Haoran home wouldn’t be a problem. Switching the environment could even help him come up with an idea for forming the golden core.

“Sure, when do we leave?”

“Can we leave first thing tomorrow morning?”

“Okay.”