Chapter 309: 123 Golden Core, things start (10K subscriptions requested)_3
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“This makes no sense at all. Given his relationship with the Yunjian Sect, he should have no problem gaining access to the Four-Tier Spiritual Vein Cave Sky and advancing to the Core Formation Realm. Why would he then choose to breakthrough on the Two-Trier Spirit Vein right here in Denshan? Has he lost his mind?”
Everyone halted in their tracks as the nature’s spiritual energy swarmed towards Danshan. They all turned their eyes towards the mountain’s direction.
Inside Danshan, the whole Su Family was startled at this moment.
Yu Ke’er, Zhiyan, Yu Qianqing, Su Bin, Su Jingbang, Su Rui’an, Lan Xi, Lan Gong, and others arrived outside Su Yu’s palace but were stopped in their tracks by Yu Ke’er.
Ahead, the eyes of the Cloud Tiger glowed with an intense light, and the dreadful, third-tier lower-class monster aura emanating from their bodies left Zhiyan, Su Bin, and others gasping, unable to take another step forward.
Not just the Mother of the Cloud Tigers, Hu Da and Hu Er were also standing beside her, grinning and baring their teeth menacingly at Su Bin and the others.
Even though they were usually close with Hu Da and Hu Er, at this time, the pair refused to budge.
Next to them lay a silent Eight-Armed Mantid monster on the ground.
Turning around to face Su Bin, Zhiyan and others, Yu Ke’er said acutely, “We need to stay here. I must guard the way for him.”
Su Bin and the others didn’t seem to mind.
At this moment, the entire Su Family was already under heavy guard, the Mountain Protection Array launched. Apart from the patrolling cultivators from the guard team, everyone else was kept inside their rooms, not allowed to move around.
Su Bin frowned at the changes in nature’s spiritual energy. Astonishingly, the energy wasn’t flowing towards the secret chamber of the nearby palace.
It was flowing beneath the palace!
Remembering that Su Yu hadn’t gone to the Yunjian Sect for seclusion and had instead stayed within the family, Su Bin couldn’t help but feel a stir in his heart and began to wonder.
Below, the barriers of the formation in the Sun Moon Island Cave Mansion had already been completely activated.
The spiritual energy from the outside world flooded in, yet it still wasn’t enough to supplement the fast consumption of power here.
Su Yu noticed that almost all of the spiritual energy in the Sun Moon Island Cave Mansion had been consumed. He nonchalantly reached out and grabbed two Superior Spirit Stones.
In an instant.
A surge of pure power, accompanied by an impressively forceful pressure of nature’s spiritual energy, flowed from his hands into his body, like two torrents of penetratingly cold spring water. The surge of spiritual energy from these Superior Spirit Stones instantly revitalized Su Yu.
In a wink, under the aid of the spiritual energy of these Superior Spirit Stones, both his Dantian Five-Element Foundation Establishment seed and the concentration speed of the five elements in his mana increased by more than double.
Upon sensing this, Su Yu exclaimed joyfully in his heart, “This really is a treasure.”
Time slowly passed.
A day later.
Outside, the change in nature’s spiritual energy gradually returned to normal; the vortex of gathered spiritual energy looming over Danshan slowly dissipated.
Some cultivators’ pupils contracted at the sight of this, while others were struck with astonishment.
“Has he successfully broken through!?” Someone exclaimed aloud in shock.
“No, not yet.” An experienced cultivator spoke softly, “Core Formation involves three calamities: the Body Tribulation, the Heart Tribulation, and the Mana Tribulation.”
“Now, it seems he has passed the Body Tribulation.”
But his voice was filled with shock and bewilderment.
It’s unheard of!
How could anyone pass the Body Tribulation of the Core Formation stage on a Second-Tier Spiritual Vein? What’s really going on?
Inside Danshan, when Yu Ke’er, Su Bin, and others noticed the change in the spiritual energy, their faces brightened.
Unable to contain his excitement, Su Bin exclaimed, “He’s passed the first test!”
Beside him.
Zhiyan, Lan Xi, Lan Gong, Li Pingchang, and other cultivators who had pledged loyalty to the Su Family were all holding their breaths in anticipation, their hearts filled with equal parts of surprise and elation.
This is a True Man in the Core Formation stage!
If Su Yu successfully breaks through, then the Su Family will truly soar towards the heavens!
And their loyalties lie with the Su Family; their fate intertwined with that of the family. Honor or disgrace, they shared it all.
They too were amongst those who most fervently hoped for Su Yu’s successful breakthrough.
Inside Sun Moon Island.
After exhausting all the Superior Spirit Stones and nearly thirty thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, Su Yu finally passed the first stage. He looked at the Five-Element Foundation Establishment Seed in his Dantian and the incredibly condensed Five-Element Mana outside that was almost congealing into a pill.
Su Yu thought to himself: “The first calamity, Body Tribulation, actually wasn’t that hard.”
Hum!
Suddenly, a peculiar force descended. Various past events from deep within Su Yu’s heart arose, including the strange scenario where he awoke suddenly and realized that his supposed transmigration and cultivation journey had all been a dream. The buzzing of a teammate’s voice echoed from his computer, alerting him that he was about to be killed by a mythical beast and urging him to fight back.
“All this cultivation nonsense, it’s all fake.”
“Stop daydreaming and continue with your game.”
As Su Yu leisurely replayed this, he watched himself heroically defeat the beast, exploding into an Immortal Artifact.
He couldn’t help but chuckle, stretched his body and thought, “Ah, the nostalgia.”
“Boom.”
In the following moment, everything shattered in a blinding golden flash. Su Yu’s spirit transformed into an ancient beast – a golden cicada. She radiated an incredible aura that made Su Yu’s sea of consciousness solid like gold.
The first illusion left a rather pleasant impression on Su Yu, who reveled in nostalgia.
Even began thinking: “I wonder when I’ll truly obtain an Immortal Artifact? If wild beasts could drop loot-like in a game, gifting me an Immortal Artifact, life would be so much better, ah well.”