286: Chapter 286 The ultimate golden elixir

The moment the medicinal herbs entered the furnace, the Earth Fire Origin at the bottom of the crimson flame furnace suddenly flared up. Pale gold flames surged, wrapping around all the herbs inside. The runes on the furnace body lit up instantly, golden light flowing as it began to rapidly refine the herbs.

Time flowed on, and before he knew it, Qin Changsheng had been sitting quietly beside the crimson flame furnace, refining pills for over half a month.

For the past half month, he had kept his mind highly focused, never taking a step away from the crimson flame furnace. His Spiritual Qi was continuously poured into the furnace, precisely controlling the heat of the Earth Fire. Following the core formation insights, he guided the medicinal properties to blend and condense step by step, without the slightest slack.

Over these past two weeks, the Spiritual Qi within the Cave-Heaven Blessed Land was consumed in large quantities, yet it was constantly replenished from the heaven and earth, forming a dense vortex of Spiritual Qi around the crimson flame furnace.

The runes on the crimson flame furnace remained brilliant throughout. The Earth Fire Origin at the bottom fluctuated between calm and intense. The furnace mouth continuously emitted a rich medicinal fragrance, shifting from initially chaotic to pure and mellow, refreshing the heart and spirit, indicating that the Medicinal Pill was about to be completed.

Early this morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, the Spiritual Qi within the Cave-Heaven Blessed Land suddenly became restless, and the spiritual light around the crimson flame furnace grew even more dazzling.

Qin Changsheng took a deep breath, slowly stood up, and struck strands of mana into the crimson flame furnace.

"Hum—" The moment the mana entered the furnace, the crimson flame furnace emitted a low hum, and the furnace body trembled violently. Immediately after, a dazzling golden light shot up from the furnace mouth, illuminating the entire Cave-Heaven Blessed Land.

The golden light was pure and majestic, carrying a rich medicinal aura. Looking from afar, it resembled a small golden sun, dazzling to the eyes.

"It's done! The golden core pill, it's finally refined!" Qin Changsheng's eyes were filled with joy.

After more than half a month of refining, he had successfully refined the golden core pill.

Qin Changsheng raised his hand and waved it gently, a soft force enveloping the crimson flame furnace.

The lid of the crimson flame furnace rose slowly. Accompanied by a crisp hum, the golden light at the furnace mouth gradually faded, and an even purer and more mellow medicinal fragrance wafted out, instantly permeating the entire Cave-Heaven Blessed Land, making Qin Changsheng feel comfortable all over, his fatigue dissipating by more than half.

He looked up and saw ten round, plump Medicinal Pills lying quietly at the bottom of the crimson flame furnace. Each one was golden throughout, emitting a soft and brilliant golden light, with faint spiritual light flowing on their surfaces. The pills were surrounded by rich spiritual power, their quality superb, far exceeding ordinary golden core pills.

Qin Changsheng walked forward slowly, his gaze falling on these ten golden pills, his eyes full of realization and delight.

He knew clearly in his heart that according to ordinary Alchemy methods, even with the blessing of the crimson flame furnace and the Golden Trait [Alchemy], he could at most refine one golden core pill. But now, ten appeared; it must be the effect of the Heavenly Dao Trait [Cultivation].

The miraculous effect of this trait was that it doubled his harvest. Refining one golden core pill yielded ten; it was truly Heaven-Defying.

Qin Changsheng reached out and flicked his sleeve gently, and the ten golden core pills flew up slowly, landing steadily in his palm.

Qin Changsheng's gaze swept slowly over each pill, carefully distinguishing their grades.

Qin Changsheng also knew that golden core pills had different grades. The higher the grade, the stronger the medicinal effect, and the higher the success rate for Core Formation.

"There's actually a Top Grade golden core pill!" Qin Changsheng looked at one of the pills with some joy.

He saw that this pill had the most brilliant color, its entire body translucent like red gold, with faint halos flowing on the surface. The Spiritual Qi was condensed to the extreme, even faintly forming a thin layer of pill patterns, and the medicinal fragrance it emitted was the most mellow.

Besides this Top Grade golden core pill, there were three High Grade golden core pills and six Medium Grade golden core pills.

Qin Changsheng also knew that different grades of golden core pills offered vastly different success rate boosts for breaking through to the Golden Core Realm: Low Grade golden core pills could only increase the success rate of Core Formation by 10%, with mediocre medicinal effects, mostly used by ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators to attempt Core Formation;

Medium Grade golden core pills had pure medicinal effects and could increase the success rate of Core Formation by 20%, which was the common pill for Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators to attempt Core Formation;

High Grade golden core pills had condensed Spiritual Qi and powerful medicinal effects, capable of increasing the success rate of Core Formation by 40%, making them extremely scarce;

And the Top Grade golden core pill was the Peak existence among golden core pills, with majestic medicinal effects, and even contained a trace of Heavenly Dao power, capable of directly increasing the success rate of Core Formation by 70%. It was a supreme treasure for Foundation Establishment Cultivators attempting Core Formation.

Qin Changsheng raised his hand, gently holding up the Top Grade golden core pill, feeling its majestic and pure Spiritual Qi with his fingertips, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

He still had a fire spirit fruit in his Storage Pouch that he had obtained from Chen Erniu.

"With the Top Grade Medicinal Pill and the fire spirit fruit, that's a success rate of over 95% for Core Formation!" Qin Changsheng's eyes were filled with joy.

In the Southern Region Cultivation World, even for the most talented prodigies, the success rate of Core Formation was only 50%.

The success rate of Core Formation for ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators was less than 20%.

And Qin Changsheng's success rate for Core Formation had reached 95%.

"First, raise my Cultivation to Perfection!"

"After drawing the Golden Trait next year, I will enter seclusion to break through to the Golden Core!" Qin Changsheng had a plan in his heart.

...

Time passed like a fleeting horse, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

For this past year, Qin Changsheng had been inside the Cave-Heaven Blessed Land box.

This year, Qin Changsheng had not slacked off at all, devoting himself to Cultivation day and night, and finally ushered in a major Breakthrough in his Cultivation.

At this moment, Qin Changsheng sat cross-legged on the futon in the Cave-Heaven Blessed Land, his eyes slightly closed, Spiritual Qi circulating around his body, his aura stable and majestic, surrounded by a faint layer of spiritual light.

His Dantian was filled to the extreme with spiritual power, like a boiling river, surging endlessly.

[Lifespan: 43 + ∞]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Tenth Level (180000 / 180000)]

[Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Spirit Gathering Art (Perfection)]

[Vajra Body Refining Art: Perfection]

[Spell: Fire Snake Technique (Perfection), Fire Shield Technique (Perfection)]

[Gale Sword Technique: Perfection]

[Sword Flight Technique: Perfection]

[Movement Technique: Wind Chasing Lightning Technique (Perfection)]

[Lifebound Treasure: Dragon Abyss Sword * 10]

[Spiritual Root: Top-grade Five Spirit Roots]

[trait Draw Count: 1]

[traits: Immortality, Substitute Death, Breath Concealment, Exchange, Sword Heart Clarity, Sharing, Rebirth, Repair, Instant Spellcasting, Body Refining, Speed, Instant Movement, Disease, Teleportation, Poison Resistance, Bleeding, Alchemy]

[Heavenly Dao Entries: Cultivation, External Incarnation, Intelligence, Divine Sense, Source of Mana, Mana Absorption, Fire God, Thunder God, Innate Divine Strength, Vitality, Storage Space]

After a year of hard work, Qin Changsheng's Cultivation had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

Coupled with the fact that Qin Changsheng already possessed the Top Grade golden core pill and the fire spirit fruit, he could attempt Core Formation at any time.

However, before entering seclusion to break through, Qin Changsheng still had to draw a Golden Trait.

After drawing the Golden Trait, he would go to the Qingyun Tower to see if there were any major events this year.

If there were no major events, he would begin his seclusion to break through to the Golden Core.

"Draw Golden Trait!" Qin Changsheng looked at the attribute panel.

As Qin Changsheng's voice fell, a dazzling light erupted from the attribute panel.

I don't know how long it had been, but that dazzling light dissipated.

At the same time, two golden characters appeared on Qin Changsheng's attribute panel.