Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

at the same time.

Lu Fan, who was inside the cave, was still sitting nervously inside the Heaven-Mending Furnace.

Three more days passed while I sat there.

Fortunately, the corpse energy surrounding his heart remained completely still, as if it were dormant as long as it wasn't disturbed.

"It seems we made the right bet. The Ghost Old Ghost's Heart-Drying Curse can only be activated if one is within his spiritual range."

"If that's the case, then they pose no threat to me."

Lu Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now he could focus on cultivating the True Qi Technique.

He had planned from the beginning that once he got his hands on the good fortune, he would not show his face in public for a while.

In fact, under these circumstances, Lu Fan couldn't even show his face, because he had too many enemies.

First of all, this old ghost will definitely not let him go, after all, twenty drops of Creation Dew are almost all the resources of the Blood Spirit Sect.

Taking it by ourselves would be tantamount to directly severing the Blood Spirit Sect's foundation.

Secondly, there's the Qi Gate. Yu He and that Deacon Wu both died at his hands, which is quite a serious matter.

After all, the Qi Sect was already weak, and it was only with great difficulty that they produced their fourth Core Formation cultivator, who was killed before he could even grow up.

Song Zhiyuan will never let this go; he's probably already sent his disciples all over the world to find him.

And then there's Jian Ge, that old nemesis; we won't let him off the hook either.

No matter which of these three forces Lu Fan encounters, he is doomed.

So for now, we can only stay here and wait for the storm to pass and the problem with the Heart-Drying Curse to be resolved before considering the matter of Core Formation.

...

Settling comfortably inside the cave, Lu Fan began to diligently cultivate the True Qi Gong.

Days passed by one by one.

Besides occasionally throwing a few spirit beast pills into his spirit beast bag, he would also take a few spirit tempering pills and body tempering pills for himself, but unfortunately, the spiritual energy in the forest where he lived was too weak.

Even after taking Spirit Tempering Pills and Body Tempering Pills, the spiritual energy gained was pitifully small, but fortunately, the True Qi Cultivation was progressing quite smoothly.

In the first two years, Lu Fan successfully reached the first level of the True Qi Gong through his day and night hard work.

Within the Qi Sea, the golden ball of light, about the size of a peach pit, was formed from condensed True Qi. Although it could not yet be released externally, it already possessed a certain ability to ward off evil spirits.

Even on the first level, Lu Fan couldn't wait to mobilize his true qi to try and eliminate the corpse qi in his heart area.

And you know what? It really works. Just by mobilizing a wisp of true qi, it's easy to draw out a small amount of corpse qi from the periphery of the heart.

These corpse energies seemed to be inherently afraid of true qi. As long as they were mobilized, the corpse energies would fluctuate violently, but they did not shrink or crush Lu Fan's heart.

Instead, they were like a group of mice encountering a cat, cowering and trembling in the heart area, as if they had completely forgotten the purpose of their existence.

This is the effect of the True Qi Gong in suppressing evil, directly and fundamentally deactivating the corpse energy.

However, to pull it out completely, you still need to reach the second layer.

Therefore, Lu Fan did not slack off and continued his arduous training.

However, breaking through from the first level to the second level is much more difficult. This time, Lu Fan spent a full four years before he barely reached the second level of the True Qi Technique.

In total, it took six years.

Six years is neither long nor short for a cultivator; in any case, closed-door cultivation is just a matter of a blink of an eye.

During this period, the two three-eyed crows in Lu Fan's spirit beast bag, after being fed for six years, also made rapid progress in strength to the level of fourth-order demon beasts, equivalent to the late Foundation Establishment stage of humans.

Unfortunately, the third eye still hasn't opened. Lu Fan doesn't know what level he needs to reach before it opens, so he just feeds it whenever he has time and slowly nurtures it.

Moreover, in the past six years, not only has the Three-Eyed Raven improved tremendously, but Lu Fan's cultivation has also reached the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, just one step away from the Pseudo-Core stage.

However, this kick was not easy to deliver, because the forest where he was in seclusion had very little spiritual energy.

If I continue in seclusion like this, it will probably take at least another two or three years to reach the pseudo-core stage.

Instead of wasting time, he could find a place with abundant spiritual energy and go into seclusion for ten days or half a month to reach the core. So Lu Fan wasn't in a hurry. After all, once he reached the pseudo-core stage, he would have to prepare for core formation.

He hasn't decided where to form his core yet, nor is he sure what the situation is like outside.

"It seems I should resolve the issue of the corpse energy first before deciding where to form my core," Lu Fan thought to himself, and began to form hand seals, mobilizing the true qi within his body.

At this moment, his true qi was about the size of an egg. With a slight movement, Lu Fan's body instantly burst forth with a dazzling golden light, as if his body was plated with a layer of gold.

This effect, this domineering power, truly pleased Lu Fan.

"Old ghost ghost, you planned everything, but you didn't expect me to have this trick up my sleeve, did you? Hehe," Lu Fan grinned, and then his hand seals overlapped and changed layer by layer.

In an instant, the domineering golden light on its body surface completely receded, and the corpse energy that had existed in its heart for six years could not even last a moment under the siege of such violent true qi before it was expelled.

hum!

In an instant, the corpse energy that had been surrounded and dispersed by the true qi was completely expelled from his body! Moreover, the golden light around him remained concentrated and did not dissipate, displaying a domineering demeanor.

Having eliminated this major hidden danger to his heart, Lu Fan slowly stood up, his body making a series of cracking sounds as his bones rubbed together.

"Six years have passed. I think those guys who wanted to kill me should have stopped by now," Lu Fan thought to himself. He then raised his hand and removed the isolation array at the entrance of the cave, taking a step out.

"I wonder if Little Spirit Valley has been occupied by cultivators yet. If it hasn't, perhaps I can also form my core here."

After some thought, Lu Fan decided to first go to Little Spirit Valley to investigate. Once he was sure it was safe, he sent a telepathic message to Ye Lingxi, asking her to protect him so he could begin the formal process of forming his core.

Having planned his next move, Lu Fan raised his hand and released his Wind Feather Wings, which transformed into a long rainbow as he sped towards the direction of Little Spirit Valley.

A few days later...

Lu Fan arrived at Little Spirit Valley smoothly. It was just as peaceful as it had been six years ago, except that the mountain gate was even more dilapidated.

Then Lu Fan took out a communication talisman: "Fellow Daoist Ye, I have gathered all the materials needed for Core Formation. Come to Little Spirit Valley immediately." After saying that, he threw it out.

After waiting for about three days, Ye Lingxi rushed over after receiving the communication talisman.

From a great distance, Lu Fan saw a Core Formation Light streak rapidly approaching and instantly landing on the Little Spirit Valley Square.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, it's been six years. How have you been?" Lu Fan greeted Ye Lingxi with a smile and cupped his hands in greeting.

After landing, Ye Lingxi's large, bright eyes sized up Lu Fan as if he were some rare demon beast, and her first words were, "Fellow Daoist Lu, you're still alive?"

Lu Fan: "???"