Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

After chasing for half an hour, True Monarch Tianhuo returned empty-handed, clearly having failed to catch up with the Blood Longevity Old Monster.

As True Monarch Tianhuo returned, his face contorted with rage, he exclaimed, "The Xuanming Sect is truly becoming more and more audacious! They think they can wait for me to pass away so they can snatch the treasures? If that day ever comes, I'll go to the Xuanming Sect and self-destruct! I'll take someone down with me!"

This Heavenly Fire True Lord is truly a man of strong character, which is consistent with his fire-attribute temperament; he's quick to seek out someone to self-destruct at the slightest provocation.

"Sigh, never mind," Jing Chuan raised his hand, then looked at the disciples below and said, "You don't need to be too sad. It's only natural for a cultivator to die when there's no hope of breaking through. At worst, they'll just re-enter the cycle of reincarnation. There's nothing to be sad about. You can all disperse now."

After Ancestor Jingchuan spoke, the disciples rose weeping and gradually dispersed.

Having witnessed the entire process, Lu Fan also released his flying sword and left. In just five days, he had truly seen what it meant to be on the decline.

The decline of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect was even more terrifying than that of the Dao Sect. After all, the Dao Sect still had a few Core Formation cultivators and the confidence to fight back, but the Xuan Yang Sword Sect did not.

Unlike the lifeless atmosphere of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, Lu Fan appeared full of vitality.

Just because others can't form their core in the Xuan Yang Sword Sect doesn't mean he can't. His huge reserves of pills and twenty drops of Creation Dew are his greatest reliance!

...

Lu Fan, having returned to his cave, sat cross-legged on a futon, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down.

He quickly took out the materials needed for Core Formation. The shockwaves that had shaken the Xuan Yang Sword Sect served as a reminder to Lu Fan that he had to leave immediately after forming his Core!

Otherwise, given the current situation of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, those two Supreme Elders would most likely have kept him in the Xuan Yang Sword Sect.

If the Xuan Yang Sword Sect didn't have any curse, Lu Fan wouldn't care; he'd be happy to have a Nascent Soul Ancestor as his backer.

But after all, most Core Formation cultivators only have a lifespan of one and a half years in the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, and who can withstand that?

"It seems I need to be careful when forming my core. I must not disturb either of the two patriarchs," Lu Fan thought to himself.

However, Lu Fan was not overly worried, since the spiritual energy here was abundant and there would be no surge of spiritual energy in the early stages of Core Formation.

In addition, it is located in the back mountain, in a remote area, far from both the mountain gate and the Daoist temple of the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

Even if unusual celestial phenomena occur when the elixir is completed, the presence of mountains and lush forests will prevent them from causing too much of a commotion.

Moreover, with twenty drops of Creation Dew as support, the speed of pill formation is much faster than that of other cultivators.

By the time the Xuan Yang Sword Sect reacts, he will probably have already formed his Golden Core and fled.

Having planned out all the steps for forming the Golden Core, Lu Fan began to focus on the process.

First, he took the Golden Marrow Pill and the Mind-Soothing Pill, and at the same time, he put the Soul-Purifying Pearl into his mouth.

After doing all this, Lu Fan finally calmed down and slowly began to condense the Golden Elixir.

Especially when you close your eyes, the days flow by like a rushing river.

One month, two months, five months, ten months...

I also took more than a dozen Golden Marrow Pills and Calming Pills one after another.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

Overall, things went smoothly in the early stages. I took a total of fifteen Golden Marrow Pills and fifteen Mind-Stabilizing Pills, and all the spiritual energy in my body was condensed into liquid pills.

Moreover, the total amount of spiritual energy is extremely large, at least three times higher than that of an ordinary Core Formation cultivator!

Lu Fan originally thought that as long as he consumed a few more drops of Creation Dew in the remaining six months, he would be able to quickly condense his Golden Core.

The moment he took the first drop of the Dew of Creation, Lu Fan knew... something was wrong!

This drop of Creation Dew, while accelerating the condensation of the elixir, also brought about an astonishingly large amount of spiritual energy.

Moreover, it was mutated spiritual energy, which caused the condensation speed of the Creation Dew to be abnormally slow.

Left with no other choice, Lu Fan drank four more drops of Creation Dew to accelerate the condensation of his Golden Core.

However, the effect was still not very significant.

In the blink of an eye, another six months have passed, and less than one-fifth of the elixir has condensed!

It was only then that Lu Fan realized that this was not a problem of not drinking enough Creation Dew, but rather that his total spiritual energy was not allowed to condense quickly.

When an ordinary cultivator condenses their Golden Core, the liquid spiritual energy is about the size of an egg. Then, under the condensation of the Creation Dew, it will gradually become the size of a thumb, containing primordial spiritual energy.

But Lu Fan's dantian contained a swirling mass of spiritual energy that was larger than an adult's fist.

Therefore, the compression process is very slow, and continuing to take the Dew of Creation will have the opposite effect.

If the Golden Core solidifies before it is successfully compressed, Lu Fan's Golden Core will be very unstable, which will greatly affect his subsequent Nascent Soul formation.

"Damn it! It's been a year and a half! At this rate, it will probably take at least five years or even longer to solidify. Am I doomed?!" Lu Fan opened his eyes, already feeling a bit panicked.

Because he didn't know what the curse was, or if something might suddenly appear and kill him.

If he were to forcibly end the Golden Core condensation at this moment, all his efforts would be in vain. Although he still had the materials, if he didn't form the Golden Core at the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, where else could he go?

Just as Lu Fan was wavering, considering whether to continue condensing his golden core, a gust of cold wind swept in, and the temperature of the entire cave instantly plummeted!

Lu Fan felt a chill run through his body, and his gaze swept around the cave.

Suddenly!

He saw a phantom-like figure gradually emerge in the corner of the cave, appearing as if condensed mist, drifting and ethereal...

"What is that!" Lu Fan's heart tightened immediately. The strange figure clearly had the physical characteristics of a woman.

"Could this be the reason why the Xuan Yang Sword Sect has been unable to produce a Core Formation cultivator for hundreds of years?"

Lu Fan tried to use his divine sense to perceive, but he couldn't detect anything at all! No wonder the elders of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect couldn't sense anything!

This startled Lu Fan. Sure enough, the Xuan Yang Sword Sect was indeed strange!

Although Lu Fan was unable to move while in the Core Formation stage, he was not without power. With a thought, the Eight Treasures Mirror instantly appeared and floated above his head, while he controlled Zi Yuan beside him to take action.

The purple iris, who had been standing quietly, suddenly raised her dragon-patterned greatsword and charged out in an instant.

boom!

Zi Yuan's powerful strike shook the entire cave, but although the eerie shadow was scattered, it instantly reformed.

"It didn't work?" Lu Fan asked in surprise.

Then the re-condensed eerie shadow gradually solidified and emerged from the white mist, revealing itself to be a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in white with an elegant and noble appearance.

"You junior, merely a Pseudo-Core Formation stage cultivator, yet you managed to obtain a Core Formation puppet?"

"Those four old geezers really went all out to revive the Xuan Yang Sword Sect."

The beautiful woman walked towards Lu Fan and spoke.

Looking at the beautiful woman, Lu Fan immediately understood something and then said, "Senior, you must be Ancestor Xuan Yin, the Daoist consort of Ancestor Xuan Yang?"