Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

What were the two ancestors feeling at this moment? It was like a wealthy merchant family with a large and prosperous business, where male descendants had thrived for generations and the family business had been passed down in an orderly manner.

Suddenly one day, the women of the family could no longer give birth to sons, leaving the vast family fortune without an heir, and all the male members of the family had died out.

Just when it seemed that this vast family fortune was about to be handed over to someone else, suddenly, a concubine from a collateral branch became pregnant, and it was possible that she was carrying the only male heir.

If the delivery goes smoothly, the family business can continue; but if the child dies in childbirth, then this vast family fortune will be completely lost.

These two patriarchs currently feel this way, perhaps even more so.

Another six months passed in anxious waiting.

It seems we've reached the most crucial moment.

"Has it been a year and a half already?" Ancestor Tianhuo asked.

"Yes, now is the most crucial moment," Jingchuan replied.

"I can't wait any longer!" The ever-impatient Heavenly Fire Ancestor simply transformed into a streak of light and hovered above the cave where Lu Fan was in seclusion.

Then, the Nascent Soul activated its full power, continuously scanning the area around the cave.

At this moment, the two layers of isolation arrays set up by Lu Fan also shimmered with light under the scan of his Nascent Soul divine sense.

"Senior brother, there's no use in being anxious. If you use your divine sense to scan recklessly, destroying the isolation array and disturbing the disciple's core formation, then it will be your fault," Jingchuan reminded him.

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Fire Ancestor finally gave up scanning the area.

"This brat, setting up an isolation array in his own sect while he's forming his core? Does he think we two old ancestors can't protect him?" At this moment, the Heavenly Fire Ancestor was so anxious that he was jumping up and down.

Time flew by during this agonizing wait.

Another six months have passed.

"Two years? Is it?" Ancestor Tianhuo asked, standing on the secluded cliff.

"That's right! It's been two years. Has this kid made it through?" Jingchuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Hahaha! In hundreds of years, no disciple has ever survived for more than two years after forming the Core Formation! My Xuan Yang Sword Sect has finally ushered in hope!" At this moment, the Heavenly Fire Ancestor was extremely excited and laughed loudly.

At the same time.

The disciples living in the mountain gate area have been paying close attention to the situation in the back mountain for the past two years.

Upon realizing that they had spent two years in the Core Formation stage, they were all equally dumbfounded.

"No way! Li Erniu has survived for two years? Is he really going to form his core?" Zhang Shouye was trembling all over, his face full of disbelief.

Those disciples who originally had little hope of forming their core were now as if they had been injected with adrenaline, their eyes filled with nothing but envy!

After all, as long as someone breaks the curse that prevents the formation of the Golden Core, it means that the Xuan Yang Sword Sect still has a promising future!

The entire clan waited with a mixture of excitement and anxiety.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.

By now, Lu Fan has been in seclusion for a full six and a half years, which far exceeds the five-year period he and Ye Lingxi agreed upon.

But there was no other way; it was too difficult for Lu Fan to form his core, so he could only refine it slowly.

Fortunately, one day in the seventh year...

The liquid pill in Lu Fan's dantian, which was originally the size of a fist, was finally compressed to the size of a thumb!

"Almost done!" Lu Fan sensed the changes in his dantian and, without any further hesitation, immediately formed hand seals.

hum!

The next moment, the five fifth-order demon cores floating around Lu Fan instantly released a large amount of spiritual energy, which began to surge into his Qi Sea.

This will add fuel to the fire for Lu Fan's eventual success in achieving his goal!

In order to quickly solidify the Golden Core, Lu Fan did not hesitate to consume five more drops of Creation Dew!

Then the golden elixir began to slowly condense and solidify from the inside out.

boom!

The next moment, the violent spiritual energy within his body broke through the two layers of isolation array and gathered into a colorful vortex in the sky!

Lu Fan's spiritual energy vortex is different from that of ordinary cultivators.

When an ordinary cultivator forms their core, it is a mixture of five basic attributes, but Lu Fan has a mutated spiritual root, so his spiritual energy is extremely mixed.

The sky not only converged his mutated attributes, but also contained the five basic attributes that had not yet been refined.

This chaotic state of spiritual energy even baffled the two knowledgeable elders on the secluded cliff. They had never seen a cultivator forming their core generate so much spiritual energy.

"Why is this kid's spiritual energy so strange? Could it be a mixed spiritual root?" Ancestor Tianhuo frowned as he looked at the distant vortex.

"A mixed spiritual root forming a core? How is that possible? It contains many other attributes, almost ten in total. I think this kid must have used some secret technique to increase the probability of forming a core," Jing Chuan slowly analyzed.

"Who cares! As long as I can form my core, that's all that matters," said the Heavenly Fire Ancestor, his eyes burning as he stared intently at the cave.

It's not surprising that these two patriarchs couldn't recognize Lu Fan's specific spiritual root, since there's no record of anyone in the entire cultivation world having formed a core with a mutated spiritual root of the five elements.

Lu Fan was the first of his kind. Since there was no record of it, naturally no one knew what kind of spectacular scene would occur when a mutated spiritual root formed its core.

At this moment, Lu Fan had reached the final sprint and began to increase the intensity of absorbing the demon core.

The golden elixir in the dantian has finally completed the last step and solidified completely!

The instant the pill was completed, a beam of spiritual energy burst through the cave and reached the sky, dispersing the converging vortex!

boom!

The next moment, the violent surge of spiritual energy dissipated on the spot, and in its place, an incomparably huge golden core phantom hovered in mid-air, radiating a dazzling golden light!

After a short while, the illusory image of the golden elixir slowly dissipated.

"It's done! This kid has achieved the elixir! Hahaha!" Ancestor Tianhuo was as excited as a three-year-old child.

Even when Elder Jing saw this scene, his eyes welled up with tears, and he almost burst into tears.

For hundreds of years, these elders have endured immense pressure!

At this moment, it seemed as if all the torment had vanished.

Inside the cave, Lu Fan slowly opened his eyes, looked at his hands, and then felt the extremely pure golden core in his dantian.

However, along with it came a sudden burst of demonic energy in his dantian!

This is yet another drawback of cultivating the Holy Spirit True Demon Art. At this moment, Lu Fan dares not use spiritual energy to envelop the demon as casually as before. He can only use his Core Formation cultivation combined with True Qi Technique to forcibly suppress the demon, and then slowly refine it later.

"I...did I succeed?"

After Lu Fan finished doing all this, he slowly stood up, as if in a dream. Then, the pent-up emotions became uncontrollable, and his eyes turned red.

Xuan Yin, who was standing to the side, watched Lu Fan complete the formation of his core before standing up and saying, "Junior, not bad. Although it took a while to form your core, you've finally succeeded."

Xuan Yin had no idea how perilous and difficult it was for Lu Fan, with his mutated mixed spiritual root, to form his core.

He started as an unwanted corpse collector in the Dao Sect, initially only aiming to reach the tenth level of Qi Refining to avoid being bullied. He fought his way up to the Core Formation stage and became a true high-level cultivator.

Opportunity is secondary; without strong enough perseverance, how could one have endured until this moment?

"I should also avoid this place, lest those brats notice me," Xuan Yin said slowly.

Lu Fan nodded slightly, then raised his hand and put Zi Yuan and the Three-Eyed Crow back into his storage bag and spirit beast bag.

Having caused such a commotion by forming his core at the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, it's time to pay a visit to those two patriarchs.

As for stabilizing one's cultivation, that can only be addressed later.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Fan dispelled the effects of the disguise pill, restoring his original appearance.

After all, disguising oneself in front of a Nascent Soul Ancestor would be redundant, as it would inevitably be seen through at a glance.

Then, Lu Fan instantly transformed into a Core Formation stage light and sped out of the cave...