Chapter 275: Chapter 274: 20 Years, Half-Step Golden Core (First Update, Please Subscribe)
At the Lu Family, having arranged everything, Lu Xuanji began a closed-door seclusion, striving for a Half-Step Golden Core.
The first step was to compress True Essence and transform it into Magical Power.
The Magical Power was just a trace, yet it could crush three traces of True Essence, with higher quality and more formidable attack power.
In actual combat, a Half-Step Golden Core could defeat three to five cultivators at the peak of Purple Mansion working together.
This step extremely tested the cultivator’s aptitude.
If the aptitude was strong, one might become a Half-Step Golden Core in just twenty years;
If the aptitude was poor, one might suffer a hundred years of arduous cultivation and still be at the peak of Purple Mansion.
Three years later, Lu Xuanji pointed with his finger, and immediately a burst of Magical Power tore through the void, emitting a hissing sound.
Spurring the cultivation technique, an aura surged throughout his body, with yellow, green, and red strands of Magical Power intertwined, rising and falling across his body, evolving into supreme wonders, creating unspeakable marvels and mysteries.
"Could it be that I truly am a genius!"
Lu Xuanji was astonished.
To transform True Essence into Magical Power, Ye Wanyi spent twenty years, the Grand Elder thirty years, but he merely spent three years.
The speed was somewhat fast!
Could it be that he truly is a genius.
A genius is characterized by two points: terrifying cultivation speed, and the ability to ignore bottlenecks.
Those second-generation cultivators, relying on elixirs and money, could rival a Celestial Spirit Root in cultivation speed.
But when hitting a major bottleneck, it’s like teetering between life and death; after three to five attempts, they still fail, and that kind of despair almost drives someone to suicide.
Yet certain geniuses, when breaking through a major realm, shatter bottlenecks in an instant, without any difficulty.
Or perhaps fail once, but definitely succeed the second time.
The strength of a Celestial Spirit Root lies not only in its cultivation speed but also in its ability to easily break through bottlenecks;
Before entering seclusion, Lu Xuanji had planned to spend ten, twenty, or even fifty years to reach Half-Step Golden Core... but now, it’s only three years. The speed is too fast.
He suppressed the discomfort in his heart.
He began to continue operating the cultivation technique, refining True Essence, converting it into Magical Power strand by strand.
Previously could only be considered as initially entering Half-Step Golden Core; only when all the True Essence in the body is converted into Magical Power, he stands firmly in Half-Step Golden Core.
Refining True Essence, converting it into Magical Power.
This is an extremely long process, highly time-consuming, and cannot rely on any external aid, as any external aid is of little usefulness.
Time slipped away bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, twenty years passed.
The True Essence in his body was completely converted into Magical Power.
Took out a ruler, began measuring the Magical Power in his body, the ruler changed, ten, twenty, thirty, fifty, finally rising to one hundred.
One Hundred Armor Years of Magical Power.
Thirty Armor Years of Magical Power is enough to condense an Upper Grade Golden Core.
But he has One Hundred Armor Years of Magical Power, seemingly surpassing the standard.
Again activating the ruler, began measuring the quality of Magical Power.
The ruler changed, reached the second notch.
Magical Power of Golden Core Second Transformation.
He is merely at the Half-Step Golden Core realm, but his Magical Power amount is One Hundred Armor Years, and his Magical Power quality reaches Golden Core Second Transformation. Though he has not yet entered the Golden Core Realm, he has already surpassed ordinary Golden Core cultivators.
The body radiated bursts of glazed light, the physique flawless like supreme jade or as if forged from a magical treasure, comparable to a Third Grade Spiritual Artifact.
Sensed the Divine Soul’s strength, transforming into threads, instantly lifting five hundred kilograms of weight.
While the standard for a perfect Divine Soul was only to lift a hundred kilograms of weight.
Regarding Divine Techniques, the Elemental Magnetic Celestial Saber achieved Great Success, Pure Yang True Flame reached Great Success, the Celestial Wood Technique reached Great Success, and Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon was at Perfection.
This means he has already met the standard for Condensing Pill, capable of triggering the Three Tribulations to testify to the Golden Core.
"Not right, not right, I feel that my physique still has potential, my Divine Soul can go further, my Magical Power still has room for enhancement, can continue refining, continue improving..."
Lu Xuanji took out a Creation Pill and consumed it, the medicinal power digesting, expanding the upper limit of Magical Power.
But the Dantian and meridians only expanded a little, at most accommodating one Armor Year of Magical Power.
After consuming the Creation Pill, common cultivators can increase the Magical Power limit, raising by one Armor Year to five Armor Years of Magical Power.
But he, only increased the Magical Power limit by one Armor Year.
"Could it be that my aptitude is too good, thus the so-called Creation Pill has little effect on me!"
Lu Xuanji pondered.
Elixirs are mainly designed for ordinary cultivators.
Cultivators with poor aptitude absorb the medicinal power poorly, wasting most of the efficacy;
Cultivators with extremely good aptitude also have high resistance to medicinal power, with the effect being minimal.
"In the early stage of Qi Refining, I was just slightly stronger than regular cultivators, not exceptionally outstanding... but later, the aptitude kept improving!" Lu Xuanji recalled.
Remembering hundreds of years ago, when testing Spirit Root, he was just an ordinary Three Spirit Roots Cultivator, only his Soul Power was strong, comparable to the weakest Dual Spirit Root cultivator.
Such aptitude in the Lu Family was enough to be considered a genius, with future hope for Foundation Establishment, and a slim hope for achieving Purple Mansion, but with not much hope.
Such a genius, in Chu Country, was just like the most ordinary genius.
Just like someone who got into a regular university, definitely considered a genius, but compared to those from Tsinghua or Peking University, it seemed far inferior.
But later, the Grand Elder’s failed possession, in turn, fulfilled him, elevating his aptitude significantly;
Later, the Heaven Mending Qi contained in the Heaven Mending Cauldron, the Spiritual Liquid of the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, again elevated his aptitude significantly;
Later, when he developed the Pure Yang Dao Body, devoured the Artifact Spirit of the Feathered Transformation Pagoda, his aptitude was once again significantly enhanced;
Later, devouring the Pure Yang Sword Spirit, the feedback from the Pure Yang Broken Sword, again significantly improved his aptitude;
Later, cultivated the Nine Transformations of Fish and Dragon, devouring the blood of nine great demons, once again elevated the aptitude significantly.
By now, his aptitude could be considered top-notch, comparable to pure-blooded demon beasts, a top prodigy of the Human Race, proudly declaring, "My son Xuanji has the potential for Divinity Transformation."
Before Divinity Transformation, he had almost no bottlenecks to speak of.
And it is precisely because of his terrifying aptitude that he gained the favor of True Monarch Xi Yue, considering him a potential Dao Companion.
As for after Divinity Transformation, Refining Void, Harmonization, Tribulation Crossing, and other realms, these cannot be achieved by aptitude alone; they require supreme Destiny.
In a certain sense, a Divinity Transformation cultivator and a Harmonization expert are at the same level in terms of aptitude; however, their fortunes differ entirely, belonging to two worlds.
"Could it be that..."
Lu Xuanji seemed to realize something, his figure flashed, reaching the training field.
He needed to verify his conjecture.
If the hypothesis proved true, it could help him break through limits, advance further, and lay a solid foundation.
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