If anyone in Xiá Guó was the most enviable and jealous in recent times, it would be the Liu Yunpeng family. Among rogue cultivators and small noble families, the one they envied and were jealous of most was Zhu Xióngyīng, who had suddenly formed his Golden Core.
In the various gathering places for rogue cultivators, this matter was almost always being discussed. It served both to exchange information and to inquire about news.
"Did you hear?"
"You're talking about the Zhu family, right? Is this matter true or false? It sounds so real when they say it, but it's completely illogical. I've never heard of any pill in this world that could allow a waste of a five-spirit root to break through from the Qi Refining early stage to the Golden Core realm overnight."
"Exactly. Even the legendary Heaven-Reaching Foundation Establishment Pill from ancient times could only allow an ordinary mortal to establish their foundation on the spot. The Golden Core is an entirely different level.
If you ask me, it's more likely that he was possessed by a great cultivator of the Nascent Soul stage. Except for possession by a great cultivator of the Nascent Soul stage, where their realm drops by one level, I can't think of anything else that could allow someone to advance from a Qi Refining cultivator to a Golden Core cultivator overnight. It doesn't make sense."
"That's a stretch. The possibility you mentioned doesn't make sense either. Which Nascent Soul stage great cultivator would be blind?
And specifically choose a five-spirit root cultivator to possess?"
"Hey, I think it's really possible. And it's not possession, but encountering some kind of incredible fortune.
To show that he wasn't possessed, didn't Zhu Xióngyīng already state what kind of incredible fortune he encountered and personally go to the Qing Yáng Sect to become a disciple?
If there was a problem, would he dare to go to the Qing Yáng Sect to become a disciple?"
"But his so-called incredible fortune is a bit too bizarre, isn't it? What does it mean that after falling off a cliff, his soul left his body and encountered a fairy, who then conjured his original body and a golden and a silver body for him to choose from as his own? Then, because he chose honestly, he ended up with all three bodies.
Immediately after, the three bodies merged.
He woke up and became a Golden Core cultivator!
Is he fooling someone?"
"No, I've been collecting information recently and found that he's not the only one who's had similar incredible fortunes. It's just that others didn't get as much benefit as he did. For example, a villager in Qí Hé Village accidentally dropped his hoe into the river, and then a fairy appeared and asked him if he dropped a common hoe, a golden hoe, or a silver hoe.
He didn't dare to lie to the fairy and told the truth, and then the fairy gave him all three hoes. Unfortunately, I checked later, and the silver hoe and golden hoe were just hoes made of ordinary silver and gold, nothing special, not some magical artifact.
The most crucial point is that this incident happened even earlier than the time Zhu Xióngyīng mentioned, or perhaps it happened on the same day. So there's no possibility of Zhu Xióngyīng fabricating this matter."
"Hey, that's actually quite interesting!"
"It's a bit strange. Could there be some conspiracy or trickery involved? Or is some organization causing trouble?"
"I wish there were more of these conspiracies and tricks. Preferably directed at me. Who orchestrates conspiracies to give things away? I've seen plenty of people trying to get something for nothing or trick me out of things.
It's not like the things they give away are poisoned.
Even if they were poisoned, I could still eat the bait."
"What I'm more concerned about is where that cliff and that river you mentioned are. And also, does that fairy move from place to place every so often, or does she stay in one place for a long time? That's the key point. Is it good or bad, a conspiracy or not? At least let us try.
I'm willing to take the risk for everyone..."
"It's no use. I've thrown things into the river where the fairy appeared, but there was no reaction at all. In the end, I had to go into the river myself to retrieve my things."
"There seems to be no pattern to it!"
While the rogue cultivators argued endlessly over these rumors, true or false, and even went to the extent of trying them out themselves,
Many sects and noble families also learned about this matter through their respective information networks.
And began to attempt to explore the truth.
Among them was the Qing Yáng Sect. In fact, it could be said that the Qing Yáng Sect was already ahead of other sects and noble families in this regard, as Zhu Xióngyīng had already arrived there.
And was being observed by the Sect Master and the various elders.
"Although it may be presumptuous, this Seat still wishes to ask, may we use our spiritual power to carefully examine your dantian, meridians, and even your Golden Core and divine soul?"
At this moment, Sect Master Xù Rì had finished listening to Zhu Xióngyīng's description. However, they couldn't detect anything unusual from his external appearance or aura.
Therefore, they could only ask somewhat awkwardly.
It was akin to having x-ray vision and casually peeking at others without their permission, which was impolite. Similarly, in the cultivation world, scanning others with one's divine soul was also impolite, let alone entering another person's body to examine their dantian and meridians.
And even their Golden Core and divine soul.
Of course, this was when it was done without permission. If permission was granted, it was not as impolite.
Zhu Xióngyīng himself also wanted to understand his own situation and whether his cultivation had any hidden dangers, so he agreed without hesitation:
"No problem, you can check as you please!"
Upon receiving permission, Sect Master Xù Rì extended his divine sense and carefully examined Zhu Xióngyīng's internal condition with great concentration. From his meridians to his acupoints, then to his dantian, and even the magic power Golden Core within the dantian, and his divine soul sea, he didn't miss anything. Then, with a look of astonishment, he withdrew his divine sense and nodded, then shook his head:
"I found no problems.
He has no aura that resembles the Demonic Path anywhere on his person, nor any hidden traps left by others. His divine soul and physical body are extremely compatible, and there's no sign of his soul having left his body recently. At least with my cultivation, I can't find any issues at the moment.
If there's any problem, it's that his current physical body, meridians, magic power, dantian, and even his Golden Core and divine soul power are simply too perfect.
They are so perfect that they could serve as a textbook.
How to describe it? It's as if from the very beginning of his cultivation, every step he took to reach his current realm was extremely correct and perfect, without a single mistake. Furthermore, his essence, energy, and spirit were in perfect sync, with no deficiencies.
His physical body, magic power, and divine soul are all at the Golden Core realm.
You must know that unless one is a body cultivator, most cultivators who reach the Golden Core realm will not have a physical body at the Golden Core realm. At best, it would reach the Foundation Establishment realm through daily tempering of spiritual energy. But now, everything about him is at the Golden Core realm.
Besides this, there are no hidden injuries or any trace of pill toxicity within his body. It's too perfect. With this physical condition, he will have no obstacles before the Transformation Realm.
However, this kind of situation only exists in theory. It's theoretically feasible, but I've never seen it in reality. Now, I'm starting to believe that his body was indeed created.
It's miraculous, almost divine craftsmanship..."