Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1610: Chapter 992: Immortal Hall Master

Li Janning finished his lecture and the Qi Refinement Cultivators scattered, while a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators was preparing to return to the hall to exchange cultivation insights.

Suddenly!

The earth abruptly shook, like an earth dragon turning over.

"What’s going on?"

"An earth dragon turning over?"

"What a joke, how could there be an earth dragon turning over here!"

The Spirit Source Land has stable earth veins, making it absolutely impossible for an earth dragon to turn over.

The group wore confused expressions, but their confusion quickly dissipated.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~

A gust of spiritual wind whistled in like a sudden gale, rustling the branches and leaves with a swishing sound.

In an instant, everyone’s spiritual senses swept towards the north.

Buzz buzz~~

A visible fluctuation of spiritual energy gathered towards the north, sweeping past them like a tide.

In the blink of an eye, the spiritual energy within a radius of dozens of miles seemed to be drained, causing a strong sense of suffocation among the Immortal Cultivators.

"What is this?"

Xuanzhen soared into the sky, leaping over the snowy mountain behind the disciples’ residence, then stared in a daze towards the direction of the Wuzhen Taoist Palace.

The others also followed him into the air.

They saw a massive spiritual energy vortex appearing above the Wuzhen Taoist Palace, covering several miles, spinning at a tremendous speed and wildly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

"Core Formation!" Kou Ta exclaimed in disbelief.

"It’s Yun Xiao!" Xuanzhen said.

The group exchanged glances and then flew towards the Wuzhen Taoist Palace, no longer caring about the Foundation Establishment ceremony.

...

Qi Hall.

Yun Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes tightly closed, his expression tranquil and unruffled.

As his cultivation technique slowly began to operate, within Yun Xiao’s dantian, a pitted round pearl was absorbing a great amount of nature’s spiritual energy under the operation of his spiritual sense.

Spiritual energy entered his body through the spiritual aperture on top of his head, coursing through his meridians, transforming into drops of spiritual liquid that flowed into his dantian, merging into the surface of the pitted round pearl, gradually filling each tiny pit and smoothing over countless subtle cracks.

Time passed by the minute and second, and with each breath, Yun Xiao absorbed vast amounts of spiritual energy like a giant whale drawing in water.

Buzz buzz~~

As the spiritual liquid continuously merged into the pearl, gradually, the pearl became smooth and bright, the pits filled, the cracks disappeared, and a flawless Golden Core slowly took shape.

With a roar, Yun Xiao’s whole body trembled, and his entire aura transformed.

The dense and substantial pressure spread out in a whirlwind, while his Divine Soul also underwent a transformation, his Spiritual Sense expanded, covering hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of feet, encompassing a radius of several dozens of miles.

"Where is this?"

Yun Xiao slowly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of bewilderment.

His confusion was not just because he didn’t know where he was, but also because the dullness of his mind hadn’t yet dissipated.

Previously, he had been in a state of drowsy ignorance, his Divine Soul enveloped by dull thoughts, almost awake but not quite, as though falling asleep after waking, his consciousness blurred.

But soon a refreshing clarity flooded his mind, his awareness gradually recovered, fragmented memories emerged.

"Sun Cave Heaven, Nine Tripod Divine Pill, Core Formation!"

"Core Formation!"

His expression suddenly shook, followed by a look of extreme joy.

"I actually succeeded in Core Formation!"

His head spun in a daze, repeatedly confirming that there indeed was a shining Golden Core within his dantian.

"Haha~~"

"I formed a Core!"

"Haha~~"

He laughed somewhat maniacally, tears of laughter streaming down his face.

The laughter lasted for a long time before he gradually calmed down.

Then he stood up, dusted off his clean long robe, and walked out of the room at a slow pace.

Outside the Qi Hall.

Xuanzhen and the others had been waiting for quite a while, and when Yun Xiao walked out from the hall, everyone stared at him with wide eyes.

"What’s the matter? You Fellow Daoists don’t recognize this old man?" Yun Xiao said with a smile.

Xuanzhen gave a shiver, coming back to his senses, "Fellow Daoist Yun Xiao, could it be...?"

"That’s right, this old man luckily formed a Fake Pill! Haha, thanks are in order to Fellow Daoist Kou and Fellow Daoist Hong for their assistance!" Yun Xiao said with a look of goodwill towards Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu.

Kou Ta blinked, "True Monarch Yunxiao!"

Hong Fuxiu’s expression subtly changed, and she hurriedly bowed, "Greetings, True Monarch Yunxiao!"

Upon hearing this, the others were finally awoken from their dreams, hastily bowing in greeting, "Greetings, True Monarch Yunxiao!"

Whether it’s a True Pill or a Fake Pill, it’s still a Golden Core.

With a Golden Core within, I control my own destiny.

There is a world of difference between a Golden Core Cultivator and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"No need for such politeness, everyone!" Yun Xiao waved his sleeve, a vast mana suddenly appearing, forcibly lifting everyone up, albeit a bit too high, nearly sending them into the sky.

"Hey, hey, hey~~" Xuanzhen exclaimed in alarm.

Yun Xiao hurriedly withdrew his mana, and the crowd descended in a chaotic manner back to the ground.

"Cough, cough, just had a breakthrough, yet to adapt to such overwhelming mana, hahaha, apologies, everyone!" Yun Xiao awkwardly stroked his beard.

Indeed, he was unaccustomed, as his current mana was overwhelmingly great, several dozen times what he had possessed before.

"Congratulations to the True Monarch on achieving great success with the Golden Core and attaining eternal life," Kou Ta congratulated.

"Haha, thank you, thank you, Fellow Daoist Kou has also made progress in cultivation, reaching late-stage Foundation Establishment!"

"Congratulations, True Monarch~~"

"Thank you, thank you!"

The crowd repeatedly offered their congratulations, and Yun Xiao reciprocated each in turn.

It was quite a while before everyone recovered from their shock and joy, then, at Xuanzhen’s invitation, entered the Qi Hall.

"Where’s Yang?" Yun Xiao asked.

At this moment, he recalled the events that had transpired earlier, though his memory blanked after swallowing the Nine Tripod Divine Pill. Only vague recollections remained, the specifics utterly elusive to him.