Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation

As a Golden Elixir Master, although He Song had not killed many Foundation Establishment True Persons with his own hands, it was not as if there were none.

Back then, outside Green Mountain Immortal City, were not those four Foundation Establishment practitioners who tried to ambush He Song crushed effortlessly by him just like today?

At that time, when He Song killed those four Foundation Establishment practitioners, it did not take much effort.

Just like how that blood-colored giant palm wiped out the five major Foundation Establishment practitioners without any surprises.

Foundation Establishment,

in front of a Golden Core, is always just ants that are slightly bigger than the others.

In the end, they are still ants.

It is natural for He Song not to harbor any other thoughts about the deaths of five ants.

That he has been alerted to be more cautious and become even more careful might be the only emotional response these five major Foundation Establishment practitioners could elicit from He Song.

However,

as it seemed that the outside world had returned to calm, a slight change could be seen on He Song’s face at that moment.

He Song had not extended his divine sense to check on the death of the five Foundation Establishment practitioners.

He only used his five senses to deduce the events occurring outside.

Based on various sounds coming from the outside world, it is not difficult for a cultivator to deduce what has happened outside,

Even an ordinary mortal, if able to hear the commotion from the outside world, can generally picture what is happening outside.

However, mortals have much weaker senses and cannot compare with cultivators.

An ordinary cultivator’s senses are far more powerful than those of a mortal.

As a Gold Core Cultivator, He Song’s senses are naturally even stronger.

This is why he could sense the situation above ground from deep beneath the earth.

In such a situation, to obtain information about the outside world merely through the senses,

He Song’s presence naturally remained undetected by the outside world.

Even if the Gold Core Cultivator who had acted against White Crane and his companions had extended his divine sense to scan the surroundings, he still would not have been able to detect He Song’s existence.

The location where He Song resided had a Phantom Tracing Array set up.

This Golden Elixir Array, specialized in concealment, would not reveal any flaws under the divine sense scanning of a Golden Elixir Master.

Even if He Song was certain about this,

the sudden silence from outside still made him feel a twinge of uncertainty.

What if,

what if the Gold Core Cultivator above in the Upper Paradise had actually detected his presence long ago?

And this current silence, could it be that he is preparing some powerful skill that requires a long guidance and could unleash tremendous destruction?

Such a thought flashed through He Song’s mind.

His gaze swept over the wide expanse of light enveloping his surroundings, and his heart could not help but feel a bit more reassured.

As soon as White Crane and the others arrived at the periphery of the treasure land, He Song had already sent out his spirit artifacts and used the Gold Core defense skills he had learned to firmly protect himself within the array.

Moreover, He Song had previously set up an Earth-Concealing Divine Light Array right where he was.

The Earth-Concealing Divine Light Array excelled in defense among the Great Arrays of the Golden Core Realm.

Even when facing attacks from an cultivator at the peak of Golden Elixir Great Perfection, it could hold up for a long time.

If there were enough spirit stones, it could even last much longer.

With arrays, spirit artifacts, and skills for protection,

He Song could now be said to be at the utmost level of safety.

In such circumstances, even if the other party had already discovered him and was currently outside the array preparing a powerful skill,

He Song was not frightened in the slightest.

These multiple layers of defense were sufficient to ensure He Song’s personal safety.

Even if the opponent’s cultivation reached the Golden Elixir Great Perfection Realm, it would be very difficult to threaten He Song’s safety in a short time.

Thus, He Song naturally had confidence in his heart.

However,

just as He Song was taking out dozens of Gold Core Defense Spirit Talismans from his storage bag, preparing to add an additional layer of security for himself,

a thunderous roar instantly entered He Song’s ears from Upper Paradise.

Accompanied by a huge roar, a surge of Golden Core energy also appeared instantly above Upper Paradise.

The person He Song had earlier speculated to be in the Array

had now broken through and emerged.

But, just as He Song heard the roar from Upper Paradise and sensed the Golden Core energy,

he also put the defense spirit talismans back into his storage bag.

Under He Song’s perception, the Golden Core energy that had just broken through, although it already possessed the oppressive force of the Golden Core Realm,

was actually equivalent only to a cultivator who had just broken through to the Golden Elixir Realm.

A cultivator who had just reached the Golden Elixir Realm, although the Golden Core within their body was stable, and their strength was much greater than that of Foundation Establishment Cultivators,

was still seen as especially vulnerable in the eyes of other Golden Elixir Masters.

A cultivator who had just broken through to the Golden Elixir Realm would usually seclude themselves in a hidden place for cultivation, waiting until they fully possessed the power of the Golden Core before coming out.

Otherwise, if they encountered another Golden Core Cultivator,

what might happen to this newly advanced Golden Core Cultivator need not be said.

A cultivator’s Golden Core

is extremely valuable.

Almost everyone in the Cultivation World is aware of this fact.

In such circumstances, ordinary cultivators would hardly see such newly advanced Golden Core Masters in the outside world.

That’s because almost all newly advanced Golden Core Masters would immediately hide themselves to avoid encountering danger.

Upon reaching the Golden Core Realm, one gains a lifespan of five hundred years.

If they were to perish shortly after their breakthrough,

wouldn’t that be a tremendous loss?

However, it’s worth mentioning that,

the Golden Core energy He Song sensed at the moment did not seem to be that of a pure Golden Core Cultivator.

This energy was extremely chaotic, and the cultivator’s body exuded an intense and unparalleled Yin Qi.

And… demonic energy.

The skills cultivated by Demonic Cultivators, as opposed to those like He Song, a cultivator of the Righteous Tao, had no small difference.

The aura on Righteous Cultivators is generally quite pure.

Even when self-stimulated, it flickers white and is upright and honorable.

However, the aura emanating from Demonic Cultivators is markedly different from that of Righteous Cultivators.

Moreover, after being self-stimulated, it feels enshrouded in black mist, appearing sinister and ominous.

Therefore, when the clear aura of the Righteous Cultivators is contrasted with the black fog of the demonic crowd, a distinction naturally arises.

This is the origin of the notion of demonic energy.

At this moment, He Song felt that this newly emerged Golden Elixir Master, radiating dense Yin Qi and demonic energy, was naturally because of this.

He sensed the presence of a Demonic Cultivator.

And moreover, this presence seemed impure, not carrying the slightest hint of vitality within its energy.

It was as if this Golden Core Cultivator, cloaked in a dense air of Yin Qi and demonic energy, had actually long been dead.

Although there was the presence of the Golden Core Realm, it lacked any other Golden Core traits.

It seemed… as if it was a hybrid formed after a mishmash of various energies.

It didn’t resemble a true Golden Elixir Master at all.

Instead, it looked more like a cold puppet.

A puppet, artificially refined, possessing the strength of a Golden Core.

Realizing that something seemed amiss,

and that the situation of the opponent seemed more complex than his previous guess,

He Song’s mind also immediately flashed with all sorts of speculations he had previously made about the existence of this Array.

Originally, when pondering the Array before him, He Song had many speculations about what existed within it.