Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 385 - 367: Seeking Help

The woman looked at Qin Qing with shock turning into disbelief, and then all of it turned into resentment.

"You... you, you’re so despicable!" Blood flowed from the corner of the woman’s mouth.

"Despicable?" Qin Qing chuckled, "It’s quite ironic to hear that word from you..."

Qin Qing couldn’t be bothered with further idle talk. With a wave of his hand, a burst of violent spiritual power directly killed the woman.

Afterward, Qin Qing took the Spirit Ring from the woman.

Previously, this woman had obtained more than ten Spirit Rings from the Purple-patterned Chilopod, and it seemed likely that these Spirit Rings contained considerable wealth.

Qin Qing erased the restrictions on the Spirit Ring.

Since the owner of the ring was already dead, the restrictions were easily removed.

Qin Qing roughly counted and found that the Spirit Stones inside were close to two hundred thousand...

This caused Qin Qing a moment of slight surprise.

Originally, Qin Qing’s supply of Spirit Stones had been nearly depleted, so this was like being completely replenished!

Now, with enough Spirit Stones at hand, and possessing a Golden Core Realm peak ferocious beast’s inner core, it was a good opportunity to try and condense a Golden Core!

Soon, Qin Qing found a secluded Stone Cave and, after setting up a Spiritual Array to conceal the entrance, he began his cultivation.

This trip to the Nine Clouds Mountain for trials was indeed extremely rewarding right from the start.

Of course, the resources here were indeed richer than those in Tianjue Forest, and naturally, the spiritual energy was much more abundant.

Qin Qing quickly entered into a state of cultivation, and the Emperor Dragon Secret Technique began to operate...

For five consecutive days,

Qin Qing was immersed in cultivation.

Finally— the spiritual power circulating around Qin Qing began to transform. The highly concentrated Gang Patterns started to arrange themselves into an even more mysterious order.

At the same time, in the dantian inside Qin Qing, the highly condensed spiritual power formed a shadow of an inner core.

This was the False Elixir formed in the dantian after reaching the Perfection of the Divine Might Realm.

The Realm of the False Elixir, also known as the Half-Step Golden Core Realm.

Right now, the False Elixir inside Qin Qing’s dantian was rhythmically expanding and contracting, expanding and contracting, like a beating heart.

Suddenly.

With a pop,

The False Elixir gently shattered.

A golden seed appeared right in the center of the dantian.

The Golden Core Seed!

This was the first step in condensing a Golden Core.

As with all things, the beginning is the hardest. It is the same with cultivation; stepping into a new Realm is often the most challenging first step. But once that step is taken, the rest follows as easily as a boat drifting downstream.

"Is it really this easy?"

Qin Qing couldn’t help being momentarily puzzled.

He had previously asked his master Zhu Jirong some questions about condensing a Golden Core.

Zhu Jirong informed Qin Qing that the most difficult part of condensing a Golden Core was forming the Golden Core Seed.

However, for Qin Qing, he found that it was not a problem at all...

"I have never encountered any bottlenecks in my cultivation, neither before nor now in the condensation of the Golden Core Seed... Why is that?"

Qin Qing felt that, even with great talent, it should be impossible to have constant epiphanies and experience no bottlenecks whatsoever during the cultivation process.

But that was indeed the case.

Of course, there was no need for Qin Qing to dwell too much on this issue.

With the Golden Core Seed already formed, the next step was to continuously nurture it until the true Golden Core materialized.

"The nurturing of a Golden Core requires True Intention as nourishment. And True Intention is the comprehension of the true meanings of various aspects of the universe..."

Thus, a Golden Core can incorporate countless kinds of True Intention.

And now... Qin Qing planned to nurture it with Sword Intent.

Whether it’s Sword Intent, Spear Intent, or the true understanding of other Daoist magic, they can all be divided into six levels: starting to glimpse the pathway, attaining minor achievement, integration, masterly skill, reaching the pinnacle, and returning to purity and simplicity. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

For example, a Sword Cultivator, when practicing a sword technique, would cultivate it from the beginner’s level to perfection, which means progressing step by step from starting to glimpse the pathway to higher levels and understanding the different levels of Sword Intent.

But!

Not all cultivation techniques can be cultivated to the level of returning to purity and simplicity.

Low-rank techniques, like those of Human Level, can at most be cultivated to the realm of a Great Sword Master through integration, which is already quite remarkable.

For Earth Level techniques, most martial artists, if they fully understand them, can generally cultivate to the level of masterly skill. At masterly skill, one can be called a Sword Sect Master, and if one has exceptional talent, reaching the peak is also possible, which is to be a Sword Venerate.

As for Heaven Level techniques, they can be cultivated to the level of returning to purity and simplicity.

For any Daoist magic, cultivating to the level of returning to purity and simplicity allows one to be called an immortal.

For the Sword Dao, returning to purity and simplicity means becoming a Sword Immortal.

Qin Qing’s current swordsmanship practice mainly involves the Primordial Sword Technique and Judgment Nine Swords.

The difficulty of cultivating the Primordial Sword Technique is evidently greater, with Qin Qing having only cultivated to the Second Level. As for the Judgment Nine Swords, Qin Qing has already understood the Fourth Sword — Starbreaker.

Yet, the comprehension of the Sword Dao from the Second Level of the Primordial Sword Technique is even more profound than that from the Fourth Sword of the Judgment Nine Swords.

Clearly, the grade of the Primordial Sword Technique is higher than that of the Judgment Nine Swords.

The Judgment Nine Swords is already an Earth Level Technique, while the grade of the Primordial Sword Technique is unknown but, without a doubt, it is at least a Heaven Level Technique, and may even possibly be a Spirit Level Technique above Heaven Level...

Qin Qing has now reached the level of Integration in the true intention of the Sword Dao and can be called a Great Sword Master.

As Qin Qing continued to infuse the true intention of the Sword Dao into the Golden Core Seed, the seed began to grow slowly...

At the same time, a large number of Spirit Stones that had been placed around Qin Qing were being consumed at a visibly rapid rate.

And so, four more days passed.

After four days, Qin Qing stopped.

His aura was fundamentally different from four days ago, surrounded by an enigmatic presence.

"This is the aura of the Golden Core Realm..." Qin Qing’s eyes shimmered. Martial artists of the Golden Core Realm are also known as Martial Dao Masters, as it is at this realm that martial artists comprehend the various true intentions within the Martial Dao.

Then, by continuously nourishing the Golden Core with true intention, one raises the level of the Golden Core, which is also to raise one’s cultivation in the Golden Core Realm!

Within four days, the Golden Core Seed had fully grown into a Golden Core, and Qin Qing’s cultivation had firmly reached the First Level of the Golden Core Realm!

Qin Qing stood up, and at that moment, the little white creature by his side bleated twice and jumped onto Qin Qing’s shoulder.

"Boss! You’ve made a breakthrough!"

Little White’s speech was becoming clearer and clearer, able to express very accurately. Its speech was almost indistinguishable from that of a human’s.

"Mhm," Qin Qing nodded.

At this moment, he noticed that Little White’s cultivation had also improved by a small realm.

It seems that these ten days of closed-door cultivation have also brought considerable gains for Little White.

But the consumption of Spirit Stones was truly not small. Qin Qing looked at the remnants of Spirit Stones scattered all around. Once the Spiritual Energy was absorbed, the Spirit Stones shattered into ordinary gravel.

"The two hundred thousand Spirit Stones obtained from that Golden Core Fifth Level female cultivator have almost been depleted by half in these ten days..." Qin Qing contemplated.

"Indeed, cultivation requires an immense accumulation of resources..." he couldn’t help but sigh.

Of course, the transition from the Divine Might Realm to the Golden Core Realm indeed demands a greater amount of Spirit Stones.

"Buzzing..." Just then, a surge of spiritual power fluctuations transmitted from the Horn Token on Qin Qing’s body.

Qin Qing quickly took out the Horn Token, his Divine Sense immersed within, and his expression involuntarily shifted.

"The brothers from Wind-Fire Academy have been attacked... by disciples from Tai’a Academy, and the situation is very urgent! "

Qin Qing’s brows knitted slightly, and he immediately rushed towards the location described on the Horn Token.

"Disciples from Tai’a Academy really think they can treat those from Wind-Fire Academy like malleable mud?" Qin Qing’s lips carried a trace of a cold smile.

"Perhaps they could before, but certainly not in the future!"