I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

This time, the demon core floated quietly above Lii Jiuchuan’s palm, only trembling slightly without rotating.

She glanced at her master in confusion, who was fully concentrated, his brows furrowed, and veins faintly bulging on his forehead.

Could it be... her master, like her earlier attempts, didn’t actually inject spiritual energy into the demon core?

Crack!

A faint cracking sound came from the demon core, Jiang Yuebai’s ears twitched, and she noticed that the demon core seemed to have developed an extra shell, crawling with tree-like cracks that kept extending, and the demon core, originally bright red, rapidly turned dark red.

Lii Jiuchuan’s hand trembled, and the outer shell of the demon core shattered completely, leaving only a cherry-sized, deep blue light floating in Lii Jiuchuan’s hand, rotating with a hiss.

The night was suddenly illuminated, and the dense spiritual energy made Jiang Yuebai involuntarily swallow, her mind entirely captivated by the gemstone-like halo.

"Three thousand Great Daos, all paths lead to the same destination," Lii Jiuchuan said in a deep voice, sensing the surrounding sea area becoming a bit restless. He hastily released Nascent Soul pressure to deter the fierce beasts in the sea, attracted by the spiritual energy.

"Did it work? Is it really completely purified?" Jiang Yuebai asked anxiously.

Lii Jiuchuan clenched his hand, absorbing all the spiritual energy instantly.

"This is mine..."

Jiang Yuebai sat down with her arms crossed.

Moments later, after thoroughly checking his body inside and out, Lii Jiuchuan’s lips curled up, "Very clean."

Only then did Jiang Yuebai turn her head, "How did you do it? Can I learn it quickly? Can other cultivators learn it too?"

Lii Jiuchuan shook his head, "The threshold is very high for late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. As for the Golden Core Stage... it’s not easy either. It requires using the technique of transforming leaves I taught you during the day and the tricks at Core Formation."

"There is an adhesion between spiritual energies. Using one’s pure spiritual energy as the core, you stabilize it at high speed in the center of the demon core, attracting the lighter spiritual energy while flinging the heavier muddy qi to the edges of the demon core."

"When the muddy qi disperses, its power is not significant. However, once it accumulates, its destructive force will cause the demon core to collapse immediately. At this point, you need to form a shell on the outer layer of the demon core to gather the muddy qi on the shell. After thorough separation, break the shell."

Jiang Yuebai nodded thoughtfully, "It sounds a bit like the Demon Clan’s body refining method, where the core is composed of the purest muddy qi, and other heterogeneous muddy qi gather to form a shell, becoming their body or armor. Is that right?"

Lii Jiuchuan nodded, Jiang Yuebai’s thinking had always been so sharp.

"I understand now, the spiritual energy gathers at the center of the demon core and rotates at high speed to absorb other spiritual energy. This is indeed the same as the method of Golden Core Formation."

"It seems that the Demon Clan’s cultivation methods can also be referenced and utilized. I believe my divine sense should be strong enough; the difficulty lies in the delicate control of spiritual energy."

Only by reaching a level of delicate control can one create complex vortices within the small demon core, and stabilize the vortex during the muddy qi separation process, adjusting one’s spiritual energy and vortex speed at any time based on internal changes.

"Master, how much spiritual energy can be absorbed from a Golden Core early-stage demon core?"

"After purification, the spiritual energy is more than half less than before, but still slightly more than a Golden Returning Elixir, and it’s very natural without elixir poison. Roughly... try circulating your internal energy for one circulation, let me see."

Jiang Yuebai nodded and did as instructed, crossing her legs, taking a deep breath to calm her mind, then slowly entering meditation to begin absorbing the nature’s spiritual energy.

After half an hour, a grand circulation was completed, and Jiang Yuebai opened her eyes.

"It’s about ten times one of your grand circulations," Lii Jiuchuan said.

Jiang Yuebai lowered her gaze, quickly calculating in her mind.

According to the Immortal Cultivation Panel’s data, her full calculation for one grand circulation was 100 skill level, requiring at least five grand circulations a day, taking two and a half hours, for a total of 500 skill level points.

Swallowing one Golden Core early-stage demon core could gain 1000 skill level points. Even if she only swallowed three a day, that would be 3000 skill level points.

She originally needed about seven years to cultivate to Foundation Establishment Perfection, now by swallowing three continuously every day, she could achieve perfection in less than two years.

Compared to the original time, even if she spent a year focusing not on cultivation but on learning this intricate control of spiritual energy, it would be worth it!

Once learned, she could not only separate the muddy qi from the demon core, but the learning process would also help her cross the last barrier before Core Formation, aiding in the fusion of various attributes of spiritual energy, reducing the spiritual energy consumption during casting and increasing the casting power, bringing numerous benefits.

Learn!

This would now be her primary study project, prioritizing mastering it within half a year.

Lii Jiuchuan recorded all the crucial points and related content on a jade scroll and handed it to Jiang Yuebai.

"A master leads you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual. Moreover, haste makes waste. You said it yourself just now, don’t push yourself too hard, keep your mindset calm and take it slow."

Jiang Yuebai received the jade scroll and nodded, "I will remember, and I will take it slow."

After glancing at it briefly, Jiang Yuebai found her master quite remarkable, with techniques inside more detailed and reliable than those in the "Heaven-Swallowing Skill," hence more effective.

"Additionally, this method is your idea. Once we return to the sect, I’ll organize it and submit it to the sect’s library, and you should earn quite a lot of sect contribution points."

Mentioning this, Jiang Yuebai’s eyes lit up.

"That’s great! I was worried I’d return from this trip only to find myself in debt again. By the way, Master, at what point can I go out to train without accumulating so much debt?"

Lii Jiuchuan laughed, "After you achieve Core Formation, sect tasks and Dharma Hall teachings are no longer mandatory; you can choose for yourself."

"That’s good, because if I’m still like this after Core Formation, I’d rather wander the world and never return to the sect."

"Any other questions?" Lii Jiuchuan asked.

Jiang Yuebai’s eyes shifted, "I have no more questions, but Master, you took three of my demon cores just now, couldn’t you..."

Lii Jiuchuan held his forehead, "The fierce beasts at the Golden Core Stage around here are hard to find, I’ll repay you double once we reach the Star Shattering Islands."

"Only double... You are a Great Nascent Soul after all."

"Greed knows no bounds, or do you want the jade scroll back?"

"Ah, no, no, no, double is enough for me. I’m easily satisfied, really!"

As the moon set and the sun rose, the light of the Golden Crow blossomed from the east, casting the vast sea of clouds into a golden red glow.

The disciples of Heavenly Gang Peak, who had been cultivating all night, all emerged from the cabin onto the deck to stretch their muscles.

"Wow, who dared to strip bare Master Lingjun’s beloved silver jujube trees?"

"Both of them are bare. How deep is the grudge?"

Everyone who saw the bare branches at the cabin entrance clicked their tongues in wonder.

As the ship continued to sail northward across the open sea, the disciples of Heavenly Gang Peak felt that they might have encountered some kind of monster.

Because on every island they passed, there wasn’t a single leaf on any tree they could see.

The group was perplexed, and for a moment, anxiety spread among them.

Seeing this situation, Lii Jiuchuan could only shake his head with a wry smile.

"Slowly? What would it look like if it were quickly?"

In the cabin, Jiang Yuebai sat amidst a pile of leaves that was about to bury her, trying tirelessly day and night.

When the pile of leaves dropped below knee level, she would use the Taihe Umbrella to manifest the Crane Feather Avatar and pick leaves from nearby islands in advance.

If it weren’t for the Crane Feather Avatar’s inability to exceed her divine sense range, she would have stripped all the leaves from the trees on the nearby islands, only missing the outer edges, such a waste!

Time passed unconsciously through repeated failures, and just as Jiang Yuebai began to figure things out, she heard Tang Weimian calling from outside the protection array.

"Junior Sister Jiang, we’ve arrived at the Star Shattering Islands. My master wants everyone to go ashore for pioneering work."

Pioneering work?

No way!