961: 260 961: 260 Hundred Peaks Sect, Seven Star Peak.
On the narrow path leading to the mountain summit, Chao Zi Zai strolled along, pointing to the surroundings and saying, “Do you still remember this place?
After you joined Four Treasures Peak, the first time you came to find me at Seven Star Peak, I took you along this path, and we both climbed to the summit to steal some monkey wine, remember?”
A look of awkwardness immediately appeared on Cao Zhen’s face; he was not the Cao Zhen of before and knew nothing of these matters.
Chao Zi Zai didn’t leave him feeling awkward for too long, continuing on his own, “Actually, even though you were not in the Hundred Peaks Sect, your disciples knew about our relationship and have always been helping me.
Your third disciple, Xiang Zi Yu, even brought a great deal of resources directly to our Seven Star Peak, and then said he wanted to renovate Seven Star Peak to make it more imposing.”
At this point, Chao Zi Zai seemed to recall the nouveau riche manner in which Xiang Zi Yu had arrived here, and couldn’t help but laugh again, saying while laughing, “But I refused.
We at Seven Star Peak don’t need all that flair.
Just like your Four Treasures Peak—you were already acknowledged as the number one expert in the whole Eastern Wasteland, yet you still didn’t change Four Treasures Peak.
Instead of wasting those materials, it’s better to convert them into resources for the disciples’ cultivation, for them to use in their training.”
That’s what I told him at the time, and then Xiang Zi Yu left.
When he came back, he brought a large quantity of pills and talismans; he even brought Bei Yan with him to set up formations at our Seven Star Peak.
I know that those pills and talismans were also refined by your disciples; they knew that we at Seven Star Peak didn’t have anyone skilled in alchemy or talisman crafting, so instead of giving us resources, they directly refined them and gave them to us.”
Even later, when I was choosing disciples, they helped me a lot.
Otherwise, how could an Immortal Body possibly join our Seven Star Peak?
Afterward, they even took turns coming to Seven Star Peak to teach my disciples, and even brought Duo Duo and Zhu Peng here, allowing those two genius disciples to cultivate alongside our disciples.
If it weren’t for your disciples, Seven Star Peak wouldn’t have developed to its current stage.
Old Cao, I really should…”
What Cao Zhen found hardest to bear now was others getting sentimental with him, and seeing Chao Zi Zai grow more and more agitated as he spoke, he quickly interrupted, “Old Chao, you and I are as close as brothers sworn by a golden oath, and they are my disciples.
Isn’t it only right for them to help you?
Alright, Old Chao, stop talking about your disciples.
Let’s talk about you.
How is your cultivation base now?”
At the question, Chao Zi Zai gently shook his head and replied, “I’m hardly a genius; even with the cultivation technique you gave me, I’ve only managed to reach the seventh layer of the Golden Core, having just broken through to this layer three months ago.
However, thanks to the cultivation technique you gave me, although I’m only at the seventh Golden Core layer, each and every one of my Golden Cores is an Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Core.”
Chao Zi Zai said this while looking at Cao Zhen, his eyes filled with emotions.
Although he stated he wasn’t a genius, he had never expected to advance to the seventh level of the Golden Core so quickly.
He never even dreamed that each of his Golden Cores would be an Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Core.
All of this was thanks to the cultivation technique given by Cao Zhen.
“Old Chao, that’s quite impressive!” Cao Zhen said with earnestness, “The cultivation technique I gave you is indeed top-notch, but if you didn’t train hard yourself, you wouldn’t have an Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Core for each layer.”
He was not comforting Chao Zi Zai or intentionally praising him.
Although the cultivation technique he had given Chao Zi Zai was top-notch, Chao Zi Zai’s cultivation talent was not the best.
Even if Chao Zi Zai practiced his cultivation technique, each time he reached a breakthrough, if he didn’t possess tremendous willpower and a firm Dao heart, even a slight wavering could have resulted in nothing more than ordinary Golden Cores.
Not to mention Chao Zi Zai, even before Cao Zhen departed, excluding the disciples of Four Treasures Peak, there weren’t just Li Ke, Nie Jie, and Liè Yàn who had Immortal Bodies within the Hundred Peaks Sect, but still, only those three managed to achieve the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection.
Even among those with Immortal Bodies, there is a high chance of producing an ordinary Golden Core during the Golden Core Stage, let alone for Chao Zi Zai.
Therefore, Chao Zi Zai having the seventh Golden Core layer, each being an Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Core, is truly quite an accomplishment.
However, as one progresses deeper into the Golden Core Stage, it becomes increasingly difficult to form Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Cores.
Within the Hundred Peaks Sect, only a few have achieved the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection, but there are quite a few who have reached the eight Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Core Great Perfection, and there are also Wu Xiang with nine Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Pills.
Even Wu Xiang, who is the leading disciple of the second-ranked Five Elements Peak in the Hundred Peaks Sect, has only managed to form nine Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Cores, which shows how difficult it is to achieve the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection.
While I did provide Chao Zi Zai with the most superior cultivation technique, it would be somewhat difficult for him to achieve the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection by his own merits.
Now that I have returned to the Hundred Peaks Sect, and Xiang Zi Yu has brought back a significant amount of herbs, it will be just right for me to refine some pills for Chao Zi Zai after I return, assisting him in achieving the Ten Different Phenomenon Golden Elixir Great Perfection.
The two of them continued talking as they made their way toward the summit of Seven Star Peak.