716: Chapter 219_2 716: Chapter 219_2 Now, these disciples at the Core Formation Stage, when taking his pills, all had two or three of their inner cores enhanced, but the disciple from Vermilion Bird Peak directly gained four inner cores.
Clearly, her potential was greater, her talent better.
So it seems, Tu Zhuque truly had an eye for selecting disciples.
Without a second thought, Cao Zhen immediately agreed to the proposal.
“Good, since she has broken through to Foundation Establishment Full Circle, I will naturally prepare pills for her to assist in her breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage.
Actually, not just her, but all our disciples of Hundred Peaks Sect who have nine or ten cores formed, as long as they reach the peak, I will prepare alchemy for them so they can break through to the Golden Core Stage.
Because our goal this time is to augment the current combat power of our Sect.
The upliftment of the present combat power of the disciples of Hundred Peaks Sect relies on the Golden Core Stage!”
Of course, when he said ‘reach the peak,’ there were some disciples who had already formed nine cores, but still felt they could form another core; he would not give them pills.
After all, doing so would mean destroying the disciples’ potential, equivalent to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
He was referring to those disciples who could not advance further after forming nine cores.
Breaking through from the Core Formation Stage to the Golden Core Stage was considered a significant leap.
Because of this, the pills prepared for alchemy were made of even rarer ingredients, requiring more masterful alchemy techniques.
Accordingly, Cao Zhen only allowed all the disciples to start from the simplest pills.
Even then, when it came to producing pills for the assault on the Golden Core Stage, half of the disciples could not even assist him in the alchemy process.
Although he could guide these disciples in pill-making, and could rectify their mistakes in alchemy through other methods, the problem was that the errors made by those disciples, if too outrageous and their skills too poor, were too troublesome for him to remedy and consumed too much of the materials, so he had no choice but to give up on those disciples.
Although the number of disciples needing to break through to the Golden Core Stage wasn’t extremely high, only two hundred and sixty, this time, preparing their pills had taken more than twenty days.
And these two hundred and sixty individuals, after consuming the pills, all without exception broke through to the Golden Core Stage!
The Hundred Peaks Sect, ever since it was jointly attacked by the Sun and Moon Demon Sect and the three Immortal Gates of the Great Lai Dynasty, had been engulfed in sorrow.
But today, Hundred Peaks Sect saw an increase of two hundred and sixty Golden Core Stage cultivators overnight.
Suddenly, the entire Hundred Peaks Sect was plunged into ecstatic jubilation.
“Two hundred and sixty Golden Core Stage cultivators!
How many did Hundred Peaks Sect have before?
This is an increase of more than half at once!”
“The main reason is that the pills crafted by the Sect Leader are too powerful.
Actually, advancing from the Core Formation Stage to the Golden Core Stage is a minor bottleneck for a cultivator, so there are not a few disciples stuck at this bottleneck.
And the pills previously crafted by the Sect Leader allowed a portion of those at Core Formation Stage to directly break through to the peak of Core Formation Stage.
As a result, there are even more people, thus we witness the spectacle of two hundred and sixty Core Formation Stage disciples breaking through to the Golden Core Stage together!”
“Having Peak Master Cao as our Sect Leader truly is a great fortune for our Hundred Peaks Sect!”
“Speaking of which, the Thousand Caves Door also has a reincarnated Great Ability among them.”
“You must be talking about Star Lord Hao Yue.”
Inside Hundred Peaks Sect, one Peak Master after another gathered together, discussing among themselves, and eventually their conversation turned to Star Lord Hao Yue, who was also a reincarnated transcendent entity.
“Star Lord Hao Yue may also be a reincarnated Great Ability, but he is entirely different from our Sect Leader.
Our Sect Leader is wholeheartedly dedicated to Hundred Peaks Sect.
Back when he was a Peak Master, he worked on enhancing the cultivation bases of his Four Treasures Peak disciples.
Now as Sect Leader, he is finding ways to improve the cultivation of all disciples of Hundred Peaks Sect.
But Star Lord Hao Yue is different.
He doesn’t hold any positions in Thousand Caves Door, nor has he taken in any disciples.
He simply regards Thousand Caves Door as a place to stay.
The Door didn’t even benefit from his presence.”
“It’s not right to say Star Lord Hao Yue is doing wrong; after all, he is a reincarnated entity of Great Ability, and the height he achieved in his previous life is not something we can judge.
It’s just that our Hundred Peaks Sect is incredibly fortunate to have such a reincarnated entity of Great Ability as our Sect Leader.”
While they were discussing, a voice came through.
“The information you have is somewhat outdated,” Lan Pili said, walking in from the outside at a leisurely pace.
Upon seeing Lan Pili, everyone quickly gathered around, peppering him with questions, “Peak Master Lan, what news have you received?”
Lan Pili was still in the Golden Core Stage, and moreover, he wasn’t particularly old.
None of his disciples were exceptionally strong, so he had not stepped down from his position as Peak Master.
Not only that, but he also held another role – that of assisting in the intelligence work of Hundred Peaks Sect.
Given that the current Sect Leader is Cao Zhen, intelligence work requires good communication with the Sect Leader, and since Lan Pili had previously traveled to Capital City with Cao Zhen and they were familiar with each other, everyone let Lan Pili assist with the intelligence work.
Of course, it was just assistance – the person in charge was not him.
Even so, he had access to far more timely information than the rest.
Lan Pili, upon hearing everyone’s inquiries, said in a low voice: “According to the information I have, with the arrival of the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth, our top ten Immortal Sects have been attacked or at least harassed to varying degrees.
Of course, our Hundred Peaks Sect was directly assaulted.
Among the other nine major Immortal Sects, Thousand Caves Door was the one that suffered the most harassment, and on that occasion, Star Lord Hao Yue took action personally.
In addition, I received news that after the conclusion of the Martial Contest of the Immortals, Star Lord Hao Yue returned to Thousand Caves Door and entered a cave known as Profound Ice Cave.”