Chapter 498 - Paper Crane
Perfected Being Cang Lang gave a smirk and replied darkly, “I got my hands on this Spirit Lock Flower from the Great Qian ruins! I’ve only managed to resurrect it after nourishing it for dozens of years!”
At the mention of Great Qian ruins, the expressions of the other four Golden Cores changed and they took deep breaths in silence with wary looks in their eyes.
A long time later.
Gao Hu said, “Fellow Daoist Cang Lang, why don’t you ask us along the next time you go look for treasures in the Great Qian ruins. That way, we can look after one another as well.”
“Heh! That’s a place that we’ll most likely die in and I’ll never return again,”
Perfected Being Cang Lang remarked with a sense of trepidation, “The previous time round, I merely took a spin around the outer perimeter of it and I nearly died there!”
Tan Hao replied with a bright smile, “It seems like you take this Su Zimo guy rather seriously don’t you, Fellow Daoist Cang Lang? To think that you would be willing to make use of an extinct ancient fiend flower, the Spirit Lock Flower.”
“Isn’t it excessive to use the Spirit Lock Flower against a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?” Gao Hu asked moodily.
Given those circumstances, he attempted to form his Golden Core.
His cultivation path up till this point had been overly complex and apart from immortal techniques, he had cultivated many fiend techniques as well.
However, the differences between the Dao of immortals and fiends were way too vast.
Immortality placed emphasis on nature and being one with the heavens.
However, fiends were obsessed about the extremities of things.
By nature, the spirit energy that Su Zimo cultivated was of a fire attribute. However, many of the cultivation techniques he cultivated such as the Sea Calming Manual, Tidal Manual and Blood Refinement Fiend Sutra were related to water.
Immortals and fiends were irreconcilable as was fire and water.
After half a year, Su Zimo still did not manage to cross that gap.
If he tried forming a core forcibly, there would definitely be a large problem!
“The timing isn’t right,”
He went deep in thought.
On the path of cultivation, if one wanted to break through a major realm, they would often have to require the synergy of multiple factors, such as the environment, comprehension of the heaven and earth, fate and their mental states.
Some people gain enlightenment at the lakeside.
Some people gain epiphany after traveling through mountains and valleys.
Some people form their cores in the spur of the moment while they are listening to the wind and looking at rain fall.
Some people sever their karmas overnight and attain enlightenment mentally, forming their Golden Cores…
But of course, there were even more people who die old with regrets without even getting to form a core!
Rising, Su Zimo got off his bed gently and murmured to himself with a clear and deep gaze, “Seems like it’s time for me to head out and take a walk.”
Right then, a soft knock came from his door.
Su Zimo waved his sleeves and the door opened correspondingly.
Nian Qi stood at the entrance, gazing in left and right.
“What’s wrong?”
Arriving beside her, Su Zimo looked at the paper crane in her hands and asked softly.
The paper crane was one of the most commonly seen messaging tool in the cultivation world and it was a type of talisman, created by the Thousand Crane Sect.
Nian Qi handed him the paper crane. “This is for you, young master. It states that it’s from an old friend from Ping Yang Town.”
Su Zimo furrowed his brows slightly.
There was probably only a single person who was an old friend from Ping Yang Town and knew how to make use of paper cranes to send messages.
Receiving the paper crane, Su Zimo opened it slowly.
A few lines of sentences were written with a dainty handwriting.
“Zimo, I’ve failed in my core formation and my spirit meridians have been severed. The injuries are extremely severe and I’m now back in Ping Yang Town to recuperate in silence.”
“Our relationship has ended a long time ago and I shouldn’t have bothered you to begin with. But recently, I feel that my limits have been reached and I don’t have much time left. I hope that you can return for us to meet one last time.”
Regards, Shen Mengqi.