The remaining survivors did not speak, but remained silent, some looking down in thought, others looking up at Su Lin.

The excitement and anticipation of gathering around Su Lin to do something big had completely vanished. The brief visit of the three mysterious cultivators had disrupted everything, casting a shadow over everyone's hearts.

This is a test, showcasing the immense pressure of a difficult match, and it all depends on how Su Lin breaks through it.

"Don't worry, I have a plan."

Xiao Linlin took a deep breath and winked at Su Lin: "The plan has some flaws, but everything is still under control."

Xiao Linlin was confident. Although the Heavenly Tribulation caused Tian Shu to send people to make contact faster than planned, Xiao Linlin had already planned how to overcome this obstacle.

"Everyone, everything is alright now."

Xiao Linlin smiled and turned to look at the survivors, directing them: "I have told you everything I wanted to say. You have seven days to weigh your options. Whether you stay or leave is entirely up to you. We will not force you."

The survivors nodded silently, no one spoke again, clearly each with their own thoughts.

If Su Lin cannot resolve the current situation effectively, at least half of the survivors here will not genuinely follow him. To subdue someone with power, one must use overwhelming advantages to suppress them.

Xiao Linlin understood this, smiled and said nothing more, signaling the elves to arrange accommodations for everyone, then turned to Su Lin: "Brother, if you want to go into seclusion, go quickly, but you only have five days at most."

"If we can't break through the realm within five days, it's better to wait."

"Yes, I understand."

Su Lin nodded, turned around and cupped his hands to Li Xingtian: "Grandmaster, I'm entrusting everyone to your care these next few days."

"A long journey?"

Li Xingtian raised an eyebrow and asked. Su Lin nodded and, without lingering, hurriedly flew away from Xiaoyun Temple.

Since a heavenly tribulation appears when breaking through to a higher realm, it is definitely not appropriate to stay at Xiaoyun Temple to break through.

The cultivators of Tian Shu had just filed a complaint after the first wave of heavenly lightning, and before they could resolve the matter, another wave of heavenly lightning struck. Anyone who wasn't a fool would know that there was definitely something wrong with Xiao Yun Temple.

"You're really impatient; I haven't even finished speaking..."

Li Xingtian looked up at the blue sky, not intending to chase after her to tell her. Whether it was right or wrong, it was all a small matter, and Su Lin would soon find out for herself.

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Lin sped along, constantly moving away from the territory of Xiaoyun Temple and heading towards more remote places.

At his current speed, if he used all his trump cards, he could travel ten thousand miles in a day. However, given that this world is full of various sects and cultivators, Su Lin did not dare to be too conspicuous.

Two days of hurried travel covered only a little over four thousand li, but that was still quite far from Xiaoyun Temple.

During these four thousand miles, Su Lin's original intention was to find some opportunities in the new game world, or at the very least, to find a good blessed land to break through.

Unexpectedly, in any area with even a slightly dense spiritual energy, there were sects of all sizes occupying the land, or independent cultivators who had already taken over as their cave dwellings, leaving no empty spots at all.

It makes sense. This world has existed for countless years, and cultivators have experienced countless changes. Generation after generation, most of this world has been developed to its fullest extent.

Above them is the Heavenly Pivot Immortal Sect, and below them are countless independent cultivators. If there were any opportunities left in this world, they wouldn't be available to the escapees, these outsiders.

Even if there truly were untapped opportunities, Su Lin didn't have time to search for them in detail.

For survivors, local opportunities within the game world are truly rare and hard to come by; they won't just stumble upon good fortune after taking a few steps.

Rather than hoping to strike it rich in the game world, it's better to rely on the resource containers distributed throughout the various game worlds by the game mechanics. These are the unique "opportunities" for survivors.

Unfortunately, Su Lin hadn't seen a single high-level container or basic necessities during his four thousand-mile journey, and even purple containers were extremely rare.

It seems that in challenging matches, the more challenging the terrain, the more high-level resources are available, and good items are extremely rare in the open wilderness.

So Su Lin patiently put aside his distractions, found a desolate mountain to settle down, and prepared to go into seclusion.

It wasn't that he didn't want to find a beautiful, tranquil place; it was just that any place with a slightly better environment was already occupied by cultivators.

Su Lin didn't want to kill someone at this time and get into trouble, so he could only stay far away.

This is enough to show that the strength of this competition world is real, with cultivators almost everywhere.

Just a hundred miles away in this desolate mountain, there are several Qi Refining stage cultivators searching for demonic beasts to practice on. Su Lin couldn't find a good place to go, so he had no choice but to set up an array, take out sandalwood and spirit stones, hoping to break through as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, this breakthrough was not difficult for Su Lin; it was something that had been going on for a long time.

From Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, and then to the Golden Core stage, aside from extremely rare opportunities, the quality of the Golden Core is largely determined by the purity of the cultivator's own spiritual energy.

To put it simply, the process of forming the Golden Core is the process of compressing and refining spiritual energy, transforming it into a physical form from gas and liquid, and then using the Golden Core physical form to build a bridge of communication between oneself and heaven and earth.

Putting everything else aside, Su Lin's spiritual energy is now incredibly pure, almost radiating celestial light, making it seem less like energy at the spiritual energy level.

He had been tempered by the Sword Pavilion, so his physical body was excellent. The spiritual energy he was born with was already extraordinary. In addition, the nine-layered Dao Platform below the Heavenly Foundation Establishment level tempered him day and night, which raised his spiritual energy to a higher level. Then, the immortal light of the Heavenly Tribulation Golden Core appeared, making his top-grade spiritual energy almost show signs of transforming into immortal energy.

Three rounds of spiritual energy tempering and three rounds of spiritual energy sublimation gave Su Lin complete confidence in the birth of a top-grade golden core.

There's no such thing as relying on luck or probability; it's a solid, 100% guarantee! It will absolutely produce the highest-grade Golden Core, at the Dragon-Tiger Golden Core level!

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