Su Qing and Xuan Qingye both reached the Core Formation stage, and the group spent more than two months by the Salt Lake.
Shui Qingchen and Qiu Feiyang were quite satisfied with the large amount of ore they collected from the salt lake.
Now, of their two teams, Su Qing and Xuan Qingye have successfully formed their cores, leaving only two peak Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Ling Yunzhi and Xin Guangsi trailed behind the group. Both of them possessed dual spiritual root aptitudes and had been cultivating smoothly in the Xuanling Sect. For this sect competition, they joined Elder Qiu's team.
They reached the peak of Foundation Establishment two years ago, but they still haven't reached Foundation Establishment.
Thinking of Su Qing and Xuan Qingye, they hadn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage when they were in the Myriad Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map, and now they've already reached the Core Formation stage in such a short time.
Thinking this, the two couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
“Only the two of us are at the Foundation Establishment stage now,” Ling Yunzhi sighed.
“Actually, before Su Qing and Xuan Qingye formed their cores, we were also at the bottom of the pack. We didn’t have a chance to fight along the way; we just watched them fight,” Xin Guangsi said.
"Hmph, you still have the nerve to say that. I think only Elder Shui and Elder Qiu have a chance to lend a hand, and the other Core Formation stage cultivators don't really have a chance to help."
"How can Su Qing be so strong? She can even summon the sacred beast Azure Dragon."
"Sigh, I heard that when Su Qing first joined the sect, she was just an outer disciple. She was already incredibly competitive in the outer sect, and when she got to the inner sect, she ruined all the inner disciples. Only Xuan Qingye, this genius, was somewhat qualified to fight alongside her," Ling Yunzhi said.
The two of them sighed in unison.
"You two, stay close!" Yue Lan noticed the two whispering behind her and turned to remind them.
Ling Yunzhi and Xin Guangsi quickened their pace and caught up.
Seeing their dejected expressions, Yue Lan couldn't help but ask, "What's with those expressions, you two?"
"Senior sister, tell me, how can we keep up with the geniuses?" Ling Yunzhi asked.
Yue Lan frowned and looked at Ling Yunzhi. She understood the confusion in the hearts of these two fellow disciples.
Actually, she felt a little envious when she saw Su Qing and Xuan Qingye achieve their Core Formation, but everyone has their own cultivation path.
"Why should we follow in the footsteps of geniuses?" Yue Lan asked rhetorically.
Ling Yunzhi and Xin Guangsi were taken aback by the question.
"We cultivate to be stronger than we were yesterday. Instead of worrying about how to keep up with geniuses, we should focus on becoming stronger every day," Yue Lan said. "We all have different aptitudes and opportunities, so everyone's cultivation progresses at a different pace. I admit, I also want to achieve instant success and directly cultivate to the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation stages, but I also know that's a pipe dream, something impossible. Instead of thinking about impossible things, it's better to focus on improving ourselves."
"In this sect competition, we were fortunate enough to be assigned to Elder Shui and Elder Qiu's group, fighting alongside the sect's geniuses Su Qing and Xuan Qingye. We should be grateful, because by their side, we can survive longer!"
Upon hearing Yue Lan's words, Ling Yunzhi and Xin Guangsi felt a sudden release of the oppressive feeling that had been weighing on their hearts.
Yes, they should be grateful.
To witness the battles of the sect's geniuses, to see geniuses reach the Core Formation stage, and even to receive the protection of geniuses—this is an opportunity that other fellow disciples would kill for.
"Senior Sister Yue Lan, thank you."
As Su Qing walked, she pondered to herself that since she had already reached the Core Formation stage, she should be able to refine some higher-level pills.
In the Xuanyuan inheritance, she found the formula for a seventh-grade elixir.
One of the pictures shows the process of refining the Seven Star Pill. The Seven Star Pill is a seventh-grade pill that requires seven sixth-grade spiritual herbs to be gathered. After successful refining, the Seven Star Pill is not a perfectly round pill, but rather a seven-pointed star-shaped pill due to the different properties of the seven spiritual herbs.
The Seven Star Pill, due to its balanced effects, is most suitable for cultivators in the Core Formation stage.
Currently, eight out of ten people in Su Qing's group are at the Core Formation stage, making them ideal candidates for refining Seven Star Pills.
"You want to refine the Seven Star Pill?" Shui Qingchen was taken aback when he heard Su Qing's idea.
This is a Seven-Star Pill! Although Shui Qingchen can barely refine it, refining a single batch is not easy.
Not only do you have to gather seven kinds of sixth-grade spiritual herbs, but you also have to adjust your condition to the extreme. In the end, you only achieve a pill with less than 30% success rate!
“Although the Seven Star Pill is a seventh-grade pill, it only requires sixth-grade spiritual herbs. There aren’t many spiritual herbs in the Gobi Desert, and it won’t be easy for us to find higher-grade spiritual herbs, so the Seven Star Pill is the most suitable pill for us,” Su Qing explained.
Shui Qingchen thought to himself, "Actually, we can refine some fifth-grade pills. If you're looking for higher quality, you can refine sixth-grade pills too."
In fact, as a Core Formation stage alchemist, Shui Qingchen usually only takes fifth-grade pills, and only takes a sixth-grade pill under special circumstances.
As for seventh-grade pills, Shui Qingchen clearly remembered that the last time she took a seventh-grade pill was thirty years ago!
But judging from Su Qing's words, she was going to refine a batch of Seven Star Pills for the eight Core Formation stage cultivators to take daily.
“Although spiritual herbs are scarce in the Gobi Desert, sixth-grade spiritual herbs can still be found.” Su Qing said, circling several places on the map, which were the places where she found sixth-grade spiritual herbs in the Gobi Desert in her previous life.
“Let’s go to Fire Ridge first; we might be able to find the Blazing Golden Branch there,” Su Qing said.
Blazing Golden Branch, a sixth-grade fire-attribute spiritual herb.
The area circled by Su Qing is the territory of the eighth-tier super monster, the Azure-Eyed Fire Lion, marked on the map. There is a high probability that the Azure-Eyed Fire Lion's territory contains the Heavenly Fire, and the Blazing Golden Branch, a sixth-grade fire-attribute spiritual herb, can indeed grow on the Heavenly Fire.
“Then let’s go here,” Elder Qiu said.
He had wanted the Azure-Eyed Fire Lion's demon crystal for a long time.
After leaving Salt Lake, Xiang Yu and his group of four did not listen to Wen Yutian's suggestion to cause trouble for Su Qing and her group. Instead, they went to Fire Ridge to hunt monsters.
Fire Ridge is a place in the Gobi Desert with abundant fire-attribute spiritual energy, where many demonic beasts gather. For these sect disciples, it is indeed a good place to improve their grades.
Xiang Yu and his team have made considerable progress in the past two months, having hunted down more than a dozen fifth-tier or higher demonic beasts, including an eighth-tier Crimson Flame Ridge Tiger.
Xiang Yuhe is an alchemist who specializes in fire-attribute spiritual roots. The battle in Fire Ridge has improved his cultivation, and he is now close to reaching the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage.
Xiang Yuhe decided to lead the team deeper into the Fire Ridge. He could sense that there must be some good things with fire attributes deep in the Fire Ridge, which might allow him to form his Nascent Soul in one fell swoop!
Becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator during the sect competition is basically considered a victory.
Xiang Yu looked at the burning summit of Fire Ridge with a cold smile. Once he got there, he was sure he could become a Nascent Soul cultivator!
Before he entered the Gobi Desert, he had already decided that no matter what means he used, he would be the one to survive.
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