Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation - Chapter 663
Chapter 663: Chapter 533: Golden Elixir Bottleneck_2
Other cultivators generally need several years.
Now, when He Song encountered the bottleneck of the Golden Core Middle Stage, the time required was several years.
However, for other Gold Core Cultivators, upon reaching the bottleneck of the Golden Core Middle Stage, it would probably be at least a dozen years, and perhaps several decades.
Such a huge gap made He Song unable to stop pondering it.
Unfortunately,
after much thought, He Song still couldn’t come up with a definitive answer.
He also did not know why the bottleneck he encountered was so fragile.
Nor did he know whether subsequent bottlenecks he would face would still be as fragile as the current one.
Or, whether this situation would only occur once or twice, and the bottlenecks he would face in the future would become as difficult to breach as those of other cultivators, requiring a long time to break through.
About this, He Song pondered for a long time but eventually sighed and pushed aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind.
Thinking so much was meaningless.
After all, he had an endless lifespan.
Even if he were to face bottlenecks in the future that took a long time to break through, there was truly no need for him to worry.
After all,
as an everlasting being,
what He Song lacked
was never time.
With such a mindset, He Song no longer paid attention to the strength of his bottlenecks. Instead, he began methodically channeling his mana, repeatedly striking at the bottleneck.
As time passed, He Song repeatedly assailed his bottleneck.
The bottleneck in the Golden Core Middle Stage that stood in his way became increasingly fragile due to He Song’s continuous efforts.
However, it was during these repeated attempts to break through the bottleneck
that a sudden flash of all the news he had heard from the outside world over the past five years crossed He Song’s mind.
In the five years that He Song had been in seclusive cultivation,
major events had taken place in the outside world.
These major events, through various channels, had all entered He Song’s ears.
One of them
was True Monarch Fei Hu’s failed action, unable to capture the Gold Core Realm Twin-winged White Tiger as a spirit beast.
Due to disunity in the hearts of the four Golden Elixir Masters led by True Monarch Fei Hu,
errors occurred in their cooperation while besieging the Twin-winged White Tiger.
The Twin-winged White Tiger thus broke free of its restraints.
And fled, wounded, from the encirclement of True Monarch Fei Hu and his companions.
The tiger swiftly escaped, causing a commotion in Purple River State.
A Twin-winged White Tiger of the Golden Core Realm suddenly appearing within Purple River State,
already seriously injured, with four Golden Elixir Masters closely pursuing it,
once this news spread, it rapidly stirred up the cultivators throughout Purple River State.
No one would have thought
that the four great Golden Core Families, who would normally be situated within Zichuan Prefecture Government, had their four Golden Elixir Masters come together in secret, preparing to capture such a demonic beast.
The four great Golden Elixirs!
The cultivation level of True Monarch Fei Hu had even reached the Golden Core Middle Stage.
Such a lineup, going to capture a Golden Core demonic beast, logically speaking, would indeed have a great chance of success.
But what outsiders didn’t know was that this cooperation was more akin to ducks being herded, forcefully gathered by True Monarch Fei Hu.
Speaking of cooperation, there was none at all.
This was the primary reason four great Masters could let the Twin-winged White Tiger escape from their encirclement during the capture attempt.
This time,
the reason the Twin-winged White Tiger was able to escape the encirclement of the four was mainly due to their lack of cooperation, with each holding back and unwilling to fully commit to the chase.
True Monarch Fei Hu still had some tricks up his sleeve.
Under his threats and temptations, the other three Golden Elixir Masters did not inform anyone else of the matter.
Therefore, if their cooperation had been better, if they had not been so apprehensive, perhaps True Monarch Fei Hu really could have succeeded this time.
Unfortunately,
it is too late to speak of this now.
With the liberation of the Twin-winged White Tiger, True Monarch Fei Hu had no choice but to lead the other three in swift pursuit.
They hoped to apprehend the Twin-winged White Tiger before attracting the attention of others.
As long as the Twin-winged White Tiger became his spirit beast, then even if the matter became well known, it would not detract from the majesty of the event.
However, with wings at its ribs, the speed of the Twin-winged White Tiger was extremely fast.
The four of them chased and intercepted, yet they were unable to catch up.
As time passed.
Many cultivators in Purple River State became aware of the sight of four Gold Core Masters pursuing a Gold Core demonic beast.
With the news spreading rapidly.
Gold Core Masters well-informed of the goings-on outside of Purple River State naturally hastened to the scene, each wanting to try their luck.
As time went by, when the number of Gold Core Masters from other places in Purple River State grew more and more.
The scenario He Song had been worried about inevitably occurred.
More and more Gold Core Masters flooded into Purple River State, many bringing friends and allies, hoping to fish in troubled waters amid the event.
After all, if one could truly capture a Gold Core realm tiger demonic beast as a spirit beast, the benefits to one’s own future path of cultivation would truly be immense.
When one person thinks this way.
Just like True Monarch Fei Hu, they would gather manpower and pay a great cost for others to help them capture this Gold Core demonic beast.
If many people think this way.
And furthermore, when the number of people thinking this way grows more and more.
A chain of suspicion naturally forms.
Whenever an unknown Gold Core Master enters their range of perception, all Gold Core Masters would have this thought flash through their minds.
“This person must surely be here to contend for that Gold Core demonic beast.”
And if, at this moment, someone wants to leave and no sign of the Twin-winged White Tiger was seen around them,
Then the thought appearing in those Gold Core Masters’ minds could very likely become another one.
“Why is he running? Could it be the Gold Core demonic beast is on him?”
With this thought, almost everyone would intervene to prevent the other from leaving.
They would give up this idea only when the Twin-winged White Tiger appears before everyone, or it is confirmed that the Twin-winged White Tiger is not on that person.
Otherwise, the one attempting to leave would hardly be able to get away.
He Song had foresight of this possibility.
And he was certain that he could very likely become one such Gold Core Master who would want to leave.
Therefore, he realized that the situation was bad and swiftly departed from the area.
Had He Song continued to stay within Purple River State, it would have been difficult to ensure that he would not be discovered by the multitude of Gold Core Masters.
Even though he possessed the Celestial God Thunder Array and the Phantom Tracing Array, these Gold Core Concealment Arrays.
But who could guarantee that among those Gold Core Masters who came to Purple River State, there were not those like him, masters of Array Tao?
If someone were to drag him out of his cave mansion, that would be truly unlucky.
This was also why He Song chose to leave Purple River State straightaway.
And as the number of Gold Core Masters in Purple River State rapidly increased,
The gathering of substantial numbers of Gold Core Masters,
Made the entire Purple River State become highly unstable.
A Gold Core Master is blessed with a lifespan of five hundred years.
It was commonplace for cultivators to have grudges and feuds leading to killings.
Under such circumstances, there are hardly any cultivators without a few enemies in the world.
When a great number of Gold Core Masters gather in Purple River State, the rare opportunity to encounter one’s enemies is naturally high.
When enemies meet, jealousy ignites.
Thus, the occurrence of Gold Core Great Battles is only to be expected.
According to information He Song received from True Monarch Fei Hu later on, as soon as the news of the Twin-winged White Tiger spread throughout the neighboring Immortal States and attracted numerous Gold Core Masters,
There would almost daily be fluctuations from Gold Core Great Battles spreading from all directions, likely involving clashes with their nemeses.
As time passed, even more Gold Core Masters began to surround the Twin-winged White Tiger which the four led by Fei Hu were pursuing.
These Gold Core Masters, either concealed in the shadows or brazenly following behind True Monarch Fei Hu and his cohort, trailed them all the way.
They neither took action nor urged on.
Instead, they quietly watched True Monarch Fei Hu’s group of four and the Twin-winged White Tiger that fled at an incredibly fast pace ahead of them.
However, to True Monarch Fei Hu, the presence of these individuals was extremely conspicuous.
