Soul Emperor Martial God

Leaving Medicine King Valley, Xiao Yi returned to the inn.

He entered the seclusion room and began refining Elixir Elixir.

Less than two days remained until the founding day of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect.

He had to seize the time to enhance his Cultivation.

He took out the Eight Dragons Burning Fire Furnace.

20,000 Sixth-level Demon Beast Cores and a large amount of materials were prepared.

Before long,

7,000 Pure Earth Origin Pills were refined.

Xiao Yi swallowed them one by one.

Indeed, with his current Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer Martial Arts Cultivation,

the effect of taking the Earth Origin Pill was tremendous.

Even though ninety-nine percent of the power was absorbed by the Ice Phoenix Sword,

the tiny bit that remained was still enough to induce changes in the Golden Core Embryo.

After the medicinal power of the three thousand Earth Origin Pills had been digested,

Xiao Yi, upon introspection, saw the Golden Core Embryo beginning to emanate golden light.

Although it wasn't dazzling, there was at least a clear brightness.

Meanwhile, within this golden light,

on the left side of the Golden Core Embryo, there was a faint blue light emitting a cold aura.

On the right side, there was a faint red light emitting a blazing glow.

"Could it be that the Earth Element Golden Core will become an Ice and Fire Golden Core?" Xiao Yi frowned.

The Golden Core Embryo, nourished by the power of the Qi Spring within the Martial Artist's body, is perfected.

Once the embryo takes shape,

it becomes the true Earth Element Golden Core.

However, inside a normal Martial Artist's body, there is only regular True Liquid.

But within me, it is an Ice Mountain Fire Sea.

The powers of extreme cold and extreme yang.

Naturally, the Golden Core Embryo was nourished by these two forces.

By the time it took shape, it would also become an Ice and Fire Golden Core.

"Ice and Fire Golden Core," Xiao Yi smiled.

But within the smile, there was also a hint of bitterness.

The Ice and Fire Golden Core is definitely much stronger than the ordinary Earth Element Golden Core.

Once I truly become an Earth Origin Realm martial artist,

my combat power will far surpass that of a normal Earth Origin Realm fighter.

However, the power required to form the Ice and Fire Golden Core

is also definitely much more than that required for a normal Earth Element Golden Core.

My current situation with the Ice Phoenix Sword 'seizing' power is already bad.

The emergence of the Ice and Fire Golden Core undoubtedly once again greatly prolongs my time to truly break through to the Earth Origin Realm.

"Sigh," Xiao Yi took a deep breath.

He calmed his mind.

After completely swallowing the seven thousand Earth Origin Pills,

the luminance on the Golden Core Embryo intensified.

The cold blue and the blazing red became even more distinct.

But there was still a long way to go before it truly took shape.

Xiao Yi made a rough calculation.

For a normal Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer Martial Artist,

to collect enough power for the Golden Core Embryo to become the Earth Element Golden Core,

about seven to eight hundred Pure Mystic Breakthrough Pills are needed.

If using Earth Origin Pills, only about fifty are necessary.

Incidentally, the real difficulty in breaking through to the Earth Origin Realm

lies in grasping the Martial Arts Knowledge of that realm.

Breaking the Martial Arts Bottleneck.

Normally, Martial Artists do not need to consume pills.

Instead, they train while absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy,

gradually enhancing their Martial Arts Knowledge.

In about seven or eight years, when the Martial Arts Bottleneck is broken,

the absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy is usually also enough to let the Golden Core Embryo take shape.

Of course, for those real super geniuses,

especially the geniuses from powerful factions,

they inherently possess profound Martial Arts Classics.

And their Martial Arts Talent is exceptional.

Often, they can break the bottleneck in just a few years.

Therefore, they need to consume Elixir Elixir

to accelerate the formation time of the Golden Core Embryo.

Back to the main point.

Xiao Yi calculated.

Normally, about fifty Pure Earth Origin Pills are needed for the Golden Core Embryo to take shape.

But for the Ice and Fire Golden Core, about three hundred might be needed.

However, with my current situation,

ninety-nine percent of the power is taken by the Ice Phoenix Sword.

That means, this number should be increased by about a hundredfold, which would be about right.

That is, 30,000 Pure Earth Origin Pills.

That is what I would need to achieve the Earth Element Golden Core.

30,000 Pure Earth Origin Pills, the required Demon Beast Cores would be roughly over 100,000.

"20,000 have already been refined," Xiao Yi muttered to himself.

"Elder Mu still owes me 60,000."

"The next refining competition should not need half a year."

"At most in about four months."

"Within these four months, I just need to find another 20,000 Sixth-level Demon Beast Cores."

"Then I could gather enough power for the Golden Core to form."

Xiao Yi calculated the time.

This timing was just right.

It wasn't too rushed, nor was it too ample.

Thinking it over, Xiao Yi gathered up the Alchemy Furnace and the materials.

He rose and left the seclusion room.

The reason he didn't stay longer at Medicine King Valley was that he had more important matters to attend to.

He had come to the Royal Capital not only to join the Sky-splitting Sword Sect.

There was another matter.

He wanted to meet with Elder Yi.

Leaving the inn, Xiao Yi immediately went out to gather information.

He didn't know where Elder Yi might be currently.

Back in Northern Mountain County, even the Great Elder did not know Elder Yi's exact location.

He only knew that Elder Yi must certainly be in the Royal Capital.

Xiao Yi didn't go to the Demon Hunting Hall to probe for news.

Instead, he used other channels.

The saying goes, "Snakes have their paths; rats have their ways."

Xiao Yi was no longer that greenhorn who was new to the world.

Of course, he didn't dare to investigate openly.

According to the Great Elder, Elder Yi, in the Royal Capital, had many friends and many enemies.

Xiao Yi tried to be as careful as possible, investigating covertly.

However, after a day and a half.

He hadn't found any information at all.

Let alone traces of Elder Yi.

He couldn't even find any information about the person himself.

"Something's wrong," Xiao Yi frowned.

Logically, Elder Yi would be a Martial Artist with a great reputation.

Back in Northern Mountain County, even Elder Xue from Blood Mist Valley knew Elder Yi's name.

There was no reason he couldn't find any information.

Even, half a day before.

Xiao Yi had left the Royal Capital under the guise of Yi Xiao.

He went to a county next to the capital.

There, at the local Demon Hunting Hall, he reviewed some records.

But the result was still a blank slate.

Incidentally, Xiao Yi had not yet visited the Royal Capital Main Hall.

For some reason, Xiao Yi had an intuition.

Now was not the time to visit the main hall.

The Royal Capital Main Hall was definitely not simple.

Xiao Yi did not wish to enter lightly.

So, he'd rather go to a Demon Hunting Hall in a neighboring county to the Royal Capital.

That county was right beside the Royal Capital.

Xiao Yi could fly there, not even needing two hours.

Logically, given the close distance.

Information from within the Royal Capital, even from the main hall.

Would be shared with the Demon Hunting Hall in this county.

While this Demon Hunting Hall's information wasn't as complete as that of the Royal Capital Main Hall.

It was still abundant and very accurate.

Yet, he still couldn't find anything.

This made the situation rather intriguing.

Not until the deep night of the second day.

Did Xiao Yi stop his investigation.

Outside the Royal Capital, Xiao Yi found a secluded place.

His senses covered a radius of one thousand meters.

After ensuring no one was around, he changed his clothes.

He took off his disguise and reverted to being Xiao Yi.

Tomorrow was the establishment day of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, and he was required to report.

Entering the city gate.

Unsurprisingly, the City Guard stopped him.

Xiao Yi presented a Token.

The guard checked it, saying, "Northern Mountain Sword Master."

"Among the thirty-six sword masters, the other thirty-five have already arrived."

"Why have you only arrived today?"

Xiao Yi simply replied, "There was a delay on the road."

The leading City Guard nodded and returned the Sword Master Token.

"Come this way to complete the registration."

Xiao Yi nodded, completed the registration.

The City Guard then allowed him to pass.

Entering the Royal Capital.

This time, Xiao Yi didn't seek an inn on his own.

Instead, he went directly to the inn where Ye Ming and the others were staying.

Just as he arrived.

Ye Ming, Miao Qianhuo, Mu Miaomiao, and eight other disciples.

Along with the Third Elder and a few other elders.

Were having dinner.

Xiao Yi gave a faint smile and said, "Coming early isn't as good as coming timely."

"Waiter, add one more place."

As his voice fell.

The Third Elder and the others noticed Xiao Yi's arrival and immediately widened their eyes.

"Xiao Yi."

"You rascal, you've finally arrived."

"All these days, no news, and no sight of you."

"You nearly worried us to death."

The elders excitedly pulled Xiao Yi over.

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