He didn't think that the other party would have such confidence in him.
While a First Grade Origin Core was indeed a good thing, it would take him several hundred years to reach the same level as the other party.
If he didn't become a Nine Stars Master Teacher before thirty, the Innate Fetal Poison would act up, and he wouldn't be able to live that long. What was the point of cultivating a First Grade Origin Core?
Thus, even though the other party spoke highly of the First Grade Origin Core, Zhang Xuan wasn't too interested in it. It would be best if he could succeed, but it didn't matter if he failed.
"That's right. With your talent, there's definitely hope for you to succeed. Of course, talent isn't enough. If you want to succeed, you'll have to rely on luck and intelligence as well!"
Mu shi's puppet nodded.
In the history of the Master Teacher Continent, there had been countless outstanding geniuses, but there had never been a single one who had managed to cultivate a First Grade Origin Core.
While talent was important, luck and intelligence couldn't be underestimated either.
"Luck might be uncontrollable, but intelligence can be tested. How about this? You should study the Saint Ascension Decipher first. If you can gather seven strands of zhenqi in your body within three days, there's a good chance that you'll be able to reach beyond the level of a Second Grade High-Tier Origin Core. If you can't do that, don't think too much about it! "
"Seven strands of zhenqi?"
Zhang Xuan recalled the Saint Ascension Decipher he had just read.
Even though Chrysalis realm cultivators were able to form their Origin Cores, it was still impossible for a Transcendent Mortal 9-dan cultivator to do so.
Putting aside how difficult it was to do so, even if one was able to do so, they would be unable to control their Origin Core due to a lack of strength.
It was precisely because of this that the Saint Ascension Decipher forcefully extended the Origin Core of Chrysalis realm cultivators. As long as they hadn't reached Saint realm yet, they would be able to form their Origin Cores. In other words, even Half-Saint and Nascent Saint cultivators would be able to nourish their Origin Cores and strengthen them.
This was probably the case for Kong Shi back then as well. Due to his deep accumulation of zhenqi in his Half-Saint and Nascent Saint realms, when he reached Saint realm, he managed to achieve a breakthrough in one fell swoop, and even the heavens acknowledged him.
To form an Origin Core, one had to gather one's zhenqi together to form a ball before refining it layer by layer. From Pseudo Core, True Core, and finally, Golden Core!
The seven strands of zhenqi that the other party spoke of was actually the foundation to form a Pseudo Core.
Zhenqi was a gaseous substance, so it was easy for it to dissipate. The Saint Ascension Decipher was to condense zhenqi into threads and construct them together using a unique method.
It was just like building a house. Without a certain method and order, it would be difficult to stabilize a lot of bricks piled together, let alone form a beautiful building.
The Saint Ascension Decipher was to fuse the seven zhenqi surges together into a single unit. As long as the seven zhenqi surges were stable, it would be sufficient to stack them up one by one.
Just like bricks, stones, cement, and water, they seemed to be unrelated to each other, but once they were fused together, they could build one majestic building after another.
The theory behind it wasn't too difficult, but the crux of the matter was how one could condense zhenqi into something similar to a thin thread. That was the crux of the matter.
Not only did it require immense soulforce, it also required absolute control over one's true qi.
"That's right. You should start reading now. As long as you finish it within three days, I'll tell you the details of my cultivation so that you won't have to take the wrong path. You won't end up like me, wasting several hundred years in vain!"
Mu shi's puppet replied.
"Reading … There's no need for that for now. Is this the zhenqi surges you speak of?"
Zhang Xuan shook his head. With a tap of his finger, a surge of zhenqi appeared before him. Just as he was about to continue, he suddenly saw Mu shi's puppet widening its eyes in shock, and its voice trembled in fear.
"You can … draw zhenqi out of your body? Furthermore, you can still control it? "
"What's so strange about that? I was able to do it shortly after I started cultivating. It's not like it's a big deal …"
Seeing how the puppet was making a huge fuss out of nothing, Zhang Xuan shook his head.
To think that he was the founder of the Master Teacher Pavilion.
It wasn't as if drawing zhenqi out of one's body was anything difficult. He had only started cultivating not too long ago, and he was already able to infuse his zhenqi into the body of another to clear the blockages in one's meridians. If he still couldn't do it after reaching Transcendent Mortal 9-dan, he might as well just kill himself!
"T-this …"
Seeing the disdainful look in the other party's eyes, Mu shi's puppet nearly spurted blood.
Drawing zhenqi out of one's body was easy, but drawing it out of one's body and forming it into thin threads was a difficult feat. There were at least two prerequisites to do so.
Firstly, one's zhenqi had to be sufficiently pure to be at least of Superior Grade!
Secondly, one's soul had to be sufficiently strong to be able to draw out one's zhenqi out of one's body. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for one to draw zhenqi out of one's body and move it freely as if it were an arm.
It could be said that the young man before it was able to achieve such a feat so effortlessly. Even when it reached Saint realm back then, it was still unable to do so!
While the puppet was still in shock, it suddenly saw the young man pointing his finger forward.
Hu hu hu hu hu!
The second surge, the third surge … Soon, seven surges of zhenqi flowed out from his fingers. They floated in the air and slithered around one another, interweaving with one another.
"Not only is he able to control a single surge of zhenqi, he's even able to control seven of them?"
Swallowing a non-existent saliva, Mu shi's puppet exclaimed hoarsely.
Drawing zhenqi out of one's body and controlling it out of one's body was a feat that even Saint realm experts were unable to accomplish. Yet, not only was that fellow able to do so, he was even able to form seven of them … Wasn't that a little too formidable?
Are you really only at Chrysalis realm primary stage?
Could it be that you are a Saint realm pinnacle expert or one of Kong Shi's direct disciples?
Soon, the seven surges of zhenqi had fused together perfectly, forming a sesame-sized ball of zhenqi. It revolved lightly in the air, not dissipating at all.
"You mean to say that by forming these small balls of zhenqi in one's dantian and fusing them together, one can form a Pseudo Core, right?"
After doing so, Zhang Xuan raised his head and looked at Mu shi.
"Yes …"
Exhaling deeply, Mu shi's puppet suppressed the shock in its heart and nodded.
The Saint Ascension Decipher required one to slowly gather one's zhenqi into small balls of zhenqi before fusing them together. Just like how water would form a river and sand would form a tower, it would take a long time to form a Golden Core.
The Golden Core that was formed through such a method would have a solid foundation and strength, making it much stronger than normal cultivation. However, the effort required to do so was simply too great.
It was for this reason that Mu shi's puppet had taken several hundred years to succeed.
"That's simple. I can do it in less than three days …"
Zhang Xuan thought that he had misunderstood the matter, but in the end, it turned out to be that simple. Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.
Even with just zhenqi, it would still take three days to form a Golden Core. How could he call himself a genius? He might as well find a tofu and kill himself with it.
"You … might have cultivated a zhenqi condensation technique, resulting in your talent being different from others …"
Seeing how the other party was so nonchalant about it, Mu shi's puppet chuckled awkwardly.
It had intended to make things difficult for the other party so as to test his comprehension, but who would have thought that the other party didn't notice anything at all? Instead, he thought that it was ridiculously easy, leaving it at a loss for words …
Ever since it had left behind a fragmented soul to guard this place, it had seen countless geniuses over the past ten thousand years, but … this was the first time it had seen such a monstrous genius!
In fact, it couldn't even be considered a monstrous genius anymore.
"Perhaps," Zhang Xuan replied.
He had never cultivated a zhenqi condensation technique before, but his Heaven's Path zhenqi was incomparably pure, far surpassing that of the top-tier zhenqi. What might have been difficult for others to achieve was actually as simple as eating and drinking to him.
As a soul oracle, drawing one's soul out of one's body was a piece of cake for him.
"Since you're able to do so, there's no need for you to waste your time studying it anymore. You can try cultivating the Saint Ascension Decipher now and see how many of them you can achieve without collapsing!"
Mu shi's puppet continued.
Since the other party was able to draw his zhenqi out of his body, there was no need for it to continue studying the Saint Ascension Decipher anymore. Instead, it would be better for him to try cultivating it and see how far he could go.
The so-called decipher was the most important step in the Saint Ascension Decipher. Gathering seven strands of zhenqi together to form a grain, seven grains to form a bundle, and seven bundles to form a decipher!
In other words, one would have to gather 343 strands of zhenqi to form a decipher without any mistakes.
Back then, when he was still at Chrysalis realm, he had to construct six decipher before he succumbed to it and achieved a breakthrough to Half-Saint.
If one's soul wasn't strong enough, putting aside six decipher, one wouldn't even be able to form a bundle of zhenqi.
Even though the other party's control over zhenqi was exceptional, having cultivated the Saint Ascension Decipher before, he knew how difficult it was. The more zhenqi one gathered, the more dangerous it would become, and the harder it would be to control it.
Just like building blocks, it was easy to assemble one or two of them, but the more one gathered, the more dangerous it would become. The slightest mistake could cause the entire thing to collapse.
As long as one was willing to spend some time and temper one's zhenqi, most people would be able to form a grain of zhenqi. However, forming a bundle of zhenqi was much more troublesome. As for forming a decipher, without exceptional talent, precise control, and patience, it would be impossible to do so.
Even though the other party was talented, he was still young, and his cultivation was only at Chrysalis realm primary stage. In his view, it was already impressive for him to be able to form a decipher.
"How many decipher?" Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment before replying. "Let me give it a try!"
He hadn't tried it before, so he couldn't be sure how many decipher the other party would be able to form. However, it was worth a try now.
After saying those words, Zhang Xuan opened his palm and stretched it forward.
Tzzzzzzz!
A burst of zhenqi burst forth, and in the blink of an eye, several hundred surges of zhenqi gushed out from his fingertips. Reminiscent of small dragons, the surges of zhenqi danced in the air.
"To be able to form so many surges of zhenqi simultaneously?" Mu shi's puppet was still wondering how long the young man before it would take to cultivate when it saw this sight, and it nearly fainted from shock.
To be able to control several hundred surges of zhenqi simultaneously and form them into thin threads, how powerful must the other party's soul be?
Even when it was at its peak, it wouldn't have been able to do such a thing.
But before it could recover from its shock, the young man suddenly flicked his finger, and the several hundred surges of zhenqi immediately gathered together to form a zhenqi bundle the size of a grain of rice.
Following which, the other party turned to look at it doubtfully and asked, "This is the First Decipher, right?"
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