vstars Chapter 56 Yuanyao, Yanli
Chapter 56 Yuanyao, Yanli
Mu Chunfeng's life on Kuixing Island was extremely regular, but also extremely boring.
He spends most of his time in seclusion, diligently cultivating and striving to reach the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment realm.
He was originally at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and in less than two years, he naturally and successfully cultivated to the Pseudo-Core stage.
Immediately afterwards, he began to condense his golden core.
Although he knew it was hopeless, he still insisted on trying, just to find out how much he still lacked.
As expected, the attempt to form the Golden Core ended in failure.
When he was condensing his core, the liquid magic power within his body showed only a slight tendency to crystallize.
If he wanted to crystallize all his magical power and condense it into a golden core, there was absolutely no hope for him.
According to Li Huayuan's notes on Core Formation, cultivators who encounter this situation during Core Formation have less than a 20% chance of success, an 80% chance of failure, and most will be stuck at this threshold for life.
After all, throughout history, countless cultivators have been stuck at the threshold of Core Formation.
However, this was only because he did not use his powerful divine sense to assist him, nor did he forcibly compress his magical power or rely on any spiritual objects that aided in the formation of the Golden Core stage.
If he uses all his methods, his chances of forming his core should increase by another 20%.
After realizing the gap, Mu Chunfeng resolutely dispersed his cultivation to the early stage of Foundation Establishment and began to focus on cultivating the Three Revolutions Rejuvenation Technique.
The Chaotic Star Sea is rich in demon beast resources, and demon cores are inexhaustible. Moreover, most of the pills here are made from demon cores.
With the huge amount of spirit stones he brought from Tiannan, he bought pills like crazy without regard for the cost, maintaining his cultivation speed without slowing down at all due to the loss of Han Li's pill supply.
He devoted all his spare time to studying weapon crafting and array formation techniques.
He thoroughly studied and adapted the precious inheritance he received from Xin Ruyin and Qi Yunxiao, making it his own.
At the same time, he was also cultivating the "Great Evolution Technique" day and night, and his divine sense became stronger and stronger.
However, when he reached the third level of the Great Evolution Technique and his spiritual strength was comparable to that of the late Core Formation stage, he could no longer make any further progress.
Even if he forcibly cultivates the "Great Evolution Technique", it will be of no use and may even cause his soul to tremble and his sea of consciousness to collapse.
He then gave up and temporarily put aside his cultivation of the Great Evolution Technique.
Mu Chunfeng only realized later that it was because his spiritual cultivation was too high, far exceeding his physical strength, that the imbalance between the two was caused.
Later, he focused the rest of his time on weapon arrays.
Cold comes and heat goes, tides rise and fall.
Fifteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Fifteen years later, Mu Chunfeng's cultivation level has once again steadily reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Moreover, because he cultivated the first stage of the Three Revolutions Rejuvenation Technique and then rebuilt his foundation, his foundation is far more solid than that of other cultivators of the same level.
Soon he will be able to cultivate to the Pseudo-Core Realm again, and then he will try to form a Core again. If he has all the necessary pills, he is 70% confident that he can condense a Golden Core this time.
If he could form his core directly, he could save a lot of time to prepare for the future. If not, he would have to dissipate his cultivation and start over again.
Over the past fifteen years, his skills in array formation and weapon crafting have also improved by leaps and bounds, making him a well-known weapon crafter in the market.
To make it easier to sell the odds and ends he had made for practice, and also to stay informed about the market, Mu Chunfeng rented a street-facing shop in the outer market of Kuixing Island and named it Qingfeng Pavilion.
The shop wasn't large, but it was clean and tidy. The wooden shelves on both sides were filled with all kinds of talismans and magical artifacts, ranging from low-level items used by Qi Refining cultivators to high-level items that even Foundation Establishment cultivators could use.
On the counter, neatly arranged polished display trays were stacked, and a conspicuous wooden sign hung under the eaves, with a line of large characters written in vermilion: 20% off everything, clearance sale at a loss.
At this moment, Mu Chunfeng had just finished a day of cultivation and arrived at the shop to take charge.
He was half-reclining on a rattan recliner behind the counter, wearing a loose black robe, his long hair casually draped over his shoulders, a pair of strangely styled dark crystal sunglasses on his face, and holding an ancient book on array formations in his hand, leisurely flipping through it.
In front of the counter, a pretty girl in a light red dress was tiptoeing and arranging talismans on the wooden shelf. She looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and it was Yanli.
Beside the recliner, another girl of similar age, with fair skin and a lively spirit, was massaging Mu Chunfeng's shoulders while softly pleading, "Boss, please make me a pair of sunglasses too, please! I'll pay you with a year's salary, okay?"
This young girl was Yuan Yao.
Before long, Yanli finally finished tidying up the items on the shelf. Seeing this scene, she shook her head helplessly, walked over slowly, and suddenly reached out to cover Yuan Yao's mouth, which was still chattering. She said with a low laugh, "Alright, Yao-mei, the boss is such a good person. He will naturally do it for you when he has time. Don't keep nagging and disturbing the boss's reading."
After saying that, he pulled the reluctant Yuan Yao out of the counter.
Once they reached the middle of the shop, Yuan Yao finally broke free from her hand, puffed out her cheeks, tugged at Yan Li's sleeve, and said coquettishly, "Senior sister, even you're bullying me! I'm ignoring you! Humph!"
After saying that, he turned around, crossed his arms, and pretended to be angry.
Seeing this, Yanli leaned close to her ear and slowly drawled, "Oh~ so you don't want those sunglasses that someone's been longing for either?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao turned around instantly, her almond-shaped eyes shining like stars. She grabbed Yanli's arm and asked urgently, "Senior Sister, do you have a way?"
Yanli smiled and leaned down to whisper a few words in her ear.
Yuan Yao's eyes widened, her face filled with joy and excitement, as if she had truly found a brilliant way to get the sunglasses.
Just then, Mu Chunfeng, behind the counter, spoke softly, her voice tinged with amusement: "Yanli, Yuanyao, what's the difference between you two whispering in front of me and openly plotting?"
Upon hearing this, Yanli stuck out her tongue, exchanged a glance with Yuan Yao, and then walked back to the recliner. She squatted down on either side of Yuan Yao and continued to massage Mu Chunfeng's shoulders and back, but the force in her hands unconsciously increased.
Yanli laughed and replied, "Of course, what can be hidden from our incredibly resourceful boss?"
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around."
Mu Chunfeng put down the ancient book in his hand and smiled helplessly, "You spoil her so much. It's not that I don't want to make them for you, it's just that the agarwood graphite needed to make sunglasses is temporarily out of stock. I've already asked Manager Cao of the Six-Linked Hall to keep an eye out for them. Once the goods arrive, I'll definitely make a pair for each of you."
These sunglasses were naturally made by Mu Chunfeng based on the style he remembered from his previous life, but they were no ordinary objects; they were genuine top-grade magical artifacts.
The frames and lenses are engraved with runes that conceal one's aura and shield one's divine sense from detection. Under normal circumstances, any divine sense weaker than the late Foundation Establishment stage cannot penetrate the lenses to see Mu Chunfeng's pupils behind the frames. Moreover, if this magical artifact is activated, a light shield that conceals one's aura will be generated on it. Even ordinary early Core Formation stage cultivators cannot see through this light shield unless they carefully or forcefully investigate.
The reason he crafted this item and wore it on his face every day was because something had happened to his double pupils.
When he reached the third level of the Great Evolution Technique, he was unable to continue practicing. In order to find out why, he forcibly continued practicing the Great Evolution Technique.
However, he never expected that this would lead to a near collapse of his consciousness. Fortunately, his double pupils activated on their own and protected his consciousness.
However, his double pupils were also damaged as a result, and at first they were only occasionally out of his control.
Later on, his double pupils would open and close unconsciously, occasionally absorbing the magical power within his body, and if he was not careful, they would reveal the strange phenomenon.
Left with no other choice, he could only nurture his double pupils with his magic day and night to help them recover. These sunglasses were used to conceal the purple light phenomenon of his double pupils.
Upon hearing Mu Chunfeng's assurance, the two girls immediately beamed with joy, and their grip loosened as they quietly massaged his shoulders.
Yuan Yao was overjoyed, and Yan Li smiled indulgently at her.
Mu Chunfeng caught a glimpse of the two out of the corner of her eye, and a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her lips. Her thoughts drifted back to the days when she first met them.