Chapter 184: Chapter 44: Tang Monk’s Flesh? Ruthless Flower Thief!

“Truly monstrous!”

Looking at Zhou Chen, who was bathing in the sea of tribulation and being tempered by thunder, Li Changfeng’s lips twitched as he sighed with emotion.

In just a short span of two years, that little fellow who was cautious in Qinghe County back then has now become someone who surpasses him.

Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation, achieving the Golden Core.

“The young master truly has extraordinary talent. Not only is his Martial Dao talent monstrous, but his Immortal Dao is just as remarkable. Judging by this thunder tribulation, it’s at least a Top-grade Golden Core!”

Hongzhu’s beautiful eyes shone. A Perfect Golden Core is extremely hard to achieve; ninety-nine percent of cultivators form a Low-grade Golden Core, and a Middle-grade Golden Core is already considered genius.

A Top-grade Golden Core can be called a prodigy.

A Perfect Golden Core—it is a rarity, encountered only once in a century.

“So satisfying!”

Bathed in the sea of thunder, Zhou Chen’s body felt a pleasurable tingling sensation that words couldn’t describe, one of pure delight.

It was even more satisfying than the first time Zhou Chen practiced dual cultivation with the Sect Leader Master!

Within the dantian, the Golden Core shone brightly, its surface patterns resembling the flowing Dao, exuding an immortal Dao charm under the tempering of thunder.

Zhou Chen’s already perfect and powerful physique was cleansed by the thunder tribulation, becoming pure and immaculate, emitting a faint fragrance.

He might not be like Tang Monk’s flesh, offering immortality with one bite, but eating a piece of his flesh would surely be a great tonic, comparable to heavenly treasures.

All living beings are born with wonders; consuming rare beasts can enhance one’s cultivation and strengthen one’s physique.

Monsters consume humans similarly.

For beings like Zhou Chen, to monsters, he is like a wondrous beast compared to humans.

Buzz!

The thunder tribulation tempered, and the Golden Core was formed.

At this moment.

Zhou Chen passed the thunder tribulation and truly became a Golden Core Cultivator.

An intangible aura spread, soaring to the skies.

Boom!

Thunder roared, with endless Dao sounds!

Streaks of golden light pierced through the firmament, turning billions of miles of layered clouds into gold!

Purple light coming from the east, covering thirty thousand miles.

Amidst these countless phenomena and Dao sounds, countless Spiritual Qi gathered above the nine heavens, transforming into spiritual rain falling down!

As the spiritual rain fell, the land covered in yellow sand saw countless plants and vegetation grow wildly, countless beasts gained spiritual awareness, and numerous heavenly treasures broke through the earth, rapidly thriving!

“This… this is…”

Li Changfeng’s eyes widened in amazement, couldn’t be just a breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm causing such a commotion?

One who didn’t know might think he had attained Dao and become immortal!

“Heavenly blooms and golden lotuses spring from the earth…”

Hongzhu’s eyes shone brightly as her body trembled, watching the mystical phenomena between heaven and earth with shock and delight stirring in her heart.

She had already realized what this was.

“Spiritual Qi like rain, all things prosper, with a single Golden Core, heaven and earth celebrate together; is this the Dao Golden Core!?”

Qing Yuyao could hardly believe her eyes. Even if her Immortal Spirit Root hadn’t been taken, she might not have gathered a Dao Golden Core; she could only say that the possibility was very high.

Zhou Chen’s Five Elements Spirit Roots theoretically could form a Dao Golden Core, but it’s extremely difficult, requiring profound foundations and opportunities.

But Zhou Chen spent all day with women, yet showed no great fortune, nor did he have any unparalleled heavenly treasures assisting him, and he actually gathered a Dao Golden Core?

Even before Zhou Chen’s breakthrough, he was with her, hadn’t parted from her at all.

To actually form a Dao Golden Core under such circumstances is simply absurd!

“Could it be that Zhou Chen’s seemingly frivolous special talent is actually the supreme talent?”

Qing Yuyao secretly guessed, filled with surprise and joy, and envy mingled with shock.

Whether in Martial Dao or Immortal Dao, Zhou Chen seemed to have reached the pinnacle, the most perfect step.

His future achievements are unimaginable; if Zhou Chen’s special talent could consistently aid cultivation in such a way, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to become an immortal or ancestor one day!

“This place is not suitable for a long stay; let’s go!”

Zhou Chen stepped down, looking at the astounded Li Changfeng, Qing Yuyao, and Hongzhu, then exercised a technique to conceal the heavens and cross the sea, swiftly taking them away.

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Infinite Sword Sect.

Within an Immortal Cave Mansion on a certain Immortal Mountain, a slender figure in plain clothes, absorbed in cultivation, suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze deep as if endless mysteries unfolded within.

Her gaze pierced through the void, looking toward the place of Zhou Chen’s breakthrough:

“This phenomenon… someone gathered a Dao Golden Core?”

“That’s Qingzhou; could it be the Great Zen Temple?”

“It doesn’t seem to be the location of the Great Zen Temple…”

“Qingzhou has no Immortal Sect, only a few Martial Dao sects; could it be a wild Loose Cultivator…”

Thinking of this, the plain-clothed figure moved in her heart, disappearing from the cave mansion.

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Great Zen Temple.

Outside the Scripture Pavilion, an old monk sweeping the ground suddenly raised his head, looking toward the All Heaven Mansion, his eyes flashing with a hint of peculiar color:

“Someone has cultivated a Dao Golden Core…”

“It seems to be the territory of the Celestial Sword Sect, but the Celestial Sword Sect should have no Immortal Dao talents, nor inheritance…”

“Amitabha Buddha!”

The old monk clasped his hands together, his figure vanished, and a few withered yellow leaves on the ground rolled with the gentle breeze.

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Celestial Sword Sect.

“Hmm, what a great phenomenon?”

“Could it be the emergence of a world-shocking treasure?”

With a surge of enthusiasm in his heart, Sect Leader Jian Lingtian rushed madly toward the location of the phenomenon.

He wasn’t a cultivator, and he rarely interacted with them, having only heard the term “Dao Golden Core.”

He didn’t know about the phenomena associated with a Dao Golden Core.

Shortly thereafter.

Jian Lingtian arrived at the place of Zhou Chen’s breakthrough, seeing countless rare flowers and grass over a radius of ten miles, as if a world-shocking treasure bestowed great fortune to the surroundings.

“Where’s the treasure?”

Jian Lingtian was both surprised and delighted but didn’t see any world-shocking treasure causing the surrounding changes.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

One by one, Primordial Pill Realm experts of the Celestial Sword Sect followed closely, but none found any treasure either.

“Could it not be a world-shocking treasure?”

“Or has the treasure already escaped? Or perhaps someone got ahead of us?”

As several people were puzzled, an old monk suddenly appeared before them.

“Amitabha Buddha!”

The old monk chanted the Buddha’s name and inquired:

“Gentlemen, do you know which prodigy just broke through here, condensing a Dao Golden Core?”

“What? This was caused by someone breaking through?”

Jian Lingtian and the others widened their eyes. They had heard legends of people becoming immortals, blessing the lands, transforming barren deserts into Cave Heaven Blessed Lands.

But those were just legends.

They never expected that someone condensing a Golden Core could cause such a commotion.

Is the Dao Golden Core really that formidable?

Seeing their surprise, the old monk showed disappointment in his eyes, these people obviously knew nothing and understood nothing.

He clasped his Buddhist beads, intending to deduce who had broken through.

Jian Lingtian and the others did not recognize the old monk, but they could feel his terrifying presence, something they could not contend with.

Especially as the old monk began to deduce, they felt a sense of trepidation, unable to help taking a few steps back in retreat.

Buzz!

Suddenly, golden light burst forth from the old monk’s eyes.

The golden light pierced through the void, vaguely revealing an image, but it was too blurry to make out.

The old monk bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood essence onto the Buddhist beads in his hand.

The beads glowed like jade, flawless and green. As the blood essence fell, endless Buddhist light shone, and it seemed as if endless Sanskrit tones echoed between heaven and earth.

Jian Lingtian and the others flushed, holding their breath, feeling as if a large hand was gripping their hearts tightly, causing suffocation.

They widened their eyes, and as the beads shined, the blurry image in the void gradually became clearer.

The old monk’s eyes were keen, and just as he was about to see who had condensed the Dao Golden Core, an invisible energy struck.

The image in the void shattered, and the old monk spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his once rosy cheeks turning as pale as paper, seriously injured.

“…Only for the deep affection of wind and moon…”

At the last moment, he faintly saw an unsurpassable celestial scene that defies description, filled with countless fairies weaving through, and faint sounds of their laughter reaching his ears.

“Is that the Immortal Realm?”

The old monk murmured in his heart, daring not to probe further, sensing great terror.

“What did the Saint Monk see?”

A clear, pleasant voice rang out, as Jian Lingtian and the others saw a modestly dressed yet voluptuous fairy approaching, her presence towering.

Even without deliberately radiating any aura, the invisible pressure made them realize that this woman, as if a fairy descended to earth, was an immensely powerful and terrifying figure.

“Amitabha Buddha! So it is Purple Blue Fairy.”

The old monk looked toward the newcomer, shaking his head slightly, sighing:

“This old monk’s magical power is low, only glimpsing a corner, it was like a celestial paradise, fairies frolicking within, laughter and joy, deep in the passions of wind and moon!”

“The Saint Monk is too modest, seeing so much is already remarkable!”

Purple Blue Fairy glanced around, exchanged a few words with the old monk, and then disappeared from the spot.

The old monk also did not linger.

“Whew!”

As the two left, Jian Lingtian and the others exhaled long breaths, their backs already soaked with cold sweat.

“That Saint Monk is likely a high monk from the Great Zen Temple!”

Jian Lingtian mused:

“This place is not safe for long, we must leave!”

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Cyan Cloud Sect.

Zhou Chen returned with the others, unaware of the stir he caused, yet he had felt a sensation of being spied upon just now.

Luckily, as the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror trembled, that sensation vanished.

“These cunning people always want to harm me!”

Though Zhou Chen did not know who spied on him, feeling such immediately after his breakthrough, it was likely that the phenomenon had attracted the attention of powerful beings.

And since a quarter-hour passed without anyone finding him, it meant his identity was not exposed.

“Still not strong enough!”

Zhou Chen decided to train harder.

Li Changfeng quietly returned to Divine Arrow Peak, but Zhou Chen did not go back.

He took Hongzhu and the Sect Leader quietly back to Cyan Cloud Peak.

The moment he reached Cyan Cloud Peak, Zhou Chen embraced the Sect Leader and Hongzhu: “Sect Leader Master, Hongzhu, I want you to assist me in my cultivation!”

“You little scoundrel!”

Qing Yuyao’s cheeks flushed red, she gave Zhou Chen a glare, but did not resist, allowing him to carry her and Hongzhu into the room.

“Sect Leader Master, you are truly beautiful…”

Zhou Chen directly barged into the most secret boudoir of the Sect Leader, a place where only he had ever set foot.

Unlike the past life, where a house bought with the wealth of several generations had been visited countless times, yet often not purchased, with some even spitting on the floor upon leaving.

Even worse, that house had been lived in and even seen deaths, riddled with scars, yet still sold as new.

Honest people who took over had to spend their own money fixing it up, and in the end, the house might be so dilapidated that it was uninhabitable.

[Wind and Moon Points +69]

[Wind and Moon Points +69]

…

Several days passed in a flash.

Zhou Chen did not step outside but kept abreast of news from the outside.

The phenomenon caused by his breakthrough had now become one of the hottest topics, with the term “Dao Golden Core” becoming widely recognized.

The term “Dao Golden Core” was likely to rank among the year’s buzzwords.

On this day.

With the wind and sun fair, Zhou Chen gazed at the Sect Leader embracing him, feeling satisfied, and utterly intoxicated, savoring their warmth and connection.

“There is news just now that a flower thief has emerged in Qinghe County. This person is lawless, ruthless, and brutal. Even the County Magistrate’s daughter fell victim, violated and murdered by him, and he even exterminated the Magistrate’s family.”

Qing Yuyao parted her delicate lips and slowly recounted the latest news received.

“The Prefect, enraged, dispatched his finest experts to capture the flower thief. Not only did they fail, but were also killed by him, their bodies hung at the city gate, reportedly with their hearts gouged out, while the flower thief continued his rampage!”

“Such an evildoer, I have dispatched a Divine Sea Realm Elder to eliminate him, hopefully, there will be news soon!”

Generally, Cyan Cloud Sect would not pay attention to news from places like Qinghe County.

But Qinghe County was Zhou Chen’s hometown, exceptionally significant.

“Flower Thief?”

Zhou Chen frowned, not having spoken yet, suddenly sensing an additional soul figure in the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror space!

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