The spiritual power in Qin Ran's dantian collapsed towards the center point, gradually, in the very middle of the dantian, a tiny golden core appeared.
The Golden Core started from an invisible point, as the spiritual power collapsed inwards, it gradually grew bigger, from invisible to visible.
Qin Ran's divine sense swept over, seeing that the Golden Core was about the size of a needle eye, in an irregular round shape, frantically spinning, the speed of its rotation was so fast, as if all the centripetal force that had previously set the entire dantian spinning was applied to it through some kind of torque.
The spiritual power was still collapsing, and more spiritual qi poured in, so the total amount of spiritual power in the dantian was in a dynamic equilibrium.
At first, the spiritual qi absorbed by the cultivation method was even more than the spiritual power collapsing into the Golden Core, and Qin Ran's dantian felt swollen and painful; but as the collapse speed became faster and faster, the collapsed spiritual power gradually matched the absorbed spiritual qi; after that, the collapsed spiritual power exceeded the absorbed spiritual qi...
The speed at which the cultivation method absorbs spiritual qi is a constant, while the speed at which spiritual power collapses is an unbounded increasing variable, so there must be a moment when all the spiritual power and spiritual qi in the dantian collapse into the Golden Core.
When the collapse speed reached a critical point, this moment came, all the spiritual qi and spiritual power in the dantian collapsed down, sweeping it completely empty!
"Buzz..."
It was as if there was such a buzz, Chasing the Wind, who was standing on a boulder in the eye of the storm, shivering as he watched the terrible sight in the sky, seemed to have heard this buzz.
He lowered his head to look at Qin Ran, with a certain premonition in his heart that things were about to end.
"The core is formed!" Elder Ning said gravely.
The peerless beauty calculated the time and frowned her pretty eyebrows, "Isn't the time a bit too long? From when Elder Ning heard the buzz of the Dao rhyme to today, it's been almost three days. It's just condensing a core, how could it take so long?"
"Firstly, his cultivation base is formidable enough, secondly, his physique is tenacious enough." Elder Ning gave the answer.
The more formidable the spiritual power, the longer it takes to collapse; the more tenacious the physique, the more spiritual qi he can absorb to replenish.
"That powerful?" The handsome youth praised.
The five-tailed fox demon, who had lost her way in the storm, also sensed the buzzing sound. She stood still, looked up, and the storm gradually subsided.
"Is a secret treasure about to emerge?"
In Qin Ran's dantian, under his divine sense, the entire dantian was now completely empty, only in the very center was a Golden Core the size of a fist.
The so-called needle-sized, rice-grain-sized, fist-sized Golden Core does not mean that the Golden Core is actually that big inside the cultivator's body.
It would be truly strange if a fist-sized Golden Core really appeared in one's abdomen.
The Golden Core is not a physical object to begin with. It goes without saying that it is formed by the collapse of spiritual power and spiritual qi. Spiritual power and spiritual qi are energy substances, so things formed by them can naturally only be energy substances.
The Golden Core is located in the dantian, as if it is another vast space. It cannot be seen directly, but can be perceived with divine sense... What is profound is that at this moment, if Qin Ran's dantian is cut open, a fist-sized Golden Core can be taken out.
At this moment, the Golden Core slowly rotates in the dantian, emitting thousands of gentle golden rays, these rays shine in the dantian, shine on Qin Ran's tendons, bones and flesh, constantly strengthening his physical body every moment.
It is said that "after swallowing the Golden Core, life and death are up to me, not up to heaven," because after entering the Golden Core stage, the cultivator initially grasps the soul, while the physical body is limitlessly enhanced under the illumination of the Golden Core, at this point, compared with mortals, the Golden Core cultivator is completely another kind of creature.
"Boom!"
Suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky, as if a certain existence was reminding the little cultivator below.
Qin Ran sensed it, opened his eyes and looked up to see a dragon swirling black clouds surrounding this place completely, forming a cylinder of black clouds with a radius of no more than ten feet, and above his head, dark clouds pressed down, with a red electric snake roaming inside.
"Red tribulation lightning?" Qin Ran frowned, "What level of tribulation lightning is this? Not the Danxiao tribulation lightning right? The might of the Danxiao tribulation lightning is not this great! Could it be some other kind of lightning tribulation?"
The Nine Layers of Lightning Tribulation is the most basic kind of tribulation lightning. Generally speaking, ordinary cultivators would only encounter these nine kinds of tribulation lightnings, the weaker ones would cross the Jingxiao tribulation lightning, while the stronger ones would cross the Shenxiao tribulation lightning.
But the might of the tribulation lightning overhead does not match the Nine Layers of Lightning Tribulation that Qin Ran knows.
"Alas, accidents still happened as expected!" Qin Ran shook his head and sighed, "Prepared too little, read too few books..."
"Daddy..."
At this moment, a vague, soft, tender voice suddenly came from the side. Qin Ran was shocked when he heard this voice, this voice is... He looked over following the voice, and it turned out to be that little rascal Chasing the Wind!
"How did you get here?!" Qin Ran was dumbfounded, he shouted.
No matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not figure out why Chasing the Wind would appear at the epicenter of his tribulation.
But how could the little cat care so much, he trotted over with his four paws, gently rubbed his head against Qin Ran's legs, and said, "...hungry... hungry!"
All he knew was that he was very hungry.
Qin Ran looked to heaven in despair. In the cloud layer above, countless blood-red electric snakes prowled, about to strike down.
"The second accident..." he murmured, "this is going to kill me!"
But a hungry child is still a big problem after all. He hurriedly took out the spare food bowl prepared for Chasing the Wind from the Cosmic Bag, and poured him a bowl of Spiritual Beast Pill.
Chasing the Wind had been hungry for many days. Like a starving tiger pouncing on its prey, he threw himself at the food bowl, opened his blood-filled big mouth, and desperately ate.
Qin Ran reached out with a blank look on his face, placing his hand on the fluffy head of Chasing the Wind. Overhead was the deafening Lightning Tribulation...
Throughout the ages, traveling the world, he was probably the first cultivator in history to pet a cat during a tribulation lightning.
"Dammit..."
The first bolt of tribulation lightning still struck down.
"It begins." Elder Ning controlled the cloud to observe the spectacle from not too far or too close. When he saw it was scarlet tribulation lightning striking down, he frowned tightly.
"Why is it red?" The peerless beauty asked. "Wasn't it purple just now?"
The handsome youth shook his head and said solemnly, "Whether it is Xuanxiao or Danxiao, it should not be on such a scale... There is something strange about his tribulation lightning!"
Elder Ning glanced at the handsome youth and nodded almost imperceptibly. The boy does have good judgement. Because this tribulation lightning is indeed strange, and he had a horrifying guess in his mind...
The gale stopped, the dust settled, and there was black cloud rolling down to the ground over there. In the leaden clouds overhead, the blood-colored electric snakes snarled violently. The five-tailed fox demon stood still as she sensed the might of the scarlet tribulation lightning striking down, she couldn't help feeling afraid...
"Scarlet tribulation lightning, could it be some great calamity?!" She thought to herself, "What heaven-defying treasure needs to undergo tribulation?"
Thinking so, she faltered.
But after retreating a few steps, she was still unwilling in her heart.
"What if it really is an opportunity for me?"
So she turned around again, standing still and watching the tribulation lightning over there, waiting quietly.