Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 170 - 116: Secret Agents, Plotting Core Formation!

Chapter 170: Chapter 116: Secret Agents, Plotting Core Formation!

"North Magnetic Mountain?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Chuan’s eyes showed a hint of surprise. As an Elder of the Wind Moon Sect, he naturally understood that the North Magnetic Mountain, like the Celestial Soul Hall, was a neighboring sect to the Wind Moon Sect.

However, the Celestial Soul Hall was located in the western realm of the Wind Moon Sect, while the North Magnetic Mountain was in the northern realm.

It’s rumored that the North Magnetic Mountain was quite mysterious and didn’t seem to have much conflict with the Wind Moon Sect.

"The person I killed was a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Elder of the Celestial Soul Hall, so why did he have a token from the North Magnetic Mountain?" Qi Chuan asked in confusion.

"I haven’t found any concrete evidence, just a guess, but it should be quite likely."

Situ Jiang said, "This token definitely doesn’t come from the Celestial Soul Hall. Over the years, our sect has dealt with the Celestial Soul Hall and has never discovered such a token. Moreover, this person already had an Elder Token from the Celestial Soul Hall, so why bother carrying such a strange, informationless token?"

"It must come from another sect, and within the Land of the Five Sects, besides our Wind Moon Sect, there are only the Profound Pill Sect, Valley of Myriad Beasts, and North Magnetic Mountain left. This person must have some involvement with these three sects."

"Could it be... a spy?" Upon hearing this, Qi Chuan pondered briefly and tentatively suggested.

"It seems so." Situ Jiang nodded.

"Moreover, over the years, our sect has occasionally discovered spies from the Profound Pill Sect and Valley of Myriad Beasts. The spies we found never carried such strange tokens but used other items as identifiers."

"Therefore, it’s most likely from the North Magnetic Mountain."

"And as for a spy with Foundation Establishment Cultivation, while the Four Sects do have some, they’re very few in number, maybe one or two at most, but as for the North Magnetic Mountain, we can’t be so sure. The number of Foundation Establishment spies within that sect is likely much higher than we can imagine."

"In such a case, it’s understandable you discovered it accidentally."

Hearing his Sect Leader master’s words, Qi Chuan could not help but express disbelief, saying, "So you’re saying that the Foundation Establishment Early Stage individual I killed, named ’Qin Bei,’ actually had a dual identity as an Elder of the Celestial Soul Hall and a spy for the North Magnetic Mountain, and he was accidentally dispatched by the Celestial Soul Hall to Red Maple Valley to monitor our clan, and thus was exposed when I killed him?"

Qi Chuan couldn’t help but feel a bit dumbfounded. It was indeed quite a coincidence, that he had accidentally slain a spy from the North Magnetic Mountain!

"That appears to be the case." Situ Jiang nodded, admitting he was also surprised by Qi Chuan’s incredibly "good" luck.

"Moreover, the exposure of this person’s identity as a spy is known only to the two of us. I’m afraid even the Celestial Soul Hall is in the dark about it." Situ Jiang said.

"Doesn’t this mean I’m saving the Celestial Soul Hall some trouble for free? My actions inadvertently helped them get rid of an inside traitor." Qi Chuan sighed.

"Haha, at least on the surface, you killed another Foundation Establishment Elder of the Celestial Soul Hall, thus diminishing their power and spreading our fame, relieving our Wind Moon Sect of some pent-up resentment! Additionally, when Tian Hunzi finds out, I’m sure he will be somewhat angered and displeased, which is also a nice result!" Situ Jiang looked at Qi Chuan, laughingly replying.

"I can only think of it that way." Qi Chuan shook his head.

Then, he thought of something else and continued, "By the way, Master, in slaying this dual-identity ’Qin Bei,’ will there be any repercussions?"

Upon hearing this, Situ Jiang showed a moment of contemplation before speaking, "There is no need to worry about the matter from the Celestial Soul Hall’s side regarding this person’s dual identity."

"The Celestial Soul Hall is our arch-enemy anyway, even if you hadn’t killed this person, conflicts between our two sects would have continued, eventually leading to full-scale war. You’ve merely added fuel to the fire, which is no big deal."

"As for yourself, the Celestial Soul Hall may not even know it was you who killed this person. Normally, they would assume it was some other Foundation Establishment Middle Stage or above Elder from our sect who did it, and regardless of their actions, our sect can handle it."

"But the North Magnetic Mountain..."

"That sect is even more mysterious compared to our Four Sects, likely more powerful as well, and they are backed by the North Magnetic Divine Palace, being a subordinate sect of it, which is not a small trouble at all."

"The North Magnetic Divine Palace?" Qi Chuan looked at Situ Jiang.

"Yes, the North Magnetic Divine Palace is located in the center of Nanhua State, being the only Nascent Soul Major Sect there. Within the palace lives a Nascent Soul True Monarch, a formidable force with numerous experts. There are at least several Core Formation True Masters within the palace, making it superior to the other dozen or so Core Formation influences in Nanhua State, causing the other sects to fear them." Situ Jiang explained.

"However, even though the North Magnetic Mountain is a subordinate sect of the North Magnetic Divine Palace, and you have killed a spy of theirs, you still don’t need to worry too much."

"It’s just that each sect sending spies into the other sects is a common occurrence. Finding spies and dealing with them is standard practice. There are two ways: one is to keep the spy alive to exchange for benefits with the other sect, and the other is to deal with them directly without exchanging benefits. You’ve merely chosen the latter."

"Moreover, you just happened to kill a spy from the North Magnetic Mountain while targeting someone from the Celestial Soul Hall, even if the North Magnetic Mountain finds out, there’s not much they can complain about, so there’s no need to worry."

"In addition, I’ve already destroyed that pale purple token, leaving no evidence. In the future, just insist that you killed ’Qin Bei’ and found nothing peculiar, that you just killed an ordinary Elder from the Celestial Soul Hall, and everything will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Qi Chuan nodded and felt at ease.

Unexpectedly, in killing an Elder from the Celestial Soul Hall, he accidentally got involved with the North Magnetic Mountain and even the North Magnetic Divine Palace, but thankfully, there were no repercussions.

However, in the future, it’s necessary to be more cautious when encountering people from the North Magnetic Mountain. It’s wise to be cautious, especially since he killed a Foundation Establishment spy of theirs.

After pondering for a moment, Qi Chuan temporarily set this matter aside, then thought about his current cultivation, stirring his heart.

Right now, he had just recently advanced to the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, with only fourteen drops of liquid mana in his Dantian, still a long way from the Peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage. But honestly, advancing from Foundation Establishment Early Stage to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and even Foundation Establishment Perfection wasn’t a difficult task for him.

With the Yellow Dragon Pill, Clear Cry Pill, and Small Rejuvenation Pill, along with the Hundredfold Critical Strike’s effect, his Liquid Magical Power Foundation could be improved at a stable and fast pace.

As for the minor bottleneck from the Peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and even to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, with the Hundredfold Critical Strike, he could accumulate the necessary Inspiration Opportunity to a state of Perfection, making breakthroughs effortlessly and with a hundred percent success rate, without any concern.

But when it comes to the Core Formation bottleneck, transitioning from Foundation Establishment Perfection to Core Formation Early Stage, what kind of situation would it be? What issues might arise?

Since the Sect Leader was present, it was also a good opportunity to ask clearly, so he could be better prepared and achieve Core Formation more easily and securely when the time came.

Thinking this way, Qi Chuan once again asked Situ Jiang, "Master, there is one more thing that perplexes me. Could Master tell me what the process is like when transitioning from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation? What difficulties might one face? Are there any methods to increase the chance of attaining Core Formation? I hope Master can enlighten me."

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing Qi Chuan’s question, Situ Jiang thought it was about the earlier spy matter or other cultivation issues, not expecting Qi Chuan to inquire about the Core Formation bottleneck?

Isn’t it a bit too ambitious and unrealistic?

Thinking of this, Situ Jiang intended to give Qi Chuan a bit of guidance, his eyes fixing on Qi Chuan, he slowly said, "How long have you been at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and now you’re considering Core Formation? How many drops of liquid mana do you currently have in your Dantian?"