Everyone was curious about the effects of the pill.
Su Yuan pondered for a moment, then with a wave of his hand, a Seven-Colored Star Pill flew in front of Li Qinglian.
"Take it and try the effect. This is the first time I've refined this newly developed pill. I'm not sure about the specific effects myself!" Su Yuan said calmly.
Hearing that it was a newly developed Pill Formula, Li Qinglian's expression changed.
She glanced at Elder Xuejian.
Elder Xuejian was expressionless and offered no advice.
Li Qinglian said seriously, "Okay, Senior Su!"
This pill was refined by a Senior from the Refining Emptiness stage, and Elder Xuejian would pay for it later. With two powerful Cultivators watching, what could go wrong?
She sat cross-legged, opened her mouth, and swallowed the Seven-Colored Star Pill.
A strange look appeared in Su Yuan's eyes. This pill was the culmination of various secret techniques, created by combining and recreating the effects of the Nine-Colored Celestial Fish, the Big Dipper, and the Myriad Treasure Cosmos Cauldron, refined with the power of heaven and earth and Formations.
As for the efficacy of this pill, to be honest, he had only simulated it in his mind, but he couldn't be sure of the actual effect.
Li Qinglian was at the mid Foundation Establishment stage, with High Grade fire and wood Spiritual Roots, and she formed a High Grade Dao Foundation during Foundation Establishment.
The moment she swallowed the pill, the qi in the world began to rapidly converge towards Li Qinglian.
Su Yuan's heart stirred, and he casually set up a qi gathering Formation.
Elder Xuejian immediately took out Spirit Stones and placed them around Li Qinglian so she wouldn't worry about lacking qi.
Everyone was also extremely curious about the wonders of this pill.
Li Qinglian's aura began to rise rapidly.
Everyone's expression was calm. With such an exaggerated pill refining process, it was normal to have such an effect.
But then, they noticed that the speed of her aura increasing seemed to be getting faster and faster!
An experienced Cultivator said, "That pill seems to have the effect of body tempering as well. This young friend's Physical Body is getting stronger!"
"Not only her Physical Body, but her spiritual sense is also increasing, and her True Essence is also strengthening. This is an all-around improvement!"
Under everyone's gaze, in just two quarters of an hour, Li Qinglian easily broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage. The Bottleneck in between seemed non-existent.
Xuejian revealed a look of surprise and doubt: "Wait, Xiao Lian's True Essence quality seems to have improved. Could it be that the Dao Foundation has really been refined?"
His words caused many powerhouses to cast their spiritual sense to investigate, and they indeed found that Li Qinglian's Dao Foundation quality had improved!
From a High Grade Dao Foundation, it had improved to a top-grade Dao Foundation!
This was extraordinary. It was very difficult to improve the Dao Foundation. Its quality was usually fixed the moment one broke through from Refining Qi to Foundation Establishment. Subsequent improvements required rare heavenly treasures. Now, she could directly improve her Dao Foundation with just one pill.
And the Dao Foundation affected the quality of the Golden Core. A top-grade Dao Foundation clearly had a higher ceiling for Golden Core quality!
Li Qinglian's cultivation was still improving!
Half an hour later, Li Qinglian's aura reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment!
Everyone exchanged glances. This pill saved a lot of cultivation time, and the key was that from the fluctuations in her aura, there was no sign of an unstable Foundation. The quality of her Dao Foundation had even improved further!
Many Cultivators already showed expressions of desire.
Suddenly, Li Qinglian's face showed a look of struggle, but she quickly firmed up a certain thought, and her aura began to rise again!
"What? She wants to directly break through to Golden Core?"
"Too risky! She just reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment and hasn't stabilized her cultivation or tempered her state of mind. She's choosing to break through just like that?"
"Elder Xuejian, why don't you stop your disciple?"
A friendly Spirit Transformation Cultivator advised from a distance.
Elder Xuejian said indifferently, "This is her own choice. She has to walk the path of cultivation herself!"
Su Yuan was also a little surprised, not expecting Li Qinglian to choose to condense her Golden Core so soon.
Li Qinglian looked inward at her Dantian. The True Essence in her body began to converge towards the remaining medicinal power of the Seven-Colored Star Pill. She was actually using this medicinal power as a heavenly treasure, intending to refine it into her Golden Core and make it a part of her own Golden Core!
Her Dao Foundation was a wisp of flame, which directly merged into the center of her True Essence, and she began to condense the Prototype of the Golden Core.
A large amount of True Essence condensed into a core, and the surface of the Golden Core Prototype was uneven.
A wisp of flame burned from the inside out, making the Golden Core round. Streaks of seven-colored light overflowed from within the Golden Core, imprinting streaks of seven-colored Dao patterns on her body surface!
"It really works!" Li Qinglian was delighted and continued to push the condensation of the Golden Core.
Two hours passed in a blink of an eye.
The aura around Li Qinglian suddenly underwent a transformation!
She successfully broke through to the Golden Core Realm!
"There's also the Heart Demon trial!" someone muttered.
Just as expected, Li Qinglian's forehead darkened, as if wisps of black qi appeared out of thin air and entered Li Qinglian's Sea of Consciousness, causing her to experience the Heart Demon tribulation.
Everyone's expression became solemn. This Heart Demon trial was actually the most difficult. This was also the reason why many Cultivators went out for training. Only with enough training could one have enough mental fortitude to deal with Heart Demons.
Indeed, Li Qinglian's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and her expression even showed a hint of pain. It seemed as if she wouldn't be able to pass.
Elder Xuejian sighed. If the Heart Demon trial wasn't passed, one's cultivation would regress at best, and at worst, one would go mad and die. This was the path of cultivation, incredibly difficult.
But at this moment, a seven-colored light rose from Li Qinglian's Dantian. The radiant light instantly illuminated her forehead, and those wisps of black qi actually evaporated out of thin air under the illumination of the seven-colored light!
Li Qinglian's painful expression gradually became peaceful, and her chaotic aura gradually stabilized.
And her aura was still rising, finally stopping at the mid Golden Core Stage before ending, her cultivation had increased by an entire major Realm!
Finally, Li Qinglian opened her eyes, revealing the joy of surviving the tribulation.
"This, this is the effect of that pill? It's too Heaven-Defying!"
"It can actually protect the mind! Resist Heart Demons?"
Elder Xuejian quickly asked, "Xiao Lian, what happened just now?"
Li Qinglian said with lingering fear, "I originally thought I was going to suffer a Heart Demon backlash, but then my mind suddenly became clear. Those Heart Demons suddenly became unreal, and then I easily broke through the Heart Demon trial."
Elder Xuejian nodded and asked, "What is the quality of your Golden Core?"
Golden Cores are usually divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower, with three ranks in each grade, totaling nine ranks!
Generally, only a High Grade Dao Foundation can achieve a middle-grade Golden Core quality, while a top-grade Dao Foundation has a chance to achieve an upper-grade Golden Core.
Li Qinglian revealed a look of pleasant surprise: "Elder, I reached an upper-grade Golden Core, rank seven!"
She summoned her Golden Core and displayed it before everyone. The size and condensation of the Golden Core met the standard of rank seven! And the characteristic of emitting seven-colored light was also unique.
Elder Xuejian praised, "I didn't expect you to have the chance to reach an upper-grade Golden Core. If you temper it well during the Golden Core Stage, you have a chance to improve to rank nine! There is hope for Spirit Transformation in the future!"
If it were middle-grade, the highest one could reach in the future might be rank seven, with hope for Nascent Soul, but Spirit Transformation would be difficult to achieve. However, having entered the upper-grade, the result was different. If one tempered it to rank nine, the chance of Spirit Transformation would greatly increase!
It could be said that Li Qinglian, because of one pill, had changed her destiny against the heavens! And she was less than a hundred years old now, with plenty of lifespan in the future! The benefits were already self-evident.
Everyone looked enviously at the remaining pills floating in Su Yuan's hand, all with expressions of desire. This was the best treasure pill for forming a core for future generations! It could improve quality and help pass the Heart Demon trial, comparable to two or three heavenly treasures!
Su Yuan coughed: "Since you have all seen the effects of the pill, I will start the auction. The first one, the starting bid is 1 Top-Grade Spirit Stone."
Immediately, someone around began to bid.
"100 Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"
The value instantly rose to one hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones! Normally, the resources for forming a core would be worth at most a few million Spirit Stones, but the first bid directly reached one hundred million Spirit Stones!
But no one felt it was exaggerated. Looking at the situation, this pill could guarantee a Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm and save a lot of cultivation time. It could make an ordinary Cultivator instantly grow into the ranks of geniuses, with hope for Spirit Transformation. This was equivalent to being able to artificially create a Spirit Transformation seedling! Those who had needs for their descendants naturally didn't want to miss this good opportunity.
Moreover, the alchemists were truly rich!
"500 Top-Grade Spirit Stones!" A Spirit Transformation Elder from the Tianyi Sect made a move!
The value directly increased to five hundred million!
"800 Top-Grade Spirit Stones!" Another Spirit Transformation rogue Cultivator nearby opened his mouth to bid.
"2000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones!" The Spirit Transformation from Tianyi Sect said very straightforwardly.
Someone whispered and communicated via sound transmission.
"Is that True Lord Ye Han from the Tianyi Sect? I heard he had a child late in life, but his Aptitude was too poor, and he has been looking for ways to improve his Aptitude. No wonder his bid is so fierce!"
"Who doesn't have a close relative or friend? This kind of pill is simply a Divine Pill! Reshaping the Foundation, I've never even heard of it!"
The price of the pill was driven higher and higher. With Su Yuan present, no one dared to say anything harsh. It was just a competition of financial strength and endurance.
Finally, the pill was sold for a price of 99,990 Top-Grade Spirit Stones!
The price of nearly 100,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones was won by True Lord Ye Han, the Spirit Transformation Cultivator.
Whether Old Ancestor Ye Han felt pained or not was unknown, but Elder Xuejian's face turned green!
This price completely exceeded his initial imagination. He dared to guarantee it because he thought, how expensive could this pill be? At most a few hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones would be enough, but this price completely exceeded his imagination! He had to pay double! He didn't have enough Spirit Stones in his pocket and had to borrow from his fellow Daoists!
Li Qinglian also gasped. She realized that she had just broken through to the Golden Core and was already burdened with heavy debt!
Elder Xuejian transmitted a message to Li Qinglian: "Don't worry, good disciple, you can just refine pills in the Sect to repay the debt from now on. You can pay it off by continuously refining pills for three hundred years without interruption!"
Li Qinglian's expression stiffened, and she opened her mouth to spit out the pill. This pill was too expensive, she couldn't afford to eat it. If she spit it out, maybe she could spit out some dregs, of course, this was just a thought. The effect of this pill was too Heaven-Defying, and such opportunities were rare. Even if she had to refine pills for five hundred years to repay the debt, it wouldn't be a loss.
"I thought about it, three hundred years might not be enough, it will take five hundred years of refining pills to repay the debt!" Elder Xuejian added.
Upon hearing this, Li Qinglian's head tilted, and she fainted.
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