Chapter 119: Golden Core Ancestor

It is precisely because they cannot control weapons that the cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages can only walk on foot if they want to practice in this Wanli Snow Plain.

However, even if the cultivators infuse their magic power into their feet, their speed is much faster than that of ordinary martial arts masters, so there is no inconvenience.

After landing in front of the Snow Prison Pass, Xiao Lin, like most of the Qi Refining cultivators, lined up to enter the Snow Prison Pass. After entering the Snow Prison Pass, he walked through the streets inside the pass and soon arrived at the entrance of the Wanli Snow Plain.

The entrance to the Wanli Snow Plain is a huge copper door that is more than ten feet high. At this moment, the copper door has been opened, and many Qi Refining cultivators have entered from the copper door. After entering the snow plain, they soon disappeared in the vast ice and snow.

Along the way, Xiao Lin saw many Qi Refining cultivators walking on the snowy plains. Most of them, like ordinary warriors, poured mana into their legs to increase their walking speed. There were also some cultivators who practiced the Wind Controlling Technique, who used this basic spell to gently pass through the snow, leaving only a shallow footprint.

Xiao Lin naturally used his Great Perfection Wind Controlling Technique, and with the help of the secular light skill of Flowing Cloud Light Body Technique, he surpassed most of the Qi Refining cultivators in terms of speed. Each time he flew up, he flew more than ten feet, and there was no trace of the snow under his feet. This was much better than the secular light skill of stepping on snow without leaving any trace.

Many Qi Refining cultivators walked in this cold snowy plain, basically in a state of silence. The cave trial was undoubtedly a steep ravine for them. No one had the confidence to cross it, so everyone was undoubtedly in a very heavy mood.

Xiao Lin was the same. He was silent all the way and hurried on his way silently. The cave trial was related to how far he could go on the road of cultivation. He naturally attached great importance to it and tried every means to improve his combat power. But other cultivators who participated in the cave trial were also like this?

Three days later, Xiao Lin came to a small valley. This small valley was surrounded by mountains on three sides. There was only an entrance several miles wide in the south. The valley was about dozens of miles long. In the innermost part of the valley, near the mountain, stood a huge stone tablet with the words [Cave] written in ancient seal script on it.

In addition, everything was covered in ice and snow, and the entrance to the cave could not be seen at all.

When Xiao Lin arrived at the valley, the valley was already densely packed with cultivators. Most of them found a place, sat cross-legged, and quietly closed their eyes to regulate their breathing. Even many cultivators came early, and their whole bodies were covered in ice and snow, as if they had entered a state of cultivation with their five senses closed.

The whole valley was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere, so even though there were at least thousands of cultivators gathered in the valley, it was silent, and the only sound was the whistling of the wind and snow.

Xiao Lin silently found a stone, blew a stream of magic power from his palm to clean the snow on the stone, and then silently sat cross-legged on it. After taking a modified version of the Soul-Enriching Pill, Xiao Lin began to practice.

Although he was practicing, Xiao Lin did not close his five senses. He would stop practicing every once in a while and open his eyes to observe. After just half a day, the number of cultivators in the valley increased a lot, which made Xiao Lin feel even more heavy in his heart.

Feeling the presence of several cultivators around him, they also looked at Xiao Lin and remained silent, but the pressure of the late Qi Refining stage on them was still released without reservation. The cultivators in this valley were undoubtedly here to participate in the cave trial. Among these cultivators, most of them were in the late Qi Refining stage, but there were also many cultivators in the Great Perfection of Qi Refining stage. What made Xiao Lin speechless was that there were actually quite a number of cultivators in the middle Qi Refining stage.

The cave trial was the most dangerous trial in the Tianlu cultivation world, with a mortality rate of up to 90%. Therefore, every time the cave was opened, most of the cultivators who entered were in the late Qi Refining stage and the Great Perfection of Qi Refining stage, because even if the cultivators in the middle Qi Refining stage entered the cave, they would mostly be cannon fodder, and the probability of survival was extremely low.

But after thinking about it, Xiao Lin figured out the reason. After all, the cave trial only opens once every thirty years. But for many Qi Refining cultivators, the probability of being under forty years old when the cave opens is not very high. Even many cultivators encounter the cave opening when they are in their teens, and they are already over forty years old when the next cave opens. Even if they go in and take the risk to get the purple spirit flower, it is meaningless.

Those cultivators who are in the golden age of cultivation between twenty and thirty years old, and whose cultivation is still in the late stage of Qi Refining or the Great Perfection, are undoubtedly lucky. If they can pick the purple spirit flower in the cave, it will undoubtedly increase their hope of building a foundation.

When the cave opens, cultivators whose cultivation has not entered the late stage of Qi Refining or above are in a very embarrassing situation. If they go in, not to mention the extremely low probability of picking the purple spirit flower, it is a very lucky thing to come out alive. If they don't go in, they will definitely be past the best age for cultivation when the cave opens next time, which is a bit unwilling.

Under this contradiction, some cultivators with strong minds will choose to participate in the cave trial to try their luck. If they pick the purple spirit flower and walk out of the cave alive, it would be a step to heaven and they can join the five major sects. They can also get a foundation-building pill, and it is not impossible for them to enter the foundation-building stage.

Just as Xiao Lin sighed secretly and prepared to continue practicing, a huge escape light of more than ten feet long flew from the sky. The escape light was light red. As soon as it appeared outside the mountain, it arrived above the valley in almost the blink of an eye. The escape light dissipated, revealing a middle-aged cultivator of about thirty years old. The middle-aged cultivator had fair skin, regular facial features, and a handsome look. At first glance, he did not look like a cultivator, but more like a scholar who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination.

But in the silent valley, there was a commotion the moment the middle-aged cultivator appeared. The middle-aged cultivator stood in the air of dozens of feet, as if he had merged with the space. No matter how the wind and snow whistled, he remained motionless.

"A cultivator in the Golden Core Realm?" Xiao Lin's face changed. In this vast snowfield, even a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage could not fly with a flying device. It was even rumored that as long as the five elements were used, they could not be used in this snowfield.

You should know that most of the magic tools used by cultivators are made of materials from monsters, mixed with some hardware metals, which means that the magic tools of cultivators must be contaminated with the five elements. Therefore, as long as the cultivators below the Jindan realm are basically unable to control the tools in this Wanli Snowfield.

But the Jindan realm cultivators are different. They have already condensed the magic tools in their bodies. With the help of the magic power in the Dantian, the magic tools have already merged with themselves, and the five elements are gradually dissipating. Even if there is still a little left, it is not a big deal. The characteristics of the Wanli Snowfield's forbidden five elements tools are not applicable to Jindan realm cultivators.

After the middle-aged cultivator glanced at the many Qi Refining cultivators in the valley, he retracted his gaze, without any expression on his face, and then sat cross-legged in the air in the surprised eyes of everyone and closed his eyes.

Many Qi Refining cultivators looked at the middle-aged cultivator in the void with envy. A cultivator at the level of Jindan Patriarch was undoubtedly a legendary existence for Qi Refining cultivators.

If it were in normal times, it would be a very common thing for some people to have never seen a cultivator at the level of Jindan Patriarch even if they had practiced for a lifetime. After all, a cultivator at the Jindan level had a lifespan of more than 500 years. A longer retreat might be the lifespan of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator.

The huge spiritual pressure of a cultivator at the Jindan level emanating from the middle-aged cultivator made Xiao Lin, who was a hundred feet away, feel thrilling. Xiao Lin was palpitating, and his face was full of envy. A cultivator at the Jindan level was already a legendary existence in the Tianlu Mountains.

A lifespan of more than 500 years allowed them to see the vicissitudes of life. In comparison, they became a complete mortal. This was the spiritual pressure emitted when the middle-aged cultivator deliberately restrained his own magic power. If he really let go of his own aura completely, I am afraid that most of the cultivators in the valley would not be able to bear it.

"The Jindan ancestors of the five major sects have already arrived. It seems that the underground cave will be opened soon."

"Jindan ancestors, my God, it would be great if I could cultivate to this level." A bearded man in his thirties looked at the middle-aged cultivator in the air and said with envy.

"You?" Immediately afterwards, a sneer came from the side, and a strong man who looked to be in his twenties said: "If you want to enter the Jindan realm, you must first get out of the underground cave alive."

Hearing this, the bearded man just touched his nose and smiled, but did not refute. Perhaps in his heart, he did not think that he would be able to enter the Jindan realm one day.

After a brief commotion, the whole valley fell into silence again, but most of the cultivators no longer had the mind to cultivate, but were silent. Many people looked at the middle-aged cultivator in the air from time to time, revealing envy.

Another hour passed, and from outside the valley, there was another whistling sound of light tearing through the air. Two thick light beams flew from the sky and arrived above the valley in a breath. The middle-aged monk sitting in the air also opened his eyes, and a smile appeared on his expressionless face.

"Fairy Liu, I didn't expect that the person who came to preside over the opening of the cave this time was you. Why didn't Fellow Daoist Ling come?"

The light dissipated, revealing two figures. One was a woman in her twenties, charming and beautiful, wearing a pink robe, which was very conspicuous in this snow-white valley. Her head was full of golden scale-like ornaments, almost wrapping her entire black hair in them. On the side of the golden scale ornaments, there was also a jade diamond inserted diagonally, flashing a faint green light.

Next to him stood an old man in his fifties or sixties. He had white hair, but his face looked like a newborn baby. His figure was extremely strange. At first glance, he was only four feet long. If it weren't for his white hair, he would probably be mistaken for a ten-year-old child.

Hearing what the middle-aged cultivator said, the pink-robed woman showed a hint of coldness on her face and said lightly: "It turns out to be Brother Shangguan from Bailian Sect."