Published: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER 177: Unleaking Golden Core
With a deep breath, Liu Yu expelled a mouthful of turbid air, signaling the end of his daily training. His pitch-black eyes slowly opened.
To avoid any potential searches of his storage bag, he had made some preparations ahead of time.
At this moment, his storage bag contained only three supreme magical artifacts, over a thousand spiritual stones, and several dozen spiritual talismans, all of which were consistent with the possessions of an early foundation establishment cultivator.
Among the three supreme magical artifacts, two were captured from defeated cultivators, and their origins could withstand scrutiny, as Yan Hongyu and others had witnessed them in broad daylight, making it difficult for Liu Yu to hide them.
All other resources and treasures that did not fit the identity of an early foundation establishment cultivator had been placed in his Immortal Abode ahead of time.
Since the Immortal Abode was directly bound to his Primordial Spirit, the green light dot in the Mud Pill Palace was merely a projection, one that only Liu Yu could see, so he didn't fear detection by high-level cultivators.
According to Liu Yu's understanding, at least nascent soul stage cultivators did not possess such means, and whether or not a nascent soul stage practitioner could discover it remained unknown.
The nascent soul stage, a realm akin to terrestrial immortality, was out of reach for most cultivators stepping into the cultivation world, and Liu Yu was temporarily included among them.
With a thought, he closed his eyes, and his Primordial Spirit had already entered the world of the Immortal Abode. After about two breaths, he opened his eyes again, and his hands held two high-grade storage bags.
One contained magical artifacts, spiritual stones, and other resources, while the other was his spoils from the White-bearded Elder.
Transferring the resources back into the storage bag he was currently using, Liu Yu casually set aside the empty bag.
He glanced at the White-bearded Elder’s storage bag, feeling a bit of anticipation. After all, having risked his life, it was always gratifying to reap rewards.
Thinking this, Liu Yu poured the contents of the storage bag out, and a heap of items appeared before him.
First were a black iron chain and a deep yellow earth wheel magical artifact. Both could hold their own against the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade and the Sharp Gold Sword and were considered excellent among supreme magical artifacts, together worth around three thousand spiritual stones.
Next was a pile of about two thousand spiritual stones, which was normal for a mid foundation establishment cultivator. However, Liu Yu merely glanced over it and waved his hand to put it away, as this amount was not significant to him.
Finally, there were two jade slips and several bottles of different elixirs. Liu Yu picked them up to examine. One jade slip recorded the cultivation technique "Mixed Yuan Technique," while the other contained a secret skill called "Blood Offering Escape."
The "Mixed Yuan Technique" was an attribute-less technique that had no requirements for spiritual roots, allowing anyone with a spiritual root to cultivate it. However, this did not mean it was a good technique; on the contrary, it was quite ordinary, providing average strength at a mediocre cultivation speed—no advantage compared to other techniques.
It was slightly inferior to the "Withering and Flourishing Technique," mainly practiced by family cultivators or loose cultivators, and had a wide circulation among foundation establishment cultivators.
Liu Yu had heard of the "Mixed Yuan Technique" from casual chats with Geng Yuanzhang. According to rumors, this technique could be cultivated up to the late golden core stage, but the jade slip held only the teachings up to the late foundation establishment stage, likely due to the practitioner being merely a member of a foundation establishment family, as evidenced by a jade token with a family insignia.