Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

Inside the lobby, a rich, lingering fragrance of cinnamon wafted through the air.

What comes into view is the alchemy hall, weathered by the passage of time.

Lu Zaian could see that the earth fire formation on the walls and surrounding stone pillars was already in a state of disrepair.

Only a few faint wisps of array power remained, wandering intermittently.

"It smells so good! Just one sniff and I feel like my Qi Refining Level 7 cultivation level has loosened up a bit," a disciple exclaimed, sniffing the air.

Ahead was a row of dark, gray cabinets, several jade bottles covered in dust.

The disciple's eyes lit up, and he picked up a bottle without paying attention to the dust on it.

However, a musty, stagnant odor wafted over.

It turns out that the elixirs inside had long since lost their effectiveness due to the passage of time, becoming useless waste.

"Damn, it stinks! It's expired."

"That's normal. The pills outside this alchemy hall are all ordinary pills, and their medicinal effects have long since worn off."

Moreover, even if there were any good ones, they'd probably all been looted by the Blood Burning Sect and the Fire Refining Sect, leaving only junk.

Another disciple stepped forward and picked up several jade bottles that had already been opened from the ground.

A delicate fragrance wafted from the bottle, but there wasn't a single pill inside.

Clearly, the only remaining medicinal pills here had been taken by the Blood Burning Sect and the Fire Refining Sect...

"Stop smelling it, you son of a bitch!"

"The Blood Burning Sect and the Fire Refining Sect might be right in front of us. If we don't hurry, they might plunder all the remaining elixirs and medicines!"

"Indeed, we have already lost the initiative. We must catch up with them, or we will only be able to catch a glimpse of their progress."

"But we still need to rescue Senior Brother Leng and Junior Sister!"

"Senior Brother, can we pinpoint their location now?"

The disciples discussed the matter animatedly, each holding their own opinion.

Some wanted to search for miraculous medicines first, fearing that the Burning Blood Sect would take them all.

Some argued that they should rescue Leng Sheng and Jiang Qiuyue first to prevent them from encountering any mishap.

Some people split into two groups: one group was responsible for searching for elixirs, and the other group went to rescue people.

"Alright, stop arguing! Let's go save them first!" Lin Feng rubbed his temples and said.

"As for the people from the Blood Burning Sect and the Fire Refining Sect, we certainly won't let them go if we encounter them. If you have the ability to take the pills, you have to have the ability to take them away!"

Seeing that their senior brother had spoken, the remaining disciples had no choice but to comply.

"I just checked the Yingxuan Mother Mirror, and Junior Brother Leng and the others are deep inside the alchemy hall. Let's hurry up and move out!"

The group continued their journey into the alchemy hall.

The shelves along the way were piled with miscellaneous items, including some medicinal herbs that had lost their spiritual power.

The cracked and damaged alchemy furnace can still be seen, with ashes covering every corner and the fire long since extinguished...

Only gray-black traces remain, testament to the area's former popularity.

On the workbench in front of the furnace, some withered medicinal herbs were scattered haphazardly, lying there quietly, having lost their former vitality.

About fifteen minutes later, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from ahead!

A surge of spiritual energy spread out from the space.

"There seems to be some movement ahead?"

Lin Feng looked down at the Yingxuan Mother Mirror, and a message was coming from it intermittently.

"Deep within the alchemy hall lies... the Purple-Gold Divine Pill. The Fire Refining Sect and the Blood Burning Sect... are besieging us... and they can't hold on much longer..."

Lin Feng's expression changed drastically. He was now close enough to receive the message from his junior sister, Jing.

However, the message inside stirred up a storm in his heart.

"Elder brother, what's wrong?"

"There seems to be some movement ahead! Shall we head over there?"

"Is that a message from Junior Sister? Are they up ahead?"

This was the first time the disciples had seen such a shocked expression on Lin Feng's face, and they couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"It's the Purple-Gold Divine Pill! Go immediately!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Feng had already unleashed his full power, transforming into a hurricane and rushing forward!

"Wha...what is the Purple-Gold Divine Pill?"

One disciple was still in a daze. How could his usually composed and elegant senior brother seem like a completely different person after hearing this word?

"Hiss... There's a Purple-Gold Divine Pill in this alchemy hall?!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zaian couldn't help but gasp.

"Senior Brother Lu, do you know what kind of pill this is? Tell me quickly!"

"Exactly, I've never heard of it."

Judging from Lin Feng and Lu Zaian's reactions alone, the disciples knew that this Purple Gold Divine Pill must be extraordinary.

As disciples of the Spirit Medicine Valley, they prided themselves on having come into contact with a considerable number of elixirs and had even dabbled in some of the sect's scriptures, yet none of them had ever heard of this...

In fact, Lu Zaian wouldn't have known this if he hadn't absorbed Xiao Fenlin's memories.

Lu Zai calmed himself down and explained in as fast and steady a tone as possible:

"The Purple-Gold Divine Pill is a formula that was lost over a thousand years ago. Its only effect is to increase the probability of forming a Golden Core by as much as 50%!!"

what? !

Pills that increase the probability of forming a Golden Core?!

Still as high as 50%?!

A huge wave of shock surged through the disciples, and they all gasped in astonishment.

It should be noted that no Core Formation experts have been born in the entire Black Soil Mountain Range for hundreds of years.

Even in the entire northern airspace, there are very few Core Formation Realm cultivators whose names can be recognized.

The reason for this is that the probability of breaking through to the Core Formation stage is simply too slim.

If a cultivator can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, it is already one in ten thousand.

Breaking through to the Core Formation stage is one in ten thousand among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

To break through to the Core Formation stage, talent, luck, cultivation techniques, and resources are all indispensable.

Despite the large population base across the entire northern airspace, quite a few Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators have emerged, renowned throughout the region.

These Foundation Establishment cultivators are not lacking in talent, and their luck in cultivating to this level is naturally not bad either. They also have cultivation techniques.

However, the vast majority of them still failed to break through to the Core Formation stage.

The most critical issue is the lack of resources.

The path of cultivation is inherently about defying fate and plundering the essence of heaven and earth to nourish the cultivator.

The Northern Airspace is just a remote small region in the Eastern Divine Continent, where cultivation resources are scarce.

Some precious elixirs and miraculous medicines, once harvested and used up by our predecessors, are no longer available to future generations.

Without the support of crucial spiritual objects, many Foundation Establishment cultivators either risk a 20-30% chance of breaking through by force, or resign themselves to their fate.

A forced breakthrough that fails may result in death, while accepting one's fate may allow one to survive for a while.

Therefore, in the northern airspace and the Black Soil Mountains, almost all cultivators' lifelong pursuit is to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Once they reach the Foundation Establishment stage and enjoy a lifespan of two hundred years, many cultivators begin to indulge in pleasure and neglect their cultivation.

After all, no matter how much one cultivates, without the support of a Core Formation spiritual object or elixir, it is impossible to break through to the Core Formation stage.

That's worse than just enjoying life; at least you can live happily for two hundred years...

And now, a Purple-Gold Divine Pill that increases the probability of Core Formation has actually appeared in this secret realm.

If this matter were to spread beyond the Black Soil Mountains and throughout the entire Northern Skies, it would likely involve more than just a few forces vying for it…