Steady Mortal Path: Starting from Obtaining the Golden Core Inheritance

"Another Golden Core cultivator!"

"Damn it, today is such bad luck, it's like I've stirred up a real mess."

Sensing the aura of pill energy emanating from the flying magical artifact ahead, Li Hu, who was flying away, was startled and muttered a few curses to himself.

They immediately planned to change direction and bypass the flying boat artifact in front of them.

At the same time, he carefully took out a treasured third-tier escape talisman.

Unexpectedly, the flying boat suddenly accelerated and blocked his path.

Upon seeing this, Li Hu inwardly cried out in alarm.

Could he be the lover of that shrew behind us?

"Fellow Daoist, what brings you to our path?"

Facing a Golden Core cultivator, Li Hu was anxious but did not show any fear, and asked in a deep voice.

As he spoke, a powerful aura of blood and qi subtly emanated from his body, serving as a deterrent.

"Early-stage third-order body refinement?"

Lin Changsheng sensed something and was slightly surprised.

Although Li Hu only had the cultivation level of a pseudo-core cultivator, his body refinement level had reached the third stage, which was comparable to a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Clearly, Li Hu has had some opportunities in body tempering over the years.

"It's been a long time. It seems Brother Li Hu has made quite a bit of progress over the years."

Lin Changsheng, sitting on the Water Cloud Boat, said with a smile.

"Fellow Taoist, do you know me?"

When the other party called out his name directly, Li Hu was slightly taken aback. Only then did he take a closer look at the stern-looking man opposite him.

"You are... Brother Zhang Meng?"

"You actually... have advanced to the Golden Core realm!"

After a moment's recognition, Li Hu seemed to recall something, his face showing a look of shock for a few minutes as he stared blankly at the familiar person in front of him.

He also recalled the days when he and Zhang Meng committed murder and robbery.

It was precisely Zhang Meng's rigid style of conduct that had a profound influence on him.

"Go all out, finish early, go home early, and eat early."

A casual remark he made back then has become Li Hu's golden advice, even his code of conduct.

This wise advice enabled Li Hu to make the right choices at several crucial moments, resulting in significant gains.

This lays a solid foundation for his current advancement to the Pseudo-Core Realm and the early stage of the Third Order Body Refinement Realm.

Of course, sometimes you will encounter problems that you cannot solve.

For example, the shrew who was chasing him from behind.

"Heh, I only managed to advance to the Golden Core stage by luck, it's nothing to mention."

Lin Changsheng chuckled lightly, then looked at the Golden Core cultivator who was now almost within reach, his tone mocking:

"It seems that Brother Li Hu is in some trouble."

"But with me here, I certainly won't let a single hair on my brother's head be missing."

Seeing Lin Changsheng's relaxed tone, which suggested he was extremely confident in his own abilities, Li Hu felt slightly relieved.

“Brother Zhang Meng, don’t be careless. This shrew is really quite strong. Her cultivation has reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and she has also refined her 'natal magic weapon'. Even if the two of us join forces, we may not be able to suppress her.”

As they spoke, Li Hu and Lin Changsheng stood side by side, but when they saw the shrew coming towards them, they couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

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"Your Excellency is a Golden Core True Person, would you also agree to collude with this wicked fake Golden Core cultivator?"

A moment later, the woman, her face full of anger, suppressed her rage and looked at Lin Changsheng with an unfriendly expression.

As fellow cultivators at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, this woman clearly exercised restraint.

Whether it's Gunzhou or Jiuzezhou, the number of spiritual veins, natural treasures, and resources are generally quite abundant, thus producing a larger number of high-level cultivators.

In contrast, in the Yue Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom, Golden Core cultivators were few in number and held a higher status.

"Hehe, this is Zhang Meng's brother. When a brother is in trouble, we can't just stand by and do nothing."

Lin Changsheng, disguised as Zhang Meng, chuckled, completely unconcerned about the woman's furious eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang Meng looks unfamiliar. He doesn't seem to be a cultivator from the Great Zhou Dynasty, does he?"

Seeing the scoundrel's reckless demeanor, the woman's face darkened, and she scrutinized him from head to toe, seemingly trying to find out his background.

"Today we've reunited with our brothers. If you know what's good for you, get out of my way, or you'll die!"

Lin Changsheng looked at the woman with disdain, his tone arrogant and domineering.

This sight left Li Hu, who was standing beside him, completely stunned.

"As expected of Brother Zhang Meng, he dared to scheme against a fake Core Formation family when he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Even now that he has advanced to the Golden Core stage, he remains as formidable as ever."

Li Hu was filled with emotion.

"You audacious madman, you're asking for death!"

Upon hearing this, a powerful aura of magic surged around the woman, far exceeding the pressure of an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator, almost reaching the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

With a furious shout, three 'copper nail' magical artifacts, gleaming in a bright bronze color, appeared in front of the woman, emanating a faint, sharp aura.

"Brother Zhang Meng, be careful! These three copper nails are this wicked woman's life-bound magic weapon. They have been nurtured for many years and are extremely powerful!"

Seeing this, Li Hu quickly offered a reminder from the side.

Ultimately, nurturing one's natal magic weapon is too much of a burden for a cultivator in the early stages of the Golden Core realm. Therefore, cultivators at this level rarely spend time and effort creating and nurturing their natal magic weapons.

Most cultivators in the early stages of the Golden Core realm are full of lofty ambitions and motivation when they first enter this realm.

Once one has advanced to the middle or late stages of the Golden Core realm and can no longer advance, one should then spend one's savings to search for precious materials to forge magical treasures.

In theory, it is possible to create a natal magic weapon that best suits oneself.

However, this shrew deliberately nurtured her magic treasure early on, which gave her a significant advantage when facing cultivators of the same level.

"These three magic treasures are not bad, but unfortunately the crafting techniques are a bit rough and they haven't been properly nurtured."

Lin Changsheng remained calm and chuckled as he commented on the three copper nail magic weapons.

As he spoke, his blood surged, and an aura like that of an ancient ferocious beast emanated from his body.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Changsheng patted his storage bag, and in a flash of inspiration, a nine-toothed rake, completely black in color, appeared in his hand.

With a slight exertion of force, a heavy whistling sound of wind breaking rang out as he gripped the nine-toothed rake.

From a distance, it resembles a ferocious giant ape wielding a rough rake.

'Ding! '

Three crisp sounds rang out in succession, sparks flew in the air, and the nine-toothed rake struck the copper nail magic weapon head-on, its sharp end clattering into the ground.

The three copper nails that the woman threw were deflected by the immense force of the rake.

"Mid-stage third-order body refinement realm!"

The woman with the Golden Core cultivation level looked terrified and immediately judged Lin Changsheng's body refinement realm.

And that strange nine-toothed rake—it was so powerful that it easily repelled her magical artifact with sheer physical strength.

"This boy cultivates both body and technique, and has even reached the third level of body refinement. He cannot be defeated by force if we cannot ascertain his true strength!"

After a moment's thought, the woman was shocked by Lin Changsheng's display of skill. She immediately put away her magic weapon and ran away.

Lin Changsheng was wielding his nine-toothed rake with great enthusiasm when he called to Li Hu behind him to chase after him, but the latter stopped him.

“Brother Zhang Meng, this shrew’s Taoist name is ‘Golden Flower True Person’. It is said that she is a distant relative of the Grand Elder of the Chayin Palace. Now that she has voluntarily retreated, it is best not to provoke her.”

"The Golden Flower Immortal? The Cha Yin Palace?"

Lin Changsheng stopped, somewhat surprised.

If I remember correctly, his old friend Xu Qinghuan was in the Chayin Palace back then.

He quickly feigned displeasure, looked coldly at Li Hu, and said with a sneer:

“We’ve never forced our own brothers in our lives, but if someone is too timid and afraid of trouble, then he’s not our brother.”

Seeing Zhang Meng's sudden grim expression and the threat of a mid-stage third-order body refinement realm cultivator, Li Hu immediately yielded:

"I...we'll chase after it together..."

After casually leaving Shi Ying and Wang Zhen on a nearby hilltop.

The two took flight and chased after the direction of Thousand Crane Immortal City.

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