Steady Mortal Path: Starting from Obtaining the Golden Core Inheritance

"In response to Your Excellency, the other end of my 'Zhou Family Fortress' teleportation array is located in the southwest of Youzhou, in a cultivation world called Southern Frontier, which spans five countries and is tens of millions of miles apart."

Upon seeing that this Nascent Soul True Monarch seemed to be in a bad mood, the Pseudo-Core cultivator beside him responded cautiously.

"Activate the teleportation array immediately and send this True Lord to the Southern Frontier."

The dark eyes of True Monarch Kuimu radiated a chilling aura as he gave the order in a deep voice.

His words were filled with boundless authority and an unquestionable tone.

Under such intense pressure, the surrounding cultivators felt as if they were facing a volcano that could erupt at any moment, and their hearts were filled with panic.

"Reporting to the True Lord, our 'Zhou Family Fortress' teleportation array is located at a great distance, and it takes half an hour to restore the spatial power within the array after each activation."

The fake alchemist explained cautiously.

"Humph!"

Upon hearing this, True Monarch Kuimu snorted coldly, and a surge of magical power leaked out, instantly blasting the fake Core cultivator back more than ten feet, causing him to spit out blood incessantly.

He then crashed heavily to the ground, looking utterly exhausted.

The surrounding cultivators remained silent, not daring to make the slightest move, for fear of angering this Nascent Soul True Monarch who was already in a rage.

"You brat, you stole my Nine Cauldrons Sect's most precious treasure. As long as you remain in this realm, I, the True Monarch, will surely catch you!"

Kui Mu Zhenjun's face was ashen and gloomy. He stared into the distance and muttered to himself.

He clearly knew that half an hour was enough time for the kid to transfer again and activate another teleportation array.

In this way, even if he activated the teleportation array immediately afterward, he would have missed the best opportunity and would find it difficult to locate the other party in a short period of time.

"It seems that I can only sense the location of the 'Spirit Cauldron of Wood' again by using the secret technique next time."

……

the other side.

The cultivation world of the Southern Frontier Kingdom.

Lin Changsheng and ten others walked out of the teleportation array.

Having temporarily escaped the clutches of the Puppet Wood True Lord, Lin Changsheng breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling incredibly relaxed after surviving such a calamity.

However, he did not let his guard down and planned to continue using other teleportation arrays to leave the area.

True Monarch Kuimu has already arrived at Zhou Family Fortress and may also use the teleportation array to pursue them here.

He is not yet out of danger.

At this moment, the cultivators who had been teleported there at the same time began to discuss it with great interest.

"This is so exciting! I actually met the legendary Nascent Soul True Monarch today. It's a pity that the teleportation array activated too quickly, otherwise I could have seen him for a while longer."

"I wonder which ruthless person is so powerful that they are qualified to be chased by a Nascent Soul True Monarch."

"I wonder where the person being chased by the Nascent Soul True Monarch is hiding, and whether he can be found."

"Haha, I'm afraid that person has already been exposed. After all, a Nascent Soul True Monarch has come in person. How could anyone escape the eyes of a True Monarch? Unless that person is hiding among us..."

Driven by curiosity, the group began to discuss it among themselves, but as soon as one of them finished speaking, everyone became instantly filled with doubt and uncertainty.

At this moment, an elderly man with a sage-like demeanor among the group hurriedly left alone.

This unusual behavior immediately attracted the attention of the others.

Those who were able to be teleported at the front of the line were mostly people whose identities could not be revealed. Soon, a burly man in the late Foundation Establishment stage called out to the old man, seemingly testing him.

But soon, these people instantly sensed a powerful divine sense far exceeding that of the Foundation Establishment stage, which enveloped them.

"Is there something you need, fellow Daoist?"

The old man, with his otherworldly air, turned around and stared at the crowd with a half-smile, his gaze deep and meaningful.

"It's alright, it's alright, fellow Daoist, please take care..."

The Foundation Establishment man was momentarily dazed, and his heart was instantly filled with extreme horror!

After watching the old man leave, the remaining people looked at each other and then dispersed instantly.

……

Half an hour later, Lin Changsheng once again used the 'scalper' to activate the teleportation array and leave the place.

Such methods of escape were commonplace for the 'Heavenly Poison Master' in his memory, so they were also familiar to Lin Changsheng.

In this way, Lin Changsheng traveled to many places in a short period of time, using teleportation arrays more than ten times, spending a huge amount of spirit stones, and crossing dozens of countries of all sizes, finally choosing a country called 'Yan Kingdom' as his place of residence.

As for why the country of tobacco was chosen as the location, there are two reasons:

Firstly, Yan Kingdom does not belong to any major continent's power camp; it is an independent and neutral cultivation nation.

Its territory is vast, and its spiritual veins are densely distributed, making it suitable for Lin Changsheng's current realm.

Secondly, Yan Kingdom is the country where the 'Heavenly Poison Master' first established his family in his memory. With this memory passed down, Lin Changsheng is not unfamiliar with this place, even though he is a newcomer.

This day.

A strangely shaped flying boat glided across the sky and landed in a fairy city nestled beside a majestic mountain range.

This city is called 'Willow Oriole Fairy City'.

As one of the most magnificent immortal cities in the cultivation world of Yan Kingdom, 'Willow Oriole Immortal City' has a large number of cultivators.

The surrounding area also gave rise to numerous towns and markets of all sizes, and the level of prosperity exceeded Lin Changsheng's expectations.

Shortly after.

"Master Lin, this is your pass to freely enter and exit 'Willow Oriole Immortal City'. If you accidentally lose it, no worries, I've already registered it for you, and you can get a new pass at any time. I wish you a pleasant cultivation experience within the city~"

At the gate of 'Willow Oriole Immortal City', a Foundation Establishment woman with a sweet smile respectfully handed over a metal token.

"Good work."

Lin Changsheng smiled calmly, took the token, put it away, and entered the 'Willow Oriole Immortal City'.

Looking at this ordinary-looking, even unremarkable, middle-aged Golden Core cultivator, the woman behind her couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"A dignified Golden Core cultivator... would actually use such a vulgar name as 'Lin San Gou'..."

……

Over the next few days, Lin Changsheng strolled leisurely around the city.

In reality, it was to learn about some aspects of 'Willow Oriole Immortal City' and to corroborate the memories of 'Heavenly Poison True Man'.

After some time, Lin Changsheng was able to roughly determine that several hundred years had passed since the timeline in 'Tian Du Zhenren's' memories.

"In other words, shortly after the death of 'Heavenly Poison Master,' I inexplicably inherited the talent of 'Heaven Rewards Diligence' and his memories."

Lin Changsheng silently made his plans.

Having inherited the memories of 'Tian Du Zhenren' for over 160 years, this is almost the first time that his life has officially overlapped with the trajectory in 'Tian Du Zhenren's' memories.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scenes within 'Willow Oriole Immortal City', Lin Changsheng felt a strange mix of emotions.

During this period, the arrival of a new Golden Core cultivator in the city inevitably attracted the attention of some local forces.

Because Zhang Meng's disguise was exposed, Lin Changsheng reverted to his original secular name, Lin San Gou, and used a disguise and bone-shrinking technique to transform himself into an ordinary-looking person.

As for his cultivation level, he did not deliberately hide it.

Since Lin Changsheng had already decided to settle down here, his first priority was to resolve the issue of the spiritual veins of his Daoist temple, which was related to his future cultivation.

Regarding the grade of spiritual veins, it naturally needs to match one's own realm, so concealing one's cultivation level has no practical significance.

In just two or three days, Lin Changsheng received five or six letters of inquiry from different local forces.

One of the letters came from the Willow Smoke Sect, the controlling force behind the 'Willow Oriole Immortal City'.

Liuyan Sect is one of the largest Nascent Soul level forces in the vicinity, and it is rumored that its Supreme Elder is a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, the Willow Smoke Sect acts very discreetly, and its development philosophy is different from other sects. It does not rely on cunning and force to seize territory, and even actively supports the development of some small forces.

Therefore, within the territory of the Willow Smoke Sect, various large, medium and small family forces flourished, creating a strong cultivation atmosphere.

Half a month later, Lin Changsheng temporarily rented a small third-tier spiritual vein dojo in the city as a transitional space.

The entire dojo, apart from him as the temporary master, consisted of lifelike humanoid puppets serving as attendants.

After settling in, he received the visitors sent by local powers at the dojo.

At this level, the visitors must be at least cultivators at the Pseudo-Core stage.

Fortunately, after a period of getting to know each other, Lin Changsheng had adapted to the local accent and some local customs, and did not show any abnormality, so that no one noticed anything amiss.

On the contrary, the visitors were quite shocked when they saw the mechanical puppets in the dojo.

Unexpectedly, this newcomer, Master Lin, is also skilled in puppetry!

Even the puppets inside the venue, responsible for serving tea and water and doing rough work, all possessed the aura of the second tier.

The cultivators who came to make contact silently took note of the matter and reported it to their superiors upon returning.

Before long, word spread among the upper echelons of 'Willow Oriole Immortal City' that a new Golden Core cultivator, skilled in puppetry, had appeared in the city.

This was also something Lin Changsheng did intentionally.

He plans to settle down here under a new identity as a 'puppet master', hiding his true identity.

However, Lin Changsheng had no intention of joining any faction in the short term.

After a period of investigation, he learned that Liu Yanzong, the controller of 'Willow Oriole Immortal City', would provide a portion of its industries and spiritual veins to other families and forces free of charge, while not interfering with the independent operation of other forces, and would only extract a portion of the profits.

However, for other family forces that rely on the vicinity of 'Willow Oriole Immortal City', how to divide these industrial spiritual veins is a great problem.

After discussions among the major families, it was unanimously decided that every thirty years, a contest would be held to redistribute and rank the resources held by each family.

Therefore, local family forces place great importance on high-level combat power.

Cultivators at the Golden Core Realm level are highly sought after.

the reason is simple.

If one of the forces possesses a Golden Core cultivator, and it manages to recruit a new Golden Core cultivator to strengthen its family's foundation, it will gain an advantage in the battles every thirty years, effectively weakening the other forces.

Forces that lack the combat power of a Golden Core cultivator but possess a strong family foundation naturally want to win over Golden Core cultivators as a springboard to enhance their family's strength.

Even if a powerful Foundation Establishment-level family suddenly becomes the lowest-ranking Golden Core-level family, it is still a qualitative change that can bring better development to the younger generation of the family.

Unfortunately, Lin Changsheng's ambitions lay elsewhere.

He settled in 'Willow Oriole Immortal City' not only because the place was rich in resources and had a strong cultivation atmosphere, but more importantly because it was the place where 'Heavenly Poison True Man' first established his family.

In my memory, when 'Heavenly Poison True Man' first entered the Golden Core realm, his mindset changed as he transitioned from a low-level cultivator to a Golden Core True Man.

Inspired by the unique atmosphere of 'Willow Oriole Immortal City', they conceived the idea of ​​establishing a family and passing it down for generations.

At that time, Han Erniu, who had risen from an ordinary mortal to a Golden Core cultivator in the immortal realm, was full of confidence with his heaven-defying talent of "Heaven Rewards Diligence," believing that he could protect his clan and descendants for thousands of years.

Unfortunately, after establishing his family for some time, he discovered that he was inherently on the path of killing and plundering, and that only through constant killing and plundering could he be stimulated to improve.

Having a family meant having ties, and like an ordinary talisman master, he could steadily make talismans and earn resources. However, this comfortable life of cultivation became unbearable for 'Heavenly Poison True Man' over time.

Furthermore, after advancing to the Golden Core realm, his cultivation speed decreased significantly. He suddenly realized that if he continued to cultivate steadily like this, even with the help of his talent, such as "Heaven Rewards Diligence," it would be difficult for him to break through his current realm in this lifetime.

So, after spending more than ten years cultivating Foundation Establishment cultivators for his family and recruiting several Pseudo-Core Formation cultivators to oversee things, 'Heavenly Poison True Man' left this place to venture out into the world.

Who knew that this journey would never end, not even after he remarried on the Star Moon Continent and died.

Since Lin Changsheng acquired the memories of the 'Heavenly Poison Master', he has often looked through them. Over the past hundred years, he has developed some special feelings about the place where the 'Heavenly Poison Master' once lived.

It can be said that Lin Changsheng's ability to anticipate events and steadily develop his skills after engaging in cultivation was largely due to absorbing the experience of the "Heavenly Poison Master".

From an outsider's perspective, by reviewing the valuable experience of "True Poison Master" over four hundred years of cultivation, we can summarize and extract the essence while discarding the dross, and make choices that are beneficial to our own development based on the actual situation.

Therefore, checking on behalf of 'Heavenly Poison Master' to see if his family still exists can be considered a kind of fulfillment in a different way.

If his descendants encounter any difficulties, Lin Changsheng would naturally not mind lending a helping hand.

……

For the next period of time, Lin Changsheng began to work on creating puppets.

Since I intend to present myself as a 'puppet master,' I naturally need to put in more effort in this area.

At least in situations where intervention is necessary, avoid using excessive magical artifacts, talismans, or other such methods, and instead primarily rely on puppets to resolve the issue.

Previously, when Lin Changsheng was in the Yue Kingdom, he was ambushed by the Three Corpse Immortals. After killing them, he took the three refined corpses from their hands.

These three refined corpses, having been refined by the Three Corpse Immortals for over a hundred years, possess astonishing power. Each of these refined corpses, taken out individually, is comparable to a Golden Core Immortal.

Lin Changsheng plans to use these three corpses as a base, and modify them with a large amount of third-tier materials to create them into a state that is half corpse and half puppet.

In this way, the malevolent aura within the corpse can be preserved, while the characteristics of the puppet can be utilized. As long as one is willing to spend high-level materials to modify it, it can be continuously improved and enhanced.

Modifying the third-tier puppet requires a huge amount of materials, which is a considerable test of one's financial resources.

Fortunately, Lin Changsheng had accumulated sufficient resources during his time in Yue to cover the costs.