CHAPTER 215: CHAPTER 21: FALSE PILL

"I wonder if anything good will come out of it..."

Lin Jing placed a hundred Fiery Fruits and a hundred Sun Grasses into the suspended gourd, sighing slightly.

"Squeak..." The Pine Leaf Mouse was full of confidence.

Having synthesized so much trash, surely something useful would finally emerge?

"If nothing good comes out again, maybe I’ll use the Blood Demon Vine as ’water-wood’ attribute organ materials to lighten the load. Although it has a bit of a Demon Cultivator flavor, I can’t deny its effectiveness," Lin Jing said.

This way, Diamond Wood and Bloodsucking Vine directly solve the organ material problems for metal-wood and water-wood attributes!

With enough stockpiled materials, there’s no need to buy, plant, or synthesize them again!

Finally, only fire-wood and earth-wood need to be resolved, and the five-element organs will be complete.

Even with bad luck, with only two types of organ materials missing, surely the right combination can be slowly synthesized!

"Squeak!!!" The Pine Leaf Mouse indicated it was fine; it pranced happily to the edge of the Sun Grass pile, eyes shining.

The Sun Grass was orange-red, resembling a clover, emanating a gentle glow as warm as sunshine.

Under the Glazed Immortal Pupil glare of the Pine Leaf Mouse, a hundred Sun Grasses quickly vanished, followed by a dazzling light, synthesizing into a Sun Grass with dark red spots flickering constantly...

"Squeak..." The Pine Leaf Mouse scratched its head, gazing at the Spotted Sun Grass, falling into contemplation.

Lin Jing shared its vision, quickly joining it in contemplation.

[Mutated Sun Grass, a plant harmonious with the power of the sun, consuming it will temporarily grant the body a high temperature close to the sun’s surface...]

"A ferocious plant, this must be a ferocious plant. A perfectly good Spirit Plant for aiding fire magic cultivation has mutated into a ferocious plant...!" Lin Jing’s mouth twitched.

With the body obtaining temperatures close to the sun’s surface, even with mana protection, wouldn’t low-level cultivators just evaporate on the spot?

"Squeak~" The Pine Leaf Mouse shrugged; what could it do?

"This won’t do, it’s difficult to use as your organ. Your core is wood attribute, and your ability to withstand high heat is poor, making it hard to convert the high temperature into an attack method," Lin Jing shook his head.

Subsequently, he pointed to the Fiery Fruit. This Fiery Fruit was originally a ferocious plant, so based on previous experience, Lin Jing had a guess about what might be synthesized.

Moments later, the Fiery Fruit, which looked like a regular apple, did not change color but did change shape, growing spikes and turning into a red durian-like form.

[Mutated Fiery Fruit, lost its own explosive ability, became edible...]

Seeing this, Lin Jing’s eyes lit up, but he quickly fell silent again.

[After consumption, the user will gain a one-time enhanced self-destruction, able to self-destruct any organ or the entire body, with the explosion containing extreme flame power!]

"Great, great, it’s another ferocious plant turned demon plant; a fruit that explodes itself turned into a fruit assisting the user to self-destruct," Lin Jing looked to the sky.

"Squeak~" The Pine Leaf Mouse shrugged again; what else could it do?

Isn’t this the usual outcome?

The Pine Leaf Mouse rubbed its eyes, swallowed several Spirit Fruits, tired enough. It seems that these two syntheses have failed. The plants in Qingzhou aren’t much stronger than those in the Ancient Country.

"No, they didn’t fail. This Self-destructive Fruit... make it your new organ," Lin Jing suggested.

His evaluation indicated it might be usable!

Pine Leaf Mouse: ?

Mouse Daoist took a step back, pointing at its own body; which part looked like it could self-destruct?

Lin Jing looked at it: "This isn’t even your true form. Your demon king true form is a giant wooden squirrel statue, covered with branches and pine cones. Those pine cones should count as part of your body, right?"

"When the time comes, just blow up these pine cones."

"Moreover, your Cyan Emperor Longevity Art has already mastered. According to Elder Shen Song, you can already condense a plant avatar. If your true body can’t explode, the avatar certainly can self-destruct."

The Pine Leaf Mouse slightly opened its mouth, "Do we really have to be so ruthless!!!"

Lin Jing lamented: "There’s no other way. If we’re not tough on ourselves, those demons won’t be gentle with us. If we don’t want to get completely devoured, we have to be tougher than they are."

The Pine Leaf Mouse scratched its head madly, "Self-destructive organ? Is that reliable?"

Then, Lin Jing picked up the Spotted Sun Grass and Self-destructive Fruit, and said, "Next, we’ll synthesize the Self-destructive Fruits in large quantities, trying to modify them into Tree Man Pills, ultimately granting the pine cones on your body the ’flame self-destruction’ attribute."

"The Spotted Sun Grass can’t go to waste either. Let’s use it to research a new pill, serving as the core material for the new pill."

"Simply relying on Tian’s One Pill is hard to completely open the market. Once this synthesized Sun Grass is consumed, the body can obtain high temperatures close to the surface of the sun. Such extreme heat, even ordinary Golden Core cultivators find hard to withstand, but if a cultivator can control this heat, it turns from a suicidal ferocious plant into a wondrous item granting a ’high-temperature magic’!"

Lin Jing began contemplating.

Fake Core Technique... is it feasible?

"Let’s see if it can be refined into a fake core! With the ’Flame Emperor’ Fire Lin Dragon around, perhaps it’ll work!"

"Some cultivators who see no hope in achieving Core Formation, or those who have dropped from Golden Core to Foundation Establishment, unable to condense a Golden Core again, often choose to use pills or secret techniques to condense a fake core to replace the Golden Core!"

"Although this Fake Core Technique doesn’t have the growth potential of a true Golden Core and can’t form a Nascent Soul, some special fake cores also contain significant power and can, when activated, unleash powers not inferior to those of Golden Core Divine Techniques."

"The Golden Core Stage is a period for nurturing and perfecting Golden Core Divine Techniques. Activating a Golden Core Divine Technique during this stage wears down the Golden Core, requiring long periods of secluded meditation to recuperate or the use of expensive medicines to repair the Golden Core... Only successful Nascent Soul Formation allows the free use of Golden Core Divine Techniques."

"Therefore, if it’s a powerful Fake Core Technique, not only would it be used by Foundation Establishment cultivators who see no hope of achieving Core Formation..."

"Even cultivators who have already condensed a Golden Core wouldn’t mind condensing another fake core to add a layer of depth to their foundation."

"They would use the Fake Core Technique for combat while nurturing their true core, waiting calmly for Nascent Soul Formation..."

"After all, compared to a genuine Golden Core, fake cores don’t fear wear and tear. Once damaged, they can be re-condensed."

"If the high-temperature power can be locked into a fake core, condensing a ’Sun Fake Core,’ the temperature’s Fake Core Technique brought by the Sun Fake Core would possess astonishing power, with temperatures close to the surface of the sun. During the Golden Core stage, it would be unmatched, and a fake core... is indeed a good choice," Lin Jing took out the Spotted Sun Grass, using this opportunity to study the pills aiding Core Formation.

That’s the main goal...

Undoubtedly, if he wants to break through to the Golden Core, he’ll definitely rely on pills this time around. Relying solely on three Pet Beasts to form the core might not be enough to propel him forward.

The further the cultivation and breakthrough of the Longevity Body progress, the more difficult it becomes.

So he must also create an auxiliary Core Formation pill for himself. This Fake Core Technique can currently serve as practice.