Chapter 626: 415: Retreat Again, White Winged Snake

Chapter 626: Chapter 415: Retreat Again, White Winged Snake

“No wonder Senior ‘Yan’ was so worried earlier, the difference between the Golden Core Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm is indeed like a chasm.”

High above in the sky, Lu Qing transformed into a stream of light, quickly heading back towards the village.

While flying, he also felt the changes following his breakthrough.

The most obvious of these is that after stepping into the Golden Core Realm, he possessed the ability to fly.

After a cultivator achieves the Golden Core, there’s no need to utilize magic artifacts; by simply using mana vibrations, one can ascend directly into Azure Darkness, manifesting the ability to fly.

Moreover, this is just the most basic flying ability.

If one further practices those specialized escape and flying techniques, the speed can be even faster.

Take Lu Qing for example, just flying with mana, his speed is no slower than when he used the Golden Small Boat before.

Once he masters various skills at the Golden Core Realm, especially the flying skills,

his speed will increase explosively.

Traveling hundreds of miles in a flash will be easy.

In addition to being able to fly, there’s also physical body strength, mana power, and the intensity of divine soul power, and so on.

In everything, Lu Qing has become much stronger than before the breakthrough.

This is a qualitative difference, a true life transformation.

The gap between the Foundation Establishment Realm and the Golden Core Realm is indeed too large.

Especially with Lu Qing possessing a Perfect Golden Core, the gap is even more exaggerated.

The two are fundamentally not on the same level and cannot be compared.

As for that white-robed youth, before being counter-slashed by him with his Foundation Establishment body, it can only be said that his foundation was too weak.

Lu Qing speculated that the other was at most a Low Grade Golden Core; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so easily slain by him.

After stepping into the Golden Core Realm, even without using the Golden Small Boat, Lu Qing’s speed remained fast.

Before long, he returned to Jiuli Village and landed in front of the Half Mountain Small Courtyard.

“Ah Qing!”

Since Lu Qing mentioned he was going to cross the tribulation for a breakthrough, the elder doctor was always worried.

Especially when Lu Qing formally started the tribulation, the terrifying aura of the heavenly tribulation could be vaguely felt even at Jiuli Village, making the elder doctor restless and unable to focus on cultivation.

So he simply stopped cultivating and waited wholeheartedly for Lu Qing’s news.

Seeing him back now, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Master, I’m back.”

Lu Qing smiled at the sight of his master.

“Did you succeed in crossing the tribulation?” the elder doctor couldn’t help but ask.

“Yes, luckily I passed the thunder tribulation and successfully stepped into the Golden Core Realm,” Lu Qing nodded.

“Good, good.”

The elder doctor was immediately all smiles.

He sensed Lu Qing’s aura, vast like an abyss, with a harmonious and perfect essence.

This essence he had previously sensed in that white-robed man as well.

But Lu Qing’s was not as domineering and flamboyant, yet the depth far exceeded it.

“Master, regarding my stepping into the Golden Core Realm, please do not spread the word for now. This way, we can be in the dark while the enemy is in the open, increasing our odds of winning.”

“I understand,” the elder doctor nodded knowingly.

The matter of Lu Qing crossing the tribulation was known only to him, so keeping it secret was quite simple.

“Also, Master, I have just broken through and will probably need to go into seclusion for a while to familiarize myself with the Golden Core Realm’s power,” Lu Qing added.

“Alright, go into seclusion first, cultivation is paramount, I will look after things in the village,” the elder doctor promptly said.

A moment later, Lu Qing returned home once again.

This time, he didn’t rush into cultivation but directed his heart and spirit into the Leaving Fire Tripod.

“Master!”

In the spiritual artifact space, the demon cultivator, upon seeing Lu Qing’s figure, joyfully came forward.

Just as he was about to salute Lu Qing, he suddenly froze.

He sensed the aura emanating from Lu Qing’s divine soul and his eyes showed disbelief.

“Master, you’ve reached the Golden Core Realm?”

“Get lost, Demon Child!”

Before Lu Qing could answer, a flame fell on the demon cultivator, blasting him away, causing him to tumble and fly to a corner.

Immediately after, the figure of ‘Yan’ appeared beside Lu Qing, casting a look of disdain at the demon cultivator before bowing to Lu Qing and saying, “Young Master.”

Having been humiliated like this, a trace of venom flashed in the demon cultivator’s eyes but quickly subsided.

He knew that in this spiritual artifact space, he had no chance against this crawling artifact spirit.

“Once I retrieve my body, one day I will teach you a lesson, making you beg for mercy all over the ground!”

The demon cultivator thought with immense hatred.

But soon, his vision darkened, and when he regained his senses, he found himself trapped in a spatial cage.

He immediately understood that this was the artifact spirit’s doing, intending to prevent him from eavesdropping on its conversation with the master.

“This damned crawling artifact spirit!”

The demon cultivator became even more resentful in his heart.

However, soon, his mind was attracted to another matter.

“The master has really reached the Golden Core Realm, and this is all in such a short time?”

Although the demon cultivator had a divine soul contract with Lu Qing and was subjected to his divine soul slavery, capable of communicating with Lu Qing at any time,

the communication was unilateral unless initiated by Lu Qing.

Therefore, he could not perceive any of Lu Qing’s information beforehand.

Thus, he was shocked when he saw that Lu Qing’s divine soul aura had become so powerful, greatly surpassing the scope of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The essence revealed from that divine soul reached an extent that made even his own heart tremble.

“Senior, you’re still this hostile to demons.”

Lu Qing couldn’t help but smile seeing ‘Yan’ imprison the demon cultivator in the spatial cage.

“This demon child harbors no good intentions, always trying to tempt the Young Master to regain its demon body. I say, the Young Master should have eradicated him long ago.”

‘Yan’ snorted coldly, showing no concealment of its disdain towards the demon cultivator.

“This demon still has its uses, I’d best keep him for a while.”

Lu Qing also had no fondness for the demon cultivator, but considering its origins could still be of future value to him, he decided to keep the demon’s wisp of divine soul for the time being.

“Right, Senior ‘Yan’, you summoned me, is there something you need?”

Indeed, it was ‘Yan’ who summoned Lu Qing in the Leaving Fire Tripod. That’s why he didn’t immediately cultivate but entered with his heart and spirit.

‘Yan’ suddenly fell silent, “Young Master, have you forgotten something?”

“Forgotten something?” Lu Qing was puzzled.

“Exactly this.”

‘Yan’ waved its hand, and two separate spatial cages appeared before them.

In one was the headless corpse of the white-robed youth.

In the other was a white winged snake, constantly roaming and occasionally hitting its head against the surrounding spatial barrier, trying to escape.

“This little snake has been causing a ruckus in the spatial cage ever since you threw it in, never stopping for a moment.

When does the Young Master intend to subdue it?”

‘Yan’ said with some helplessness.