For some reason, he suddenly felt tired. This was not the first time he had experienced this. He would feel this kind of lethargy whenever he was exhausted.
However, this situation has rarely occurred since he entered the Core Formation stage.
He was extremely puzzled. He had only used his special ability to copy the caterpillar's golden core. How could he have consumed so much energy all at once?
It should be noted that within another person's body lies a natal energy, the strength of which is comparable to that of an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator.
Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly felt an unusual change within his body.
Xiao Wenbing was shocked and fell to the ground. His consciousness entered his dantian. Suddenly, his mind was in chaos. If consciousness had eyes, he would probably have gone black and fainted.
Inside his dantian, there was now something else: a golden elixir that shimmered and spun incessantly.
Xiao Wenbing immediately understood why he was so exhausted. Unbeknownst to him, he had actually copied the top-grade golden core of the Butterfly Fairy within his dantian.
What should we do? Even the most ignorant person knows that the purer the spiritual energy, the better. If a foreign spiritual energy is injected into the dantian, the fate awaiting one will likely be extremely tragic.
Watching the golden core spin faster and faster, gradually taking the initiative and forcing his inner core and nearly depleted life essence to retreat step by step, Xiao Wenbing felt extremely overwhelmed.
Volume 4, Chapter 122: The Unlucky Golden Core
Suddenly, he noticed something: at this moment, the golden core was releasing its spiritual energy with all its might, as if it was about to release all the spiritual energy contained within it.
Under normal circumstances, as a cultivator in the Core Formation stage, his dantian would absolutely not be able to contain such a massive amount of spiritual energy. Therefore, he would very likely become the first cultivator to die from having his inner core burst open by the spiritual energy.
However, he unexpectedly discovered that no matter how abundant the spiritual energy in his dantian was, it did not harm him in the slightest. Some of it was frantically absorbed into his inner core to protect himself, while the vast majority was expelled through his meridians.
Although he felt extremely uncomfortable with his dantian bulging, he was in absolutely no danger to his life.
Signing a contract—this was the function of a contract.
It's unknown whether higher-level life forms exist in this universe, or what power maintains the smooth execution and continuation of the contract. Fortunately, this power exists; otherwise, Xiao Wenbing would undoubtedly be dead today.
The golden core within him came from the Butterfly Fairy, who had entered into a master-servant contract with him.
As a servant, the Butterfly Fairy's spiritual attacks could not harm Xiao Wenbing in any way. Even though its energy far exceeded Xiao Wenbing's, it was still useless.
If the Butterfly Fairy truly wanted to harm Xiao Wenbing, then perhaps lifting a large rock to smash him would be a more feasible method. A surge of such a large amount of spiritual energy into his body, at most, would only alleviate his temporary distress and serve no other purpose.
With a sigh of relief, Xiao Wenbing finally felt at ease. Although he was currently unable to move due to the abundance of spiritual energy in his body, he would naturally return to normal once the golden core in his dantian finished releasing the spiritual energy.
He secretly felt lucky that he had copied the Butterfly Fairy's golden core; if it had been someone else... well, they wouldn't even know how they died.
In a flash, Feng and Zhang rushed in like lightning.
They were chatting when they suddenly sensed an extremely powerful spiritual force emanating from the quiet room. The two women exchanged a glance and rushed in almost simultaneously.
"Sister Feng, what... what's going on?" Zhang Yaqi asked in surprise, feeling the unbelievable changes before her.
Feng Baiyi was also surprised. She scanned with her divine sense and sensed the changes in Xiao Wenbing's body. She frowned and said, "Such powerful spiritual power. How could he suddenly possess such powerful spiritual power?"
Zhang Yaqi looked terrified; she had never been so panicked even when she stepped into the Five Elements Formation.
Feng Baiyi suddenly raised her eyebrows and said, "I understand."
"What?" Zhang Yaqi asked, her voice trembling with surprise. Once the problem was identified, a solution could be found.
"He must be radiating his life force."
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"Sigh—this idiot. So what if he's reached the Core Formation stage? We're not blaming him. Really..."
"Sister?" Zhang Yaqi was puzzled and asked.
"Suddenly, a spiritual power far exceeding his own strength emanated from him. If I'm not mistaken, he must have used some kind of secret technique to force out the spiritual power within his natal golden talisman for his inner core to absorb. He wanted to take this opportunity to advance to the Golden Core stage in one fell swoop."
Xiao Wenbing thought to himself, "What utter nonsense! Even if someone wants to cultivate the Golden Core, they wouldn't be so stupid as to abandon their natal Golden Talisman. Do you even understand anything?" But he couldn't move at the moment, so he could only try to roll his eyelids upwards as a form of protest.
"Oh, sister, look! Wenbing is rolling his eyes!" Zhang Yaqi suddenly exclaimed.
Xiao Wenbing was filled with rage, almost unable to catch his breath, and his eyes were blazing with fire. "Yaqi, how could you curse me like that?"
"Don't worry, although this spiritual energy is powerful, it is still his own energy. It's a bit of a waste, but it definitely won't harm him."
"Shh." Zhang Yaqi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"but……"
"But what?" The little liver suddenly jumped up again.
“Song’s efficiency is too low. He can only absorb 10% out of 100. Even if he dissipates all the energy of his natal golden talisman, he may not be able to step into the Golden Core realm.”
Zhang Yaqi frowned, but due to her limited knowledge, she was completely at a loss.
"Girl, if you use the Qiankun Ring to enclose this place and collect the spiritual energy, it will prevent the spiritual energy from dissipating and allow him to absorb it to his fullest extent."
"Great." Upon hearing that a solution had been found, Zhang Yaqi was immediately overjoyed. She took out the Qiankun Ring and with a wave of her hand, the small ring suddenly spread out like a ripple, turning into a large circle that enveloped the three of them.
Little did they know that Xiao Wenbing, upon witnessing their actions, was secretly groaning. He strained his bulging eyes and glared angrily at Feng Baiyi.
At this moment, his spiritual energy was excessive, and naturally, the more he expelled, the better. However, Feng Baiyi's actions prevented the spiritual energy from dissipating. Although this spiritual energy could not harm him, absorbing it all would be impossible...
Xiao Wenbing didn't think he had such a big appetite. He took a deep breath, mustered his last bit of strength, and suddenly roared, "Heave!"
However, this desperate shout was barely louder than the chirping of insects. Fortunately, both women were focused on him, so they could hear it clearly.
"Sigh? Sister Feng, what does that mean?"
Feng Baiyi frowned, deep in thought, but no matter how intelligent she was, she couldn't possibly fathom the meaning behind it.
A sliver of white light crawled out from Xiao Wenbing's fingertip; it was the Butterfly Fairy transformed into a caterpillar. It crawled in front of Xiao Wenbing, stretched out its body, and immediately absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy into its body.
Xiao Wenbing breathed a sigh of relief. With this powerful ally, he felt much more at ease.
"Ah..." Feng Baiyi suddenly realized, "I really don't know how he cultivated his natal golden talisman. The amount of spiritual power inside is truly astonishing. He wants us to help absorb this spiritual power."