If the two sides were to clash and their magical treasures were of similar power, Xiao Wenbing would have no chance of winning. Of course, if the attributes of their magical treasures and cultivation techniques were mutually exclusive, that would be a different story, but such a coincidence would be very rare.
However, after hearing a sentence from Elder Hewlett in the quiet room, Xiao Wenbing now had absolute confidence.
Let alone Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Even if he encounters an old guy in the Tribulation Transcending stage later, he would definitely have a fighting chance. Of course, whether he can win is another matter entirely.
He was not Feng Baiyi, that pretty woman was the nemesis of all cultivators in the world, nor was he Zhang Yaqi, who possessed the Qiankun Ring, a divine treasure that even he coveted.
Therefore, when facing a master at the Tribulation Transcending stage, he still needs to keep a low profile.
However, according to Elder HP, the most powerful skill of a Golden Core cultivator is to self-destruct their Golden Core. Once they destroy their life-saving Golden Core, then no matter what level of cultivator they are facing, they will have to be wary of them.
However, for ordinary Golden Core cultivators, their Golden Core is pitifully small, and if it were thrown out as a ranged weapon like an incendiary bomb, they would be killed before they even hit the enemy, let alone survive. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would certainly be severely weakened.
To return to one's original level of cultivation would require decades of arduous practice and recovery.
Therefore, although the Golden Core self-destruction skill is incredibly powerful and has a very low learning threshold, it is unlikely to become widely known in the cultivation world.
But... Xiao Wenbing is different. He is not an ordinary cultivator. He is a super cultivator with divine power.
Although this divine power was immature and ridiculed by the Mirror God as pseudo-divine power, it did not affect his upcoming grand plan of self-destructing his Golden Core.
So, after his loud laughter attracted the two women, he immediately returned to calm.
Under the extremely worried gazes of the two women, Xiao Wenbing smiled brightly at them and said, "I'm going into seclusion." He then went into his room and closed the door tightly.
Although this gate could not possibly stop Feng Baiyi's heavenly lightning, nor could it pose any obstacle to the Qiankun Circle, given the two women's modesty, even if they had such thoughts, they would never do anything like spying on a man, even if that man was Xiao Wenbing.
With everything arranged, Xiao Wenbing focused his mind on the Heavenly Void Ring, where a good companion resided. To complete this mission, it was essential to consult with him first. This was what it meant to be open to diverse opinions and learn from everyone's strengths; Xiao Wenbing was, after all, a very democratic person.
Within the mustard seed space, a mass of condensed water from the Immortal Realm rapidly coalesced into a human form. Xiao Wenbing was now quite adept at manipulating the condensed water, easily transforming it into anything from his own likeness to chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs.
"Mirror God, come out, come out quickly..." Xiao Wenbing shouted urgently.
Under Xiao Wenbing's constant urging, the Mirror God finally emerged, looking impatient, and asked, "What is it?"
“Mirror God, I’ve discovered something.” Xiao Wenbing looked at it and finally confirmed that his discovery was not an accident.
"What's up?"
“You’ve become lazy,” Xiao Wenbing said seriously, stating his discovery.
"What?" Mirror God was greatly surprised, his usual listless demeanor changed, and he asked in return.
"You've become lazy lately. You used to be always running around, never stopping for a moment. Why are you so quiet now?"
The Mirror God glared at him fiercely before saying, "What do you mean by running around aimlessly? What do you take me for... a rat or a flea? Let me tell you, I was just awakening after sleeping for countless years, so I'm just a little curious about this world."
"Oh, so now that you're familiar with it, you're back to being a timid turtle."
"Nonsense, I'm cultivating right now, do you understand? Cultivating." The Mirror God sneered disdainfully.
"What do you cultivate?" Xiao Wenbing asked curiously. "Do you need to cultivate too?"
"Of course, I'm refining the divine power that the Treasure God gave me."
Xiao Wenbing suddenly realized that the Mirror God also wanted to become a god as soon as possible. However, he shook his head and said, "Mirror God, actually, I think there is no difference between 10 billion years and 100 million years."
"The difference is huge, a full hundred times more relevant."
“Yes, a hundred times, but a hundred million years…” Xiao Wenbing gave a wry smile, changed the subject, and said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore. I have something to discuss with you.”
"explain."
"I think……"
What do you want to do?
"I think……"
"Speak quickly."
"Alright, I want to self-destruct my golden core."
"Alright, go ahead." After saying that, the Mirror God couldn't wait to shrink back into the small bronze mirror. It seemed that refining divine power was indeed a very important matter for him.
Xiao Wenbing's lips trembled slightly as he cursed inwardly, "So heartless..."
Suddenly, the mirror surface rippled, and the Mirror God burst forth, instantly appearing in front of Xiao Wenbing and shouting, "What are you doing? Detonate your golden core..."
"Yes, that's right," Xiao Wenbing said with a smile. It turned out that this guy finally understood.
"Don't you want to live anymore?"
"think."
“Well then,” the Mirror God murmured, carefully examining his calm face, “you don’t look like you’re having a mental breakdown…”
"You're the one who's having a mental breakdown," Xiao Wenbing retorted angrily.
"Since you're perfectly fine, why are you so eager to die? Well, everyone has the right to choose between life and death. If you're determined to die, there's nothing I can do. But how about we make a deal?" The Mirror God pleaded, "Even if you want to die, please postpone it a little, okay? Wait until I become a god with the help of the Treasure God before you die."
A voice emanated from Xiao Wenbing's gritted teeth: "Fine, Mirror God, I promise you, even if I die, I'll drag you down with me."
Before the Mirror God could speak, Xiao Wenbing waved his hand and preemptively said, "Alright, I'm here to ask you. I want to create a few Golden Cores. What do you think?"
"Creating Golden Elixir?"
"Yes, I possess divine power. So, I can duplicate a few golden pills and throw them at any enemy I encounter. What do you think?"
The Mirror God pondered silently for a while, then said, "That's a good idea. Golden Cores are different from Nascent Souls; they have no consciousness. Hmm, as long as your own Golden Core is intact, no matter how many Golden Cores appear outside, they won't affect you in any way." It tilted its head, stared at Xiao Wenbing for a long time, and sighed, "I didn't expect your pig-headed brain to be so clever."
Xiao Wenbing frowned. What are you talking about? You're the one with a pig's brain. However, having spent so much time with the Mirror God, he was too lazy to argue with it. "I'll give it a try. Same rules as before, you protect me. Don't forget to warn me if anyone comes."
"Alright," Mirror God reluctantly agreed.
"This time, you'd better watch carefully. Whoever tries to enter, remind me." Xiao Wenbing carefully instructed. He clearly remembered the scene when Zhang Yaqi barged in while they were making the love knot. If that happened again, you'd be ready to jump off a building.
Of course, given his current physical condition, it's uncertain whether jumping from a skyscraper would cause him to scrape his skin.
Hmm, that is a problem. I'll try to find a Golden Core cultivator to test it out when I have the chance.
Volume 4, Chapter 192: Spiritual Power Leakage
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After a moment of random thoughts, Xiao Wenbing calmed himself down and his mind easily found its way into his dantian.
Although he already possessed the memories of the Butterfly Immortal's Golden Core in his mind, he did not intend to use other people's Golden Cores as his own ammunition, because only his own could be truly controlled and used with complete ease.
If you use someone else's, even if it's Butterfly Fairy's, it will still have some impact on your use. Although it's relatively weak, in a life-or-death battle, even a slight oversight can completely change a person's fate.
Thought is a formless and mysterious thing; no one can explain where it comes from. However, by using thought, one can observe something from all angles, 360 degrees.
For example, right now, Xiao Wenbing is carefully observing the golden core in his dantian. This thing is not very big, even a little smaller than the inner core at the mid-stage of the Core Formation stage.
However, size is not directly proportional to power. At least, this golden elixir, slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball, contains far more energy than that of a Core Formation stage cultivator.
However, as far as he knew, the inner core of a Core Formation cultivator does indeed grow larger, but once it reaches the Golden Core stage, whether in the early or late stages, the Golden Core remains the same size and there is no danger of it bursting through the Dantian acupoint.
Of course, the process of transforming a baby into a physical form involves certain dangers, but the specifics are beyond Xiao Wenbing's current knowledge.
Waves of thoughts swept across the golden core, feeling the surging energy within the small ball. His heart was also in turmoil. What would happen if this thing exploded?
If we were to use conventional weapons as an analogy, would it be comparable to the power of an atomic bomb?
Although he wasn't sure, he figured it out. It probably wouldn't be much less powerful than an atomic bomb explosion.
A cultivator at the Golden Core stage is like a super weapon possessing an atomic bomb. Although the energy within isn't released all at once, combined with magical artifacts, it's enough to make mortals revere them as gods.
After a long time, he came to a conclusion in his heart: his Golden Core was indeed far inferior to that of the Butterfly Immortal. This was the absolute power difference between the early stage of the Golden Core and the top stage of the Golden Core.
However, this is something that even with Xiao Wenbing's extraordinary abilities, he cannot resolve in the short term.
Unless he disregards the consequences and creates a new golden core to absorb its energy. However, having learned from his previous experience, Xiao Wenbing's belly is no longer that big; he doesn't want to be a cultivator who dies from being overwhelmed by massive amounts of energy.
Suddenly, a strange thought flooded his mind: if his divine essence were still intact, with its incredibly precise control, it might be able to safely attract the energy of the Golden Core, thus reaching the Nascent Soul realm in one fell swoop.
But... this divine status... Xiao Wenbing shook his head and sighed deeply.
Sigh... abandoning this tempting idea, Xiao Wenbing began his grand scanning plan.
One percent, ten percent...
Soon, when the progress bar finally reached 100%, Xiao Wenbing withdrew his thoughts with satisfaction.
"Mirror God, I'm about to start manufacturing. Keep your eyes peeled and don't mess things up." Xiao Wen gave him a final, uneasy instruction, still shaken by the previous accident.
"Understood, hurry up and get moving," Mirror God said with dissatisfaction. He was cultivating peacefully, but was dragged out of bed to take on some kind of guard duty, so of course he wasn't happy.
Xiao Wenbing casually replied, then focused all his attention on what he was about to create. This time, it was no ordinary thing. It was a Golden Core, and it was his own Golden Core at that.
To prevent a repeat of the previous accident, he was extremely cautious this time, no longer daring to concentrate his mind on his dantian. If he were to create another golden core within his dantian, that would be the most ridiculous thing imaginable.
A tiny bit of spiritual energy transformed into divine power, continuously supplying energy to the palm of the hand. A small golden elixir slowly took shape in the palm.
However, the formation of the sphere was extremely slow. Although Xiao Wenbing had used all his supernatural abilities, the progress was still as slow as a tortoise crawling.
The complexity of the Golden Core far exceeded his imagination, and the layers of changes in the spiritual energy within it gave him a great headache.
Fortunately, Xiao Wenbing had received extensive training from the Mirror God, and his proficiency and mastery of the creation skill had reached an extremely high level. Compared to before, he was a completely different person. Otherwise, creating a Golden Core would have been an impossible task.
The divine power accumulated layer by layer, and the rudimentary form of a golden core gradually emerged. With the appearance of the golden core, powerful spiritual energy fluctuations uncontrollably surged in the quiet room.
Although Xiao Wenbing wanted to restrain the rampaging spiritual energy, he was completely absorbed by the energy in his hand and had no time to spare for anything else.
"Warning, someone's coming, three... two..."
The Mirror God's urgent voice rang in his ears, startling Xiao Wenbing. He immediately severed the remaining divine power. A faint ripple appeared in the space, and the afterimage of the golden core floated in the air for a moment before disappearing instantly.
Almost simultaneously, the door was pushed open with a bang. Feng Baiyi's stunningly beautiful figure appeared.
A hint of surprise flashed across her face. Xiao Wenbing gave a wry smile, knowing that although his decision was quick, it couldn't outrun her lightning speed. She still managed to see the afterimage of the golden core before it disappeared.
Feng Baiyi's beautiful brows furrowed slightly, clearly not understanding what it was. She opened her cherry-like mouth, about to ask.
However, before she could speak, Xiao Wenbing chuckled and said, "Baiyi, did you miss me?"
Feng Baiyi blinked her beautiful big eyes twice, and she was very surprised that he suddenly asked this question.
"Although I know you're interested in me, isn't this all too sudden...?" Xiao Wenbing smiled slightly, his eyes darting around Feng Baiyi.