Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 896 - 225: Gou Dabao’s Core Formation (Part 1)
Time flies, two months have passed since the intensive research.
In a secret location somewhere in Shenzhou, within a spacious room, three Primordial Spirit Masters are busily searching for something. Countless screens dance in the air, displaying various data.
"Excess personnel have been removed, now here, other than the three of us, all other participants are like you, participating remotely. If he loses control later, any action can be taken."
When Li Enkai reported to Wang Qi, his face was frosty, his dissatisfaction very evident.
Gou Dabao was a bit puzzled, after Li Enkai left, he asked Wang Qi: "Commander Li is usually a very calm person, with no obvious attitude towards others. Why today, towards you... it's like this..."
"Unbalanced? Disdainful? Unfair? Any of them could be the reason." Wang Qi chuckled: "He likely thinks I'm one of those who secured permissions through connections to use you for practical evidence. But now, I stand in a safe place watching from afar, while he risks his life here."
Wang Qi manifested through a calculator avatar. Even if this avatar is destroyed, he himself would not be harmed.
While speaking, Wang Qi didn't shy away from Li Enkai's presence. The person in charge of this secret land heard it and snorted without saying anything, an implicit acknowledgment.
Today is the day Gou Dabao attempts Core Formation.
Gou Dabao is a Banished Immortal, and a special case among them. The intense conflict between the half-awakened Immortal instinct and the superficial consciousness left him with schizophrenia, no matter what action he takes, it's not surprising.
On the other hand, Wang Qi's dataized cultivation method during Core Formation will involve changes in "Divine Separation Sense Transformation" and "Unity of My Method", affecting his fundamental consciousness. It's not surprising if this Core Formation stimulates Gou Dabao's Immortal consciousness to awaken.
No one knows how much power Gou Dabao could exert once awakened.
To prevent Gou Dabao from losing control and causing further damage, Feng Luoyi has allowed the use of any means. And Li Enkai, who conveyed this tiny layer to Wang Qi, knows that this "any means" includes at least the Divine Plague Curse Technique and the Heavenly Sword, both confirmed methods to deal with Banished Immortals.
These two methods could potentially involve all three people here.
However, due to their responsibilities, the three must remain here watching. It's the minimum number required for this secret realm to function.
After hearing Wang Qi's explanation, Gou Dabao smiled bitterly: "It's tough on him... All because of that messed-up thing inside me..."
Wang Qi patted Gou Dabao's shoulder—taking advantage of this contact, a strand of his mana flowed into Gou Dabao's body, circulating through his meridians, scanning over his Magic Foundation. Several artificial law bases integrated with Gou Dabao's Spiritual Power circulation system responded slightly to Wang Qi's mana. Simultaneously, Wang Qi confirmed the "backdoor" buried along with these artificial bases inside Gou Dabao's body.
Even if the Immortal consciousness awakens unexpectedly, it could only use this body riddled with countless pre-installed backdoors by Wang Qi.
After confirming the contingency he left earlier, Wang Qi nonchalantly asked Gou Dabao: "How about it? Do you regret this step?"
"Regret?" Gou Dabao smiled faintly, his eyes only filled with fighting spirit: "How could I? I'm really looking forward to it!"
"Looking forward..." Wang Qi shook his head: "It's still not too late to regret now. You need to understand, this Core Formation is different from before. Your life's persistence and steadfastness could very well be shattered by this 'attempt'."
"'Attempt'... just the chance to try is enough." Gou Dabao's smile carried an unexpected openness: "Speaking of 'steadfastness', actually I know myself, if I keep twisting like before, sooner or later I would be assimilated by that bastard inside. Perhaps eventually, he would recall my memories and even laugh saying something like 'I too had times like this'... Lifelong steadfastness, turned into an Immortal's joke. To me, that's the most unacceptable."
"Rather than that, I'd rather use this opportunity to try to 'kill him'!"
Wang Qi looked at the center of the array in the hall, murmuring: "Really..."
Gou Dabao laughed cheerfully: "No need to worry, Teacher. Without you, I might not even have this opportunity today. To contribute to your cultivation method, I am honored beyond measure."
Wang Qi's lips twitched: "Honestly, you're embarrassing me..."
"I'm genuine about this." Gou Dabao saluted: "Though knowing you only for a short two or three months, within these months I've truly benefitted a lot."
——It was just a high school math tutoring... I did it a few times before I went abroad in my past life, barely a few hundred bucks a session...
Wang Qi suppressed the absurdity in his heart and said: "What you said... isn't really much."
"I know I'm not talented in mathematics and not qualified to learn deeper things with you." Gou Dabao saluted: "If there's a chance to sever past life's roots, I'm willing to follow you—though I know, you will inevitably be a leading figure in the Wanfa Sect, you might look down on a disciple like me."
Wang Qi wanted to say something but couldn't find anything suitable. He couldn't think of what to say. At this moment, Li Enkai standing in the array waved, reminding Gou Dabao time is up, signaling him to go forward.
Gou Dabao nodded and walked to the center of the array.
Wang Qi's lips moved slightly, murmuring: "I've done my utmost, there shouldn't be any mishaps. You need to try your best."
Li Enkai walked from the center of the array to Wang Qi's side, nodding towards him. The other two Primordial Spirit Masters left the closed hall. One sat in another isolated chamber above the hall, observing Gou Dabao through a transparent tempered glass wall, while the other guarded the hub of the entire Secret Land, ready to suppress at any moment.
Li Enkai whispered to Wang Qi: "You can give the order now."
Wang Qi nodded, seeing that Gou Dabao had already settled in the center of the array, entering a meditation state, and said: "Start!"
Several small hidden doors opened on the ceiling. Countless Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles poured out from the hidden compartments in the ceiling, then followed the spirit light, orderly floating in mid-air.
Each Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle pointed to a node of the array.
A similar virtual panel appeared in front of both Wang Qi and Li Enkai. Li Enkai gave the first command: "Remove the spiritual power restriction! Outer Heaven Qi Gang, enter the spirit array."
Pure and pristine cosmic spirit qi surged into the eye of the array. To prevent Gou Dabao from causing trouble, the spirit energy level within this Secret Realm had been suppressed to a level slightly below the Primordial Spirit Qi Environment. Now, this restriction was lifted.
Like water flowing into a rivulet, the mysterious patterns engraved on the ground gradually shimmered and glowed. A faint white light soared skyward. Among them, the light at the array's nodes was especially dense, almost forming finger-thick light beams. Each light beam corresponded to one to five Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles.
Meanwhile, a trace of a different Mana Power Intent appeared on Gou Dabao.
When Gou Dabao entered meditation, his mind was serene.
This was something that hadn't happened in many years. More often, what he felt was not serenity but lifelessness.
The first thing that surfaced in his mind was the seemingly bygone memories of his childhood.
— Father, Mother, Little Sister...
— If only...
At this moment, he felt a surge of coolness.
The array infused pure and pristine spirit qi around him. His whole body was comfortable, almost groaning in pleasure. Almost instinctively, his hand mnemonic changed, attempting to refine this spiritual power in a manner "not within Wang Qi's plan."
Like parched land suddenly receiving moisture. He had survived too long in this low spirit environment.
His body was absorbing the spirit energy. Every cell seemed to extend a small hand, desperately grasping.
— Give me...
— I need it...
— Shut up! The matter of cultivation, I will take control!
In just an instant, he suppressed the desires of his body.
Years of struggle with the instincts of an Immortal gave him ample experience!
"Hey, what's going on, Dabao? You don't look well," Wang Qi's voice appeared in Gou Dabao's ear, still calm: "If you feel unwell..."
"Yahhhh!" Gou Dabao let out a low growl, forcibly interrupting the instinctive hand mnemonic, guiding and refining the mana along another route.
He answered Wang Qi's question with his actions. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
For Gou Dabao, the Core Formation process was familiar territory. Countless times, he had self-destructed his Golden Core, and countless times he had re-condensed it. His mana, guided, circulated through one major circulation, then gathered at the top of his head, interacting with the divine, and then directly descending into the dantian.
A strand of alchemy qi acted as a guide, spiraling and disturbing, continuously gathering the other mana within Gou Dabao's body.
At the same time, several lines of fluctuating data appeared on the virtual panel in front of Wang Qi standing outside the array. This was the feedback from the artificial law foundation implanted into Gou Dabao's body. The artificial law foundation converts the mana flow through itself into binary data, then feeds it back to the outside world. Wang Qi's eyes swept over these data lines, continuously calculating in his consciousness to restore the situation inside Gou Dabao's body.
"The first scenario, completely within expectations." Wang Qi calmly swiped his finger across the virtual panel: "Deploy the first batch of Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles!"
Following Wang Qi's command, about eighty percent of the Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles floating in mid-air transformed into a stream of light, quickly merging into their corresponding array nodes. Then, the light pillar at this Spirit Gathering Array node emitted a dazzling change, the originally pure white light beam changing colors, transforming into light of various shades.
These patterns of the array, not only manifestations of spirit energy gathering, were also belief pathways. Countless information was released from the Spirit Rhinoceros Bottles, then merged into Gou Dabao's body. This information was captured by the artificial law foundation inside him, which then immediately adjusted accordingly, interfering with Gou Dabao's mana.
This was Wang Qi's one-click core formation technology!
