In comparison, Jiang Shuiqing and Shao Hongyuan had clearly built their foundation and cultivated to the peak of the foundation building realm. Yet they still stayed in the Endless Forest. Hadn’t they become special existences?
It was rumored that these two people were a hair’s breadth from achieving the golden core. They just couldn’t accomplish it due to a lack of opportunities.
In order to seek a breakthrough, the two of them met and came to this Endless Forest.
One reason was to look for opportunities.
This was a famous place of training on Tianming Continent, so it contained countless opportunities, many of which could allow cultivators to break through to the golden core realm.
It was rumored that more than half of the golden core cultivators behind the six major families of Canglan City were all due to an opportunity in this Endless Forest.
Naturally, the two of them wanted to try their luck.
The second reason was experience.
Cultivators were most likely to touch on opportunities to break through between life or death.
The two of them were already at the peak of foundation building. On this continent, they could be called invincible except against the golden core cultivators.
Even the golden core cultivators were unwilling to do their best when facing them due to scruples.
In such a situation, how could the two of them experience the line between life or death?
It was different in the Endless Forest. There were many demon beasts entrenched there, among which there was no shortage of fourth-grade demon beasts that were comparable to golden core cultivators.
Fighting against them would increase their strength, but at the same time, both sides would do their best. This would naturally make it much easier to perceive the line between life or death.
Therefore, the two of them were immersed in this Endless Forest all year round in order to fight against fourth-grade demon beasts.
Since they came for breakthroughs, Jiang Shuiqing and Shao Hongyuan had clear goals and rarely appeared in front of people. They rarely joined in the excitement.
For ordinary cultivators, they could stay in the Endless Forest for ten years and might not glimpse the faces of these two cultivators.
Who knew that they would appear at this tribulation passing place at this moment?
How could the casual cultivators not feel surprised?
For the third person, no one knew his origin and couldn’t figure out his depth, but they could see that this person’s momentum seemed to be no weaker than Jiang and Shao, the two peak-stage foundation building cultivators. It even faintly overpowered them.
After realizing this, his identity might be unclear, but his cultivation realm had already come out.
It was a real golden core cultivator!
Many people’s breathing froze when they realized this, and their expressions became more cautious.
The golden core cultivator still found nothing after scanning with his spiritual consciousness, so he was finally willing to set his eyes on the onlookers watching the tribulation. He chose a random person and asked, “What about the person who passed the tribulation?”
The person selected by the golden core cultivator naturally didn’t dare to be careless. He replied carefully, “Senior, he has already left.”
“Left? How long has he been gone?” The golden core cultivator frowned slightly as if a bit dissatisfied.
“Around half a cup of tea.” The person who replied couldn’t help sweating.
Jiang and Shao also couldn’t help frowning when they heard this.
They had been wandering in the Endless Forest all year round and knew better than anyone the intricacies of this place. The time of half a cup of tea was enough for someone to run away.
What’s more, they used their spiritual consciousness to investigate when they came. The cultivator who passed the tribulation was extremely cautious and didn’t forget to disperse his aura before leaving. There was no way to track him even if they wanted to.
Then thinking of the strange phenomenon they just saw, the two of them weren’t willing to give up easily. They could only ask, “What happened when that person crossed the thunder tribulation? Tell us in detail.”
“Yes…” The situation was stronger than the person. The person being questioned didn’t dare to hide it.
He explained everything that he saw, including the tribulation passing vision.
After hearing that the tribulation passing vision had appeared and it consisted of thunderclouds that were extremely similar to the tribulation clouds, Jiang Shuiqing and Shao Hongyuan had some helplessness in their eyes.
They had already noticed it at the beginning of the mirage, and their location wasn’t far from this place.
However, the two of them thought it was just a cultivator trying to survive the thunder tribulation and didn’t take it seriously.
They single-mindedly went to fight against a fourth-grade demon beast.
It wasn’t until the sword appeared and the thunderclouds shattered that they realized the difference and wanted to come to investigate.
Who knew that the fourth-grade demon beast fighting with them would refuse to give up? It tried to make the two of them stay.
Later, the two of them put in a lot of effort to solve the demon beast. By the time they finally got free, the vision that appeared in the sky had dissipated without a trace.
The two of them hurried over and what they saw was the empty scene right now.
In the end, it was a step too late.
Thinking this, Jiang Shuiqing and Shao Hongyuan couldn’t help glancing at each other. Unsurprisingly, they saw the familiar frustration in each other’s eyes.
It was no wonder that they had been like this. This was a common occurrence since the two of them met.
From the small items needed to the big opportunities for breakthroughs, they were always damaged by monsters or taken away before the two of them arrived.
It was truly a matter of timing and fate.
Just as the two of them were sighing emotionally, they heard the inquiring voice of the golden core cultivator. “You mean, in the tribulation passing vision, thunderclouds appeared first, and then a long sword appeared?”
“Y… Yes.” For some reason, the cultivator always felt that the tone of this golden core cultivator was a bit scary. He couldn’t help trembling.
The little cultivator was afraid of this golden core cultivator, but Jiang Shuiqing and Shao Hongyuan weren’t afraid.
Seeing that the golden core cultivator’s expression wasn’t right, Shao Hongyuan wasn’t polite and asked directly, “Senior, what clues did you find?”
It was fine when she didn’t ask, but once asked, the golden core cultivator’s expression changed.
He first glanced at Shao Hongyuan and then Jiang Shuiqing, who had a tacit understanding with her. He wanted to say something, but finally endured it. He only left a tough answer, “No.”
He didn’t give Shao Hongyuan time to react after speaking. He flicked his sleeves and left the way he came.
“Huh? So grumpy!” Since when had Shao Hongyuan suffered such grievances after becoming famous?
What was a golden core cultivator? There were many fourth-grade demon beasts who died under her and Jiang Shuiqing’s hands. Which one was inferior to a golden core cultivator?
She immediately rolled up her sleeves and prepared to go to the golden core cultivator to settle accounts.
However, she was stopped by Jiang Shuiqing the moment she made a move. “Forget it…”
“Didn’t you see the look in his eyes?” Shao Hongyuan was immediately not happy.
“The clothes on that person’s body are made of ice cloud silk. He is most likely from Canglan City, so bear with it.” Jiang Shuiqing obviously knew his partner’s temperament very well and dissuaded her.
Heavenly ice cloud silk was from a second-grade demon beast called heavenly ice cloud silkworm.
Don’t look at the grade of this demon beast. This material was extremely expensive.
It only fed on third-grade spiritual plants, the heavenly ice mulberry leaves to be exact, and had extremely strict requirements for its growth temperature. It must be kept at precisely the moment when ice and water coexisted. If the temperature was even slightly higher or lower, it would die on the spot.
In addition, the lifespan of this demon beast was only one year. It often died due to the exhaustion of its essence blood after spinning it.
Such a precious and troublesome existence made its silk production extremely low. Only a bit more than a dozen pieces were produced every year on the Tianming Continent.
However, the fabric woven from ice cloud silk was warm in winter and cool in summer. It had a certain protective effect, and there were streamers of light when it moved. It was very good-looking, so it was deeply loved by the powerful.
Over time, this ice cloud silk became the exclusive domain of the six families of Canglan City.
Shao Hongyuan naturally wasn’t a person who couldn’t distinguish between what was important and what was not. She calmed down in the end. “Then I will let him go this time!”
“I let our Miss Shao be wronged.” Jiang Shuiqing sighed with relief and hurriedly comforted her.
Shao Hongyuan’s anger came and went quickly. Soon, her complexion returned to normal. Then she thought of the golden core cultivator’s eyes just now, and she was still a bit unhappy. “Then can you tell which family he comes from? Why do I remember that the golden core cultivators of Canglan City weren’t so annoying before?”
“I don’t know.” Jiang Shuiqing shook his head.
Apart from the ice cloud silk clothes on his body, there was nothing else to reveal the identity of this golden core cultivator.
However, the little cultivator caught by Shao Hongyuan for questioning just now said cautiously after a moment of hesitation, “Perhaps he is a senior from the Zhou family.”
The golden core cultivator was obviously very unhappy after hearing that the person who passed the tribulation had left.
The aura on his body was exposed, and he faintly carried a bit of the coercion that belonged to a golden core cultivator.
The little cultivator was only at the eighth level of qi condensation. He stayed to the end just to gain some benefits from the spiritual rain to break through as soon as possible.
He was shocked by the aura of this golden core cultivator and almost got internal injuries.
He was just about to be unable to hold on when Shao Hongyuan asked her question to the golden core cultivator at the right time. This defused the coercion that he couldn’t bear.
He thought about the advice of his seniors that he received before coming here. They all said that if he met Jiang Shuiqing and Shao Hongyuan, there was no need to be too afraid.
These two seniors were dedicated to cultivation and wouldn’t do anything to their juniors for no reason.
Therefore, at this moment, the little cultivator hesitated. Finally, he couldn’t hold back and interjected.
It could be regarded as expressing his gratitude for Shao Hongyuan’s help.
The conversation was interrupted, but Shao Hongyuan wasn’t angry. She looked at the little cultivator, raised her eyebrow slightly, and was a bit puzzled. “Oh? How do you know this?”
“Recently, the successor of the Zhou family has come to the Endless Forest to gain experience,” the little cultivator replied without hesitation.
“I see.” Shao Hongyuan’s eyes flashed with a bit of understanding. She smiled slightly at the little cultivator and threw something at him. “Thank you.”
The little cultivator hurriedly grabbed the item. He lowered his eyes and took a closer look. He found that it was a second-grade spiritual plant that happened to be beneficial to his cultivation. Obviously, it was carefully selected by Senior Shao. A warm current surged in his heart.
He thought that he had only answered her question in order to express his gratitude, so he hurriedly refused. “Senior, I don’t need…”
Who knew that when he looked up, he realized there were two seniors at the peak of foundation building in front of him?
He swallowed back the words that hadn’t been spoken yet.
Just as the little cultivator was feeling lost, a voice belonging to Jiang Shuiqing sounded in his mind.
“It is hard work for you to tell us so much just now. This little thing is your reward.”
His tone was gentle, and the little cultivator was even more moved.
At the same time, he finally understood why most people felt admiration and yearning when mentioning these two peak foundation building seniors while not mentioning the fear of high-level cultivators.
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