Heh heh...
Hao Ren smiled.
He liked Yun Zhenting, such a "deluded genius."
When it came to flattery, he was so serious, giving people ten out of ten satisfaction...
Hey, hey, hey!
Wait a minute!
Old Yun, your elementary school math is not up to par. I clearly only wrote one character, when did it become two?
Over there, Yun Zhenting's excited voice came.
"From the heart! Senior, you wrote it so well! From the heart, these two characters are full of philosophy and profound meaning, directly pointing to my true heart!"
Hao Ren.
(▼ヘ▼＃)
What the heck, I clearly wrote "sǒng" (cowardly), who wrote "cóng xīn" (from the heart)?
Uh...
Wait!
Hao Ren carefully examined the characters on the ground.
Looked left.
Looked right.
...
Alright, the character "sǒng" he wrote was a bit too spread out at the top and bottom. At first glance, it really did look like two characters, "cóng xīn"!
Damn it!
This is a misunderstanding!
Hao Ren looked at Yun Zhenting, thinking about how to explain clearly.
However, he found Yun Zhenting to be "extremely excited" and there was no opportunity to explain.
Yun Zhenting said excitedly.
"Senior, I understand your meaning now. You mean for me to follow my true heart, right? I understand, I understand!"
"My greatest aspiration in this life is to develop and strengthen the Yun family, preferably to the point where it becomes a powerful sect!"
"From the heart, from the heart... Senior means for me to skip the tedious steps and go straight to making the Yun family a powerful sect in one go!"
"I get it. When I return, I will immediately organize a sect assembly, recruit disciples widely, and develop the Yun family into a true sect!"
...
Hao Ren.
o(（⊙﹏⊙）)o
WFT?
Old Yun, calm down!
You're stirring up trouble!
If you cause trouble so overtly, it's very dangerous!
Hao Ren wanted to persuade him, but Yun Zhenting excitedly stood up and bowed deeply to Hao Ren.
"Senior, I will return now to prepare for the sect assembly. I will widely distribute sect orders, letting everyone within a hundred thousand miles know about this grand event... Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"
With that, Yun Zhenting left excitedly.
Hao Ren.
o(（⊙﹏⊙）)o
What the hell?
At this moment, a "status message" suddenly appeared in Hao Ren's mind.
[Ding! Your friend "Yun Zhenting" is expressing his thoughts: "Senior" is truly amazing. With his help, the prosperity and development of my Yun family is just around the corner! However, would holding a sect assembly be too ostentatious and dangerous... No, no need to worry! With "Senior" protecting us, no one will dare to offend my Yun family!]
Hao Ren.
o(（⊙﹏⊙）)o
Old Yun, confidence is a good thing, but please don't be blindly confident!
Me protecting your Yun family?
Don't joke around!
I can't even protect myself!
Once the "sect assembly" begins, the Yun family will be doomed!
A few Foundation Establishment cultivators, guarding such a great treasure as the "Ancient Immortal Sect," and they dare to announce it to the world, holding a "sect assembly"...
Isn't this just announcing to the whole world: Hey all demonic cultivators, hey all righteous path big shots, don't miss out as you pass by, come and offend me quickly, I'm a big piece of fat meat, easy to get without a fight!
It's over, it's over!
The Yun family is doomed!
Hao Ren looked at Yun Zhaozhao, wanting her to go back and persuade Old Yun.
Don't be so impulsive, this isn't the way to court death!
Yun Zhaozhao, however, smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, Senior! I'll go back to help prepare for the sect assembly as well. Goodbye, Senior!"
With that, Yun Zhaozhao left with the little spirit monkey king.
Left...
Left... oΓg
What the heck!
Hao Ren was depressed, what is all this!
The Yun family is really finished this time!
Hao Ren felt guilty.
However, he had no good solution.
Yun Zhenting, this "deluded genius," had no idea how strong Hao Ren was, thinking Hao Ren was a "Nascent Soul stage" god.
With a "Nascent Soul stage" god watching over them, Yun Zhenting's courage was immense!
The "sect assembly" was going to happen!
Irreversible!
Alas!
Hao Ren sighed for a while, then composed himself and took out the "Five-Dragon Pattern Golden Core" that Yun Zhenting had given him.
[Item Name: Cultivator's Golden Core]
[Rank: Five-Dragon Pattern]
[Detailed Description: Originally a "Seven-Dragon Pattern Golden Core," part of its origin power was absorbed by Yun Zhenting, causing it to drop to a "Five-Dragon Pattern Golden Core"... The Golden Core contains powerful cultivation and can be refined into an "external phantom core" through a secret technique.]
What is an "external phantom core"?
Hao Ren was puzzled.
Soon, the system provided the answer.
An "external phantom core" is created by "implanting" another cultivator's Golden Core into the dantian, allowing the host to temporarily possess "Golden Core stage" strength.
Since an "external phantom core" is not the host's true cultivation, its origin power is consumed with each use. Once the origin power is depleted, the Golden Core is completely废了!
Hao Ren considered for a moment and quickly made a decision.
"System, execute the secret technique and refine this Golden Core into my external phantom core!"
Golden Core stage strength, just thinking about it makes one's mouth water. Hao Ren decided to refine this "Five-Dragon Pattern Golden Core" into an "external phantom core"!
[Ding! Operation failed! System friendly reminder: Executing the secret technique requires one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones as a handling fee...]
Scoundrel!
Hao Ren's eyes widened, extremely displeased.
[Ding! If the host is unwilling to pay the handling fee, this system can provide a second option: the host leaves the cave and goes down the mountain to make one thousand friends...]
"No need, one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, right? I'll pay!"
Before the system could finish beeping, Hao Ren waved his hand, interrupting it directly.
Going down the mountain was impossible, he would never go down the mountain in this lifetime.
Compared to going down the mountain to make friends, Hao Ren would rather pay one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
[Ding! Ding... Ding ding... System friendly reminder, please consider carefully, one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones is a huge sum, the host is unlikely to have so many spirit stones... Most importantly, making friends down the mountain is very easy, very simple, economical and practical...]
Hao Ren sneered and coldly interrupted the system.
"System, don't try to disrupt my Dao heart. As an excellent hermit cultivator, I will never go down the mountain, never in this lifetime!"
While speaking, Hao Ren also gave instructions to the little dragon girl standing beside him.
"Little Dragon Girl, go, go to the storage room and bring out the spirit stones!"
The little dragon girl nodded obediently and went into the depths of the cave to move spirit stones.
Ever since the battle between "Shengfeng Sect" and "Dragon King Zhen Zhibing" last time, various "express packages" were left behind on the battlefield. After careful collection by "experienced delivery person Little Dragon Girl," Hao Ren had obtained a large number of low-grade spirit stones, and now was the time to use them.
Not long after, the little dragon girl brought out a large number of low-grade spirit stones, totaling one hundred thousand.
Hao Ren chuckled.
"System, here are one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, begin!"
[Ding! Ding ding ding... beep... beep beep...]
Heh heh, the system was so excited it started speaking "foreign languages" again.
What an excitable and immature system!
[Ding! "Five-Dragon Pattern Golden Core" implantation begins, estimated time 9999 hours...]