Chapter 4560 — Be Ruthless to Yourself
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Wei Zhao poured the Star Ink Milk until it filled the entire pit, then without a word jumped straight in. But the very next instant came another splash, and Wei Zhao could only stare blankly at the spirit bird beside him, hopping about in delight. Who would have guessed this creature was such a sly little thing—it had actually leaped in after him and now wore an expression of pure, contented enjoyment. Fortunately the pit Wei Zhao had dug was not small, or else the man and the bird truly would not have fit.
Since the spirit bird wanted to join the fun, Wei Zhao did not mind in the least. Star Ink Milk might not have an absurdly miraculous effect on a spirit beast like this, but it certainly did no harm, and in any case it would not interfere with Wei Zhao himself.
After giving the spirit bird a word of instruction, Wei Zhao at once sank his qi into his dantian and began the work of condensing his Nascent Soul. Yet the first step was not to swallow a Nascent Soul Condensing Pill—it was to shatter the core golden pill within his own dantian to pieces!
As the name implies, the golden pill within the dantian is the wellspring of power for every expert at the Golden Core stage. By whatever means, shattering one's golden pill is an act of utter madness and extreme danger—at best one is crippled for life, at worst one dies on the spot. This was no joke.
Condensing a Nascent Soul is, to be sure, a process of breaking before building. But among other experts at the peak of Golden Core perfection, even the most prodigiously gifted would never dare such a gamble. At most they would slowly remold their golden pill, little by little, until it finally condensed into a Nascent Soul. After a thousand years of trials, this has been proven the safest and most reliable method.
Wei Zhao, however, plainly had no intention of following the crowd. The common method was safe enough, but the price of safety was potential sacrificed. Even with Star Ink Milk to assist him, he could never become the strongest Nascent Soul expert that way. If he truly meant to stand out from the rest, there was only one path: carry the words "break before building" through to the very end.
The risk of self-shattering one's golden pill is so high it can only be called a nine-in-ten chance of death. Without so much Star Ink Milk in hand, Wei Zhao would never have wagered his life on it.
But now things were different. This much Star Ink Milk was enough to guarantee that he would survive the shattering unharmed; even if it could not sustain him for long, if all went smoothly it should hold out until he finally condensed the strongest Nascent Soul!
So he told himself—though it was easy to foresee that nothing would go smoothly. The moment any mishap occurred, no amount of Star Ink Milk would save his life.
Wei Zhao had always rarely taken risks, but this time, to achieve the strongest Nascent Soul, he had no choice but to gamble. Spurred again and again by transcendent beings like the Western Mountain Old Sect and the Spirit Beast clan, if he did not take this desperate, risky path, then even after advancing to Nascent Soul he would have not the slightest ability to fight back. So he had to stake everything in one throw!
He threw all his strength into gathering his true qi in his dantian and slammed it viciously against the golden pill, the source of that true qi. For an ordinary Golden Core expert, shattering one's own pill is not really difficult—a Void Core expert needs only a single thought, and even a Solid Core expert needs only to stir his true qi a little. But Wei Zhao's was different. His was a perfect golden pill.