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Chapter 419 - 416: Golden Core Great Perfection

Because the bronze coffin looked somewhat eerie, Gao Fei decided to melt it down and forge a defensive treasure. However, to his surprise, even after being burned in a great fire for half a month, the coffin remained unscathed.

Gao Fei, refusing to accept defeat, added many combustible materials into the furnace. The fire burned even more fiercely, but the bronze coffin still showed no signs of melting.

"It seems that this bronze coffin is not afraid of fire," he said.

"Then let's try another method."

Gao Fei extinguished the furnace, took out the bronze coffin, and struck it with a huge hammer that had transformed from the Thousand Transformations Stone, a hammer with immense power. Ordinary objects simply couldn't withstand such blows.

After hammering for a day, the bronze coffin showed no damage.

After two days, it was still intact.

Three days, four days, five days... ten days...

After ten days, Gao Fei put down the hammer, exhaling a heavy breath, "I'm exhausted! Truly, I've exhausted myself! How can this bronze coffin be so sturdy?"

In the days that followed, Gao Fei thought of many other ways to melt the bronze coffin, but all ended in failure.

...

"You see?" the voice of Xuan Jizi echoed in his mind.

"What?" Gao Fei didn't understand.

"You've tried so many methods and still couldn't melt the bronze coffin. What does that tell you? It means the bronze coffin is no ordinary object," Xuan Jizi laughed. "My feeling was right! This coffin truly is an extraordinary treasure!"

"Yes, I admit, this bronze coffin is indeed special," Gao Fei nodded. "With my ability, I simply cannot melt it."

"I advise you, just give up on that thought," Xuan Jizi said. "The bronze coffin is fine as it is. Why would you want to melt it down?"

"Fine? What's fine about it? I can't possibly carry a coffin around with me, can I?" Gao Fei frowned. "It's too inauspicious."

"Who cares about auspiciousness? As long as it's practical, that's what matters."

"Practical?"

"Yes! How sturdy is the bronze coffin? Just lie inside, and even the fiercest enemy can't harm you," Xuan Jizi suggested.

"...You and your bad ideas."

"This is not a bad idea! It's a good one!"

"Good my ass, coffins are for the dead, I'm alive, how can I lie inside a coffin?"

"Let me ask you, is face more important, or is life more important?"

"Both are important."

"But you can only choose one."

"I won't choose."

"...I can't communicate with you, you're too stubborn, it's impossible to reason with you. Do whatever you want, I won't interfere," Xuan Jizi said. After a pause, he added, "If you can't accept it then throw the bronze coffin away, or give it to someone else."

"It can't be thrown away, that would be a waste."

"Don't want to keep it, yet can't bear to throw it away, you..." Xuan Jizi trailed off, lost for words.

"I'll keep it for now. Who knows, it might come in handy one day," Gao Fei smirked.

"These past few days, there's been one question on my mind," said Xuan Jizi. "I just can't figure it out."

Gao Fei asked curiously what the question was.

"You followed the map to find the ancient tomb, then you discovered this bronze coffin," Xuan Jizi said, "The map indicated that there is an innate spiritual treasure within the ancient tomb."

"It's all lies," Gao Fei waved his hand dismissively, "There is no innate spiritual treasure in the ancient tomb at all."

"How can there be none? I believe there is! Moreover, you've already got it!"

"This is getting more and more preposterous. Where have I got it... uh... are you talking about this bronze coffin?"

"Right."

"What a joke! This bronze coffin is an innate spiritual treasure? Impossible! That's absolutely impossible!"

"What's so impossible about it? You've seen these past days how hard the bronze coffin is, no matter if you burn it with fire or smash it with a treasure, it doesn't take any damage. Such hardness has already surpassed that of treasures, only spiritual treasures would have such incredible hardness."

"This..."

"Anyway, that's what I think. If you don't believe it... then pretend I never said anything," Xuan Jizi spoke no more after saying this.

Walking around the bronze coffin, Gao Fei murmured to himself, "Is this bronze coffin really a spiritual treasure? And moreover, an innate spiritual treasure? Impossible, right? Innate spiritual treasures are nurtured by heaven and earth; however capable heaven and earth might be, they couldn't possibly nurture a bronze coffin, could they?"

"Why could they not?" Xuan Jizi spoke again, "The power of heaven and earth is not something we mere mortals can fathom." With that, Xuan Jizi added, "There is also another possibility, that this bronze coffin is an acquired spiritual treasure, which means it was made by human hands."

"The more I think about it, the more it blows my mind," Gao Fei shook his head, "I don't have a clue."

"You should just be quietly pleased with yourself, making one trip out and bringing back a spiritual treasure, your luck is really defying the heavens."

"Let's not jump to conclusions just yet; whether this bronze coffin is a spiritual treasure is still up for debate."

"You still want to throw away the bronze coffin now?"

"When did I ever say I wanted to throw away the bronze coffin? I never said such a thing!"

"Denial? Heh... Your skin is really getting thicker and thicker."

...

After learning that the bronze coffin might be a spiritual treasure, Gao Fei's attitude toward it began to change, and his aversion to the bronze coffin was not as strong as before.

"Thinking about it carefully, this bronze coffin is quite useful," Gao Fei nodded slightly, "If I encounter danger in the future, I can hide inside the bronze coffin. Even if a great cultivator at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage came, they probably couldn't break open the bronze coffin, right?"

Having the bronze coffin by his side meant having an extra life.

With a wave of his hand, the bronze coffin shrank automatically and flew into the storage ring.

Gao Fei calmed his emotions, then sat cross-legged on the ground to cultivate.

Days passed, one after the other.

Several days later in the afternoon, Gao Fei shuddered, a faint layer of golden light appeared above his head, followed by Gao Fei opening his eyes, a flash of brilliance passing through them.

"I've finally reached the Tenth Level of the Golden Core Stage," Gao Fei grinned, "It wasn't easy at all!"

"There are still twenty pieces of amethyst left. Keep it up and strive to reach the Nascent Soul Stage."

Gao Fei closed his eyes again, holding the amethysts in his hands to begin cultivating.

Amethysts are really amazing, with abundant and pure spiritual energy inside, far superior to spirit stones. If he had cultivated with spirit stones, Gao Fei wouldn't have been able to reach the Tenth Level of the Golden Core Stage so quickly.

To use an analogy, amethysts are like a cheat device; when you turn on the cheats in a game, fighting becomes a breeze, and you earn experience points far beyond other players. That's the amazing part of using cheats!

The twenty amethysts were quickly used up, yet Gao Fei's cultivation remained stagnant at the Tenth Level of the Golden Core Stage, the barrier to the Nascent Soul Stage impenetrable.

Gao Fei, driven to stamp his feet in frustration, was extremely irritable.

Why is it so difficult? When advancing to the Golden Core Stage back then, it took a long time, and now progressing to the Nascent Soul Stage is the same.