For the past two years, Fang Qingyuan had been honing his Nurturing Realm, striving to polish his Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivation until it was utterly seamless, leaving no trace of a flaw.
Additionally, over these two years, Fang Qingyuan had spent a fortune in Spirit Stones to acquire the various resources needed for Core Formation. Normally, the Spirit Rice from his Immortal Mansion brought in over a hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones each year. That, combined with the wealth he had amassed in the Outer Sea Iron Wind Islands, would have been more than enough for an ordinary Cultivator to attempt Core Formation.
But Fang Qingyuan knew full well just how difficult his Core Formation would be, so the shortfall of Spirit Stones he faced was particularly large.
The seven thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones he had in the Immortal Mansion were now completely spent, yet the resources he had gathered still fell far short of his expectations.
