Chapter 46: The Mysterious Crystal Stone

“If you have any questions, just ask! I’ll answer everything I know without holding anything back,” Lu Gaotong said.

“It’s like this,” Lin Yanghao replied helplessly, “Yesterday I received the Fireball Technique, and after practicing all night, I finally mastered it. But its power is disappointingly weak, so I came here specifically to ask for your advice.”

“What? What did you say? Repeat that again?” Lu Gaotong’s face was calm at first, but upon hearing Lin Yanghao’s words, his mouth dropped open in utter shock, as if he’d just witnessed a miracle. Clearly, Lin Yanghao’s words had stunned him.

“Yes, what’s wrong with that?” Lin Yanghao asked in confusion. Hearing Lu Gaotong’s reaction, he wondered to himself, “Could it be that my cultivation speed is unusually fast?”

“It’s not just you with your five spiritual roots—even those rare geniuses with heavenly spiritual roots would need several days to master a low-level spell. And you say you achieved it in a single night? How can that not amaze me?” Lu Gaotong said, both astonished and envious.

“Ah?” Lin Yanghao was utterly dumbfounded, at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond.

“You must remember—never tell anyone else about this. If others learn that you mastered the Fireball Technique in one night, they’ll dissect you to study you!” Seeing Lin Yanghao in a daze, Lu Gaotong urgently warned him.

“By the way, Brother Lin, do you have some treasure that speeds up cultivation? Most people can train for years without making such rapid progress. If you do, never let anyone discover it. In the world of cultivation, killing others for treasures is commonplace—even blood brothers and fathers and sons have turned on each other for a magical artifact,” Lu Gaotong added, having suddenly thought of this possibility.

“Thank you for the warning, Brother Lu, but I really don’t have any such treasure. I don’t know why I’m cultivating so fast either. Anyway, please tell me the proper way to practice the Fireball Technique!” Lin Yanghao was deeply moved by Lu Gaotong’s concern. He’d never had such a considerate friend on Earth, but here he’d found a brother who cared for him in every way. Only then did Lin Yanghao remember why he’d come and quickly pressed for the answer.

“You’ve practiced the Fireball Technique, but it’s completely powerless, isn’t it?” Lu Gaotong’s face grew serious as he asked.

“That’s right! Just as you said, I can’t unleash any power with it. Stop beating around the bush—tell me what’s going on!” Lin Yanghao urged anxiously.

“All right, all right, I’ll explain. To cultivate the Fireball Technique properly, you need to supplement your practice with a pill called the Fire Spirit Pellet or the inner core of a fire-element spirit beast. Only then can you unleash the technique’s full power. Otherwise, you’ll end up in the situation you’re facing now,” Lu Gaotong explained.

“As for the Fire Spirit Pellet, you’ll need to exchange sect contribution points for it. Take the pellet and then cultivate the Fireball Technique according to my instructions, and you should see a big difference,” Lu Gaotong continued, anticipating Lin Yanghao’s next question.

“Oh, so that’s how it is. Brother Lu, I’ll take my leave now,” Lin Yanghao said, satisfied with the answer.

Back in his thatched hut, Lin Yanghao packed his things, ready to set off. Although he didn’t know why his five spiritual roots allowed him to cultivate so quickly, there had to be a reason behind it.

Just as he was about to leave, a memory flashed through his mind. Back when he was still on the Dragon Martial Continent, the old monster Master Muyu had taken him to the White Tiger Sect, where he’d obtained a mysterious crystal. Master Muyu had told him then that this crystal could speed up his cultivation. Realizing this, Lin Yanghao was overjoyed—words could hardly describe his elation.

“Wait, where’s my precious crystal? Why can’t I find it?” Lin Yanghao searched himself for a long time, but no matter how much he looked, the crystal was nowhere to be found. Had he lost it? He searched again and again, but still nothing.

“What’s this? When did this red mark appear on my arm? Why does it look so familiar?” After searching every inch of himself and still finding no trace of the mysterious crystal, Lin Yanghao became frantic. He even took off his clothes to check, but still nothing. Then he discovered a red mark on his arm that was somehow familiar.

“Good heavens! Isn’t this my precious crystal? How did it end up on my arm like this? Can anyone tell me what on earth is happening?” Staring at the red mark, Lin Yanghao let out a wry laugh. The mysteries on his body just kept piling up—old questions hadn’t been answered, and now he had a new one. Still, since the crystal wasn’t lost but had transformed into a hidden mark on his arm, he was more relieved than anything.

“So all my rapid progress is thanks to this mysterious crystal. With it, even those with heavenly spiritual roots will be nothing in my eyes. At this rate, I’ll ascend to the Immortal Realm in no time!” Lin Yanghao thought happily. He was confident that, if he kept cultivating at this pace, he’d soon be reunited with Feng Shihan. During his days in the library, he’d mainly searched for records on resurrection and rebirth, but the methods he found were unrealistic—some required the soul, others the physical body. When Feng Shihan fell into the spatial rift, nothing of her soul or body remained. Even if she hadn’t fallen into the rift, Lin Yanghao wouldn’t have known how to preserve her soul or body. So, his only hope was to reach the Immortal Realm and look for a way there.

“Hello, Senior Brother, I’m here to accept a sect mission,” Lin Yanghao said as he arrived at the sect’s mission hall, seeing an outer disciple on duty.

“The sect has ABCD level-four missions. Which level do you wish to accept?” The disciple glanced at Lin Yanghao meaningfully, a look of disdain in his eyes.

This disciple was one of Wang Shaohui’s men. After Li Xuan and Zhang Heng—Wang Shaohui’s lackeys in the outer sect—had been killed by Lin Yanghao, Wang Shaohui had recruited another subordinate for his faction. This disciple in front of Lin Yanghao was named Zhou Wei.