"By the way, Big Brother Jin, you said before that you wanted me to explore an Ancient Ruins with you. How about we set off now?" Luo Feng asked, his eyes burning as he looked at Jin Yu.
Mental Masters had no real inheritance on Earth. Unlike Warriors, they had Thor and Hong to guide them, along with the teachings left behind by countless predecessors.
Mental Masters were already rare, and they were born that way. Earth's earliest predecessors most likely had no way to awaken, because there simply were no Mental Master psychic light orbs.
So when Luo Feng learned that there was an Ancient Ruins related to Mental Masters, he could not wait to investigate it.
As for danger? If he feared even that, he would never have cultivated to become a Planetary level Mental Master.
"Haha, now you know how to hurry? Fine. Make your preparations, and we'll leave."
Jin Yu gave Luo Feng time to notify his family that he would be away for a while, then shot into the sky first and flew toward Mist Island according to the information he had obtained from Jia Yi.
"We're here." After more than ten minutes of flight, even without flying at full speed, Jin Yu and Luo Feng had reached the Mist Island region.
"Big Brother Jin, the ruins you mentioned are on Mist Island?" Luo Feng looked at Jin Yu in bewilderment.
"You previously obtained plenty of Spirit of Grass and Wood on Mist Island. Hong even got a Cloud-Soaring Vine. But those were merely extras. They never discovered the true inheritance." Jin Yu smugly looked down on those forces for valuing the box and discarding the pearl.
But there was nothing they could do. The technological level of an immortal's spacecraft was far beyond what they could investigate. If not for his knowledge from rebirth, Jin Yu would not have known about this opportunity either.
After hearing Jin Yu's words, Luo Feng's eyes grew heated. The harvest from Mist Island had already been enormous, yet Jin Yu called it nothing more than an extra. One could only imagine how immense this harvest would be.
"Enough, enough. What kind of look is that? The universe is so vast—this is nothing." Jin Yu pretended to look down on Luo Feng, then descended toward the ground.
Mm, and he casually snapped a few photos.
"A genius! A true genius! I must bring him into Yun Mo Star!" Deep underground, a black virtual figure appeared and roared excitedly.
It was a tiny figure barely one meter forty-five tall, like a child. Two pointed horns grew from its forehead, its eyes were blood-red, and it wore a black robe.
"I never expected to encounter such a genius on Earth! A Mental Master with brain region breadth exceeding 42! And according to the battle footage intercepted above the Pacific Ocean, this Jin Yu has even comprehended a domain and laws! The other two Warriors, Thor and Hong, have also comprehended domains, and they're all Planetary level! What kind of insane planet is this?!"
"The Original Universe favors us! Master, your revenge has hope! I, Demon Babata, must bring him into Yun Mo Star! And he's actually dividing his attention to cultivate as a Warrior—what a waste of talent. I, Babata, cannot just watch him go astray!"
Demon Babata was first overwhelmed with gratitude, then began planning viciously. As for fearing that Jin Yu was wasting his talent, that was purely self-serving dramatics.
"Hmm? Have I already been discovered?" Jin Yu clearly sensed a powerful life energy appearing underground. It had suddenly surged in a short time, and its owner could not even control the leakage of its energy.
In truth, he had not known whether this plan would work when he came here. Who knew whether Babata might be in one of its intermittent periods of sleep?
When Luo Feng first came here back then, there had been no reaction either. It was only after he passed through Ruin No. 9 that Babata arranged for him to return to Mist Island and lured him underground.
But no matter how Babata had discovered them, or why, none of that mattered. Jin Yu only knew that Babata's plan had begun.
"Let's go, Luo Feng. Our opportunity has arrived!" Jin Yu's expression stirred with excitement as he directly transmitted his voice to Luo Feng with Mental power.
Without waiting for Luo Feng to react, he flew straight toward the life aura that had surged underground.
His powerful Mental power directly pushed away the soil as he headed straight down into the earth.
Luo Feng hurriedly followed, traveling through the passage Jin Yu had opened.
Roar!
Before Jin Yu, an ugly and savage crocodile-shaped monster whipped its tail toward him at tremendous speed.
"Hmph, what a waste of Wood Crystals." As he spoke, Jin Yu violently grabbed the creature's tail, then swung the monster around like a windmill.
The monsters nearby that had failed to seize Wood Crystals and were reluctant to leave instantly suffered disaster. They were smashed to pieces by the Crocodile Monster's body, blood and severed limbs splattering everywhere.
"Pathetic." Jin Yu casually tossed the thoroughly dead Crocodile Monster aside, then waited.
"Sure enough! It's here!"
A fragrance of rice drifted over. Jin Yu's eyes lit up, and he flew toward the Underground River.
"What's here?"
Luo Feng, who had followed him the entire way, was utterly confused. He had no idea what Jin Yu was doing.
"This." Beside the narrow Underground River, three white points of light floated up and down slightly, spreading a rich fragrance of rice.
Jin Yu grabbed the three points of light, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly to reveal his good mood.
Luo Feng looked curiously at the crystals glowing with white light in Jin Yu's hand, unable to tell what they were useful for. But judging from Jin Yu's expression, they were probably something good.
"Curious what these are?" Jin Yu's Mental power instantly caught his gaze, and he looked at Luo Feng with amusement.
"Mm." Luo Feng nodded without denying it, his eyes full of curiosity.
Jin Yu casually tossed one to Luo Feng. Luo Feng caught it instinctively, then waited for Jin Yu to explain.
Jin Yu bared his white teeth and slowly said with a smile, "These are a kind of Life Crystal. Give just one to a War God level fighter, and within ten days or half a month, you can create a Planetary level fighter."
Luo Feng instantly froze.
Planetary level! One crystal could create a Councillor level powerhouse? He had fought desperately and relied on luck just to break through, yet now he was being told that a single stone could accomplish it?
And his bargain big brother had just tossed one to him as if it were a stone?
Luo Feng could not make sense of it. With difficulty, he pulled his gaze away from the Wood Crystal.
Gritting his teeth, he finally suppressed the trace of greed in his heart and was about to return the Wood Crystal to Jin Yu.
Click, click, click!
How could Jin Yu possibly miss such a wonderful change in Luo Feng's expression?
After snapping a flurry of photos, just as Luo Feng finished struggling with himself, raised his head, and prepared to return the Wood Crystal, Jin Yu coolly left him with only the back of his head.
"This isn't anything special. Keep it. Two are enough for me." With that, he continued drilling downward along the underground river.
Luo Feng silently put away the Wood Crystal and did not refuse again. He could only silently remember this favor.
To him, this Wood Crystal was not merely a sacred item for increasing strength. It was also something that could save lives.
If one of his relatives ever approached the end of their lifespan, breaking through to Planetary level would grant them another thousand years of life. The Wood Crystal was a lifesaving treasure.
"Thank you, Big Brother." At this moment, Luo Feng sincerely wanted to call Jin Yu his big brother, rather than merely Big Brother Jin.
Jin Yu did not know that a single Wood Crystal had earned Luo Feng's recognition. If he had known, let alone one Wood Crystal, even if he had to squeeze Babata dry and give every Wood Crystal to Luo Feng, he would not have frowned.
As they continued deeper, Luo Feng had become completely numb.
Along the way, he had picked up dozens of Wood Crystals. Jin Yu only picked up the Wood Crystals right beside him while flying. He did not even glance at those slightly farther away.
Luo Feng thought that he could not let them go to waste, so he took the initiative to fly over and collect all the Wood Crystals. Mm, he simply could not stand seeing them wasted.
With the number of Wood Crystals he had now, he could easily create more Planetary level powerhouses than the total number on Earth.
Thinking about it, Luo Feng found it rather thrilling.
By then, Jin Yu had brought Luo Feng to roughly nine thousand meters underground.
"That Blade fragment should be nearby. Babata should be deliberately, or perhaps seemingly unintentionally, guiding us." Jin Yu emptied his mind and flew downward according to the faint sense of direction guiding him.
Pfft!
Jin Yu was drilling through the earth and continuing downward when a sharp pain suddenly came from his arm, forcing him to stop abruptly.
"What the hell was that? It even cut my skin?" Feeling that something was wrong, Jin Yu used Mental power to force apart all the surrounding soil.
"What is it, Big Brother Jin?" Luo Feng also stopped, unsure why Jin Yu had suddenly halted. Although he had acknowledged Jin Yu in his heart, suddenly changing how he addressed him still felt awkward, so he had not changed it yet.
"I may have found something interesting. Wait a moment."
Jin Yu gradually cleared out a nearly hundred-meter-wide cavern. Sweeping out with Mental power, he discovered that an object was lodged in a rock where they had passed earlier.
Jin Yu smiled faintly. Just as expected.
The pure blood-red fragment lodged in the rock flew over under his Mental power. The moment he held it, he felt its extreme weight! Though it was only palm-sized, Jin Yu estimated that it weighed at least a ton.
"Big Brother Jin, what is this?"
Luo Feng flew over curiously as well. Looking at the blood-red fragment in Jin Yu's hand, he saw that one side was a sharp edge, like a fragment from the blade of a battle saber!
"Interested? It's yours." Seeing Luo Feng's curious expression, Jin Yu could not help smiling and casually tossed the fragment to him.
As Luo Feng caught the fragment, he was startled instinctively. It was too heavy. Such a tiny thing actually weighed so much.
"This is much more useful than Flying daggers, and it's quite valuable too. Keep it for now. There may be more treasures below, so let's continue."
Jin Yu did not care much about it. It was only a fragment from a spacecraft. To put it bluntly, it was somewhat useful at lower levels, and could be used for sneak attacks to kill enemies, but against true powerhouses, they would never give you the chance to use it.
For example, Bolan from the genius tournament could stand still and let Luo Feng control the fragment to attack him, yet Luo Feng still would not be able to hit him.
Even Luo Feng himself only used it in the original story when exploring the World Lord world at the beginning, through a Stellar level servant. It never appeared again afterward.
Moreover, Jin Yu realized that Babata had actually guided him to obtain this fragment. That likely meant his brain region breadth far exceeded Luo Feng's.
I'll have to be careful not to let Babata trick me and alter some part of my Mental power structure. Jin Yu's thoughts stirred. In the original story, Luo Feng had been unknowingly modified by Babata.
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