Spirit Stones That Could Speed Up Cultivation

"Please wait, Tribal Chief. I'll go fetch the Spirit Mine."

Seeing that Yi Chen seemed quite interested, the High Priest hurriedly spoke up.

"Go!"

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Yi Chen nodded. ✿❉

The High Priest bowed and left, striding quickly toward the Spirit Mine Warehouse.

"Judging by Yi Chen's expression just now, he seemed rather expectant. But I'm afraid he's about to be disappointed."

A viewer spoke up in the Live Stream Room.

"I just pulled up the map and checked the mineral deposits to the east. What strange Spirit Mine? It's nothing more than an Energy Stone Mine."

"What's an Energy Stone?"

Ninety-nine percent of the viewers wore blank expressions.

"It's a mineral formed from pure energy—Spiritual Energy. When the Human Race had just broken free of Blue Star and discovered this kind of mineral on other colonial planets, the Federal Academy of Sciences once tried to use Energy Stones as a primary energy source."

The person explained, "But they soon abandoned the idea. The main reason was that its stability was extremely poor, making multiple energy conversions impossible. It was fine for civilian energy use, but not for military applications."

"Besides, the energy contained in Energy Stones couldn't compare to nuclear energy, so the Federal Academy of Sciences gave up further research."

"So that's how it is!"

Everyone suddenly understood.

"So, these Energy Stones aren't some mineral that can be used to make weapons. They're simply crystallized Spiritual Energy?"

"That's right! Yi Chen has been collecting all kinds of Spirit Mines, clearly intending to try forging weapons by fusing one or several types of Spirit Mine."

"The melting point of Energy Stones exceeds twenty thousand degrees. The Flame Mountain Tribe's current forging standards simply can't melt them."

"Even if they managed to melt them, the Energy Stones would only decompose into energy—that is, Spiritual Energy—and dissipate into the air."

"Well then! Yi Chen is going to suffer a huge loss this time."

"According to the Scanner, although the Flame Mountain Range has quite a few mineral deposits, most lie deep underground. Surface deposits are few and far between."

"Having finally encountered a surface deposit, Yi Chen will definitely spare no manpower in finding a way to mine this Energy Stone Mine."

"But in the end, once the Energy Stones are mined, there'll be no way to melt them."

"If he really does melt them, he'll be even more depressed. Because once melted, all the Energy Stones will evaporate."

"The Barbaric Era truly is difficult. If Yi Chen were on our side, why would he need to rack his brains collecting these scattered bits and pieces of Spirit Mine?"

"Whatever hardness of weapon he wanted, whatever material he wanted, any steel factory here could mass-produce it with ease."

The viewers in the Live Stream Room all began to feel regretful for Yi Chen.

The female viewers in particular were heartsick because of the anticipation in Yi Chen's eyes.

Just imagining the disappointment in Yi Chen's eyes in the future made their hearts feel as though they were being twisted by knives.

"Tribal Chief!"

The High Priest soon hurried over with the Energy Stone the viewers had been discussing.

It was a fist-sized, milky white stone.

As the High Priest handed the stone to Yi Chen, he explained,

"The strange thing about this Spirit Mine is that its hardness isn't particularly high. Ordinary iron tools can leave marks on it. Yet no matter how great the fire, it simply cannot be melted, just like other Spirit Mines."

"Moreover, while other Spirit Mines also contain Spiritual Energy, none are as abundant or pure as this one. It feels... it feels as though this Spirit Mine is simply condensed Spiritual Energy."

"Condensed Spiritual Energy?"

Yi Chen froze.

He took the milky white stone.

Spiritual Power surged.

Sure enough, he sensed an incomparably dense and pure Spiritual Energy spilling out from the stone in his hand.

There were no impurities whatsoever.

Wasn't this the Spirit Stone found in all those xianxia tales?

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately sat down cross-legged.

He placed the milky white stone beside him.

Very quickly, he entered a Meditative State.

As Spiritual Power circulated through his meridians, the Spiritual Energy within the milky white stone seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force. Its rate of dispersion instantly increased dozens of times, gathering toward Yi Chen's body.

Then, like the Spiritual Energy in the air, it entered Yi Chen's meridians through his skin.

As it circulated through his meridians along with his Spiritual Power, it traveled through them before finally entering his Qi Sea, where it was transformed into pure Spiritual Power.

An ecstatic expression instantly appeared on Yi Chen's face.

It really was a Spirit Stone!

A Spirit Stone that could speed up cultivation.

By his estimation, with the help of Spirit Stones, his cultivation speed could increase by at least onefold!

This was undoubtedly tremendous news.

With his talent, whether his cultivation speed doubled or not did not matter much.

After all, even at the Spirit Release Realm Sixth Level, it only took him a little over ten days to break through a minor realm.

Though the time required would increase the further he advanced, as the Flame Mountain Tribe's territory continued to expand, his talent would also grow stronger and stronger.

As his talent grew stronger, not only could he create more powerful cultivation methods, but his cultivation speed would also improve as a result.

Doubling his cultivation speed was merely icing on the cake for him.

But for the Flame Mountain Tribe, it would bring benefits beyond measure.

One had to know that most members of the Flame Mountain Tribe possessed only ordinary talent.

Breaking through from the Qi Condensation Realm First Stage to the Qi Condensation Realm Second Stage took around a month.

Even now, their average realm was only the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Stage.

For their average realm to break through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level, they would need at least another half year.

With these Spirit Stones, it meant that in only around three months, the average strength of the Flame Mountain Tribe's people could rise to the Spirit Release Realm First Level.

And once they quickly reached the Spirit Release Realm First Level, the Flame Mountain Tribe's people would be able to learn the complete Cloud Stepping Art and the sword technique he was about to create sooner, causing their strength to surge further.

A massive increase in the average strength of the Flame Mountain Tribe's people would undoubtedly be of enormous help to his expansion of their territory.

Moreover, if he created a Formation in the future, Spirit Stones would certainly be an indispensable source of energy.

In other words, the value of these Spirit Stones to him was absolutely extraordinary.

"Tribal Chief, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Yi Chen's ecstatic expression, the High Priest was so astonished that his eyes widened into perfect circles.

In his eyes, this Tribal Chief was bold enough to declare that if the Tribe needed a god, then he could only be its sole god.

He was absolutely the sort of person who was stern and unsmiling, ruthless and merciless.

This was the first time he had seen Yi Chen lose his composure like this.

"What's going on?"

"Same question—what's going on?"

The viewers in the Live Stream Room were equally bewildered.

They knew that although Yi Chen's personality leaned toward that of a formidable overlord, he was not as cold and heartless as most such figures.

The reason he was stern and unsmiling in the Tribe was merely because he spent every day cultivating and creating New Cultivation Methods, leaving him no time for much contact with the tribespeople. That was why he seemed aloof and unapproachable.

Yet this was likewise the first time they had seen Yi Chen lose his composure so thoroughly.

In the eyes of all humanity, Yi Chen had always been someone with extraordinary self-control.

Even when Gu Li, a peerless beauty, had thrown herself into his arms, he had remained as steady as a rock, without the slightest change in his heartbeat.

Normally, only when he created a New Cultivation Method would a faint smile appear on his face.