After about half an hourglass period.
Reilo, preoccupied with his thoughts, toyed with a black stone in his hand. He left the old tortoise and headed towards the Moonlight Elevator leading to the fifth floor.
This stone is actually an extremely rare, high-quality obsidian, weighing approximately 1000g.
Obsidian weighing over 1000g can be used in Alchemy, provided it is combined with appropriate high-grade Magic Material, to attempt to forge advanced magical artifacts, and even mutate them into exquisite or top-grade magical artifacts.
And this was merely an exchange from Reilo for that ancient water stone collectible brimming with natural energy!
But as Reilo recalled the transaction, he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
After the old tortoise happily took the ancient water stone, it put it directly into its mouth like a candy, savoring it carefully. After it was completely satisfied, what it took out truly shocked Reilo, leaving him frozen in shock for a long time.
A bottle of ancient frost dragon blood.
Reilo had no doubt that if he chose to consume or bathe in this bottle of dragon blood, it would have an almost immediate effect. During his time as a low-level scholar, his physique would become monstrous, and it was even possible that he could use it to unlock his Bloodline True Body.
This is not 0.1 grams of Type D Body Tempering Agent.
According to Reilo's estimate, it weighs at least 100 grams!
According to the old tortoise, this bottle of dragon blood was once a precious brew of an old mosquito, which it would only drink on important anniversaries. As a result, after the old mosquito died, it ended up benefiting the tortoise.
An eye of Medusa.
The heart of a Lava Giant.
A tail feather from an ancient Fire Phoenix.
A reverse scale of an ancient six-winged demonic dragon.
The fangs and venomous gall of the Hydra...
The four-layered space was once home to many ancient bloodline guardians like the old ghost. As these guardians died one by one, the old tortoise received more and more of its legacy, and grew increasingly lonely, with only these statues for company.
Perhaps it was because they had witnessed too much death.
As the years passed, the old tortoise sensed that its life was nearing its end, and it didn't even know to whom it would leave its treasured possessions.
Until a hundred years ago.
It was only after a human stumbled upon this place and brought it a Heart of Ice Fruit that it finally came to its senses.
If these collections are not enjoyed while one is still alive, they will become worthless, and even the turtle shells themselves will likely become part of the spoils of later explorers.
Faced with these legendary treasures, Reilo could feel his body trembling, a tremor stemming from the greed and desire in every cell of the scholar's body. But reason told Reilo that if he broke the rules of the transaction, the consequences would be unbearable.
Reilo didn't know how he resisted the temptation.
More than once, Reilo tried to take Medusa's eye.
Ancient dragon blood is precious, but there is plenty in the Starveil Land, especially since the Corleon Biological Research Institute actually seals away a living Ancient Dragons!
Medusa's eyes, in the Starveil Land, probably number no more than five.
It is said that the eyes of this evil creature were the most coveted sacrificial offerings of the Gulan Fairies, and that it had been extinct in the Starveil Land for over 20,000 years.
After hesitating for a long time.
final!
As the old tortoise looked on in astonishment, when Reilo picked up the unremarkable obsidian, Reilo seemed to experience a kind of liberation and sublimation.
The reason is simple.
It is the only material among many that relates to " <Starry Sky Academic> ".
In the process of giving up the readily available power of < Ancestral Clone >, giving up the readily available power of <Self-Control>, and giving up even more valuable Magic Material, which seemed foolish to outsiders, Reilo felt that he was becoming purer and purer.
Without any motive, unmoved by external things, and not even simply pursuing so-called power.
This is simply a scholar pursuing his ideals.
This is simply a human being of ordinary origin who, during his scholarly enlightenment, found the right path, took it as his ideal, and concentrated all his wisdom and energy on pursuing it, rejecting all bizarre and tempting things, and constantly becoming pure and simple in the hope of going further on the path of exploration.
This kind of pure simplicity is not something everyone can understand.
At least in the eyes of most intelligent people, everything has its own value.
Reilo could have chosen the most valuable items here, exchanged them for greater value in human society, and then traded them for materials like Star Crystal and Obsidian, instead of being so foolish as to directly choose the less valuable Star Crystal.
But intelligent people often overlook one problem.
A true scholar is simply a scholar.
A scholar is simply someone who, after choosing a research path, continuously seeks knowledge, not a businessman who maximizes profit.
Therefore, the more powerful a scholar is, the purer and simpler they tend to be, and... infuriatingly foolish, fanatical, and obsessed!
It is precisely this outrageous the Foolish, fanaticism, and obsession that leads the vast majority of outstanding scholars to rely on the resources provided by their countries, because they no longer have the energy or time to waste on foolish things like how to make money; they only think about how to explore deeper truths and knowledge.
That is precisely why.
Intelligent people are often the ones who find it harder to go the distance.
Buzz.
Reilo arrived at the fifth level of space.
This is a pristine white marble plaza, roughly a kilometer square, but that's all.
This is the total area of the fifth level!
A hundred meters above the center of the plaza floats a giant eye, blinking incessantly and radiating a breathtaking energy radiation. Dense energy clouds gather from all directions, churning and swirling to form a massive vortex.
This is the end point of the pyramid's energy cycle.
Reilo could clearly feel the continuous damage caused to him by the energy radiation, like the constant burning from being exposed to the scorching sun.
The immense energy provided by the first layer of space is directly poured into this eye, and then transmitted through the Matrix Altar to every corner of the pyramid, maintaining the pyramid's internal operating rules and structural stability, as well as its absolute deterrent power to the outside world.
But this is only an absolute deterrent force against external forces.
Like a terrifying Magic Crystal Cannon, its power is unparalleled, but behind it may just be a lowly, ordinary soldier.
now.
The oppression experienced by people inside the pyramid is simply its natural outward radiation.
At one end of the marble plaza stands a massive white building that resembles a giant mushroom castle, while at the other end is a Moonlight Elevator with a diameter of ten meters.
In front of the white mushroom-shaped castle gate, the crowd had unexpectedly split into three factions.
Led by the Destroyer Kui, a group of more than a dozen anthropologists, almost half of whom were injured, some even seriously wounded, still persisted and did not leave.
Led by their chieftain Black Claw, the Mochiu Clan, accompanied by several elders and over two thousand people, mostly civilians with little fighting ability, were terrified, timid, and fearful. The civilians carried countless stretchers, on which lay numerous groaning wounded.
Finally, a black-maned Mochiu was led by one.
Clad in black cloaks and wearing leather hats, almost all of the elite soldiers of the Mochiu stood behind it. Although there were only a dozen or so of them, they were the most elite warriors of the Mochiu tribe!
"X!"
[ The All-Analysis Eye ] Miya greeted Reilo.
Reilo hurried over.
He gazed at the dozen or so elite warriors of the Mochiu who were facing off.
"What happened?"
Miya, on the other hand, was not injured.
"This guy called Demon Heart wants to share the treasure relics inside with us."
What's inside?
"I don't know, they brought it up suddenly before we even went in."
The Destroyer Kui stood at the front of the group, the bald man grinning maliciously as he looked at Reilo.
"Consider yourself lucky. If you had been any later and missed this final battle, you wouldn't have gotten any of the five layers of rewards."
Reilo nodded silently, without saying anything more.
Standing among the crowd, X Mask, looked at the opposing elites of the Mochiu. As agreed beforehand, the Mochiu tribe would leave after reaching the fifth floor.
The black-cloaked Mochiu, with his beady eyes hidden beneath his leather hat, stared at the bald man.
" The Sun and Moon Magic Eye is related to the life and death of our race. Without the Demon Eye, even if we leave this place, our power will be greatly weakened."
Hehe, hehehehehe...
Kui merely sneered.
On the other side.
Black Claw and the other clan leaders looked at Demon Heart and spoke earnestly to him.
" Demon Heart, there's no need to clash with them here! With our potential, once we leave this cage, we'll surely gain even greater power in the outside world!"
Demon Heart sneered.
"Only by obtaining the Sun and Moon Magic Eye can we gain true freedom! Father, you are too cowardly! This is a world where the strong prey on the weak and the mighty rule! You have lived here for too long and cannot understand the true cruelty of this world as described in the scriptures! Even if the Gulan Fairies are extinct, if we, the weak, escape outside, we will only be escaping into the dinner table of another fairy!"
When the subject of historical records of suffering was mentioned, a look of pain flashed across Black Claw's hairy face.
"No matter what, I will not let my people, who are about to gain their freedom, go on an adventure with you! You have seen how powerful these explorers are. Even with your strength, you cannot defeat them all. Although I don't want to lose my son, I don't want to lose my people even more. The decision is yours!"
Black Claw glanced at the many elders and ordinary people behind him, and resolutely said, "Let's go!"
Led by Black Claw, numerous Mochiu carried hundreds of wounded corpses toward the Moonlight Elevator, which slowly floated toward the energy cloud under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
After about half an hourglass period.
The majority of the commoners from the Mochiu in the square had completely left the space, leaving only sixteen Mochiu elites and eighteen human scholars.
"Speak, what is your decision?"
The Demon Heart's voice was calm.
It is clearly a rather unusual existence among the Mochiu Clan.
The Destroyer Kui slowly took off his bearskin coat, revealing the roaring lion's head on his chest, and licked his thick lips with his scarlet tongue.
"Someone here just suggested that if they get your body as a specimen, they can take a smaller share of the profits, hehe!!"