Curtain of Flesh and Blood VII

Although Yuan did not know the specific value, he watched as these high-level energy stones were consumed day by day, yet the Purple Crystal showed no signs of waking up.

Yuan felt a pang of heartache; these were his precious treasures! He hadn't even figured out how to use them to improve his own strength, yet now he had to let the Purple Crystal benefit first.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the third month since Yuan arrived at this Starship Humans village.

Shenghui and Sijian could not understand how Yuan still hadn't managed to cultivate the first layer of Dark Force.

Only then did everyone gradually realize that the cultivation techniques of the Starship Humans might not be suitable for the Isis Race, or at least not for Yuan.

But Yuan still practiced diligently, repeatedly training in the sword moves of the first to third stages of the first layer of the Die Feng Sword Art; after all, there were no better techniques to choose from at the moment.

These three months also gave Yuan a profound understanding of the harsh environment in which the Starship Humans lived.

In just three months, there were three large-scale beast tides, thirteen small-scale beast tides, and eleven instances of high-level Desolate Beasts passing through, resulting in thirteen deaths and injuries!

During the most severe incident, Shenghui and the others even had to temporarily abandon the village, taking tens of thousands of clansmen to evacuate through underground tunnels.

When they returned, the entire village had been destroyed, and the collapsed mountain had even blocked the river at the bottom of the canyon, forming a giant barrier lake and a brand-new waterfall...

Yuan was somewhat puzzled: "Village Chief Shenghui, since this place is so dangerous, why not find a safer place to settle down?"

Shenghui laughed heartily; having survived another crisis, he was still in a good mood: "It is dangerous here, but unfortunately, compared to the dangers elsewhere, this place is already considered quite good!"

"Perhaps there are safer places, but even if there were, we wouldn't go!"

"Why?" Yuan asked, confused: "There is nothing here worth you having to stay, is there?"

Shenghui shook his head and said: "Actually, the safest place would be to let the clansmen, especially the Apprentice Rank children, live underground all the time."

"Compared to spending their childhood in a damp and dark place, we would rather take some risks, at least so the children can bask in the light of the Tuya Black Hole every day! And grow up healthy!"

"I understand!" Yuan nodded; these people were truly thinking for the sake of their own kin...

"We've been transporting goods this way for hundreds of years without any problems, why did it have to be this time? It's truly cursed!"

"Who's to say! Sigh, the trade is about to take place, and we have to scrape together various treasures again!"

"It's fine, as long as we can obtain the 'Yinluo', everything is worth it. Everything for the clan!"

"Everything for the clan!"

"I heard from those above that someone from the 'Grand Wall' is coming personally to deliver the 'Yinluo' to the 'Lava Heart'?"

"This has been rumored for a long time, you only just heard? I heard it's to personally test the caliber of our genius!"

"Then they will surely know that trading the 'Yinluo' to us is absolutely worth it!"

The Northern Rock Race is born with powerful bodies, and most of their various talents are manifested in the path of the warrior, while their talent as Spirit Readers is relatively much weaker.

There are gains and losses; the laws of the universe are still fair in this regard.

Consequently, Spirit Readers capable of controlling Desolate Beasts or mentally enslaving other powerhouses became very rare within the Northern Rock Race.

Many times, the rock giants of the Northern Rock Race had to risk being discovered by the Light-Deriving Snake to operate on the surface themselves.

"Are we really going to lure a beast tide to destroy this Starship Humans village? After all, we can't be sure that they were the ones who picked up that Space Ring!"

"What, you can't bear it? You pity these alien races, but these alien races won't pity us! Don't forget the humiliating history of the 'Great Extinction' of our Northern Rock Race!"

"Fine!"

"Put away your pathetic kindness. We risked exposing the 'Lava Heart' to kill those Light-Deriving Snakes and the Isis Race human squad; we absolutely cannot give up at this moment!"

"Yes! I understand!"

The Starship Humans, who had quickly returned to their normal order of life, did not know that an even more terrifying beast tide was quietly approaching!

Although Yuan was guiding the energy from the high-level energy stones for the Purple Crystal to absorb, a small portion still dissipated into his sea of consciousness.

Therefore, although his warrior cultivation remained at the fourth stage of the Earth Rank, his spiritual power cultivation quickly reached the eighth stage of the Earth Rank!

On this day, Yuan was sitting cross-legged in his cave, cultivating and guiding cosmic energy to flow continuously into his sea of consciousness.

Among them, seven smaller miniature planets were orbiting a larger one in the center.

A long-lost voice, carrying a cocky, hooligan tone, sounded once again in Yuan's sea of consciousness: "Woohoo~ tsk tsk tsk~ sleeping for such a long nap is truly comfortable!"

A smile of joy mixed with worry appeared on Yuan's face, and he hurriedly asked in his sea of consciousness: "Purple Crystal, what exactly are you? Why do you exist in my mind? Let me tell you about my current situation, hurry and find a way to take me home..."

"Wait a moment, let me catch my breath..." The Purple Crystal paused, then suddenly burst into inexplicable laughter.

"You guys are truly stupid. Using an Isis Race body to practice 'Starship Humans' secret manuals—how could you possibly cultivate Dark Force!"

"...Your luck is not bad; even with me here, you have some good fortune, but the luck to pick up treasures for nothing is truly heaven-defying! Hahaha..."

Yuan held onto a sliver of hope and asked uncertainly: "...Can you read my memories?"

The Purple Crystal said disdainfully: "Isn't that obvious!"

Yuan: "..." Yuan was stunned; there were so many questions piled up that he didn't know where to start!

The Purple Crystal, in turn, comforted Yuan: "Don't worry, I only read memories like this to save trouble; there are strict limitations on this for me."

"I don't have the interest to monitor your thoughts anytime, anywhere!"

Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Any living being, as long as they still had free will, would not like having an existence in their head that could read their thoughts anytime, anywhere!

The Purple Crystal coughed, and though he didn't know how it managed to do so, its tone remained as cocky as ever!

It said, "I know you have a mountain of questions in your mind. You don't need to ask them one by one in a scattered, haphazard way; just listen as I tell you slowly!"

Yuan sat up straight, focusing his entire consciousness into his sea of consciousness to see what kind of explanation this Purple Crystal would give.

The Purple Crystal adjusted its tone, attempting to narrate like a documentary voiceover, but it quickly reverted to its insufferable tone, making Yuan itch to grind his teeth in frustration!

"I am a naturally occurring special life form, the Dream Crystal God Race! Yes, I know what you're thinking—it's, it's similar to that, that special life form known as Yinluo."

"Every special life form in the universe is unique. Their numbers are extremely small; there might even be only one in the entire universe!"

"I was born from the chaos of the universe's earliest days. From birth until now, I have possessed the strength of a World Lord, and I have also gained a near-infinite lifespan."

"I have experienced endless ages! Yet I have never seen or heard of an existence similar to myself."

"Relying on the memories and mission I was born with, I hide in the sea of consciousness of various intelligent beings, absorbing a peculiar energy that I still don't fully understand to this day."

"I have witnessed the birth and fall of countless powerhouses, and the rise and decline of countless civilizations!"

"Other than knowing roughly that if I reach Immortality one day, I will have a chance to obtain a true body of my own, I don't know much more about my own origins..."

Yuan was somewhat surprised by the strength of the Purple Crystal: "World Lord Rank? You are actually a legendary demigod?"

For once, the Purple Crystal's tone was no longer insufferable: "It's called World Lord Rank, but in truth, if I leave the sea of consciousness of an intelligent host, it would be good if I could exert even a fraction of Domain Lord Rank strength."

"Moreover, with a body as small as mine, my energy would deplete very quickly!"

Yuan quickly grasped the key point in the Purple Crystal's words: "Since you say it's to absorb unknown energy, why not cultivate a host into a long-lived powerhouse? Wouldn't you be able to stay comfortably in their sea of consciousness forever?"

The Purple Crystal exclaimed in admiration: "As expected of you, kid Yuan, you're truly clever!"

"That's right, that is a good method, but in reality, the stronger the host's strength becomes, the less of that unknown energy there is!"

"Secondly, the more capable an existence is of becoming a powerhouse, the firmer their mind becomes. Why would they like having a strange crystal that cannot be controlled inside their own body?"

"Therefore, my best choice is what I am doing now: among the weaklings of gregarious intelligent races, I move constantly as they go through the cycle of life and death!"

Yuan: "But doesn't every transfer cost you a certain price? Is that why you spoke up to save me back then, instead of continuing to play deaf?"

The Purple Crystal suddenly let out a strange sigh, then continued: "Yes and no! It is true that a price must be paid, but it is still bearable."

"I spoke up to save you because even if I had left at that time, there was a very high probability that I would have been located by the mastermind behind the scenes who was plotting against us!"

The Purple Crystal's voice became insufferable again: "Otherwise, I would have slipped away long ago. Who cares whether a brat like you lives or dies!"

Yuan was so angry he wanted to die; he wished he could smash his own head in and drag this 'dogsun' down with him!

Yuan reached out and gestured in front of his face, but ultimately gave up, because he felt that even if he smashed his head open, he might not necessarily be able to do anything to this god-forsaken Purple Crystal...

The Purple Crystal suddenly cursed: "I was living perfectly fine in the heads of your Isis Race generation after generation, but I'm just unlucky~~ I encountered you two, father and son, both of whom are freaks. You were actually both able to discover me while still at the Apprentice stage!"

Ignoring the Purple Crystal's strange phrasing, Yuan asked in surprise: "So before me, you were staying in the sea of consciousness of my father, Autumn?"

The Purple Crystal sneered: "Of course. What kind of moronic question is that?"

Yuan suddenly grew angry: "So you were the one who almost prevented my father from breaking through to the Earth Rank back then? If my father hadn't broken through to the Earth Rank, he would have died, and I wouldn't have been born!"

"You wretch of a Purple Crystal, you actually once caused me to almost never come into this world!"

The Purple Crystal suddenly felt in the wrong: "That may be true, but listen to my sophistry—oh, no, listen to my explanation!"

Yuan: "I'm not listening! I'm not listening! I'm not listening!"

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