Chen Daolin's goal had been clear from beginning to end: to successfully cultivate the foundational stage of the first forging of the Divine Forging Secret Codex.
Soul foundation-building required a massive amount of Ancient Incineration energy.
By Chen Daolin's calculations, if he used the lowest-grade inferior Ancient Incineration Crystals, he would need at least a hundred million of them!
Converted into merit points, that was one hundred trillion!
Based on the Eternal Divine Court military system's rate of one hundred billion merit points for killing an Eternal God, he would need to kill a full thousand of them.
"Ancient Incineration Crystals, Ancient Incineration Crystals..." Chen Daolin rubbed his head, feeling a headache coming on.
Even counting the remaining Ancient Soul-Burning Flowers, the Ancient Incineration Crystals he had obtained from Bumino, those from killing the Incineration Beasts just now, and those he had looted from the fish-tailed maiden Daila... compared to the amount needed to cultivate the first forging of the Divine Forging Secret Codex, it was still a drop in the ocean.
"Even if I went deep into the Endless Abyssal Sea to hunt Incineration Beasts and search for Ancient Incineration Crystals, it would take a very, very long time to accumulate enough for cultivation, and the efficiency would be far too low," Chen Daolin pondered.
Suddenly, he asked, "Lord Baruch."
"Hm?" Baruch's puzzled voice sounded from the Inheritance Hall.
"Are there any Ancient Incineration Crystal veins or gathering sites in the Endless Abyssal Sea where I could find a large number of Ancient Incineration Crystals at once?" Chen Daolin could not help asking.
Baruch fell silent for a moment before replying:
"Kid."
"Hm?" Chen Daolin felt a flicker of anticipation.
"There are no mineral veins or anything like that, but I can give you a suggestion." Baruch spoke unhurriedly.