The Spiritual Power within a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone was swiftly devoured clean. It crumbled into powder and spilled from Lu Ye's fingertips, and he hurriedly took out another.
The same thing happened!
After its transformation, the Talent Tree had gained the ability to devour and absorb the Spiritual Power within Spirit Stones!
It had not possessed this ability before. Previously, the Talent Tree could only absorb Fire Element energy, such as Core Fire and Fire Spirit Stones. It showed no reaction whatsoever to non-fire energy.
But with the Talent Tree's transformation, its abilities had evidently undergone a fundamental change. It was no longer limited to Fire Element energy.
If a True Lake Realm cultivator used a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone like this, it would last them at least most of a day.
Yet in Lu Ye's hands, its Spiritual Power was exhausted in mere moments.
This meant Lu Ye could absorb the power in Spirit Stones for his own use at an inconceivable speed. Whether for cultivation or recovery, the time required would be drastically reduced.
In other words, with such a method, Lu Ye's efficiency in cultivation and recovery was simply beyond comparison with cultivators of the same realm—more than dozens of times greater!
Because of the Spirit Gathering Funnel, his cultivation speed had already far surpassed that of cultivators at the same level. Now that he had gained this ability as well, his cultivation efficiency would rise even further.
Fast cultivation speed and high efficiency meant he could reach greater realms in less time!
For a cultivator, this was simply the kind of good fortune one dreamed of day and night.
However, while absorbing the Spiritual Power in the Spirit Stones, Lu Ye also noticed something: the fuel stored within the Talent Tree was being rapidly consumed.
It seemed