The moment they returned to Xishui Town, Tang Yue fled into her room as if escaping, and after that, she never came out again.
Even the vessel holding the Spirit Seed was later passed out through a crack in the door and handed to Jiang Yuan.
With Rose Flame in hand, Jiang Yuan had nothing else to do in Hangzhou, so he set off the next day and returned to Pearl Institute.
He had only just reached the institute gates when Mo Fan, who had been waiting there for ages, latched onto him.
"Jiang Yuan, you're seriously not human!" Mo Fan accused loudly, his eyes carrying the bitter resentment of an abandoned young wife.
"What did I do?" Jiang Yuan said expressionlessly.
Mo Fan grabbed Jiang Yuan by the collar of his Daoist robe. "You told me you'd trade a Fire Spirit Seed for my Water-element Spirit Seed, so I rushed over here overnight. And what happened? You actually ran off to Hangzhou to have a private date with Teacher Tang Yue!"
"You're freaking inhuman!!! You're inhuman!!!"
As Mo Fan spoke, he wiped at nonexistent tears in the corners of his eyes and said viciously, "Talk! Was that Fire Spirit Seed you mentioned just a lie?"
"Stop. Quit barking."
Jiang Yuan calmly pulled the hand off his collar, then swept his gaze around and said, "Let me make this clear first: I did not have a private date with Teacher Tang Yue. I went to Hangzhou because of the Fire Spirit Seed. Come with me to my dorm and you'll know whether I lied to you."
Their behavior had already drawn the attention of quite a few passing students, and this really was not the place to take out a Spirit Seed.
Rose Flame was a treasure worth tens of millions. There would always be someone whose eyes turned red with envy if they saw it, so Jiang Yuan's single apartment was the most suitable place.
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!?"
When he saw Jiang Yuan's luxurious single apartment, Mo Fan's eyes nearly went straight. "Why do you get a single apartment while I still have to squeeze in with other people? Did you sell your ass at school or something?"
Mo Fan started barking again.
"If you keep barking, I'll sell this Fire Spirit Seed in my hand," Jiang Yuan said, taking out a black stone box from his robes.
It looked completely ordinary from the outside, but ever since Rose Flame had been placed inside, its temperature had remained within a constant range.
In winter, it would definitely make for an excellent portable hand warmer.
"This is the Fire Spirit Seed you were talking about?"
Mo Fan leaned in and wanted to reach out to open the box, but Jiang Yuan immediately stopped him and said, "Hurry up and let me see the Water-element Spirit Seed you brought back. Don't tell me you don't know Spirit Seeds need to be stored in specialized vessels."
Honestly, for a huge illiterate like Mo Fan, there was a real chance he actually did not know.
Jiang Yuan felt like this Water-element Spirit Seed might be a lost cause.
From Yunmeng Marsh to Pearl Institute was such a long distance. At the very least, most of the Water-element Spirit Seed's spirituality would have dispersed, and the most likely outcome was that it had directly degraded into an ordinary seed.
"Come on, as if!" Mo Fan laughed awkwardly, a little guilty. At first, he really had not known and had planned to just stuff it on himself and bring it back.
Luckily, he had run into an old man, who had given him an elemental vessel.
Mo Fan took out an azure-blue transparent crystal ball about the size of a fist. Looking through it, one could see a small mass of dark-blue water continuously churning inside.
Following what the old man who had given him the crystal ball had said, he introduced it. "This Water-element Spirit Seed is called Chen Shui. It can increase the power of Water-element magic by three times."
The highest amplification multiplier a Spirit Seed could have was three times!
This was a top-grade Water-element Spirit Seed!
Jiang Yuan could hardly wait to refine this Spirit Seed.
If he refined this Spirit Seed, then combined with the Overclock state, his Water-element power amplification would reach six times.
That was the kind of amplification only a Soul Seed had, and one as top-tier as Tyrant Desolate Thunder at that!
Jiang Yuan handed over the black box and exchanged it for Mo Fan's crystal ball, while also introducing Rose Flame. "This Fire Spirit Seed is called Rose Flame. Its amplification multiplier is 2.5 times, a little weaker than that Spirit Seed of yours."
Mo Fan did not mind at all. "I've heard people say Spirit Seeds with more than a double amplification are already really rare. Two point five times is super awesome. Though it can't compare to mine, with the relationship between us, what's the difference!"
"All right, not talking anymore. I'm going to start refining Rose Flame! As for that crystal ball, just touch it with your Water-element magic energy and it'll open automatically."
After saying that, Mo Fan immediately began refining Rose Flame.
Jiang Yuan did as he said and touched the crystal ball with Water-element magic energy. Sure enough, it opened automatically.
What was strange was that after the crystal ball opened, it vanished.
It was probably a disposable vessel, Jiang Yuan thought as he began drawing Chen Shui into his body.
Chen Shui was different from ordinary mortal water. Its darker color carried a heavier weight, and its spirituality also seemed extremely steady.
The moment it entered Jiang Yuan's body, it settled into silence.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan activated the power of his Water-element galaxy, continuously washing Chen Shui through his body.
Gradually, Chen Shui began surging through his internal organs. Each time it surged, a portion of it merged into his body.
After nine times, it was completely refined by Jiang Yuan.
Sensing the new power of his Water element, Jiang Yuan's hands itched for action.
He waited at the side for Mo Fan to finish refining.
The moment Mo Fan finished refining, Jiang Yuan dragged him along, preparing to find an Indoor Training Ground and have a proper spar.
"No, no, no!" Mo Fan shook his head wildly and said frankly, "I already couldn't beat you before. Now your power amplification is 0.5 times higher than mine too, so there's even less chance I can beat you. And you can use One thought star track. I'm not going over there just to get abused."
"Unless you let me enter the One thought star track state again, I'll spar with you."
At the mention of One thought star track, Mo Fan remembered that time on the fifteenth underground floor of Silver Trade Building.
Back then, he had been in the One thought star track state.
Throwing out magic had felt amazing, utterly exhilarating!
His firepower had been so fierce it was ridiculous!
If I can use One thought star track again, then I, Mo Fan, might not necessarily lose to Jiang Yuan!!
"Sure. I'll let you use One thought star track—no, how about I let you use One thought star map?" Jiang Yuan said.
Ever since he had reached the Advanced tier, he had been able to use One thought star map. Aside from Advanced magic, he could cast everything instantly.
"Really?" Mo Fan said in delight.
"Really. Are we sparring or not?"
"Let's go, let's go! Today, I'm taking back the glory of Mo Fan!"
Mo Fan was brimming with confidence and immediately followed Jiang Yuan to the Indoor Training Ground.
Jiang Yuan first activated Overclock on himself, then used Mind Resonance to let Mo Fan enter the Co-vibration State.
With a thought from Mo Fan, the star map was instantly completed.
He sucked in a breath. "Hiss... I never asked back in Bocheng—what exactly is this ability of yours?"
"You're illiterate, so you wouldn't understand. This is the power of knowledge. Once you properly study magic theory someday, maybe you'll get it," Jiang Yuan said.
The Co-vibration State was indeed a support ability he had derived from Overclock through his understanding of magic theory.
In other people's eyes, this ability was heaven-defying when it came to support.
That was because Co-vibration could minimize external interference to the greatest extent, preventing spellcasting failures, while also enabling One thought star track and even star maps.
But no matter how heaven-defying a support ability was, unless it reached the level of the Resurrection Divine Art, no one would care.
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