Star Cloud Crystal. Breakthrough to Advanced Mage!

Days passed one after another.

Lin Yu had fallen into a routine of cultivation, hunting demons, killing them, and resting—a cycle of four points on a line.

Fortunately, Teacher Tang Yue brought him another piece of good news today.

On that same familiar rooftop.

Lin Yu looked at the spirit essence floating in his mental world, a smile on his face.

Even after spending fifty-six Servant-level Spirit Essences earlier, he still had six hundred and thirty-four Servant-level Spirit Essences left in his mind!

The value was incalculable!

At least, Lin Yu had never heard of any mage being able to produce several hundred spirit essences at once.

"I really want to know where you got so many spirit essences!"

"Won't you tell your teacher, hmm?"

Just then, Tang Yue's voice rang out behind him.

"Teacher Tang, everything I said before was true!"

"I'm the sole heir of a Hidden Forbidden Curse Family!"

Lin Yu looked at Tang Yue and said cheerfully.

"Oh, come off it!"

"Still trying to fool me."

Tang Yue shot her student a glare.

Did he think she was a child to be toyed with, using an excuse that wasn't even fresh?

"Here, these are the seven General-level Spirit Essences you need this time!"

"Our Lingyin Judgment Association's quarterly stock of spirit essences has been completely drained!"

Tang Yue said directly to Lin Yu, then produced a Soul Storage Vessel.

"You're making a profit too, you know. I promised you forty Servant-level Spirit Essences, worth about two hundred million!"

"You could even buy a lesser Commander-level Spirit Essence with that."

Lin Yu didn't dawdle. After confirming the seven General-level Spirit Essences, he handed over forty Servant-level Spirit Essences!

-40 Servant-level Spirit Essences!

Spirit Essence Count: 594 Servant-level Spirit Essences!

"I think you, as an inspector, should set your sights underground."

"Those Black Vatican bastards are plotting something."

After these two trades, Tang Yue and the Judgment Association behind her had long been exposed.

So Lin Yu could discuss such matters with her naturally.

"I know. Lately, a lot of tunnels have appeared in Bo City."

"And it seems those Demons have their eyes on the Earth Sacred Spring."

Tang Yue furrowed her brow. This mission was wearing her out.

"Take your time thinking. I'm heading down!"

Having obtained the seven General-level Spirit Essences, Lin Yu left directly.

Watching Lin Yu's retreating figure, Tang Yue shook her head helplessly, then touched her own face.

She seriously wondered if, in Lin Yu's mind, strengthening Star Particles mattered more than she did.

Was she really getting that old?

"But his fire element is already at Beginner Level Five, isn't it?"

"Gulp!"

"An Intermediate Mage can unleash magic comparable to mid-tier power!"

"Could it be that this kid really does come from a Forbidden Curse Family, with him as the only heir?"

Just then, as she watched Lin Yu leave, Tang Yue suddenly recalled that this was already the second time he had taken seven General-level Spirit Essences from her hands.

But he had already strengthened his fire element once. What did he need another seven General-level Spirit Essences for?

On this point, Tang Yue was utterly baffled!

Three years of high school passed quickly as the students engaged in Nether Cultivation!

Soon, they would be taking the magic college entrance exam and entering university academies!

That would be a whole new beginning!

"Mo Fan, your good days are almost here!"

"And aren't you Lin Yu's loyal lackey? You actually snatched away his chance to enter the Earth Sacred Spring!"

In the queue, Zhao Kun San looked at Mo Fan and directly sneered at him.

By now, most of the students knew that the duel between Mo Fan and Yu Ang would decide the ownership of the Earth Sacred Spring.

The school had chosen Mo Fan as their representative, while the noble families had picked Yu Ang!

Everyone looked at Mo Fan with strange expressions in their eyes.

Mo Fan, however, glanced at Lin Yu with some confusion—he genuinely had no idea what the Earth Sacred Spring was. Did the winner between him and Yu Ang get to use it for cultivation?

"Brother Yu, how about this... maybe you fight that Yu Ang first?"

But Mo Fan also knew that his own strength was definitely no match for Lin Yu.

Even now, with both his elements at the third level of the Intermediate Stage, he still lacked that confidence!

A year ago, Lin Yu could already kill an Advanced Stage One-Eyed Demon Wolf, let alone now!

If someone told Mo Fan that Lin Yu was about to break through to Advanced Mage, he would believe it.

"Don't worry about me. I don't need that thing to break through to Advanced."

Lin Yu said to Mo Fan, then turned his attention back to his own mental world.

As Lin Yu had said, his Fire Star Dust and Wind Star Dust had long since reached their limits over the past year.

They had filled the entire Cosmic Barrier to the brim; with just a little energy as a boost, Lin Yu could easily shatter that shackle!

And what was even more astonishing was the Servant-level Spirit Essence hanging high in Lin Yu's mind!

Spirit Essence Count: 904 Servant-level Spirit Essences!

These things were Lin Yu's real foundation for survival. The Earth Sacred Spring?

He truly didn't think much of it.

"I'll head to the Magic Market later and buy two Star Cloud Crystals to break through to Advanced."

Over this period, Lin Yu had learned that the best resource for breaking through to Advanced was the Star Cloud Crystal.

On the open market, these things cost at least tens of millions. (I made that up—Star River Vein is a hundred million, Star Sea Heavenly Vein is a billion, so it's reasonable!)

It was something an Intermediate Mage might never save up enough to buy in a lifetime!

Lin Yu didn't think he would fail the breakthrough, so he only bought two, preparing to advance both elements to Advanced.

At the Magic Market!

Lin Yu, on break, headed straight there.

Every time he improved his strength, it gave him a rush of adrenaline, so he was excited right now.

But Bo City was ultimately a small town, and resources for breaking through realms were pitifully scarce.

The prices were almost twenty to thirty percent higher than in the big cities.

Still, Lin Yu was focused on boosting his power right now and didn't care about a little extra cost.

After cashing in four Servant-level Spirit Essences, Lin Yu bought two Star Cloud Crystals and left immediately.

Returning to that cramped apartment, Lin Yu looked around the place!

"Once I break through to Advanced, I'll probably have to leave here."

After saying that, Lin Yu seemed a bit wistful—after all, he had lived here for eighteen years.

But soon, his gaze hardened.

Out with the old, in with the new!

Lin Yu sat down cross-legged, picked up one Star Cloud Crystal, and began to absorb it slowly.

In his mental world, he could feel waves of gentle energy slowly being absorbed by his Fire Star Dust!

The Star Dust, which had already reached the limit of the Cosmic Barrier, began to violently assault the barrier, and the most ferocious among them were the seven Star Particles that had been strengthened twice.

With every impact, a crack split open in the Cosmic Barrier!

And those seven twice-strengthened Star Particles displayed an unprecedented dominance, charging relentlessly—they craved a wider space!