After hearing me out, Xiao Yu answered as we walked toward the Experimental Building:
"There are nine kinds of crystals: white, black, red, green, cyan, purple, yellow, blue, and orange.
So far, you've found six kinds: white, black, red, green, cyan, and yellow.
That leaves purple, blue, and orange.
Of those three, purple has the lightning attribute, blue has the wind attribute and can gather wind, and orange has the fire attribute."
My heart tightened at that.
Lightning, wind, and fire!
They sounded powerful already.
"Xiao Yu, do you know roughly how many pieces of the Nine Luminaries Crystal are still scattered out there?"
Xiao Yu let out a long sigh.
"I can't be sure either. Over the years, I've recovered some here and there.
Judging by how badly the crystal shattered and how many pieces it split into,
there could be at least thirty-six crystal shards scattered outside..."
Thirty-six?
That was a lot.
Gathering all thirty-six crystals again, or perhaps even more, would certainly be difficult.
We didn't even know where they had all ended up.
All we could do was try our hardest to find them.
I nodded.
"All right. I'll do everything I can to collect them."
Xiao Yu nodded.
"The crystal has stabilized, but collecting more would be ideal. While I'm inside, I can draw on its power.
The more crystals there are, and the more complete it becomes, the greater the threat I pose to the Great Fiends and the more I can restrain them.
But over these past few centuries, I've discovered that, besides the Four War Souls I sent out to search for crystal shards,
other factions have also been quietly collecting them..."
So Xiao Yu had already noticed.
I nodded immediately and said,
"That's right. As far as I know, the Huang