"Holy shit, what the hell is this?!"
Li Tianming stared wide-eyed at the fist-sized red crystal before him, swearing instinctively.
After taking it from Qin Siyang, he examined it for a long while, his eyeballs practically pressed against its surface.
Only then did he look blankly at Qin Siyang. "Xiao Qin, this is..."
"A Crimson Crystal."
"This... this... a fist-sized Crimson Crystal? These things actually exist?!"
Qin Siyang couldn't help laughing. "Old Li, you're something else. You weren't even sure this thing existed, yet you dared make it an essential material for your research?"
Li Tianming cradled the Crimson Crystal, unable to put it down, his gaze burning with excitement. "You think I wanted to?! It's because none of the known materials can replace a Crimson Crystal!"
Then he shook his head in wonder. "I honestly never imagined I'd see a Crimson Crystal this size! At least, not now! Right this moment! Just over six months after meeting you!"
"Xiao Qin, how did you get this Crimson Crystal?! Don't tell me you're in some God Tamer Sequence and raised a Waterlogged Begonia?!"
"It was from that time we went out together and ran into one."
"Huh?" Li Tianming froze. "How did you manage that?!"
Qin Siyang told him about the man who had ambushed him inside the Waterlogged Begonia.
When Li Tianming heard that Qin Siyang had obtained an entire bag of Crimson Crystals, he didn't react much.
He already had the material he needed and wasn't particularly interested in Qin Siyang's other surplus treasures.
He knew that since Qin Siyang had told him about them, it meant Qin Siyang would give them to him outright if he needed them.
Likewise, Li Tianming didn't ask why Qin Siyang was only now telling him about something that had happened six months