Lin Ke studied the markings that resembled ancient characters, but even after a long while, he could make no sense of them.
"They aren't ancient talismans, nor anything like a Demon Beast's inner core. They look more like some kind of ore."
He tried tapping the crystal.
But the crystal was incredibly hard. Ordinary force could not break it, and even blasts of Spirit Power could not budge it in the slightest.
To discover its origins, Lin Ke even asked the Jade Commandery Princess and the others, but they knew nothing about it either.
There were almost no clues to the origins of this red crystal.
But after thinking carefully about the origins of the Wasteland, Lin Ke thought of another possibility.
This Red Crystal Stone might have formed from the blood of mighty figures of High Antiquity, which had lingered after their deaths and crystallized through the long tempering of time.
Much like Spirit Stones.
Spirit Stones formed when Spirit Power was compressed by the power of heaven and earth and crystallized.
This Red Crystal Stone had probably formed for a similar reason.
After all, this region was the site of an ancient battlefield, and those who had fought in that great battle were all experts whose abilities reached the heavens.
The blood flowing through their bodies could rival certain spiritual materials and treasures. If it had crystallized into this Red Crystal Stone over hundreds or thousands of years, that hardly seemed surprising.
He then put the crystal away and considered his next steps.
By this point in their journey, he had already understood how the First Stage of the trial worked.
It was simple: they had to clear successive challenges.
Each region they had seen, with its different environment, was actually another level of the challenge.
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