"By the way, there are some things I wanted to ask you." Shen Shitian looked at Lu Wu's happy expression, his tone somewhat serious.
"Ask whatever you like, Grandpa Shen."
"Your magic is unusually powerful, more than several times as strong as other people's Beginner Fire Magic..." Shen Shitian said decisively.
Aside from the One-Eyed Demon Wolf's wounded belly and weak defenses, the greatest reason it had died at Lu Wu's hands was the power of his Fire Burst.
Many of the mages present must have been thinking about it at the time. Even the Hunter Union had asked.
It was only out of respect for Shen Shitian that no one had questioned Lu Wu directly.
Now, Shen Shitian still wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"That sort of power is truly formidable. As your cultivation keeps breaking through, your advantage will become more and more apparent," Luo Long praised.
"That was actually my first time casting magic. I don't know how powerful other people's magic is," Lu Wu said frankly.
Since he was not lying, Lu Wu spoke with complete confidence.
He knew his Stars had undergone Stars Enhancement, but he really did not know how powerful other people's Beginner Fire Magic was.
It had also truly been his first time casting magic.
"I've heard of people whose Stars are stronger than others' from birth, but it shouldn't be this outrageous." Luo Long could not puzzle it out, no matter how hard he thought.
This kid Lu Wu cultivated quickly, but children of prominent families showered with resources could do the same.
But this magical talent was simply unparalleled.
"Keep cultivating diligently. Even if you have no rivals among your peers, powerful demon beasts won't care about your talent," Shen Shitian cautioned.
In this world, demon beasts occupied the vast majority of the land.
Who knew how many people had died at their hands?
Lu Wu's talent was indeed top-notch, but a genuine threat to his life would not retreat three leagues because of his age and talent!
"I'll definitely work hard to improve my strength," Lu Wu replied earnestly.
He would certainly take Grandpa Shen's and Elder Luo's reminders to heart.
The very reason he kept Little Fire hidden as a trump card was to prepare for unforeseen needs.
"All right, all right, you're already doing very well. There's no need to keep yourself wound so tight," Shen Shitian hurriedly said upon hearing this.
He had not forgotten how Lu Wu had pushed himself so hard that he had fallen unconscious for an entire day.
The next day.
To Lu Wu's surprise, after learning what had happened at the demon beast park, the Rongcheng Hunter Union offered him compensation.
The Hunter Union had branches all over the world, with large ones like Rongcheng's on practically every continent.
After obtaining Grandpa Shen's approval, they gave him a hundred thousand in compensation outright.
All the mages who had failed to stop Nangong Pei at the time were punished. Not only that, they also discovered why the One-Eyed Demon Wolf had gone berserk.
That powder had been made from the corpse of that One-Eyed Demon Wolf's child.
According to Nangong Pei and those few mages, they had only wanted to teach him a lesson and had guaranteed that no one would die.
Since Nangong Pei had suffered the worst injuries and had spent two days unconscious in the hospital, the Hunter Union took no action against him. Naturally, Lu Wu did not pursue the matter further.
Hopefully, that fellow would know when to stop!
On the second day, Elder Luo gave Lu Wu a Stardust Magic Tool: a blue-green dust stone hanging from a bracelet.
"This is a very good Stardust Magic Tool, top-tier among Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Tools. Don't you go breaking it, brat."
Despite saying that, Luo Long tossed the Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Tool to Lu Wu quite casually.
Lu Wu did not linger. Taking the Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Tool with him, he went straight off to cultivate.
Back in his room, Lu Wu adjusted his condition and put the bracelet on his wrist.
How long mages could meditate varied. After his Stars had undergone Stars Enhancement so many times, Lu Wu's daily meditation time had originally been four hours.
But after his soul grew stronger, his daily meditation time had increased to over six hours.
With the Stardust Magic Tool, he would be able to cultivate even longer!!
The Stardust Magic Tool nourished the soul, shortening the period of soul fatigue after meditation and thereby extending cultivation time.
As he extended his mental awareness into the magic tool, wisps of warmth emerged from it, constantly nourishing his soul.
His mind immediately became incomparably peaceful and comfortable. The feeling was like the security of being at home with everything he needed while heavy rain poured outside.
In this state, Lu Wu immersed himself in cultivation.
By the time he finally felt some fatigue in his soul, it was already the early morning of the third day.
"Twelve hours!!!"
Lu Wu was stunned. After his Stars had undergone Stars Enhancement but before his soul transformed, he had been able to cultivate for four hours, somewhat less than other outstanding people.
Of course, in terms of duration alone, that was definitely above average.
The six hours after his soul's transformation had been top-tier.
With this Stardust Magic Tool, his cultivation time had now doubled outright!!
At this rate, one month of cultivation will be equivalent to two months, Lu Wu silently calculated.
Cultivation was indeed tedious, so tedious that sometimes he did not feel like doing it.
But whenever he thought about how he could only become stronger than others by cultivating constantly, and how greater strength meant being able to do more, he would be filled with motivation again.
Rather than rest, he began using his mental awareness to control the Thought Stone.
His mind was somewhat fatigued now. Using the Thought Stone to cultivate in this state would strengthen his soul relatively faster.
However, after controlling the Thought Stone for just over two hours, Lu Wu reached his limit.
The increase in his cultivation time would shorten the time he could spend cultivating with the Thought Stone somewhat.
After figuring out the timing, Lu Wu spoke to Mu Nujiao during the day about sharing the Stardust Magic Tool.
Mu Nujiao had originally come to Rongcheng to have fun, but after seeing Lu Wu's cultivation progress, she lost all interest in sightseeing and cultivated constantly instead.
When she learned they would be sharing a Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Tool, Mu Nujiao initially refused.
She did not know Lu Wu had only just obtained this Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Tool and simply assumed he cultivated so quickly because he had possessed it all along.
That made everything add up.
In the end, Mu Nujiao could not hold out against Lu Wu's arrangements. Since she truly wanted to become stronger as well, she stopped standing on ceremony with him.
The two agreed that Lu Wu would use it for twelve hours first, then leave the remaining time to Mu Nujiao.
More than twenty days passed quickly.
After handing the Stardust Magic Tool to Mu Nujiao, Lu Wu ate with her.
"Judging by how you look, your cultivation is progressing very well." Lu Wu noticed that Mu Nujiao was in a very good mood.
With the help of the Spirit Grade Stardust Magic Tool, Mu Nujiao's cultivation time reached ten hours.
There was a two-hour gap between their sessions, which Lu Wu had planned out from the start.
After he finished cultivating, the two would eat together. Two hours later, Mu Nujiao would take the Stardust Magic Tool to cultivate, while he would begin cultivating with the Thought Stone.
Then he would rest. Once he finished resting, he would get the Stardust Magic Tool from Mu Nujiao and cultivate.
This cycle repeated for more than twenty days.
"Come to the seventh floor with me in a bit. I want to try controlling my seventh Star," Mu Nujiao said without hiding anything.
She had tried several times, and on several occasions had nearly linked them into a Star Path.
After resting, she had a very strong feeling that she could successfully control it.
The seventh floor was where Beginner Mages practiced in this building, and Mu Nujiao wanted to give it a try.
"All right."
After finishing their meal, the two went to the seventh floor together. The first floor was the hunter hall, where ordinary missions were posted and handed in, while the second floor was where bounties were handed in.
People were not allowed to enter the other floors freely.
The seventh floor was divided into ten large areas, enclosed by barriers made by Advanced Level Earth Mages.
Lu Wu took Mu Nujiao to one of them, where many wooden dummies had been set out.