After retrieving the fragment of the sky-mending artifact, Lin Yu discovered that all the colorful stones on the rock walls on both sides of the cave had lost their luster.
Clearly, this place was previously used by the Water Droplets.
Those colorful stones are actually the root cause of absorbing the source power of the human body. They not only absorb a person's power, but also their life force, causing the body to gradually wither away.
According to He Buxian's description, given enough time, the stone could absorb an entire person completely.
Because these stones have now lost their luster, this land obviously no longer has the ability to absorb the life force of others.
The fragment that mended the sky split into nine pieces, each inheriting all the skills of the stone that mended the sky, though with slight differences in attributes.
Due to differences in attributes, each fragment of the Sky-Mending Stone has a limited number of skills that can be used. Only by finding all the fragments and fusing them together can the complete Sky-Mending Stone be synthesized.
Only the stone used to mend the sky could contain all that power.
Lin Yu didn't know how much longer it would take him to complete the fusion of the Heaven-Mending Stone, but judging from the current progress, everything was going relatively smoothly.
After experiencing today, Lin Yu felt even more fortunate.
Originally, it was thought that this strange place was a result of the appearance of the Water Droplets, but who could have imagined that it was just another fragment of the sky-mending material that fell here, forming a barrier for self-protection.
The stone used to mend the sky naturally creates a special protective barrier to keep others away from the land it inhabits.
Just like the yellow sand land formed by the Phoenix Ancestral Sea, it will not harm people as long as it is not exploited by those with ulterior motives.
Now, the barrier created by the stone that mended the heavens has clearly been used by that water droplet person.
With the fusion of the two fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone, nothing was left in the entire cave. In the end, only Lin Yu and the black-gold monkey remained.
Perhaps out of nostalgia, the black and gold monkey squatted down where the jujube tree used to be, looking incredibly sad.
This was, after all, the place where she had lived for over a hundred years. In those hundred years, apart from this jujube tree, the little one had no other playmates, let alone any other food. It could be said that the jujube tree was her spiritual support.
Although Lin Yu had come to his side, the jujube tree had disappeared, leaving the black-gold monkey feeling utterly lost.
If Lin Yu hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that a monkey could display such an expression, almost indistinguishable from a human, yet not a demon.
It seems this black and gold monkey is more intelligent than I imagined; staying here will only hinder its development.
"This little thing was doing just fine in this cave. If it weren't for me coming, it wouldn't have ended up like this."
Lin Yu felt a pang of pity and said to the little guy who was secretly grieving, "Don't worry about not having anything to eat. I told you I would take you out."
"It's not like inside this cave outside. There's all sorts of food and friends outside."
"You've been here for so long, you must not have seen your own kind for a long time, don't you want to go home and visit?"
As Lin Yu spoke, he soothingly stroked the little guy's stiff fur.
As if it understood what Lin Yu said, the black and gold monkey rubbed against him again, and for some reason, Lin Yu felt that its fur seemed to have become softer.
This sudden change caught even Lin Yu off guard; he had never seen a monkey control the changes in its fur before.
Logically speaking, given the current age of this black and gold monkey, it shouldn't possess any source magic power and shouldn't be able to perceive such a change.
Even if such changes do occur, they are mostly generated unconsciously now.
For example, when this black and gold monkey feels nervous or frightened, its fur will involuntarily become stiff, while when it is sad or not aggressive, its fur will become soft again.
Just as Lin Yu was about to carry the black and gold monkey away from this place, he suddenly felt dizzy.
The two fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone that had just merged began to heat up again. However, this time it was not due to external factors, but because of another fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone that Lin Yu had already subdued.
These are fragments of the sky-mending project that embody the wisdom and consciousness of the Water Droplet People.
Because of the time constraint, Lin Yu did not have time to erase the Water Drop Man's consciousness.
At that moment, the water droplet-like being happened to sense two other beings of its kind undergoing fusion, and it could no longer contain itself.
" Lin Yu, just let me go. You can't take away my intelligence and consciousness."
"If you can't remove my consciousness, I'll first devour your power, and then devour your two fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment!"
"At that time, both of these fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone will be mine for the taking!"
At this moment, the water droplet had already been subdued by Lin Yu and could not form a physical body. It could only communicate its thoughts to Lin Yu through telepathy.
Lin Yu was speechless. Looking at the guy he had completely subdued, who still had the confidence to say such things to him, he didn't know how to respond.
"Alright, there's no way to remove your consciousness anyway; that's my problem."
"Now that you've already become like this, you should stay obediently in my storage space and stop fantasizing about expanding your power and transforming into a human."
This water droplet person really won't learn until they see the coffin; does he think that absorbing a few fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone will make him a match for me?
Perhaps this guy doesn't realize that for Lin Yu, it simply means things have become a little more complicated.
"Let's hurry up and get Feng Changge to use the Phoenix True Fire to remove this guy's intelligence and consciousness as soon as possible. He's always nagging and it never ends."
As Lin Yu pondered this, he suddenly remembered.
In the world above ground, Feng Changge, He Buxian, and the fallen black phoenix have been waiting for who knows how long.
Lin Yu had wanted to leave this cave several times before, but each time something came up that kept him there, causing his departure to be delayed again and again.
Lin Yu touched the spot where the Heaven-Mending Fragment was placed, and couldn't help but think that it was because he needed the Heaven-Mending Fragment to fuse that he had arrived at this place and experienced all these things.