Chapter 561 - 560: Who’s Tired of Living
Chapter 561 - 560: Who’s Tired of Living
This was similar to unraveling an old sweater to re-knit it. It didn’t consume any new materials, and she could smooth out the snags and mend the broken parts. She acted as an emotionless knitting machine, using a specific compression and arrangement pattern of Spiritual Energy to re-form the Crystal Stones.
Wei Ce smiled and said, "Alright, I’ll collect all their Crystal Stones. We’ll set the exchange rate at ten for one. They could barely absorb the old Crystal Stones before. The only times they’d draw Spiritual Energy from them were when a female was pregnant with a cub, or when they lacked enough Spiritual Energy during a critical breakthrough.
To use an idiom Shuo taught us, it’s called ’drinking poison to quench thirst.’ We have many males at home, so they can take turns filtering the Crystal Stones, but even so, the males’ cultivation progress has been greatly affected.
Forget ten-to-one, even if it were thirty or fifty to one, everyone would be more than happy to make the exchange!"
Absorbing Crystal Stones with almost no impurities would make their Cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.
Si Shuo hummed in agreement. "A single Crystal Stone has about ten to thirty percent impurities. We can make a nice profit."
Wei Ce couldn’t help but pull her into his arms, kissing her tenderly. "Shuo, what good deeds could I have possibly done in my past life for the Beast God to arrange for me to be one of your Beast Husbands?"
Their meeting had been so random. If it had been a few seconds earlier or a few seconds later, they might have missed each other completely.
Si Shuo chuckled and hugged him back. His chest was broad and warm, giving her a profound sense of security. She mumbled softly, "Maybe we both saved the galaxy."
The fate that brings people together is so subtle. Meeting the right person, at the right time, in the right place!
With this idea in mind, Wei Ce didn’t linger. He went straight out to talk to Wei Jin. He only mentioned that he had met a capable person in the city who could purify Crystal Stones.
He took out two Twelfth level Crystal Stones and handed them over. "Father, look. This Twelfth level Crystal Stone is the kind we usually dig out from Wild Beasts, and this one is the purified version. The impurities are so few they’re almost negligible.
If our clansmen use Crystal Stones like these for Cultivation, breaking through another level in a short time will be a piece of cake! Even after absorbing a hundred or so, the impurities left in their bodies might not even be as much as from absorbing three or five of the old ones.
And then if they take a round of Bone Marrow Cleansing and Vein Cutting Pills..."
Wei Jin took the two Crystal Stones, comparing them over and over. He couldn’t bear to put down the purified one. "This Crystal Stone is so pure. The Spiritual Energy it radiates is lethally tempting. It’s a shame I don’t have a Fire Ability."
Wei Ce smiled and took out a purified Earth Element Crystal Stone. "Here, give this one a try."
After taking the Bone Marrow Cleansing and Vein Cutting Pill and training in the Southwest Secret Realm, Wei Jin’s cultivation had surged to the Peak of Level 14. He was just one opportunity away from breaking through to Level 15. He had been stuck at Level 13 for so long that he thought he would be trapped at that level for the rest of his life. He never expected that in just one short year, he would not only break through to Level 14 but also reach its Peak.
He took a deep breath and accepted the Crystal Stone. The Spiritual Energy from the Earth Element Crystal Stone was so pure that the moment he held it, he couldn’t stop himself from absorbing it. He quickly found a place to sit and meditate. It felt as if the Spiritual Energy had drilled a hole in his palm; it was so dense it almost condensed into drops as it gushed forth, carrying shards of ice that scraped painfully against his meridians.
Wei Jin didn’t dare let his focus waver for even a second. Holding his breath and concentrating, he guided the Spiritual Energy through his meridians and into his Dantian. At the same time, he circulated the energy in his Dantian, converting the Spiritual Energy into Spiritual Power and using it to slowly repair his damaged meridians, muscles, skin, and bones.
The process was long and arduous. His body had never endured such an intense influx of Spiritual Energy before. It was like a barren land suddenly hit by a torrential downpour, each raindrop slamming into the ground to form a muddy crater, each drop possessing the force of a thunderbolt!
Wei Jin cherished this chance to improve himself too much. Gritting his teeth, he persevered, steadily and carefully circulating the Spiritual Energy from the Crystal Stone through his body again and again without wasting a single drop. This required extreme control of one’s spiritual power, and it was also an excellent exercise for it. After an unknown amount of time, he heard a faint CRACK. The barrier to Level 15 had shattered, and the surrounding Earth Element Spiritual Energy began to flood madly into his body.
Wei Ce’s eyebrows shot up in pleasant surprise. He quickly took out several more Earth Element Crystal Stones to ensure there was abundant Spiritual Energy.
Once Wei Jin’s cultivation stabilized, he seemed completely stunned. "Wei Ce, I... Am I a Level 15 Beastman now?"
Level 15! Back on the Central Continent, this was the goal they had chased their entire lives. He never imagined he would reach it before he was even forty years old.
Wei Ce smiled and nodded. "Of course. But Father, on the Yongchang Continent, a Level 15 superpower is about the same as our Eleven and Twelve Levels back home. At most, it means you won’t get bullied. It’s not that impressive.
For example, in Beiping City, their highest Level is Peak Sixteen level Peak."
Wei Jin shot him an irritated glare. "Can’t you just let me be happy for a little while? I was stuck at Level 13 with no hope of advancing before. Now I have the highest cultivation on the Central Continent."
Wei Ce let out a low chuckle, pointed to himself, and whispered, "I’m Sixteen level, and I’m not showing off like you, Father. Aren’t I being low-key?"
The gap between Level 15 and Sixteen level might seem like only a single level, but it was a jump that could take decades to achieve.
Wei Jin gasped, grabbing him in surprise to get a better look. "Good, good, good! You truly are the most talented cub in our clan. You’re Sixteen level! You can definitely fight a Peak Sixteen level Peak Beastman from Beiping City.
This way, we can be more at ease with you all in the Beast City! At least we won’t be in a passive position."
For Beastmen who rarely used Crystal Stones for Cultivation, the effect of the purified stones was astonishing. With the Crystal Stones provided by Si Shuo, the Beastmen’s cultivation levels would surely rise even higher!
Overnight, the overall Combat Power of the Iron eating Beast Clan had increased significantly.
Early the next morning, Si Shuo and her group returned to their cave in the city. Meanwhile, the Iron eating Beast Clan selected ten Level 14 males and twenty Level 13 males to go to the city gate, queue up, and wait to enter to help.
"Who has a death wish, daring to take Hu Hang’s Beast Mark!"
Si Shuo had just finished her meal and was sitting at the entrance of the cave, watching Zhi Le and the others busily setting up the cave and planning what to sell in the future.
In the distance, dust billowed and the ground trembled slightly. The furious voice of a female echoed between the curved cliff walls!
A short while later, guided by a Red winged Blackbird beastman, the female arrived before Si Shuo with numerous High level Beast Husbands in tow.
"It was you?" The female’s eyes flashed with jealousy when she saw Si Shuo’s fair-skinned and exquisitely beautiful face. She gritted her teeth and demanded, "I don’t recall ever offending you, and Hu Hang has always been well-behaved and never causes trouble. How did we provoke you?"
Xu Chi and Gong You immediately stepped in front of Si Shuo, their faces cold and their bodies tense.
Si Shuo smiled. "Yesterday, Hu Hang’s little whelp was bullying people with her connections. She took a fancy to one of my males and tried to snatch him away. She was so arrogant and domineering, acting as if she feared nothing in heaven or on earth. And it was clear she was a repeat offender.
I couldn’t help myself, so I took away the power she was relying on."
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