Gao Wu: Become stronger by grinding Erlang Shen's talents

Chapter 664 Before Seclusion! (Seeking monthly votes)
Lin Qi began to make calculations in his mind. The eight source energy crystals in his hand were enough to support his cultivation for three months.

And it was also enough for him to condense his sixth source vein, making him an ordinary genius, that is, a genius who awakens two abilities.

Their limit is condensing 6 source veins; that is already their limit.

For galaxy-level geniuses, condensing 6 source veins is only the later stage; most can condense 7 or 8 source veins.

Each subsequent condensation of a source vein requires more source energy crystals.

Lin Qi took out three bottles of Soul Essence and consumed them directly.

"Gulu~"

His throat bobbed, and the essence of his soul descended into his stomach. He then closed his eyes and began to cultivate his spiritual power technique, "Thousand Threads of Divine Thought."

He is also close to cultivating this mysterious manual to its final stage—the myriad threads forming a domain!
"Hoohoo!!"

A refreshing sensation rushed into my brain, and my soul essence began to take effect.

At the same time, a huge lake appeared in his consciousness, representing his spiritual power.

All the fog has been completely transformed into liquid, and the next step is solidification.

But Lynch still has a long way to go before he reaches that point.

However, he was certain that Edith, as a mentalist, had not only condensed eight source veins, but her mental power had also definitely exceeded 100,000.

He had reached the second level of the universe; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to easily control 50 blue flying blades.

Therefore, Lin Qi felt that his first step was to make a breakthrough in his mental strength.

His spiritual power broke through the second realm of the universe, condensing nine source veins, and his martial arts skills broke through to the sixth level.

The three goals are, of which the simplest is to achieve a breakthrough in mental strength.

Because of his top-tier mental strength talent, he has almost no bottlenecks; as long as he cultivates, his mental strength can be improved.

Within the space of consciousness, mental energy continuously differentiates, like strands of silk: 5000, 10000, 90000...

It quickly broke through 90000 strands and continued to differentiate under the influence of the soul essence.

It differentiated into strands, and soon after it differentiated into 300 strands, it stopped.

The final 90300 strands of spiritual energy continuously converge and weave into a net, allowing spiritual power to spread out and continuously enhancing perception and control.

"boom!"

The mental space was boiling. Lin Qi opened his eyes, his eyes were bright, and he could perceive the surrounding scene as if it were 3D printed.

[You have consumed 3 bottles of 50% pure Soul Essence, resulting in a significant increase in mental strength and improved mental perception. Your "Thousand Threads of Divine Sense" technique has advanced further, with mental strength increased by 301.]

[Mental Strength: 89998 → 90300]

……

Lin Qi opened his eyes, looked at the prompts on the panel, and immediately smiled.

With a mental strength of 90300, he is only 9700 mental strength away from breaking through.

Based on this, another 97 bottles of 50% pure soul essence would be enough to break through.

That's 970 million, which isn't cheap!
It may require more soul essence, or it may not require that much; it all depends on your cultivation needs.

Upon reflection, he realized that his 5000 million Deep Space Coins might not be enough.

Fortunately, he still received a reward settlement from the Lieyang Academy.

The higher his ranking goes, the greater the rewards will be.

Although it's not much, it's enough to buy several source energy crystals.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the time, and in the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed.

The WeChat group was unusually lively. Within a day, all 50 contestants had received loans and had money in hand, so they were all buying resources.

Even martial artists like Shanhe Wang and the God of War, who have reached the peak of the Sky-Soaring Realm, need money.

They may not be able to improve their artistic level, but they still have room for improvement in their skills.

For example, you can go to a special virtual world to hone your skills and feel the power of the laws.

Entering these virtual worlds also requires spending money, and the price is not cheap.

He doesn't plan to enter the field; he's confident he can achieve a breakthrough within three years by relying on his own accumulated experience.

Everything takes time to improve.

Everyone immediately began their cultivation.

……

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Blue Star arrives in the year 2054 of the Martial Arts Calendar, and it's Chinese New Year again.

February 7th, Lunar New Year's Eve in the Xia Dynasty.

In Residence No. 5, Tianhai City, everything is filled with a festive atmosphere: Spring Festival couplets and New Year's Eve dinner.

There were 11 people sitting at the dinner table. Besides Lin Qi's family of five, his uncle's family also came.

Besides his cousin Fang Lin, Uncle Fang Zhe had another child.

Finally, Jiang Tao and Jiang Miaoyin were also invited to have New Year's Eve dinner together.

Everyone ate together, and it was a very lively meal, with Lin Xiao and Lin Zhaoyue being particularly active.

They are now three years old.

Looking at the two lively children, Lin Zhen, the father, said, "It's time to send Xiaoxiao and Zhaoyue to kindergarten."

"I remember Changfeng saying that Sunshine Kindergarten is the best in Tianhai City."

Fang Huiyi, the mother, nodded and said, "I have already met with the school leaders, and I can start classes after the New Year."

Lin Qi nodded and said, "It's not good for them to stay at home every day. It would be better to send them to school to play with other children."

Lin Xiao looked expectant and said in a childish voice, "I want to play with other children. It's too boring at home."

Lin Zhaoyue, the younger sister, nodded and said, "I want to go too!"

Lin Zhen nodded, and everyone reached a consensus.

After dinner, the family sat on the sofa watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Lin Qi, Jiang Tao, and Jiang Miaoyin sat together chatting. Lin Qi inquired about their cultivation progress.

They were all in cultivation for three months, and only during the Spring Festival did they have the opportunity to get together and chat.

Jiang Miaoyin said, "Brother Lin Qi, I am still condensing two source veins."

"It mainly involves absorbing source energy to crystallize, which takes about 12 days. During this period, I can only absorb source energy."

"Next, I need to hone my skills in the Cosmic Arena. After three months, I have absorbed three source energy crystals. In another two months, I will be able to condense the third source vein."

Lin Qi nodded. This speed was already quite fast. With resources, the breakthrough speed was indeed fast.

Jiang Tao sighed, "It's a pity my round was too early. Otherwise, if it had been a month later, given my speed in condensing four source veins, I would most likely have been able to advance."

Lin Qi shook his head and said, "You're overthinking it. In the 50th match, the final eight people all had at least seven source veins."

"Let's focus on training and fight our way out of the revival round."

Jiang Tao asked curiously:

"Brother Qi, how many Origin Veins have you condensed yet?"

Lynch made a gesture.

Jiang Tao's eyes widened immediately. "Six?"

"Brother Qi, your cultivation is progressing way too fast!"

Lin Qi shook his head and said, "This is just my normal cultivation!"

"Six source veins are just the beginning!"

"By the way, Sun Sheng will be playing tomorrow, and Li Tianxing will be playing the day after tomorrow. There's only one day between them."

Jiang Tao nodded and said, "I feel that they won't be able to advance; at most, they'll only be able to condense five source veins."

Jiang Miaoyin spoke up: "I think they might have a chance to pass."

Lin Qi shook his head, not very optimistic, and said, "I hope so!"

……

November 8st

In the player space, the players from Blue Star successively logged onto the player plaza of the Triangular Constellation Civilization.

At this time, only a small number of people from other civilizations were still watching the Ten Directions Blood Arena.

Everyone exchanged New Year's greetings. Besides watching Sun Sheng's match, the most important thing for everyone was to get together and exchange cultivation experiences.

"Next, let's welcome contestant number 5432 from the 192nd round to the stage."

As announced by the host, Sang Qing.

Sun Sheng was teleported to the Ten Directions Blood Arena.

He was joined by contestants from 5431 other galaxies.

"Sun Sheng has quite a few experts in this competition. According to the data, there are not only the top 3 geniuses from Wan Hai Hui, the top 20 geniuses from Lieyang Star, but also the top 5 geniuses from Fengshen Valley..."

The black-robed God of War shook his head. Having received the information from the Deep Space Institute, everyone now had a better understanding of each of the renowned geniuses.

Every powerful genius is one who has condensed eight source veins and achieved the fifth level of perfect martial arts skills.

In Sun Sheng's match, there were 11 geniuses of this level.

Sun Sheng's strength doesn't rank in the top 8.

The others nodded in agreement. Lin Qi watched as Sun Sheng displayed his might, continuously killing ordinary players.

The staff technique is heavy and domineering. The staff sweeps out with a powerful force, and the power of the metal and earth elements can instantly kill the opponent.

Three months have passed, and Sun Sheng has now condensed five source veins.

This person's strength is slightly less than it was back then.

Killing ordinary opponents is very easy, but once they encounter a peak Sky Realm martial artist, they can't withstand it.

Advancing is still very difficult.

Seven hours later, only 20 people remained.

Sun Sheng encountered a genius from Lieyang Star and was eliminated by him in a few moves.

After being teleported back, Sun Sheng, clad in golden armor, cursed and swore:
"I'll remember Layton from Lieyang Star. I hope I don't run into him again in the second round of the Ten Directions Blood Arena."

Li Tianxing laughed and said, "That's because you're not strong enough!"

"When you also condense 8 source veins, he will naturally be no match for you."

Sun Sheng snorted, "I've been eliminated, so you'd better watch out. You're not much better than me."

……

The second day of the Spring Festival, in the afternoon
Li Tianxing took the stage to begin the 194th match of the Ten Directions Blood Arena.

"Boohoo!!"

"Pfft! Pfft!!" In the contestant space, everyone watched Li Tianxing's performance. He controlled 50 crimson throwing knives, which, like leaping flames, killed his opponents one after another.

They were very strong in the early stages, easily killing hundreds of players, but were also ambushed by other galaxy-level players, and ultimately persevered.

Until the last half hour, they were once again targeted by a genius from Lieyang Star.

The other party was also a psychic, wielding a halberd-shaped psychic weapon.

It can be used for close combat, long-range attacks, and can also be disassembled. The halberd can be broken down into dozens of flying blades to launch attacks, and at the same time, it has comprehended the law of fire.

Li Tianxing held out for a moment before being successfully killed!

After being teleported back, Sun Sheng immediately revealed a gloating expression and said:

"Tianxing, how dare you make fun of me!"

"You've been eliminated too, so why don't you come with me to the revival round?"

Jiang Tao exclaimed, "The geniuses of Lieyang Star are truly amazing; their advancement rate is too high!"

The black-robed war god spoke:

"Is Lieyang Star the strongest power in the Lieyang Star System, and the dominant power in the entire Lieyang Star Region?"

"In the entire galaxy, almost 99% of the geniuses were chosen by Lieyang Star, and they also have the best resources and the most exquisite secret techniques to inherit."

"Especially the strongest of them, the Lieyang Clan, who are the core of Lieyang Star, and each of them is a top genius."

"Even the Triangle Clan can't compare!"

Overlord laughed and said, "Far from it. In previous Deep Space Genius Tournaments, the Triangle Clan has only had around 5 people advance to the third round!"

"As for Lieyang Star, the number of people who advanced to the third round exceeded one hundred, and sometimes even approached two hundred!"

“Many star systems may not have a single genius advancing to the third round, but Lieyang Star has more than a hundred geniuses.”

"Other forces are simply no match for it."

"This is the foundation of a hegemonic power—it's incredibly profound!"

Everyone nodded. After receiving the information from Dean Yaochen, they realized just how powerful Lieyang Star really was.

Each year, over a hundred geniuses are selected to advance to the third round, making them far more powerful than other forces.

Even top forces like Wan Hai Hui, Yu Hua Shan, Lei Ze Tian, ​​Feng Shen Gu, and Tai Xing Ta only have a dozen or twenty geniuses enter the third round each year.

Lin Qi also spoke up: "The next contestants must be very careful of the geniuses from Lieyang Star!"

Everyone nodded and logged off.

Now, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing have also been eliminated, and currently, only Lin Qi has successfully advanced on the entire Blue Star.

In the entire Triangulum civilization, only 4 people successfully advanced, which is far too few.

Everyone knows that they still need to continue to improve their skills.

……

Residence No. 5, martial arts room.

Lin Qi, dressed in a black martial arts uniform and sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes.

He then continued his cultivation, took out the metal box, and consumed the level-three calamity beast crystal inside.

"Hoohoo!"

His body radiated a dazzling golden light, and 108 acupoints within his body appeared like stardust. Under the connection of source energy, six meridians formed in six areas of his body.

This is the result of his three months of cultivation.

It took eight source energy crystals to barely allow him to successfully condense the sixth source vein.

To condense the 7th source vein, more source energy crystals are needed.

after an hour
"boom!"

A terrifying energy fluctuation emanated from his body.

[You have consumed a large amount of Level 3 Calamity Beast Crystals, resulting in a slight physical transformation and an increase in health points. Health points +14]

[Qi and Blood Value: 79996 → 80010]

……

"Finally, I have 80000 health points!"

Lin Qi slowly stood up, condensing 6 source veins. His blood energy value reached 80000, and he was less than 20000 away from 10.

However, to upgrade it to 20,000, it would take dozens of source energy crystals.

In particular, the more source veins are condensed, the more source energy crystals are needed.

The sixth source vein requires eight source energy crystals.

According to his estimate, the seventh source vein may require about 10 to 12.

Article 8 requires even more than 15.

He doesn't know the exact number of the 9th one yet, but he needs more than 20.

Based on this calculation, the Deep Space Coins he had were barely enough.

"Fortunately, there is a second round of the Ten Directions Blood Arena. The 10000 selected players will compete against each other through matchmaking, just like the one-on-one matches in the first round."

"The more opponents you defeat, the greater the rewards you receive!"

"As long as I can gather eight source veins, I will be among the strongest people in the world."

"By then, the Deep Space Coins I've collected will be enough for me to condense my 9th Source Vein."

Lynch quickly finished thinking.

So he opened the War House and began searching for source energy crystals.

He smiled as soon as the words "Sold Out" disappeared from the name of the Energy Crystal.

"It's been three months, and the new cultivation resources have arrived."

Lin Qi looked at the screen and immediately made a decision.

I placed an order for 30 Source Energy Crystals, worth 3000 million Deep Space Coins.

That's enough for him to condense eight source veins.

Lin Qi was quite surprised that he could buy 30 crystals, which meant that the Flowing Blade Civilization had prepared a sufficient amount of source energy crystals this time.

"Besides the source energy crystal, I also need better soul essence."

Lin Qi then began searching for the Soul Essence, because his spiritual power was also very close to the second realm of the universe.

Item: Soul Essence (60% purity)

[Description: A potion that can greatly enhance mental strength!]

Price: 50 Deepspace Coins/tube

……

Lin Qi looked at the 60% purity soul marrow, which was priced five times higher than the 50% purity version, and its effects should be similar.

So he directly placed an order for 20 tubes, which is 1000 million Deep Space Coins!

【drop! 】

[Your purchase of 30 Source Energy Crystals and 20 60% Purity Soul Essences has been successful, totaling 4000 million Deep Space Coins!]

……

Lin Qi looked at his account, which only had 500 million Deep Space Coins, and took a deep breath.

We're back to square one, and the money's almost gone again.

However, it's all worth it; his strength will be greatly enhanced in two years.

……

The next day, in the capital, at the Crimson Sky Martial Arts Hall!

In the huge reception room, Lin Qi met Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, Jiang Tao, Jiang Miaoyin, the God of War, the King of Mountains and Rivers, and a host of other familiar faces.

Once the resources arrived, everyone unanimously chose to purchase them.

A moment later, it was Lin Qi's turn, and Supervisor Yi Ming took the metal briefcase from him.

It contains 30 source energy crystals and 20 tubes of 60% pure soul marrow.

The next time I come to headquarters will probably be more than two years from now.

Upon entering the reception room, Sun Sheng suddenly laughed:
"Lin Qi, two years from now, I hope you will have condensed eight source veins."

Li Tianxing laughed and said, "You should think about yourself first!"

Lin Qi patted the two of them on the shoulder and said:
"I hope that you and Taozi can both make it out of the revival round."

"If all nine of our Blue Star's galaxy-level geniuses successfully advance to the third round of the Deep Space Tournament, it will probably shock the entire Blazing Sun Star Region!"

Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, the God of War, and others also smiled.

Sun Sheng grinned and said, "I can't wait to see what shocks everyone else will see."

……

In the top-floor office, there is a spacious martial arts room.

The towering Crimson Emperor sat cross-legged, a smile spreading across his face as he looked at the information projected before him.

"It seems everyone wants to improve quickly; this time, they exchanged for hundreds of Source Energy Crystals."

"Two years from now, everyone's strength will be greatly improved."

"Everyone is getting stronger, and I can't fall behind."

"Buzz!"

A terrifying energy fluctuation emanated from his body, and a huge metal box opened in front of him, containing hundreds of source energy crystals.

Three of the source energy crystals, under control, floated up, broke through, and burst forth with tremendous force.

Enveloped by a force, it surged into the Crimson Emperor's body.

Three layers of crimson patterns appeared, and his aura continued to grow stronger.

……

An hour later, Lin Qi returned to Tianhai City and went out with his parents to interview friends.

A few days later, the Spring Festival holiday ended.

Younger siblings Lin Xiao and Lin Zhaoyue officially began their studies at kindergarten.

Lin Qi said goodbye to his parents and then turned to enter the martial arts room.

"Buzz!"

"It's time for me to go into seclusion and cultivate!"

Lin Qi took out the source energy crystal, swallowed it, and immediately began to absorb the source energy.

……

(End of this chapter)