Full-Time Psychic Martial Artist

After Lorne put the yeti's corpse that Nelly had killed into his storage space, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he decided to do a quick search since he was already there.

The Yeti is not very intelligent. Although it knows how to skin animals to make beds, its skills are extremely poor, resulting in most of the skins being damaged, and some even rotting and smelling bad.

Lorne could even detect the maggots wriggling in these rotting furs using his psychic senses.

For the sake of his SAN value, he decisively abandoned his plan to find good furs and instead looked for other things that might be valuable.

He stood in the center of the cave, focusing intently on his psychic perception. Soon, he spotted three objects radiating intense psychic energy in a hidden corner.

Lorne went over to take a look and found a small, inconspicuous mound on the ground, which had obviously been deliberately buried by the Yeti.

Using his psionic tentacles, he dug open the mound, revealing three raw mineral crystals emitting various colored glows, each the size of a pigeon egg.

Lorne focused his attention on the luminous crystal and concentrated on using the system to identify it.

[Alchemy] Successfully verified.

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【Magic Crystal】

Magic crystals refer to all natural gemstones that contain magical power.

Scholars generally believe that the birth of magic crystals originated from the purification of chaotic energy by the two gods of light and darkness.

Therefore, the closer to the deepest underground abyss, the higher the yield of this type of crystal. The closer to the surface, the lower the yield.

Magic crystals are an essential raw material for crafting magical items, and they are in short supply on the surface world.

Even the lowest quality magic crystals can be exchanged for silver at the same price.

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As Lorne was checking the appraisal information, Nelly walked over carrying Xue Ling.

"Huh, it's a pathfinder stone," Nelly said, looking at the magic crystal.

Lorne paused slightly, a bad feeling creeping into his heart: "You're using these stones to probe the way?"

Nelly nodded: "When Nelly encounters a fork in the road, she should place a pathfinding stone on the ground so she won't get lost. In some deep caves where it's hard to see what's down, she can also drop one down to light the way."

Lorne was speechless, unsure whether to criticize the girl for being arrogant or wasteful.

"Do you have any more of these scout stones?" Lorne asked.

"Yes," Nelly nodded.

"How many?" Lorne's eyes lit up immediately.

You know, Neri is a ruthless person who has lived alone in the Abyss World for more than ten years. She must have collected quite a lot.

The thought that Nelly might possess a mountain of magic crystals almost made Lorne rub his hands together like a fly.

Nelly took two steps back, looking at Lorne warily, and said, "Nelly hasn't found any more Pathfinder Stones in a long time. She's keeping the rest for herself and can't give them to you."

Lorne's smile froze instantly, a sense of crisis shooting from his tailbone to the top of his head.

"Um, how do you plan to use it?" he asked hurriedly.

"Scouting the way, didn't we just say that?" Nelly looked at Lorne with a "you're not smart" look.

Lorne felt utterly exhausted, too weak to look up at the sky, and sighed through his nostrils.

Nelly didn't understand why Lorne was reacting this way, but that didn't stop her from picking up the three magic crystals.

"That's what I found," Lorne quickly reminded him.

Nelly picked up the magic crystal, examined it, and curled her lip in disdain:

"It's too small, doesn't light up, and is difficult to use."

After saying that, he threw the three magic crystals back into the pit.

Lorne was speechless again. Wait, you've stirred things up again?

"Then what kind is good to use?" Lorne asked casually.

Nelly flipped her left palm down, and a bulging leather bag fell out from the shadow of her palm, which she casually grabbed.

She held the bag with one hand, her fingers deftly and quickly untying the knot at the top of the bag as if they had no bones. The light that peeked through the gap in the bag's opening made Lorne instinctively hold his breath.

When the bag was fully opened, revealing the magic crystal inside, Lorne felt a sudden dizziness, and the scene in "Tom and Jerry" where Tom gives the white cat a diamond ring involuntarily flashed into his mind.

Then came the scene where Superman got hit in the face by a piece of kryptonite the size of a fist.

Then, a plan titled "How to Avoid 300 Years of Struggle" automatically generated in my mind, as if I had been connected to AI.

Fortunately, Nelly only let Lorne glance at it before re-tying the bag containing the "One Ring" and putting it back into her Shadow Pocket.

Lorne snapped out of his daze, quickly shook his head, and threw the plan—which, if executed, would likely result in him being kicked to death by the Goddess of Darkness—into the recycle bin.

Then he immediately learned a light spell.

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[Light Spell] (Bard, Priest, Warlock, Mage, Mechanic)

Trick, Evocation, Standard Spellcasting.

You touch an object with a volume of no more than 3 cubic meters, causing it to continuously emit light.

You can choose to make the object emit a bright light or a dim light.

The intense light can illuminate a radius of up to 50 meters for up to 1 minute.

The dim light can illuminate an area with a radius of at least 5 meters for 1 hour.

You can freely adjust the light intensity within the above range, and the duration will change proportionally.

Magic Enhancement:

For every +5 to the spell attribute modifier, the maximum radius that can be illuminated increases by 50 meters.

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Lorne casually picked up a stone the size of an egg with his psionic tentacles and cast a light spell on it.

The stone immediately emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the entire cave.

The two were immediately forced to squint by the bright light.

While fast asleep, Xue Ling twisted her body and buried her face in Nie Li's arms.

"What do you think of this as a stepping stone?" Lorne asked confidently.

"It's too bright, it hurts my eyes," Nelly said, frowning.

Lorne immediately adjusted the brightness, reducing the illumination range to 5 meters.

"And now?"

"Yes, that's fine." Nelly nodded, looking at the stone with curiosity. "Is this magic?"

"Yes," Lorne smiled and nodded, "If you want to use Pathfinder Stones in the future, just tell me, and I'll make them however I want."

"Oh." Nelly nodded sheepishly.

Lorne continued, "Those glowing stones you picked up before were actually magic crystals, which are very valuable."

"Very valuable?" Nelly tilted her head, puzzled. She had only recently arrived on the surface, and since food was free at the North Forest Fortress, she hadn't yet developed a concept of money.

"It's one that can buy lots and lots of food," Lorne explained in a way that Nelly could understand.

Nelly's eyes immediately lit up: "How much is 'a lot'?"

Lorne thought for a moment, then gestured with his hand towards the cave where the two were located, and said, "It can definitely fill this place up."

Nelly stared wide-eyed in disbelief, her voice trembling slightly as she asked, "Really? Really?"

"Really, if you don't believe me, ask Mother Nevani or Sister Iluvia." Lorne said with certainty.

Nelly stood there motionless, as if petrified, her eyes wide open, as if she had witnessed something terrifying.

At one point, her expression of fear turned into regret, and two glistening tears welled up in her eyes.

"Uh, are you alright?" Lorne then realized how cruel a truth he had presented to the girl.

The girl didn't make a sound when she was sad; only tears silently slid down her cheeks.

Lorne could tell just by looking at her how upset Nelly was, and he also remembered how quiet Nelly was when she slept.

Clearly, these were all skills that the girl had honed alone over the past ten years in that perilous abyss world.

But then again, seeing Nelly crying so badly, Lorne felt relieved.

Little Silly Boy will definitely not use magic crystals to explore anymore, and there's no need to worry about his magic crystals being stolen.

You have completed the adventure event [How Painful the Realization], and gained 10 x 10 experience points. (200/1000)