Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

After walking a distance, Lin Xiao took out the Jade Bamboo Spear again, weighing it in his hand a couple of times: "Hehe, I've obtained another powerful Tier 3 item. Once I get the Wood Crystal, I'll return to my territory to refine it and synthesize it into the Mantis Blade!"

Because the battle ended too quickly, Lin Xiao still doesn't know what functions the Green Bamboo Spear has.

After this simple battle, Lin Xiao realized that without using fourth-tier items, he was strong enough to fight a third-tier enemy and defeat him easily.

"Whoosh..." Lin Xiao glanced at the route the Ever-Changing Ring had given him to the Flower Fairy Clan clerk, and then flew towards his target at an even faster speed.

Question: Lin Xiao's flight speed is 186 meters per second, and the Flower Fairy Clan's flight speed is 350 meters per second. Assuming the distance between them is 500 kilometers, how long would it take for them to meet if they travel towards each other?

It took approximately 15 minutes and 33 seconds. Fifteen minutes later, Lin Xiao met with the Flower Fairy Clan's teller.

When the Flower Fairy Clan clerk saw Lin Xiao there, she was taken aback: "Oh, customer, what are you doing here? Perfect timing, I already brought the wood crystal from the clan!"

As she spoke, the Flower Fairy took out a wooden crystal, the size of herself, from a small flower-shaped pouch at her waist.

Looking at the green crystal that emitted a shimmering green light, Lin Xiao could feel a rich natural aura emanating from it.

The grass on the ground around them was growing upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye after the wood crystal was taken out.

The Flower Fairy Clan clerk pushed the wooden crystal she was holding toward Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao reached out, stopped just before touching it, and then looked at the Flower Fairy Clan member in front of her with a strange expression.

"I haven't even given you the Source Crystal yet, and you're already so confident in giving me the Wood Crystal?" Lin Xiao teased the Flower Fairy in front of her.

"Huh?" Upon hearing Lin Xiao's words, the Flower Fairy Clan clerk's expression stiffened.

"Besides, you ran off without taking my deposit. Aren't you afraid I'll refuse to pay it back when you come looking for me later?"

The flower fairy clan clerk's body was trembling, as if she was thinking about the scene that would follow Lin Xiao's words.

After going through countless hardships, he finally found his tribe's leader, who said someone had come to buy wood crystals. He then went through even more hardships to return to Wood Soul City, only to be robbed without paying.

Or, when she returned, the person who bought the wood crystal had already left because she hadn't paid the deposit, leaving her standing there holding the wood crystal, and because of this wood crystal, the overall strength of her clan would continue to decline for a year.

Seeing the flower fairy clan clerk trembling slightly, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Alright, name your price and let's finish the transaction quickly so I can leave!"

Lin Xiao's words brought the Flower Fairy Clan clerk back to reality from her reverie. Holding the wooden crystal, she thought for a moment and then quoted a price.

"How about 5000 Source Crystals, sir?"

After all, the Wood Crystal was condensed from a fourth-tier being, and at 5000 Source Crystals, it wasn't actually that expensive.

"Okay, deal. But I have a question: how exactly are wood crystals made? And what are the consequences after they are made?"

Upon seeing that the customer had agreed to the transaction at a price of 5000 Source Crystals, the Flower Fairy breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded and answered Lin Xiao's question.

"Guest, for you to ask such a question, it seems your main group doesn't yet have two fourth-tier beings!"

Seeing that Lin Xiao had tacitly agreed, she continued, "Making wood crystals requires two or more fourth-tier leaders in a clan. Only when there are two or more fourth-tier leaders will the method of making wood crystals naturally come to mind."

Lin Xiao nodded. He had already learned this from the elder of the Grass Spirit Clan, and what he wanted to know now was what kind of consequences the production of Wood Crystals would have on them.

After all, in the image in his mind, the aura of that fourth-tier Flower Fairy Clan leader had dropped considerably after creating the Wood Crystal.

The flower fairy clerk continued, "Making wood crystals requires a certain core energy within a fourth-tier body, such as essence blood, essence qi, and the like. Only one such thing can be condensed every ten years, and the maximum storage capacity within the body is only ten."

"Each time a wood crystal is made, it consumes a core of this energy. After this core energy is consumed, it takes a full ten years to re-condense it in the body. During these ten years, the strength of this fourth-tier expert will be reduced to the third-tier level."

"Sigh... I just learned this from the clan leader. If it's really as you just said, then I'll become a sinner in the clan!" As she spoke, the Flower Fairy Clan clerk sighed again and looked at Lin Xiao with lingering fear.

"If that's the case, why did your leader agree to this deal?" Lin Xiao was puzzled by this question. If the consequences of making wood crystals were so serious, why were there still markets for wood crystals?

The clerk representing the Flower Fairy Clan hesitated for a moment before replying, "Actually, we're also betting on the future!"

"future?"

"Yes, in the future, 5000 Source Crystals will be enough for our Flower Fairy Clan to create another fourth-tier member within 10 years!"

"So, in just 10 years, our Flower Fairy Clan's influence will expand again, and we will have four fourth-tier leaders!"

Lin Xiao suddenly realized that from the Flower Fairy Clan clerk, he also learned that one of the uses of Source Crystals for their Flower Fairy Clan was to increase their strength.

Lin Xiao looked at the Flower Fairy Clan. He had originally wanted to tease her a bit, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. After handing her 5000 Source Crystals, the two parted ways.

Lin Xiao stood there, deep in thought. Suddenly, he flipped his hand, took out a small amount of source crystal, closed his eyes, and opened them again after ten seconds, shaking his head.

He had just tried to absorb the power within the source crystal, but failed.

Let alone absorbing the power within the Source Crystal, Lin Xiao didn't even sense whether there was any power within the Source Crystal that he could absorb.

In Lin Xiao's view, although the Source Crystal is extremely strange, and the Mist System has also told him that the Source Crystal has many different uses, Lin Xiao has only discovered that the Source Crystal can be used as currency for transactions.

Lin Xiao has not yet found a way to absorb the power of the source crystal, like the Grass Spirit Clan and the Flower Fairy Clan.