189 Cilia (1/2)

Lucio heard that and couldn't help but comment.

”But Master, he has advanced two stages in just half a year, isn't it too fast? Although the Spiritual Pool left has the power to leave no side effects, I still think that we should give him time to adapt to each stage.”

Lani heard that and shook his head.

”It will be fine. Krune's comprehension is far above yours or mine when we were at his age. You should be able to tell that after this last fight, no?”

Lucio nodded.

Krune was listening to them and said.

”To be honest, I think Master isn't totally wrong. I spent a lot of these months in the Blacksmith Hall, so I had little time to adapt to anything else at my level.”

Lani then shook his head.

”Don't worry. I could judge by the battle just now that you are fine. Although there are indeed places to improve, you are already far above those at your level. Anyway, I'm only doing it because you are leaving for the training in a few days. Otherwise, I would just let you cultivate slowly.”

Krune said nothing more after that.

Lani then teleported Krune to his personal pocket dimension, and there, one could see another spiritual pool. Krune then understood why Lani wasn't afraid to affect his foundation. It turns out that his Grandmaster has a Spiritual Pool of his own!

Lani looked at Krune and said.

”Alright, you can go in. This pool is a lot more concentrated than the one that was used by you before. So be prepared for an enormous flux of Spiritual Energy. Still, from what I could see, you should be able to hold it.”

Krune then asked Lani.

”But if I use this pool, won't it get worse for you later?”

Lani laughed after that.

”You are wrong here. I don't have use for this pool anymore. At my level, this kind of help is unnecessary. The only reason that I have one is that I let some spiritual fishes growing inside.”

Krune was taken aback! He then looked at Lucio and asked.

”Wasn't this thing supposed to be expensive to maintain?”

Lucio just shuddered his shoulders.

”It is, but Master definitely doesn't have problems with money, I can guarantee you that. Just wait until you see what he gives to his pets. I reckon it will make you feel like crying.”

Krune decided to not ask anymore. This is too much extravagance for his little heart.

Lani, of course, was hearing them talking on the side.

”Shut up! Now, go inside before I change my mind.”

Krune opened all his 9 Elemental Meridians at pull power, and soon, one could see a Whirlpool of Spiritual Energy rushing at him. Lani looked at that and was once again surprised. That rate of absorption of spiritual energy is even higher than he expected! He looked at Lucio and said.

”The others using these Elemental Meridians, are they all like Krune?”

Lucio shook his head.

”They aren't as good as him. Of course, from what I could see, they are still a lot better than those with common cultivation techniques. The main advantage is still the instant conversion of Spiritual Energy into Elemental Source Energy. It saves a lot of effort, after all.”

Lani then pondered a bit.

”You also have an Elemental Major Core. Cultivate it until you transform the Spiritual Energy Meridians into Elemental Meridians, and see if you can replicate Krune's state.”

Lucio understood and immediately took the technique out. Uncle Feng was able to do it all in a single day. As for Lucio, his cultivation was, in fact, quite a few stages higher than Feng, so he was even faster! A few hours later, Lucio took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He then opened his new Elemental Meridians.

Lucio entered the Pool that Krune was cultivating and suppressed his cultivation to the 3rd stage of the Core Formation Realm. After that, he started to cultivate. Just like Krune, his Elemental Meridians were quite colorful. In fact, there were even a few more colors, like Dark, White, Silver, etc. He then cultivated for a few minutes, and his eyes narrowed.

Lucio left the Spiritual Pool and returned to his Master's side.

”No can do, I can't get to absorb the same amount as him.”

Lani heard that and nodded.

”No problem. I was already expecting this much. There is something... extra about Krune Elemental Meridians that yours don't have. But this is just a feeling. I don't really know what it is.”

Lani then laughed a little.

”Anyway. This is also good! Anything that can help my Divine Path Sect is always welcome.”

Lucio nodded and then left right after. Even though he is like that, he is still the Sect Master, so Lucio had more things to take care of.

Time passed, and soon, 8 days went by.

Krune finally reached the 4th stage door and immediately started to build up energy to make the breakthrough. Thanks to the cultivation resources used in the Spiritual Pool, Krune didn't have to be afraid of getting a shaky foundation due to the high speed of cultivation.