279 Special Flowers (1/2)
Krune stopped for a minute and tried to cultivate again. Finally, his Elemental Meridians had absorbed enough for him to tell the difference.
”As it seems, the conversion of Elemental Source Energy increased. But it was really a tiny, tiny bit. If I didn't pay attention, I wouldn't notice it at all.”
Everyone was taken aback by that.
”Those lights increase your conversion of Elemental Source Energy? How is that possible?!”
Krune shook his head and said.
”I don't know. As I mentioned before, this is just my first time coming to this place. I also don't know why Feier and my cultivation techniques can absorb those lights at all.”
Marshine and the others couldn't help but feel a little jealous of this ability. Still, it is, as Rarol said. They can't absorb them like Jolk and Feier, so whether Feier and Jolk can do it or not doesn't change the fact that Marshine and the rest wouldn't be able to do that to start with.
Tinnian sighed and then said.
”Whatever. We are here for the Elemental Flowers. As long as Feier and Jolk keep doing their part, I don't care if they absorb the lights or not. Let's not waste our time here and keep going.”
Their group agreed, and they immediately moved out. As for the rest of the lights, they had already disappeared underground.
While they were moving, Feifei was talking to Krune through Divine Sense message.
”Was it okay to tell that to them?”
Krune answered.
”After that display, it would be even worse to say that nothing changed at all. Besides, we already know that except for Marshine, the changes of the others making a move on us is very low. Not to mention that if the two of us attack together, we are probably stronger than their combined effort.”
Feifei nodded and then changed the topic.
”Alright. So, what about those lights? I also can absorb them, which means this is something anyone with the Myriad Energies Technique can do. Did you feel anything wrong after getting your meridians to take them in?”
Krune denied.
”No, there was nothing wrong at all. We should take this chance to take as much of those Specs of Light as possible. But pay attention to your meridians every time we finish getting some of them. If something goes wrong, we will give up absorbing them straight away.”
Feifei agreed with Krune and then asked.
”I wonder if there is a way to get those lights outside this Elemental Path. Otherwise, we will only be able to come back here a hundred years later. Not to mention that we can't enter the Soul Forging Realm during this time.”
Krune pondered a bit and then said.
Feifei found it weird.
”If that is the only requisite, then anything would be good. But the majority of those places the beasts would be made of Spiritual Energy. It is evident that the demon beasts here are not made of Spiritual Energy alone. Otherwise, even after absorbing those lights, the only thing that would happen is that we got more energy to cultivate.”
Krune couldn't help but agree with Feifei's statement.
”Anyway, we can't do look into it in this place, so let's wait for the 18 days to be over and take a look after. Also, there is the fact that my Meridians are still asking me to move forward. Who knows? Maybe we will find a way to reproduce this phenomenon outside.”
Feifei nodded, and they joined the group again.
Krune's group kept their plan. As expected, Krune's Divine Sense and Rarol's instincts made them find a batch of flowers after another. It looked like the Elemental Flowers were never alone either. There were always at least 5 of them together. Unfortunately, some of those batches had just too many Divine Soul Realm beasts protecting it. Others had an excessively high cultivation level Demon Beast like the 6th Stage or above.
Krune's group wasn't sad, though. If this is already like this for them, then let's not even mention the other groups. Of course, they know that there are groups with Late Stages Divine Soul Realm members, but there is nothing they can do about that.
Krune's group kept the pace, only stopping to grab flowers that they could deal with fast. If it showed to be too troublesome, they immediately ignored it and moved to the next.
Marshine and the others had already got used to Jolk and Feier absorbing the lights right after the flowers were plucked. There was no point in getting sad because they couldn't do the same. But the main reason for it was that Filio talked with them.
”Just forget about it. Even if we got Feier and Jolk's cultivation technique, then so what? This realm will close in a few days. Do you have any confidence in changing your cultivation technique to another in the remaining time? Since when it is this easy to change cultivation techniques? Even if for some miracle you are able to, how many days will you have to absorb the lights?”
Marshine and the other couldn't help but nod. Still, Filio continued.
”That's not all, the next time that this realm will be open is a hundred years later. Is there someone here who thinks that they won't be in the Soul Forging Realm by then? Since that's the case, what's the point if you can't enter this place anymore? Not to mention that having them in the group is an excellent thing. Without them, I believe you all know that we wouldn't have even half of the Elemental Flowers that we have now.”
With those last words, Marshine and everyone else finally decided to forget about Feier and Jolk's action. Well, in fact, the one who was really bothered with it was Marshine. Tinnian, Filio, and especially Rarol didn't mind it much to start with.
Just like that, another two days passed. Suddenly, Rarol felt something again and smiled.
”This way!”
By now, Krune and everyone else already got used to Rarol's sudden actions. Every time he did that, it was because his 'instincts' said so. They didn't know if it was really instinct or not, but that didn't matter. What mattered is the fact that they always find Elemental Flowers when they follow him.