Chapter 740: Terrifying Absorption Rate (2/2)

As he watched Nong Zaitian leave, Lu Yin released a breath, and his gaze trembled. He then began to voraciously absorb all of the remaining star energy at his fastest speed, as he would also disappear from the Daosource Sect’s ruins in less than two days.

As Lu Yin started cultivating at top speed, the vortex that had formed around him became even larger as all of the star energy within the entire furnace gathered around his body. He was like a beast that was crazily devouring all of the star energy.

However, at this moment, with his terrifying rate of absorption, it took him just slightly over ten days to complete a cycle.

As the cycle completed, Lu Yin opened his eyes, and his surging star energy swept out, destabilizing the void. The amount of star energy within his body now surpassed even that of a normal Hunter, which meant that not even a Hunter would be able to use their star energy to suppress Lu Yin in a fight. In fact, they might even be counter-suppressed by him instead.

This was one of the many benefits of cultivating and cycling star energy. Each additional cycle would take more star energy to complete as well as a longer period of time, but correspondingly, the increase in one’s strength would also be more significant.

At this time, Lu Yin no longer needed to use his universal armor, the Yu Secret Art, or even the Dream Finger to fight on par with an ordinary Hunter.

In general, most cultivators’ power level would increase by 10,000 each time they completed a cycle. Additionally, each subsequent cycle would require double the star energy and time of the previous cycle. Lu Yin was no different, and he would have to absorb twice the amount of star energy for him to complete his second cycle.

He exhaled: double the amount. Unless the Cosmic Art increased his rate of absorption by 100 times, it would take him decades to complete his second cycle. He could not afford to wait that long.

After the second cycle, there was still the third, all the way until the ninth cycle was completed, after which he would break through to the Hunter realm. But even after that, a Hunter still needed to absorb multiple cycles of star energy, and it was the same even when one became an Enlighter. This was part of the endless journey of cultivation, and if his estimations were made with a hundredfold increased rate of absorption, even his entire lifetime would not be enough to rise to the top. He had to find another way; he had to find a similarly powerful fire.

The scenery before his eyes suddenly turned fuzzy, as his time had run out. Lu Yin relaxed, as he was still alive despite everything that had happened, though he also felt slightly regretful. If he could have stayed inside the furnace for a bit longer, he would have been able to completely absorb all of the star energy released by the incineration of the natural treasures. Then, he might have been able to come close to completing his second cycle.

The view in front of him suddenly changed, and Lu Yin returned to King Zishan's palace’s secret room. His appearance was completely wretched at the moment; his clothes were gone, his body had been scorched black by the fire, and there were even burn marks on certain areas of his skin. The pike, his Enneadic Wings, and the Void Thunderbeast’s flesh that he had taken to the Daosource Sect’s ruins were all gone. While he did not know if this trip had been worth the costs, it had certainly been a memorable one.

Over this period of time, Zhao Ran had become extremely upset. She was staying in King Zishan's palace, and she enjoyed a life of leisure since the good person, who was also His Highness, did not show his face very often. Thus, she often did not need to do anything at all. However, ever since the Great Eastern Alliance was established, she had become much busier. The various regions of the universe were constantly sending congratulatory gifts to King Zishan's palace, and these gifts had not been sent to the Great Yu Empire, but rather specifically addressed to that good person, His Highness.

The problem facing Zhao Ran was that there were simply too many congratulatory gifts, and the warehouses could not hold them all. If it were just these gifts plaguing her, then she could have just slowly arranged them. However, the annoying part of it all was that she frequently forgot everything while in the middle of organizing things, causing her to rearrange them all over again. And all the while, new gifts continued to stream in. Zhao Ran was rather dejected, as it was too difficult to organize everything!

Right, why not let the good person, His Highness, enjoy a bit of the gifts? Zhao Ran’s eyes lit up at this thought, and she quickly moved to the sitting room to wait for the good person, His Highness.

Not much time passed, and Lu Yin ordered Gavin to meet in King Zishan's palace with him, as Lu Yin wanted to ask how the situation of their cooperation with the Nalan family had been going over the past month.

Zhao Ran was already in the sitting room, clearly wanting to say something.

Lu Yin was amused to see her. “Zhao Ran, is something wrong?”

Zhao Ran nodded, and her eyes went wide as she looked at Lu Yin. She was just about to speak when her eyes suddenly turned confused, and she asked, “Who are you?”

Lu Yin was left speechless at this abrupt change.

After some time, Zhao Ran looked at the paper that she kept in the locket on her c.h.e.s.t where she recorded her memories, and then she remembered what she had wanted to say. “Oh, good person, Your Highness, you’ve come out!”

“I’m Rotten Trash, so it can’t be treated,” Zhao Ran seriously answered.

Lu Yin could not respond to that. “Alright… Then what did you want to say earlier?”

Zhao Ran thought about it for a moment. “Oh, right, I remember now. The warehouse is full.”

“The warehouse is full?” Lu Yin did not understand what she meant.

Zhao Ran nodded. “Many people sent gifts to the good person, His Highness, so the warehouse is now full, and it’s not easy to organize. Please use some of it.”

Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. That was right—he had completely forgotten about this. The Great Eastern Alliance had only recently been established, and many powers that did not belong to the Great Eastern Alliance had sent him gifts, including Shamrock Enterprises, Endless Borders, and more. These gifts had all been piled into a warehouse, untouched.

Lu Yin felt tempted, as he had spent hundreds of thousands of star essences when he last rolled six pips: Possession on his die. Recently, he had been rather worried about being broke. On top of that, he had now discovered a method to rapidly absorb star energy, but it would require a large number of natural treasures, which meant that his finances were a growing problem for him. “Let’s go. You can show me.”

Zhao Ran hurriedly led the way, happy that she would finally not need to worry about organizing the warehouse every day.