Chapter 304: Little R1O’s Chip (1/2)

Lu Yin blinked. “Student doesn’t know what happened either.”

The Rainmaster immediately contacted the Sandmaster. When the Sandmaster saw the five gleaming fruits, he was left rather speechless. “Kid, tell me the truth. Where did you get these toys? These are definitely not from the examination grounds since we only moved a batch of very average strengthening fruits back there. I would guess that these fruits have survived for over ten thousand years, which is rather rare.”

Lu Yin was delighted. “Do they have any use for the physical body?”

“Obviously. These things are used to temper the physical body. Those ordinary strengthening fruits would only be effective on Sentinels and Melders, but these ones will help even you. It will have a considerable effect, but it’s a pity. If they were improved just a step further, they would become top-notch strengthening fruits, which would greatly enhance your physical body. They might even allow your body to approach the physique of an Explorer who has adapted to the universe.”

“Where can one obtain such top-notch strengthening fruits?” Lu Yin was curious.

The Sandmaster shook his head. “Those strengthening fruits can only be found in the herbal gardens of certain great powers after maturing for 50,000 years. They aren’t something that you can wish for, so obtaining a strengthening fruit at this level is already pretty good.” With that, he tossed the five fruits back to Lu Yin and left, not bothering to ask Lu Yin any more questions about where the fruits had come from.

“Rainmaster, are the effects of every natural treasure better the older the natural treasure is?” Lu Yin asked expectantly.

The mentor nodded. “Theoretically, yes. However, the universe is constantly changing. Even if you ignore what humans may do, many natural treasures cannot survive for very long and will end up becoming sourceboxes.”

Lu Yin instantly understood. It was like the scent shrub that he had once unlocked for a client; that plant had been uncommon during some era of the universe, and hence, it had been turned into an sourcebox. In the current era, however, it was no longer as rare. If not for its ancient age, that scent shrub would not have even been worth the cost of the lockbreaking.

“Any other questions?” the Rainmaster asked.

Lu Yin thought of his domain. “Mentor, how can we cultivate our domain?”

The Rainmaster muttered, “Neither domains nor battle force have any fixed methods of cultivation. You have upgraded your battle force to five lines, but that didn’t happen one step at a time. A domain is the same—fated coincidences could cause it to become exaggeratedly powerful, or it could remain at the same level for your entire life.”

“Mentor, is the Rain Observatory a domain?” Lu Yin asked as he raised his head.

The mentor smiled faintly. He rarely smiled, and he looked at Lu Yin with approval. “That’s right, the Rain Observatory was created by a predecessor’s domain. It allows you to display your own domain, and it can even forcefully alter the environment and force the environment to cater to you. It can even be expanded limitlessly and encompass a planet, a filament, or even the entire universe. Of course, that last part is just a theory as nobody knows if anyone’s domain can truly encompass the universe.”

Lu Yin was excited. It would be too mysterious if a single domain could hold the universe!

Lu Yin left the Rain Observatory after that. He had originally wanted to head to the Sand Ocean to cultivate his battle force, but he had changed his mind. He needed some money to finish upgrading his strengthening fruits to the peak level. Then, he would be able to upgrade his physical body and use more overlaying stacks. If he could use Thirty Stacks, there would be no need to worry about the Tournament of the Strongest.

His previous conjecture had indeed been correct, as the title of Ten Arbiters’ candidate was just an overstatement. The Hand of God Arbiter had been able to display Thirty Stacks while still at the Limiteer realm, which was a power level that definitely surpassed the current Lu Yin. If he had reached such heights, then what about the other Ten Arbiters? They should all have been at around the same level; thus, the current so-called Ten Arbiters’ candidates were still quite far from the Ten Arbiters’ level of strength when they had been in the Limiteer realm.

He wondered how powerful Liu Shaoqiu’s Fourth Sword had become by now. Perhaps that technique would display a strength that could rival the power of the Ten Arbiters when they had been Limiteers.

There had been 450,000 star energy crystals left in Lu Yin’s Mavis Bank card. Lu Yin had withdrawn them all, and it had reached a point where his cosmic ring could barely hold them all, and there was not much space left. He needed to spend some time acquiring a bigger cosmic ring, though one of higher quality could not be obtained very easily.

It hadn’t been long since he had rolled the die, so Lu Yin wondered if he could even roll three pips—Enhance.

Lu Yin felt rather confused after returning to Astral-10. It was difficult to roll, and that was true the more frequently he rolled his die. He recalled his previous experience in the Great Yu Empire when he had to enter Time Stop. It had been very painful for him, and he had to rest for ten days after each roll, or else he would have fallen unconscious for five days.

Lu Yin thought about it, but he still decided to attempt it in the end. He randomly found an abandoned piece of land and sat down cross-legged on the ground.

“Seventh Bro, you can’t be planning to screen me off?” the Ghost Monkey suddenly spoke out, as if he had felt a bad premonition.

Lu Yin grunted in the affirmative. “Brace yourself, I’m about to screen you.”

“Seventh Bro, please! What secret do you have that you do not wish for me to discover? We’ve even shared the secret of Progenitor Wushang, so what secrets could there be that surpass the Progenitor’s inheritance? No, please no! Please don’t screen me,” the monkey begged desperately, but Lu Yin ignored his pleas and immediately blocked him.

Progenitor Wushang’s inheritance was indeed the greatest secret that he had, but it was useless to Lu Yin since it was too distant at the moment. The secret of his die also might not be any worse than Progenitor Wushang’s inheritance; it could freeze time, enhance and upgrade material objects, and steal items from other peoples’ cosmic rings. These abilities exceeded that of a normal cultivators’ innate gift, and if this information were to be revealed, Lu Yin believed that he would have nowhere to hide no matter how vast the universe may be.