Laughter echoed through the hotel lobby within the core area, signifying that everyone’s thoughts were aligned.
Growth and evolution are entirely two different concepts.
Lu Yu thought he had discovered the secret of the treasure.
But now he realized how close he had come to missing this secret.
If I hadn’t trusted these people and revealed the secret of the treasure, perhaps this secret would have remained forever unknown to me.
After all, he was well aware of the saying that one is too involved to see things clearly.
After everyone had their laugh, one person frowned and asked, “How exactly can we test the treasure’s pearl? There’s always a difference between speculation and reality.”
Many people nodded, feeling that what the person said was correct.
There is a gap between inference and fact.
Immediately, the surroundings fell silent once again.
Luo Haotian said, “I think the lowest-level things should display changes quite visibly. Because the simplest and most basic forms of life usually grow and evolve faster. It’s just like when we first started growing from level one—at first, advancing to level five was almost effortless.”
Someone agreed, saying, “That’s right, it might be worth trying to evolve using the lowest-grade materials.”
Some people frowned and said, “But here comes the problem. Are we really going to bring in a level-one human? The definition of the Treasure Vault Pearl seems to indicate that only the owner can enter. Lifeforms are not allowed inside.”
Although the secret of the Treasure Vault Pearl was suspected, how could it be realized?
Lu Yu frowned, tapping his forehead lightly with his index finger. “The original owner must have discovered the secret as well, which is why he accumulated such a vast fortune,” he mused. “But how exactly did he uncover this secret?”
“The weakest and most monotonous thing?” Zi Yu lightly snapped her fingers and said, “How about a grain of rice?”
Lu Yu’s eyes lit up as he said, “Right, a single grain of rice.”
Rice is not a treasure, nor is it something complicated.
Fang Hua said excitedly, “A single grain of rice, if it grows, can’t possibly become a mountain of rice. But it can possibly turn back into a plant—that’s growth.”
“Wait a second, I’ll go get some rice.” Lu Yu moved swiftly and found the rice container in the hotel kitchen.
Here, cooking and preparing meals are done by everyone taking turns to do it themselves. However, most of the time, people eat food purchased from outside, which is stored in storage spaces…
There is some rice in the rice jar, but it’s old rice.
Lu Yu picked up a grain of rice and walked into the treasure house.
He placed a single grain of rice in his palm and quietly observed its transformation.
Lu Yu concentrated intently, his eyes wide open without blinking.
He observed carefully as the Star-Calling Art stirred slightly within him.
Lu Yu exclaimed in astonishment, “It’s the Star Power that is condensing!”
He is now extremely sensitive to the power of the stars.
At the moment Lu Yu activated the Star-Calling Art, he sensed a faint star force entering the grain of rice.
“It’s the power of stars,” Lu Yu murmured, his expression shifting slightly as he thought in astonishment, “Actually, star power can be generated within this treasure vault!”
As Lu Yu spoke, he noticed even more star energy integrating into the single grain of rice.
A tiny grain of rice trembled miraculously, and then a faint shimmer of starlight flickered on its white surface.
Lu Yu’s forehead was slightly damp with sweat. He swallowed hard, feeling that their guess still differed somewhat from the reality.
He entered several times but did not sense any star power.
When a foreign particle entered, it actually brought about such a transformation.
This Treasure House Pearl is a divine artifact; it seems as if a deity can sense everything that enters this place.
Milis kept absorbing the power of the stars nonstop, and within less than ten minutes, she was already enveloped in starlight.
Then Lu Yu watched as Mi Li trembled once again, and from within her, a delicate and tender green sprout extended outward. The green sprout grew rapidly, gathering the surrounding star energy as it developed.
The rice grains need no soil; their roots stretch into the void, transforming into a stalk of rice, each grain on the heavy, drooping ear sparkling like starlight.
In another ten minutes, an ordinary grain of rice became rice imbued with the power of stars.
This has to be said to be a miracle.
However, this also confirmed their suspicions.
The Treasure Vault Pearl indeed possesses the ability to enable objects to grow. Moreover, it holds the power to grant objects the capability to evolve.
Ordinary objects have evolved into treasures imbued with the power of stars.
As Lu Yu’s Tianxing Art within his body rotated, the entire grain of rice in his palm exploded into starlight.
The number of stars was not great, but their starlight had already rivaled the stellar power contained within a first-grade Star Spirit Stone.
“This is simply a treasure trove,” Lu Yu said, his expression filled with shock. This time, he took out a first-grade Star Spirit Stone and held it in his palm.
Lu Yu felt that the Star Spirit Stone was drawing in even more star power.
A vast amount of star energy was densely distributed across the surface of the Star Spirit Stone, creating dazzling starlight.
A layer of black stone skin began to form on the surface of the Star Spirit Stone. As the black stone skin grew thicker, the power of the stars started to seep into it.
Lu Yu was very familiar with that black stone skin. It was the outer layer of the Star Spirit Ore that wrapped around the Star Spirit Stone.
The Star Spirit Stone is actually growing.
Lu Yu’s scalp tingled, his whole body trembled, and he felt short of breath.
How exactly were the Star Spirits born? They are actually capable of growth.
He was somewhat excited, also thrilled, and even a bit fanatical.
Lu Yu threw the Spirit Star Stone to the ground and took out the Blue Planet Soul once again.
The Soul of the Blue Star is not focusing on the power of the stars; instead, it is concentrating on another form of energy that Lu Yu cannot clearly perceive.
Lu Yu strained to sense his surroundings and could barely perceive an invisible layer of energy forming on the surface of the Blue Planet’s Soul. As more and more energy gathered, it gradually transformed into a faint blue light.
“Oh, I see, now I understand,” Lu Yu said, placing the Blue Planet Soul on the ground, his voice filled with excitement. “The Treasure Vault Pearl grants any object the ability to grow. The pearl’s original owner had already noticed this. With just a single Star Spirit Stone, over time it can develop into an entire mine. With just one Blue Planet Soul, it can become a mine of Blue Planet Stones.”
We’ve really made it this time.
The treasure vault did not appear as simple as one might imagine.
He possesses the abilities of evolution and growth, and perhaps there are even more abilities yet to be discovered.
However, these two abilities were already astonishing here.
Lu Yu conducted endless experiments and finally came to a realization. It was not the treasure mine itself that granted life to the Star Spirit Stone and the Blue Planet’s Soul, but rather the transformation process within the mine.
But here, time flows differently than in the outside world.
This is not about altering the time within space, but rather about changing the flow of time for the objects within this space themselves.
The evolution and growth of the Treasure Vault Pearl accelerates the passage of time for objects like the Star Spirit Stones, transforming a single second into perhaps a day, or even multiple days.
The Treasure Vault Pearl can transform into different forms of energy, allowing it to alter objects that enter its domain.
At the same time, the transformation of the rice also allowed Lu Yu to verify a piece of information—that life here could also evolve and grow.
Plants can do it, so can humans?
Lu Yu thought for a moment, then took out the most important items he had in his hand.
…
There are two Dragon Fruits in this batch!
The Dragon Fruit is the only item that can enhance the effects of poison-type skills.
It can at least enhance the effects of the Poison Dragon Body by about fifty percent!
What would happen if the two Poison Dragon Fruits were to evolve and grow further?
…
A poisonous dragon grass, this is one of the main ingredients for cultivating star artifacts.
The star artifact, once integrated with the Venomous Dragon Grass, will ultimately take form as a star weapon imbued with potent toxicity.
It is said that the star artifacts forged in this way possess toxicity rivaling that of the Venom Dragon Body.
…
A Dragon King Grass—
If the Dragon King Herb is infused into starcraft armor, it will grant the armor the defensive power of the Dragon King.
If a star artifact is crafted using the Dragon King Grass, the artifact is said to have the potential to transform into a true dragon possessing abilities at the level of a star artifact.
…
Another one is to destroy the Wolf Fang!
The star artifact, primarily composed of Destroying Wolf Fang, can reduce anything it comes into contact with to nothingness!
…
Lu Yu placed several items in an area accessible only to those with a strength level of a hundredfold. Then, he carefully spread them out, fearing that placing them too close might interfere with their individual progress and mutations.
After dealing with all that, Lu Yu took out a lot of items to conduct tests.
From food to spirit stones, and then to ordinary weapons and finally to star weapons.
Gradually, he began to figure out some patterns.
Things without star power will evolve here, acquiring star power, and then grow.
The object that originally possessed the power of stars will continue to grow here.
Growth seemed to have certain limitations as well, and Lu Yu suspected that this might be related to the rules of this world.
Take the Lansing Mine as an example; regardless of the records, the mountain is only one hundred meters high.
The increase in the production of the Soul of the Blue Planet will not change the height of the mountains; this might be the limitation.
As for the limitations of the other objects, he was not entirely sure.
Only after he had thoroughly understood everything did he leave the bead.
As soon as he returned to the hotel lobby, all thirty-five pairs of eyes immediately turned toward Lu Yu.
One person eagerly stepped forward and said, “Mr. Lu, is it about growth?”
“Not growing up, but growing.” Lu Yu briefly explained the experiments he had been conducting inside.
“Even life itself?” The thirty-five people almost cheered.
“If we can get inside, will our talents or physical bodies undergo any changes?”
“I’ve never heard of anyone other than the owner being able to enter the Treasure Vault.”
Everyone immediately started discussing.
Lu Yu said, “There’s always a way for everything. Let’s think, think together of a method to get you inside for cultivation.”
Lu Yu said this, also feeling somewhat nervous.
The people before him were the main force who would protect this city in the future.
He hopes that these people will become stronger, that they will possess power rivaling that of a “King.”
The stronger these people are, the better.
Just like the stone tiger and others in the ruins of the royal city.
He can generously deploy everything to make his subordinates stronger.
Lu Yu revealed to everyone all the secrets he knew about the Treasure Vault Pearl, including even the method of obtaining control over the vault.
He needed the geniuses before him to work together and come up with solutions.
The strength of the group is always stronger than that of a single individual.
If not for a girl’s reminder not long ago, the group might still have been dive into the excitement of the known abilities of the treasure vault pearl.
Therefore, Lu Yu also understood that one person alone cannot think of everything comprehensively.
“Since there is a Stellar Soul Imprint, that means the authentication is unique. It’s impossible to bring life into it.”
“However, through his storage space, Mr. Lu also brought in items such as the Poison Dragon Fruit. Objects within the storage space seemed to require a faint Stellar Soul Branding to be usable by the owner. The issue was that the storage space could not hold people or living beings.”
People spoke all at once, and finally decided to give it a try.
After the group had consumed Lu Yu’s blood, they had established a spiritual connection with his power.
However, even so, this still did not allow them to enter the Treasure Vault Pearl.
However, all those present were geniuses who had been flooded with vast amounts of knowledge from a young age, all in order to accelerate their growth.
After numerous trials and failures, the group finally discovered a method.
By using the armor stained with Lu Yu’s blood, after transforming into a demon, one can emit an aura closely resembling thirty percent of Lu Yu’s star soul imprint when wielding the blade.
Then Lu Yu forcibly grabbed someone’s arm and enveloped them with his own aura, successfully bringing the person inside.
Thirty-five people entered the Treasure Vault’s pearl, and the first thing they saw was the ground covered with star soldiers.
One person shouted in excitement as he rushed into the sword grave, exclaiming, “Damn it, if my family had possessed so many star weapons back then, even ten times more assassins wouldn’t have stood a chance against me.”
“So many supreme star warriors.”
Luo Haotian and others had heard Lu Yu describe some of the scenes within this space.
I had some preparation before coming in.
But seeing it with my own eyes now, I was still taken aback.
One hundred thousand Star Warriors of the highest rank, even the ones with the weakest attributes would have been considered tremendous treasures in their era.
“Starting from today, you will cultivate here,” Lu Yu said. “It will be very easy to leave. I have also told you the method.”
“Go out? Why should we go out?” one person said excitedly. “Before I have the strength to rival the ‘King,’ I have no interest in anything else. If there’s nothing going on, I won’t go out, even if you kill me.”
Another person said, “I can feel it, I can feel the power stirring within my body.”
“That’s right, I can feel it too.”
“Flesh and blood are evolving. No, that’s not right. It’s because a cultivation technique I once mastered has started operating on its own, purifying my flesh and blood.”
Although they are powerful, their Star Souls have also mutated into Killing Star Souls, and they possess the ability of the Fire God’s Wrath.
However, their flesh and blood had not undergone any enhancement, and even their bones were extremely ordinary. The most common blood and bones entering this place, the initial stage of evolution was indeed rapid.
Lu Yu exclaimed in surprise, “Can even flesh and blood evolve?”
He thought of the hundreds of skeletons lying here.
These bones have evolved into different types of special bones. Perhaps they were originally ordinary bones that underwent mutations in this space.
Lu Yu could not sense any of these things.
Because his flesh and bones had evolved to a terrifying level.
Probably, many “kings” at this stage wouldn’t possess such blood and bones.
All thirty-five people fell silent, quietly sensing the changes in their blood and bones, savoring the subtle differences in their evolution.
After dozens of minutes, this rapid evolution temporarily came to a halt.
One person opened his eyes and said, “Just as I suspected. The evolution of blood and bones progresses rapidly at first, but once a certain level is reached, it comes to a halt.”
“That’s right. During the process of evolution, ordinary bones can undergo some mutations.”
Another person raised his hand and slashed his own wrist, revealing the gleaming white bone beneath. The others noticed that his bone appeared somewhat different.
What was originally ordinary bone now had some specks of black, like stars.
Another person said, “It’s not only about evolution and growth; there’s also a slight mutation involved. However, mutations probably vary from person to person. My mutation is in my blood.”
As the man spoke, he slashed his fingertip.
There was a golden thread in his blood.
Lu Yu nodded solemnly and said, “This proves that the treasure’s pearl is also effective for living beings.”
“Not only us here cultivating, I think Mr. Lu bringing in someone like Shi Hu would work too.”
“This is natural,” Lu Yu nodded. “However, we still need them to stay at the ruins for now.”
Lu Yu continued discussing with the group for some time.
Unfortunately, they could not determine how the treasure chamber pearl actually functioned.
Yet its ability itself was already a miracle, leaving people unable to determine its origin.
“Perhaps it has something to do with the gods,” someone said.
Only such an explanation could come close to matching the wonder of the Treasure Vault Pearl.
After all, the ability of this Treasure Vault Pearl itself can already be considered as possessing part of a god’s power.
Lu Yu left the Treasure Vault Pearl, leaving it temporarily in the core domain.
It’s impossible for anyone to sneak in here.
Lu Yu stayed in Fanggang City, spending each day either cultivating or wandering around the city.
This period of time has been unusually calm.
No matter how turbulent the outside world or the Monster Plains became, or how intense the conflicts between nations were, no one dared to invade Fanggang City.
Lu Yu also occasionally entered the Treasure Vault Pearl to cultivate.
Lu Yu devoted himself to the refinement of star bones, almost reaching a state of self-forgetfulness.
A vast amount of Star Spirit Stones, Star Spirit Beads, and Supreme Star Weapons were all devoured by the Heaven Star Technique, and a massive quantity of star energy was transformed into celestial power.
Night falls, and it is also the time for Lu Yu to use the Star-Calling Art to harness the power of the stars.
Even the ten bottles of Starlight Power awarded at the Demon Hunting Plains were used up.
He gradually discovered during the process of use that the star power contained in a small bottle, no more than half a foot in length, actually required one billion star spirit stones to condense.
Yet when used in the tempering of star bones, it was as if the amount were but a drop in the bucket, far too scarce.
However, Lu Yu seemed to sense something and focused solely on refining the star bone, temporarily abandoning all other thoughts.
Two months later, Liu Xing selected the first group of warriors to go to the ruins of the royal city to replace Shi Hu and others in guarding that area.
Shi Hu and others also brought back information about the tomb-raiding master and apprentice.
Lu Yu sent more than three hundred people, along with Hei Hu, into the Treasure Vault Pearl.
Then he stepped out of Fanggang City for the first time and entered the Demon Hunting Plains.
He first went to the Red Fire Land, where he met Ling Wang and others.
King Ling is currently undergoing a transformation using the Cheng Wang Stele, and his strength is approaching that of two hundred ancient beings. The speed of his progress is astonishing.
Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao and Huo Wu’s strength has also advanced rapidly.
Here, Lu Yu had a sparring match with the Spirit King.
With Lu Yu’s abilities and the body of Wang Zhi, he indeed has the qualifications to engage in a match against the Spirit King.
Lu Yu did not know the outcome of this battle either.
King Qingyu knew that Ling Wang had activated the King-Making Skill of the Ling King.
Lu Yu activated numerous abilities, including the Poison Dragon Body and the Wrath of the Fire God.
The central area of the Crimson Flame Land was almost torn apart, and even the flow of molten lava atop the Celestial Dome became unstable.
Not until six days later did the two finally stop.
After thanking the Spirit King, Lu Yu disappeared into the Crimson Fire Land.
The Demon Hunting Plains had long since ceased to be the original plains.
The emergence of the humanoid race led to continuous conflicts between various factions and the humanoids in this plain.
Wherever humans and demons appear, humanoids must also be present.
Amidst the ongoing battles, many powerful individuals have risen among humanity.
Meanwhile, the powerful clans of the humanoid race began to produce leaders of the third stage as well.
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