Chapter 306: Counting the Harvest

Chapter 306 Tallying the Spoils

Li Wei gazed at the Flame Gorilla that had entered the teleportation array alongside him.

He was stunned dumb.

How did this fellow come along?

After a bumpy cross-dimensional transmission, Li Wei returned to the seventh floor of the Element Tower.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Li Wei did not dispel his transformation into the Flame Lord.

The moment he landed, the Elder guarding the seventh floor felt a gust of hot wind blowing towards him.

The Elder was startled in his heart; had the Fire Element Plane invaded?

The light of the teleportation faded away.

In the hall appeared a ten-meter-tall Flame Lord and a Flame Gorilla over six meters high.

The Elder hastily cast spells, preparing to subdue both.

Seeing the human mage, the Flame Gorilla volunteered itself.

"My Lord, watch me take him down, make him lead us!"

The Elder trembled within; a Fire Element Lord?

He nearly wanted to sound the alarm.

Yet he saw Li Wei step back, restoring himself to human form.

"Elder, I don't know how it came with me."

Li Wei shouted loudly.

The Elder saw the ten-meter flame giant was not a Fire Element Lord, merely Li Wei's transformed appearance.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing the voice behind, the Flame Gorilla turned its head to look.

Where was such a massive Fire Element Lord?

Why had a human appeared behind him?

The Elder struck out, forcibly suppressing the dazed Flame Gorilla.

The Flame Gorilla struggled fiercely against it.

Its sixth-rank power was extremely formidable.

But inside the Element Tower, there were magic arrays suppressing them.

Let alone a Flame Gorilla, even a real Fire Element Lord would be suppressed if they came here.

Seeing the situation was dire, the Flame Gorilla quickly abandoned resistance, raising both hands to surrender.

It chattered in beast language.

"I came to warn the humans, don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

The Elder's expression paused slightly; what kind of fire demon beast was this? How so exceptional?

Seeing this, the Elder did not trouble the Flame Gorilla further, casting a spell to restrict its power and seal its talents, leading the Flame Gorilla out of the hall.

As the Flame Gorilla left, it cast a deep glance at Li Wei.

Imprinting Li Wei's image deeply into its mind.

Unforgettable.

It, a rightful King of the Mountains and Forests, had been deceived by humans into becoming a slave in the human world.

Simply a great shame!

However, knowing the times makes one a hero; survive first, talk later.

The Great Fire Element Lord will come to save me sooner or later.

I am infiltrating the human interior; when the time comes, I will coordinate with the Great Fire Element Lord from inside and outside to crush human forces in one blow.

Hmph! Stupid humans, this is all my strategy, King of the Flame Gorillas.

The Element Tower guards led away the suppressed and robust Flame Gorilla.

The Elder looked at Li Wei and asked, "Did you see anyone else when you came?"

Li Wei shook his head and said, "No, after receiving the message, I rushed back immediately."

The Elder showed a look of concern.

"So far, you are the only mage to return to the Element Tower."

Li Wei was not surprised.

From receiving the news to returning to the Element Tower, he spent at most half a day.

Most of that time was spent waiting for the fire demon beasts to leave the teleportation array.

Having no other choice, he thought of pretending to be a Fire Element Lord.

If others hadn't worn their magic badges on their persons, who knew how long it would take for them to receive the message.

Plus travel time, it would probably take at least a day or two to return.

Not to mention now the teleportation arrays are basically occupied by natives of the Fire Element Plane.

Whether they have a chance to return is another matter entirely.

Li Wei told the Elder about the Flame Dominator planning to invade the main plane.

The Elder was not surprised; he already knew of this matter.

The reason the Element Tower did not use the World Teleportation Array to bring them back was precisely this.

"You go back and rest first; I will wait for the others to return."

"Elder, then I bid you farewell."

Li Wei left the Element Tower and returned to the manor.

Back in his own room, he finally truly relaxed.

Sitting in the study chair, Li Wei took out his space ring and tallied the spoils obtained in the Fire Element Plane.

Three Spirit-Gathering Crystals filled with fire spirits.

Two jars brimming with Earth Flow Slime.

Twenty-four Earth Flow Slime crystals.

In front of the two brimming jars of Earth Flow Slime, these seemed less important.

Seven magical cores of fourth-rank fire-type demon beasts.

Thirty-four magical cores of third-rank fire-type demon beasts.

There were too many second-rank magical cores; Li Wei was too lazy to count them.

Anyway, when the time comes, simply sell it all to the Aster Guild in one go.

There was also a massive pile of Red Mother Copper ore.

In terms of value, undoubtedly the Spirit-Gathering Crystals brimming with Fire Spirits and the two large jars of Earth Flow Paste were supreme.

Both items were exceedingly rare, possessing price yet no market.

They were seldom obtainable through market channels.

Especially the Spirit-Gathering Crystals.

For a Sixth-Rank Mage, Fire Spirits were something one could never have enough of.

Only after breaking through to the Seventh Rank and becoming Legendary.

Would the significance of Fire Spirits slightly diminish.

Pure Earth Flow Paste was also quite scarce.

That Red Mother Copper could preserve Earth Flow Paste was knowledge known by few.

Mainly because only a minuscule few had the chance to obtain pure Earth Flow Paste.

Most people had only encountered crystallized Earth Flow Paste.

Having never seen pure Earth Flow Paste, they naturally did not know that preserving it required vessels forged from Red Mother Copper.

Red Mother Copper was also a relatively rare metallic material.

Heat resistant, with excellent thermal conductivity.

The device the Hall of Truth used to seal the Sun Glory was crafted from Red Mother Copper alloyed with Mithril.

Magic Cores and surplus Red Mother Copper could be sold to the Aster Guild.

As for the Earth Flow Paste, Li Wei intended to learn the refinement of Earth Flow Paste potions himself.

Taking pure Earth Flow Paste outside would be hard to explain.

Moreover, commissioning others to refine it would cost a significant sum.

The Earth Flow Paste potion should not be difficult to master.

He had even learned the Vitality Potion, which was so notoriously difficult.

Now he just needed to find a way to acquire a recipe for refining the Earth Flow Paste potion.

The Spirit-Gathering Crystals could be saved for use when breaking through to the Fourth Rank.

Using Spirit-Gathering Crystals could drastically shorten the duration of Transcendent Trait Awakening.

So-called Transcendent Trait Awakening was essentially the process of absorbing and birthing Fire Spirits.

Li Wei had clarified his upcoming goals.

Refine Earth Flow Paste potions, accelerate cultivation.

Cultivate to the perfection of the Third Rank, then use Spirit-Gathering Crystals to break through to the Fourth.

Li Wei went around inquiring about the Earth Flow Paste potion recipe.

Fonglides heard the news and sought out Li Wei.

"Li Wei, do you have time recently to visit the Hall of Truth?" Fonglides said.

Li Wei asked, "Professor Fonglides, is there something you need?"

"Research on the Radiance Spell Model has made little progress so far; do you think you should come over to push it along?" Fonglides said.

He added, "I heard you are searching for an Earth Flow Paste recipe lately?"

"You must have acquired quite a bit of Earth Flow Paste from this trip to the Fire Element Plane, yes?"

Li Wei said, "Not much, just a little, I wanted to study it myself."

Fonglides said, "Coincidentally, the Hall of Truth possesses an improved Earth Flow Paste recipe, boosting efficacy by thirty percent."

"Produce a small achievement, and I will apply to the Vice-Director to let you see the improved recipe."

(End of Chapter)