The Crystal of Awakening

"Miss, are you alright?"

Qin Lianyue looked at the stunned Xia Qingyao and couldn't help but wave her hand in front of her.

"Stop fooling around." Xia Qingyao gently slapped Qin Lianyue's hand away. Her gaze was filled with seriousness. "Is this news accurate?"

"This is what Xu Xiaotian and Tang Yan said themselves. I believe it's true. Moreover, after defeating the Regional Boss, two Magical weapons were left behind. Mr Lu Jin gave one of them to Xu Xiaotian." Qin Lianyue nodded. "I've seen that Magical weapon. It's a superior Magical round shield with astonishing attributes. It's definitely not something that can be bought on the market."

Xia Qingyao pondered for a moment before she asked, "Do many people know about this?"

It was unheard of for ordinary monsters to evolve into Regional Bosses in the City of Light, and even in the surrounding cities.

If it was true that ordinary monsters could be transformed into Regional Bosses and if that were to spread, the consequences would be unimaginable. It might even cause a change in the structure of the City of Light.

Why was there so little exchange and trade between major cities around the world?

The main reason was the lack of weapons and equipment. More than 90% of the weapons and equipment on the market were Normal-type. Only 10% were Rare-type, and 70% of them were made from Rare materials.

Typically, only Scavengers who had been working for many years could be fully-equipped with Rare weapons which were normal-grade. Superior weapons were impossible to obtain.

That was because superior Rare weapons were mostly left behind by Regional Bosses.

However, there were too few Regional Bosses near the city, and the risk of going further away from the city was too high. Hence, there were very few high-quality weapons and equipment in the major cities.

For example, the reason why the three major groups in the City of Light had Magical weapons was because they often had expeditions to faraway places. It was not easy to collect those weapons. The price and hardship involved were only understood by the expedition teams.

If there was really a way to easily find a Regional Boss, its influence could be imagined.

With regard to such a method to evolve ordinary monsters, all the major groups in the City of Light would probably go mad. Even if the Fantasy Light Group withheld the method and the other groups and families did not dare to do anything openly, they could not control what the others might do in private.

"Currently only Xu Xiaotian, Tang Yan, Lu Shixue and Chen Kemeng know about this." Qin Lianyue said.

"That vixen from the Chen family?" Xia Qingyao felt slightly relieved when she heard that. "That vixen is very smart. I don't think she will spread this matter out. However, tell Xu Xiaotian and Tang Yan that this matter must not be leaked out. Also, tell them to remind Lu Jin and Lu Shixue. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble."

"I've already instructed them about this. After they left the Bestial Battle Arena, I even asked Xu Xiaotian and the others to book a few rooms at the Light Hotel next to the arena. I'll let them rest there for the next two days. I think the people from other groups won't dare to do anything to them there." A rare smile appeared on Qin Lianyue's serious face. "However, Miss's husband doesn't seem to be someone who knows his place. He entered the Sacred Grounds of the Bestial Battle Arena with Chen Kemeng. Due to the fact that it was the Sacred Grounds, Xu Xiaotian and the others couldn't enter either."

"As for the conversation between Miss's husband and Chen Kemeng, I'm afraid only the two of them know. However, according to the information I received, Chen Kemeng looked very anxious and flustered. She didn't even stop at the Bestial Battle Arena and went straight home. I think the two of them must have talked about something very important."

"It's not hard to guess. The two of them probably talked about the evolution of monsters." Xia Qingyao shrugged her shoulders and smiled faintly. "But Mr Lu Jin has really exceeded my expectations. He actually hid such a surprise."

"But if that's the case, I'm afraid it's difficult for him to become your ideal husband." Qin Lianyue said bluntly.

The Xia family and the other families had finally settled down in the Group. If they were to have such a son-in-law from the Xia family, the other families would definitely be pleased.

"It's alright," Xia Qingyao said nonchalantly. "My initial goal was to find a person with a clean record. It's not important if he doesn't know his place. I even hope that he could share some of my pressure. After all, the Xia family has too many things to do now. I can't handle it alone."

"That's right. However, the prerequisite is that Miss's husband breaks through to Level 10. Otherwise, those influential families would have plenty of methods to make your husband settle down." Qin Lianyue smiled and said.

The Xia family only needed someone to carry on the family line. Furthermore, as long as that person did not carry the blood of the other influential families and groups in the City of Light, it was fine.

It was not easy to assimilate into the huge Fantasy Light Group. It was not easy regardless of whether one knew one's place or not.

…

Fifty-fifth storey of the Light Hotel, presidential suite:

As the largest and most luxurious hotel in the City of Light, the price of a night's stay was equivalent to a month's salary for the employees of a large group in the city. The presidential suite was a place that ordinary people would not dare to go to in their entire lives.

Even those who dared to be extravagant would keep taking photos to show off to their friends and family after they checked into the presidential suite.

After all, the presidential suite of the Light Hotel was specially built. When the AR system was activated, one could taste delicacies that couldn't be tasted in real life. Those delicacies were all made by chefs using various ingredients from Fantasy World.

Not only was it extremely delicious, but it could also allow players to enter a special state where their growth rate was increased by 20% for an entire day.

Some of the Senior Adventurers of the City of Light would come here to stay and enjoy delicious food on the night before an expedition.

Due to that, the presidential suites of the Light Hotel never lacked customers. Sometimes, they were even fully-booked.

However, in that presidential suite which was more than a hundred square meters, Lu Jin was not tasting the delicacies. Instead, he was playing with an apple in his hand and staring at it as though he wanted to see through it.

"This fruit from the Sacred Grounds is special indeed. It's different from normal fruits. There's actually a tiny pulse of light. If I didn't look carefully, I probably wouldn't have been able to detect it. No wonder eating these would scare off those Shadowrazes."

Lu Jin could not help but feel excited when he saw the faint glow that that apple emitted.

After he conversed with Chen Kemeng in the Sacred Grounds, she could not agree immediately. She had to discuss it after she returned.

However, that was within Lu Jin's expectations. After all, the Sacred Grounds of the Bestial Battle Arena were the Sun and Moon Group's foundation. They wouldn't hand them over to outsiders easily, even if it was just a small portion.

Although Lu Jin was not sure what the outcome would be, he was certain that the Chen family would act as time passed. That was because in that world, no secret could be kept. The news of the monster's evolution would eventually spread throughout the City of Light.

After their conversation ended, Lu Jin also spent 200 units of memory fragments to buy two apples from the Sacred Grounds for emergencies.

It had to be mentioned that that apple was really expensive. The Sacred Grounds of the Bestial Battle Arena could really make money.

Of course, after he had spent an amount of memory fragments that would have taken him more than half a month to earn previously, he still had some gains.

Although Lu Jin did not know how a pulse of light was formed in the Sacred Apple, he saw a possibility.

That was, pulses of light could be formed through other means. After the pulses of light have been formed, that power could be preserved for a long time, and it could also leave the sacred grounds of the Bestial Battle Arena. It would be unlike how the power would dissipate slowly in humans.

What if people could form those pulses of light?

Did that mean that one would have the ability to counter the Shadowrazes?

Questions kept echoing in Lu Jin's mind, which made his imagination run wild.

"Forget it. If I want to try something like this, I'm afraid I can only try it on the Sacred Grounds. Experimenting now is just a waste of my stored energy." Lu Jin shook his head and put the sacred apple down. He then took a dark gold crystal from his electronic backpack. "Next, we'll see how much my adaptability can be improved."

Level was everything in that world. In the wild, where players were gambling with their lives, it was impossible for players to fight without any worries. Hence, it was significantly more difficult for them to increase their AR level.

For the AR system to be upgraded quickly, the adaptability of the players and their AR system was very important.

In Fantasy World, the Crystal of Awakening was the only item that could increase the player's AR system's adaptability. After using it, the player would awaken a type of Blood Pulse which would make it easier for them to break through their limits. Or rather, their fault-tolerance rate would be greatly improved.

For example, if the player could not achieve 100% on an extremely difficult move, there would not be any progress on their AR system. However, after their adaptability has increased, the player would only need to achieve 90% for their AR system to progress. The difficulty of the progress was obvious.

The extent to which the Crystal of Awakening could increase adaptability would depend on the extent of the player's awakened Blood Pulse.

In the settings of Fantasy World, Blood Awakening was divided into four levels: Normal, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. The higher the level was, the higher the adaptability of the AR system could be. However, that kind of awakening was completely based on the player's genes, personality, willpower, and many other factors. The level the player could reach would all depend on luck…

System: Do you want to use the Crystal of Awakening?

"Use it!"

Lu Jin took a deep breath and tapped on the Crystal of Awakening.