Chapter 388: Gemstone Mine Point

Xia Duo made a rough estimate; just counting the Mithril and Five-Colored Gem, it was not a small amount. It seemed the people from the Hand of Secrecy truly had no intention of making money off him. Of course, whether all this was calculated by them in advance, Xia Duo had no way of knowing, but he believed that since the other party repeatedly mentioned the Princess, they surely would not resort to deception over this bit of material.

As the group from the Hand of Secrecy added materials to the mysterious Magic Array that had already transformed into an Alchemy Array, this miniature lake underwent a rapid transformation at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If the previous miniature lake and fountain were merely a crudely made craft, then now, it had become an exquisite work of art made by a Master.

The gray, stone-like lake bottom, which had previously faintly revealed a blue tint, had now completely transformed into an azure color, and even gained some silver patterns of unknown meaning, filled with a mysterious aura.

And the circular stone platform in the center seemed to have experienced the washing of long ages in an instant, taking on a trace of an ancient atmosphere, as if it had been here since time immemorial.

Of course, all this was merely an external manifestation. Xia Duo valued the internal changes more. When the group from the Hand of Secrecy began their work, centered on the spring, the Magic Net turbulence in the entire miniature lake area quickly calmed down, and in a moment, it became exactly the same as outside the Mythallar Ruins.

Or perhaps, even calmer.

And the Magic Aura at the spring location flickered brightly; the Magic Net gathered here, forming an invisible Node, regulating this miniature lake that was only twenty meters in diameter.

This was not just a fountain in the sense of a landscape, but had turned into something similar to an Element Pool.

Just as he was thinking about how this thing should be utilized in the future, the group from the Hand of Secrecy had finished their "construction" and came before Xia Duo, the leading Priest wearing a smile.

Aigeberde introduced at the right moment: "Lord Xia Duo, this is our Hand of Secrecy's Magic Net investigation Deacon, Priest Eikesuosi."

"Priest Eikesuosi, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Lord Xia Duo. You will certainly not regret today's decision in the future," Eikesuosi said.

"I hope so."

Seeming to notice that Xia Duo was somewhat distracted, Eikesuosi pointed to the circular platform spring in the middle of the miniature lake and said: "Lord Xia Duo, you should have noticed that what is gushing out from there is not water, but Water Element! As long as Lord Xia Duo places small stones into the spring, after a period of time, you will be able to harvest Gemstone of the Water Element attribute. Even after the Magic Net is completely repaired, this can still produce them, though it will take longer than it does now."

Hearing this, Xia Duo did not know why he suddenly thought of the Gemstone mine points in a certain Heroes of Might and Magic game he had played before his transmigration, where one could collect Gemstone periodically.

This sense of dissonance was even stronger than when he learned that the Tower of Time's Element Pool could produce various types of Gemstone.

However, thinking of the Tower of Time's meager Gemstone production capacity, Xia Duo did not hold any hope for this place. Could it be any more impressive than a Mage Tower's professional Element Pool?

What if it takes years to produce a single Gemstone? Then this—

It really is a permanent money-making machine!

Xia Duo squeezed out a smile, "Priest Eikesuosi speaks very reasonably. I must thank you all!"

Compared to a Gemstone mine point with almost non-existent production, he cared more about when the Magic Net within the Mythallar Ruins could be fully repaired. Perhaps picking up some Mithril in the ruins would be worth more than all the production of the Gemstone mine point in his lifetime.

Now it just depends on the actual effect of this "fountain."

As the few were talking, the spring's surge had leveled off, and this drove the Magic Net on the periphery of the miniature lake to change as well. From near to far, the influence of the Elemental Channel was gradually spreading.

Faintly, Xia Duo felt that the silhouette of the Tower of Time in the middle of the Mythallar Ruins seemed to have become much clearer.

And whether it was the group from the Hand of Secrecy or Weisili and the others who had participated in the river cleaning before, they could no longer stay still. They expressed their apologies to Xia Duo and then went to the area around the miniature lake, occupying the half that extended deep into the Mythallar Ruins.

The calming of the Magic Net turbulence started from there; they had to seize the time to repair it.

Xia Duo came to the miniature lake alone. His bloodline told him that less than half of this entire lake was true water; the other half was Water Element.

And it was constantly in a state of transformation.

The water-column-like Water Element gushing from the spring fell almost evenly across the entire lake surface. Under the water surface, undercurrents surged, and countless Water Elements were transformed into materialized water.

Spreading out from the miniature lake, the Linshui River also became a true river that was constantly in Flow.

Personally contacting the Water Element, Xia Duo felt his bloodline cheering. This was even more intimate than the contact in the past, which was always separated by a layer of the Magic Net. Within the Water Element, there seemed to be a voice calling to him: embrace the Water Element, and he would obtain eternal freedom.

Elemental Will? Or some other mysterious phenomenon? Xia Duo kept this phenomenon in his heart. He would not rashly transform himself into an elemental form; the Bloodline Ability Huashanshuiliu only turned him into material water, not Water Element in the conceptual sense.

Who knows if transforming into an elemental form would get him pulled away by the Elemental Plane.

Besides, he was doing just fine as a human; Xia Duo would not have any bizarre thoughts of "not being human anymore."

Physical form is related to self-cognition. Even if one day Xia Duo obtained an essential elevation, he would still preserve his human form. Of course, making some changes is also possible.

Most importantly, everything must stem from his own original intention at the time, rather than being forcibly changed by external forces.

He casually threw a small pebble he picked up by the lake into the spring. When the pebble passed through the surging water column, its downward trend did not change at all. This was enough to show that this water column, visible even to the naked eye of ordinary people, was not normal, tangible water.

Even if Xia Duo knew the production capacity of the so-called Gemstone mine point was almost non-existent, there was still a difference between having it and not having it. Rather than letting it go to waste, it was better to just deal with it.

After doing this, Xia Duo contacted the Tower Spirit to ask about the energy consumption of the Tower of Time, mainly the consumption of the Protection System.

"Agent Xia Duo, current overall Protection consumption has decreased by 1%!"

Xia Duo was overjoyed upon hearing this. This Elemental Channel was truly effective immediately. Don't look at the value as only 1%, but the corresponding specific energy was not a small amount.

Moreover, this was just the beginning. Later, the energy the Tower of Time needs to spend on resisting the external environment will also become less and less, and correspondingly, the energy reserves will also increase rapidly.

"Tower Spirit, report current energy reserves."

"Agent Xia Duo, current energy reserves are insufficient: Wind Element Pool 8%, Water Element Pool 12%, Earth Element Pool 10%, Fire Elemental Pool 7%, Positive Energy Pool 4%, Negative Energy Pool 4%!"

(End of chapter)