Chapter 10: Guidance

The return journey was calm, only Xiao Ling'er asked endlessly. By the time the two returned to Tianyuan Academy, it was already noon the next day.

Originally Xiao Ling'er wanted to invite Lu Fan to dinner, but was declined by Lu Fan on the grounds of cultivation.

Bidding farewell to Xiao Ling'er, Lu Fan didn't care about the fatigue of the night, and went straight to Caizhi Zhai on Secret Spirit Street, exchanging some of the Earth Armor Dragon's materials for some basic herbs.

Then he hurried back to his residence, but didn't expect to see Wang Wu at his door.

"Miss Wang, why are you here?"

Lu Fan was slightly surprised. His relationship with Wang Wu couldn't be considered pleasant, and she was quite cold and arrogant. How could she be so enthusiastic recently? It was truly strange.

When Wang Wu saw Ye Fei, there was a hint of surprise in her pupils, clearly having waited for a long time.

However, her nature was always cold, and this performance was extremely uncomfortable, which was quite strange.

She calmed down, not knowing how to speak, and seeing the hard armor on Lu Fan's back, her pupils suddenly shrank, looking surprised.

"This is the Earth Armor Dragon's armor! How could you..."

She stopped halfway, but was stunned, remembering Ye Fei's performance before, and that he was different from the Martial Dao waste of the past, it seemed he couldn't be looked at with the eyes of the past.

However, even so, her brows were tightly locked together. The Earth Armor Dragon was a Third-Tier magic beast, and even she couldn't deal with it.

This Lu Fan seemed to be a loner, without many friends, so it was impossible to hunt in a group.

Lu Fan stared at Wang Wu calmly, with an indifferent face, not speaking.

This made Wang Wu a bit awkward, but it was only for an instant, and she returned to calm, asking casually: "Lu Fan, what have you been doing these two days?"

"Healing, cultivating!" Lu Fan was sparing with his words, clearly having no intention of chatting with the other party.

Clever as Wang Wu was, she heard it immediately. With her past temperament, she should have been furious.

Either teach him a lesson, or flick her sleeves and leave. But she couldn't do it today, just stunned on the spot, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped.

"If you have something to say, just say it! I, Lu Fan, don't like people who are hesitant!" Lu Fan shook his head slightly, a bit unaccustomed to Wang Wu's appearance.

"I drew some runes, I'd like you to take a look!"

Wang Wu finally gathered her courage, her sleeves shook slightly, and a few rays of spiritual light appeared, turning into a few yellow paper pieces, which were primary talismans.

These few primary talismans had fresh rune seals, light flowing, and the rune momentum was restrained, seemingly possessing unique strength.

They didn't look like primary talismans drawn by a novice who had just advanced to a Rune Master, and their power would definitely be stronger than talismans of the same level.

Lu Fan was slightly surprised, couldn't help but look at Wang Wu again, suddenly remembered something, his face changed, and he stared at the talismans in his hand again.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with these talismans?"

Wang Wu saw Ye Fei like this, her face was a bit nervous, and she was even a bit uneasy in her heart, seemingly not the cold and arrogant girl who was outstanding in Tianyuan Academy, but completely an ordinary person.

Lu Fan shook his head, handed the talismans back to Wang Wu, and said indifferently, "Your Martial Dao talent is good, this path of rune cultivation is not suitable for you, it's better to give it up as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will just be a waste of effort in the future, achieving nothing."

Wang Wu's face changed, completely cold, half-believing and half-doubting.

These words were familiar, clearly the advice she had given him a few days ago. She didn't expect the other party to give it back to her at this moment, which was truly ironic.

Her first thought was that Lu Fan was mocking her. But seeing the other party's calm face, it was clearly not like that.

"In the world of cultivation, all paths lead to the same destination. Martial Dao and Rune Dao are just two ways of cultivating power, you don't have to be persistent."

Lu Fan looked nonchalant, but in reality, he was pointing at something else, trying to enlighten the other party, so that she wouldn't go into a dead end.

"I have seen primary talismans, and even copied primary talismans drawn by several masters."

"In terms of power, they are not much stronger than these few talismans. How could I not have talent for Rune Dao?"

Wang Wu was a bit unwilling to give up. She had been studying Rune Dao secretly for a long time. If she were to give up halfway, that was absolutely impossible. Not to mention she had reasons that she had to practice.

"Primary talismans, no matter how powerful, are still primary talismans."

"If I'm not mistaken, when you drew these talismans, you used your Martial Dao cultivation to forcibly improve their power, but it's just an empty shell."

Lu Fan shook his head. He advised her with good intentions, but this Liu Ruowu didn't appreciate it. If it weren't for the fact that the other party had saved him once before, he definitely wouldn't have talked nonsense and would have turned and left.

"If you insist on going your own way, in the future, when you draw runes and refine tools, your reliance on Martial Dao will be even more serious. The strength of your Martial Dao cultivation will be the barrier to your Rune Dao cultivation. If the two cannot complement each other, what is the use of you practicing Rune Dao again?"

Wang Wu's face was ashen, there was no more spirit in her bright eyes, and she felt like she had fallen into an ice cellar, just muttering to herself, "Impossible, impossible..."

Lu Fan saw this scene, sighed, and said, "Speaking of which, this is because your innate soul power is insufficient, so you borrowed your Martial Dao cultivation when drawing runes."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to turn around and stop paying attention to Wang Wu, but didn't expect Wang Wu to be startled, appearing extremely excited.

"Is there no way to make up for insufficient innate soul power?" She was not surprised that Lu Fan could see it, seemingly knowing it for a long time.

It was just that she didn't give up, and asked again.

Lu Fan's gaze narrowed, seeing through Liu Ruowu's abnormality at a glance.

I'm afraid this Wang Wu has a big background, knowing her innate soul power was insufficient very early, yet she still wanted to study Rune Dao, which was quite stubborn.

"There is a way, if you can find the innate soul crystal of a high-tier magic beast cub, and then ask a Fifth-Tier Rune King to refine it into innate soul liquid for you. Not only can it make up for your innate deficiency, but it can also strengthen your soul power, far exceeding your peers!"

As soon as Lu Fan finished speaking, Wang Wu's face was full of joy, and she couldn't wait to ask, "What is innate soul crystal?"

"The magic crystal born in the body of a high-tier magic beast cub in the womb is the innate soul crystal!"

As soon as Lu Fan finished speaking, Wang Wu immediately returned to calm, seemingly having an idea, and turned back to her cold self, greeted Lu Fan, and flew away.

"When you find the innate soul crystal, invite a Fifth-Tier Rune King, and know the specific method of refining innate soul liquid, I'm afraid you won't be willing again!"

Ye Fei's expression was a bit strange. Giving a glimmer of hope was better than falling into an abyss.

This Wang Wu clearly had reasons she had to practice Rune Dao. Even if he told the truth, it might not dispel her thoughts.

"Forget it! Innate soul crystal is not so easy to find, and innate soul liquid is not something an ordinary Fifth-Tier Rune King can refine. Why should I seek trouble for myself!"

Lu Fan shook his head, turned into the room, closed the door tightly, and began to deal with the Earth Armor Dragon's armor.

This time he went hunting, the harvest was not small, the most precious was the Earth Armor Dragon's magic crystal.

However, it was shared with Xiao Ling'er. He took the toughest armor on the Earth Armor Dragon, preparing to refine a leather armor for himself.

He took out the basic herbs very skillfully, simply processed the armor, and then took out a dagger, True Qi piercing through, carefully cutting and polishing it.

The Earth Armor Dragon's defense was exceptionally powerful, comparable to a Fourth-Tier demon beast. However, this armor was a dead object, and its defensive ability had lost fifty percent for no reason.

Lu Fan was busy for most of the day, and a set of simple hard armor slowly took shape. He was still dissatisfied, and began to inscribe runes inside the hard armor.

Innate smooth, rune momentum gathered, until his True Qi was exhausted and he was exhausted, he finally succeeded.

Lu Fan was satisfied, and began to practice again. The Blazing Flame Skill ran several times, his True Qi recovered most of it, and then he began to ponder the difference between the Blazing Flame Skill before and after the mutation.

"The Blazing Flame Skill is the most low-level technique, Yellow grade low-rank, and can only practice six meridians."

"Even if practiced to the limit, it would be at most the peak of the mid-stage of the Blood Condensation Realm. It is absolutely impossible to go further. I can be sure of this!"

He frowned. With his peak Martial Dao vision in his past life, he would absolutely not make a mistake on this point.

"The problem can only lie with the 'Underworld God Heart Method'. This technique expanded seven additional meridians and forcibly raised the Blazing Flame Skill to the Yellow Grade High-Rank; this is the reason I advanced to the middle stage of the Gathering Essence Realm."

His gaze narrowed. Although it was a guess, with his vision, he had an eighty or ninety percent certainty in his heart.

"Hmm! Wood generates fire, practice a basic wood-attribute technique again to verify it!"

Lu Fan had an idea, sat upright, chose a withered wood technique that was as trashy as the Blazing Flame Skill, recalled it, and practiced it directly.

As soon as he practiced, there were still some obstacles. The wood-attribute True Qi just practiced was immediately burned away by the fire-attribute True Qi in his body.

It took a full day to consume all the fire-attribute True Qi in his body, so that he could retain the wood-attribute True Qi.

The rest was much simpler. The Withered Wood Technique was practiced successfully in just a few hours.

Then he became serious, "Underworld contemplation, all laws from the heart..."

The next day, Lu Fan woke up leisurely, feeling comfortable all over. His cultivation had actually reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Gathering Essence Realm, just one step away from entering the late-stage of the Gathering Essence Realm.

In just a few days, he was about to break through again, which could be called rapid progress. However, he didn't have much excitement, but a solemn face, running the Withered Wood Technique.

"One, two... why are there only six?"

He was slightly stunned, his face full of disappointment. Was the mutation of the Blazing Flame Skill not because of the Underworld God Heart Method? Then where was the problem?

He couldn't help but ponder, his True Qi circulating on its own, entering the meridians practiced by the Blazing Flame Skill from the six meridians practiced by the Withered Wood Technique.

One, two... after the thirteenth one ended, it didn't return to the dantian, but wandered in another strange meridian.

"This is..." His face was full of surprise, "The Blazing Flame Skill has advanced again. The reason why the Withered Wood Technique didn't mutate should be here."

A surge of wild joy appeared, but he couldn't help it, and began to experience it carefully.

The Blazing Flame Skill expanded three more meridians, only two meridians away from the peak of the ordinary technique, and it seemed it was not far from the Profound grade technique.

"Haha! I'm really looking forward to it. If this Blazing Flame Skill advances to the Profound grade, what will it look like?" ===== CHAPTER 11 =====