Chapter 296: Gold Elemental Crystal Core! Jiang Lin's Normal Training Speed!
"Alright, you can go have fun, I'm going to start designing the blueprints." After a glance at the complicated expression on Xiao Yan's face, Jiang Lin paid him no more mind and began using the power of the Earth Fire in the Qingxuan Qiankun Cauldron to refine a model.
With three seventh-tier materials — Xuan Heavy Iron, Ming God Soul Gold, and Burning Heaven Gold Stone — as the core, Jiang Lin's plan to create the Exotic Fire Heavy Cannon was now officially viable. He didn't need to use all of the Ming God Soul Gold either; a piece the size of a fist would last him a long time. As for Yao Chen, he would only need a small piece, the size of a fingernail. Using more would be a waste.
Xiao Yan observed Jiang Lin refining the equipment for a while, but since Jiang Lin wasn't explaining his thoughts, it became a boring process. After a while, Xiao Yan simply shook his head and took out his own medicinal cauldron, starting to refine some healing pills for himself.
In the refining room, one focused on refining equipment, and the other on refining medicine, each working in silence and not interfering with the other.
Unknowingly, three days passed. Jiang Lin suddenly opened the Qingxuan Cauldron, and a transparent, pale golden crystal orb flew out, which he swallowed immediately.
"Eh? A Gold Elemental Crystal Core? So now you just need an Earth Elemental one, right?" Xiao Yan, fully recovered, saw the gold crystal Jiang Lin swallowed and was surprised. At first, he didn't even know what Jiang Lin was refining, but now it turned out to be a Gold Elemental Crystal Core!
Xiao Yan remembered that he and Jiang Lin had previously obtained five crystal companions from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and the Medusa Queen — three from the former and two from the latter. These five Source Crystals were later used to create Water Elemental Cores, Wood Elemental Cores, Fire Elemental Cores, Fire Spirit Lotus, and now, the Gold Elemental Core Jiang Lin had just refined.
"Yeah, I'm just missing an Earth Elemental Magic Core and a Source Crystal, but that's not urgent. I won't face any bottlenecks until I reach the Dou Ling realm." Jiang Lin felt his condition and noticed the three elemental cores revolving around the Fire Spirit Lotus, spinning slowly in the dazzling light, looking almost divine.
The operation of the Fire Refining Art within his body had become more proficient. The sense of separation between his body and Dou Qi seemed to be gradually dissipating, and Jiang Lin felt a deep sense of inner peace.
At the same time, Jiang Lin's Dou Qi cultivation seemed to have reached a bottleneck. Suddenly, a brilliant four-colored veil appeared around his hand, and the colors — cyan, gold, red, and blue — swirled around, slightly enhancing his aura.
Four-Star Da Dou Shi.
Meanwhile, his physical realm had also unknowingly reached the peak of a Two-Star Dou Ling. With his current cultivation speed, Jiang Lin could expect to break through into the Dou Ling realm before his physical realm reached the fourth stage.
This would be the first time his Dou Qi and physical cultivation reached the same major realm since he began cultivating the Fire Refining Art.
"Da Dou Shi is third-tier, but advancing from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling requires practicing the fourth-tier Fire Refining Art, and the ratio for the fourth-tier is 1/16. Now, with the balance of four cores, I've finally achieved the training speed I had when focusing purely on Dou Qi," Jiang Lin looked at his arm, sensing the tremendous changes in his body. His Dou Qi training speed had increased, and his physical training speed had also accelerated.
Each core was expanding his physical limit. In other words, at the same realm, a body with four cores was stronger than a body with only three. In other words, with each core, his physical strength would be much more powerful in the same realm.
At his current physical state, Jiang Lin could almost match a Dou Wang who wasn't from the Earth or Dark attributes or a fifth-tier magical beast. Most of the fighting techniques in this world were energy-based, akin to magic attacks. For example, a Fire Elemental Mage's fire shield would absorb 250% of fire attacks, while only 50% for water attacks.
However, Jiang Lin was getting closer to being "as solid as a rock." He may not have the exaggerated 250% absorption for all attributes, but a 150% absorption would make it hard for most elemental attacks to break through his defense.
Even without the explosion of cores, by simply using the Dou Qi Furnace, Jiang Lin could temporarily push his Dou Qi realm to the Dou Ling stage. With a Dou Ling Dou Qi and a fourth-tier body, his dual defense would make it extremely difficult for most Dou Wang, apart from those with Earth or Dark attributes, to break through his defense.
Whether it was Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Wind, Thunder, Ice, or Poison, all would struggle to break Jiang Lin's defense. The only exceptions were Earth or Dark-based opponents, and that was only when he was forced to exceed one major realm.
"At this rate, even without Xiao Yi Xian's assistance, I can still stabilize a monthly increase of one star purely with the enhancement from the Crystal Pill. With Xiao Yi Xian's help, I should be able to reach Seven-Star Da Dou Shi before her three-year contract ends. It's a bit exaggerated, though," Jiang Lin thought to himself, amazed at his returning cultivation speed, though his face didn't show much surprise.
This cultivation speed was the speed he was originally supposed to have. If he focused purely on Dou Qi, his training speed would match what it is now, without needing any pills. In the earlier realms, breaking through one major stage per year was very easy for him with his bloodline talent.
Now, after fulfilling the hidden prerequisites of the Fire Refining Art, he not only gained the speed of Dou Qi cultivation but also obtained a body that was invincible at the same tier.
"The Fire Refining Art, one of the three gifts left by my mother, turned out to be an unexpected gamble."
"Now, there's just Mr. Yao's letter left." Jiang Lin instinctively touched the pale yellow warm jade in front of his chest.
"This should be a jade pendant that can calm the soul."
(END CHAPTER)
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