Nuolun's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Listening to the sound of a vase shattering from outside, a vein throbbed at her temple, yet her expression also carried a trace of helplessness. It was clear Shirleyas was not causing trouble for the first ti.
It was just that with other people present, even including her elder sister Finnie, Nuolun could only take a deep breath and say, "If there's nothing else, you should go now..."
After speaking, she strode directly towards the door.
She was afraid that Shirleyas, in a flustered state trying to make up for her mistake, might have so other "brilliant" idea, so she had to hurry over to stop her.
"Oh, right..."
When she reached the doorway, Nuolun suddenly turned back to look at them.
"You'll probably participate in the upcoming Academy Grand Competition too, right?"
Lin Mo nodded.
"Good..."
Nuolun imdiately smiled. "I hope you won't disappoint then."
What did that an?
Lin Mo was montarily stunned, but quickly realized. As a young genius of the Violet Empire, judging by her current age, Nuolun was likely still studying at an imperial academy. Therefore, she would also represent the Violet Empire in the upcoming Academy Grand Competition.
In other words, the next ti they t, they would likely be opponents.
"For this competition, Shirleyas will also participate as an instructor."
Then, Nuolun uttered another sentence that made everyone's expressions turn serious.
Nuolun's strength was already formidable. Although he had only seen her fight once, Lin Mo had a vague feeling that her strength probably wasn't much weaker than his own. And the older Shirleyas was a genuine Transcendent Level expert!
Would he have to face her?
While feeling a bit nervous, Lin Mo's fighting spirit also ignited.
Fine. This would be a good chance to see exactly how high his current strength had reached. Could he contend with a Transcendent Level expert, or even defeat her!
After saying her piece, Nuolun left directly. A mont later, the faint sound of her scolding and Shirleyas's apologies ca from not far away.
Lin Mo led the others outside, smiling as he looked at Shirleyas, who was hanging her head and following behind Nuolun.
"Thank you for the discount today... but if we et during the competition, I won't go easy on you."
"Hmph!"
Nuolun imdiately snorted. "Don't get cocky! Just you wait!"
Although she wasn't confident she could beat Lin Mo, she wouldn't admit defeat verbally.
Finnie waved her hand. "Goodbye, Nuolun. Thank you."
"..."
The expression on Nuolun's face froze for a mont before she snorted again. This ti, however, the sound was noticeably much "softer" and much quieter.
Without replying, she directly led Shirleyas away.
Ellie looked at Nuolun's retreating back, then at Finnie beside her. The plan to have Finnie "win over" Nuolun seed to be more successful than imagined!
So what exactly had Finnie done to coax Nuolun into such a state?
Lin Mo was genuinely curious, so he asked directly.
Finnie, however, shook her head with a blank look. "I didn't do anything special. I just had tea with her, talked for a while, and praised her for being cute a few tis..."
In Finnie's view, she was just stating facts and hadn't done anything particularly noteworthy.
"Nuolun is actually a good kid..."
Finnie said this.
"...Indeed."
Lin Mo didn't deny it. At least in front of Finnie, she was undoubtedly a good kid.
"Let's go."
Lin Mo held Finnie's hand with one hand and Ellie's with the other, with Sherfilia following behind, as they headed downstairs.
Leaving the Noren Trading Company, the afternoon sun filtered through the clouds, spilling onto the street and dispelling so of the chill.
Ellie held the newly purchased [Silvermoon Blade], raising it high to see the sunlight leave golden streaks on the sword's surface. She stroked the blade from ti to ti, clearly unable to put it down.
Sherfilia also concealed her new dagger within the sleeve of her maid uniform. Her hand gripping the hilt was very firm, and her gaze was fixed intently on Lin Mo.
Only Finnie was different... In one hand, she held so candy just bought from a street stall, and in the other, a warm cup of Azure Orchid herbal tea. The corners of her mouth were full of a blissful smile.
"Lena is still in class, so there's no rush to go back. Let's find a place to have lunch on the way."
This was also a good chance for him to drink the elental reagents first.
Naturally, Ellie and the others had no objections. So they randomly found a restaurant that looked decent and ordered a table full of good dishes.
Before the food arrived, Lin Mo first took out those four bottles of interdiate elental reagents.
Yellow, green, blue, and gold—four colors that looked quite pretty.
Lin Mo drank them one by one.
The water and wind elental reagents were pretty decent. The earth elental one tasted a bit strange, with a hint of earthy sll. The light elental reagent, however, was unexpectedly delicious—warm and smooth in texture, with a clean, sweet taste. It was at a level where it could be enjoyed as a beverage.
After drinking it, there even seed to be a slight refreshing effect, making his mind feel clearer.
For the current Lin Mo, the mana contained in interdiate elental reagents naturally wasn't much.
Not long after drinking them, he successfully absorbed them.
Lin Mo checked his current elental affinities.
Aside from fire and ice elents, which were at 45.24% and 35.125% respectively due to the magic stones, the other elents—lightning, and the four he just drank—were all at 26%.
Lin Mo tried channeling his mana. As always, the effect was significant and very noticeable.
Even due to the increase in light elental affinity, the Holy Light Power within him beca more active, as if in its elent, circulating more smoothly.
The power of [Holy Light Strike] and [Holy Light Judgnt] should have improved accordingly.
Ah, right. There were also the Essence Blood Serum and Condensed Elixir from the Hunting Competition rewards.
The potency of these two bottles was much stronger. Lin Mo first drank a bottle of Essence Blood Serum to test the waters.
Sure enough, a massive surge of dicinal power imdiately spread throughout his body, putting even Lin Mo under so pressure. His whole body felt sowhat swollen and achy.
Fortunately, it eased after a few minutes, and a prompt appeared before his eyes.
"Used Essence Blood Serum. Gained 10 to base attribute Strength!"
The effect was excellent, directly increasing his attribute by 10 points. Lin Mo's Strength reached 180 points, and the Warrior profession smoothly leveled up, reaching Level 14.
"Promotion conditions t. Profession Warrior (lv13) promoted—Current profession Warrior (lv14)."
"Gained profession attribute enhancent: Strength 8, Constitution 4, Agility 4!"
With this, Lin Mo naturally couldn't wait any longer. He imdiately drank the other bottle of Condensed Elixir.
Perhaps because his Mage level was higher, the reaction was smaller than before. He only felt a surge of mana moving within his body, and his temples bulged slightly.
Soon, the elixir's potency was absorbed.
"Used Condensed Elixir. Gained 10 to base attribute Mana!"
The effect was also 10 points. Lin Mo's base Mana attribute reached 264 points, and the Mage profession also leveled up.
"Promotion conditions t. Profession Mage (lv17) promoted—Current profession Mage (lv18)."
"Gained profession attribute enhancent: Constitution 2, Agility 3, Spirit 7, Mana 12!"
Level 18!
Only 3 levels away from Transcendent Level. Although there was still a major tier gap, Lin Mo already had the confidence to face a Transcendent Level expert head-on and achieve victory.
Not long after, the food arrived at the table. The already hungry group imdiately began to feast heartily.
Because Lin Mo had helped them improve their attributes in various aspects, everyone's appetites had grown larger now. Luckily, they had ordered high-energy magical beast at dishes; otherwise, everyone would have turned into bottomless pits.
"Are we going ho next?"
After finishing the al, Finnie seed sowhat reluctant. She quite liked going out for walks and shopping together occasionally.
Lin Mo was about to nod when he suddenly thought of sothing and instead said, "No. Let's go buy Lena a gift."
This ti, Ellie and the others all got new equipnt. Only Lena was still attending classes at the academy. When she returned and saw everyone's new gear, even if she didn't show it, she would definitely feel envious inside.
"Oh, right!"
Finnie also nodded. "We should bring a gift for little sister Lena."
Ellie beside them felt a bit awkward. She hadn't thought of this at all and had completely forgotten about her good friend.
After resting for a short while, the group got up and headed to the adventurer's comrcial district.
There were all sorts of shops here. As the Imperial Capital, both the number and variety of stores were extrely abundant.
Lin Mo planned to find a seed shop. He wanted to buy Lena so good seeds.
Now that her mana was improving rapidly, her progress as a Planter should also be going smoothly. Continuing to plant those relatively ordinary crops wouldn't be very effective for improving her skills anymore.
Fortunately, this was the Royal Capital, so there were quite a few seed shops. However, most only sold ordinary crop seeds. Luckily, Lin Mo had co prepared. He took out a book titled "Royal Capital Adventurer Survival Guide," flipped through it for a good while, and finally found the information he wanted.
A short while later, on a relatively quiet small street, Lin Mo's steps stopped in front of a storefront.
The shop wasn't large, but it was decorated quite exquisitely. Various potted plants were displayed at the entrance. Inside, the shelves were neatly lined with small bags containing different seeds.
The shop owner was a white-haired old man, intently studying the seeds before him. Seeing Lin Mo and the others enter, he didn't even look up, saying directly, "Take what you want yourself. The prices are all marked."
Lin Mo looked around the shop. There were seeds ranging from high-end to mid-range, but no low-end ones. Probably they disdained dealing in that low-end seed business.
After looking around the shop for a while and with Ellie and the others offering various suggestions, Lin Mo finally selected three types of seeds.
The first was called "Magic Source Flower," a type of flower that, after maturing, could slowly release trace amounts of mana. In sufficient quantities, it could help Mages improve their ditation efficiency.
The remaining two were "Water Lotus Grass" and "Thunderbolt Fruit," both elental crops. After maturing, they could be used as materials for refining elental reagents or as "catalysts" for forging equipnt, among other uses.
"How much for these three types of seeds?" Lin Mo asked.
The old man still didn't look up. "Depends on the quantity you want. Magic Source Flower seeds are 1000 gold coins each. The other two are 300 each."
The price was indeed not cheap, but it was reasonable.
Lin Mo thought for a mont and bought 20 Magic Source Flower seeds and 50 each of the other two. That ca to a total of 50,000 gold coins.
These seeds should be enough for Lena's use in the short term.
It seed like a lot of money spent, but Lin Mo didn't feel the slightest bit of heartache.
On one hand, it was sothing bought for the adorable cat-eared girl. On the other hand, even considering possible initial failures or lower-quality yields, once Lena cultivated all these seeds, there would definitely be profit to be made. It was highly likely they could turn around and earn tens of thousands of gold coins in return.
So he paid cheerfully, placed the seeds separately in mana-isolating cloth bags to prevent them from affecting each other, and then stored them in the Ethereal Ring.
Ellie beside him wore a smile. "Lena will be so happy when she receives this."
Lin Mo also smiled knowingly, seemingly picturing the cat-eared girl's happy and touched expression. He couldn't wait to pet the cat already.
"Let's go. Ti to head back."
When they returned to the academy, it was still early. Lin Mo went back to his room to continue studying his [Spatial Creation] magic.
Lin Mo sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, focused his mind, channeled the mana within his body, and began attempting to expand his Portable Space. Ever since putting on the Ethereal Ring and gaining a 30% increase in Spatial Affinity, he could clearly feel his connection to space had beco much tighter. Expanding the space had also beco smoother.
With the [Spatial Creation] skill operating, Lin Mo's consciousness sank into the Portable Space. Following his previous idea, he began trying to increase the space's height.
This was considerably more difficult than imagined. After all, with the length and width already established, the additional space needed to increase the height was clearly greater than simply continuing to increase length or width.
However, under the effect of Spatial Affinity, there was still noticeable progress.
Mana poured into the Portable Space like a tide, constantly impacting the space's ceiling. The originally 2-ter-high space slowly extended upward under the influence of mana.
Ti passed bit by bit. The space's height slowly increased: 2.1 ters, 2.2 ters... finally reaching 3 ters!
This was quite gratifying progress.
A height of 3 ters was almost sufficient.
Now, the Portable Space's specifications beca 10×10×3 ters, with a total volu of 300 cubic ters.
The proficiency of [Spatial Creation] also increased significantly, rising to Level 3.
"Skill [Spatial Creation] Lv2 (40/40) upgraded!"
"Current skill [Spatial Creation] Lv3 (2/80)."
"Gained 5 to base attribute point Mana!"
Another 5 base Mana attribute points obtained!
As the system prompt sounded, Lin Mo smiled with satisfaction. After resting for a mont, he began delving into various skill combinations again.
Now that he had more and more skills, how to cleverly combine these skills to unleash their maximum power was sothing he needed to focus on researching.
He had many bold ideas, not limited to just Warrior and Mage skills. For example... could combining [Holy Light Judgnt] with [Space Slash] produce a miraculous effect?
He continuously simulated various skill combination scenarios in his mind, pondering the pros and cons of different combinations and their applications in different combat situations. When he thought of sothing feasible, he would note it down first to try later.
Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened...
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