Is that a Wisp?
chapter-298

Krune and everyone else started to use their Elemental Meridians to absorb one stone after another. The surprising thing is that the more they absorbed, the faster their Elemental Meridians absorbed the next. It looked more like those meridians were black holes instead.

Of course, because each of them had more than 300 each, they still took an entire day to finish them all. Also, absorbing those stones turned out to be quite tiresome. Let alone Tiane and Ruik, even Krune felt somewhat sleepy. One must remember that Krune never sleeps to start with.

Ruik gritted his teeth and said.

"Not yet, I want to at least see the difference that all those stones made in my Elemental Source Energy conversion."

Tiane also had the same idea, and those two started to cultivate for a short time.

As for Krune and Feifei, they already had an idea of how it would be. Although they absorbed a lot of stones, not a single one of them was even close to those Divine Soul Realm beasts in the Elemental Path Realm. Still, Krune and Feifei also cultivated a little just to make sure.

It was then that they noticed.

"The progress slowed down. It is very faint, but I can feel it."

Feifei nodded.

"Me too. I guess it might be just like using pills, the more you use, the lesser the effect."

Krune nodded.

"Still, considering the difference, it will take a long time before it loses effect, so we should continue."

Feifei agreed with Krune, and they waited for Ruik and Tiane to finish. When Ruik finally opened his eyes again, he looked quite excited.

"Impressive, the difference didn't amount to even 1%, but I can still feel it. We only took three days to get to this point, I think that by the time these two or three years are over, I might have increased my conversion to 100%. Haha!"

Tiane opened her eyes right after.

"Indeed, I can also say that they really improved. After resting a little, let's go back to collect more of them."

Krune heard their views and shook his head.

"Feifei and I just noticed that the more you use them, the lesser the effect. So reaching 100% with the Elemental Path Stones alone will not be possible."

Tiane and Ruik were surprised by that, but they waited for Krune to finish.

"Still, it is not a problem. Don't forget that the highest increase in conversion rate happens when we breakthrough into another realm. The two of us discussed that before. We believe that Elemental Meridians like yours and Feifei's will achieve a 70 to 80% instant conversion rate in the Soul Forging Realm."

Krune continued.

"Feifei and you two got a 30% conversion in the Core Formation Realm. Feifei is already in the Divine Soul Realm, and now she can do 50% at once. So what you need to do is to get an increase of 20 to 30% using the Elemental Path Stones. When you enter in the Soul Forging Realm, in theory, you should reach 100%."

Krune then shrugged his shoulders and added.

"Of course, this is all just a conjecture. Even if you can't pass the 70 to 80% that we speculated, you will at least reach this max capacity while still in the Divine Soul Realm. Your cultivation speed will continue to be several times fasters than any other ordinary Divine Soul Realm cultivators or demon beasts."

Ruik nodded and then asked.

"You already have a 50% conversion even while in the Core Formation Realm. Does that mean that you would get 100% or close to it even if you didn't use these stones?"

Krune didn't deny that.

"This is what I think. Still, if I use the Elemental Path Stone now, I can reach 100% or close to it while I'm still in the Divine Soul Realm. But remember, this is all just a conjecture. We need to collect a lot more Elemental Path Stones to test our theories. After all, I believe no one has ever tried it before, so we have nowhere to look for information."

Ruik and the others had to admit that Krune is right. But it was totally worth a try.

"Alright, absorb the energy inside the Elemental Path Stones turned out to be more tiresome than we expected. Let's go out, eat something, and then take some time to rest. I would prefer that we keep our peak conditions while looking for them."

It was then that Ruik thought about something else.

"Oh, right! While we were looking for the Elemental Path Stones, we also cultivated at the same time. There was no problem with this point. Still, my Dream Laws were another story altogether. I couldn't progress with it at all! It seems like that if I'm not sleeping, I can't do anything about it. So I will be stuck in it for quite some time until we finish gathering Elemental Stones. Do you guys have any ideas?"

Tiane looked at him and couldn't help but comment.

"Neither Feifei or Krune have comprehended this crazy Law of yours, you should stop being an idiot snake and rely more on yourself."

Ruik then asked.

"Is that how you talk to the snake that you love?"

This was supposed to be Ruik's counter attack, but Tiane just shrugged her shoulders and replied.

"I told you before, you are my idiot snake. This means the fact you are an idiot snake doesn't change."

Krune and Feifei immediately nodded vigorously, and they even added salt to the injury together.

"Tiane has a point, you know?"

Ruik's mouth twitched, but he decided to ignore those three. It was evident that he was alone here, and any efforts of coming back would be useless.

After laughing a little, Krune finally pondered about Ruik's situation.

"This is just an idea, but I think it is because you haven't got proficient enough with the Dream World Construction Sub-Law. Because of that, you don't have that much of an influence on the real-world side. Use the times that we rest from now on to try to bring your Dream World Construction to the intermediate level. Who knows? It might work..."

Ruik nodded and then asked Feifei and Krune about their own Laws.

Feifei was the first one to answer.

"While I was looking for the Elemental Stones, I also used three of my Elemental Flowers that had Destiny Laws traits in them. I have to admit, these flowers are excellent, I can finally see myself making some progress with the Cause Sub-Law. The good thing is that I still have loads of them, so I'm confident in reaching the intermediate level soon."

Tiane then asked.

"You said that Destiny Laws only have three Sub-Laws, right?"

Feifei nodded.

"Exactly, they are the Cause, Effect, and Destiny Energy Sub Laws. But it is exactly because there aren't many that they are a lot harder than others. Even Ruik's Dream Law, which is quite an uncommon one, has five Sub-Laws. Being able to reach the intermediate so soon already makes me feel delighted."

Krune then told his piece.

"I think that my case is quite apparent, though. I'm learning all the Elemental Laws at once with the help of the Mind Splitting Technique. My Burning Sub-Law from the Fire Major Law had already reached the advanced stage and is progressing very well into culmination with those flowers. I was even able to understand the initial stage of a third Fire Sub-Law. Now I know Burning, Annihilation, and Explosion."

"In the case of the other Elemental Laws, they are also progressing well too. For example, my Flash Sub-Law from the Lightning Major Laws has reached the advanced stage in these last three days thanks to the elemental flowers as well. The second one, Current, is very close to the intermediate stage."

"As for my Tribulation Lightning Laws..."

Krune let out a sigh at this point.

"Well, there is nothing in the Universes that can help me with it. So I can only learn it by myself. Until now, I still haven't reached the Intermediate Stage of the Flash Annihilation Sub-Law."

Light Spirit heard that and just snorted. He was already tired of saying that there is nothing wrong with that speed of comprehension.

Ruik pondered a bit and asked.

"Should I try to learn some other Elemental Sub-Laws now that I can enter the World of Laws? Of course, I mean to do it while we are looking for the Elemental Stones. During the rest time, I will go back to my Dream Laws since I know that it is the best suited for me. At least until I progress enough in the Dream World Construction, and in case it really is what I need to keep comprehending it when I'm not sleeping."

Krune and Feifei looked at each other and nodded.

"I think it is a good idea. Your mind Splitting Technique is at the Initial Stage, right?"

Ruik confirmed.

"Yes, I can split it into three parts."

Krune then continued.

"One part will be paying attention to the real world, the second will be cultivating, while the third should be free since you can't practice Dream Laws at that moment. Just use this free one to learn some other Elemental Law of your choice. The first Sub-Law is always the easiest one, after all."

Ruik then made up his mind.

"Alright, I decided to go for the Earth Essence Sub-Law from the Earth Major Law next time."

Krune nodded, and everyone finally left to go eat after that.

On the way, Krune thought about something and asked Luvile.

"Light Spirit, every Elemetal Major Law has an essence Sub-Law, even Light and Darkness aren't different. Like Fire Essence, Light Essence, Earth Essence, etc. Why your Purple Tribulation Lightning Laws don't have one?"

Light Spirit heard that and laughed out loud.

"My Tribulation Lightning eats other Laws, which also includes those Essence Sub-Laws. Since I can have my lightning eating those essences, why would I need to create a Purple Tribulation Lightning Essence Sub-Law?"

Krune couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Purple Tribulation Lightning is really... Tyrannical..."

Light Spirit then laughed once more.

"Thanks for the compliment."