2746 The Returning Saint Pool!
Spring understood how Autumn and Winter were feeling.
They were feeling the same way she felt when she first saw him.
Autumn had been blaming himself recently, especially after he heard Summer talk about Lin Yuan.
Tower Canon had almost assassinated Lord Saint, and his life was almost in danger of coming to an end! This information caused Autumn’s heart to start thumping rapidly.
Autumn was Epoch God Palace’s first representative to contact Tower Canon. He truly regretted not eliminating Tower Canon then and giving them the opportunity to harm Lord Saint later!
Winter was the first of the followers to join Lord Saint’s side.
When he saw Lin Yuan and sensed Morbius’ aura on Lin Yuan’s wrist, Winter could not prevent tears from springing to his eyes.
After sincerely greeting Lin Yuan, the two of them stood up and joined Lin Yuan behind Spring.
Regardless of how overwhelmed they felt, the two of them restrained themselves. As followers, they did not have the right to initiate communication with Lin Yuan! They could only engage with him when he asked them questions.
Lin Yuan did not have social anxiety, especially when he was aware of the status of Autumn and Winter.
Lin Yuan immediately asked, “Where is the Returning Saint Pool? Take me there now. Firstly, I need to enlighten my birth horoscope to verify my identity. Secondly, I need to increase my power as soon as possible.”
When Spring followed Lin Yuan, she responded immediately to his questions. But now, she gave Autumn and Winter the opportunity to communicate with Lin Yuan instead.
Autumn was the first to speak. “Lord Saint, the Returning Saint Pool is at the center of the four palaces. If you want to head there, I will take you immediately!”
Autumn immediately began leading the way.
Normally, Autumn was very respectful toward Winter, who was an elder. He always gave way to him.
But now that he had the chance to interact with Lin Yuan, Autumn was not going to give way like he usually did. Rather, he seemed to have competitive intentions.
Winter took out a crystalline object.
This crystalline item looked solid but moved between a wispy cloud-like state and a tangible state in Winter’s palm.
Winter carefully held up this crystalline item in front of Lin Yuan.
“Lord Saint, this is pure soul energy that I tempered using my soul. Any lifeform can absorb it. The lifeform might not benefit from absorbing the soul energy and might even be negatively affected.
“I’m not trying to ask you to absorb my soul energy. You can use this energy to activate the Returning Saint Pool’s water. This will shorten the time taken for you to enlighten your birth horoscope!”
Spring and Summer looked at Winter poignantly.
Winter was the strongest of the four of them. He was also the only one who had reached the level of being able to temper his soul into a nourishing supplement.
Winter began tempering his soul when Epoch God Palace first arrived in this world.
This energy was a heartfelt gesture from him.
Lin Yuan frowned slightly but did not immediately reach out to receive the soul energy.
Firstly, Spring clearly said that it would only take him around a month to enlighten his birth horoscope in the Returning Saint Pool. A month was not a long time for Lin Yuan, and he could spare the time. Hence, he did not need to shorten the time it took to enlighten his birth horoscope.
This item that Winter had condensed from his soul had to be very precious to him.
“Winter, if you absorb the item in your hand, will it be able to evolve your soul because the energy came from your own soul? Or will there be drawbacks?”
Winter was slightly stunned. Lin Yuan’s words allowed Winter to see that this iteration of the Saint had a very different personality from the previous one.
The previous Saint would never turn down such an offering. Yet, despite this being their first meeting, this Saint was already thinking for his sake.
Regardless of how his personality changed, it made no difference to Winter as long as it was confirmed that Lin Yuan was the Saint.
Winter said candidly, “If I absorb this ball of soul energy, my soul will be significantly nourished. I will be able to heal 2/3 of the damage my soul suffered from being tempered.”
Lin Yuan told Winter sincerely, “If that’s the case, you can absorb this item! Don’t do anything like this that harms yourself again. Even if you want to help me, you don’t have to do it by depleting yourself.”
While he spoke, a thought struck Lin Yuan. Throughout their journey together, he had not asked Spring what resources she used to increase her power.
Now that Spring, Autumn, and Winter were in front of him, Lin Yuan admired the beauty of Epoch God Palace while asking, “Spring, Autumn, Winter, what kind of resources do you usually need to increase your power?”
In this enormous main world, there did not seem to be any resource that was of a particularly high level. The resources that Lin Yuan produced on his own had already reached the peak of the main world.
It seemed as though he could also secure a monopoly over the Sky Beyond the Clouds.
Autumn had already communicated with Lin Yuan. Although Autumn really wanted to continue interacting with Lin Yuan, he decided to give the chance to Winter.
Winter said seriously, “Lord Saint, the four of us have very different body compositions. But as long as we have sufficient pure spirit qi, our bodies will be able to evolve however we like.”
Lin Yuan did not immediately take out the spirit qi crystals because he did not know the purity of the spirit qi that Winter was referring to.
Lin Yuan would not assume that the spirit qi he produced could meet Winter’s expectations.
Although Lin Yuan had the World Emperor/Divine Kingdom Green Vine, he could not fathom Winter’s level.
“What is the percentage purity of spirit qi that you require?”
Spring, Autumn, and Winter all understood Lin Yuan’s intent. It was clear that he wanted to provide them with resources.
In this regard, Lin Yuan was the same as the previous Saint!
Spring, Autumn, and Winter were all Lin Yuan’s followers. It was normal for followers to use their master’s resources.
Winter did not beat around the bush and said, “What we need now is to increase the purity of this world to 94% and above, then begin absorbing the spirit qi.
“Spirit qi that is less pure than that won’t benefit our power. Instead, it will contaminate our bodies and increase the impurities within our bodies! Because of this reason, our faction has been increasing our power very slowly. I am the only one who has achieved a breakthrough.”
Lin Yuan was surprised to hear this, but at the same time, he relaxed.
He had not expected an expert of Winter’s level would only require spirit qi with a 94% purity. This was much lower than the concentration of spirit qi in the Spirit Lock spatial zone.
Lin Yuan normally used spirit qi of at least 98% purity to evolve his feys!
This allowed Lin Yuan to recognize just how powerful Morbius was.
Lin Yuan took out four wooden chests. The heavy chests thumped when they landed on the ground, each containing 10,000 spirit qi crystals.
“During the time that I’m in seclusion, the three of you can each take a wooden chest and use the spirit qi crystals within it to evolve yourselves! One of you will deliver the fourth wooden chest to Summer.”
Normally, he would not have given away these many resources regardless of how generous Lin Yuan was. He was only giving away such a large amount of resources now because he was certain they were his followers.
Just like how Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter needed to verify Lin Yuan’s identity, Lin Yuan also sensed solid faith power flowing into him from Autumn and Winter the moment he met them.
Faith power could not lie.
The four rulers of Epoch God Palace were Lin Yuan’s strongest combat power. The stronger they were, the more protection Lin Yuan would have in the future.
Moreover, 40,000 spirit qi crystals did not put a large hole in Lin Yuan’s pocket.
Lin Yuan would continue to supply the four of them with spirit qi crystals.
Lin Yuan was only providing them with 10,000 spirit qi crystals this time because he wanted to gauge the ability of spirit qi crystals to enable experts like Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter to evolve!
Spring, Autumn, and Winter performed a ritual of respect toward Lin Yuan.
Each of them picked up a chest filled with spirit qi crystals.
The three of them were only able to reach their current level of power because they used the resources they received from the Saint. The Saint was also the one who had helped them to activate their body compositions.
The three of them were very familiar with spirit qi crystals.
After such a long time, the four of them could finally receive this level of resources again!
With these spirit qi crystals, they could finally increase their power again despite being in a Class 2 world.
Spring was silent for a moment before she picked up the last box of spirit qi crystals on the ground.
“Lord Saint, I will deliver the spirit qi crystals to Summer while you head to the Returning Saint Pool to enlighten your birth horoscope. Then, I will stay to gather the death aura in the ley lines with Summer.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
Autumn had already led Lin Yuan to the cross between the four large palaces.
There were white jade pillars erected here. Each pillar was draped in a special veil. The layers of gauze floated in the wind and shrouded the space between the pillars.
As Lin Yuan stood here, he felt his soul shudder. Something within the space was calling him forward.
Autumn bowed and made an ushering gesture.
“Lord Saint, this is considered forbidden ground. Aside from you, no one else is allowed to enter. If you want to enlighten your birth horoscope, all you need to do is step in. While you’re enlightening your birth horoscope, the water in the Returning Saint Pool will temper your body and soul.
“You have already tempered the impurities in your body, spiritual energy, and soul, so you should know about the pain you will need to endure during the process. If you can’t endure the agony, you can call us in to help you.”
Lin Yuan shook his head.
As long as his life was not in danger, he could handle pain. He was not the type to shy away from agony and hardship.
Rather, he appreciated the opportunity to temper his body, spiritual energy, and soul.
Lin Yuan looked forward to the growth he would receive from the Returning Saint Pool. Once he enlightened his birth horoscope, he would be able to distinguish himself even among the older generation!
Not many of the Radiance Federation’s members of royalty had enlightened their birth horoscope.
Luckily, Lin Yuan was there to provide resources to the members of royalty, and it would not be long before another birth-horoscope expert emerged from the Radiance Federation’s members of royalty.
Lin Yuan stepped through the layer of gossamer. The nearer he walked to the Returning Saint Pool, the more he felt a sense of innate intimacy. It was as though he was facing himself.
At that point, Lin Yuan no longer doubted that he was the Saint.
The tent was spacious, and the main space was very wide. There was a large pool that had yet to transform into a spirit pool at the center of the space.
It was clear that this pool was the Returning Saint Pool that was going to enable him to enlighten his birth horoscope.
Lin Yuan quickly stepped forward, and the Returning Saint Pool turned a beautiful amber that resembled a pool of tea.
Lin Yuan squatted down and placed his hand in the pool. He noticed that the pool was almost the exact same temperature as his body.
Rather than seeming like water, the pool water seemed like an entity that would not contaminate his hair and skin.
Even if Lin Yuan sank his entire arm into the pool, his sleeve remained dry after he lifted his arm out.
Lin Yuan could sense that a portion of the abilities in the pool water had entered his body through his palm.
A warm and comfortable wave washed over Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan jumped into the Returning Saint Pool.
The depth of the Returning Saint Pool just happened to reach right below his nose.
Lin Yuan was able to breathe comfortably, even with his mouth closed.
At the instant that he jumped into the Returning Saint Pool, the amber fluid sprayed jets of fluid resembling flower petals while Lin Yuan seemed to be the flower’s core.
The amber fluid moved outward around Lin Yuan, and streams of amber fluid formed mysterious patterns.
Lin Yuan’s eyes were currently open as he watched the changes take place.
But it was not long before he clenched his jaw tightly.
Lin Yuan felt warm and comfortable when a wisp of energy within the Returning Saint Pool entered his body. But when buckets of the energy were pouring into his body, he felt as though he had turned into a sealed jar.
Not only was his body growing increasingly warmer, but he also had to endure piercing pain shooting through his spirit and soul.
This pain was only climbing.
At first, the pain seemed like the pricks from needles. But in less than two minutes, Lin Yuan felt as though his soul and spirit were being ground by something.
Lin Yuan clenched his fists tightly as he silently endured all this.
He knew that his spirit and soul were only feeling this way because they were being destroyed and reconfigured over and over again, thereby evolving through this process.
Normally, the pain in his soul and spirit were more excruciating than the pain in his body. But in the Returning Saint Pool, the pain of Lin Yuan’s body was much more intense than the pain of his soul and spirit!
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