Grinding

Chapter 41

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''I see...'' Lin Feng smiled.

After the notifications about the items had ended, the red-furred wolf body suddenly disappears into the light particle and leaving a floating faint purple spirit ring.

''Hmm...'' Lin Feng stared at the information of the essence crystal.

[Name: Essence Crystal]

[Type: Essence Energy]

[Grade: Uncommon(Peak)]

[Description: a crystalize essence of spirit beast, it can increase spirit energy on someone body and aging their spirit ring]

''Ah...'' Lin Feng stared at the essence crystal with a startled expression.

Lin Feng was dumbfounded because isn't this essence crystal will become a cheating item for him. Not only this essence crystal can increase his spirit energy, but it also can aging his spirit ring!

''I do not even know that you can increase spirit ring age?'' Lin Feng muttered because the general information from Grey stated so.

''Wait...'' Lin Feng stared at the red-furred wolf spirit ring with a frown.

''Grey, If I absorb this spirit ring,''

''I only gained a spirit skill without any spirit energy, right.'' Lin Feng stated as he can't sense any spirit energy emanated from the spirit ring.

[Affirmative]

[Yes, Host]

[After killing a spirit beast in the dungeon, you would be able to gain materials, a spirit ring, and possibly essence crystals]

[But, because the essence crystal is the core of a spirit beast, you could only gain a spirit skill without any spirit energy if you tried to absorbing spirit ring in here]

''Hmm,'' He frowned as he takes the essence crystal out of his inventory.

Activating his golden lotus, a purple spirit ring from the mystic grove turtle hovering around his body.

''My spirit ring age is around 7900 years old,'' Lin Feng muttered while staring at his spirit ring.

''How about this...'' Lin Feng tried to absorb the energy inside the essence crystal. His purple spirit ring shines a little because of the spirit of the essence crystal entering his body, and he can feel the improvement of his spirit ring age.

''Hmm, my spirit ring developed with 1-2 years improvement, it's not bad, I guess,'' Lin Feng muttered with a smirk.

*Crack!*

The essence crystal got destroyed because the essence inside of it had run out.

''Well, that's a lot of improvement from one essence crystal.'' Lin Feng stated with a smile on his face.

(I still have a few essence crystals, though) Lin Feng thought while looking at the remaining red-furred wolf corpses.

After the series of notifications from Grey, Lin Feng then gathered about five crystal essences, which should be enough to age his spirit ring by ten years.

''Hmm, even though I killed more than thirty red-furred wolves, I only get five crystal essences,''

(Did the crystal essences had a drop rate?) He thought with a frown as he suddenly realizes something.

''Grey, Is there a time limit for me to stay in the dungeon?'' He asked as there is no way he stays in the dungeon forever until his spirit ring reaches one hundred thousand years old.

''There should be a limit, right?''

[Affirmative]

[You can only stay in the dungeon for one hour a day as the spirit beasts on the dungeon need to be respawned]

''Can I stack the time?'' He asked.

[Unfortunetly, No]

''Okay...''

''One hour...'' Lin Feng muttered with a nod because of his system response. ''It should be enough just for hunting.''

''Let's go, Aria,'' He smiled, ''We need to hunt for essence crystal!''

Aria smiled a little when she sees her Master got pumped up and responded, ''Mm.''

They're hunting through the dungeon for fifty minutes, and after the hunt, we can see Lin Feng laying his body on the couch while Aria's made something for him.

''Uugh, that's more intense than I thought...'' Lin Feng muttered while looking at the list of items he got in the dungeon.

(There are a lot of material from spirit beasts) Lin Feng thought while looking at the amount of spirit beast meat, bone, hide, fur, and skin on his inventory.

''Sigh, but...''

''I only gained thirty essence crystals for some reason,'' Lin Feng sighed as he hunted with Aria, the drop rate of essence crystal become more and more lower than he thought.

Not only does the drop become lower, but the spirit beast in the dungeon also becomes scarce as he can't find any spirit beast for the last fifteen minutes.

''Huu...'' Lin Feng is releasing a heavy breath as closing his eyes while shaking his head.

''Don't be too greedy...''

''Even though I can only stay one hour, this dungeon is still a blessing for me.'' He muttered while opening his eyes.

''Master,'' Aria comes to his side while bringing a glass of lemonade.

''Lemonade.''

''Thank you, Aria...''

''Mm,'' Aria nodded.

--- Time Skip ---

After that day, Lin Feng, Aria, and Kro would be hunting in the dungeon every day, and they managed to get at least thirty or forty crystal essence a day or more if they're lucky.

Which becomes a tremendous resource for their cultivation as it can increase their strength.

Kro also can consume the essence crystal to increase his strength, which shocked Lin Feng as he sees Kro crunching crystal with his teeth.

''Woof!'' Kro is wagging his tail after consuming ten essence crystals, making Lin Feng a little speechless.

''Sigh...'' Lin Feng sighed but decided to shrug it off as he was happy as long his summons can become more powerful.

When Lin Feng out from the dungeon for the first time, he was shocked by the dungeon time dilation. Because one hour inside is the same as thirty minutes on the outside.

Out from the dungeon, he will start training with Aria for eight hours and two hours rest.

After only one week, his spirit ring age has increased by a small margin, and his spirit power has become level twenty as he needs another spirit ring for a breakthrough.