Chapter 36: Urban Legend of Late-night Delivery (Please Follow)
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"Wait, this isn't a Monarch Stage Spiritual Beast's Crystal Core."
Chen Meng, observing the deep blue Crystal Core taken out by the Isolated Island Spirit, displayed a look of surprise for the first time on her face.
"Isn't it a damaged Monarch Stage Crystal Core?"
"This is a fragment of a Crystal Core from a top-level Overlord or even a more powerful Spiritual Beast."
Chen Meng didn't hide her thoughts from Chen Mo and directly voiced her hypothesis.
The Light Unicorn could feel an incredibly terrifying energy emanating from the Crystal Core, an energy that Monarch Stage Crystal Cores do not possess.
"Ask the Isolated Island Spirit where this Crystal Core fragment was found."
Chen Meng suggested.
"Xinghai, where did you find this Crystal Core fragment?"
"Wu——" (Near the small island where I encountered you.)
"Can you take us to see it?"
"Wu——"
The Isolated Island Spirit readily agreed and invited Chen Mo to stand on its back.
Compared to Chen Gong's Er Ha's Hammerhead Shark, riding the Isolated Island Spirit was far more comfortable. The back of the Isolated Island Spirit was like a small island itself, making Chen Mo feel as though he was steering a large spaceship with an exceptionally good view.
After about two hours of traveling at sea, the group finally reached the place where the Isolated Island Spirit "picked up" the Crystal Core fragment.
"Wu——" (It's at the very deep sea bottom. Friend, do you want to come along?)
The Isolated Island Spirit was somewhat worried about Chen Mo's body, knowing that the water pressure at several thousand meters would crush him instantly.
Though it could transport Chen Mo thousands of meters underwater with a bubble it created, it couldn't guarantee his safety in case of an unforeseen event.
Countless terrifying beasts lurked beneath the deep sea.
Its strength at Commander 1st Rank was enough for self-preservation but not enough to dominate the area.
At this moment, under Chen Meng's feet appeared a huge deep blue Summoning Array, accompanied by a powerful aura, a Tempest Spirit with an extremely massive physique appeared before Chen Mo and the Isolated Island Spirit.
The lower half of the Tempest Spirit's body consisted entirely of whirlpools, while the upper half resembled a sea giant, featuring a faceless visage and strong arms formed by flowing water.
In terms of size alone, this Tempest Spirit was a circle larger than the Isolated Island Spirit.
"Another Monarch Stage Spiritual Beast, Sister Meng's backing is really massive!"
Chen Mo couldn't help but marvel internally.
The Tempest Spirit had undergone two evolutions. Who would have thought that its original form was a cute little Water Drifter, now transformed into a "mammoth figure."
The Tempest Spirit created an oversized water sphere, enveloping Chen Mo, Chen Meng, and the Light Unicorn.
"Xinghai, lead the way!"
"Wu——"
The Isolated Island Spirit dived underwater, followed closely by the Tempest Spirit and the Reverse Hammerhead Shark, soon reaching the location where Xinghai discovered the Crystal Core fragment.
However, after nearly an hour of searching underwater, they still didn't find any other similar Crystal Core fragments.
"Let's return first! Brother, you organize people to continue searching this sea area, and keep this information from leaking out to others for now."
Upon returning to the shore, Chen Meng suggested.
"No problem, I'll go make arrangements."
Chen Gong nodded in agreement, getting ready to gather people.
With the help of specialized equipment, the search efficiency could be greatly improved.
"Wu——" (I need to get some things.)
Before leaving the Spirit Realm, the Isolated Island Spirit told Chen Mo.
It had a habit similar to that of dragons, enjoying the collection of treasured and shiny objects. During its drifting through the Vortex Sea, it would specifically collect these treasures and place them where it slept.
Seeing these shiny objects always filled it with joy.
Now that it was moving, naturally it had to transfer its "treasures" as well.
"No problem."
Chen Mo smiled.
It seemed that Xinghai was quite the "little rich lady"!
After packing all its "treasures," the Isolated Island Spirit returned to the Heart of Canglang.
Subsequently, Chen Mo followed Chen Meng back to Blue Star.
Returning to Blue Star required much stricter procedures than entering.
Aside from verifying ID and Spirit Master ID, the exit was also guarded by a Psychic Spirit Butterfly. This Spirit Butterfly possessed the Insight ability, capable of discerning disguises and mimicry.
The primary concern was to prevent malevolent individuals from entering Blue Star, as the Blue Star People always harbored some distrust toward Spirit Realm people.
"Those who are not of our kind will surely have different intentions."
After returning to Blue Star, Chen Mo first called his grandmother to assure her he was safe, then went to the bookstore to buy an Encyclopedia of Spiritual Materials.
Today was already Sunday, but due to training in the Spirit Realm, this week's challenges hadn't been completed.
This week's refreshed entries were––
Photographic Memory (Green)
Within 1 week, memorize the contents of a book that must have no fewer than 100,000 words.
Entry Effect: Gain the ability of photographic memory.
Poisonous (Green)
Consume five types of poisons, one of which must be of rare quality.
Entry Effect: Gain immunity to most common toxins, toxicity resistance +50%.
The Poisonous challenge was truly toxic and was immediately passed on by Chen Mo. Since these two weekly challenges had already refreshed once, Chen Mo could only choose to complete the [Photographic Memory] challenge.
The effect of the Photographic Memory entry was quite substantial. Equipping the entry would make him like a walking scanner, able to remember all kinds of Spiritual Beast and Spiritual Material information, providing an extra layer of unseen security during wilderness explorations.
After buying the book, Chen Mo returned home and began a frenzy of memorization.
For an ordinary person, memorizing a 100,000-word book in less than a day would be nearly impossible, but for Spirit Masters with strong spiritual power, it wasn't particularly difficult.
Memory was closely related to spiritual power, and some high-tier Spirit Masters inherently possessed the capability of photographic memory.
As for the Isolated Island Spirit, it stayed in the Heart of the Sea watching animations.
As a wild Spiritual Beast born and raised in the ocean, everything in human cities appeared bizarre to it.
Especially the large iron box in front of it that played various scenes.
Although it couldn't understand human languages, the images alone filled it with wonder and intrigue.
Xiao Jiu, for once, didn't transform into a "roll king" to train but instead accompanied the Isolated Island Spirit watching animations, explaining all about Blue Star to it.
This was a task assigned by Chen Mo to help the Isolated Island Spirit acclimate to this home quickly.
The next day, Chen Mo woke only at 10 o'clock.
Memorizing the book yesterday had drained a lot of his energy, though he fortunately completed it before midnight.
Then he asked his homeroom teacher Lao Bai for another half-term leave.
Lao Bai understood and proactively extended Chen Mo's leave to a full year.
After a year, Chen Mo would graduate from Yizhong as an outstanding student.
By then, the school would also publicize this extensively, using it as leverage to attract new students.
In this world, attending university wasn't the only path for top students.
Big companies, the Spirit Control Bureau, the Apothecaries Guild...
Professions related to Spirit Masters were all excellent choices.
You might go to university, I'll go to a company, and he might go to the Spirit Control Bureau; we all have bright futures.
"The weekly challenges have refreshed again, let's take a look."
Chen Mo glanced at the Entry Training Manual.
Lucky enough, this week's challenge actually included a blue entry––
[Urban Legend of Late-Night Delivery] (Blue)
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