Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 263: Ruin Expedition (27)

Elemental Spirt!

The term reflected a majestic aura as Hudson spoke. To Lee Shen, it conveyed the idea of elemental sentience.

'Is that somehow related to what Ruella is going through?'

[Not exactly. Ruella is reaching into her innate Mana reserve which will enable her to grow into a True Druid. That process is nothing more than acquiring self-awareness.

But what I said is different. Those who master Mana could boost their elemental affinity by twice or thrice by assimilating the Spirit Stone energy into their being. If fate allows, the power and control one has over his/her Mana and element could even quadruple.

There are records of people who have contracted with the Element Spirit itself after assimilating an enormous amount of suitable affinity Spirit Stones.]

'Ohh!'

Lee expressed his amazement to Hudson's words. To contract with the Elemental Spirit itself was an achievement recalling the highest level of mastery. It would enable a person to greatly reduce the fatigue and burden of using one's Mana for an extended period.

Hudson began to speak about the advantages of assimilating a Spirit Stone to one's body. While the Mana would let one experience the true power of the Spirit Stone, a cultivator would only have his cultivation empowered by the Spirit Stone energy.

Though the Qi has negligible assistance from the Spirit Stones due to the differences in property, the cultivators intentionally monopolized the trade of Spirit Stones. They secretly cut off all possible ways through which adventurers could get their hands on Spirit Stones. This was another factor that led to the crumbling of the wizarding society.

[I am not at all surprised. Because this has been the situation even before I was imprisoned.]

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7 PM.

5,975,950 Essence harvested.

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Lee took a glance of the panel and the Essence count and something popped up in his mind.

[Nope. The Draconic Wyverns are already at its maximum potential for its age. And I assume that they will never have to depend upon these stones for a boost.]

Hudson also added that it is good to distribute these stones among the students. Coincidentally, Lee Shen had been thinking about that this whole time. After confirming that the children would not suffer from any backlashes, Lee alerted the students to hold their ground as he set up the tent.

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Inside the tent.

The 13 students and the professor was safe from all possible harms of the jungle. The flawless camouflage enabled the tent to be one with the darkness and nature. The absolute insulation of sound and heat made them completely untraceable.

Lee Shen sat on his bed with the twelve stones in his open palms. They looked nothing more than randomly picked rock fragments. The largest among them was one and a half inches in length.

"Does anyone recognise what these are?"

Lee asked in a soft voice as shuttled his eyes from the faces of his students to the stones.

The answer was silence.

Some scratched their heads in confusion. They could not detect any sort of energy ripples from these pebbles.

Lee Shen saw their helplessness and sighed before speaking-

"These are Spirit Stones."

The words gave a shock to the students. Never were they expecting these stones to be the powerful objects from the myths.

Yes, according to the current situation of the Alaqvier academy, Spirit Stones were equal to mythical objects as not even Erikko had seen them!

"I acquired a total of 7 Fire Spirit Stones and 5 Water Spirit Stones when I looted the cultivators.

And now, those with Fire and Water affinity can come forward."

Hearing this, 3 Fire affinity students and 2 Water affinity students came forth. Among the 13, only these 5 students were lucky.

When all 8 pairs of eyes focused on the selected five, Lee extended his hands. On his right-hand palm was the Water Spirit Stones and on his left-hand palm was Fire Spirit Stones.

The students did not delay the process and selected a stone of their choice. As soon as the students got the stones in their hands, they said that they could feel a rippling sensation from these seemingly unimportant pebbles.

"Sit down and circulate your Mana into the stone and back to your body. The energy will be released after some time and you will feel the energy entering inside you.

Most importantly, empty your mind."

Lee Shen then turned to the spectating students and said-

"Watch closely. But do not disturb them in any way."

The students nodded as Lee sat motionlessly.

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About 4 minutes later.

Lee Shen and the students could see a faint glow around the students. The halo covered their body for about 10 seconds and then vanished.

The moment it vanished, the stones in their palms crumbled and became dust!

The students could see the expressionless face of Lee and guessed that the professor might be accustomed to these sights. But in reality, he was surprised by the change to the stones.

[This means the power of the Spirit Stones have been successfully assimilated to the students. After the assimilation, the stone is useless and thus, it crumbles.

Tell them not to display their powers and take rest. Or else, they will greatly disturb the energy before it could settle down in their body.]

As Hudson predicted, the students woke from their meditation after a few seconds. When they opened their eyes, Lee and the remaining students felt their newfound power.

Lee quickly conveyed the words of Hudson and the students were forced to swallow down their urge to exhibit their talent. Though the students were disappointed by Lee Shen's words, they were sure that his words were for their safety and betterment.

Thus the students quickly went to bed and surprisingly fell asleep within seconds. The remaining 8 saw their quick slip to slumber and decided not to go against the words of the professor!

[When they wake up, they would be very hungry. So tell them to use their new enhancement to hunt down food.]