Chapter 193: Water Crystal Core + Xiao Huo Huo = Xiao Shui Shui!
In today's world, whether for blacksmiths or alchemists, magic cores are an extremely scarce renewable resource.
Of course, if you consider that a magical beast can only condense one core in its entire lifetime, and that a magic core can only be used once, then they could also be regarded as a non-renewable resource.
Buzz~
So, Yao Chen, his expression complicated, stirred his soul power and gathered the surrounding Heaven and Earth Dou Qi, channeling it quickly into the water-element core in his hand. With his current level of soul force, his control over Dou Qi was at best at the Dou Huang tier. But for a fifth-rank core, that was already more than enough.
As the surrounding Dou Qi energy continued to condense, under the gazes of Jiang Lin and the others, the pale blue crystal core in Yao Chen's hand grew brighter and more dazzling, as though it had just received a great influx of energy.
"The only problem is that this crystal is water-attributed. If it were fire-attributed, it would be much more useful for you." Yao Chen stared at the glowing core in his palm, tested its conversion efficiency, and then shook his head lightly.
The Dou Qi of Heaven and Earth is violent and carries many attributes. Each person can only refine the attribute aligned with their own. Any other type can only be rejected.
Since no one here cultivated water-type Dou Qi, the only way to recharge the water core was to gather Heaven and Earth energy and let the core itself absorb the water-element portion.
If it had been a fire core, Yao Chen could have directly gathered fire-element Dou Qi and poured it in. Or Jiang Lin, whose recovery speed was monstrous, could have poured in his own pure crimson-golden Dou Qi. Both methods would have been far more efficient than letting the core slowly siphon energy through pressure differentials.
"Here. I only managed to fill it to a Great Dou Shi's level of water-attribute Dou Qi. The mismatch in attributes makes the process too inefficient. Still, this should be enough for you to use once. At higher levels, it'll be even slower. Next time, try to get a fire core—then you can pour your own Dou Qi in directly."
After about five or six minutes, Yao Chen tossed the softly glowing, pale-blue crystal core back to Jiang Lin.
Any further recharging would only get slower and more troublesome—even for him.
"Brother Lin, what does that thing actually do?" Xiao Yan asked, staring at the returned core with thinly veiled desire. It had to be good—anything that made Yao Chen change expression was never ordinary.
"The effect? Think of it as a Dou Qi purification device." Jiang Lin's eyes shimmered strangely as he held the recharged core in his palm.
According to the ancient blueprint for Crystalized Core Armor created by Alchemist Danqizi, the energy cycle went: core → purified Dou Crystal → direct use.
In other words, the core purified the violent beast energy into something usable. But Jiang Lin suspected that Danqizi had only thrown that in as a casual design test for crystal strength.
"Let me try."
Without hesitation, Jiang Lin swallowed the pale-blue core. In the next instant, buzz!—his body erupted with dazzling flames of Dou Qi!
"Brother Lin, slow down! You almost burned me!" Xiao Yan yelped, jumping back as the flames roared out.
"It won't burn you." Jiang Lin replied flatly. Then, focusing inward, he confirmed that all his crimson-golden Dou Qi was exhausted. He used his soul force, invoked a special technique, and activated the pale-blue crystal within his body!
Instantly, a faint blue radiance spread from the core. Gentle streams of water-element Dou Qi began flowing through his meridians. Wherever they passed, Jiang Lin felt an icy chill seep into his veins. Even with his strong physique, the cold made him shiver!
"Whoa! Brother Lin, your Dou Qi attribute changed!" Xiao Yan shouted in shock. A thin blue aura rose around Jiang Lin's body—that was his system rejecting the foreign energy, the water Dou Qi being refined and expelled as vapor.
Cough, cough. "I'm just demonstrating. Don't copy this. Foreign-element Dou Qi damages the meridians badly." Jiang Lin coughed from the chill in his body, then warned Xiao Yan and Little Doctor Fairy.
Then, forming seals, he gathered all the water Dou Qi into his mouth. When it reached critical density, his lips glowed faintly blue. With a sharp whoosh, a water arrow shot forth!
Yellow-rank Intermediate Dou Technique: High-Pressure Water Arrow!
Shu!
The arrow tore through the air, piercing a peach tree in the distance and leaving a fist-sized hole!
"Holy crap! A water-element Dou Technique!" Xiao Yan exclaimed in shock, as did the others.
That single strike alone was enough to etch Jiang Lin's name into the annals of the continent. Without even possessing water affinity, he had forced his body to unleash a water-element technique!
"The rejection was stronger than I expected." Jiang Lin's whole body now gave off faint blue mist. He forcibly extracted the glowing crystal core from his body with his soul power. Despite what he had just used, the crystal still looked almost untouched—Yao Chen had condensed a Great Dou Shi's worth of energy into it.
"Just using a Yellow-rank technique already injured my meridians—even though mine are as tough as a Dou Ling's. Of course, maybe that's because Old Yao's Dou Qi quality was too high? Luckily my meridians can repair themselves, otherwise it'd be troublesome." Jiang Lin studied the pale-blue core, his eyes glittering with mystery.
The purification effect exists, but it doesn't feel as good as refining through the human body. Old Yao's injected Dou Qi was too high-grade. If it were my own, it would probably be better—at least tolerable. Jiang Lin concluded silently, then shared his observations with Xiao Yan and the others.
These crystal cores, refined through crystalization techniques, could not only serve as reusable beast cores but also as auxiliary Dou Qi reservoirs for strong fighters.
(END CHAPTER)
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