Chapter Thirty-Three: The Original Stone

  In the scorching heat of the afternoon sun, Hua Yun walked slowly on the shaded path between the trees in the forest, with a hint of comfort and relaxation on her face.

  A sultry gust of wind blew in, carrying an unshakeable dryness, but on this sweltering afternoon, Huayun's body didn't have a single drop of sweat.

  "Haha, I didn't think that the power of water attribute would have such a wonderful use!" Hua Yun's face was filled with a smile, and the power of the water attribute in her body was rapidly circulating through her meridians. Wherever it flowed, it brought a refreshing coolness, just like an air conditioner inside her body, regulating her body temperature and the temperature around her.

  Before on Earth, Huayun had lived in tropical rainforests for a period of time to find some plants. The kind of sweltering weather made Huayun still have lingering fears today, but now such temperatures are nothing to Huayun.

  It's been three days since leaving Kodo, except for yesterday when he spent the night in a passing town, and the other two days were spent sleeping outdoors. Within the kingdom, there are generally only some wild beasts, and with Hua Yun's current strength, even ordinary magical creatures can't do anything to him, let alone ordinary wild beasts. Those who encounter Hua Yun will only have the fate of being treated as food.

  According to what people in the previous town said, this place is only two days away from the Blue Castle of the Western Kingdom. At Huayun's speed, we can arrive by tonight.

  "Halt, you little brat in front! Stop right there!" Just as Hua Yun was leisurely taking in the scenery around her, a loud and harsh voice suddenly came from up ahead. Hua Yun looked up to see a disheveled figure with a rusty sword emerging from the woods in front of her, blocking her path.

  "Hand over all your valuables quietly, otherwise, humph, I'll take care of killing you but not burying you!" The man swung the iron sword in his hand, with a ferocious expression.

  Looking at the vast expanse in front of him, Jie Lu's heart was filled with excitement. Today, it was his and Aub's turn to explore the forest, but Aub had fallen asleep in the woods, relying on his fists being harder than anyone else. On such a hot day, Jie Lu was left waiting alone, and he had been holding back a belly full of anger for a long time, not to mention how depressed he felt. Unexpectedly, he encountered a traveler passing by.

  To the west lies Azure City, while to the east are some mercenary towns. As a result, merchant caravans often go to these mercenary towns to buy things like magic cores and beast hides. The bandit group that Jiro is in specializes in lying in wait here for merchant caravans with weak escorts.

  Generally speaking, if they encounter a merchant group, either Jieru or Aub goes up the mountain to report, and the other continues to stare. If it's just one or two ordinary travelers, then they can handle it themselves.

  However, such things rarely happen, but many people in the group have encountered them. As long as the quantity is not too large, the group will not ask about it, and everyone in the group treats this as a way to make extra money.

  A robber? And there's only one of them?

  Looking at the robber in front of him with a lewd appearance and a weak body, Hua Yun couldn't help but look down at his own waist where a long sword was hanging. Did he really look that weak? Thinking about this, Hua Yun couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

  "Hurry up and take out the things on your body!" Seeing that the little guy in front of him was still smiling, Jie Lu's face couldn't hold it anymore. Hey, don't look at that little guy with a human-like appearance, just scare him a few times and he'll definitely surrender immediately. This kind of pretentious guy, Jie Lu has seen many of them before. If he were a mercenary, Jie Lu wouldn't have charged up alone like an idiot.

  "Huh!" Just as Huayun was about to kick his opponent, he suddenly saw a string of black stones hanging from the other's neck. Huayun's heart moved slightly, and he took a step towards Jieru.

  "You... what do you want to do, don't move, I'm warning you, if you take another step forward, I..." Before Jie Lu could finish his fierce words, Hua Yun's right hand had already grasped the iron sword in Jie Lu's hand like lightning, a blue light flashed on her hand, and the iron sword immediately broke into several pieces as if it had been struck by a giant hammer.

  "Ah......" Jie let out a sharp cry, just thinking of running back, but was already pulled over by Huayun, the stone necklace on his neck was also pulled away by Huayun.

  "Indeed it's a raw gem!"

  Feeling the elemental power emanating faintly from that string of black stones, Huayun's heart couldn't help but leap with joy.

  Like the Magic Core and Magic Crystal, the Original Stone contains extremely powerful elemental power. However, unlike the Magic Core and Magic Crystal, which have stable elemental powers, the Original Stone was formed in an environment with constant elemental fluctuations, making its elemental energy highly active.

  However, it is precisely because the elemental force in the original stone is extremely unstable and unsafe compared to magic cores and crystals. It is also difficult to form and extremely rare, so no one deliberately digs or searches for it. Even if someone discovers an original stone, they will not dig it up, making it extremely rare on the mainland.

  However, these raw stones are useless to others, but for Hua Yun who has learned the Inverse Heaven Technique, the raw stones are a rare good thing. With Hua Yun's current strength, he is unable to absorb the energy from the magic core and magic crystal, but for the raw stones that contain active elemental power, Hua Yun can absorb it.

  "Say, where did these stones come from?"

  "It was found on... Mount Beechi in the Kingdom of Kotte Province!" Jerrod couldn't help but almost cry, what kind of thing is this!

  "Oh? Besides this one, do you have any more of these stones on you?"

  "Gone, really gone! I just thought these stones were interesting, so I picked up a few that time, but there are still many more on that mountain!"

  "Get out of here!" Huayun let go of Jieru, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in her heart. Although she could sense that the energy contained in these few original stones was not small, who would complain about having too many good things?

  "Yes!" Jieru rolled and crawled back into the forest.

  She put the original stone into her bosom, and Hua Yun performed a light body technique, quickly sweeping towards Wala City. Hua Yun wasn't afraid that Jie Lu would go back to get reinforcements, it was just less trouble, if because of this he couldn't arrive at Wala City before nightfall, then he would be greatly disadvantaged.

  As for Jie Lu, hiding in the woods and watching Hua Yun disappear at the crossroads, he didn't even go back to report. What could he say? That he had tried to rob a young man but failed, and was instead robbed of a worthless necklace?!

  Jie Lu knew that the team would not mobilize a large force just because of a young boy. Their target was small merchant teams. If he really reported this, the only result would be that Jie Lu would become a laughing stock in the team and would never be able to hold his head up again.