Concentrating her inner vision, Han Yan realized that the vast Heart Meridian no longer harbored any free Heavenly Mechanism Energy. Gradually, she understood that it wasn’t that the Star Illusion Thousand Machine was unwilling to help, it was simply powerless. It could only collect the scattered Heavenly Mechanism Energy to enhance her strength, but now that the energy was depleted, it could do nothing more.
Mu Hanyan was secretly amazed. In her previous life, she had soared through cultivation levels with the free Heavenly Heart Energy as her foundation, reaching the Sword Master Realm within a year and later advancing to the Sword Saint Realm. This time, however, with all the Heavenly Heart Energy condensed, she couldn’t even break through the bottleneck from the Sixth-tier Swordsman to the Seventh Rank.
It seemed that after the meridian clearing and marrow washing, her cultivation potential had significantly improved; however, each advancement in rank had also become more difficult, presenting a challenging problem.
"Is there any way to rapidly enhance my strength?" Faced with this dilemma, Mu Hanyan could think of no suitable solution and had to consult the Star Illusion Thousand Machine.
The Star Plate remained silent, not knowing whether it was genuinely disinterested in responding or if the question itself posed a difficulty.
Just when Mu Hanyan was growing a bit impatient, three words appeared on the Star Plate: "Meteor Shower."
Again, Meteor Shower, Mu Hanyan rolled her eyes—an habit she hadn’t had before but seemed to have picked up from this device.
The last incident remained vivid in her memory. Knowing the quirky nature of the Star Plate, she no longer feared being obliterated; but was a Meteor Shower really something one could just encounter? Given the history of the Holy Court Continent over tens of thousands of years, such Meteor Showers had been rare.
"Any other methods?" Mu Hanyan asked.
"Miracle Pill, Miracle Medicine, Spiritual Flower, Exotic Grass, Heavenly Materials, Earthly Treasures." Lines of silver light sequentially flashed across the Star Plate.
Mu Hanyan truly didn’t want to roll her eyes again, but she couldn’t help it. Of course, she knew these items significantly boosted one’s strength, but were such Miracle Pills, Miracle Medicines, Spiritual Flowers, Exotic Grasses, Heavenly Materials, and Earthly Treasures so easy to find? More importantly, given her current difficulty in advancing, ordinary pills, medicines, flowers, or grasses would not suffice.
Putting aside everything else, just take the ordinary-looking Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill that had cost the Mu Family of Heishi City a fortune, yet was still hard to come by; as a "playboy Young Master," how could she afford such treasures? Though she was the Young Master of the City Lord’s Mansion, she didn’t have much pocket money. The Mu Family strictly required its members not to be overly indulgent, so they didn’t provide much money, fearing it would lead to extravagance.
Yue Fanling herself was quite wealthy and wanted to give Mu Hanyan more spending money, but Mu Rui’an strongly opposed it, saying it was the same if she came back and asked for it when needed. Therefore, Mu Hanyan didn’t have much money on her.
In short, the methods the Star Illusion Thousand Machine mentioned also faced numerous difficulties in the short term.
Forget it, no need to rush, she thought. As long as her cultivation potential significantly improved, she would find a way to obtain cultivation resources. Mu Hanyan was never one to worry needlessly; compared to that, she was more concerned about the improvement of her cultivation potential and was still in a good mood. Follow current novᴇls on Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
"Anything else to say, or I’m going to sleep," flashed a few more words on the Star Plate along with a yawn-inducing, cute yet annoying emoticon.
"Wait, I still have something to say."
"Your handwriting is ugly, and so are your drawings. Can you practice a bit?"
Bang, the yawning abstract emoticon on the Star Plate visibly froze before falling to the ground.
"Ha ha..." Laughter filled the room, light and merry.
Having such a human-like, amusing artifact by her side, the days ahead seemed like they would be quite interesting.
With only one day until the duel between Mu Han and Mu Feng, the atmosphere in the City Lord’s Mansion was privately quite fervent. Behind the mansion, the atmosphere in the Mu Family courtyard was even more so.