Chapter 89

......

The inner chamber of the Earthly Holy Spring was a completely enclosed room, constructed from massive bluish-black stones. Each black stone was carved with strange magical patterns and incantations.

Mo Fan, being a well-read person, could recognize the meanings of some of the patterns. They were, without a doubt, high-level protective magic.

So, don't be fooled by the mere appearance of a stone-constructed chamber. Even an earthquake might not shake it, truly making it a place of strictest security.

At first, Mo Fan thought the Earthly Holy Spring would be a large bathhouse where he could strip off his clothes and lie down to enjoy himself. However, after passing through several pillars, Mo Fan was surprised to find that the Earthly Holy Spring was merely a rhombus-shaped stone altar.

The stone altar had only four levels, with the bottom layer carved with a small channel. The crystal-clear holy spring water flowed slowly through the small stone ditch.

Mo Fan observed for a while and found nothing special. Just as he was about to sit on the stone altar to start his cultivation as Mu Zhuoyun had said, the small loach pendant around his neck began to vibrate strangely.

"Don't get excited for no reason, it looks like you can drink it," Mo Fan immediately scolded.

The small loach pendant was now a Spirit-level stardust magic artifact. Mo Fan could maintain 14 hours of meditation every day and also received special energy released by the small loach, which nourished his two stardusts. This was why Mo Fan could cultivate both elements to the third level in an extremely short time.

It's worth noting that among all the students in the school, being able to possess a 2nd-level elementary magic by the end of senior year was already considered excellent. Mo Fan, who was cultivating an additional element, was a whole level ahead of them, which clearly demonstrated the power of the Spirit-level stardust magic artifact.

"Could it be that the small loach can absorb the nourishment of the Earthly Holy Spring?" Mo Fan felt a certain longing from his pendant and began to ponder.

The stardust magic artifact and the Earthly Holy Spring should have the same essence, both capable of accelerating a magician's cultivation. The Earthly Holy Spring contained much more energy, even helping magicians advance from the elementary to the intermediate level.

"Should I try? If the small loach pendant can really absorb the energy here, wouldn't it be possible to upgrade it to a higher-quality stardust magic artifact?" Mo Fan couldn't help but make a bold conjecture.

After all, the school's stardust magic artifact was directly absorbed by the small loach, and it was Teacher Tang Yue who helped him resolve the issue. If the special nourishment of the Earthly Holy Spring could also be absorbed, wouldn't it be like carrying the Earthly Holy Spring with him at all times?

The Earthly Holy Spring opens only once a year, providing cultivation time for only seven of the most promising magicians in the entire city. Even so, those people were envious to the point of madness. If...

Damn, no!

The school's stardust magic artifact was turned into scrap metal by the small loach, and it was Teacher Tang Yue who helped him smooth things over.

If he were to absorb the Earthly Holy Spring this time, wouldn't the entire Bocity go mad, and he would be burned at the stake?

Sit down and meditate properly, don't even think about such heretical things.

"Small loach, don't be impulsive. I know this thing is a great supplement for you, but if you do that, I'll be stomped to death by the people of Bocity. So don't you dare act recklessly. We'll close ourselves off here for seven days, then take the college entrance exam, go to university, fight demons, and save the world. I'll hold Mu Ningxue in my left arm and lean on Teacher Tang Yue, and I'll find you a female pendant if necessary..." Mo Fan kept muttering to himself.

The small loach pendant seemed to understand and stopped acting up, lying quietly on Mo Fan's chest.

Mo Fan let out a long breath.

Damn, is this even a pendant? How is it like a little demon king?

Sitting on the mat, Mo Fan could feel a nourishing energy similar to that of the pendant flooding into his body even without entering meditation.

This special nourishment was many times stronger than what the small loach provided. If stardust magic artifacts were divided into Common and Spirit levels, then the cultivation nourishment provided by the Earthly Holy Spring at this moment must be the highest level, making him feel as if he were about to ascend.

The Thunder and Fire stardusts, which were in a slightly saturated state, began to show some activity. They were like two infants suddenly latching onto their mother's breast, starting to suckle frantically, each suckle causing their size to expand a little more.

When they first awakened, the two stardusts were very small, just tiny specks of dust in the entire mental universe, dim and hard to find. After three years of cultivation, these specks of dust gradually grew larger, their luster becoming clear and visible, and the entire stardust seemed to have its own territory, harboring mysterious power.

At this moment, the two stardusts showed some subtle growth, with each hour's change equivalent to a whole week of hard cultivation for Mo Fan!

"This is too amazing, the experience points are increasing like a cheat!" Mo Fan was incredibly excited.

He never expected to stumble upon such an excellent cultivation opportunity. It seems that seizing resources from the hands of the second-generation magicians is very necessary. Otherwise, with this cultivation speed, even a fool could become a leading expert among their peers.

Resources, too many resources are controlled by a few people. If it weren't for his dual-element abilities, he would never have had the chance to benefit from the Earthly Holy Spring.

With the nourishment from the Spirit-level stardust magic artifact and the effects of the Earthly Holy Spring, he really had a good chance of advancing to the intermediate level in just seven days!

......

......

"Commander Liang Bin, do you think the Earthly Holy Spring is really that miraculous?" a newly arrived guard, Wang Tonglian, asked.

"Our Bocity has a long history, dating back to the Qin Dynasty or even earlier. The Earthly Holy Spring has been preserved since then. Think about it, our Bocity has no economy, no talent, and no development. Why can it still be a well-known city in the south? Isn't it because of the Earthly Holy Spring? Without it, Bocity would be nothing more than a small town," Commander Liang Bin said, sitting on the ground with a relaxed expression.

"Tracing back to the Qin Dynasty, that's over two thousand years of history," the newly appointed guard Wang Tonglian exclaimed in amazement.

"Indeed, as long as a magician isn't hopelessly stupid, one hour of cultivation here is equivalent to three days of normal cultivation," Liang Bin couldn't help but show a look of longing.

"Commander Liang is one of the few people in Bocity who has entered the Earthly Holy Spring," another guard said.

Liang Bin nodded. He would never forget the seven days he spent there. For someone who truly craved great power, it was even more enjoyable than having a harem of beauties to indulge in for seven days.