Thinking this, Lin Ye asked in his mind, “System, is there any way to quickly restore spiritual power?”
“Ding!”
“The host can restore spiritual power by consuming spirit card essence. Restoring spiritual power once in the martial master realm requires one hundred thousand points of Spiritual Power Essence.”
“...”
Lin Ye’s mouth twitched fiercely. Raising one star of cultivation in the martial artist realm only required a few hundred points of spirit card essence, yet restoring cultivation once in the martial master realm required one hundred thousand points of spirit card essence?
“Ding!”
“Because the host’s strength has increased significantly, and restoring spiritual power requires extracting the most refined portion of the spirit cards for instantaneous infusion, consuming more spirit card essence is a normal phenomenon.”
The System seemed to have heard Lin Ye’s thoughts, and the system notification voice rang out in his mind once again.
Lin Ye nodded helplessly to show that he understood and said nothing more, but he was calculating something else in his heart.
“I can’t go to the Huang Clan apothecary now. Where can I get medicinal herbs above first-grade medicinal herbs?”
Lin Ye sighed softly and murmured.
Although the medicinal herbs in the Lin Family Treasure Pavilion had all reached the grade of first-grade medicinal herbs, there was only one Jade Lingluo inside that could cure Mu Rou’s illness.
“Since the Lin Family has a Treasure Pavilion, could the Huang Family have one too...?”
A somewhat crazy thought suddenly appeared in Lin Ye’s mind.
Lowering his head to look at the Dark Spirit Card in his hand, a trace of determination flashed through Lin Ye’s eyes.
At midnight, the sky was like a pitch-black cloth draped across the horizon, blocking out the twinkling stars and concealing the moon’s radiance. The night was pitch-black, without the slightest trace of light.
Cold Night City, the Huang Family.
A black figure, as agile as a cat, suddenly leaped over the tall courtyard wall. His feet landed on the ground without making the slightest sound.
Lin Ye cautiously watched his surroundings. One had to know that the family head of the Huang Family possessed the cultivation of an Eight-Star Great Martial Master. Once discovered, Lin Ye’s life might very well end there.
However, for his mother, he was willing to take this risk.
Carefully avoiding all the patrolling guards, about half an hour later, Lin Ye’s figure finally appeared in a corner before the Huang Family Treasure Pavilion.
After patiently waiting for a long time, Lin Ye finally found the right moment. He darted to the entrance of the Huang Family Treasure Pavilion, swiftly took a silver needle from his spatial ring, and inserted it into the keyhole.
With a faint click, Lin Ye easily entered the Huang Family Treasure Pavilion.
Carefully closing the Treasure Pavilion’s door, Lin Ye clearly saw the Spirit Stones and spirit jade placed on the wooden shelves with the help of the illumination spirit cards around him.
Unlike the Lin Family, the Huang Family possessed a second-order card master, so the first floor of the Treasure Pavilion was filled entirely with materials for Spirit Card Refinement.
Precisely because they had produced a second-order card master, the Huang Family had been able to become one of the top ten families in Cold Night City within just ten years, and its strength even surpassed that of the Lin Family.
“Ding!”
“The System has detected traces of Foundation-Building Spirit Jade around the host. Please use the spatial ring to collect it as soon as possible!”
Hearing the system notification voice that suddenly appeared in his mind, Lin Ye was slightly stunned. Then, intense excitement flashed through his eyes.
He had risked coming here merely to find life-saving medicinal herbs for Mu Rou, yet he had not expected to encounter an unexpected surprise as well.
Lin Ye pondered briefly. Thinking of Huang Yuan’s conduct, he figured that the Huang Family was not an upright family either. He immediately waved his hand, and all the materials on the dozen or so shelves before him entered his spatial ring.
“Ding!”
“Congratulations, host, on completing the ‘Crafting foundation-building spirit card’ mission. Mission reward: one foundation-building spirit card.”
When all the materials before him had entered Lin Ye’s spatial ring, the system notification voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
Immediately afterward, the illusory image of a Spirit Card suddenly appeared before Lin Ye. The image gradually solidified and became stained with a deep orange color.
In less than ten seconds, a Spirit Card that was deep orange throughout completely formed before Lin Ye.
Then, a fingertip-sized piece of emerald-green jade suddenly appeared beside the uncarved card. This should be the Foundation-Building Spirit Jade.
The Foundation-Building Spirit Jade then slowly melted in the air. Before long, it transformed into a mass of emerald-green liquid, which subsequently condensed into a long emerald-green thread and adhered to the face of the deep orange spirit card.
When the thin line formed from the Foundation-Building Spirit Jade had been completely imprinted on the card’s face, a mysterious light-green pattern appeared perfectly on the Spirit Card’s face.
Immediately afterward, a surge of the power of heaven and earth suddenly condensed in the air. It attached itself to the back of the Spirit Card and slowly carved a series of perfect patterns into it.
After nearly ten seconds, the power of heaven and earth behind the Spirit Card finally dispersed slowly, and a Spirit Card perfect to the utmost degree appeared before Lin Ye.
The spiritual power around this Spirit Card seemed to have been attracted by it, all converging toward the card. It was not difficult to imagine what effect placing it nearby during cultivation would have.
Reaching out to catch the slowly drifting Spirit Card, Lin Ye finally returned to his senses.
The scene of the power of heaven and earth crafting the Spirit Card just now was truly too shocking. It was completely like a performance by Heaven and Earth, containing an exceedingly elegant art of Heaven and Earth.
Crafting a Spirit Card took less than a minute, yet the final result was so perfect that Lin Ye could not help but sigh with emotion.
Only after a moment did Lin Ye reluctantly place the Tier-Two Foundation-Building Spirit Card in his spatial ring.
After sweeping his gaze across the first floor of the Treasure Pavilion, he walked straight toward the second floor.
After seeing the thousands of First- and second-order spirit cards on the wooden shelves of the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion, Lin Ye was not particularly surprised.
With a thought, he collected all the spirit cards before him into his spatial ring.
“Ding!”
“The System has detected decomposable spirit cards. Would the host like to decompose them?”
Lin Ye did not answer immediately. Instead, he swept through his spatial ring with his consciousness, and after discovering that it contained nothing but Elemental Spirit Cards, he nodded slightly.
“I agree!”
“Ding!”
“Decomposition successful! Obtained after decomposition: 210,500 points of spirit card essence.”
“Ding!”
“Spirit card essence has reached the Level-Two System limit. System upgrade commencing!”
“Ding!”
“System upgrade complete! The Supreme Card Master System has been upgraded to a Level-Three System!”
“Ding!”
“Earth Ranking Spirit Card Crafting Function unlocked!”
“Ding!”
“The host’s intermediate grade spatial ring has automatically been upgraded to a high grade spatial ring. Its area has increased from ten cubic meters to one hundred cubic meters!”
Hearing the system notification voice, Lin Ye’s eyes suddenly lit up as he brought up his information and looked it over.
Host: Lin Ye
Age: 15
Spiritual power talent: level five
Martial artist rank: two-star martial master
Cultivation technique: 《ancient spirit cultivation art》
Spirit cards: tier-two perfect-quality Light Spirit Card, tier-two perfect-quality Dark Spirit Card... ten in total
Spirit card essence: 259,600
System upgrade requirement: 259,600/1,000,000 spirit card essence
Looking at the string of zeros after the system upgrade requirement, Lin Ye’s mouth twitched fiercely. The system upgrade requirement had directly increased from fifty thousand to one million points of spirit card essence. What kind of growth pattern was this?