Under Lu Chenxing's oppressive might, Guo Jiahao finally, albeit reluctantly, stopped his card-making enterprise and had someone come to pick him up.
Not long after the message was sent, an old man dressed in a butler's uniform arrived at the door and politely escorted Guo Jiahao away.
After Guo Jiahao left, Lu Chenxing let out a long breath. The shop had always been just him before, and now with an extra person, he felt a bit unaccustomed to it.
He locked the shop door and went to the school cafeteria for a meal. Although it tasted bad, it was filling.
After eating, he returned to the shop, sat cross-legged on the bed, and took out the drop of world tree dewdrop. Looking at the shimmering dewdrop before him, Lu Chenxing was unsure if it would be useful to him.
However, he decided to use it himself because, according to his persona as an elemental mage, this was something very useful to him, and it was also a gift.
If he were to sell this world tree dewdrop, others would definitely find out.
Currently, there should be three parties constantly paying attention to him: the first is the military, the second is the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, and the third is the Church of the Myriad Gods.
Although the three parties had different intentions and goals, they were indeed constantly watching him, leaving no room for him to be careless.
"Since that's the case, I'll use it and see!" Lu Chenxing closed his eyes and let his mental energy guide the world tree dewdrop before him, gently dripping it onto the center of his brows, which was the location of the Purple Mansion and the convergence point of mental energy.
With a cool sensation, a natural and gentle feeling expanded from Lu Chenxing's brows throughout his entire spiritual world.
Within the spiritual world, that immortal stone continued to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, the brilliance of the sun and moon daily. Suddenly, a burst of shimmering light swept through the spiritual world, causing it to brighten dramatically, but then it returned to its original state, without any change.
"Sure enough, increasing elemental affinity has no effect on me," Lu Chenxing shook his head helplessly.
Just as he was about to begin his normal cultivation, a faint green mist, as thin as a strand of hair, appeared in his spiritual world and slowly drifted towards the immortal stone.
In his spiritual world, everything was perfectly clear in his mind. Although this green mist was only as thick as a strand of hair, he still acutely noticed it.
"This is... the aura of the World Tree?!" Lu Chenxing was somewhat surprised. Although he had never seen it, he inexplicably knew what it was. This was one of the miraculous aspects of the World Tree.
Anything that has come into contact with a world origin item like the World Tree will more or less be tainted with its aura, but for something like the world tree dewdrop, the aura on it is very faint, almost imperceptible, and completely unusable! It can only serve as an anti-counterfeiting mark.
But for some reason, this extremely faint wisp of aura seemed to be gathered by the immortal stone in Lu Chenxing's spiritual world.
As that wisp of World Tree aura was absorbed and filtered by the immortal stone, the immortal stone immediately emitted thousands of rays of light and auspicious colors!
Boom—!!!
The brilliant light illuminated the entire spiritual world. Accompanied by violent tremors and roars, the scope of the spiritual world suddenly began to expand!
At the same time, the total quantity and quality of Lu Chenxing's mental energy also rapidly increased. As the expansion of the spiritual world stopped, his spiritual realm had remarkably reached the mid-second tier!
When he looked at his spiritual world again, he suddenly discovered something different. Everything in his spiritual world now appeared much clearer, and within all the elemental imageries, something seemed to be gestating.
"This is the aura of rules?" Lu Chenxing detected a very faint aura within it, similar to the aura of rules emanating from light, fire, and the spiritual world itself.
The imageries of light and fire, and the aura of rules from the spiritual world, now seemed to have consumed some kind of tonic, and their rule auras had become much denser.
A series of changes caught Lu Chenxing off guard. He then began to investigate the reasons one by one. After a series of investigations, he understood something from these changes: "So, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures that are useful to me are those related to the world?"
During his investigation, he vaguely perceived that if he wanted these rule auras to be complete, he would need more world aura to supplement them.
These faint rule powers were currently just an aura, not complete rules. They were like seeds, needing Lu Chenxing to water them with world aura to take root, sprout, and finally bear fruit.
"Does this mean that if I have enough world aura to water them, then all my elemental attributes, including time, space, and so on, will give birth to a rule?"
This conjecture astonished Lu Chenxing, and his heart couldn't help but quicken!
Above the sixth tier, every additional rule meant an overwhelming victory against opponents of the same tier with fewer rules! This meant that Lu Chenxing's upper limit had once again increased. As long as he reached the sixth tier, he would definitely be invincible among his peers!
"But where am I going to find so much world aura!" After the excitement, Lu Chenxing couldn't help but worry. Although his upper limit had increased, it also meant that he needed more resources!
After thinking it over, the most feasible method might be to purchase from the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, as they claimed to sell everything.
As for the military's store, it was almost impossible for such things to appear unless one reached a high tier, so he shouldn't even think about it.
"It seems I still need to find a way to make money!" Lu Chenxing suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
He had earned several million selling cards before, and the military had also covered his resources for advancing to the third tier, which made him feel that his need for money wasn't that high. But now it seemed he had become complacent!
So Lu Chenxing began to cultivate while also thinking of ways to re-expand his card business and earn some money!
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At the same time, an inconspicuous cleaner within the school quietly typed a message on his phone: "Confirmed, the individual named Lu Chenxing is not dead."
He then clicked send and deleted the message.
After doing all this, the cleaner paused slightly, then looked around in confusion, seemingly unsure why he was there. He then scratched his head, picked up the mop and bucket beside him, and left the spot.
The message he sent, after several twists and turns, reached Zhang Er's hands. He immediately set up an altar and offered a sacrifice to report to the Plague Lord.
"My Lord, I have already entrusted the Huan Yao Divine Envoy of the Church of the Myriad Gods to investigate, and their conclusion is that the boy Lu Chenxing is not dead!"
The Plague Lord on the other end nodded and said, "Understood. You continue with our plan, and don't worry about anything else."