After a brief chat with Bai Yuntian, Lu Chenxing had no clue, or rather, he felt that this matter had nothing to do with him for the time being, and he didn't want to bother thinking about it.
After all, he was only a second-tier mage; if he were to reach the eighth or ninth tier, perhaps he would be the one to worry.
The smaller the ability, the smaller the responsibility. As a second-tier small fry like him, he didn't need to ponder such grand questions concerning the survival of humanity.
Lu Chenxing shook his head, pushing the matter to the back of his mind, and returned to the Card Shop.
When he returned to the Card Shop, the military officer who had previously been responsible for delivering resources to him was sitting in the shop, chatting with Guo Jiahao, seemingly waiting for him. The moment he saw him, he immediately stood up and saluted.
"Officer Lu, I am here on behalf of the military to discuss the authorization of your latest card, Riding the Wind. The military wishes to obtain your patent authorization."
The military personnel were always concise and clear. Lu Chenxing also returned a serious salute, then said with a smile, "I won't go over. I'll talk to Officer Song Lijie later and resolve the authorization issue directly. You can go back first. If they ask, just tell them exactly what I said."
With Lu Chenxing's answer, the young military officer said no more and left after saluting.
After the officer left, Guo Jiahao asked in surprise, "Boss, are you also a military officer?"
"It's a temporary position, I don't handle affairs, mainly to accumulate military merits," Lu Chenxing said while sending a message to Song Lijie. According to market price, the authorization fee for a second-tier gold card was a flat one million, only authorizing internal military card-making and use, with no other additional conditions.
Although Song Lijie covered all his second-tier cultivation materials, one thing was one thing, and Lu Chenxing kept a very clear account.
Song Lijie didn't say much after receiving the message, and one million was immediately transferred to his account. Lu Chenxing also sent the authorization letter, and in less than two minutes, the card authorization issue was resolved.
At this moment, Guo Jiahao was still chattering endlessly about military matters. Lu Chenxing raised an eyebrow, "You like the military so much, why don't you join the army?"
"Alas, Boss, do you think I don't want to? I always thought the military was cool! Just like what I read in the books before, 'iron will, invincible in battle' and so on, I really wanted to go."
"But unfortunately, my dad stopped me," Guo Jiahao sighed and spread his hands. "He said being a soldier has no future and wouldn't let me go."
Hearing the reason, Lu Chenxing couldn't help but twitch his lips. How many storybooks had this Little Fatty read?! He wanted to recognize a big brother, and he wanted to join the army. He seemed to have a lot of opinions, but was it all learned from storybooks?
"It's quite normal for your dad not to let you go, because you don't have a comprehensive understanding of these things. You only think it looks cool, but in fact, even if you go in, most of your time will be spent in monotonous training," Lu Chenxing shook his head slightly.
Afterward, the two did not continue the topic. After chatting casually for a few more sentences, the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce staff arrived. This time, they directly delivered a storage ring.
Lu Chenxing opened it and took a look: twenty shattered secret realm cores, and a large pile of world stones, roughly estimated to be over a thousand pieces!
After a day of hard work, Guo Jiahao returned home, and Lu Chenxing began his cultivation.
He took out a portion of the large pile of world stones, placed them on the ground, and felt the pure, mixed energies of various elements within them. He couldn't help but feel delighted, which proved that he was right; this thing might be a chicken rib for others, but it was truly useful for him!
Although the energy carried by world stones was pure enough and dense enough, the quantity was not much. When others cultivated, they could only absorb the energy corresponding to their talent, and the rest would be wasted, so it was better to directly cultivate with crystal cores.
Although the energy in the exotic beast crystal cores was less dense, its purity was very high, especially at lower tiers, where there was almost no elemental attachment and no attribute distinction, so it could be used directly.
Only from the fourth tier upwards, after the elements within the crystal cores began to have clear attribute distinctions, would specialized attribute crystal cores be used for cultivation.
But for Lu Chenxing, there was no such trouble. He was an all-elemental user, accepting all comers. He could use all the pure energy in the world stones without any waste.
Overall, the total energy in one world stone was equivalent to three to four perfect second-tier crystal cores for him. The main difference between the two was the difference in energy density!
"I need to grasp both, and grasp them firmly! Free crystal cores cannot be wasted, and world stones cannot be unused! I want them all!"
Saying that, Lu Chenxing took out another hundred perfect second-tier crystal cores and placed them next to the world stones. He sat cross-legged in the middle, picked up a shattered secret realm core, and began cultivating.
On the other side, after Guo Jiahao returned home, he was surrounded by his cultivation teacher and his mother, who was on a video call, all observing the lotus imprint on his forehead that glowed with the power of rules.
Although by now, the lotus imprint had faded quite a bit, the power of rules within it could still be clearly perceived!
"This method is unheard of!" The teacher stroked his chin, saying with some astonishment.
In this world, if a master wanted his disciple to comprehend certain laws, they would usually fully release the power of rules for them to observe from the side, or provide an item imbued with the power of rules for them to hold and observe.
There had never been a method that imprinted a mark on the opponent's glabella, allowing the power of rules to constantly influence their sea of consciousness. This subtle method was clearly much more brilliant than carrying a Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada with you!
"How is it? My big brother is amazing, right?" Guo Jiahao heard his teacher's astonished voice and couldn't help but say proudly.
And Yu Ziyue, through the video, tapped him, saying, "This is Boss Lu being amazing. What are you showing off about? He's practically feeding you. If you don't make some progress, are you worthy of the big brother you've recognized?"
Her speaking style was clearly somewhat different from when Lu Chenxing first met her; when speaking privately with her son, she was not as polite.
"Got it, Mom, don't worry, I'll definitely cultivate well and strive to comprehend the rules early!" Guo Jiahao immediately promised.
Yu Ziyue nodded in satisfaction, then asked, "That's more like it. Let me ask you, has your big brother ever mentioned wanting anything? Since he's teaching you so diligently, we can't pretend not to know. We must give back, do you understand?"