Feifei felt like crying but had no tears. The worst part is that she knows that Krune wasn't talking like that on purpose, so she couldn't really blame him. He absolutely didn't understand the other implications of that 'hardness' word.
"Cough, cough. I will leave that up to you guys' efforts. After all, I can at least see that you really love each other."
Karine then changed the topic.
"Anyway. I finished saying everything I had to say, you two can go out after gathering the Extreme Fire Crystals."
Krune then asked something else.
"Wait. If this building is called Yang Hall, does it mean that there are several other buildings like this for the other disciples?"
Karine nodded.
"That is correct. Yang Hall, Yin Hall, Elemental Hall, Destiny Hall, so on, and so forth. But I have already contacted the others, so you won't be able to talk to them anymore."
"What about those crystals, does it mean that there are more of this kind of crystal in their Halls? Let's say, Extreme Destiny Crystals, or Time Crystals?"
Karine immediately shook her head.
"Nope, those Extreme Fire Crystals are just the fruit of a few things I had been playing with in the past. I won't say that you won't find something similar, but the chances are low. Not to mention that you won't be able to enter the other buildings anymore."
Krune pondered a bit and then said.
"That is to say that this place is not a treasure trove, but something made for the Myriad Energies Technique. Other than those flowers or things like this Extreme Fire Crystals, there is nothing else."
Karine smiled and nodded.
"Exactly! That's why I said you should go out and gather a few more flowers. The protection barrier stopping everyone from entering had been there for a very long time, so you be able to find a lot of them."
Feifei then thought about something else.
"Is there a way to get that energy from the demon beasts here? It helped to improve the conversion of Elemental Source Energy a lot. It would be good if we had more of it."
Karine then sighed and said.
"There isn't. Those demon beasts are, in fact, something that we didn't predict to come into existence. They are indeed related to the Myriad Energies Technique in some way, but we didn't put them there on purpose. Initially, there was supposed to be only the Elemental Flowers and nothing more. But I guess their appearance was quite a bonus for you."
Krune felt it made no sense.
"How come the energy they are made are good for the Myriad Energies Technique, but you don't have a way to create it?"
Karine shook her head.
"It's not like we can't create that energy, it's just that it takes a lot of time. It's not something I can create with the remaining days that this Dimensional Realm will be open. In fact, you won't have any need for it once you reach the Soul Forging Realm anyway."
Krune then thought about a possibility.
"Feier, did your Elemental Source Energy conversion improve after you entered the Divine Soul Realm?"
Feifei immediately nodded.
"Yes, It could be said that my Elemental Meridians can convert around 50% at once now."
Krune nodded.
"As I thought."
He then looked at Karine and said.
"If I'm not wrong, the conversion of Elemental Source Energy will reach its max capability at the Soul Forging Realm, am I right?"
Karine smiled.
"Not too bad. You are correct, the max conversion rate is achieved at that realm. Even if you come back here and kill those demon beasts to gather their light energy, the rate of conversion will not change."
Krune then continued.
"I see. That means that my Elemental Meridians are only absorbing it because it hasn't reached its max capacity yet. Still, that is not the reason why they are feeling excited about this place. Even now, I can feel as if they are telling me to stay here."
Karine nodded once more.
"That is correct, what they are looking for is exactly the same thing that you will get once you reach the Soul Forging Realm."
With that information alone, Krune already had an idea about what this is about. But he decided to ignore that for now since he is still far away from the Soul Forging Realm.
"Alright, I asked everything I wanted. Although I didn't get all the answers, I'm not at the level where I can force it out of you anyway. But there is one thing I want to ask."
Krune then approached those Extreme Fire Crystals.
"This thing doesn't enter my spatial ring at all, just how do you expect us to bring it away?"
Karine laughed a little and extended her hands. Right after, two Spatial Rings appeared on them.
"Here are two Six Golden Stars Spatial Rings. Consider it as a first meeting gift. There is nothing inside them, but they can definitely carry those Extreme Fire Crystals."
Feifei and Krune got one each and felt excited. Those crystals might only be suitable for Fire Laws, but they can also be exchanged for other things later. Not to mention that they are far more effective than the Elemental Flowers if you consider the Fire Law alone. Feifei, especially, is hoping to exchange them for as many destiny related flowers or other items as possible.
After collecting everything, Krune asked something else to Karine.
"We separated into two groups earlier when we entered this place. I have no doubt that the other group also found one of those buildings either. Does it means that the disciple in that building will also send them out as you did to my group?"
Karine nodded.
"Exactly. As I said, I already contacted the other disciples, so they know that only you and your fiance have the Myriad Energies Technique. In fact, Rile told me that he met this other group that you talked about. He already wiped their memories and sent them out."
Feifei remembered that Krune hadn't checked Wally's disciples before, so she told him.
"Rile was the wisp with the Death Major core."
Krune agreed.
"So, does everyone at least remember that they entered the Death or Yang hall?"
Karine shook her head.
"No. They will only remember that they stopped in front of the door. But even if they use their Marks again, the buildings are not going to open anymore. It will be as if they had never entered it to start with."
Krune and Feifei nodded.
"Alright, then. We already got all the Fire Crystals, so we are going to leave now."
Karine warned Krune one last time.
"Remember, only use that token after you achieved the Soul Forging Realm."
"Don't worry, I know what to do."
Krune and Feifei bid farewell to Karine and then left the Yang Hall. Once they appeared outside, the door closed behind, and the seal on the panel returned to what it was. Only after that did the light return to Rarol and the others' eyes.
Marshine looked at that door and asked.
"So, how do we open it?"
That question was enough for Krune to understand that his group really didn't remember anything that happened inside.
In the end, they tried to use their Marks once more in the panel, but this time, it had no reaction.
After spending an entire hour trying to find a way in, Krune's group finally gave up the idea.
"Forget it. The protection in this place is not something that we can breach with our Divine Soul Realm cultivation. Let's look for something else."
Since there was no such thing as night time in this Dimensional Realm, no one noticed that over one hour was spent inside the building before. Krune's group then left, and they started to gather Elemental Flowers once more. In the end, Krune's group found another 4 buildings, but not a single one could be open.
After more than half a day's time passed, Krune's group ended bumping on Hiro's group again.
Tinnian came forward and immediately asked.
"Have you guys perhaps found a few buildings with the Major Core names?"
Hiro nodded.
"Yes, we found the Time, Elemental, Blackhole, Death, and Life Halls. But we did not find a way to open any of them."
Tinnian nodded and then said his part.
"In our case, we found the Yang, Yin, Destiny, and Space Halls. As you probably expect, we couldn't open neither too. Attacks, Formations, Techniques, Divine Sense. Nothing worked on them at all. Jolk even tried to use his Laws like in the protection formation back then, but there was no result."
Hiro didn't think they were lying since they too tried those methods and even more.
"Does it mean that they can only be opened by force?"
Krune then played his role of not knowing anything and suggested.
"We did enter here because of a flaw in the formation. In the past, when that formation was created, the ones who lived here didn't know about it. Because of that, it might be that those places will only open when the necessary marks are really gathered outside."
Hiro and everyone else nodded. They, too, thought about this possibility.
"What do you propose?"
Hiro shrugged his shoulders and said.
"What else can we do? Let's go back to the Protection Formation and tell everyone about what happened."
Krune's group was taken aback.
"Would they believe us?"
Hiro laughed out loud and said.
"Don't worry, they will have no choice but to believe."