Chapter 210: Chapter 132: The Unclaimed Task, Deducing the Refinement Technique (Part 3)

"Let’s see how well this works."

Pei Ze summoned his Eye of Omniscience for a look and was thrilled to discover his Spiritual Power had increased by 2.12 levels all at once!

’This is far more effective than the Unicorn Essence Blood and the Resonance Potion!’

"Not bad. It’s worth the major side effects."

Pei Ze was delighted.

’At this rate, if I take the Sacred Spirit Bud one or two more times and continue my training with the Resonance Potion, I should be close to reaching the limit of the Gaseous stage.’

After steadying himself, Pei Ze began to cleanse the corrupting influence of the Power of Faith.

...

In the days that followed.

Pei Ze continued to meditate and train as usual, all while cleansing the corrupting influence of the Power of Faith.

It took him a full half-month to completely purge the Power of Faith from his Spirit Crystal.

’Even with my Spiritual Power level of over twenty, it still takes me half a month to eliminate the side effects of the Sacred Spirit Bud. An ordinary Level 1 Gaseous Wizard would need at least three or four months to recover from a single dose.’

The larger the Spirit Crystal, the more Spiritual Power it contained, and the faster the recovery rate.

Pei Ze far surpassed ordinary Level 1 Gaseous Wizards in both these aspects, yet it still took him half a month.

This showed that even with a sufficient supply of Sacred Spirit Buds, an ordinary Wizard couldn’t rapidly increase their Spiritual Power.

’So this is the benefit of having a large Spirit Crystal.’

Pei Ze smiled, took out another Sacred Spirit Bud, and consumed it.

This time, it took him less than fourteen days to cleanse the corrupting influence of the Power of Faith.

"Omniscience, check my current status."

[Spirit: 28.25]

[Physique: 17.39]

A joyful smile spread across Pei Ze’s face as he looked at the data displayed by his Eye of Omniscience.

’Over the past month, two Sacred Spirit Buds and thirty bottles of potion... I’ve consumed resources worth fifteen hundred merit points.’

’That’s almost what a Level 1 Gaseous Wizard would earn in over half a year.’

Thankfully, the results were extremely satisfying.

Now, he only needed to increase his Spiritual Power by just over three more levels before he could begin to condense it.

’The effect of one bottle of Resonance Potion has now dropped to only 0.14 levels.’

Pei Ze quickly calculated in his head. If he used the Resonance Potion to aid his Meditation for at most one more month, his Spiritual Power would reach 32 levels.

’I might as well just keep training until I reach the limit of the Gaseous stage.’

’Besides, the mission to refine Faith Crystals will also take some time to complete.’

Pei Ze glanced at his mission log.

He had been using all his Spiritual Power to cleanse the corruption, so he’d barely used any to accelerate the mission’s progress. He was still short by just over three hundred energy-levels of Spiritual Power to complete it.

From now on, he could meditate and train while simultaneously accelerating the mission.

He would wait until he broke through to the Liquefaction stage before going out to earn more merit points.

Pei Ze quickly made up his mind and began a new round of training.

Just as Pei Ze decided to continue his seclusion, in a dim stone room, Pei Yonggao was staring anxiously at a Water Mirror.

The smooth surface of the mirror clearly showed the exterior of Pei Ze’s stone house.

"Damn it, what the hell is this kid doing?"

Pei Yonggao’s expression was grim.

To keep track of Pei Ze’s movements, he had been secretly monitoring him.

But more than a month had passed, and Pei Ze either trained in his stone house or went to the exchange. He never left Red Maple City, leaving him no opportunity to strike.

If he had any less self-control, Pei Yonggao would have stormed into that stone house and killed Pei Ze himself.

"Damn little bastard."

Pei Yonggao cursed through gritted teeth, forcing himself to be patient and continue his surveillance.

In the dim light, a black shadow flickered in and out of sight behind him. A chilling wind seemed to swirl through the air, carrying with it the faint sound of choked sobs.