Chapter 306: Chapter 306: Taking Stock of the Harvest

Li Wei stared at the Flaming Giant Ape that had entered the Teleportation Array with him.

He was dumbfounded.

’How did this thing follow me in?’

After a bumpy, cross-planar teleportation, Li Wei returned to the Seventh Floor of the Elemental Tower.

WHOOSH!

Li Wei hadn’t yet reverted from his Flame Lord transformation.

The moment he landed, the Elder on duty on the Seventh Floor felt a blast of hot air wash over him.

The Elder was alarmed. ’Has the Fire Elemental Plane invaded?’ he thought.

The light of the teleportation faded.

A ten-meter-tall Flame Lord and a six-meter-tall Flaming Giant Ape appeared in the hall.

The Elder hurriedly began Casting, preparing to subdue them both.

The Flaming Giant Ape saw the Human Mage and eagerly stepped forward.

"My Lord, watch me take him down! I’ll make him lead the way for us!"

The Elder’s heart pounded. ’A Fire Elemental Lord?’

He nearly sounded the alarm.

But then he saw Li Wei take a step back and revert to his human form.

"Elder, I don’t know how it followed me here!" Li Wei shouted.

The Elder saw that the ten-meter Flame Giant wasn’t a Fire Elemental Lord, but merely Li Wei’s transformed appearance.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

The Flaming Giant Ape heard the voice behind it and turned to look.

’Where did my magnificent Fire Elemental Lord go?’

’How did a human appear behind me?’

The Elder took action, forcefully suppressing the stunned Flaming Giant Ape.

The Flaming Giant Ape struggled with all its might.

Its Power as a Tier Six was immense.

However, inside the Elemental Tower, it was also being suppressed by a Magic Array.

Forget a Flaming Giant Ape; even a real Fire Elemental Lord would be suppressed here.

Seeing that the situation was not in its favor, the Flaming Giant Ape quickly gave up resisting and raised its hands in surrender.

It grunted and shouted in Beast Language.

"I’m here to tip off the humans! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!"

The Elder’s expression froze for a moment. ’What kind of Flame Magical Beast is this? What a strange one.’

Seeing this, the Elder didn’t make things difficult for the Flaming Giant Ape. He cast a spell on it to restrict its Power and suppress its innate abilities, then had it taken out of the hall.

As the Flaming Giant Ape was led away, it took a long, hard look at Li Wei.

It seared Li Wei’s appearance into its mind.

Unforgettable.

’I, the great king of the mountain forests, have actually been tricked by a human and brought to the Human World to become a slave.’

’This is an absolute, utter disgrace!’

’Still, a wise creature adapts to the circumstances. I have to survive first.’

’My Lord Fire Elemental Lord will come to save me sooner or later.’

’I’ve successfully infiltrated the humans. When the time comes, I’ll coordinate with my Lord Fire Elemental Lord from the inside, and we’ll shatter the human forces in one fell swoop.’

’Hmph! Foolish humans, this is all part of my, the Flame Ape King’s, grand strategy.’

The guards of the Elemental Tower led the suppressed and sealed Flaming Giant Ape away.

The Elder looked at Li Wei and asked, "Did you see anyone else on your way back?"

Li Wei shook his head. "No. I came back as soon as I got the message."

A worried expression appeared on the Elder’s face.

"So far, you’re the only Mage who has returned to the Elemental Tower."

Li Wei wasn’t surprised.

From receiving the message to returning to the Elemental Tower, he had taken half a day at most.

Most of that time had been spent waiting for the Flame Magical Beasts to clear out of the Teleportation Array.

Left with no other choice, he had come up with the plan to pretend to be a Fire Elemental Lord.

If the others weren’t wearing their Magic Badges, there was no telling how long it would take for them to even receive the message.

Factoring in travel time, it would probably take them at least a day or two to get back.

Not to mention, the Teleportation Arrays were now mostly occupied by native creatures from the Fire Elemental Plane.

Whether they even had a chance to return was another question entirely.

Li Wei told the Elder about the Flame Dominator’s plan to invade the Main Plane.

The Elder wasn’t surprised; he already knew about it.

This was precisely why the Elemental Tower hadn’t used the World Teleportation Array to bring them back.

"You should go back and rest first. I’ll wait for the others to return."

"Elder, I’ll take my leave then."

Li Wei left the Elemental Tower and returned to his manor.

Only after returning to his own room did he truly relax.

Sitting down in his desk chair, Li Wei took out his Spatial Ring and began to take stock of his gains from the Fire Elemental Plane.

Three Spirit Gathering Crystals filled with Fire Spirits.

Two full jars of Earth Flowing Lava.

Twenty-four Earth Flowing Crystals.

They seemed insignificant compared to the two full jars of Earth Flowing Lava.

Seven Demon Cores from Tier Four Fire Element Magical Beasts.

Thirty-four Demon Cores from Tier Three Fire Element Magical Beasts.

There were too many Tier Two Demon Cores for Li Wei to even bother counting.

He would just sell them all in one go to the Zui Wan Commerce Association anyway.

There was also a large pile of Red Copper Ore.

In terms of value, the Spirit Gathering Crystals filled with Fire Spirits and the two large jars of Earth Flowing Lava were undoubtedly the most precious.

Both items were extremely rare, the kind of things that have a price but no market.

They could rarely be bought on the open market.

This was especially true for the Spirit Gathering Crystals.

Even for a Tier Six Mage, one could never have too many Fire Spirits.

Only after breaking through to Tier Seven and becoming a Legend would the importance of Fire Spirits diminish slightly.

Pure Earth Flowing Lava was also rarely seen.

The knowledge that red mother copper could preserve Earth Flowing Lava was not widely known.

This was mainly because very few people ever had the chance to obtain pure Earth Flowing Lava.

Most had only ever seen Earth Flowing Crystals.

Since they had never seen pure Earth Flowing Lava, they naturally wouldn’t know that it needed to be stored in containers made of red mother copper.

Red mother copper was also a relatively rare metallic material.

It was highly resistant to heat and an excellent thermal conductor.

The device used by the Hall of Truth to contain Sunshine was forged from a mixture of red mother copper and Mithril.

The Demon Cores and the excess red mother copper could be sold to the Zui Wan Commerce Association.

As for the Earth Flowing Lava, Li Wei planned to learn how to refine the Earth Flowing Potion Secret Medicine himself.

It would be difficult to explain where he got pure Earth Flowing Lava.

Besides, hiring someone else to refine it would cost a lot of money.

The Earth Flowing Potion Secret Medicine shouldn’t be too difficult to learn.

He had already managed to learn a Secret Medicine as difficult as the Energy Secret Medicine.

Now, he just needed to find a way to get his hands on the refinement formula for the Earth Flowing Potion Secret Medicine.

He could save the Spirit Gathering Crystals to use when breaking through to Tier Four.

Using the Spirit Gathering Crystals could significantly shorten the time needed for his Extraordinary Trait Awakening.

The so-called Extraordinary Trait Awakening was, in essence, the process of absorbing and giving birth to a Fire Spirit.

Li Wei now had a clear set of goals.

Refine the Earth Flowing Potion Secret Medicine to accelerate his Cultivation.

Cultivate to the Tier Three Perfection Realm, then use the Spirit Gathering Crystals to break through to Tier Four.

Li Wei began asking around for the Earth Flowing Potion Secret Medicine formula.

Fang Lide heard the news and sought out Li Wei.

"Ah, Li Wei, do you have some time to come by the Hall of Truth recently?" Fang Lide said.

Li Wei asked, "Is there something you need, Professor Fang Lide?"

"Research on the Radiant Magic Model hasn’t made much progress. I was wondering if you might come over and help push it along?" Fang Lide said.

He then added, "I heard you’ve been looking for the Earth Flowing Potion formula recently?"

"You must have gotten a good amount of Earth Flowing Lava from your trip to the Fire Elemental Plane, yes?"

Li Wei replied, "Not that much, just a little. I wanted to do some research on my own."

Fang Lide said, "What a coincidence. The Hall of Truth has an improved Earth Flowing Potion formula that increases its effectiveness by thirty percent."

"If you can produce some minor results, I’ll go apply to the Vice Hall Master to let you see the improved formula."