"Am I being forcibly worshipped here?" He had a strange thought pass through his mind.

At this moment, he noticed that the light from the stars quickly dimmed, dropping several magnitudes in brightness. Earlier, Chen Shouyi could still see dozens of stars, but now only four or five were visible, and their light was extremely weak.

"Looks like the ritual is over!"

This change in brightness made Chen Shouyi feel that the ritual was like a concert, with an insane atmosphere during the performance, everyone going crazy, but once the curtain falls and people leave, the enthusiasm quickly cools and fades.

Chen Shouyi continued watching for a while before withdrawing his gaze. Apart from the initial novelty and excitement, he quickly found it rather dull.

He didn't feel a noticeable increase in strength, nor did he gain any extraordinary abilities.

Thinking about it, it made sense. There were only a few dozen believers in total, most of whom were temporarily elevated shallow believers. What could such a small number of believers achieve?

That small island probably had just about two hundred people left, and even if they all became believers, that's all it would amount to.

With this time, it'd be better to focus on cultivation.

As for these unfortunate believers, just let things take their natural course. Maybe they will come in handy one day.

After staying for a while, Chen Shouyi exited the Book of Knowledge Space.

...

After leaving the space, Chen Shouyi didn't continue cultivating but instead patiently removed safety hazards around the Shell Lady, one by one.

"Here, there's a fierce Giant Beast inside. Quickly, kill it!" Shell Lady shouted nervously as she squatted on Chen Shouyi's shoulder.

Chen Shouyi glanced at the small hole the size of an arm on the ground and stomped heavily on it.

"Boom."

The pressured air exploded, and the ground flipped over like an explosion, making a grand scene.

The flying mud droplets hadn't yet splashed onto Chen Shouyi's body when they were halted in mid-air by his will, then fell like raindrops.

He was now increasingly adept at using his will, although it didn't provide much combat strength, it was quite useful for assisting with small tasks.

"Is it still alive?"

Shell Lady tilted her ear, listened carefully for a while, then exclaimed excitedly, "You killed it."

"There's another one here!" Her small hand immediately pointed to a distant place and said loudly.

Chen Shouyi immediately walked over and stomped forcefully again.

...

In the blink of an eye, he had stayed here for six sunrises and sunsets.

Outside the cave, wearing only shorts, his body blurred like a phantom, rapidly changing positions. The Long Sword flashed in the air, leaving trails of shadows, accompanied by fierce winds that spread out centered around his body.

Suddenly, his body seemed to elongate, swiftly crossing seven to eight meters in an instant.

With a loud "boom."

The Long Sword pierced into a big tree that required two people to wrap their arms around, creating a small hole.

Chen Shouyi withdrew the sword and stopped. Sweat slid down his taut chest muscles as he picked up a towel, wiping off the sweat, and thought: "Earth's time has almost passed ten days; I should go back."

During this period of training in the otherworld, his progress was remarkable; his strength and agility both increased by 0.3 points, reaching 15.6 and 15.4, even his physique and perception improved by 0.1 points, reaching 16.2 and 13.4.

Including the first night, his attributes increased by a total of 1 point.

He clenched his fists forcefully, causing the air to explode with a loud sound:

"Now my strength is over nine hundred kilograms, only a step away from the Martial Artist's evaluation standard of one thousand kilograms, just about 0.1 attribute point difference, which can easily be reached in about ten days to half a month on Earth."

"However, my agility is far higher than the Martial Artist standard. If I were to fight closely with Sun Mengyuan now, the battle would probably end in just a few moves."

...

Seeing Chen Shouyi stop, Shell Lady blushed, holding a crystal about the same size as her, and slowly flew over, working hard to reach the front of Chen Shouyi:

"Hey giant, help me check if this is a gem?"

Chen Shouyi took it from her hand and found it to be a roughly octahedral transparent crystal, seemingly carefully wiped clean by Shell Lady, appearing clear and bright, full of luster.

Moreover, under the morning light, it emitted enchanting colors.

He glanced at it and said decisively, "No!"

Then casually tossed it to the ground.

What is a gem?

Glass Beads and Crystal Balls are gems!

If she picked up any stone as a gem, the entire value system would collapse.

How could anyone deceive later?

So, anything that doesn't meet the Glass Bead standard is garbage!

Even true gems must be decisively discarded as garbage!

"Oh!"

Shell Lady looked at the transparent crystal thrown to the ground like rubbish by the giant, her small face immediately drooped, and she responded dejectedly, then quickly flew away from Chen Shouyi's shoulder.

While Shell Lady was not paying attention, Chen Shouyi immediately picked up the crystal beneath his foot, quietly looking at it under the sunlight:

"Could this be a diamond?" He assessed the uniquely lustrous octahedral crystal, feeling a bit unsettled.

Just as Chen Shouyi planned to test its hardness with something, a faint voice spoke from behind.

"Giant, what are you doing?"

Feeling guilty, Chen Shouyi was startled, his grip instinctively tightened, and the Crystal Stone he held was thoroughly crushed.

He turned around casually and said, "Nothing!"

Shell Lady darted him a suspicious glance and quickly flew away.

Skulking around all day, giving me a fright!

Chen Shouyi cursed inwardly.

He looked at the powdered fingers and rubbed them stealthily. Suddenly, he felt a slight itch, quickly opened his hand, and upon blowing away the powder, he was shocked to find slight cuts on his skin.

"Hiss, such hard material, could it really be a diamond?" Chen Shouyi sucked in a cold breath.

Given his nightly relentless practice, his skin had become incredibly tough, estimating that even a Martial Artist, wielding a regular Long Sword, would struggle to pierce his thick skin with a powerful lunge.

This powder, being able to cut his skin, was clearly not ordinary crystal.

It was probably indeed a diamond.

Reflecting on how he had just crushed a Glass Bead-sized high-grade diamond into powder, he couldn't help but feel a toothache.

...

The otherworld's sun gradually slanted to the west as he checked his watch, calculating Earth's time.

Looking at how Shell Lady kept searching tirelessly among the rubble, he couldn't help but think about the crushed diamond, and retorted irritably:

"Let's go!"

Shell Lady flew onto Chen Shouyi's shoulder, then landed lightly, saying, "Giant, where are we going?"

"Going home!"

"I've been wanting to return, it's too dangerous here." Shell Lady exclaimed excitedly.

Look at that cowardice.

While walking, Chen Shouyi casually squeezed the neck of a dangling exotic snake flat and tossed it far away.

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