The old man instinctively clenched his fist: "I hope this kid doesn't disappoint me... Faced with so many spirit stones, he must have plunged into an inner interrogation by now. Facing his own heart, he cannot lie, because spirit stones will reflect the desires of the human heart, mirroring his most urgent wishes."

"He must be thinking about reclaiming everything he has lost, so that is what he sees. Once he believes that the spirit stones can indeed fulfill his wishes and intends to use their power unscrupulously to achieve his ambitions, then he is not the person I am looking for..."

As he said this, Saito Dosan's words were suddenly interrupted as his eyes widened—

"Wait, that kid outside has already come to his senses?! How is it possible this quickly?!"

......

This happened just half a minute ago.

—"Use."

—"Use."

—"Use."

Choosing the same option continuously, the timely feedback echoed in his ears, basically all saying the same thing—"Acquired 100,000,000 Essence, proportionally converted into experience points..."

With a disinterested look on his face, Gu Mo selected the "use" interaction option in front of the massive crystal of spirit stone, then listened to the pleasant sound prompting him that he had acquired a huge amount of experience. The enormous crystal before him then quietly transformed into light, disappearing as if it melted away.

Next, with a thought, an attribute panel appeared in front of him.

—"Level up."

He opened the familiar page and saw that his Life Level was already shown as LV78, a slight smile tugged at his lips.

From just now until now, he kept doing this, after all, it was the scene he had dreamed of—the essence of spirit stones could be used as leveling experience like in a game, and later on, super spirit stones containing billions of essence made his character level up insanely fast.

How to put it, it was really satisfying, crushing a huge spirit stone, tens of billions of essence converting into experience, then watching his level soar wildly... Yet, his expression gradually shifted from euphoria to complete indifference, even starting to gaze with dull fish eyes.

"If only it weren't an illusion realm..."

He disinterestedly closed the attribute panel.

At the beginning, Gu Mo didn't notice when he fell into the illusion realm. This illusion indeed harnessed what was presently on his mind and succeeded in completely suppressing his attention to the surrounding environment.

However, he had conducted a test beforehand, realizing that spirit stone essence could not directly convert into the experience required by his system panel, and understanding profoundly that his foolish system simply could not be used this easily. The prompts were never so straightforward and crisp, and it was not possible to summon it with merely a thought...

Moreover, not even mentioning these points of suspicion—

Gu Mo walked up to another cluster of enormous crystals, standing before it and observing the clear mirror image reflected on the translucent, golden-yellow crystal surface. Although not particularly clear, it was enough. He saw the familiar options on it, opening the level-up page he previously accessed.

Still stuck at LV5 progress, it ruthlessly shattered his dream...

The peculiar nature of the foolish system seemed even in this illusion realm, appearing on the reflections he saw, exposing the past cover that cannot be concealed.

"At the very least, let me enjoy it a bit more, this illusion isn't even satisfying, it's really lousy..." The ups and downs of life are nothing apart from this, a slight smile returned as Gu Mo gave a silent middle finger upwards in realization.

The next moment, he seemed to hear a crisp shattering sound near his ear, and the entire illusion realm cracked and fell apart.

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