The lord crystal is a drop from lord-level beasts that lends support to gold-level pet beasts for advancing domain skills and breaking through to lord-level.

Generally, lord crystals are about the size of a palm, but the local specialty Li Shiji brought was only the size of a pinky fingernail.

Comparatively speaking, the lord crystal brought by Li Shiji seems somewhat inadequate.

That is a misconception.

The quality of a lord crystal isn't determined by its size but by its purity.

Lord crystals contain impurities, stemming from the erroneous understanding of their own domain by lord pet beasts.

These impurities need to be removed to prevent the pet beasts from using lord crystals that lead to flawed domain comprehension, thus wasting unnecessary time.

Once over 98% of the impurities in the lord crystal are removed, it approximately becomes the size of a pinky fingernail.

In other words, the lord crystals given by Li Shiji are exceptionally pure and high-quality lord crystals.

Li Cunxu accepted these lord crystals — Xiaoruan and others are growing too fast, lacking the time foundation Li Cunxu initially estimated it would take Xiaoruan and others a very long time to break through lord-level, but now, there seems to be a way to accelerate.

Li Cunxu said, "Grandfather, how many more of these pure lord crystals can you get?"

Li Shiji hesitated for a moment, "How many do you need?"

"The more, the better."

Li Shiji found it difficult; ordinary lord crystals could be provided as many as Li Cunxu needed, but such pure lord crystals required the help of a Crystal Purification Master.

Indeed, the purification of lord crystals even evolved into a specialized profession called "Crystal Purification Master."

"Do you want ordinary lord crystals?"

"No, only this level of pure lord crystals."

Li Cunxu shook his head in rejection.

It's not that Li Cunxu is picky, but rather that ordinary lord crystals do more harm than good when given to pet beasts to absorb.

Li Cunxu knows a discovery that was made five years later.

Absorbing ordinary lord crystals not only delays the time required to comprehend the domain but also reduces the intensity of the domain comprehended.

Lord crystals with purity over 90% don't have this issue.

"Oh! This is an incredibly influential paper. If Xiao Baizhu can produce some experimental results and publish them, we could earn a massive amount of destiny points."

Li Cunxu is in no hurry about this matter. He plans to wait until all his team members break through to lord-level before letting Xiao Baizhu publish the paper.

In the previous life, when the paper "On the Importance of the Purity of Lord Crystals" came out, high-purity lord crystals collectively increased in price. Li Cunxu doesn't want to shoot himself in the foot, hastily publishing the paper and watching prices surge right afterward, with pet beasts having yet to break through to lord-level. To shorten the time the pet beasts stay at gold-level, Li Cunxu would have no choice but to buy the high-priced pure lord crystals he caused to inflate.

Li Cunxu stroked his chin, "I could also stockpile a heap of pure lord crystals before publishing the paper and make a profit."

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Li Shiji gritted his teeth, "Alright, I'll get you these pure lord crystals."

Actually, this wasn't hard for Li Shiji; the challenge was requesting the red-haired confidante of the Crystal Purification Master.

Li Shiji possesses the gentle elegance of Zhuge Liang and the sharp cunning of Sima Yi; he is both benevolent and fierce. Coupled with his exceptional good looks, he is widely known as an esteemed gentleman in the Tongdu area and has attracted many admirers in his youth.

Even now, those admirers still harbor affection for him.

If Li Shiji were willing to assume the role of a playboy and befriend those admirers, then his enemies wouldn't be of concern as his admirers could handle it for him.

Li Cunxu had no idea that his pursuit of pure lord crystals nearly landed him another grandmother.

"Grandfather, I have a small gift for you."

Li Cunxu took out a Golden Dragon egg.

Li Shiji didn't know the potential of the dragon egg, but he could see its extraordinary nature, emitting a dragon's might not lose to gold-level while still within the egg.

Li Cunxu introduced, "This is the spawn of the Golden King's Golden Dragon, born from greatness, with potential to rise another tier—Venerable King."

Li Shiji frowned, "Why give this to me? I don't lack pet beasts, keep it for yourself."

Li Cunxu replied, "You don't have a king-level pet beast, but this one can undoubtedly become a king quickly if enormous resources are invested."

Li Shiji slaughtered eighteen kings—the spoils from their deaths aren't insignificant. If all were invested in the Golden Dragon, then its king-level attainment would be assured.

Li Shiji said, "Although I lack a king-level pet beast, my Holy Lotus Armor Dragon is indeed a king."

"Then why is it rumored you don't have any king-level pet beasts?"

"On purpose."

Li Cunxu understood; Li Shiji was hiding this hand for strategic advantage.

"Wait, grandfather, isn't your Holy Lotus Armor Dragon unable to break through to king due to bloodline deficiency and poison?"

When Li Shiji was young, he offended many people, including his own Saint Lotus Li Family, leading some to sinisterly influence him to choose a Holy Lotus Carp with bloodline deficiency.

"How do you know my Holy Lotus Armor Dragon's bloodline is deficient? This is a significant secret within the Saint Lotus Li Family."

Indeed, it is secretive—conspiring against the most outstanding clan member who has the potential to become Patriarch would lose face for the Saint Lotus Li Family if exposed.

"That information was gathered by little girl Li Anle," Li Cunxu said.

His sister Li Anle is a restless character; under the surveillance of the Saint Lotus Li Family, she managed to recruit a few faithful elders who divulged all their secrets to her.

"If the Holy Lotus Armor Dragon's bloodline is deficient, then replace the bloodline."

Li Shiji's eyes flashed black as a thought crossed his mind.

Li Cunxu looked at the Demon Lotus Eye, contemplating, and tentatively asked, "Did the Holy Lotus Armor Dragon undergo a mutation transformation due to the Demon Lotus Eye, turning into a Demon Lotus Armor Dragon?"

"Mutation did occur, but not into a Demon Lotus Armor Dragon; rather, it became a Demon Lotus Undying Dragon."

Li Cunxu was perplexed, "Isn't it only possible to mutate in the carp form?"

For instance, a Holy Lotus Carp can mutate into a Blood Lotus Carp, but a Holy Lotus Armored Flood Dragon cannot mutate into a Blood Lotus Flame Flood Dragon, because once the Holy Lotus Carp evolves, its genetics stabilize and the Blood Lotus Eye can't guide a mutation.

It's akin to a gourd being tender before mature—the tender gourd can be stir-fried or stewed in various dishes. But once matured, the texture becomes woody and unsuitable for food; it can only function as a gourd wine jug or gourd ladle.

The Holy Lotus Carp is the tender gourd, the Holy Lotus Armored Flood Dragon is the mature gourd, and the Holy Lotus Armor Dragon is the craft made from the gourd.

Li Shiji said, "That's only the case with ordinary mutant Lotus Eyes. The Demon Lotus Eye can forcibly mutate even though the genes have stabilized twice, even if evolved into a Holy Lotus Armor Dragon."

Li Cunxu asked, "And the poison?"

It's said that the Holy Lotus Armor Dragon was poisoned to prevent it from advancing to king for life.

"The poison issue has naturally been resolved too. After the Golden Tournament, you should hide in the Shendu University, don't go out."

Li Shiji didn't want to dwell on the subject, swiftly moving on as solving the poisoning incident involved yet another confidante admirer.

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