Chapter 44: Breakthrough
"Did it grow up by eating Jinkela?" Ren Lian Lingyi felt that Ren Lian Xingzi's life energy level had increased by one level in the time it took to register, and he was speechless.
His upgrade is really too slow. He is still waiting for the Solid Topaz, while the opponent is already LV58.
Moreover, it seems that the other party is still in a period of rapid growth, and it will probably reach the next life level in a short time.
Ren Lian Lingyi decided to keep a low profile in the days to come.
However, the return of Anzu Renren is not without benefits. After having two earth monsters, the grants, funds and policy support that Renren Shrine received from Narukami Taisha have increased significantly.
And there is less work. Didn’t they conduct a scan of the entire island every month before?
Now it becomes once every two months, and each person takes turns for one month.
This most troublesome work task was directly halved.
Other daily work, such as deceiving believers as a Taoist priest, has not been reduced much.
Because of the special nature of Hinareshi Apricot, the shogunate army stationed on Hinareshi Island would even send people here for further training from time to time.
Just like that, three months passed in a flash.
Ren Lian Lingyi looked at the shrine's gate (torii) with anticipation.
Ren Lian Lingyi has already sensed the arrival of a pure rock elemental force from the perspective of the earth veins. If there were no accidents or miscalculations, this thing should be the solid topaz that Ren Lian Lingyi commissioned Bona to buy from Liyue Harbor.
Sure enough, after a while, a man dressed as a foot soldier entered the shrine .
He is a Tongxin with the function of a postman, that is, the so-called lower-level samurai. Usually he runs errands for the bosses, delivers documents and conveys official documents, but occasionally they will escort valuable goods.
Delivering something to Ren Lian Lingyi was right within the scope of his job.
After Ren Lian Lingyi signed the official documents and the cargo list with his seal, the warrior left.
If the gentleman was not escorting valuables, the warrior said he would not want to come to a place where the shrine maiden was.
In Inazuma, there is actually a kind of open and covert struggle between the shrine maiden and the samurai.
To a certain extent, the shrine maidens diluted the privileges of the samurai. It was okay for the lower-level shrine maidens. Except for some elite experts and shrine maidens with special skills, the social status of most of the lower-level shrine maidens was not actually high, just slightly better than that of ordinary civilians.
But it is different for high-level shrine maidens. The lowest-ranking high-level shrine maiden is equivalent to a mid-level samurai, and most high-level shrine maidens are even equivalent to elite soldiers like the hatamoto generals and the Okujishu.
Some shrine maidens even had a status equivalent to that of a general in the shogunate.
Most short-lived humans naturally don't know how terrifying the terrifying white-haired, fox-eared chief priest of the Narukami Taisha Shrine is.
I didn't know that the Narukami Taisha Shrine expel evil spirits every year, and I didn't know that the Divine Sakura Purification Ceremony is held on Narukami Island every ten years.
Most short-lived humans only saw the samurai fighting each other in Kujo Jinya year after year, while that woman (Konosaimiya) just sat in the shrine and enjoyed people's offerings.
Although his magical powers are indeed not weak, he never uses them in the right way (Kitsuzai Palace is also a scumbag fox who likes to use magic to tease others.)
There is no need to mention the priestesses who provide logistics and assist in fighting monsters on the front line of Shanming Shendao, as they are invisible to ordinary people anyway. As for the relatively rare priestesses who provide magical assistance to the Kujo Zhenya, they were subconsciously ignored by the warriors at this time.
Well, in short, the lower-level samurai don’t like shrines very much.
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Solid topaz, a precious gem rich in rock elemental power, is divided into several levels, namely fragments, short pieces, blocks and gems.
The four levels are determined by the amount of elemental force contained in it and the quality of the rock elemental force.
The solid topaz that Ren Lian Lingyi bought this time cost him three years' salary and part of his gray income. Naturally, this solid topaz is of gem grade.
Blade of the Falling Sword requires gem-grade solid topaz to guide his rock elemental power for transformation.
As for the element of thunder, due to long-term close contact with the most top-level demon-level elemental creatures, Ren Lian Lingyi's element of thunder had already undergone a transformation.
According to Lei Dianying, the quality of Ren Lian Lingyi's lightning elemental force is similar to that of the human original god generals in the shogunate, except that the guidance speed is a bit slow and the amount is a bit small.
According to Ren Lian Lingyi's understanding, in terms of lightning element, before breaking through LV70, that is, before becoming a big monster, there is no need to consider the bottleneck problem of lightning element power.
After the postman left, Ren Lian Lingyi couldn't wait to enter the forging courtyard. There were abundant ores here, and these things were also creations of rock attribute elemental force. Ren Lian Lingyi felt that there would be a certain bonus if he could break through the rock attribute here.
For this purpose, Lian Lingyi shut down his ever-burning forge three days in advance, and also used elemental vision to clear out most of the remaining fire elements and other elements in the venue.
Ren Lian Lingyi took a deep breath and opened the box containing the solid topaz representing the power of the God of Rock.
Pressing his hand on the surface of the solid topaz gem, Ren Lian Lingyi could feel his rock elemental power undergoing a transformation.
And the transformation happens very quickly.
Ren Lian Lingyi took his hand away from the surface of the solid topaz in a trance, only to see that the gem was still shining brightly, causing Ren Lian Lingyi's rock attribute elemental power to undergo a transformation, and surprisingly, the gem was not damaged at all.
Ren Lian Lingyi clenched his left hand slightly, and a piece of white iron ore appeared in his hand.
After weighing the white iron ore in his hand and confirming that it could indeed last for a long time and that it was indeed of high quality, Ren Lian Lingyi said with emotion, "In the future, I won't have to go through the trouble of buying these low-grade ores."
"Break through." Feeling that he had completely met the requirements, Ren Lian Lingyi began his transformation.
There was no beam of light rising into the sky, nor was there any scene of wind and thunder. Ren Lian Lingyi seemed to have vaguely heard some shattering sounds.
The nerves grow rapidly, the deficiencies are made up (defense is improved), and the existing ones are strengthened (attack power is improved). The body becomes visibly tougher (health points are improved), and one can vaguely feel that one can mobilize more elements (element charging efficiency is improved).
These are all external improvements, and some of them have also improved Ren Lian Lingyi's inner self. The five holy relics in Ren Lian Lingyi's body have also begun to transform, and blue light has begun to spread (from two stars to three stars).
System: Blade Link
Life energy level: LV50 (has exceeded the limit and can be further improved)
Race: Humanoid Elemental Creature/Inazuma Monster, Fusangshen
Rank: Upper element leader (can command lower element creatures)
HP: 12500 + 3420 / 12500 + 3420 (+ Holy Relic)
Stamina: 247/260 (each point of stamina allows 1 minute of full-scale running)
Status: Full of energy
Theoretical knowledge: Teyvat common sense LV6 (click to expand proficiency), Inazuma common sense LV8, otherworld common sense LV4, otherworld comprehensive knowledge LV5 (mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc.), Teyvat comprehensive knowledge LV5 (element theory, alchemy, etc.), short-range weapon theory LV5 (gunmanship, swordsmanship, etc.), long-range weapon theory LV7 (bow and arrow, javelin, crossbow, etc.), Inazuma magic theory LV6 (sorcery, witchcraft, curse, etc.), biological theory LV5 (health preservation, body structure, etc.), geography theory LV5 (theoretical research on Teyvat geography), resurrection theory LV3 (theoretical knowledge about resurrection)...
Practical knowledge: Streaming Archery LV8 (a perfect archery that combines Blade Link Archery, Streaming Archery and other techniques), Shrine Swordsmanship LV3 (the swordsmanship passed down by Narukami Taisha), Naginata Technique LV3 (although you still can't swing it, but you know it very well), Cooking LV5 (you have really eaten all the edible things in the entire Blade Link Island and found the right cooking methods for them), Forging LV5 (you can forge three-star weapons)...
Ability (active): Recording LV5 (photographic memory, memory palace, search engine)
Transmission LV3 (teaching by example, empathy and compassion)
Clearing LV2 (directed amnesia, selective amnesia)
Ability (passive): Firewall LV6 (resistance to intrusion, immunity to all evil)
Elemental Manipulation LV5 (Lightning Element Manipulation, Rock Element Manipulation)
Elemental resistance LV4 (all attribute resistance 5%, thunder and rock element resistance 75%)
Ability (special): Resurrection LV3 (can revive yourself and others)
Relics: Flower of Corrosion (Flower of Life), Feather of Thirst (Feather of Death), Emblem of Aspiration (Sand of Time), Cup of Thinking (Cup of Emptiness), Ring of Wisdom (Crown of Reason)
