The gigantic arm of the Molten Fire Demon began chiseling the emerald green crystals from the cave walls.
Perhaps its body temperature was too high.
Lin Yi noticed that some of the emerald green crystals near its body actually started to vaporize!
Feeling a bit distressed, Lin Yi quickly called a halt.
The Molten Fire Demon's flame-filled eyes displayed an extremely human-like expression.
It looked like a child who had made a mistake.
Yet it looked so burly and terrifying, the contrast was irresistibly endearing.
Lin Yi was also helpless.
He knew the Molten Fire Demon didn't do it on purpose.
However, subsequently, he directed the Flame Demon to start chiseling from the rock layers beside the cave wall's crystals, which solved the problem.
Before long, a large cluster of the emerald green crystals, along with some rocks, was mined out.
Lin Yi cleared out some water and food from his personal space and then stored the crystals in it.
Afterwards, Lin Yi sent the Molten Fire Demon back to the Elemental Plane and crushed a Town Recall Scroll.
After a dizzying turn of events,
Lin Yi opened his eyes again and found himself back in the Teleportation Hall of Jiangcheng.
Exiting the Teleportation Hall, Lin Yi headed straight home.
The spiritual objects in his backpack and the items dropped by Tiger King, Lin Yi planned to check the market sale tomorrow.
Back home, Lin Yi had a simple meal with his parents.
After the meal, he returned to his room.
Lin Yi opened his panel.
The balance of his skill points, almost squandered this morning, had surprisingly increased by forty to fifty thousand points.
This feeling of constantly receiving resources was a stable happiness!
Today he acquired a new Wind Attribute Skill.
Should he enhance this line of skills to see the effects?
Reason told him that having an additional skill line would certainly broaden his options, greatly enhancing his combat power.
Especially after witnessing the terrifying destructive power of the Tier Seven magic Celestial Flame Dragon Breath.
Lin Yi had fallen in love with the feeling of obliterating everything with a simple gesture.
If Tier Seven Flame Magic is already this strong,
What would Tier Seven Wind Magic be like?
Lin Yi made a mental note; after all, upgrading to Tier Seven only required around a hundred thousand skill points.
Just another day of idle gain would be enough!
...
The next day.
Lin Yi woke up early again.
Overnight, the skill point balance approached one hundred thousand points.
By noon, he estimated he could perform a massive skill point boost to his new Wind Attribute skill, rapidly increasing its tier.
Before that, Lin Yi planned to stroll the Living Professional Store Street and sell the large cluster of emerald green crystal ore he mined yesterday to see how much it would fetch.
Then he would check the market to see if he could find a few Mage Skill Books.
Finally, he would stop by the Reincarnation Sanctuary to pick up the second transition task.
After the second transition, he should be able to unlock more new skills.
With the plan set, Lin Yi left the house and quickly arrived at Jiangcheng Living Professional Store Street.
Lin Yi sought out the best appraiser on this street.
He planned to first identify what exactly the emerald green crystal he obtained in the cave yesterday was, to understand its value, and avoid being scammed by dishonest merchants.
"Young man, are you here to have something appraised?"
A scholarly old man with white hair and glasses smiled at Lin Yi.
This was the most respected appraiser on the entire Jiangcheng Living Professional Street.
Lin Yi nodded, taking a small piece of emerald green crystal out from his personal space.
As soon as the crystal appeared, Lin Yi felt a gentle breeze blowing through the appraisal shop's hall.
The smile on the old man's face froze for a moment.
Then he grew serious.
"Young man, the item you're holding is remarkable!"
"May I take a closer look?"
Lin Yi nodded and handed the crystal to the old man.
The old man adjusted his glasses and began to carefully examine it, while the light of the Identification Skill flashed repeatedly.
Soon, the old man exclaimed to Lin Yi, "Incredible, such pure Wind Spirit Rock Marrow is truly rare!"
Lin Yi felt a stir in his heart.
So this thing is called Wind Spirit Rock Marrow.
"This element-rich mineral-type spiritual object depends not only on its purity but also on the volume you sell at once."
"Young man, this must just be a small sample of what you have."
"You must have the entire crystal ore. If the volume is large and the purity matches this sample..."
Before the old man could finish,
Lin Yi produced an entire emerald green crystal ore weighing twenty to thirty pounds.
The old man, who was just estimating its price for Lin Yi, gasped in shock, wide-eyed and speechless!
His breath caught, almost sending the old man off.
After a while, the old man recovered and said, "Young man, a piece of Wind Spirit Rock Marrow this large can't really be priced by market rates anymore; it's considered a collector's item."
"You'd better inquire at a specialized spiritual object buyback store."
"Don't sell it to the market, they'd only weigh it at market rates for recovery, and you'd lose a lot of money."
Lin Yi thanked the old man.
After paying the appraisal fee, he put the Wind Spirit Rock Marrow back into his backpack and continued browsing the Living Professional Street.
...
Over half an hour later.
Lin Yi walked out of a store called Treasure Pavilion.
This was a store specializing in buying and selling rare and precious materials and spiritual objects, akin to antique shops Lin Yi was familiar with in his past life.
At this moment, his pocket held a VIP black card from this nationwide chain of Treasure Pavilion stores.
There was also an additional 120,000 Xia currency.
After selling that collector-level Wind Spirit Rock Marrow, the enthusiastic owner even added an extra 10,000 Xia currency to Lin Yi.
The owner explained that the 10,000 was meant to establish a friendship.
Urging Lin Yi to come to him if he ever has such valuable items again.
Promising to buy at prices much higher than the market rate.
Even after leaving the store, Lin Yi felt a bit stunned.
How had he suddenly become wealthy?
Being one of the strongest nations on Blue Star, Xia's currency value and circulation were both incredibly high.
120,000 Xia currency was indeed a substantial sum.
Lin Yi's father, Lin Guodong, might have to toil in the mines for three to four years to earn that much.
[Ding! Upon detecting your currency holding exceeding 100,000 for the first time, your SSS Rank Talent: Gift of the Gods has unlocked a new function!]
A prompt sounded in Lin Yi's mind.
Ha?
New function??
Lin Yi quickly opened his talent interface.
Soon, Lin Yi understood what exactly this new function was.
[Gift of the Gods]
[Effect: You earn 1 skill point per second.]
[New Function: You can now spend currency from the real world to purchase a 24-hour idle skill point reward!]
[Note: After each purchase of an idle skill point reward, the required amount of currency will increase!]
[Current amount required for one purchase: 10,000 Xia currency.]