"Then I'll be troubling you, Miss Mu. If this succeeds, I promise there will be a reward." Zhou Haoyu immediately gave his word.
As one of the four major families in Magic City, the Bai Family, though not as powerful as the Mu Family or the Dongfang Family, still possessed considerable heritage.
As for the Zhao Commerce Association, it was merely a branch of the greater Zhao Family, whose true power lay mainly overseas.
After parting ways with Mu Nuxin, Zhou Haoyu returned to the hotel and began cultivating.
Previously, he had been focusing on cultivating the Summoning Element and the Lightning Element, leaving the Space Element almost untouched it was still at Intermediate Level One.
But in the period to come, Zhou Haoyu planned to devote most of his time to cultivating the Space Element, aiming to break through to Advanced Level within two years.
There was another benefit to enhancing Space Element cultivation—it also accelerated the growth of spiritual energy. With stronger spiritual energy, the power of Space Element magic would also become far more formidable.
This formed a positive feedback loop.
The next morning, Zhou Haoyu received a message from Mu Nuxin.
She had sent a long string of messages, but in short, the Bai Family was willing to make the deal provided it was a barter exchange.
That is, using magic tools or magical equipment to trade for rare minerals of equal value.
After a brief hesitation, Zhou Haoyu still agreed.
However, he had no intention of going to the trade in person and instead asked Mu Nuxin to handle the transaction on his behalf.
Naturally, the fewer people who knew about this, the better. Zhou Haoyu didn't want to attract unnecessary trouble.
As it happened, he didn't have any extra magic tools or equipment on hand. Fortunately, Mu Nuxin hadn't sold the two pendant-type magical items yet, so they could be used for the trade.
Although these two pendants were far inferior to something like the Ice Crystal Bow—a clan treasure they were still incredibly valuable.
At the very least, the Bai Family was quite satisfied and even offered more minerals than the items were worth.
With these minerals, Zhou Haoyu could upgrade the two silver miniature swords.
The forging process for soul-grade magical items was extremely complicated and required stronger flames, but simply enhancing the magic tools' penetration power wasn't particularly difficult.
Generally speaking, once a magic item reached the soul grade, it would possess a powerful ability or provide significant amplification to a specific magic element.
Some rare magical equipment could even produce effects similar to Divine Imprint Benediction and could stack with its bonuses!
In the following period, aside from cultivating, Zhou Haoyu spent most of his time forging magical tools and equipment.
Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, a year had gone by.
"Space Element Level Three, Summoning and Lightning Elements also reached Level Two all thanks to this Haotian Tower."
"Besides that, my spiritual energy has reached the Fifth Realm. For an Intermediate Mage to possess Fifth Realm spiritual energy, who would believe it?"
The third floor of Haotian Tower had elemental density a hundred times stronger. This alone made it far superior to the Three Steps Pagoda.
On top of that, Zhou Haoyu's Stardust Magic Equipment provided triple amplification—one day of cultivation was equivalent to three hundred days for others.
With such an abnormal cultivation speed, even though Zhou Haoyu had to train in three different elements, he still far surpassed his peers.
Just as he left Haotian Tower, Zhou Haoyu received a message from Lingling.
"A major commission—come quick."
"Straight to the point as always."
At the thought of that proud little girl, Zhou Haoyu couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.
Instead of rushing to Magic City, Zhou Haoyu first went to the Mu Family. He hadn't seen Mu Ningxue in so many days, and he missed her quite a bit.
With the Zhou Family's help, the Mu Family had managed to gain a foothold in the Imperial Capital over the past year and had even established some business connections with auction houses.
But help was just help. If the Mu Family wanted to ascend further, they had to rely on their own strength.
Mu Zhuoyun was only an Intermediate Mage this didn't count for much in the Imperial Capital, let alone as the head of a family.
The strongest among the other Mu Family members were also merely Intermediate Mages there wasn't even a single Advanced Mage, not even one at the peak of Intermediate.
The Galaxy Vein couldn't guarantee a breakthrough. In fact, its effects diminished with each additional dose.
Thus, even if the Zhou Family gifted Mu Zhuoyun a portion of the Galaxy Vein, he still wouldn't use it on himself.
In a second-floor room...
Mu Ningxue clearly sensed that Zhou Haoyu's aura had grown much stronger. Her beautiful eyes flickered with a hint of confusion. "You broke through again?"
"Mm, thanks to the cultivation opportunity at the Haotian Tower, I successfully advanced the Space Element to Level Three."
Zhou Haoyu slowly approached her, and before long, his hand was resting on her slender waist—it fit perfectly in his palm.
Mu Ningxue revealed a shocked expression. Zhou Haoyu had just broken through two months ago, and now he had broken through again.
"Aren't you advancing a little too fast?" Mu Ningxue's beautiful eyes held a trace of concern, unable to stop herself from worrying about Zhou Haoyu's condition.
This cultivation speed was too fast almost beyond the bounds of common sense.
"This speed is only slightly faster than average. Compared to those real prodigies or monsters, I'm still far behind."
Zhou Haoyu shook his head. He was very self-aware though his cultivation speed was a bit fast, it was still within reason.
As for whether his foundation was solid, Zhou Haoyu wasn't too concerned. He planned to cultivate to the peak of the Super Level first.
With the origin of Spiritual Thought within him, as long as he could push his spiritual energy past the Ninth Realm, his strength definitely wouldn't lose to Forbidden Curse-level mages—he might even be able to contend with an Emperor.
"Real prodigies?" Mu Ningxue looked puzzled.
In her eyes, Zhou Haoyu was already the most outstanding genius.
Could there really be mages even more talented than him?
"We'll talk about that later let's focus on the main matter right now."
Zhou Haoyu didn't want to discuss this topic with Mu Ningxue at the moment. He was more interested in something a bit more in-depth.
Mu Ningxue bit her lip. Though this had happened many times already, the small gestures at the beginning still made her feel a little embarrassed.
Mainly because Zhou Haoyu often found joy in teasing her. Sometimes, he'd even be frozen by the cold air Mu Ningxue unconsciously released.
Fortunately, over the past year, Zhou Haoyu had absorbed another spirit seed—Purple Firmament had now reached the threshold of a Supreme-grade Greater Spirit Seed, giving him some resistance to ice-elemental energy.
After a round of massage, Zhou Haoyu suddenly lunged forward.
"Be gentle…"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Mm-mm…"
"Still so cold… huff, huff~"
Zhou Haoyu was already quite experienced by now. He immediately brought out the key, and a chill rushed over him in an instant.
Even with his strong physique, he couldn't help but take a few sharp breaths from the cold.
After completing the mana infusion, Zhou Haoyu held Mu Ningxue in his arms and cuddled her tenderly.
"How has your cultivation been lately? Your Ice Element should've advanced by now, right?" Zhou Haoyu asked.
"Mm, all thanks to those ice-element resources you gave me." Mu Ningxue's breathing was slightly uneven, as if she had just overexerted herself.
"If you keep being this polite, don't blame me for not being polite either."
"Don't push… I won't say that again…"
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