Rose Hotel.
As Soto City's largest hotel, when Yun Chuan was looking for a place to stay in Soto City, he naturally set his sights on this hotel. Of course, Tang San and the others hadn't arrived yet, but he didn't care. After checking in at the front desk, he took the key and walked towards his room.
Gently opening the door, the interior was quite luxurious and elegant; it was a suite.
After looking around and finding nothing amiss, Yun Chuan drew all the curtains and then took out the head-sized crystal from his spirit tool, placing it on the table. Gently stroking the crystal's uneven surface, he felt the rune in his glabella tremble slightly, and he began to recall the original novel's description of this crystal.
This crystal was the most precious type of crystal, rutilated quartz. Rutilated quartz refers to natural crystals that, under certain conditions, are influenced by external factors, causing golden thread-like objects to form within the crystal. These golden threads are called crystal hair or golden hair, resembling the crystal's hair. Regardless of the crystal's color, as long as a single crystal hair appears within it, its value surpasses that of the finest natural crystal. Crystals with crystal hair are called rutilated quartz!
And the rutilated quartz before him was the most precious type of rutilated quartz, a slab crystal, which was the finest among rutilated quartz! This was because the golden hairs in rutilated quartz are generally chaotic and sparse. Only rutilated quartz that has existed for an exceptionally long time has the chance for the golden hairs to increase in number. When the number of golden hairs reaches a certain extent and gathers together within the crystal to form a gold slab-like appearance, such rutilated quartz is called slab crystal.
Due to the numerous and highly regular golden hairs within it, slab crystal is considered the finest among rutilated quartz.
Yun Chuan examined the crystal on the table before him, noticing that while its surface appeared murky, a closer look revealed a hidden golden glow. This golden slab was merely obscured by impurities on the crystal's exterior. He remembered the original novel stating that it contained tens of thousands of golden hairs!
This was a miracle that could only occur in slab crystals that had existed for at least a hundred thousand years. Such a treasure, let alone two thousand gold coins, some people would even be willing to pay two million gold coins for it.
"Although this thing is a good Hidden Weapons, I don't do these flashy things… Why does the rune in my glabella react to this?" Yun Chuan was full of doubts as he stroked the crystal's uneven surface.
"Forget it, I'll extract the golden hairs first." Yun Chuan placed both hands on the crystal, then his spirit power surged out, firmly enveloping the entire crystal. Then, he pressed down hard with his palms!
"Bang!"
A muffled thunder-like explosion.
The outwardly unremarkable crystal shattered, and then a strange scene occurred: countless golden light points erupted from within the slab crystal. Fortunately, he had already wrapped a layer of spirit power around the outside, so these golden light points could not escape and were all trapped within the spirit power barrier.
A moment later, when he felt the shattered crystal calm down, Yun Chuan removed the spirit power wrapper. Immediately, he saw a large pile of golden fine sand, or rather, golden particles, where the crystal had been on the table.
Each golden particle was very uniform in size, similar to a grain of rice, perfectly round, and shimmered with a faint golden light. Yun Chuan picked one up and examined it closely in front of his eyes. He subconsciously squeezed it and found that the golden particle was slightly soft but very elastic, making it impossible to easily flatten.
"What's so special about this thing?" Yun Chuan was puzzled, but he noticed that the rune in his glabella was trembling even more intensely. Then, it began to emit a subtle fluctuation, and he immediately felt a difference.
Suddenly, looking at the golden particles before him,
A surge of hunger rose within Yun Chuan's body!
This thing could be eaten!
Under the strange fluctuation emitted by the rune, his body's instinct told him so, but this made him feel troubled.
After all, this thing was not a candy bean, but a needle curled into a ball! As long as spirit power was injected, these small golden particles would transform into Dragon Beard Needle!
If he ate this thing and accidentally activated the Dragon Beard Needle by circulating spirit power, wouldn't he be pierced full of holes?
"I'll risk it!"
However, after hesitating for a moment, Yun Chuan ultimately chose to trust the rune in his glabella. After all, this thing had never harmed him, and swallowing it wasn't a guaranteed death sentence. As long as he didn't infuse spirit power, this thing wouldn't be harmful inside his body.
After deciding to eat it, he held the golden particle in his hand, swallowed, then opened his mouth and tossed it in. He then closed his mouth and his throat moved, swallowing it into his stomach…
"Eh?!"
At this moment, Yun Chuan closed his eyes and sensed carefully, immediately feeling the difference. When he inwardly observed his body, he could feel that after the golden particle went down his throat, the rune at his glabella once again fluctuated. Immediately after, that golden particle actually melted into a tiny warm current. This warm current flowed along his meridians to his lungs and finally merged into them.
And after absorbing this tiny warm current, Yun Chuan could feel as if something had been added to his body?
"It can actually be absorbed!"
Opening his eyes, Yun Chuan was full of surprise. He looked at the large pile of golden particles on the table and no longer hesitated. He directly grabbed a large handful and stuffed it into his mouth. Hundreds of golden particles were directly swallowed by him into his stomach.
At this moment, the rune at his glabella once again emitted a mysterious fluctuation. The golden particles he had swallowed also melted into tiny warm currents, flowing along his meridians and finally converging in his lungs… With the addition of these hundreds of warm currents, Yun Chuan immediately felt a noticeable change.
He subconsciously clenched his fist and could feel that his physical quality, which had not improved for a long time, had increased by at least one percent at this moment.
And this was not the most important thing. He could feel that after these golden particles integrated into his lungs, the entire body was affected, as organs were also a part of his body. One pull affects the whole body.
"What would happen if I ate them all?"
Feeling the practical benefits, Yun Chuan no longer hesitated. He immediately began to grab handfuls of golden particles from the table and stuff them into his mouth, quickly eating all of them.
Warm currents continuously integrated into his lungs.
Yun Chuan gently closed his eyes, sensing this wondrous change. He could feel his physical quality rapidly increasing! His defense, toughness, and endurance all improved.
Especially after his lungs absorbed these golden hairs, some mysterious change seemed to have occurred.
"This feeling…"
Opening his eyes, Yun Chuan raised his hands and examined them closely, looking at his neatly trimmed nails. With a thought, his nails suddenly began to grow and extend… These newly grown nails appeared golden, as if they were sharp blades made purely of gold. They looked incredibly sharp!
Out of a desire to test the power of his nails,
Yun Chuan tentatively extended his hand, and the golden nails on his five fingers lightly scratched the table!
It was as if cutting tofu.
The marble tabletop, about ten centimeters thick, immediately had five penetrating scratches, through which the carpet beneath the table could be seen.
"So sharp!" Yun Chuan was startled, because he hadn't used any spirit power at all, nor had he used any force. He had merely made a light scratch, but it was as if some mysterious power resided in his five fingernails, automatically cutting through the marble table!
This power did not belong to spirit power. In his perception, it was more like some kind of elemental power. This elemental power was extremely sharp, and in his perception, it seemed capable of cutting through anything!
"This power… originates from the lungs, and the lungs belong to metal. Could it be the power of Geng Metal?" Yun Chuan made a bold guess, recalling the cultivation novels he had read before. Considering that golden hairs themselves belong to metal and are extremely sharp, specifically breaking through hard qigong! Then, absorbing these golden hairs would imbue him with the Geng Metal attribute. This was not an unacceptable notion.
"This Geng Metal seems to have given me an armor-piercing attribute!" Yun Chuan looked at his long nails. With a thought, the nails immediately began to shorten and retract, transforming back into their usual flesh-colored appearance in an instant.
At this moment, he could feel that the toughness of his skin, the density of his bones and tendons, and all aspects of his physical quality had been enhanced. Furthermore, the power of Geng Metal did not seem to be limited to just his fingernails; it could also be attached to other objects, or even directly to his attacks, to achieve an armor-piercing effect.
Yun Chuan took out a brush from his spirit tool, then slightly concentrated, attempting to attach the newly acquired Geng Metal attribute to the brush with his mind.
A moment later, the entire brush was covered in a faint golden glow. Clearly, the power of Geng Metal had already attached to it.
Yun Chuan examined the brush, which hadn't changed in appearance. He held the brush in his hand like a knife, then lightly traced the tip of the brush along a corner of the table.
"Bang!"
The ten-centimeter thick marble table corner fell to the ground.
"It really works!" Yun Chuan looked at the brush in his hand, full of pleasant surprise. As long as the power of Geng Metal was attached to any object, that object would not only have its material strengthened but also gain a sharp attribute, transforming into a sharp weapon!
"With the power of Geng Metal, my close-quarters combat methods will be even richer in the future!" Yun Chuan thought that since this power could be attached to anything, it could naturally also be attached to his body. For example, his fists or knees, or other places. This would cause immense destructive power!
"It seems that these unique metal minerals will definitely be of great help to my growth. From now on, if I want to become stronger, I should focus on this aspect," Yun Chuan murmured to himself. He suddenly realized that these metal minerals were equivalent to Spirit Bone for a Spirit Master, for him!
And speaking of metal minerals, a place name surfaced in Yun Chuan's mind: The City of Metal — Gengxin City!
That place definitely had the most precious metals in the entire world!
It seemed he would have to go there someday.