Chapter 353: Chapter 351: Sold Out

“There’s more, but I don’t have full access to their organization. I can’t retrieve everything you might want to know.”

Lana exhaled slowly.

“It doesn’t matter. Those people have been brainwashed for too long. We’ll have to deal with them carefully.”

Her attention then drifted back to the ghost core resting in her palm, its cold energy seeping into her skin.

Axel noticed.

“Hold it in your hands,” he instructed. “Form a ’C’ shape and keep the core between them.”

Lana adjusted her posture, cupping the crystal as told. The surface felt unnaturally smooth, yet icy, like touching frozen glass.

“Now sit in the lotus position.”

She crossed her legs, straightened her back, and steadied her breathing.

“Channel its energy directly into your soul,” Axel said quietly.

Lana closed her eyes and followed his guidance.

At first, there was only darkness.

Then… She saw black orbs that were floating.

The moment Lana saw the black orbs surging toward her consciousness, she snapped her eyes open, her breath hitching sharply as if something had struck her from within.

A cold force seemed to slam into her chest, and for a split second, her vision blurred.

Her fingers trembled, the ghost core nearly slipping from her grasp.

Axel reacted instantly.

“You really do know how to create trouble for yourself,” he muttered, stepping forward before the crystal could fall.

He took the ghost core from her hands, his fingers brushing against her icy skin.

The core pulsed faintly, as though displeased at being interrupted.

Axel examined it carefully, then placed his palm over Lana’s forehead.

A gentle warmth spread from his hand, a soft healing light seeping into her meridians.

The suffocating chill that had wrapped around her heart slowly dissolved.

Lana exhaled shakily as color returned to her face.

“This was my mistake,” Axel admitted quietly. “I should have told you everything beforehand.”

Lana looked at him, still slightly pale.

“When you hold the ghost core and begin cultivating,” he continued, “if you decide to stop, you must not open your eyes immediately. First, gather every black orb you see and guide them back into the core. Only after all of them return can you safely withdraw your consciousness. If you don’t, the backlash will hit you again.”

Lana nodded seriously.

“I understand.”

After a brief pause, she frowned slightly.

“Why are those orbs black?” she asked. “Shouldn’t mystic energy be white or golden? If they’re black… won’t that corrupt my cultivation?”

Axel laughed softly, the sound echoing lightly in the quiet room.

“Not everything black is evil,” he replied.

“In fact, the true form of these orbs is black. Their color represents depth and density, not malice. What you saw was pure condensed ghost essence, nothing more.”

Lana considered his words and slowly nodded.

Axel’s expression grew more serious.

“Those orbs are extremely powerful. If you absorb them daily, your cultivation speed will triple.”

Lana’s eyes widened.

“Triple?”

“And if you continue at your current pace,” Axel added calmly, “you could reach Heaven Rank within three months.”

For a moment, Lana simply stared at him.

Three months.

’Heaven Rank in three months …’

A surge of warmth flooded her chest. That was a realm she had only dared to dream of crossing in half a year, which could be covered in 3 months!

Despite everything she had lost, it seemed fate had given her something in return.

“I’ll do it,” she said firmly.

With renewed determination, she resumed her cultivation, carefully guiding the black orbs this time, absorbing them steadily while remembering Axel’s instructions.

Meanwhile, Axel sat to the side, his brows furrowed as he mentally sifted through various options to improve his own cultivation.

He was also planning practical training sessions for Lana.

Although she was intelligent and often strategic, there were moments when she acted recklessly, driven by emotion.

’I can’t let her risk herself like that again.’

His thoughts abruptly halted, not by his own will, but by Lana’s earlier words echoing in his mind.

“We still have five days,” he had reminded her then. “Don’t overuse your body.”

“I won’t,” she had promised. “But once we return, I want to take on higher-level cases. I need more practical experience. I want to build my name… and strengthen myself.”

Axel had studied her carefully at that time, searching her expression for hesitation.

“You’re serious?”

Lana had nodded without wavering.

Instead of agreeing immediately, Axel had fallen silent, deep in thought.

“If that’s the case,” he eventually said, “you should take Quinn with you.”

Lana frowned.

“I can handle myself.”

“I trust you,” Axel replied calmly, “but having someone older and more experienced beside you would be safer.”

After a brief moment, Lana suggested, “What about Monica?”

Axel considered it and nodded.

“That would be better.”

Thus, they rested for five days.

During that time, Lana unlocked several intermediate talismans, her understanding of formation patterns deepening.

She felt especially satisfied remembering how generously she had distributed her exorcism talismans earlier.

Word spread quickly about their effectiveness. Soon, many cultivators began seeking her contact information.

“Are you the one who created those high-grade exorcism talismans?” students would ask eagerly.

Lana would smile lightly.

“If I truly had such talent, wouldn’t I have joined the Talisman Practitioner Department already?”

Her modest tone convinced everyone.

“That makes sense,” they would murmur. “It would be too overpowered for someone to possess both mystical cultivation talent and talisman mastery.”

Satisfied with that logic, they stopped pressing her.

When they asked where to purchase the talismans, Lana simply handed them Axel’s contact number.

Axel quickly regretted that decision.

His phone rang relentlessly. One transaction after another followed.

By the end of five days, when he calculated the total revenue, he stared at the screen in stunned silence.

Five hundred million dollars.

He could hardly believe it.

It was the massive customer base built from her earlier generosity that made it possible.

Lana had accumulated talismans over time, and now they sold out almost instantly.

Even Lana was shocked by the number.

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