Chapter 91: Storage Crystal

The fact that Iris directly threw this precious thing toward Raphael made him extremely confused. He felt that she wanted to give it to him but could this thing be given away so casually?

As for stealing it? He of course had never thought about it. Not because of justice or something similar but because the value of the holy herb, although extremely huge, was nothing compared to the value of Iris.

“Why are you giving it to me?”

“What else could it be? Do you want to level up? I have enough to get you straight up to level ninety-nine.”

Her words were like a heavy bomb exploding in Raphael’s spirit. The peak of the continent… can be increased just like that?

His family had deep roots in the Great Sun temple but the number of people who reached level ninety-nine was extremely, extremely small.

Their average talent was very high but most of the heirs in each generation all have eight-star talent. His father and he both had nine-star talent, which was a record for the family. Even ancestors over many generations had never seen it.

If one said Raphael wasn’t a little shaken right now, that would be completely wrong. But for him, the matter of increasing strength had long ago become not important anymore.

In the past, when he broke through to level ninety in the shortest time, people praised him as a god. He himself back then was also arrogant, truly believing that he was the person with the best chance to become a god in the last tens of thousands of years.

But ever since after Astrid died, he no longer had any interest in those things anymore. He also became calmer, admitting that even with humanity’s max talent, he still couldn’t become a god.

The problem wasn’t about leveling up fast or slow, but this was his own limit. Even if right now he immediately reached level ninety-nine, cultivating until his lifespan ran out, he still couldn’t become a god.

Moreover, now his faction had three existences with god-level talent. As long as he protected them well enough for them to mature, then in the future there will definitely be three gods who will give the Great Sun temple a proper beating.

“That much isn’t really necessary. If possible, I want to increase to level ninety-five… Give me one more holy herb to save in case I get severely injured. Then I can quickly return to fighting at a higher level.”

It’s true that holy herbs can also help beings at the demigod level recover quickly. But doing that consumes a large amount of energy. If he wanted to level up in that situation, then Raphael himself would have had to cultivate for a long time beforehand to accumulate energy.

“Huh? Are you serious?”

Iris was truly surprised by Raphael. Humans don’t have the long, endless lifespan like energy monsters, so holy herbs definitely have a fatal attraction.

Isn’t directly increasing lifespan to three hundred years good? What Iris understood was mostly about instinct, so she couldn’t figure it out.

“Of course. Am I doing something weird or what that you’re so surprised?”

Raphael smirked, his demeanor like someone who doesn’t care about fame or fortune. Although in reality, he had just opened his mouth and asked for a full five holy herbs. This number was five times the lifetime luck of Gabriel.

The feeling of showing off in front of a god like this was truly exhilarating. If it were a god from the enemy faction, it would probably be twice as exhilarating.

“What are you showing off for? Don’t try to use these childish tricks in front of me. But more importantly, how do you plan to preserve the holy herb? Even if it’s a holy herb, after being picked, it only lasts a few days before dissipating.”

Raphael probably wasn’t joking with her. If that were the case, then humanity must have found a method to preserve these things. Indeed, the race considered the ’main character’ of this world was not ordinary.

“Wait for me a moment.”

He said it and then walked over to the pile of messy stuff, rummaging around looking for something. Then he picked up a crystal covered in dust and blew on it.

The spherical crystal had many non-sharp facets on its surface. Inside, there were equally distinct marks, looking like tens of thousands of mirrors stacked perfectly on top of each other. Light shining into it could reflect out from every direction.

“This thing is called a storage crystal. Its appearance in nature is already like this, and humans cannot create it.”

In one hand Raphael held the storage crystal; in the other hand he held the holy herb. He wanted to show Iris how this thing worked. Energy emanating from his palm continuously poured into the crystal.

“A long time ago, we discovered that using energy to transmit inside and fill the pathways will create a small space. This space can only contain energy herbs or holy herbs, as if they were an inseparable part.”

Iris stared at the crystal. This thing… it seemed she had quite a lot of it. Although the quantity was far less compared to energy herbs, if she used it to store all the holy herbs, using only a small portion would be enough.

Storage crystals don’t actively emit or contain energy, so their magical properties are impossible to detect from the outside.

Moreover, her bag was much better to use than this thing. Therefore, it was understandable that Iris didn’t know the use of this type of crystal.

The crystal in Raphael’s hand swelled up and stopped at the size of a large backpack. Its appearance became even more transparent, as if it were just an illusion and not real.

Iris curiously touched it, but the result was that she couldn’t touch the inside. Even using energy to wrap around her hand, she still couldn’t.

She immediately summoned the Seven-Hued Celestial Dragon Spear, intending to stab it once to test its hardness, but was immediately stopped by Raphael.

“This thing isn’t something super hard. If you accidentally break it, it will really become a normal crystal.”

Hearing that, she immediately stopped and simultaneously watched how the holy herb was able to get inside.

Unlike what she imagined, Raphael simply let the holy herb touch the crystal. Right after that, the crystal immediately sucked the holy herb inside it.

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