Within the cave, the light of the fire grew from small to large. Beneath the summoner's fireball technique, the somewhat damp firewood began to dry up before finally combusting into flames.
After a short while, a warm bonfire lit up the cave and warmed it up.
This was a mountain range 70 kilometers away from the outskirts of New River City. In this world of ice and snow, this cave that was dozens of meters deep became a safe haven for two people.
Xia Pingan and Yan Duo sat near the bonfire. Their clothes and pants were a bit damp. In the light of the fire, they were steaming hot, like steamed buns that had just come out of the oven.
Looking at the burning bonfire, Yan Duo felt a bit more comfortable. He let out a long breath of relief. Then, he looked at Xia Pingan, his eyes moving. "You … you've also reached the second essence boundary?"
Just now, the two of them had been madly rushing over, as fast as lightning. Yan Duo hadn't suppressed his own speed at all. As he discovered that Xia Pingan was actually able to keep up with him, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Yan Duo originally wanted to show off in front of Xia Pingan, but he didn't think that Xia Pingan wouldn't give him such a chance.
Xia Pingan calmly nodded.
"Damn, how long have you been a summoner and you've already reached the second essence boundary!?" Yan Duo cursed. As he looked at Xia Pingan, he didn't bother to hide the envy and jealousy in his eyes. "Do you want me to live? Several months ago I was at the first essence boundary and you were still a rookie. How long has it been and now you're at the second essence boundary? Did you raise those realm beads? How could you fuse with them so easily?"
Xia Pingan spread out his hands. "Oh, that's right, I forgot to tell you. I've also grasped the divine runes …"
Yan Duo's eyes widened. He gulped, "You obtained the divine runic world beads? Where did you get such a precious realm bead? "
"I killed a Demon Fire Spider and got it!"
Yan Duo raised his head, speechless. He realized that in front of Xia Pingan, not only could he not act like a big shot, but he was also gradually being pulled apart by Xia Pingan. Damn, he used to be a rising star among the Summoners in Yizhou Province. Why did he feel like a rookie in front of Xia Pingan now?
Just now, he was wondering how Xia Pingan could take out one fuel-air explosive launcher after another like magic. He thought that Xia Pingan also had spatial equipment. He didn't expect Xia Pingan to go one step further and open up a spatial warehouse in the secret mandala.
It wasn't a secret to Yan Duo that a summoner who grasped the holy text could transform the secret mandala and have a space warehouse in it.
"You're also at the Second Yuan Realm. Not bad!" Xia Pingan smiled as he poked at the bonfire with some firewood.
"Screw off, I've been at the First Yuan Realm for a long time. In the last several months, I've fused with a few more realm beads. What's so strange about me reaching the Second Yuan Realm?" Yan Duo's eyes turned and he stretched out a hand towards Xia Pingan. "Didn't you grasp the divine runes? Give me several thousand rune bullets so I can use them in a critical moment. That's right, do you have any more fuel-air explosive launchers that you shot at that red-furred Demon Wolf Mage? Give me some."
"You also have spatial equipment?"
"You eat the meat, but you don't allow others to drink the soup …" Yan Duo finally showed a hint of complacency. "I've also fused with a spatial magic tool in my secret mandala. It's more than 1,000 cubic meters. How about it? Jealous?"
Hearing that Yan Duo had fused with a spatial magic tool in his secret mandala, Xia Pingan didn't say anything else. There were three types of spatial equipment for summoners. One was to transform the secret mandala with the divine runes like he did. Another was to fuse the secret mandala with the secret mandala like Yan Duo did. The third type was a spatial equipment that could be carried on the body. The first two types of spatial equipment that could be fused with the secret mandala were more advanced and couldn't be stolen by others. The last type was relatively low-level and could even be lost. However, low-level was only relative. It wasn't easy for most summoners to obtain a spatial equipment that could be carried on the body.
As for the 1,000 cubic meters of spatial magic tool that Yan Duo mentioned, Xia Pingan chuckled inside.
With a wave of his hand, Xia Pingan took out five individual fuel-air explosive launchers and 20 individual fuel-air explosive launchers and piled them up in the cave.
"Did you rob an armory? Why do you have so many individual fuel-air explosive launchers?" Yan Duo licked his lips and took those big guys away without saying anything else.
"More or less. These individual fuel-air explosive launchers are indeed from the armory. By the way, what caliber bullets do you use?"
"Anything is fine!"
Xia Pingan waved his hand and gave Yan Duo 30 sniper rifle rune bullets.
Xia Pingan's rune bullets, other than the MR98 handgun he used, were mostly used on sniper rifles. That was because snipers were more efficient.
"Only 30, so stingy …"
"You think it's too little? If you don't want it, then give it to me …"
Yan Duo curled his lips. As he saw Xia Pingan take away the rune bullets, he quickly smiled and grabbed the rune bullets, placing them into his own spatial equipment.
What a joke. These rune bullets weren't much to him, but in front of an ordinary person, a single rune bullet could kill a demon spirit. These rune bullets were the most sought-after items.
For Xia Pingan to give him 30 at once, that was already enough of a friend. To create these rune bullets required a great deal of supernatural force. Even if Xia Pingan was a divine runic master, he still wouldn't be able to create many at once.
"Didn't you just obtain a world bead? Take it out and let me have a look!" Xia Pingan said to Yan Duo. He was quite curious about the world bead that Yan Duo had obtained.
Yan Duo's face was blank. His eyes turned and he began to play dumb. "World bead? Where is the world bead? You must be mistaken!"
Seeing Xia Pingan glare at him, Yan Duo dryly laughed. He patted Xia Pingan's shoulder and said, "Don't be so stingy. Didn't you also obtain a world bead? The world bead that the red-furred demon wolf mage dropped is mine. You owe me money from before, so how about it?"
Forget it, it was only a world bead. Xia Pingan was too lazy to bother with him. "Alright, then I'll take that world bead as paying back the money I owe you. That's right, why did you come back?"
Yan Duo talked about his past. Originally, he had brought a few summoners from the Yan Battalion to the Southern Light Continent to cooperate with the Fire Country's Drug Enforcement Administration. After arriving at the Southern Light Continent, he had split up with the summoners from the Yan Battalion. On the day of the Heavenly Tribulation, he had been at sea. His ship had sunk and he had almost not made it back. Later, he had been stranded on a deserted island. He had survived alone on the deserted island for a few days. Finally, he had encountered the search and rescue aircraft from the Drug Enforcement Administration. He had just returned to the Western Desert Province by plane when the Demonic Spirit Wave had erupted. Everything was in chaos.
These days, he had traversed two provinces by himself and had finally returned to Yizhou and Xinchuan.
Of course, Yan Duo had also encountered some opportunities and had met some people. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to advance to the Second Realm.
"This time, I finally understand why some summoner clans can continue for thousands of years and still be so powerful. Moreover, they can produce powerful summoners for every generation!" Yan Duo's expression had a rare trace of reverence. "The inheritance of those summoner clans is unimaginable to outsiders. They even have some secret techniques to fuse world beads?"
"Secret techniques to fuse world beads?" Xia Pingan was also surprised. This was the first time he had heard of this.
Yan Duo's gaze deepened, and his face became solemn. "It's a bit inaccurate to call it a secret technique. How should I put it? More accurately, it's experience. It's the experience of fusing world beads over thousands of years through the analysis of the life experiences of those who have succeeded or failed. In my opinion, it's almost the same as a secret technique. It's hard to get even with money. For example, before fusing with the Divine Fire Realm Bead, we were all confused. After fusing with the Divine Fire Realm Bead, we still don't know how to fuse with it.
"That's right!"
"But did you know that some summoner clans' descendants have a success rate of fusing with the Divine Fire Realm Bead as high as 90%?"
"How did they do it?" Xia Pingan was also surprised. Were there other people who had been reborn in this world with memories like him?
"Because those summoner clans discovered that those who have independent and rich wilderness survival experience have a very high success rate when fusing with the Divine Fire Realm Bead. Therefore, when they train their descendants from a young age, independent wilderness survival experience is a hurdle that the descendants of those summoner clans must pass! In addition, rich natural history and herbology knowledge can also greatly increase the success rate of fusing with the other two Foundation Establishment Realm Beads. Some children of summoner clans will learn these things from a young age and receive special training. Therefore, their success rate of fusing with the Realm Bead and becoming a summoner is much, much higher than that of ordinary people … "
Xia Pingan understood that this was indeed possible. As long as there were enough resources, it was indeed possible to make a professional analysis of the life experiences, knowledge structure, and even personality characteristics, psychological characteristics, and behavioral preferences of those who had successfully fused with certain Realm Beads or those who had failed. Through this analysis, one could slowly explore and summarize which kind of people had a higher success rate of fusing with certain Realm Beads and which kind of people were more likely to fail. Then, one could consciously cultivate and train the future generations to learn and master certain things. Little by little, one could correct and find the most correct and efficient path.
This was like a blind man touching an elephant. One could piece together what each blind man had touched. Even if one couldn't see the elephant, one could still imagine some characteristics of the elephant.
This was how those powerful summoner clans dealt with the mystery of the Realm Bead.
This kind of thing could never be done by one person. It had to be summed up bit by bit through countless successes and failures of countless generations.
"How do you know all this?"
"I saved an old man who was also a summoner. He told me all these things. That old man also imparted many things to me. That old man was also from a summoner clan. His clan had mastered several efficient methods of fusing with Realm Beads. Sometimes, summoner clans would even share their experiences of fusing Realm Beads through marriage or exchange, which became the secret inheritance of their clans …"
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