"Brother Fan, you're here!" Xiaoxue and Xianxian noticed his presence and laughed happily.
"Xianxian, I have something I'd like to ask you for a favor."
Xianxian tilted her head, not understanding what Luo Fan meant. "Brother Fan, just tell me!"
"I want to see what your magic core looks like!"
Luo Fan had compared the differences between the two girls when they were in the secret realm, and the biggest difference was probably in their magic cores.
"But the demon core is inside my body, I can't get it out!" Xianxian was confused, but she knew that Luo Fan would definitely not hurt her.
For magical beasts, having their magic core separated from their body is extremely dangerous; it could even be life-threatening if not handled properly. Luo Fan wouldn't do something so foolish.
"I didn't ask you to take it out. I just need to touch your magic core."
"Oh, no problem! My magic core is right here." Xianxian lifted her dress, revealing her glistening little belly, and pointed to a certain spot.
"Hmm, just a tiny bit in, it might hurt a little!" Luo Fan's tentacles transformed into embroidery needles, gently inserting them into the desired spot.
Sure enough, just as he had thought, it did indeed have the feel of inscriptions.
The needles were quickly removed, and some hydrating fluid was dripped into the wound, restoring Xianxian's little belly to its previous state.
"Brother Fan, what did you find?" Xiaoxue asked curiously, revealing her little belly.
"I've made a discovery; it's Xiaoxue's turn next!"
"Mmm~" The little girl nodded happily.
After a series of similar operations, Luo Fan discovered that Xiao Xue's pure magic core indeed lacked the aura of inscriptions.
Therefore, the real reason limiting her advancement likely lies in the inscriptions. If some of the inscriptions in Xianxian's body were transferred to Xiaoxue's body, it might affect Xianxian's advancement, and the attributes wouldn't be as compatible.
As for her own, it was mainly composed of magic-suppressing runes, so she couldn't use it either.
Two young girls surrounded Luo Fan, watching him quietly.
"Xue'er, I think I've found the reason that's affecting your advancement. It's in the inscriptions." While explaining, Luo Fan demonstrated to the girls by pointing to the patterns on his magic core in the light.
"There are traces of runes growing on Xianxian's magic core, so her future advancement will be easier."
"Inscriptions?" The two girls were bewildered; they didn't understand such advanced terminology, but they did realize the difference between them.
"What will happen to Xiaoxue after that?" Xianxian asked with some worry. Leveling up and advancing is the most important thing in a magical beast's life.
"I'll find a way. After all, the inscriptions on my body were obtained through other means. Xianxian, I'll teach you how to sense inscriptions. Your inscriptions aren't complete yet, so you must eat more water-based spiritual materials to strengthen them."
"I feel that once you reach level 50, your inscription will be pretty much complete, and then I'll teach you other things."
"Mmm~"
"As for Xue'er, let's get her to level 50 first. Maybe after a while, we'll be able to find a suitable rune for you." Seeing the little girl with her head down, Luo Fan quickly comforted her.
"I know, Brother Fan. I'm happy as long as I'm with you."
"Also, if anyone tries to probe your magic cores in the future, don't agree!" Luo Fan added a final warning. He had thought Xianxian might be unwilling and that he'd have to persuade her, but he hadn't expected it to be so easy.
As expected of the girl he'd been trying to win over, she had no defenses against him at all.
“Yes, yes, only Brother Fan can touch it. And we usually hide it.” The two girls nodded repeatedly, and Luo Fan suddenly felt even more motivated.
After examining the two girls' magic cores, Luo Fan discovered a problem: their magic cores were very soft and movable, but the outer membranes were extremely tough, making it quite difficult to pierce them.
Even if their magic cores were pierced, they shouldn't be in mortal danger. Luo Fan sensed abundant magical elements within those two magic cores, of a higher quality than the corresponding spirit stones.
As expected of a descendant of gods, unlike me, who is just a slime with no background.
Soon, the girls who had consumed the spiritual materials entered into meditation one after another. Luo Fan himself returned to Ai Li's side to sort out the gains from this journey.
The earth-elemental clone is done; now it's time for the other three. We have some magic cores of each element, with the most earth-elemental. As for spiritual materials, we mainly have water and wood-elemental ones. Now that we have five spatial rings, rotating them will be much easier.
As for level, I finally reached level 36, so those few deep breaths before leaving were definitely worth it.
In short, this trip was very rewarding, and I learned a lot. I definitely want to visit the Elf Realm someday and search for the Fountain of Life.
However, Ellie's level is still too low, so she must properly train her master.
Snuggling into Ellie's embrace, feeling the familiar scent, and swallowing a few magic cores, Luo Fan also entered into meditation.
Early the next morning, a large crowd gathered in front of the princess's mansion, and the knights were carefully watching the noble lords who came to visit.
Caitlin was woken up and looked rather grim, so she sent people to keep everyone out of the door.
"The princess said she will not be receiving guests today. Everyone, please go home!" Toria said, riding on A'da's back and looking at the group of annoying guys in front of her.
Just as she had predicted, the appearance of the legendary Earth Bear was something these guys couldn't possibly resist.
"Captain Toria, we're looking for you, and those two girls who participated in the secret realm yesterday!" Several nobles gathered around.
"Based on our investigation and memory review, you had a conflict with our personnel in the secret territory yesterday. We suspect that you stole their spoils, and we request your cooperation in the investigation!"
"Heh, now that you've seen that guy's memories, you should know they were the ones trying to rob us. What, you're not happy about that?"
"So, did everything they found end up in your hands?"
"How would we know where things destroyed by spatial rifts went? Why don't you go in and look for them yourselves?"
"You're being unreasonable. Let's go and confront His Majesty! You must give us an explanation!" With that, some of them stormed off.
"Commander, we just want to ask if you're selling that Earth Bear. We're willing to pay any price!" a businessman-looking man shouted.
"Not for sale. Show your guest out!"
After saying that, she turned around and ran towards the backyard.
After a night of fermentation, news of the Earth Bear had spread, and many nobles and merchants were getting restless.
Inside the palace, the emperor had a terrible headache as he watched his ministers arguing in front of him.
Last night, the investigation into this secret realm began, given how many people had died. Unexpectedly, the lucky survivor went mad, forcing them to use a soul-capturing technique to access his few remaining memories.
"It's been confirmed that Toria and the others bear absolutely no responsibility; it's all their own fault. How long are you going to keep this up?!"
The emperor glared at them angrily, yet inwardly he sighed with regret. He realized how terrifying the spatial rift was; even though there was nothing there, those people were torn to pieces.
There seem to be some records about spatial magic in my secret vault; I'll have to study them again later.
“But where did those people’s spoils go? I suspect they’re in what they handed in! As teammates, they should be able to share in their spoils.” Someone was still unwilling to give up.
Through this person's memories, they saw many spiritual treasures, including the inheritance stone tablet.
"They deserved it! How dare they lay a hand on my daughter? I wonder if you authorized it! And when they first encountered the scorpion swarm, they, as teammates, simply ran away. How are we going to settle that score?"
Duke Simmons looked at these shameless fellows and shouted at them.
"If my daughter and the others had come out from the beginning, I wonder what kind of faces you would have made!"
A few people around him echoed his sentiments, but compared to the larger group, they lacked confidence.
"That's not how it works. Let's put this one thing at a time. We didn't want to see this happen either. In any case, Toria and the others must take responsibility for this incident!"
One of the old men who had been silent all along spoke up, and the scene immediately fell silent.
"If Your Highness is willing to hand over the Earth Bear, this matter will end here!"
"Heh, shameless old man, if you like that bear, just say so! Why all the secrecy?" Simmons retorted, but seeing the emperor's gaze, he didn't continue.
The scene then became lively again, with many people preparing to start a war of words, but the emperor stopped them.
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