After another week of travel, Krune's group then made their way back to the Elental Sect Planet. Once there, they noticed how the checking rules were still as strict as before.
"It seems like there are being very through with this."
Feifei nodded.
"There might have six planets with one entry to the Elenta Path Realm each. But the fact is that the supply of Elental Path Stones of six planets is far from being enough for an entire Universe. Any kind of power would definitely do their best to protect it."
Krune and the others nodded.
"So, what should we do? Move around the city outskirts?"
Tiane then suggested.
"As long as we don't leave the city without permission, there should be no problems. So I guess we should separate here and check everywhere with our Elental ridians. Considering that we are inside the city, there shouldn't be many Elental Path Stones. Not to ntion that it was just recently that the Elental Path Realm opened, so there shouldn't be many stones ford yet as well. If we can find so stones in this condition, we can consider the Elental Stones gathering plan feasible and move to the next part."
Krune, Feifei, and Ruik accepted Tiane's idea, and they imdiately separated. The teleport formation that they used to arrive is inside a City called Tava, one of the biggest cities on the planet. So the city itself was, in fact, enormous. Each mber of their group then decided to cover one of the cardinal directions. Krune South, Feifei West, Ruik North, and Tiane East.
According to what Krune thought, they should keep their Elental ridians activated all the ti. Krune is sure that the Elental ridians are very attracted by those stones, the question in hand is from how far they could feel that attraction.
The answer didn't take long to arrive, though.
Just 20 minutes after they separated, Krune already got a ssage from Ruik.
"Found one, or at least, I think I did. The problem is that my Elental ridians are asking to go underground."
Feifei and Tiane were on the sa call as well.
"Is the place you are at the mont bad for you to go down?"
Ruik nodded his head.
"Yes, I'm still in the middle of the city. If I didn't need to care about that, I would have done it already."
Krune pondered a bit and then said.
"Forget this one. Let's try to find stones that are on the outskirts. If you start using your cultivation to go underground in a place like this, it will be too suspicious. Before arriving there, ignore any other call from your Elental ridians."
Everyone nodded, and they kept moving to the city's borders. On the way, Krune, Feifei, and Tiane also had tis where their activated Elental ridians felt like being attracted by sothing. But it was always underground.
'Well, that is to be expected. Any Elental Path Stone that might appear on the surface would probably be found straight away with so many people and beasts here.'
Krune was the first one to arrive at the southern borders. He could see the wall protecting the city's entrance and a protection formation moving all the way up to the skies.
'That should be what they are relying on to stop others from leaving and profiting on their Elental Stones.'
Krune ignored the wall and started to move around. He also kept so distance away from the wall since it had so patrols now and then. Still, it didn't take long for Krune's activated ridians to once more feel attracted by sothing.
'I felt it two tis already, and it was just like when my ridians absorbed the demon beasts' light and the Elental Path Stone. It must be an Elental Path Stone as well.'
Krune found the place where he felt his ridians attraction to be the strongest and imdiately started to use his Earth Elent and Laws to go down. This ti, there was almost no one around since very few lived near the city's borders. Thanks to his Earth Elent and Laws, it was also easy for Krune to move the Earth without causing any ruckus.
In less than a minute, Krune had gone over a hundred ters down. Finally, the attraction that he felt from his Elental ridians grew bigger, and Krune finally noticed the Elental Stone in his Divine Sense.
'As expected, if one isn't very close, it is hard to notice the stone with Divine Sense alone. The attraction from the Elental ridians can reach much further, though.'
Krune then moved to the Stone Direction and finally grabbed it.
'There is no doubt, it is an Elental Path Stone. I guess it confirms the success of our plan.'
Krune didn't take that Elental Path Stone, though. He had already looked into the Elental Sect Planet Rules for Elental Path Stones. Any stones had to be delivered to the sect in case you bumped on one. The sect would then pay you a certain amount of its value. In case soone was caught smuggling stones out of the planet, the sect mbers have the authority to imprison that smuggler. The price to be released also isn't anything that a single Elental Path Stone could pay.
Usually, the sect would put a seal and force those who broke the rules to work for them for several years. The total number of years depended on how many Elental Path Stones he or she tried to take away. That is also why Krune wants to get permission to look for them so that his group wouldn't fall into this situation.
As soon as Krune returned to the surface, he received a ssage from Tiane. She, too, arrived at the outskirts and found a stone around 150 ters underground. Since their group had agreed to it before, Tiane also left that stone behind. Feifei and Ruik contacted Krune as well soti later to tell that they too found it.
The group then went back to the city center. In the end, Krune and the other spent around 2 hours in this endeavor and found the location of 10 or so Stones.
"Alright. We confird that the Elental ridians are really much better to find hidden Elental Path Stone than Divine Sense is. But we also found out that there are differences in quality. The Elental Path Stone that I used back in the wisp world provided energy equivalent to a 1st Stage Divine Soul Realm Demon beast from the Elental Path Realm. But the Stones we found this ti around didn't have that much energy."
Feifei didn't find it strange, though.
"That was probably a crafted stone. They used Rank 10 Spirit Stones and Elental Flowers to finish that. So I guess it is normal for that stone to give so much more energy."
Krune and the others nodded.
"Still, if we put all the ones we found together, it should have more energy than that single one I used. So the plan is still worth it. It is just that we will need to find thousands of them for each of us. But since we can do it while we cultivate, it shouldn't be a problem."
Krune then looked into so information in his communicator and said.
"Let's go to the Elental Sect and see if my pills can really be traded by a collection pass. I already checked, and there is a branch of the sect in every single big city on their planet. We can go there now and check it."
Feifei and the others nodded and imdiately moved out.
"Krune, do you have enough of your special pills with you?"
Krune smiled after hearing that question.
"I made a lot of pills, and I made sure to keep a reasonable amount for myself. That is also why I haven't concocted in so ti. It is simply because I already had the pills ready. Now those extra pills will have another good use."
Krune's group arrived in the Elental Sect Branch a few minutes later. There, Krune went to the counter and inquired about the Elental Path Stones collection.
"It is indeed possible to provide a pass to gather Elental Path Stones. But that pass is costly and has limited ti use. Every pass has the sa value as 100 Elental Path Stones of any quality. The ti that it is active is only one month. If you can't find enough to cover for this price, you will be forced to work for the sect for several years to pay for the rest. Are you okay with that?"
Krune then brought out his trump card.
"Can the price be paid with alchemist pills?"
The attendant nodded.
"Depending on the type and tier of the pill, it can."
The attendant didn't know much about alchemy, so he called an alchemist that works in their branch to check Krune's pills first.
As soon as the Alchemist tried to check Krune's pill with his Spiritual Energy and Divine Sense, the purple fla appeared around it. As an alchemist himself, he imdiately understood what that ant. A lot of people and beasts want to have Krune's pills, but there was simply not enough supply out there! Still, they had all read about the information about them and the so-called purple fla that it shows when Spiritual Energy is sent inside.
"This! Are you sure you want to use these pills to pay for the collection pass?"
Krune nodded. For him who can make those pills at any ti, the Elental Path Stones that had to be paid were of much higher value.
"Very well, with this number, I can provide you with a one year pass. Jolk's pills are not as valuable as the Elental Path Stones, but they are much harder to find. The main advantage is that they can achieve the effects of much higher-tiered pills, so in fact, it saves a lot more money even if their value is lower."
Krune didn't mind.
"It's okay. What I want are the Elental Path Stones, those pills are of little use for at the mont."
The Alchemist nodded and then talked with the attendant again. Not long after, Krune and his group received a three-months-pass each. Krune's pills were worth a year of collection, but it was for him alone. Since they were in four, they would need a pass each. So that year was shared between the four.
Before Krune left, that Alchemist asked him.
"For you to have this many of Jolk's pills, are you perhaps related to him? Or perhaps... are you him?"
Krune smiled and just nodded. He was using his Jolk identity and appearance at the mont, just like Feifei was with her Wulia Feier alias and face as well.
"If you want to receive this good deal again in the future, make sure to not spread the news. If it turns out that I can't spend my ti having fun with my friends here, then I will be forced to leave."
The guy imdiately nodded. Those pills would save a lot of money to their sect. So he might even get a bonus depending on how many of those pills he gets from Krune in the future.
Krune looked at everyone and said.
"Let's go!"
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