CHAPTER 466 FORMATION OF SPIRITUAL CRYSTAL

During that time, all the royal members of both the Timber Deity Empire and the Holy Dragon Empire

were proud of themselves for being able to become primordial spirit manipulators. And because of this,

Woods got little to no attention and care from the royal family. Not to mention his father, the Emperor of

the Timber Deity Empire, who even treated him as a good-for-nothing scum of the earth.

However, just like his sister Alyssa, Woods was considered to be a gifted and brilliant strategist when it

came to military tactics. And within the realm of the Timber Deity Empire, it was only Alyssa who could

outdo Woods in tactics.

Unfortunately, Woods was very unlucky as he was not able to become a primordial spirit manipulator.

Hence, he was treated badly, and even got isolated by his own family. Without Alyssa's help, Woods

would have been totally ignored. In fact, the Wood Clan offered Alyssa a course in the training

program. Right after she finished it, she came back to the empire and got very well recognized by the

Emperor with regards to her excellence in military governance. And because of her return, Woods'

misfortune had become a little bit lessened.

Nevertheless, Alyssa was a princess who could not, in any occasion, become the successor of the

throne. In their kingdom, it was only the princes who was next in line for the throne held by the aged

incumbent Emperor. Expected to resign from position soon, the Emperor still had not made his decision

on whom he would choose as his successor.

With this in light, all of his sons were engaged in the consolation of their own factions and conflict by

wielding their expertise in a particular field. With pressure on their shoulders, all of them wanted to get

their hands on the crown.

Though he was a prince, Woods seemed to be obviously at a disadvantage in the dispute because he

was deliberately excluded by the other princes.

However, as the younger biological brother of Alyssa, Woods still got a lot of support from his sister.

Alyssa's rise and fame helped Woods retain his influence to some extent. Nevertheless, Woods was

still an underdog as he was continually overshadowed by those princes who had made a head start in

presenting their power.

Witnessing with her own eyes, Alyssa advised the Emperor into appointing Woods as her assistant in

the war against the Holy Dragon Empire. With this, she aimed to create chances for her brother to learn

more about the field and distinguish his service in the war and reinforce his campaign team.

In view of Alyssa's high status, it was possible for Woods to soon be conferred with royal titles and

assigned to own a key position. If this happened, then he might gain it to his advantage in pursuit of the

crown and position.

Thoughtfully enough, Woods knew that his sister was offering a great opportunity to train him in the war

and make friends with talents who, if became his close advisors, would certainly bring firm support to

his ambition of becoming the next Emperor.

Meanwhile, thinking to himself, he thought that Rocky was special, as he was out of the ordinary. He

even thought that it would be a good idea to befriend him. Though Woods felt some remorse for being

defeated by Rocky in a war, it was still the kind of defeat that made Woods see Rocky's undeniable

strength in fighting.

"If I would encounter that guy again by any chance, I must make a way on how to persuade him to be a

part of my team," Woods told to himself with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Alyssa, what's your next plan? It is just to maintain our control over the Dead Silence Mount while we

seek for a gradual movement toward victory?" Woods asked his sister with a beaming smile that almost

nearly made his eyes half-closed.

"The Crimson Dragon Army attempted to stall us with their attacks on the Dead Silence Mount.

Currently, we are short on food and materials. If we storm the main force of the Crimson Dragon Army

at the battlefront, our reserve will surely run out within two days. If this happens, then it is nearly

impossible for us to defeat its main force within such a short period of time. For the long term

consideration, we have to continue by keeping our control over the Dead Silence Mount." Although

dissatisfied by her quitting a possible raid, Alyssa had to adapt to such plan only because it was the

best plan in their current situation.

"Wait, I might just have a good idea. It is possible to make the Crimson Dragon Army lose the greater

for the less. And I believe that if this would work, then I would surely see that guy again for another

heap of advice," Woods vaguely said while having a cunning smile.

At the same time, Rocky was pulled in by the manuscript about the formation of spiritual crystal while

he was trying to cure himself from the wounds he sustained in a stone cave.

During his last reading, he had been taught to know the materials, including the Beast Spiritual Pill,

necessary to gather before the formation. Reading some more, he had a full understanding of the

procedure and formation, along with a lot of tested methods that had no luck in achieving success.

Soon, he further mastered the principles of the formation.

He also came to notice the similarity between the formation of the spiritual crystal and that of diamond

—both their formations began with something unattractive and ended in treasures after a long time of

compression and transfiguration.

Diamond is a form of the element carbon. At the early stage, it would not look like much as it was filled

with a lot of impurities. However, it would eventually get the ultimate shape once subjected to intense

pressure and very high temperature.

On the other hand, the spiritual crystal was formed just like the diamond. It originated from a Beast

Spiritual Pill made of spiritual debris. After being melted with elements in the body of a dead spirit-

manipulated beast, the Beast Spiritual Pill would then set out to the absorption of spiritual power and

route to mature into spiritual crystal by its exposure to a vicious environment.

With that being said, the precursor divided the maturation into four steps with reference to the way that

it was formed: concentration, absorption, tempering, and maturation.

Concentration was when a Beast Spiritual Pill was placed in an environment similar to the dead body of

a spirit-manipulated beast so as to concentrate all necessary elements for the formation of a spiritual

crystal. Absorption, on the other hand, referred to a step in which the Beast Spiritual Pill absorbed a

large amount of spiritual power after the concentration. Afterwards, the Beast Spiritual Pill would go

through tempering and would finally mature into the spiritual crystal.

It usually took a long time to even make preparation for concentration, let alone complete the four

steps.

However, Rocky thought that the precursor might make something go wrong, thus the spiritual crystal

could not be formed successfully.

As expected, after reading all the formation recordings in the manuscript, Rocky found out a lot of

mistakes as well as misconceptions based on the scientific theories released in the modern world.

For example, in the process of concentration, the precursor deliberately cut the dead body of the spirit-

manipulated beast into pieces and soaked it in the potion, which aimed to slow down its decomposition

and ensured that the Beast Spiritual Pill could fully absorb the elements from the dead body. Content held by .

Contrary to popular knowledge, this was obviously wrong. Indeed, the dead body soaked in the potion

decomposed more slowly, but, most of its elements would be destroyed which would then make the

retaining elements not enough for the concentration of the Beast Spiritual Pill.

Therefore, the lack of certain necessary elements resulted in failure.

In addition, from the respects of modern science, a large number of fatal errors had already existed in

the other three steps which was the reason why the precursor had not formed a spiritual crystal even

with his lifelong efforts.

"The precursor shared all his experience in this manuscript, and I do understand his desire for a

successful maturation of a spiritual crystal. I must try my best to study the manuscript and correct its

mistakes and misconceptions. I sincerely hope I will not let him down." Putting the manuscript in his

arms as if he were embracing it, Rocky heaved a deep sigh.

Ever since Rocky sustained injuries from the five-star Furious Long-nosed Bear at the fourth grade, he

had been recuperating in the stone cave. Healing with his best efforts, he seized this great opportunity

to meditate and find out a way to make a breakthrough.