Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

It must be said that Lin Qingyu's perspective is indeed unique.

Among humans, Lin Qingyu is probably the one most capable of understanding the thoughts of those sacred beasts, if Lin Qingyu can still be considered a human being.

As dawn broke, Lin Qingyu led Wang Yi and Ren Tianque to a grand hall atop a mountain.

tread!tread!

Wang Yi and Ren Tianque stepped into the main hall, where flames ignited, illuminating the gloomy surroundings.

The main hall is made entirely of rock. Apart from a high platform and a dozen or so dragon-carved pillars supporting it, there is no layout or furnishings inside, making it appear exceptionally spacious.

Lin Qingyu stepped directly up the stairs, returned to his bed, turned to the side and closed his eyes, as if he were resting.

Wang Yi looked around. If this was Lin Qingyu's residence, then his life had indeed been rather austere over the years.

Wang Yi was about to spend several months here, and he certainly didn't want to sleep on the floor.

So Wang Yi opened up the illusory realm, picked out two mattresses from it, and gave one to Ren Tianque.

However, Ren Tianque was not in the mood to catch the mattress at the moment. Instead, he stared at the ground with a look of shock on his face.

"So many magic crystals!"

Wang Yi was taken aback, then his soul power expanded, penetrating through the rock layers and going deep underground, where he discovered a huge cavity that resembled a well.

This cavity was filled with countless magic crystals, so densely packed that it made one dizzy.

"This is probably at least two or three hundred thousand crystals. Although they are all mid- to high-grade magic crystals, the quantity is simply outrageous."

Wang Yi used his soul power to scan it roughly and was able to identify it.

The magic crystals weren't particularly rare; they were mostly from common magical beasts, with a few slightly more valuable ones mixed in occasionally, but no super-tier magic crystals were among them.

The sheer quantity is truly captivating.

Shifting his gaze to Lin Qingyu, who was resting with his eyes closed on the high platform, Wang Yi couldn't help but ask, "Did you kill all of these?"

"Do you think I have nothing better to do than go out and kill magical beasts every day? Although the Queen Bee doesn't care about the life or death of ordinary magical beasts in her territory, doing this is too blatant."

Lin Qingyu yawned and said.

Wang Yi quickly realized that Lin Qingyu was telling the truth.

If Lin Qingyu killed all of these magic crystals, based on his fifteen or sixteen years in the magical world, he would have to kill at least fifty or sixty magical beasts every day to collect them.

Regardless of whether Lin Qingyu still had so many ordinary magical beasts to kill in the territories of the sacred beasts after the Battle of Li Yuan, this act alone was enough to constitute a provocation against the sacred beasts.

It's simply impossible for Lin Qingyu, who was "controlled," to do something like this.

"I don't hunt for magic crystals, I'm just a transporter of magic crystals."

Lin Qingyu rolled over and lay down, muttering indistinctly, "In the magical world, magical beasts reproduce and live and die in cycles. Any race with a relatively large population will have a place to store magic crystals."

"Although magical beasts cannot absorb magic crystals, some magical beasts still have a collecting habit for this special thing. Even if they don't collect them intentionally, after hunting, they will always bring back the magic crystals along with their prey when they bring it back to their territory."

"Moreover, magical beast species with fixed territories also have their own cemeteries, and generation after generation, magical crystals can accumulate little by little."

"Corpses will rot and weather away, but magic crystals will not. Moreover, given the abundant magic outside the magical world, the magic inside the magic crystal hardly dissipates. Therefore, even after hundreds or thousands of years, the magic crystal will not become ineffective."

"After the battle of Li Yuan, a large number of cannon fodder magical beasts died. The magical beasts here are so scarce that they are like they have been sifted through a sieve. You can easily pick up piles of unclaimed magical crystals by just going out for a few walks."

Wang Yi and Ren Tianque exchanged a glance, looking at each other, unsure of what to say.

They could hardly imagine that Lin Qingyu, when bored in this hall, would run out to dig here and there, even digging up the ancestral tombs of magical beasts.

However, Lin Qingyu's collection does prove the preciousness of the magical world.

Even setting aside the abundant magic and the countless living magical beasts, the magical world is a treasure trove yet to be explored.

Here, collecting magic crystals might be faster than killing monsters.

How many magic crystals can the Chinese military obtain after working themselves to the bone and sacrificing so many soldiers every year?

In order to maintain a dynamic balance in the number of monsters in the interdimensional passage, a more dangerous but sustainable protection and development strategy was even implemented.

If we could truly penetrate the magical world, at least in terms of magic crystals, while I wouldn't dare to exaggerate to the point of inexhaustible abundance, it would be like a bolt from the blue, suddenly becoming incredibly wealthy.

After a moment of reflection, Wang Yi reluctantly withdrew his soul power.

If he survives after successfully defeating the Holy Beast Bee Queen, he will definitely come and empty Lin Qingyu's lair.

Wang Yi certainly didn't have time to help Lin Qingyu collect magic crystals everywhere, but he not only had time to help Lin Qingyu spend magic crystals, he had plenty of time, and he was extremely willing to squeeze it in.

So the three of them settled down in the hall.

Lin Qingyu slept on the bed the whole time, and Wang Yi's body didn't need to eat either. Only Ren Tianque needed to eat some food occasionally to replenish his energy.

Fortunately, there was still plenty of food supplies left in Wang Yi's virtual world, enough for Ren Tianque to eat for a year or so.

Although Lin Qingyu seemed to be really asleep, Wang Yi had no intention of taking the opportunity to escape.

Firstly, given Lin Qingyu's soul strength, he doesn't need to sleep at all. Even if he were to fall asleep, Wang Yi and Ren Tianque would still be unable to escape Lin Qingyu's grasp.

Secondly, Wang Yi genuinely wanted to continue the cooperation and try to see if they could defeat the Sacred Beast Bee Queen.

Time passed peacefully, and three days later, Lin Qingyu, who had not moved for a long time, finally sat up.

The slight noise caught the attention of Wang Yi and Ren Tianque, and the two opened their eyes and looked towards the high platform.

Five points of light flew out from Lin Qingyu's body and then transformed into five golden cocoons with blood streaks.

"Secondary life form".

Wang Yi narrowed his eyes slightly; he was naturally very familiar with the magic that Lin Qingyu had released.

The five light cocoons grew quickly, and within minutes they broke open, revealing five Lin Qingyus inside.

Then Lin Qingyu split his own soul and took over the secondary life, thus completing the creation of the secondary clone.

Five clones of Lin Qingyu, each possessing near-transcendent strength, released their flesh and blood disguises, transforming into different appearances according to their own will. They then put on the clothes handed to them by Lin Qingyu, closed their eyes, sat cross-legged, and began to construct their own virtual world.

Twenty minutes later, all the secondary clones completed the construction of the virtual world, then used teleportation to arrive at the cavity beneath the main hall. After each filling the virtual world with a considerable amount of magic crystals, they left the main hall.

"What do you want your clone to do?"

Seeing this, Wang Yi couldn't help but ask.

"Naturally, I'll go back to the human world to work. One of the functions of the Underworld is to collect intelligence. Now that the Underworld has been destroyed, we still need to collect intelligence, otherwise the Queen Bee will easily find out. So I'll have to do it for them."

"You do indeed possess the passage between the human and other worlds."

Wang Yi squinted and said.

"So what? Do you think I'd tell you?"

Lin Qingyu's face had become even paler, as if he had been dead for several days.

After speaking with Wang Yi, she seemed to have exhausted her last bit of strength. Then she closed her eyes, pinched her brow in pain, turned her back to the two of them, and slowly lay down on her side to continue sleeping.