Noon the next day.
Lin Yu kept his eyes closed, still meditating and cultivating in the library. Suddenly, his wristband began to beep.
Someone was calling him. Hearing the phone ring, he wondered who it could be.
He opened his eyes, looked down, and saw Lin Fan's name. He couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
He tapped to answer.
Lin Fan: "Main body, I've arrived at Nanjjiang City."
His voice was urgent, a little breathless, sounding quite tired. He must have come straight to Nanjjiang City after disembarking from the void train.
This place was a hundred miles from Nanjjiang City. Lin Fan should come here. Lin Yu thought to himself. He didn't want to leave the academy right now.
Lin Yu: "Leave Nanjjiang City and head south. After about a hundred miles, you'll see a ten-thousand-meter-high mountain. When you get there, stop at the foot of the mountain, send me a message, and I'll come down to meet you."
Lin Fan: "Okay, main body, I'm heading out now."
For the sake of the talent crystal, he was really pushing himself. He was very anxious and, despite his exhaustion, hung up the phone and set off.
He had been killing monsters since yesterday. After receiving the main body's call, he had rushed straight to Nanjjiang City. To catch the void train, he had even gone to a nearby big city to board it.
After getting off the train, he had rushed to Nanjjiang City without stopping, not resting much along the way. He was indeed very tired.
However, the thought of getting the talent crystal soon excited him.
He quickly quickened his pace and walked out of Nanjjiang City. Outside the city, he saw a primeval forest. He didn't stop and headed south. He avoided any fierce beasts he encountered.
The Grand Academy's mountain was a hundred miles from Nanjjiang City. At Lin Fan's speed, he could reach it in a little over an hour.
Lin Yu decided to stop meditating and cultivating and waited for Lin Fan's arrival.
Not long after, Lin Fan called again, saying he had reached the foot of the mountain.
Upon receiving the message, Lin Yu immediately left the academy and headed down the mountain.
Lin Fan was very excited to see Lin Yu and immediately gave him a hug.
"Main body, I missed you so much. You have no idea what I've been through these past few days."
Seeing him still like this, Lin Yu pushed him away and smiled.
"Alright, I know you've had a hard time. But once we become the strongest, we'll enjoy all the benefits in the world. Then, you can do whatever you want, won't that be great?"
Lin Fan nodded repeatedly, his mind conjuring up a vision of the future.
Lin Fan said: "Main body, I will definitely work hard. In the future, we will become the rulers of Blue Star, make all the gods in the heavens submit, suppress all defiance, eliminate all evil, punish evil and promote good, and bring peace and order to the world, so that evil people can no longer exist!"
Lin Yu smiled and echoed his words, "Yes, all of this will be realized in the future. Don't get discouraged, keep working hard!"
Lin Yu encouraged him again. Lin Fan was also pushing himself for the future. His eyes were a little red, wishing he could jump forward in time and witness their glorious moment in the next instant.
Seeing him lost in his fantasy, Lin Yu shook his head, took out the talent crystal, and handed it to him. "Here!"
The moment Lin Fan saw the talent crystal, he snapped back to reality. He was extremely excited and quickly took it.
Before Lin Yu could say anything, he pressed the talent crystal to his forehead and silently recited the usage command. His heart pounded, fearing that as a clone, he might not be able to use the talent crystal.
However, all his worries were in vain.
After a while, the talent crystal turned into a beam of light and entered his forehead. Feeling the talent ability, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He closed his eyes and organized the new information in his mind.
After some time, he opened his eyes and said, "Main body, why is it Puppet Manipulation?"
"It's good to have it. Aren't you lazy? From now on, you can hide and let the puppets kill monsters," Lin Yu said.
Lin Fan heard this and realized it was indeed a good talent. He had always envied the main body's way of killing monsters, staying in the background while the clones handled everything. He had been very envious. Now, he was about to gain this ability too.
He was overjoyed and quickly said with a smile,
"The main body understands me best. Puppet Manipulation talent is perfect for me. It's a pity the range is too small now. With my mental power, I can only control puppets within a two-hundred-meter radius."
Two hundred meters was actually not small, as mental power could be increased, and the control range would also increase. As Lin Fan's mental power grew, his control range would also expand.
It was just that Lin Fan was even lazier than him. Lin Yu would occasionally go to the battlefield, but Lin Fan wanted a life of idling at home while his puppets farmed monsters in the wild.
However, he knew this was impossible and unrealistic for now, but perhaps not in the future.
The thought of the future excited him.
"Main body, I've discovered a fatal problem. I don't have any puppets. According to the conditions of the talent ability, I can only control puppets with my mental imprint on them," Lin Fan pointed out the issue.
Lin Yu smiled, "Don't worry, the skill I gave you is precisely Puppetry!"
"Currently, I am learning Puppetry. It will probably take some time. How about this, I'll teach you Puppetry, and you can quickly learn it too. Hopefully, this will shorten the learning time. Once you learn it, you'll be able to form an army of puppets."
Lin Yu sighed. His talent was cloning. If Lin Fan's talent was also cloning, it would have been more interesting. But talent crystals were rare and sought after; having one was already good.
He could only place his hope on the puppet talent being effective, he thought to himself.
After handing over Puppetry to Lin Fan, Lin Yu planned to return. As for where Lin Fan would go, it was up to him, as long as he completed the tasks assigned by Lin Yu periodically. He wouldn't interfere too much with Lin Fan's whereabouts.
The one-million task he had given Lin Fan last time was already more than half completed. Once he reached one million upgrade points, he planned to increase his combat power. At only Tier Three combat power, he felt very insecure.
Lin Yu instructed, "You can kill monsters nearby, or you can choose to return to the human core territory. It's up to you. As long as you complete the tasks I give you, you can go anywhere."
"Main body, I haven't decided where to go yet, but I need to learn Puppetry first. I'll be going now!" Lin Fan said.
"Go on, go on." Lin Yu waved his hands repeatedly. He knew Lin Fan wanted to learn Puppetry as quickly as possible to utilize the Puppet Manipulation talent.
Lin Fan left, and Lin Yu returned to the academy to continue meditating. However, after only a few hours, Lin Yu was stunned.
He stood up abruptly, exclaiming in surprise, "No way? Lin Fan learned Puppetry so quickly."
He and a group of clones had been pondering it day and night, and they felt like they hadn't even scratched the surface. Lin Fan had learned it in a few hours, which left him stunned.
A piece of information appeared in Lin Yu's mind, the key to Puppetry. By absorbing this information, he could comprehend Puppetry, and this information came from Lin Fan.
Lin Yu was surprised and delighted, unsure if it was due to the Puppet Manipulation talent or if Lin Fan himself possessed a strong talent for Puppetry.
Lin Yu's smile hadn't faded when he was suddenly surprised again.
"The Five Elements Array has also been mastered!"