Hearing this sentence, my heart was filled with regret: "It shouldn't be like this. The Shepherd's Power I consumed during my breakthrough was terrifying..."
"Because you are different from him!" Old Yu said with a smile.
"Different? We both cultivate the Shepherd's Art..." I said seriously.
"Just trust me!" Old Yu continued, "I'll tell you specifically where you are different when the time is right!"
Although I didn't like this cryptic way of speaking, since Old Yu had already said so, I felt too embarrassed to ask further.
After only about half a day, Lin Chun opened his eyes, with an undisguised joy in his gaze.
"You've broken through, haven't you?" I asked with a smile.
"This feeling..." Lin Chun looked at his hands. "It's truly marvelous. Every corner of my body is filled with power..."
"That's right." I smiled. "Come up and rest for a bit first!"
Lin Chun nodded and ate the grilled fish on the side.
I fumbled around in the hot spring. The Shepherd's Power within had been completely depleted.
"Speaking of which..." I said, taking out the small compass from before, "you test it!"
Lin Chun paused slightly, then, as I requested, injected his Shepherd's Power into the compass.
A moment later, the compass emitted a dazzling light, and then a pattern representing lightning appeared before Lin Chun.
"Lightning power!" My eyes lit up. The power of this thing was also extraordinary.
"So, the power I've adapted to is lightning?" Lin Chun was a little surprised, his joy even more uncontainable.
The power of lightning was extraordinary, so possessing this power meant possessing terrifying destructive force.
This way, combat effectiveness would be elevated to a new level.
"When did you get this thing?" Old Yu asked, looking at the compass in my hand.
"This... I once met someone called a Shepherd by chance, and he gave me this thing..." I said with a smile.
"Shepherd..." Old Yu's voice was filled with doubt. "Logically speaking, all cultivators know each other's names. How come I've never heard of someone called Shepherd?"
I shook my head: "To be honest, I don't know either. That's what he told me..."
"It doesn't matter. This thing is very useful to you. Keep it well!" Old Yu said with a smile.
I nodded and said no more.
After a simple tidy-up in the cave, we left directly.
"Where do we go next?" Lin Chun asked.
"Next, we'll look for a place where it's raining and thundering..." I said with a smile.
Hearing this, Lin Chun looked at me: "Are you planning to help me activate my attribute?"
"Yes!" I nodded. "Once it's activated, your combat effectiveness will increase to a new level. However, I must also tell you one thing..."
"What is it?" Lin Chun asked.
"The process of activating attributes will be very painful. The intense pain will be unbearable. If you really can't stand it, just give up..." I said with a smile. I had experienced that process before, so I knew how terrifying it was.
Enduring such pain had even made me feel life was not worth living.
In such a situation, there was no way to alleviate that pain.
"I understand!" Lin Chun said with a solemn expression.
After we walked out of the cave, we didn't linger in such a beautiful environment and left directly.
We walked along the coast for about a day. During this day, we didn't just rush forward but adapted to our respective powers.
Now that both of our strengths had improved, we both needed to adapt to the changes.
By nightfall, we had basically mastered our current strength and caught a few wild rabbits along the way.
The roasted wild rabbits smelled delicious, but unfortunately, Old Yu couldn't eat them, as he was merely a remnant soul.
It was already quite good that he could persist until now. If I hadn't brought him out, he would have been completely dissolved if he had stayed in that pool for a while longer.
At that time, this remnant soul would have dissipated without energy to support it.
But now there was no need to worry about this matter. The reason was simple: soaked in the Water of Life, this crystal of Shepherd's Power would not be dissolved.
Therefore, there was no need to worry about this crystal disappearing one day.
To some extent, this remnant soul could be preserved for a very long time!
How long exactly, I couldn't be sure myself!
When the power of the Water of Life weakened, I could continue to replace it with some new Water of Life.
This way, Old Yu could maintain his state again.