"Done," Ren declared with satisfaction, stepping back to admire his handiwork. "Now I just need to cultivate with the correctly processed crystals."
Without wasting a moment, Ren took one of the special crystals he had prepared. Unlike normal crystals, these had a distinctive internal glow, as if they contained liquid light.
"Are you going to absorb it now?" Taro asked with surprise. "Shouldn't you rest first? You already took that large crystal for your mushroom this morning, and we spent a good while at considerable depth."
"I don't want to lose time," Ren responded, his fingers caressing the crystal's surface. "Every day that passes without advancing the cultivation is a day wasted."
