The truth was, Alyssa was still a little hesitant because she believed that she could think of a way to make the best of both worlds. For that, she still needed to keep Rocky by her side for the time being.
"It's definitely your style. But even so, I will fulfill my promise and try my best to help you remove the curse," Rocky replied calmly.
"It can't be removed if the two of us just sit here and do nothing." Alyssa sighed.
"What do you mean?" Rocky asked, raising his eyebrows in confusion.
"Nothing." Although her voice was indifferent, Alyssa was actually very upset. Ever since she had found out about the key to remove the curse, she had been struggling with herself.
"Then what should we do now?" Rocky stared at Alyssa for her reaction. He enjoyed cultivating with her because it helped him improve his own cultivation. It would be a pity if he didn't make good use of this opportunity.
"I have to leave now." Alyssa hesitated for a moment before vanished in the blink of an eye. She didn't want to be around Rocky for too long.
"Something is wrong with her. She seemed a little absent-minded," Rocky murmured to himself with his arms crossed. Suddenly, something occurred to him and he immediately headed back to the Cao Mansion.
When he reached his place, he saw that the round furnace had burnt out and shook his head. After spending so much time with Laney, he had almost forgotten the fact he was still refining the spiritual crystal.
Fortunately, the refining process was periodic, so it didn't matter if the fire died out from time to time. He started the Positive Fire again and then went back to his room to write down his plan.
A few hours later, he returned to the round furnace and added some corrosive liquid into it. This was the last time that he would add the liquid. In just twelve hours, he would enter the last stage of the refining process, which involved refining the Beast Spiritual Pill that had absorbed all the elements in the liquid into a crystal that co
furnace flashed again and again, as if it was being hit violently.
An hour later, when his clothes were soaked with sweat, he finally stopped. After catching his breath, he opened the lid of the furnace. The Beast Spiritual Pill had turned into a translucent crystal, which was the rudiment of the spiritual crystal.
Rocky took out the crystal and held it in his hand. He could sense a very weak spiritual power inside it.
Although he had refined the rudiment of the spiritual crystal, according to the instructions on the notebook, he still needed to go through three more stages to refine a proper spiritual crystal. The last three stages seemed simple, but the conditions required were very harsh and bothersome. For example, in the next stage of absorbing spiritual energy, he had to put the crystal in a place full of spiritual energy and refine it for at least seven days and seven nights.
But right now, he was busy with so many things that he didn't have time to find a place full of spiritual energy. After thinking for a while, he finally remembered the ancient temple that Alyssa had taken him to before. According to her, there was a spiritual cave under the ancient temple that was full of spiritual energy. Moreover, it was a hidden place that no one knew about. It would be perfect for refining the spiritual crystal.