When he cultivated, although he felt that this thing was a great help, that thing was an even greater help...
But in fact, the existence of the Divine Stone was the greatest help of all.
To him, the Divine Stone was like an accelerator.
It allowed him to continuously absorb the surrounding Spiritual Energy during his daily activities, so that when he actively engaged in cultivation, it would have an effect of getting twice the results with half the effort.
From this point of view, Lin Yuan was able to make such significant progress in just over a year, and the Divine Stone must at least account for thirty to forty percent of the credit.
This was still due to his many adventures; otherwise, the Divine Stone's share of the credit might be even greater.
You should know that besides these four, Zhou Lang certainly had other... well, let's just call them pigs, but it took him more than a year to just barely reach the Late Gathering Spirit Stage.