First Illumination Person smiled, her large eyes blinking, but instead of answering Chu Qing's doubts, she softly said:
"Rumor has it that beneath Stone Ridge Mountain, a powerful and noble creature fell!"
"A single drop of this creature's blood can turn someone into an Innate Outsider!"
"It can even ensure that ten generations of that Innate Outsider's bloodline become Innate Outsiders."
"This creature's body fragrance is more precious than any secret medicine in the world. Even the lowest-ranked warrior need only cultivate within the range of her fragrance for one month to easily step into the New Realm!"
"This creature's tears are the most dazzling gemstones!"
"Even an Innate God and Demon can become a still more powerful Ancient God and Demon by swallowing a single drop!"
First Illumination Person described all the benefits of the creature beneath Stone Ridge Mountain.
Every sentence stirred Chu Qing's heart.
Yet when he recalled what First Illumination Person had written at the end of the diary, he instantly realized:
Even First Illumination Person's memory fragment had inherited the original body's vile temperament.
She made people know full well that danger lay ahead, yet left them unable to resist the temptation as they hurled themselves straight toward it.
Moreover, he recalled that Outsider's diary from back then.
That diary recorded that when Stone Ridge Mountain was born, warriors had not yet possessed the New Realm.
They were even still studying the flesh, blood, tendons, bones, and sinews of Outsiders and Innate Gods and Demons, slowly deducing the realms of martial cultivation.
There could never have been any claim that simply staying beside that powerful creature and inhaling her body fragrance would allow one to enter the New Realm.
Chu Qing exhaled a breath of stale air and suppressed the greed in his heart.
"Heh...