Sacred Spirit Pond
This enormous pool of water, so vast it seems boundless, could even be called a lake. Its water is emerald green, radiating a rich energy and Life Force. Just a gentle sniff is enough to invigorate one's spirit.
"Splash! Splash! Splash!"
Suddenly, the air rippled slightly, and several thuds were heard as five figures with considerable auras fell into the pool one after another.
"Time is running out, so let's each take a corner and focus on our cultivation."
Lin Dong's suggestion prompted the five to immediately assume a pentagonal position and sit cross-legged in the pool, quickly entering a meditative state.
They could only stay at the Sacred Spirit Pond for a month, so they had to seize every opportunity to extract energy from the pool to cultivate and lay the foundation for entering the Nirvana Stage.
"The Great Darkness Realm!"
Watching the four people quickly enter a meditative state, Lin Dong smiled slightly. Dense darkness surged out from his body, transforming the corner of the Sacred Spirit Pond he occupied into a vast Great Darkness Realm, obscuring all possible prying eyes from the outside world.
The outside world was pitch black, but the inside world was as bright as day.
"Kid, are you planning to let that Stupid Tiger soak in the Sacred Spirit Pond Pool?"
The air rippled rapidly, and a slender figure emerged.
"Roar!"
As soon as Little Marten finished speaking, a small Red Kitten immediately darted out of Lin Dong's arms and quickly swelled into a ferocious Tiger Beast that was over ten feet in size.
"Yes, Little Flame has already stepped into the Half-step Nirvana Stage. This Sacred Spirit Pond is made of the essence and blood of an ancient divine beast, so it is perfect for it to use the power of this pool to break through to the Nirvana Stage."
Lin Dong patted Little Flame's head. Soon it will be able to transform into human form. He was really looking forward to it.
"Hmm, that's true. Logically speaking, if that Stupid Tiger still can't break through after consuming so many of your Nirvana Pill over the past six months, we might as well just kill him."
The Little Marten rubbed its chin and nodded in deep agreement.
"Roar!"
The intelligent Little Flame clearly understood something and immediately bristled, roaring loudly at the Little Marten.
"Alright, stop playing around. I can Sense Stage a faint but lingering pressure at the bottom of the pool. It's likely that the ancient divine beast perished here. Little Marten, go down and check the situation. If it's true, we might be able to reap some benefits."
Lin Dong stared straight at the bottom of the pool. With his Mental Energy already reaching the level of Two Seal Heaven Talisman Master, he could clearly Sense Stage the savage yet domineering hidden pressure below.
"So you Sense Stage it too? In my opinion, this ancient divine beast's cultivation level in life should have surpassed the Nirvana Stage, and it was an existence that stepped into the Life and Death Mysterious Stage. If we can find its remains and find its Natal Blood Essence and Demonic Spirit there, it might be possible for me and Stupid Tiger to advance further."
"Keep an eye on Stupid Tiger. I'm going down to check on him and I'll be right back."
The Little Marten nodded, then transformed into a streak of purplish-black Ghostly glow and plunged down.
"Little Flame, let's begin. I'll Protector you. You must reach the Nirvana Stage this time. Don't let me and Little Marten down."
Lin Dong patted Little Flame encouragingly.
"Roar!"
A glint of light suddenly flashed in Little Flame's ferocious tiger eyes. He nodded his head heavily, then closed his eyes and lay prone in the pool. With each breath, ripples of emerald green energy flowed down his fur and into his body.
"Slow, still too slow, let me help you."
Lin Dong casually drew a circle in the air with his finger, and a dense Devouring Power immediately surged under Little Flame, rapidly condensing into a vortex black hole a hundred feet long, placing Xiao Yan exactly in the center of the Black Vortex.
"Buzz!"
As the vortex black hole spun rapidly, the water surface churned violently, and the emerald green energy in the pool was being drawn in large gulps by the Devouring Power and frantically poured into the Tiger Beast's body in a manner that could only be described as frenzied.
As the energy of the pool water continued to enter his body, Little Flame's crimson fur became increasingly shiny, and his aura became increasingly obscure.
In an instant, the surface of the pool became completely calm.
A day later, a dark purple- Ghostly glow shot out from the bottom of the pool like lightning and landed in the dark barrier.
"How was the harvest?"
Lin Dong, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, opened them.
"Hehe, how could Lord Marten Mink fail? The beast corpse at the bottom of the pool is an Ancient Heavenly Crocodile. In its lifetime, it should have been a demon Demonic Beast that had reached the Death Mysterious Stage, Minor Achievement. I don't know why it perished here."
"The essence and blood that flowed from the wound condensed into the Sacred Spirit Pond, which was later discovered by the Great Yan Imperial Family, who used it as a base to establish a kingdom. Look, what is this?"
With a flick of its Little Marten, two orbs of light radiating intense energy appeared before Lin Dong.
A mass of grayish-red essence blood, constantly wriggling, resembling a living being.
One is a simple, white bone spear with a rounded body and a jade-like material. The Youyou, cold light at the tip of the spear reminds people that this is no ordinary object.
"The Natal Blood Essence and Natal Spirit Treasure of the Ancient Heavenly Crocodile?"
Lin Dong glanced at them and recognized their origin.
"Well, this Sacred Spirit Pond is only formed from the essence blood that flowed out from the wound of the Ancient Heavenly Crocodile. The majority of it is still in its corpse. I, Lord Marten Mink, simply extracted all the essence blood from its body and purified it into this small ball of essence blood."
"Although the Sacred Spirit Pond of the Great Yan Dynasty may be completely ruined from now on, it doesn't matter. After my brother and I become successful, we will come back to make it up to them."
The Little Marten smiled rather slyly.
"Condensed from most of the essence and blood of the Ancient Heavenly Crocodile? The essence and blood of the ancient divine beast is indeed very beneficial to Little Flame. If it can completely digest it, it will be able to reach at least the fifth-level, no, the Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage in the future."
Lin Dong nodded to himself; he wasn't the kind of person who was pedantic.
The Sacred Spirit Pond opens once every twenty years. In twenty years, he will surely become Peak Expert in the Tianxuan Continent. Not to mention giving the Great Yan Dynasty a secret realm, it would be a piece of cake for him to upgrade it from a Low-Level Dynasty to Ten Great Super Dynasties.
"Don't give Little Flame the essence blood of the Ancient Heavenly Crocodile for now. It is currently at a critical moment in its attempt to break through to the Nirvana Stage. Digesting the essence blood of a different kind of divine beast will only distract it."
Lin Dong casually gestured and took the ball of grayish-red essence blood into his pocket.
"Look, this bone spear is Natal Spirit Treasure forged by the Ancient Heavenly Crocodile using its own bones," Little Marten continued to explain.
Powerful Demonic Beast (at least at the Nirvana Stage) or those with bloodline inheritance usually refine a part of their body into Natal Spirit Treasure using secret methods. This could be hair, skin, tail, or even teeth that naturally shed from their animal body.
It is also possible that he deliberately cut off a powerful part of the beast's body and then refined it into his Natal Spirit Treasure.
In any case, the raw materials for the Natal Spirit Treasure of various Demonic Beast are incredibly diverse; there's nothing that powerful demons can't make, only things you can't imagine.
Ahem, of course, there are also some sources of raw materials for Natal Spirit Treasure that Human Race powerhouses would never want to know, it's simply mind-blowing.