Ji An's heart secretly rejoiced at this, and he asked:
"Are there any sea beasts entrenched there?"
Any place capable of nurturing fifth-tier high-grade Spiritual Items would inevitably lie atop a Spirit Vein, and that Spirit Vein would have to be fifth-tier Top-Grade.
The Spirit Veins within the Gourd World had also begun nurturing spiritual items, but the gestation of such items was an exceedingly long process. Although the Spirit Veins in the small world were not of low grade, they could not yet yield high-level spiritual items.
It had always taken millennia for earth veins to nurture spiritual items. To produce a fifth-tier spiritual item required at least four or five thousand years. The foundation of the small world still needed improvement.
Yun Miao Sanren nodded. "Of course there are sea beasts entrenched there. They are dragon beasts that live by devouring metal, known as Sea Fang Beasts. Have you heard of them, Fellow Daoist?"
"I have not. Please tell me about them."
"A Sea Fang Beast has the head of a crocodile, with a tusk protruding from each corner of its mouth. The tusks of fifth-tier individuals range from roughly five to eight feet long, and sea beasts have always refined them into offensive spirit treasures.
"Their tails resemble fish tails, while their bodies are flat and elongated, covered in hard scales. Those scales are excellent Artifact Refining Materials.
"Furthermore, the skin beneath the scales secretes mucus, so the surface of their armor is covered in a layer of transparent liquid that offers special protection against piercing attacks.
"Not only that, this liquid possesses a certain degree of Spell Resistance.
"Sea Fang Beasts are gregarious demonic beasts. As they devour ore within mineral veins, they leave behind a tangled network of tunnels.
"We must deal with this group