The island inhabited by Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpions was a small one, but it had mountains. Even during a tsunami, it would not be submerged.
Though he was no expert in geography, Ye Zhen soon discovered after arriving on the island that Jade Scorpion Island's environment differed from that of other islands.
Unlike ordinary islands, which were damp and stifling, this island was remarkably cool. Ye Zhen guessed that this was related to the island's Earthly Meridian.
At the same time, this meant that the Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpions' habitat was far from ordinary.
They could not simply be relocated elsewhere.
Ye Zhen spread his divine soul over the entire island and made a rough count. There were around five thousand Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpions on the island, with juvenile scorpions accounting for only about one-tenth.
That was a fairly suitable proportion, but the overall number was far too low. One careless mistake could lead to their complete extinction.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Zhen took out a Small Communication Teleportation Array. After sending a Talisman Signal, he began extracting Jade Finger Scorpion Poison with complete focus.
Before long, Ye Zhen discovered that only male Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpions could yield scorpion venom. The females did not possess Jade Finger Scorpion Poison.
There were only a little over two thousand male Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpions on the entire island. Basically, each one could produce only a single drop of Jade Finger Scorpion Poison.
Roughly a hundred male Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpions were needed to fill one bottle of Jade Finger Scorpion Poison.
This was an extremely delicate task and had to be handled with utmost care. Otherwise, if he were stung by a Spirit-Severing Jade Scorpion, even Ye Zhen would be poisoned and lose all his spiritual power.
It took Ye Zhen a full five