As Jiang Liu sat cross-legged to meditate and recover his energy, he popped a Qi Replenishment Pill into his mouth.
After Jiang Liu recovered his strength, he looked at the hole he had dug out, sat on the ground and pondered. He couldn't just act recklessly like this; he had to think of a way.
Even if Jiang Liu went in, he would have to open the cave entrance before letting the Exotic Beast Emperor out. Moreover, this brute force would be time-consuming, laborious, and slow.
Jiang Liu tried to condense his vital energy in his hands, starting with the Five Elements, and then pressed them one by one onto the boulder.
Finally, it was discovered that by first using earth elemental energy to condense earth elemental particles in the stone, and then inputting Ice Primal Qi, the area covered by the elemental energy could be rapidly reduced, dried out, and made fragile.
Then, by sweeping it with Wind Primal Qi, it can be turned into ashes. Although it's not a very large piece of stone at a time, this makes the process much faster.
Jiang Liu immediately started doing this and quickly cleared a passage that could accommodate one person at a time.
After Jiang Liu opened the passage, he entered the stone chamber. The entire stone chamber was a huge space, and a huge Exotic Beast was tied to the wall directly opposite the huge stone.
At this moment, the Exotic Beast was also sizing up its master, but did not roar.
The man and the beast stared at each other for a while, and finally the Exotic Beast Emperor hanging on the wall lowered its head and let out a low roar.
Jiang Liu then took a closer look at the Exotic Beast Emperor. The more he looked, the more familiar it seemed, only it was much larger than before.
Jiang Liu standing in front of it was like the difference between a giant and a child.
The Exotic Beast in front of them had a face covered in fur, a thunder god's mouth, a pointed snout and shrunken cheeks, two fleshy wings on its back, and long limbs, just like the fire-attribute winged monkey from before!
Jiang Liu stared at the enlarged Fire-Winged Monkey before him, lost in thought. He wondered what the relationship was between this Fire-Winged Monkey and the one he had encountered before.
Moreover, this kind of monkey seems to be very rare. Jiang Liu has been wandering in the mountains for so long, and only now has he encountered these two. These monkeys have extremely high talent, no wonder they can cultivate to this level.
Then Jiang Liu looked at the iron chains binding the Fire-Winged Monkey and found that it was a complete encirclement, locking the entire Fire-Winged Monkey to the wall without any blind spots. Its limbs were bound, its wings were bound, and even its neck was bound.
How afraid they must be of the Fire-Winged Monkey escaping! Jiang Liu was speechless.
Jiang Liu looked around but didn't find anything unusual. He wondered how the Fire-Winged Monkey had survived for so long.
At this moment, a rich, Spiritual Qi water element descended from the sky. Before it even reached Jiang Liu's head, the Fire-Winged Monkey used its energy to sweep it up and pull it into its mouth.
Jiang Liu then realized that this was how the Fire-Winged Monkey had survived to this day.
Jiang Liu stepped forward and touched the iron chains binding the Fire-Winged Monkey. He wondered what material these chains were made of, as they were so sturdy that they hadn't broken despite being pulled by the Fire-Winged Monkey for so many years.
Jiang Liu drew his broadsword and began to gather his vital energy. Then, a broadsword Illusory Transformation his vital energy appeared, and Jiang Liu combined the broadsword He Yuan the broadsword Illusory Transformation his vital energy into one.
Then he slashed directly at the iron chain with his sword. With a "clang!" sound, sparks flew everywhere. Jiang Liu took one last look and found that only a shallow white mark was left on the iron chain.
As expected, it couldn't be cut. Jiang Liu had anticipated this outcome before he even started cutting, but he had to try anyway! How could he give up if he didn't try?
Fortunately, the greatsword was undamaged under the protection of the Yuan Qi Illusory Transformation Greatsword.
Jiang Liu then touched the iron chain and began to think of a solution.
Using the same method as before to deal with the boulder, first, envelop a small section of the iron chain with the metallic elemental energy in your palm to gather the metallic particles inside the chain. Then, use Ice Attribute Qi to freeze it, making the iron chain brittle. Finally, exhale Wind Attribute Qi.
With a "whoosh," the iron chain that the broadsword couldn't cut through snapped.
"Haha!" Jiang Liu laughed out loud with great joy, while the Fire-Winged Monkey looked at Jiang Liu with shining eyes. Jiang Liu had just broken the iron chain binding its right foot.
Excitedly, it stomped its right foot hard, and with a loud "thump!", the entire stone chamber shook as if the earth itself were trembling.
Jiang Liu quickly stopped the Fire-Winged Monkey's behavior. Good heavens, if it stomped any further, this stone chamber might collapse.
Next, Jiang Liu opened the chains one by one using the same method. The Fire-Winged Monkey became increasingly happy and excited, and Jiang Liu had to soothe it for a while before stopping it.
Jiang Liu was genuinely afraid that the Fire-Winged Monkey might go berserk and cause the secret chamber to collapse. Although Jiang Liu might not be seriously injured, he would certainly be at risk, Jiang Liu didn't want such an accident to happen.
When Jiang Liu finally put the Fire-Winged Monkey down, the Fire-Winged Monkey had calmed down and was no longer excited. As soon as it was freed, it immediately knelt down in front of Jiang Liu kowtowed to him repeatedly.
Jiang Liu looked at the Fire-Winged Monkey kneeling in front of him, which was even taller than him, and sighed in his heart. Even the Beast Emperor could not protect himself!
Jiang Liu patted the Fire-Winged Monkey on the shoulder to help it up, then looked up at the spot where they had just landed, where the water element was so rich in energy.
Jiang Liu flew up to the top of the stone chamber and discovered a crack there. Moisture was condensing inside the crack, and when it was full, a drop of water would fall down.
It was this single drop of water that allowed the Fire-Winged Monkey to survive until now; otherwise, it would probably have become a dried-up corpse long ago. One can only imagine how precious this drop of Water Primal Qi, rich in vital energy, must be to sustain a Fire-Winged Monkey like this.
Jiang Liu touched the stone and found that its texture was quite different.
He decided to stick to the previous method. Jiang Liu didn't dare to open the gap too wide, only a little bigger than before. Fearing that the water would drain away too quickly, Jiang Liu cut a huge stone bowl underneath to catch it before opening it.
As the gap in the Jiang Liu widened, a stream of water soon flowed down and dripped directly into the stone bowl placed on the ground.
Upon seeing this, the Fire-Winged Monkey became excited. It lowered its head, sucked the dripping water into its mouth, and then lay down to cultivate.
Judging from the Fire-Winged Monkey's behavior, Jiang Liu guessed that it was recovering from its previous physical depletion, so he simply ignored it and continued his digging.
As Jiang Liu continued digging, the gap above his head grew wider and wider, while the water flow had long since stopped. Looking at the large bowl of water droplets on the ground, Jiang Liu felt quite satisfied.
Jiang Liu continued digging until he dug an opening large enough for himself to pass through, and then he leaped up.
After Jiang Liu leaped into the Stone Cave, he discovered that it was a natural Stone Cave, and the exit of the Stone Cave was in the opposite direction of the Gale Valley, which was why it had not been discovered before.
Jiang Liu estimated that the stone chamber below that trapped the Fire-Winged Monkey should also be a natural Stone Cave, but no one would have thought that there was another Stone Cave above that stone chamber.