"What was that?"
Xi Youmeng's mind tensed. She vaguely sensed something amiss as well, but perhaps because it was simply too far away, she always felt something obstructing her perception and could not yet make out the specifics.
"It seems like some kind of ferocious beast is lying dormant in that area."
Lu Feng issued a warning as he sensed the disturbance.
But what greeted him was not vigilance or fear from the people of Shadow Pavilion, but suppressed excitement.
"Wonderful!"
Song Wenbai said delightedly, "I didn't expect to find something upon first entering the Saint Fire Underworld Abyss."
Lu Feng instinctively said, "What kind of gain is a mere ferocious beast?"
"You don't know?" Xi Youmeng shot Lu Feng a suspicious glance.
"Know what?" Lu Feng replied casually, but the moment the words left his mouth, he suddenly recalled something mentioned in the information scrolls and understood what Xi Youmeng meant.
Yet seeing that she had already begun explaining, he did not interrupt her.
"The environment within the Saint Fire Underworld Abyss differs greatly from the spiritual energy of the outside world in our present age. With the space entirely sealed, the beasts here cultivate according to the chaotic aura of this place, and many corresponding mutations have arisen."
"The greatest difference lies in how, under the influence of this strange aura, beasts can open up a pouch chamber within their Inner Cores. They use it to store food and nutrients during times of scarce resources. To a certain extent, its effects rival the storage vessels of us human cultivators. By relying on the beast markings condensed upon their bodies, they can freely retrieve stored food and the like from the pouch chamber."
Song Wenbai added, "Of course, such abnormalities are limited to powerful beasts at the Heaven Soul