Blood Bone

[This chapter is an extra chapter I owe to the leader of the "(You Hurt Me) Alliance".]

The best thing about the Outer Heavenly Demon is that they are not only durable, but they also carry all sorts of treasures.

The most touching part is that you can get equipment after defeating the enemy.

Generally speaking, regardless of the type of Demon, the most basic items dropped by demons are Spirit Stone, medicinal herbs, and refining materials.

If you're lucky, some high-ranking Outer Heavenly Demon might possess magical artifacts or treasures.

The crafting techniques used to create these magical artifacts and treasures are quite unique, completely different from the crafting methods commonly used in the Cultivator World today. However, once cultivators obtain them, they can use them after a little refinement.

Therefore, some senior cultivators speculate that the Outer Heavenly Demon may be related to the previous era of the Heavenly Dao, or even be products of a much more distant era; others guess that Outer Heavenly Demon may originate from other worlds; still others wonder if they might be beings from another dimension.

There are many different opinions on this matter.

However, since the Outer Heavenly Demon have no brains, even if cultivators use memory-searching spells to forcibly enter their minds and read their memories, they cannot find any useful clues. Therefore, gradually, the origin of the 'Demon' has become a complete mystery in the Cultivator World.

The Venerable White began opening the treasure chests.

He reached out and pushed aside the pile of Blood Pearl, then grabbed a dark stick that appeared in the Venerable White's hand. It was made of some unknown material, but it looked very hard and heavy.

"A rough draft of a staff-type magic weapon. With some refinement, it can be transformed into a very good staff-type weapon. Moreover, the material is very special, guaranteeing its hardness. Anyone want it?" Venerable White asked.

The Dharma King Creation raised his hand. "If no one needs it, just register it under my name. Senior White, please continue opening treasures and see how many you can get. After the final tally, if the number of treasures isn't large... after I take this staff, I'll provide an equivalent amount of Spirit Stone to compensate everyone for their losses."

Besides the War Buddha True Body Battle Buddha Sect, where the Dharma King Creation resides, also possesses the world-renowned "Sky-Rending Sea-Turning Staff Technique," which is extremely powerful. The material of this staff blank is quite good; with some refinement, it will become a fine staff, perfectly suited for the Dharma King Creation.

"Alright, you can take it. We'll make up the difference later." Venerable White reached out and tossed the unfinished staff-like magical artifact to the Dharma King Creation.

Then, Venerable White continued rummaging and said, "One magic ring, of the ice attribute. It should enhance the effects of ice-type spells. Snow Wolf Cave Master, it's yours!"

The Snow Wolf Cave Master accepted the magic ring and grinned from ear to ear.

Venerable White continued pulling out his robes, "A strange red ribbon. I don't know what its effects are, but Eastern Six, this one suits you perfectly!"

The Venerable threw the red ribbon towards the Eastern Fairy. When the red ribbon danced with the Eastern Fairy, it would surely be a feast for the eyes.

Then, Venerable White continued to rummage through his fingers, "Hmm, it's medicinal herbs. I recognize this herb; it should be something green or something with a blue root. I can't remember the name, but I remember that if you add a few more ingredients to this herb, you can refine a pill that increases the chances of breaking through the bottleneck of the Sixth-Grade Realm. Northern River, you just need this; keep it."

Of those present, only Northern River's Loose Cultivator was close to breaking through to the Sixth-Grade.

Northern River's Loose Cultivator happily accepted the medicinal herbs. With these, his chances of advancing to the Sixth-Grade True Lord level increased even further.

Venerable White continued pulling out his stuff, "A small amulet. Hmm, this thing is a bit strange... Ha, it's a pretty good treasure. An amulet made from a small portion of 'Dragon Vein' can increase a person's luck to some extent. Anyone want it?"

This thing is from the same lineage as the small section of dragon Dragon Vein in the hands of Venerable White.

"Me! Me! Me! I want it!" Mad Saber Three Waves raised his hand forcefully, sniffing hard. He felt like he'd been incredibly unlucky these past few days, with everything going wrong.

So, today, that dashing slash of his own brought him to his 'doom'. Therefore, he'd better get something to enhance his Fortune for protection. Whether it works or not, having it in his heart will give him peace of mind. Hopefully, with this protection, his fellow cultivators in the group will go easy on him when they seek revenge.

"Alright, then it's yours, Three Waves." Venerable White tossed the small talisman to Three Waves.

The rest of the process can be summarized as the Venerable White continuing to plunder, endlessly continuing to plunder.

Special medicinal herbs, magical artifacts, weapons—you name it, they have it.

Soon, all the fellow cultivators in the 'Nine Provinces Number One Group' received their own treasures. Even the True Lord White Crane, who was just there for show, received two strange pieces of refining metal as a consolation prize.

Even Doudou and Yu Jiaojiao received two little treasures. One received a pearl that enhanced the power of water-based abilities, while Doudou received a black chain of unknown purpose—perfect for attaching to its new collar as a dog leash.

"Speaking of which, I don't recall 'Demon' being this prolific, do I?" True Lord Yellow Mountain rubbed his chin. Under normal circumstances, after Outer Heavenly Demon is killed, it's considered good if it carries three or four treasures and some Spirit Stone with it.

If someone has six or seven treasures, then they've had a stroke of incredible luck.

In the past few hundred years, True Lord Yellow Mountain has never heard of any Demon who could produce more than ten treasures.

But now... how many treasures has Venerable White already taken?

More than fifty pieces, I think!

Even if this Demon is a special breed of Blood Demon, even if this Blood Demon is a rare and powerful Demon with the strength of Sixth-Grade! Fifty treasures are still a bit too much.

"Ah, Senior Yellow Mountain only now expressing his feelings?" said True Lord Ancient Lake Abbey. "When Senior White took out the Sixteen treasure, I was already at a loss for words. Then, I thought to myself—because it's Senior White, it's perfectly reasonable no matter how many treasures he takes out. That's all I can think."

"Do you think Senior White might have secretly taken treasures from his spatial storage and distributed them to everyone? No matter how you look at it, over fifty items is just too outrageous. Where could the Blood Demon possibly carry so many things?" Fellow Daoist 'Bright Moon, When Will You Be' said.

"I have a feeling it might be because this Blood Demon used to be a 'merchant' or something similar, and happened to be carrying a lot of stuff?"

"Fellow Daoist, you're overthinking it."

Finally, Venerable White reached out and grabbed a large pile of Spirit Stone of all shapes and sizes. "Hmm, that's all gone... The rest are Spirit Stone. So these Spirit Stones are mine! Oh... right, and Shuhang too. Here, Shuhang, here's a few Spirit Stone for you as a 'Sunshine Award'."

After saying that, Venerable White casually picked out three Spirit Stones and tossed them to Song Shuhang.

Although Song Shuhang was just a bystander, sometimes everyone gets a share of the fun.

"Thank you, Senior White." Song Shuhang smiled as he accepted the three Spirit Stones. So these are Spirit Stone? He gently squeezed them; they felt somewhat soft.

Looking at the Spirit Stone, Song Shuhang immediately recalled that when he defeated the 'Poison-Gall Warrior' Sui Qianjun, besides the <Sea Urchin Warrior Twenty-Year Compulsory Education Textbook>, he also obtained two ugly, strange stones. They seemed very similar to this Spirit Stone, only much smaller?

Could it be Spirit Stone too?

"Finally, these Blood Pearl are mine too. I want to study their uses." Venerable White waved his hand, and all the Blood Pearl and Spirit Stone on the ground disappeared. They must have been stored in a spatial magic treasure by the Venerable.

After all the Blood Pearl were collected, Venerable White noticed a strange little thing on the ground.

It was a bone-like object, bright red.

"Huh? There's another little thing here?" Venerable White picked up the bone and examined it from head to toe for a long time, but he couldn't recognize what it was. "What is this? I can feel some soul power fluctuations inside."

Everyone shook their heads. The things on the Demon's body were sometimes very strange. Even now, many cultivators still possess all sorts of bizarre items, unaware of their purpose, and thus simply collect them—perhaps they're treasures?

The Venerable White shook the blood-red bone, then turned to look at the Snow Wolf Cave Master: "Snow Wolf, it's a bone. Do you want it?"

Snow Wolf Cave Master: "..."

He shook his head vigorously—it was Snow Wolf, not a snow dog.

"Oh, I asked the wrong question. I should have asked Doudou." The Venerable White realized his mistake and shouted to Doudou, "Doudou, there's a blood-red bone that looks quite chewy. Want some?"

"Woof woof woof woof (No, give me a bag of pork-flavored dog food!)..." Doudou wanted to speak, but after barking for a long time, it could only let out a weak bark. It had been silenced by True Lord Yellow Mountain and hadn't been restored yet.

So, Doudou grimaced in frustration and shook her head vigorously.

"Hahaha, Doudou is so cute when she can't talk. Doudou, you should never speak again. When you don't speak, your cuteness level increases by 100 points!" Mad Saber Three Waves couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Woof woof woof~~" Doudou leaped forward, transforming into a three-meter-tall creature. Then, with lightning speed, it bit down on Three Waves's Big Macaque head. Crack! Sharp canine teeth snapped at Three Waves's head.

However, no matter how hard Ren Doudou bit, she couldn't break through Three Waves's scalp...

"Hahahaha, you're too naive, Doudou. Did you think I was completely unprepared? A move that works once against me, Mad Saber Three Waves, won't work the second time! I've taken good precautions to protect my head; you can't bite it." Mad Saber Three Waves laughed loudly.

But halfway through the laughter, Doudou started drooling because it was biting Three Waves's head, and the drool dripped down, covering Three Waves's face...

Mad Saber Three Waves: "..."

Three Waves glanced furtively at the small amulet on his chest—did this thing fail to increase his Fortune? Or was it that his Fortune value was currently negative 1000, and this little amulet only added 1 point to luck, so it had no effect?

Venerable White asked around, but none of the fellow cultivators seemed interested in the blood-red bone—in fact, they were quite interested, but no one dared to take it. Having opened so many treasures, Venerable White had only taken some Spirit Stone; who would have the nerve to take this red bone?