Inside the Hundred Herbs Garden within the Small Cauldron, Li Bufan took out some Essence Fluid and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged and began circulating the Five Elements Heaven Skill to heal his injuries.
After roughly half a day, his injuries had healed completely, and the true essence in his dantian was full once more.
He opened his eyes and first checked on the four beasts, finding that their injuries had also largely healed under Unfixed's nourishment.
After confirming that the beasts were all right, he turned his attention to the demonic dragon's corpse.
He walked over to the corpse, crouched down, and used the tip of the Seven Killings Blade to gently pry loose a scale on its head.
The flesh beneath the scale was already charred and congealed, but as he pushed the blade deeper, reaching inside the dragon's skull, its tip suddenly struck something exceedingly hard.
It felt completely different from what he had touched before, carrying a metallic chill.
Li Bufan raised his brows slightly and gently inserted the blade's tip into the hole left by the Netherworld Cave Mystery Finger, carefully widening the opening along its edges.
A moment later, a grayish-white crystal rolled out of the demonic dragon's head and landed in Li Bufan's palm.
It was a walnut-sized grayish-white bead, its surface smooth and rounded. Fine, cloudlike patterns flowed within it, and it radiated an exceptionally dense fluctuation of hidden dragon qi.
Li Bufan's pupils contracted slightly. The hidden dragon qi contained within this bead was several times purer than any wisp he had absorbed in the valley, as though an enormous quantity had been compressed and condensed into a single bead of concentrated essence.
Looking down at the bead, he suddenly understood why the demonic dragon had not used any innate divine