Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow

"Hoo..."

Xiao Ling took a deep breath. He looked at the pool of milky white liquid before him, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, and casually tossed the little Purple Sable King aside.

"Not bad, you did well. I am a man of my word; from now on, you are free."

The reason was that the pool of milky white liquid before him was called:

"Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow"

Although the name didn't sound particularly pleasant, it had a close sibling called "Earth Core Body Tempering Milk."

Those below the Dou Wang realm could cleanse their marrow and wash their tendons by consuming it, and it could even raise their cultivation by one or two stars; it even had some effect on experts above the Dou Wang realm.

As for this Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow, he had seen it in the materials section of his cheat system before. Consuming it not only increased one's lifespan but could also alter one's cultivation talent. If a beast consumed it, there was a chance it could awaken its intelligence early—this was nothing short of defying the heavens and changing one's fate.

However, the price was a full year of lifespan for just a single drop. He had been so dirt-poor originally that he could never have afforded such a treasure.

But here, there was an entire pool of it; he estimated there had to be at least a hundred drops.

Therefore, the little guy, being only at the Da Dou Shi level, didn't have enough lifespan to make him want to break his promise.

"System, come out and help me estimate how many years of lifespan this pool can provide me."

[Ding, scanning in progress...]

[Scan complete. Detected 859 drops of Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow. In total, it can increase the host's lifespan by 1,718 years. Do you wish to absorb it all?]

"No need."

Xiao Ling replied, feigning composure.

He then began to take out over a hundred jade bottles, using a special technique to collect the liquid with extreme caution. Every time he filled a jade bottle, Xiao Ling's mood improved significantly... until he had filled eighty-five jade bottles, lining them up all around the edge of the pool.

Looking at the nearly one hundred jade bottles, Xiao Ling was in a great mood and waved his hand to store them all away.

Afterward, he looked at the remaining nine drops of Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow in the pool, took out another jade bottle to collect eight of them, and then pointed at the very last drop, smiling at the Purple Sable King nearby.

"This drop is yours. Consider it a reward for leading the way."

Hearing this, the Purple Sable King, having understood, blinked its tiny eyes twice and raised its small paws to bow repeatedly.

"Ji-ji..."

Xiao Ling waved his hand, watching as the Purple Sable King excitedly scooped up the drop of Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow with its small paws and popped it into its mouth. It then let out a satisfied burp, its small eyes narrowing in pure enjoyment.

Seeing that the creature showed no obvious negative changes, Xiao Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't be blamed for his caution; ever since he met Wu Ming, he had become much more careful.

Immediately after, Xiao Ling looked around, and upon finding no other valuable treasures, he prepared to leave, feeling satisfied.

However, just at that moment, a crisp dripping sound suddenly echoed from behind him.

"Ji-ji..."

Xiao Ling, who was about to leave, looked down at the Purple Sable King tugging at his hem. He saw its little face filled with excitement as one small paw pointed incessantly behind him, pulling him back.

"Ji-ji..."

This left him completely bewildered. His gaze followed the direction it was pointing, and he froze, his eyes involuntarily drifting upward.

He saw a massive stalactite, over a thousand meters long and nearly a hundred meters in diameter, hanging from the rock wall above, connecting to the pulse of the earth.

"Is... is this the real Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow?"

"Then... then what was that just now?"

Xiao Ling gasped, his pitch-black eyes narrowing slightly as a sharp glint flashed through them. He remembered; this seemed to operate on the same principle as the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. In other words, did he need to fly up there to collect it?

But if it were truly like the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then this thing couldn't be taken casually, or it might trigger a chain reaction.

As various thoughts raced through his mind, Xiao Ling smiled helplessly. His brain—he had almost forgotten about his own cheat system... He then silently recited in his heart:

"System, scan this underground world carefully. Don't miss any treasures, and by the way, mark the location of every treasure for me."

[Ding, this scan range exceeds the free limit. Please pay one year and eight months of lifespan. Do you confirm?]

Xiao Ling: "???"

Is it really that much of a scam?

Does it actually distinguish between paid and free services?

"Fine, you win."

Xiao Ling gritted his teeth and agreed to this predatory term.

A map then appeared in his mind, with him at the center, covering a radius of nearly a hundred miles.

However, other than a small red dot above his current position, there was only a cluster of small red dots in the little pool.

"Hoo..."

Xiao Ling clutched his chest; spending this lifespan made his heart ache.

Even though he now possessed over a thousand years of lifespan, he needed lifespan to break through his cultivation realms. Take his recent breakthrough to Da Dou Shi, for example; he estimated it would cost him at least fifty or sixty years of lifespan.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ling forcibly suppressed the pain in his heart, and after only two seconds of hesitation, he spoke again.

"System, trade for one Dou Huang Pill."

[Ding, Tier 6 special medicinal pill Dou Huang Pill, trade requires ten years of lifespan, host's remaining lifespan is four months.]

Listening to the mechanical voice ringing in his mind, Xiao Ling did not pay much attention to it. He looked at the jade bottle in his hand, seeing a red and black pill inside, which was even shrouded in a wisp of cloud.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling did not hesitate at all this time. After pouring out the pill, he gently scraped off a layer of medicinal powder and swallowed it. Instantly, an aura equivalent to a Dou Wang erupted from his body.

The surrounding ground was scraped away by a layer, and he hurriedly restrained his aura, which prevented the Purple Sable King from being crushed into a meat patty.

He saw the little fellow looking at him with a face full of fear, but he ignored it. With a thought, a pair of illusory Dou Qi wings appeared behind his back.

His entire body shot into the sky instantly, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the height where the stalactites connected to the Earth Core Life Pulse.

Following the location marked by the system in his mind, he took out a pure jade ruler over a meter long from his storage ring.

Near the position of the Earth Core Life Pulse, he began to carefully cut out a small hole.

When he took out the piece of stalactite wall he had cut, he saw a fist-sized, milky-white gelatinous object floating within, pulsing slightly as if it were the heart of the earth.

"Is... is this the true Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow?"

Xiao Ling muttered.

Following the method provided by his golden finger, he carefully cut off half, placed it into a specially prepared jade box, and then pressed the stalactite wall back into place.

He gazed at the jade box in his hands, and he couldn't help but laugh involuntarily. The laughter grew louder and louder, eventually echoing throughout the entire underground world.

"Hahaha..."