Mist Island Ruins.
"With an environment like this, there's no way a Beast Emperor could appear."
Ji Yun burrowed into the soil. The Beast Emperor had churned it up until it was soft and loose; even an apprentice-level Martial Artist could easily break through it and enter the ground.
"Could it be Wood Bud Crystals?" Ji Yun wondered as he searched.
"I found one Wood Bud Crystal here before. Finding a few more wouldn't be surprising. The only question is, one Wood Bud Crystal would be normal enough—but why are there so many here?"
Wood Bud Crystals were considered precious treasures even in the universe.
Ji Yun wasn't someone who knew nothing about the universe. Having received the gifts from the entire storage base, his knowledge of the universe was enough to rival that of a Star Level Martial Artist—and far exceeded Hong's and Thor's.
"Could there be another storage base here?"
The Falling Ink Star storage base on Earth had given Ji Yun more than a hundred Wood Bud Crystals, along with a large number of other precious treasures.
But according to the Falling Ink Star's intelligence, there was only one storage base on Earth. It was impossible for more treasures and supplies to be stored elsewhere.
At a depth of two or three thousand meters underground, a subterranean river raged through a dark passage. With a bang, Ji Yun burst through the solid rock above and dropped into the underground river.
"This place does look a lot like where I broke through," Ji Yun said, surveying the dim underground river around him.
"I found the Wood Bud Crystal in this river, so there should be some nearby—or even deeper underground."
Unlike the Councilors darting around above, Ji Yun knew that a treasure had once appeared here, which narrowed