Spiritglory Grass

Spiritual power nourished the wounds, making recovery highly efficient.

In merely a quarter of an hour, Dong Lin had recovered seven or eight tenths of his strength.

Although cultivators' bodies were not as sturdy as those of Body Tempering practitioners,

with the profound wonders of spiritual power, so long as they had not suffered any special injuries, they could still recover quite quickly.

Everyone had recovered seven or eight tenths of their strength, and the spiritual power they had expended had also been replenished.

Every additional unit of spiritual power required half a day of painstaking cultivation, yet after it was consumed in battle, it truly recovered quickly.

Cultivation used techniques to guide spiritual energy through the meridians, transforming it into primordial power and gradually increasing the dantian's capacity limit.

Cultivation in the Qi Refining Stage mainly involved two things: compressing the spiritual energy within the dantian and expanding the dantian. Both aimed to raise the upper limit of how much spiritual energy a cultivator could contain.

"These beasts' beast cores are rather good."

Baili Tianming began cleaning up the battlefield.

The most valuable items were naturally the inner cores of these five Earth-Element Armored Beasts.

Spirit beasts were born with inner cores.

After an ordinary wild beast mutated into a spirit beast, it would also naturally form an inner core.

The spiritual power spirit beasts naturally inhaled and exhaled each day, along with the spiritual energy they consumed from things rich in spiritual energy,

would all be absorbed by this inner core.

Then, the inner core would feed it back into their bodies, gradually strengthening the spirit beasts' flesh.

In the early stages, the overwhelming majority of spirit beasts followed a path similar to the Body Tempering practiced by human cultivators.

They continually strengthened their physical power through spirit cores, using force to break all laws.

Spirit beasts were innately born with their own unique spiritual attributes, which basically relied on their bloodline inheritance.

Bloodline was the foundation of spirit beasts. It was like a human's talent—the purer the bloodline, the faster their strength grew, and the stronger they were at the same realm.

Some whose bloodlines were connected to divine beasts or ferocious beasts could even possess innate divine abilities from a very early stage.

These Earth-Element Armored Beasts had abilities related to wind and sand.

Obscuring vision and blocking divine sense to a certain extent was already exceedingly rare in a First Rank spirit beast.

"These inner cores should all possess wind and earth attributes. Even among First Rank inner cores, they count as top-grade."

Gu Chen looked toward Zhao Shuheng.

"They are precisely the two attributes I cultivate as my main path, and they are very useful to me. If none of you need these inner cores, I will purchase them. I have five stalks of Spiritglory Grass here, which should be enough to offset the value of these inner cores."

Zhao Shuheng took a handful of spirit herbs from his ring and handed them to Gu Chen.

In team battles, distributing supplies was a difficult matter.

However, Dong Lin did not need to worry about it. After all, Captain Gu Chen was there to consider such matters.

They were all sect prodigies and basically did not lack resources. A little more or less was usually not something they would fuss over.

"Alright. This time, there were five Earth-Element Armored Beasts: one at Peak First Rank and four at late First Rank.

Perfect. Brother Shuheng, take out five stalks. Brother Dong fought three beasts alone this time and killed two, so he gets two stalks. The three of us get one each. How does that sound?"

"Alright, I'll listen to Senior Brother," Tao Yan stated softly.

"Spiritglory Grass nourishes divine sense, and it seems it can also temporarily improve one's comprehension by a trace.

It is one of the better spirit medicines among the Black Tier.

The Merit Affairs Hall truly has deep pockets, Brother Zhao. I definitely have no problem with such a bargain."

Baili Tianming said with a smile.

Next came dealing with the corpses of the strange beasts. Strange beasts followed the Body Tempering path, and their bodies contained many things of considerable value.

Unfortunately, Dong Lin had been far too violent and had smashed apart the shells of two Earth-Element Armored Beasts. Otherwise, they could have harvested five sturdy shells this time.

The meat of a Peak First Rank strange beast contained spiritual power and was an excellent food for replenishing blood and qi.

The main consumers of strange beast meat were still Body Tempering martial artists. The abundant blood and qi and spiritual power within could quickly replenish the expenditure from cultivation.

It was highly beneficial for Body Tempering.

Unfortunately, these strange beasts lived by relying on their shells and did not have any decent fur. Otherwise, the pelts of ordinary late First Rank strange beasts like these would also be hot commodities.

Whether made into clothing, armor, or luxurious ornaments, plenty of people would pay for them.

"Let's divide the meat evenly. We can use it to satisfy our cravings now and then. It also has quite a good tempering effect on our bodies."

Gu Chen suggested.

"Alright."

"I'll listen to Senior Brother."

No one had any objections to this.

The sect would generally provide beast meat of this grade to direct disciples free of charge.

Dong Lin's three daily meals were now arranged by the Thunder Division's steward. Basically, every meal included a certain allotment of strange beast meat for direct disciples.

Every meal was worth at least twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Over time, that would accumulate into an extremely terrifying sum.

After returning to the entrance of the secret realm, Gu Chen reported their encounter to the sect's stationed grounds, then they returned to the inner sect together.

This small trial of their skills had not been dangerous enough to kill them, but it had still been extremely perilous.

On the way back, Dong Lin kept reviewing the lessons and experience from this sudden encounter.

"Battle experience really isn't so easy to cultivate!"

Dong Lin sighed.

Gu Chen and Baili Tianming had handled that Peak First Rank Earth-Element Armored Beast with great ease.

Their combat techniques were seasoned. At a glance, it was clear they had been tempered through frequent training.

Of course, everyone was a few years older than Dong Lin. Whether they had climbed up step by step from the bottom or had been raised under their master's guidance since childhood,

their battle experience was clearly far superior to Dong Lin's.

I should try it alone when I get the chance. This secret realm is not too dangerous, making it an ideal place to temper myself.

Dong Lin secretly made up his mind, feeling that burying his head in cultivation all the time was ultimately not the way.

After returning to Thunderwave Hall, Dong Lin sat in meditation and rested for a while.

He took out the items he had previously stored in his ring from the Spirit Chamber, arranging them one by one within Thunderwave Hall.

He first steeped himself a cup of spirit tea to nourish himself.

Then, he took out the two stalks of Spiritglory Grass allotted to him.

This spirit herb could be consumed directly, or one could find an alchemist or apothecary to refine it into pills or prepare it into medicinal juice.

However, Dong Lin did not have any familiar friends, so he did not wish to trouble anyone and planned to consume it directly.

Following the principle of enjoying things sooner rather than later, Dong Lin swallowed the two stalks of Spiritglory Grass in one gulp before they had even warmed in his hands.

Dong Lin instantly felt a surge of abundant spiritual power shoot straight toward the crown of his head. The intensity of his divine sense slowly rose, and he gained a faintly clearer sense of the world, as though his Ren and Du meridians had suddenly been opened and he had become a god on the spot.

"So this is the effect of temporarily improving comprehension? But I heard it doesn't last long. How careless of me!"

Dong Lin felt somewhat regretful. He had not expected the Spiritglory Grass to work far better than he had imagined.

Dong Lin hurried into the training room, intending to sit down and begin cultivating.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the Hanging-Eyed White Tiger Painting he had just hung on the wall, and his gaze froze.

The entire Hanging-Eyed White Tiger Painting seemed to be glowing. The white tiger's eyes seemed to come alive, swaying ceaselessly before Dong Lin's eyes.

Before long, Dong Lin began to feel groggy. He collapsed beside the meditation cushion and quietly fell asleep.