Earth-Origin Milk

"Eh, what was that?"

Looking at the milky-white liquid in the small pit, Ye Yun was somewhat puzzled. He stepped forward to examine it more closely.

When he reached the stone pillar, Ye Yun caught a faint fragrance. The scent entered his body with his breath, and he instantly felt the true qi within him circulating a little faster.

Sensing the change within his body, Ye Yun immediately recalled what this milky-white liquid was.

"This is... Earth-Origin Milk!" Ye Yun was instantly overjoyed once he recognized it.

Earth-Origin Milk was a top-grade second-tier spiritual medicine. It was liquid formed when thousand-year stone stalactites absorbed the essence of the earth. It had only one effect: restoring true qi. A single drop could instantly restore all the true qi of a Qi Refining Realm First Layer martial artist, and it was even somewhat effective for True Essence Realm martial artists.

To martial artists, this was a spiritual medicine that could save their lives at a critical moment.

Ye Yun took out a jade bottle from his Storage Bag and carefully filled it with the Earth-Origin Milk. In the end, he obtained nearly half a bottle, roughly more than eighty drops. If he took it to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to sell, it would fetch at least two hundred thousand taels of gold.

The Great Chu Dynasty's currency was divided into gold, silver, and copper. One hundred copper coins equaled one tael of silver, while one hundred taels of silver equaled one tael of gold. Three taels of silver were enough for a family of three to live on for a month.

Two hundred thousand taels of gold were enough to buy all the cultivation resources Ye Yun needed from the Qi Refining Realm to the peak of the True Essence Realm.

But Earth-Origin Milk was something that could save his life. He did not even have enough for himself, so how could Ye Yun possibly sell it?

Just then, an earth-shaking roar came from outside the cave. It shook loose even the broken stones at the top of the cave. Upon hearing it, Ye Yun understood that the battle outside was nearing its end.

He swiftly put the Earth-Origin Milk back into his Storage Bag. After carefully inspecting the karst cave once more and confirming that he had overlooked nothing, he returned the way he had come.

Once outside the cave entrance, he activated his movement technique and rapidly departed from the direction he had entered from.

After running for over half an hour, Ye Yun finally slowed to a stop. He was now roughly thirty li away from that valley.

Obtaining the Earth-Origin Milk by chance did not make Ye Yun abandon his plan to search for Red Jade Flowers that day. He began carefully searching the surrounding area for traces of them.

Near dusk, after searching the entire afternoon, Ye Yun found another Red Jade Flower beside the nest of a second-tier mid-grade Monster Beast, a Lightning Eagle.

Lightning Eagles were flying Monster Beasts. They were incomparably fast, and their entire bodies were covered in hard silver feathers.

Ye Yun slowly approached the Lightning Eagle's nest on a large tree ahead.

At that moment, the Lightning Eagle was resting in its nest. When Ye Yun was only a few meters away from it, he launched his attack.

The Shadow Sword in his hand left its sheath. His figure flashed as he thrust his sword toward the Lightning Eagle like rushing thunder.

The Lightning Eagle resting in its nest sensed the incoming attack. Just as the Shadow Sword was about to pierce its body, it flapped its wings and turned into a streak of silver lightning, dodging Ye Yun's strike.

Having avoided the attack, the Lightning Eagle locked its eyes on Ye Yun and charged at him at tremendous speed.

When Ye Yun saw the Lightning Eagle dodge his attack and rush at him, he inwardly cried that things were bad. Seeing its talons clawing toward him, Ye Yun retreated while raising his sword to block.

As claw and sword collided, a tremendous force jolted Ye Yun's hand numb.

Before he could recover, the Lightning Eagle attacked again. Ye Yun poured true qi into his feet and activated his movement technique to dodge swiftly.

After several exchanges, because the Lightning Eagle was simply too fast, Ye Yun could only keep evading and had no way to deal with it.

Ye Yun realized that he could not continue like this. The longer it went on, the more disadvantageous it would become for him. He quickly thought of a way to defeat the enemy.

Before long, a method gradually took shape in Ye Yun's mind. After weighing the pros and cons in an instant, he swiftly made his decision.

The next moment, Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm, and his entire body sank into that wondrous state.

When the Lightning Eagle struck again, Ye Yun's mind had yet to react, but his body's battle instinct sent a backhand thrust forward. That strike was like a stroke from the gods, piercing straight through the Lightning Eagle's left wing.

The Lightning Eagle instantly lost its balance. Ye Yun's battle instinct swiftly seized the opportunity and stabbed out four times at the fastest speed. All four strikes pierced through the Lightning Eagle's eyes. In the blink of an eye, its life was ended, and it fell from the sky.

After delivering those four strikes, Ye Yun instantly withdrew from the Selfless Realm and dropped to one knee, breathing heavily.

Those four sword strikes in that fleeting instant had contained all his essence, qi, and spirit. After unleashing them, he no longer had the strength even to maintain the Selfless Realm.

He had completely fallen into a misunderstanding before. He had thought he could maintain the Selfless Realm for seven or eight minutes, but that was without fighting. Now he understood everything. With his current strength, he might not even be able to maintain the Selfless Realm in battle for thirty seconds.

At that thought, a bitter smile appeared on Ye Yun's lips. Just what level of martial art was this Selfless Realm? Its effects were powerful, but its consumption was equally enormous.

Ye Yun took a Qi-Replenishing Pill from his Storage Bag and swallowed it. As the medicinal effects took hold, the true qi within his body rapidly recovered as well.

After about five minutes, Ye Yun regained a little strength. He stood and walked toward the Lightning Eagle's nest.

Upon reaching the tree, he pushed off the ground and leaped onto a branch beside the nest. He carefully picked the Red Jade Flower, took out a jade box and placed it inside, then properly stored it in his Storage Bag.

Only after finishing all that did he walk over to the Lightning Eagle's corpse. He plucked out its feathers one by one. Lightning Eagle feathers were a material used to make inner armor.

After Ye Yun collected the Lightning Eagle's feathers and talons, he took out the Shadow Sword and split open the Lightning Eagle's head with a single slash. Sure enough, there was a Monster Crystal Core the size of a thumb inside.

When his sword had pierced the Lightning Eagle's head earlier, Ye Yun had felt the tip strike something hard. He had guessed that this Lightning Eagle possessed a Monster Crystal Core, and it seemed he had guessed correctly.

Speaking of which, Ye Yun felt that his luck today was truly good. Not only had he easily snatched the Earth-Origin Milk, he had now obtained a second-tier mid-grade Monster Crystal Core as well.

With this Monster Crystal Core, Ye Yun was confident that he could open the ninth meridian, which was already halfway opened, tonight and break through to the Qi Refining Realm Fifth Layer in one fell swoop.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Ye Yun casually chose a direction and swiftly left.

On the other side of the Blackwater Mountains, the group Ye Yun had encountered that morning was searching for something.

Before the gorgeously dressed young man, a guard was reporting, "Young Master, we searched within a hundred li in this direction and found no trace of any martial artist. That person must have fled in another direction."

"I do not care which direction he ran. We must find him. He dared to steal my Earth-Origin Milk—I will definitely tear him into ten thousand pieces!" the young master said through gritted teeth.

Not long afterward, the group changed directions and began searching toward where Ye Yun was.

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