Earth-Origin Milk

Earth-Origin Milk

"What's that?"

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

When he reached the stone pillar, Ye Yun caught a faint fragrance. As the scent entered his body, he instantly felt the true qi within him circulating a few degrees faster.

Sensing the changes in his body, Ye Yun immediately realized what the milky-white liquid was.

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

Earth-Origin Milk was a second-grade high-quality spirit medicine. It was a liquid formed when thousand-year-old stalactite milk absorbed the essence of the earth. It had only one use: restoring true qi. A single drop could instantly replenish all the true qi of a first-layer Qi Refining Realm martial artist, and it was even somewhat effective for True Essence Realm martial artists.

To martial artists, this was a spirit 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 just under 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 eat for a month.

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

But Earth-Origin Milk was the kind of life-saving item he did not even have enough of for himself. How could Ye Yun possibly sell it?

Just then, a deafening roar came from outside the cave. It shook loose gravel from the ceiling, and when Ye Yun heard it, he knew the battle outside was nearing its end.

He swiftly stored the Earth-Origin Milk back in his Storage Bag. Then, after carefully examining the limestone cave once more and confirming that nothing had been overlooked, he returned the way he had come.

After leaving the cave, he activated his movement technique and sped away from the direction he had entered from.

Only after running for over half an hour did Ye Yun slowly come to a stop. He was now roughly thirty li away from that valley.

This unexpected gain of Earth-Origin Milk did not make Ye Yun abandon his plan to search for Red Jade Flowers today. He began carefully searching the area for traces of them.

As evening approached, after searching for the entire afternoon, Ye Yun found another Red Jade Flower beside the nest of a second-grade mid-quality Monster Beast, a Lightning Eagle.

The Lightning Eagle was a flying Monster Beast, incomparably swift, its entire body covered in hard silver feathers.

Ye Yun slowly approached the Lightning Eagle's nest in 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. As his figure flashed, he thrust at the Lightning Eagle with a sword like racing thunder.

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

Having dodged the attack, the Lightning Eagle locked its eyes onto Ye Yun and charged at him at incredible speed.

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

As claw and sword collided, a tremendous force shook 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 quickly.

After several exchanges, the Lightning Eagle's speed was simply too great. Ye Yun could only keep evading, unable to do anything to it.

Ye Yun realized that he could not keep going like this. The longer it continued, the more disadvantageous it would become for him. He rapidly considered a way to defeat the enemy.

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

The next instant, Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm, his entire body slipping into that wondrous state.

When the Lightning Eagle attacked again, Ye Yun's mind had yet to react, but his body's fighting instinct struck back with a sword. The thrust seemed like a stroke from the gods, piercing the Lightning Eagle's left wing.

The Lightning Eagle instantly lost its balance. Ye Yun's fighting instinct seized the opportunity at once and stabbed out four times at top speed, all four sword strikes piercing through the Lightning Eagle's eyes. In the blink of an eye, it ended the Lightning Eagle's life, and the beast fell from midair.

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

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

He had previously fallen completely into a misconception. He had thought he could maintain the Selfless Realm for seven or eight minutes, but that was under the condition that he was not 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 this thought, a bitter smile appeared on Ye Yun's lips. Just what rank of martial art was this Selfless Realm? Its effects were powerful beyond measure, but its consumption was equally enormous.

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

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

Reaching the base of 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 this did he walk over to the Lightning Eagle's corpse. He plucked off its feathers one by one. Lightning Eagle feathers were a material used to make inner armor.

After Ye Yun had 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, inside was a Monster Crystal Core the size of a thumb.

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

Come to think of it, Ye Yun felt that his luck today was truly good. Not only had he easily intercepted the Earth-Origin Milk, he had now also obtained a second-grade mid-quality Monster Crystal Core.

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

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

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

A guard standing before the lavishly dressed young man reported, "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 don't care which direction he ran. We must find him. He dared to steal my Earth-Origin Milk—I will grind him to dust and scatter his bones!" the young master said through gritted teeth.

Not long afterward, the group changed direction and began searching toward Ye Yun's location.

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