Heavenly Treasures

When the thought of recording the Lava Giant Ape's Divine Markings sprang into Lin Yi's mind, even he was stunned for a moment.

"...I'm kind of panicking."

But panic aside, his mind was already calculating at breakneck speed.

The strength of this group of giant apes clearly far surpassed his current level. The only thing he was unsure about was—

Whether using his Spirit Eyes to peer into the Divine Markings within their bodies would be noticed.

That was how webnovels before his transmigration always described it: high-level beings could sense when someone was spying on them. But on second thought, he had been squatting here watching for so long, and they had not reacted at all.

"Fuck it. I've already watched them this long anyway."

Lin Yi gritted his teeth and activated his Spirit Eyes. A faint platinum glow lit up deep within his pupils.

When he had been chased through the Dark Forest by more than a dozen spiders, he had confirmed that the Spirit Eyes could penetrate flesh and directly observe the unactivated Divine Marking structures inside living vicious beasts.

Now, his vision passed through the giant ape's surface and saw what lay concealed amid its flesh and muscle.

Then Lin Yi fell silent.

It was far too complicated.

The Divine Markings were dense and layered, like a crimson net woven over and over hundreds of thousands of times. Countless hair-thin lines intertwined, coiled, and connected. They did not seem the slightest bit chaotic, yet their complexity was enough to drive one to despair.

Lin Yi felt like an elementary school student staring at the design equations for an atomic bomb.

"...Fuck, it's this complicated?"

Though he cursed inwardly, the recording process in his mind did not stop. Super Brain spun madly, desperately imprinting the direction, nodes, and curves of every crimson line in his vision.

But the giant ape group did not wait for him.

Each stride of those massive bodies covered several zhang. Sparks drifted down from their lava armor as they gradually moved farther away.

Before long, even the back of the last giant ape had left the limits of his Spirit Eyes' vision.

Lin Yi had no choice but to stop recording.

He did not dare chase after them. If he was discovered, not even ashes would remain of him.

"...Fine. Ten percent. I only recorded ten percent."

Lin Yi withdrew his Spirit Eyes and slumped onto a rock at the cave entrance, letting out a sigh.

"But then again, what use would it be even if I recorded the whole thing? At my current level, seeing it would be no different from not seeing it. I simply can't comprehend it."

He paused, then rubbed his face in self-consolation. "At least it counts as some foundation. Once my comprehension keeps improving in the future and I see more Divine Marking diagrams, there'll eventually come a day when I understand it."

He had originally been considering whether to go out under cover of night and explore the Great Wilderness after dark. But after the giant ape group's appearance, all such thoughts went cold.

That night, Lin Yi stayed exceptionally vigilant in the cave. But perhaps the giant ape group's pressure had been too overwhelming; all the vicious beasts within several li had tucked their tails between their legs. Outside the cave, it was strangely quiet.

The night passed without incident.

Once the sky was fully bright and sunlight slanted in through the cave entrance, Lin Yi finally relaxed completely. After roasting and eating another bear paw, he packed up neatly and stepped out of the cave.

"The direction of the Dark Forest is off-limits for now. I'll go another way."

He swept his gaze over the terrain, casually chose a direction, and set off.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour and passing through a patch of low shrubs, a tree suddenly appeared within his Spirit Eyes' vision.

It was a short tree, hung with more than a dozen bright-red fruits. They were round and plump, gleaming enticingly in the morning light.

"Hm?"

Lin Yi halted, narrowing his eyes slightly.

Heavenly treasures? His heart jumped, but he swiftly calmed down again.

The novels had made it perfectly clear: wherever heavenly treasures grew, vicious beasts would surely stand guard. That was an ironclad rule.

He immediately activated his Spirit Eyes. Platinum Divine Markings surfaced over his eyes as he scanned every inch of the surrounding ground.

Beneath the soil beside that short tree lay a creature over half a meter long.

It resembled a wild boar, with thick, short limbs and dark earthy-brown fur that nearly blended into the soil.

There were no Divine Marking structures in its body, nor any innate divine ability. It was merely an ordinary vicious beast that survived purely by camouflage.

From aboveground, that spot looked like nothing more than an utterly ordinary patch of dirt, without the slightest flaw.

"You scheming bastard." Lin Yi's mouth twitched before he broke into a wicked grin.

"Fine. I'll teach your kind a lesson today."

He concealed his aura and put on a relaxed, completely defenseless expression. Then he swaggered toward the fruit tree, reaching out to pluck one of those red fruits.

Three zhang.

Two zhang.

One zhang.

The fruit's fragrance was already right beneath his nose. Just as his fingertips were about to touch it—

Boom!

The soil exploded. That dark earthy-brown figure burst from the ground, sharp claws swinging straight at Lin Yi's head!

It was fast, its angle tricky, its attack vicious—enough to kill an unwary prey in a single blow.

What a pity!

The Savage Bull Diagram lit up around Lin Yi in an instant, blood-gold patterns covering his entire body. He shifted slightly aside, and the claw's edge grazed past the loose hairs beside his ear. At the same time, he raised his right leg high, violently twisting at the waist and hips, then borrowed the momentum of his turn to bring down a high axe kick.

Bang!

His heel fell like a battle axe, striking the vicious beast squarely on the spine. One hundred sixty thousand jin of force was enough to kill an ordinary brown bear at the Dragonlike Realm on the spot.

The half-meter-long boar-like vicious beast did not even have time to cry out. It was smashed directly into the ground, its limbs twitching once before it died on the spot.

Lin Yi kept his left foot on its head and looked down at that dark earthy-brown fur. "Little brat, you want to play dirty with me? I specialize in dealing with scheming bastards."

He chuckled, bent down, and plucked the red fruits from the tree one by one. After counting carefully, he found there were nine in total. They felt warm in his hand and gave off a faint fragrance.

"I just don't know what they do. Better not eat them recklessly." Lin Yi muttered as he carefully put away all nine fruits. "I'll ask the village chief when I get back. That old man might know."

After collecting the fruits, he glanced again at the vicious beast's corpse on the ground and casually hoisted it over his shoulder.

Just as he was about to turn around and return to the cave, his gaze drifted back to the short tree.

The tree was not tall, only reaching his chest. Its trunk was sturdy and its roots well-developed. The fact that it could grow heavenly treasures in a place like this already proved it was no ordinary tree.

"I've already taken the fruits."

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, set the beast corpse back on the ground, bent down, and gripped the base of the trunk with both hands. He exhaled sharply and shouted.

Hey!

One hundred sixty thousand jin of force erupted. Along with its soil and roots, the entire short tree was uprooted.

"One more tree won't make a difference. I'll carry it back for the village chief to look at. Maybe it can be planted."

Lin Yi patted the dirt from his hands and nodded in satisfaction. He hoisted the vicious beast's corpse back onto one shoulder, propped the fruit tree on the other, and swayed his way toward the cave.

"I came out without telling the village chief I'd be staying the night. Better hurry back. That old man is probably worried sick." Lin Yi chuckled.