Nalan Chenfeng withdrew his gaze and flew toward the cavern's vaulted ceiling.
As Nalan Chenfeng drew closer to the top of the cavern, the crisp aura of energy in the air grew increasingly dense, almost taking solid form.
"Good thing I know where the real earth core body-tempering fluid is. Otherwise, I'd have ended up just like the Snow Demon Sky Ape and Ziyan."
Nalan Chenfeng stopped beneath the ceiling, his gaze settling on the root of a gleaming white stalactite as the corners of his lips lifted.
There, milky-white light flowed slowly like mercury, seeping down along the stalactite's surface with a warm, lustrous glow.
The seam between the stalactite and the rock wall was precisely where the earth core body-tempering fluid drew on the earth's power to form. The fluid here was the purest, most primal essence.
"Time to collect it-"
Nalan Chenfeng took a jade shard from his Storage Ring, shaped it into a blade with Dou Qi, then carefully cut along the edge of the stalactite's root.
Earth core body-tempering fluid was rather peculiar: it had to be cut free and collected using jade. It also took countless years to form. If its source were severed completely, the fluid would dry up, never to regenerate.
Today, he would take most of its primal essence, leaving a little behind to keep replenishing itself. In the future, this underground world would still be able to slowly condense new fluid.
Hiss! Hiss!
The jade shard slid in flush against the stalactite's root, guiding the thick, milky-white liquid out little by little and into the jade bottle Nalan Chenfeng had prepared.
This primal fluid was entirely different from the diluted liquid below. Its color was much deeper, its consistency thick, and it exuded an enticing aura of energy.
Nalan Chenfeng