The Cloud Dream Ancient Land stretched vast and boundless.
Spiritual energy gathered here into mist. Simply walking through it, without deliberately circulating a cultivation technique, allowed cool wisps of spiritual energy to seep through one's pores and be swiftly refined.
Lin Chen swept through the sprawling green forest. Before long, his gaze passed over a peculiar little tree rooted beside a stream.
The tree stood no more than three feet tall, gray-black all over and quite unremarkable. Yet three red, apple-like fruits hung from its branches, giving off an enticingly sweet fragrance.
"Spirit Crystal Fruits—excellent supplementary ingredients for refining pills. Eating them directly can also improve one's cultivation."
Lin Chen's interest stirred, but he did not pick them immediately. Instead, he looked into a crevice between the rocks beneath the stream.
A Demon Python lurked there, dark blue-green all over and covered in fine scales. Its aura was roughly at the profound martial fourth layer.
"Demonic beasts often lurk around natural treasures. That's practically common knowledge by now."
Lin Chen shook his head and brought two fingers together like a sword. A condensed strand of Sword Qi slipped soundlessly into the stream.
Pfft!
The water rippled faintly. The dark blue-green Demon Python shuddered, its life already extinguished.
Only then did Lin Chen drift down, pluck the three Spirit Crystal Fruits, and put them into his storage pouch.
The entire process took only a few breaths, clean and efficient.
"Finally, something to show for it."
Lin Chen sighed. This was already his ninth day in this ancient world.
His explorations over these past days had truly broadened his horizons, and he had gained quite a few things, including spirit herbs and fruits rarely seen outside, such as Star-Pattern Mushrooms and Seven-Leaf Ice Orchids.
However, he had found precious few opportunities that