"Wonderful! This Fire Sha Demon Heart should sell for at least three hundred Talisman Coins. We've finally made our first real haul today. This trip wasn't wasted!"
You An spoke to Li Chen with evident delight.
Every part of a demon or nature spirit could serve as material. Some were standard products inherent to a particular species, such as hides, fur, claws, fangs, and sinews, while others were high-energy organs mutated by the prolonged accumulation of primordial energy.
This Servant Demon's heart, imbued with Flame Baleful Intent, was a classic example of the latter.
Puppet Masters could harness the residual power within it or use it to refine Flesh Puppets, creating monsters that resembled living creatures and could wield divine abilities and spells.
An inner core that had condensed into tangible form was the finest among them, the very pinnacle of mutated high-energy organs.
Unlike the true core within a cultivator, which was formed from innate true essence and lay within the sea of qi, intangible and formless, an inner core possessed a physical body. It generally resembled a crystal nucleus or chalcedony, with a texture akin to crystal or ore.
"Let's hope so." Li Chen smiled happily at the sight.
What mattered to him was not this Fire Sha Demon Heart itself, but the fact that this entire approach truly worked.
Events soon proved that Li Chen was right.
Over the rest of that day, he and You An encountered another five waves totaling sixteen demons. After killing them all, they obtained three mutated organs, twelve sets of demon claws, fangs, scales, and horns, and even a genuine inner core that had condensed into solid form!
They returned near nightfall and sold everything they had gathered, earning more than three thousand five hundred coins-a decidedly bountiful haul.
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