Chapter 11: The Cave Dwelling
Feeling the wisps of Nether Yellow Springs yin qi emanating from the Nine Serenities Netherworld Earth Python magic core in his hand, Hun Changqing smiled with satisfaction, then stowed it away into his Storage Ring and turned toward the dwelling of the Nine Serenities Netherworld Python.
This Nine Serenities Netherworld Python had lorded over this Monster Forest as a tyrant for an unknown length of time.
This patch of Monster Forest had also been transformed because the Nine Serenities Netherworld Python constantly exhaled and inhaled the Nine Netherworld Qi cultivated by its clan's technique.
The cave dwelling definitely stored some accumulations accumulated over many years. Current Hun Changqing could be described as utterly penniless, his resources and treasures having been completely depleted.
Although this Nine Serenities Netherworld Python was merely a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast, even a mosquito's leg was meat; Hun Changqing had no reason to let it go, did he?
The refinement of the Supreme Yin True Qi alone consumed terrifyingly massive resources, not to mention tempering the three great divine waters within his body.
There was also the Origin True Water-the Supreme Yin True Water-and practicing Dou Techniques; every single consumption of resources was more terrifying than the last.
It gave Hun Changqing a massive headache, and if he were to be picky and not live frugally, he really was going to go bankrupt!
Before long, Hun Changqing arrived before the cave dwelling that the Nine Serenities Netherworld Python had constructed using countless strange rocks, and he strode into the cave.
Very quickly, Hun Changqing reached the deepest part of the cave, and he was startled by the scene before him.
He saw that what greeted his eyes was a small, pitch-black pool, surrounded by exotic flowers and rare herbs of various colors.
Holy shit, the Nine Nether Cold Pool!
Absolute Yin Grass!
Nether Yellow Treasure Flower!
Hiss, the Great Nether Tree!
The scene before his eyes almost made Hun Changqing's eyes pop out of his head. He had never expected that this Nine Serenities Netherworld Python was actually a little wealthy snake!
Although these flowers and herbs were not ancient heavenly treasures hard to seek through the ages, they were still extremely precious. For Hun Changqing, they were simply the most suitable rare treasures to enhance his strength right now.
These herbs had all grown by relying on this pool of Nine Nether Cold Pool, and they were all materials with extremely pure yin and cold attributes. They were exceptionally rare treasures for Hun Changqing, perfectly suited for him today.
However, Hun Changqing did not immediately begin wildly plundering these materials; instead, he took out the aforementioned Nine Serenities Netherworld Earth Python magic core. His top priority right now was to absorb this magic core in conjunction with the Nine Nether Cold Pool.
Originally, he had no certainty of advancing to a Nine-Star Dou Emperor relying solely on this magic core, but now, with the energy of this Nine Nether Cold Pool, he had absolute certainty.
For others, this magic core should be given to an alchemist to refine into medicinal pills in order to maximize its utilization.
However, medicinal pills were all refined by alchemists using flames, and the pills produced were filled with the violent, scorching energy of the fire attribute. For Hun Changqing and his Supreme Yin True Body, absorbing those pills would instead be disadvantageous.
Therefore, refining it directly was the best choice for Hun Changqing. Although helpless, Hun Changqing had no better alternatives.
Removing the clothing from his body and gripping the Nine Serenities Netherworld Earth Python magic core tightly in his hand, Hun Changqing leaped forward, jumping into the pool water.
When his entire body was completely immersed in the pool water, Hun Changqing mobilized the Supreme Yin True Qi within his body to the limit, wrapping around the magic core in his hand.
Terrifying Supreme Yin True Qi erupted from within Hun Changqing's body, simultaneously guiding the magic core and the energy in the pool water. The entire pool had already transformed into a whirlpool, and terrifying yin and cold qi frantically poured into Hun Changqing's body, scouring his physique over and over again.
Not knowing how much time had passed, the originally pitch-black pool water became crystal clear, and the yin and cold aura that had previously permeated the cave dwelling's air completely vanished.
Suddenly, a figure leaped out from the pool water. As soon as he landed on the shore, he formed swords with his double fingers, and a water blade condensed at his fingertips. With a wave of his hand, the water blade instantly shot forth, cleanly cutting through the entire cave dwelling and furthermore severing the trees within a hundred meters outside the cave dwelling at the waist.
Hun Changqing felt the power of the water blade after growing stronger, feeling quite satisfied as he stretched lazily.
"The power isn't bad. I didn't expect this Nine Nether Cold Pool, combined with the Nine Serenities Netherworld Earth Python's magic core, to directly propel me from an Eight-Star Dou Emperor to the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Emperor. In a few days, I'll be able to advance to Dou Zong."
Hun Changqing's mood at the moment was exceptionally good. The current harvest alone made the trip worthwhile. After dressing neatly, he gathered the materials along the edge of the pool one by one.
Looking at these materials, Hun Changqing felt somewhat regretful.
If these materials could be refined into medicinal pills, the effect would definitely be more than twice as good as letting him absorb them directly.
However, once these materials were refined into pills by the violent fire attribute, it would cause the Supreme Yin True Qi to reject them.
He could only use Weak Water to break down most of the violent medicinal efficacy before absorbing it, but in that case, it was still inferior to him directly refining the materials himself.
It was simply an endless loop; if alchemy didn't require flames, that would be great. Water and fire were incompatible, after all.
Ah! Alchemy? Flames!
As if thinking of something, Hun Changqing's eyes suddenly lit up. He suddenly thought of a person-this person was definitely the most suitable candidate to refine pills for him!
"Yao Chen!"
Hun Changqing suddenly remembered that this Yao Chen not only possessed once-in-a-millennium talent as an alchemist, but his Bone Spirit Cold Flame was extremely yin and cold, making him simply the ideal candidate to refine yin and cold-attributed pills for Hun Changqing.
Hun Changqing wore a bizarre expression. Originally, he had planned to go slaughter Yao Chen and take the Bone Spirit Cold Flame right after leaving the clan.
He hadn't expected that there would now be a use for him, and a desperately needed one at that. Truly, worldly affairs were unpredictable!
Sighing with emotion, Hun Changqing was about to leave when his soul perception suddenly sensed a trace of a tiny fluctuation in the corner.
He frowned and walked over to a pile of bones in the corner of the cave. These should have been some skeletal remains left after the Nine Serenities Netherworld Python fed.
That trace of fluctuation from just now had emanated from here. Hun Changqing rummaged through these skeletal remains for a bit and found a piece of black wood about a meter long and half a meter thick.
After perceiving it, he didn't discover anything unusual, and there was no presence of any energy inside the wood.
However, the only strange thing among these skeletal remains was this piece of wood.
Hun Changqing didn't overthink it either, directly stowing this piece of wood away. Regardless of whether it was a good item or not, anyway it wasn't very big, and putting it into the Storage Ring didn't take up space. He would collect it first; mysterious things usually had some use to a certain extent.
Subsequently, Hun Changqing deployed his True Qi Transforming Wings, soared into the sky, left this cave dwelling, and went searching for points.