Du Heng squatted down, and together with Qin Tiexin, turned Demon Ape's huge corpse onto its side. The short knife lightly scratched the fur on the back of Demon Ape's head. The cutting position of the blade accurately cut through the sword hole left by Lin Chuan Azure Ribbon, saving a lot of effort.
"This Demon Ape has lived for at least five or six hundred years. The lifespan of an ordinary Blood-Eyed Devil Ape is at most three hundred years, and not many Golden Core Early Stage can live for more than five hundred years. It can live for so long because of this medicine garden. Dragon Blood Fruit and White Jade Elephant Ganoderma are both good things from Body Tempering. They have guarded this garden for hundreds of years and eat more spirit medicine than those Golden Core outside. Demon Beast eats more in a lifetime."
As he spoke, Du Heng's short knife cut along the gaps in Demon Ape's skull. The tip of the knife moved quickly between the bones. Each cut accurately landed on the connection between the bone seam and the tendon. Du Heng's hands were extremely steady. He was dissecting and talking at the same time, like a chef in a restaurant slicing meat.
"There are three most valuable things on this Demon Ape, and Golden Core Realm's demon elixir ranks first."
He lifted the short knife upwards, and a piece of skull was opened. He took out a round bead the size of an egg from the skull cavity. The bead was dark red in color, with traces of blood lines on its surface, glowing with a faint red light in the night.
"The demon pill is the essence of Demon Ape's lifelong cultivation, and it is also the core raw material for refining fourth-grade elixirs. An ordinary Golden Core Early Stage demon pill can sell for three thousand Spirit Stone. This one is of better quality. It has been nourished by spirit medicine for hundreds of years, so selling it for four thousand Spirit Stone is not a problem."
He handed the demon pill to Xu Ying, who took it, looked at it over and over, nodded, put it in the storage bracelet and made a note on the jade slip.
Du Heng's dagger continues downward.
"Number two is these eyes."
The short knife cut around the eye socket, and with a light click of his fingers, two half-red and half-white eyeballs fell into the jade box in his palm. The eyeballs were still bloodshot, and the position of the pupil still maintained the faint red light from the last moment before death after leaving the eye socket.
"Blood-Eyed Devil Ape's eyes are good materials for refining visualization Law Artifact and illusion-breaking elixirs. These eyes are of good quality and can be sold for about two thousand Spirit Stone on the market."
After completing this step, Du Heng's short knife continued to cut downward from the throat, with the blade cutting along the midline of the sternum all the way to the abdomen.
Demon Ape's fur was burned by Liu Suifeng's Thunder Pattern Strangling Formation, but part of the skin on the chest was still preserved. Du Heng fumbled with his fingers along the gap between the sternum for a moment, found the right position, and cut in with one knife. The blade quickly separated the fascia and blood vessels between the muscles and bones. In a moment, he took out a heart larger than a human head from the chest.
The heart was dark purple in color, and its surface was covered with thick blood vessel patterns. It was still beating slightly when it was taken out of the chest. This was the last bit of spiritual power left in the heart muscle after Demon Ape died. The Blood Bead dripping from the fracture of the heart hit the ground, splashing a small cloud of white smoke, and the stone slabs on the ground were burned into tiny pits. The heat was overwhelming.
"The third item is the heart of the demon ape. This is a good thing for body cultivation and body tempering. All the power of its Qi and blood is pumped out from this heart. Taking it directly can strengthen the Qi and blood, and the effect of refining it into medicine is better. Although it is not as valuable as the first two, more than a thousand spirit stones are still needed."
Du Heng placed the heart on the oilcloth spread nearby, shook off the blood on his hand, then lowered his head and continued to cut.
"In addition to these three items, there are also a few pieces of Spirit Bone."
The short knife stopped for a moment at the wrist of Demon Ape's left hand, then cut in at a different angle, and took out a pigeon egg-sized bone fragment from the gap in the wrist bone. The bone fragment was pale gold in color, with extremely fine spiritual lines on the surface.
Immediately afterwards, he took out another piece of Spirit Bone of the same size from the throat of Demon Ape, next to the piece of cartilage that was shattered by Qin Tiexin Lion's Roar.
"Spirit Bone is very popular among the refiners. Two pieces together can be sold for one thousand eight hundred Spirit Stone. As for the fur, it was originally worth some money, but Suifeng was all burned, so no one wants it. The rest is just flesh and blood. It is not worth much to sell it. It is too big. The monk Storage Bag has limited space, so no one is willing to take it."
Qin Tiexin listened on the sidelines and couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart.
Since Body Refining, he has eaten a lot of Demon Beast flesh and blood, but he has only one way to deal with Demon Beast from beginning to end: cut it into pieces, throw it into a cauldron to stew, and eat it when it's cooked.
As for which parts are valuable, which parts are materials for refining weapons, and which parts are suitable for medicine, he has no idea at all. The most he knows is Spirit Bone. He eats whatever his senior brother gives him, and he swallows everything he hunts.
Du Heng has a much deeper understanding of Demon Beast than he does. From Ironclad Lizard to Blood-Eyed Devil Ape, whether it is anatomical techniques or material valuation, he is as skilled as if he has done it thousands of times.
This is not what a sword cultivator should have.
"Why does Brother Du know so much about Demon Beast's materials?" Qin Tiexin couldn't help but ask.
Du Heng raised his head. The short knife was still stuck in the gap between Demon Ape's ribs. There was some natural confusion on his face. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of Lin Chuan: "Captain, you didn't tell Master Ming?"
Lin Chuan was leaning against the stone wall to regulate his breathing. Hearing these words, he coughed in embarrassment.
"No. I just told Senior Brother Ming that you are good at epee, from Swordsmanship Aristocratic Clan Du Household. I didn't have time to elaborate on the rest. This was my oversight."
He turned to Qin Tiexin and said, "Senior Brother Ming, Du Household is not only Swordsmanship One of the main businesses of the Aristocratic Clan and Du Household is to hunt Demon Beast. Heavenly South Domain. Three of the top ten mercenary groups are under the name of Du Household, and there are more than a dozen demon hunting teams. Demon Beast on the market Nearly 30% of the materials came from Du Household. Brother Du followed the demon hunting team into the mountains since he was a child. He was able to skin animal skins when he was seven or eight years old. Asking him about the Demon Beast materials is more reliable than asking the auction house's appraiser."
When Du Heng heard this, he thrust the short knife into Demon Ape's ribs and raised his hand towards Qin Tiexin: "Make Senior Brother Ming laugh. There are specialties in the art. You want me to make alchemy, I can't even light the fire of Pill Furnace. But when it comes to Demon Beast, what kind of Demon Beast is worth, where is it worth, and how to cut it to preserve the quality of the material to the greatest extent, this is my ability to eat."
Qin Tiexin felt something in his heart.
He lowered his head and glanced at the remaining flesh and blood in Demon Ape's chest. Du Heng spoke with humility. For the same Demon Beast, if Du Heng were allowed to classify it, the material of each Demon Beast could be sold for at least 30 to 50% more.
But to him, those worthless flesh and blood may be the most valuable part.
What his True Fire Furnace Scripture needs is a large amount of Demon Beast flesh and blood to refine Qi and Blood and temper Essence Blood. The higher the grade, the better, and the greater the quantity. The more, the better. Heavenly South Domain spiritual materials are scarce, but Demon Beast is abundant. If Du Household really has channels that can provide a large amount of the Golden Core Realm Demon Beast flesh and blood...
"Brother Du." Qin Tiexin organized the words, "Since Brother Du's family is in the Demon Beast material business, I wonder how to deal with the remaining flesh and blood after hunting Demon Beast and collecting the beast core, demon elixir, Spirit Bone and valuable materials?"