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Chapter 459: Harvesting the Sap
Chapter 459: Harvesting the Sap
"He's merely a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator temporarily in charge of the Myriad Demon Cave. So what if he has the Demon Control Token?"
A slender figure slowly emerged from the darkness.
Lu Chen focused his gaze and saw that the figure was a gray-black fox.
The fox seemed to be in its twilight years, its movements sluggish and its eyes cloudy. Its sparse, disheveled fur, which should have been gray-black, danced wildly as if it had a life of its own.
Several gray-black fleshy tumors on its back were particularly conspicuous, expanding and contracting with the fox's steps as if something was gestating within them.
It bore no resemblance to a fifth-grade spirit beast.
"Naturally, having the Demon Control Token allows one to move freely within the forbidden land. What? You, an old fox who hasn't seen the light of day in ages, still have objections?"
The ancient dragon turtle was superior to the fox spirit beast in both age and strength, and his tone was unfriendly.
"Whether it lives or dies is none of my concern."
The old fox left with a single sentence, glancing indifferently at Lu Chen before retreating back into the darkness.
"Lu, my boy, would you like to take a look at the bottom layer? Rest assured, the divination I performed is stable, and there won't be any problems."
The dragon turtle asked Lu Chen.
"Sure, then please accompany me, Senior."
Lu Chen was also curious about the bottom layer of the forbidden land.
The two, man and beast, slowly descended.
The bottom of the pit had a much smaller area than the entrance, and there were fewer stone caves. Each cave was guarded by powerful array restrictions on all sides.
Following the dragon turtle, Lu Chen curiously gazed at the mutated demons within the stone caves.
The first thing that caught his eye was a demon snake with a ravishingly beautiful girl's head. Her features were exquisite and pitiful, evoking an urge to protect her.
However, the urge would likely disappear once one saw the snake's body below the head. The pale body had rows of dark holes, from which gray-black silkworms crawled out, floating in the air and devouring each other.
The contrast between the beautiful face and the grotesque body was stark.
As they passed the next stone cave, Lu Chen saw hundreds, if not thousands, of scarlet pupils, turning the entire cave blood-red.
The numerous scarlet pupils crawled with segmented limbs like headless flies, eventually merging into the body of an eerie demon beast.
The beast had no head, only a massive scarlet eyeball in its place. Even through the layers of array restrictions, Lu Chen felt dizzy and his eyes twitched as if something was trying to crawl out of them when he stared into the scarlet eye.
The dragon turtle snorted coldly, suppressing the giant scarlet eye with his overwhelming aura, forcing it to close its eye.
"It's a great feeling to have a big shot by my side. My sense of security is maxed out."
Lu Chen secretly marveled.
Next, they saw an eerie spider with eight slender, elongated legs that resembled sharp bone knives.
The spider was drenched in blood, and a baby's face could be faintly seen on its back, eyes tightly shut. Countless blood-red tentacles extended from its body, reaching into the spider.
...
One after another, bizarre and peculiar demon beasts appeared before Lu Chen, broadening the horizons of someone who had rarely hunted ordinary demon beasts. His curiosity was greatly satisfied.
After taking Lu Chen on a tour, the dragon turtle returned to the pit's entrance.
"Kid, if you want to enter the forbidden land in the future, you can go directly in with the Demon Control Token."
"The demon beasts, fierce beasts, and evil beasts inside are all sealed by array restrictions and artifacts. As long as you don't provoke them, there won't be any safety issues."
"Before coming in, you can seek a divination from me. If you do encounter any danger, you can ask that old fox for help. After all, he's been in the sect for at least a thousand years, so he's trustworthy.
"Yes, thank you for the reminder, Senior Longgui," Lu Chen expressed his gratitude to the ancient dragon turtle before bidding him farewell and returning to his cloud cottage.
Unlike Sun Yun and the others, who needed to tame spiritual beasts, Lu Chen only needed to preside over the cloud cottage, managing the entire blessed land.
During his tenure, he cultivated the recently acquired Qinglian Sword Scripture, along with the other two sword techniques daily. Additionally, he studied the Shenyuan Scripture, practiced the Powan Eye Technique, and contemplated the Pure Yang True Fire Manual, leading a rather fulfilling life.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
One day, Lu Chen's spiritual sense suddenly perceived a strange disturbance within the blessed land.
Looking down from the thick cloud layers, he saw countless spiritual beasts running wildly on the ground, while the avian spiritual beasts soared high, turning into fleeting shadows that flashed past Lu Chen's eyes.
"What's going on?" Lu Chen wondered.
"Brother Lu, the blessed land is about to produce Imperial Essence Nectar, and these spiritual beasts are sensing it, which is why they seem so restless and agitated," a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stages explained to Lu Chen.
"Imperial Essence Nectar..." Lu Chen murmured to himself. With a thought, his spiritual sense seeped into the Demon Control Token in his hand, and he willed all the spiritual beasts in the blessed land to calm down and stop their frenzied movements, preventing a potential riot.
After a brief wait, Lu Chen sensed something and looked up at the boundless sky.
The dark green sky instantly brightened, and strands of milky white light descended from the high heavens.
The guardian spiritual beasts did not scramble for the falling light but, at most, used their innate bloodline abilities to intercept and capture it for their own use.
Lu Chen stretched out his hand, allowing the milky white light to land on his palm.
In an instant, he felt a surge of icy energy coursing through his body, flowing through his limbs and bones. His flesh and blood greedily absorbed the subtle energy, enhancing his physical constitution.
"This Imperial Essence Nectar is indeed mysterious. Even with my strengthened physical body, I can feel noticeable changes after absorbing it," Lu Chen thought. He expanded his spiritual sense, trying to capture as much of the falling milky white light as possible.
"I must collect more of this treasure to bring back for Fengsha, Emberwing, and the other spiritual beasts. Perhaps it will greatly promote their growth," Lu Chen thought. Unfortunately, the milky white light was elusive and ethereal, almost as if it had a mind of its own, making it extremely difficult to capture. Lu Chen spent a considerable amount of effort before managing to collect about half a bottle's worth.
The eruption of Imperial Essence Nectar gradually subsided, and within less than half an hour, the sky returned to its dark green hue.
Countless spiritual beasts prostrated themselves on the ground, absorbing and refining the Imperial Essence Nectar they had gathered.
Occasionally, a spiritual beast would let out a sudden roar, its aura surging as its strength increased significantly.
After a long while, all the spiritual beasts returned to their residences, still craving more.
Lu Chen turned to look at his fellow disciples on the clouds, noticing that the amount of Imperial Essence Nectar they had collected was less than a third of his own, which finally lifted his spirits.
(End of Chapter)
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