Chapter 679: Treasure Selection
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The修煉 methods of demonic beasts are somewhat special; they can swallow the demon cores of other demonic beasts to enhance their own strength. Among cultivators, there are also those who consume others'元嬰to advance in境界, but this is usually a practice of heretical sect cultivators. Ordinary cultivators would need to refine元嬰if they were to utilize them.
However, for demonic beasts, directly swallowing the demon core of another demonic beast is the most normal way of supplementing themselves.
Tweeet... Tweeet...
The little white one usually acts obedient and cute but at its essence, it's a demonic beast. How could it not be tempted when seeing these densely demon power-infused demon cores
Usually, the pills that Xie Yujia gives it have thick spiritual energy, but they still need to be converted into demonic power. The increase in demonic power isn't much. However, this one demon core contains the entire life's功力of a tenth-stage demonic beast! Even if only a third of it can be transformed, it would still be formidable!
The most valuable thing in a demonic beast’s body is its demon core that condenses demonic power; secondly, it's their demon soul that can refine the quality of magic treasures; lastly, it's their hide and bones which can be made into materials for magic treasures.
Hao Ren didn't have any cultivation methods or treasures to collect a demonic beast’s demon soul, but he managed to gather six demon cores that were like beads.
These demonic beasts were casually killed by the Great Demon King. Hao Ren collecting their demon cores也算是making use of them.
If it weren’t for Hao Ren, Little White would still be rolling in the mire outside the lion cave; whether or not it could reach the second stage in this lifetime was doubtful.
"If you listen to me, I’ll give it to you," said Hao Ren.
These demon cores actually didn’t mean much to him. He could hand them over to Xie Yujia for pill-making; however, Xie Yujia’s method of pill-making mainly utilized immortal grass. She might not even dare to refine this type of demonic beast's body-derived demon core.
Selling them off in the Fifth Heavenly Layer and exchanging for a pile of spirit stones would be meaningless. Even if he were to exchange with items, there wouldn’t be much good stuff available in the Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Layers anyway. Furthermore, considering Immortal Peak’s status as the "Medicine Ancestor," it was the same whether they exchanged using pills or not.
If it were the Seventh Heavenly Layer, he might find some good things, but Hao Ren didn’t want to get involved with powerful sects in the Seventh Heavenly Layer for now. He wouldn’t display these tenth-stage demonic beast’s demon cores.
The demon core of a tenth-stage demonic beast would definitely make the sects of the Seventh Heavenly Layer think. Even Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators dared not enter the Demon Sea, let alone see the silhouette of a tenth-stage demonic beast in the outside world. Even if someone could kill a tenth-stage demonic beast, who had that kind of strength
Tweeet... Tweeet...
The little white one was wriggling its body and almost swishing its long tail to Hao Ren on its back. Seeing the big demon core in Hao Ren's hand while not being able to eat it, it was becoming anxious.
"I risked my life to get this for you; listen to me, understand" asked Hao Ren as he raised up the demon core again.
Tweeet!
The little white one understood what Hao Ren meant and nodded vigorously.
Hao Ren finally placed the demonic core from his palm to right in front of Little White's mouth.
Little White was a level C dual Fire and Ice demon beast. As for this demon beast that had reached Tier 10 and cultivated within the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons, its quality definitely wouldn't be too bad—it should be a level A demon beast.
The crimson cold demonic core contained一絲火屬性 (a hint of fire attribute), which at least aligned with Little White's Fire attribute.
Chomp!
Little White opened its mouth wide and swallowed the demonic core into it. Its eagerness almost caused it to bite Hao Ren's wrist as well.
The moment Little White ingested the demonic core, Hao Ren suddenly thought of how Tier 10 demon beasts were already close to the tribulation of lightning when they reached human form. And Little White was a level C spirit beast—its peak would typically be around Tier 6 at most. Would eating this demonic core cause it to reach human form...
Gulp...
Little White's belly emitted a loud rumbling sound. It continued flying and wagging its butt, seemingly experiencing no discomfort.
From the looks of it, Little White had consumed a demonic core that was quite compatible with it. After swallowing this demonic core, Little White would need to take time to slowly refine it.
The demonic cores of Tier 10 demon beasts were potent. If the demon beast still lived and they clashed over their demonic cores, Little White, at its current level 4 realm, could potentially explode if it devoured a Tier 10 demonic core. However, since this demonic core's original body had died and its soul had been extinguished, devouring this demonic core was akin to eating a nutritious supplement for Little White. It would gradually refine and assimilate the benefits.
Huff... huff...
The Little White that consumed the demonic core indeed flew faster than before. The effects of the demonic core hadn't manifested yet, but its speed had already increased. This indicated that it wasn't exerting itself fully earlier.
"Dead dog..." Hao Ren reached out to tug at its ear.
Both Little White and Golden Shield were lazy creatures who didn't like working hard. They were a perfect match for each other.
As they approached Kunlun Mountain, Hao Ren deliberately avoided the area by several kilometers. Although Kunlun Mountain's expanse was smaller than that of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons, there were still many cultivators at the level of Condensation Realm within it who weren't to be trifled with.
Continuing their flight for a long distance, Hao Ren took out his Inspector’s token and passed through the barrier, arriving at the entrance of the Dragon God Temple.
The dark, gloomy Dragon God Temple remained unchanged from how it was before. Hao Ren left Little White at the entrance and walked into the temple.
Holding a level 3 Inspector’s token made those Level 1 and Level 2 Inspectors that came towards him bow to him.
The hierarchy of levels among Dragon God Temple's Inspectors was quite strict.
Entering the small room, Hao Ren found a Level 2 Inspector flipping through assignment books. Seeing Hao Ren enter with his level 3 Inspector’s token, he obediently withdrew.
"Senior, I've come to 'submit' my mission." Hao Ren placed the round Penglai Chasing Immortal Order on the table and said politely, "The item has been successfully delivered to Mount Penglai."
"Oh" Lao Luo, who was tidying up a list, looked up in surprise. He then picked up the golden circular plaque on the table and stared at it intently.
"Young Sir, you truly live up to expectations! I'll now add 600 contribution points for you." Lao Luo took out his register, found Hao Ren's name, and used a brush pen to add the number six hundred.
"Then... can I go exchange something" Hao Ren asked.
The Dragon God Temple’s treasure vault contained several items that Jin Guang Shield had its eyes on. Hao Ren rushed over just out of worry that other inspectors would snatch them first.
"Of course you can." Lao Luo chuckled and stood up, leading Hao Ren to the underground treasure vault.
The treasures inside were abundant and diverse, each requiring a specific amount of contribution points.
"Young Sir, after selecting your items, please come outside to register with me," Lao Luo bowed slightly to Hao Ren before heading out of the treasure vault.
Hao Ren actually didn’t like having Lao Luo follow him around. He released Jin Guang Shield from his芥子空間 and said, "Little Shield, it's up to you now!"
Theoretically, all these items could be stored in the芥子空間, but Dragon God Temple likely had its own magic setup to prevent valuable items from being taken away for nothing.
Any item here, if taken out, would make low-level cultivators envious. This was why many young cultivators participated in Dragon God Temple’s examinations and hoped to become inspectors at the temple.
Jin Guang Shield flew up from Hao Ren's palm and swept over row upon row of shelves.
It didn’t stop for any rare medicinal pills or magic treasures, instead circling above a white cloth in a corner.
The white cloth was also on the shelf but at the very bottom level. Without the "60" label beside it, Hao Ren would have mistaken it for a duster used to clean the vault.
Everything inside this vault was priced quite high, generally requiring over one hundred contribution points each. Yet most missions offered by Dragon God Temple only gave forty or fifty contribution points; more dangerous ones could grant eighty or ninety.
This meant that completing a single mission wouldn’t allow you to pick out an impressive magic treasure or unique cultivation method from the vault. You’d need to complete at least two or three missions before you had the right to choose something valuable.
No sane inspector would waste their hard-earned contribution points on items like this useless-looking white cloth that had no apparent use and no spiritual energy—sixty contribution points was quite a sum after all.
"Little Shield, are you sure" Hao Ren asked it.
Jin Guang Shield didn’t know if it understood what Hao Ren said but kept circling around the white cloth.
Hao Ren trusted Jin Guang Shield’s judgment, especially now that it had leveled up. It should be sensitive to spiritual energy and other such things.
Hao Ren put away the white cloth, and Jin Guang Shield finally floated happily towards a rack in front of it.
This time, it stopped before an old glove. Hao Ren had no hesitation and directly took it. The value of this glove was also eighty Contribution Points. It seemed that regardless of whether they were useful or not, items stored in the treasure vault could never be easily taken away by a Judge after completing a task.
However, things that even Dragon Temple Appraisers couldn’t determine their uses must have special characteristics. They should all have been excavated by some Judges from certain ruins.
A piece of old cloth and an old glove used up 140 Contribution Points already. Jin Guang Shield was still spinning around trying to find more items for Hao Ren, but he ignored it as he walked straight towards a rack that had caught his attention before. He picked up a red jade ring worth 450 Contribution Points.
The items on the racks in this row were all filled with spiritual energy and shone brightly. The value of every single item was above 400 Contribution Points.
There were several Judges picking treasures in the vault, including some Fourth-Rank Judges.
When they saw Hao Ren take a red jade ring worth 450 Contribution Points, they all looked surprised—Hao Ren was young and only at the Upper Stage of Judge Rank but already had more than 400 Contribution Points!
How could they have thought that Hao Ren earned 600 Contribution Points just from completing one task! Delivering something to Demon Sea was extremely dangerous. Almost no one could complete it, so the rewards were incredibly high as well.
Jin Guang Shield spun hard in front of Hao Ren, emitting layer upon layer of golden light, as if it wanted Hao Ren to take some other items.
But Hao Ren didn’t have such greedy thoughts. Jin Guang Shield had also liked a blue pill and a piece of black ore before, which should be related to alchemy or treasure refinement. Perhaps they were valuable, but Hao Ren wouldn’t need them for now.
Afeter deducting the Contribution Points of the red ring, white cloth, and old glove, he was left with only ten Contribution Points. He couldn’t take any more items even if he wanted to, so he simply walked out from the vault.
Jin Guang Shield followed Hao Ren and flew out of the vault.
The Judges were even more surprised at seeing that ugly-looking round disc—It was a Heaven-Link Treasure! Though it didn’t look impressive, it was definitely a Heaven-Link Treasure!
"This is Hao Ren. He’s an Eastern Sea Cultivator who defeated the official Judge Qin Shaoyang in this year’s Dragon Temple Exam."
"His cultivation level has increased so rapidly. Indeed a naturally gifted genius!"
Hao Ren didn’t know about their conversation. When he walked out, Lao Luo took down items that Hao Ren had taken.
The 600 Contribution Points were squandered in an instant. If he wanted to make use of the remaining ten Contribution Points, he would have to take on another task, but Hao Ren didn’t plan to do so for now.
"Young Master, hold your step!" Seeing that Hao Ren was about to leave the room with his items, Lao Luo called out hurriedly. "The Palace Lord wants to see you."
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