Chapter 102 Harvest
Chapter 102 Harvest
Jiang Chen then used several golden sword talismans to pierce several holes in the serpent's body.
Seeing that the serpent had no reaction, he breathed a sigh of relief and put away the Xuanyou Sword.
"Finally, we killed that thing."
At this moment, Qiao Song and Shen Yi also stepped forward.
Shen Yi examined the serpent's body and exclaimed, "This serpent is extraordinary!"
"Judging from its appearance, it should possess the bloodline of a mirage dragon. Mirage dragons are a variant of the dragon race, naturally skilled in various illusions."
"Although this serpent has mixed bloodlines, it is ultimately a mirage dragon, and its flesh and bones will have some hallucinogenic effects."
Jiang Chen grew up in Black Stone Mountain Town and knew exactly which parts of a monster were valuable.
This serpent is a genuine dragon species, and it also possesses the seed of a bewitching talent, making it more valuable than ordinary dragon species.
If you were to sell the entire serpent's corpse, you could easily fetch twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones.
If it's auctioned, the minimum price is 50,000 spirit stones.
However, this serpent's body was five or six zhang long and as thick as a water vat.
It's really too difficult to put it in a storage bag.
Even if Jiang Chen had a relatively high-level floating storage bag, the amount of magical power consumed to store such a large dragon snake was too terrifying.
"Senior brothers, I will only take the dragon pearl and the heart from this serpent. The rest is up to you two to decide."
"If there are any other treasures in the cave, they shall all belong to me. What do you two senior brothers think?"
The Jiaozhu (蛟珠) is the energy center of the Jiaolong (蛟龙), much like the golden elixir of humanity, and is extremely valuable.
The heart contains the heart's blood, the essence of blood, which has extremely high value in alchemy.
Of course, besides the dragon pearl and heart, the dragon's other internal organs are also extremely valuable.
Dragon liver and gallbladder have extremely strong detoxification abilities, making them an excellent material for high-level antidote pills. Furthermore, the cultivation of some advanced poison techniques also requires the assistance of dragon liver and gallbladder.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Song immediately cupped his hands and said, "Junior Brother Jiang is too kind. You killed this serpent all by yourself; neither of us contributed."
Both the corpse and the treasures in the cave should belong to you alone.
Shen Yi also chimed in.
Jiang Chen waved his hand: "Senior brothers, there's no need to be so polite. I don't have the ability to take the whole serpent's corpse away."
After saying that, he used the Xuanyou Sword to cut open the serpent's body and put its somewhat broken heart into a specially made jade box.
This time, entering the ancient ruins may provide an opportunity to harvest precious medicinal herbs such as the True Essence Fruit.
Therefore, Jiang Chen prepared many jade boxes with preservation functions.
He then searched inside the serpent's body and soon found a small bead slightly larger than a dragon's eye.
The bead is grayish-white all over, and seems to be surrounded by clouds and mist.
Jiang Chen used his divine sense to examine the bead, and found that this inconspicuous bead contained a vast amount of magical power.
Among them was a small, illusory image of a dragon-like creature, which roamed back and forth within the magical power; this was the very soul of the dragon-like creature.
He had only been probing for a few dozen breaths when he saw the serpent revive and open its mouth to bite him.
Jiang Chen quickly withdrew his divine sense, and the scene he had just seen completely disappeared. The corpse of the dragon was still lying on the ground.
"Just by using divine sense to probe, it can induce illusions; it truly lives up to its reputation as a Mirage Dragon bloodline."
I also wanted to use the Nightmare Bewitching Technique to probe his memories, but now it seems my limited spiritual sense is no match for him.
After putting away the dragon pearl and the heart, Jiang Chen cupped his hands in a salute and said, "The rest is up to my two senior brothers."
After saying that, Jiang Chen cast several Golden Armor Talismans on himself, then took a glowing bead and stepped into the cave.
This bead is called the Radiant Bead, a mid-grade first-rank magical artifact. Its sole function is to absorb magical power and emit light.
Dragons have a penchant for collecting treasures, and most dragon species, influenced by their bloodline, also share this hobby.
Even for a Qi Refining cultivator like myself, a collection of second-grade dragon serpents is a rare treasure.
Some plants do grow on the cave walls, but most of them are only first-grade spiritual herbs, not worth many spirit stones.
Before long, he arrived at the bottom of the cave.
This place is quite spacious and doesn't look like a naturally formed cave, but rather like a proper human cave dwelling.
In a corner of the cave, there are still collapsed stone tables and chairs.
The floor of the entire cave was covered with large patches of white, broken bones, many of which were not decayed.
Seeing these bones, Jiang Chen felt a chill: 'It seems that many demonic beasts usually survive in these ancient ruins; there will be a lot of trouble ahead.'
In the center of the cave, there is a pool of water covering about half an acre, with bubbles constantly rising from its center. It is clearly a spiritual spring, but the water output is small.
Jiang Chen walked to the edge of the pool and threw the Radiant Pearl in his hand directly into the pool.
The pitch-black pool was instantly illuminated, revealing that it was more than three zhang deep, with many things scattered at the bottom.
Among them were jade slips, a token, some refining materials such as gemstones and metal blocks, fragments of magical artifacts, and many scattered scales.
Jiang Chen perked up immediately upon seeing the jade slip.
He immediately jumped into the pool, gathered up all the odds and ends, and then leaped out of the pool.
He examined the jade slips and found them to be empty, with no records of anything.
'Endless years have passed, and the contents of the jade slip have all vanished.'
Then he looked at the token again.
The token is made of silver metal, and the front features a relief of a three-legged, two-eared round tripod.
On the back of the token was written a line of small characters: "Luo Yuanlong, Manager of the Spirit Beasts of the Blessed Land Division of the Golden Scale Hall of the Creation Sect".
This token still contains extremely faint magical power, but its level is very high, in no way inferior to that of the Iron Sword Immortal.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Chen pondered: 'This Luo Yuanlong should be a Core Formation cultivator. I've never heard of the Creation Sect before.'
As for the Golden Scale Hall, it's most likely related to the Golden Scale River. One could boldly guess that the Golden Scale Hall is the branch that manages the Golden Scale River basin.
His position as the Blessed Land's Spirit Beast Supervisor should be specifically responsible for raising spirit beasts within the blessed land.
"Within the Golden Cauldron Sect, such managerial positions are usually held by cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining, but the Creation Sect actually puts a cultivator at the peak of Core Formation in this job."
Based on this calculation, the person in charge of the Blessed Land Division of the Creation Sect should be a Nascent Soul cultivator, and the head of the Golden Scale Hall is even stronger, possibly a legendary Deity Transformation cultivator.
And aren't the top-tier combat forces of the Creation Sect even above the Nascent Soul stage?
These speculations lacked sufficient evidence, and Jiang Chen didn't dwell on them too much.
He examined the round cauldron relief on the front of the token closely and found it very familiar.
He rested his chin on his hand: "This round tripod relief looks familiar; I feel like I've seen it somewhere before."
Suddenly, he clapped his hands: "That's right, the Jade Cauldron Pure Essence Technique! The appearance of this jade cauldron relief is exactly the same as the Jade Cauldron Pure Essence Spirit Seed that I condensed while cultivating the Jade Cauldron Pure Essence Technique."
"I knew that secret technique was extraordinary and must have a remarkable origin. I never imagined it came from the ancient sect, the Creation Sect."
Afterwards, Jiang Chen examined the miscellaneous items.
The scales were of low quality, and their aura was identical to that of the dragon serpent, suggesting that they were scales shed by the serpent itself.
As for those gems and ores, they are mostly second-grade refining materials.
Jiang Chen didn't know much about weapon crafting, so he didn't recognize many of them.
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