"Whew."
Long Chen let out a long breath, and the black giant ape finally collapsed from head to death.
"Damn it, my head is really a mess!"
Long Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and cursed involuntarily.
Long Chen searched the memories of the black giant ape and found them utterly chaotic, filled with bloody battle scenes and some of its growth and breakthroughs.
"A magical beast is just a magical beast. Its intelligence is too low, and there's only so much it can remember." Long Chen was speechless. He had spent so much effort searching his soul, but hadn't found anything useful.
The magical beast's memory was limited, and only so many images could be left in its mind. In its memory, Long Chen saw the scene of the black giant ape he had tamed.
According to its memory, they should have been siblings born of the same mother, but once they reach adulthood, they are driven away to live alone.
But there is no emotional bond between beasts. Their mothers gave birth purely out of instinct, and as brothers, they fought fiercely for territory several times. There was no emotion between them, only hatred.
This soul-searching effort wasn't wasted; at least Long Chen knew the terrain of its territory.
"Let's go."
Long Chen rode the black giant ape and sped off in one direction. Soon, a celestial pool appeared ahead, filled with immortal energy. The island appeared faintly in the pool, like a fairyland on earth.
Seeing the immortal pool, the black giant ape shouted excitedly. So this was the reason the brothers had turned against each other.
Back then, they left their mother together and found this place, discovering the Immortal Pool. Cultivating here would make them even stronger.
Although magical beasts may not be very intelligent, their ability to find rare treasures is extremely strong. The territories occupied by powerful magical beasts are all feng shui treasures; otherwise, they wouldn't have guarded one place for so many years. If someone approached, they would fight desperately.
The giant ape Long Chen had tamed, unable to compete with its brother, had to find another place. It found a vein of mineral and relied on its spiritual energy to aid its cultivation.
But its mineral vein was clearly inferior to its brother's Immortal Pool, so for countless years, it had tried to seize it, but it simply couldn't defeat its brother. Now, coming here again, it immediately became excited.
"Such a rich medicinal fragrance." As he approached the Immortal Pool, Long Chen's heart began to race.
Long Chen slowly approached the Immortal Pool and found it was not large, spanning thousands of miles, yet surrounded by hundreds of small islands.
When the black giant ape approached the Immortal Pool, it began lying beside it and started drinking the water inside. It seemed that the water here was very attractive to it.
Long Chen ignored the black giant ape, letting it drink water while he himself climbed onto a small island, his face full of shock to discover countless rare medicinal herbs growing on it.
"Could this be the legendary Jade Bone Purple Heart Bamboo?"
When Long Chen saw the bamboo root in front of him about the thickness of a thumb, over three feet tall, like jade all over, with a purple line running through its core, his eyes nearly popped out.
Jade Bone Purple Heart Bamboo is a rare herb in the Nie Chong Star Pill recipe. Long Chen himself had never heard of it, let alone seen it. But when he saw these bamboo stalks, he couldn't help but call out their names.
The bamboo leaves were emerald green, covered with crystal-clear dewdrops, and waves of bamboo fragrance filled the air, invigorating the spirit.
"This is a rare medicine for nourishing the soul—truly priceless." Long Chen's heart raced wildly. Although he still didn't know the effects of the Jade Bone Purple Heart Bamboo, he could already roughly classify it.
Long Chen took out a jade shovel and carefully dug out a Jade-Bone Purple-Heart Bamboo, moving it into the chaotic space.
As soon as the Jade Bone Purple Heart Bamboo entered the chaotic space, it immediately took root within, and its massive root system began to spread rapidly.
Because Long Chen had just thrown the corpse of the black giant ape into the black earth and unleashed endless life force, the Jade Bone Purple Heart Bamboo grew rapidly upon entering. Although it didn't continue to grow thicker or taller, the purple threads inside it were growing deeper and deeper.
At the same time, its roots began to spread in all directions, and bamboo shoots broke through the soil. The newly sprouted shoots were as thick as a forearm, and soon clusters of bamboo shoots appeared, and within just a few breaths, a small bamboo grove had formed.
Moreover, as the bamboo grove forms, more and more bamboo shoots appear, and the newly sprouted shoots are even thicker than those previously grown.
Seeing this, Long Chen was thrilled and continued to explore the surroundings. Soon, he found several more rare medicinal herbs. Some were rare herbs he couldn't name, but with years of alchemy experience, he could accurately distinguish their value.
Long Chen moved each rare herb into the chaotic space. On the island, he only needed to pick one herb without damaging the environment.
He searched island by island, and after searching hundreds of small islands, Long Chen had thousands of rare herbs in hand. Only then did he head toward the largest island at the center of the Immortal Pool.
This was the largest of all the small islands, surrounded by archipelago like stars surrounding the moon. As he approached the island in the middle, Long Chen saw huge footprints on the island.
Long Chen knew this was left behind by the black giant ape earlier. In its memory, this was the place where it cultivated.
However, it only wanders around the outskirts of the island, with a stone bed at the edge—that is its habitat.
Above its habitat, there is a cliff with a stalactite hanging down from the cliff.
"Tick-tock"
When Long Chen arrived, a drop of water happened to fall onto the stalactite, landing in a stone pit.
Looking into the stone pit, it was a deep crimson, like fresh blood, with dozens of drops visible. Long Chen sniffed it but found no scent at all.
He reached out a finger and touched it, finding the liquid as thick as blood, hanging between his fingers, gathering but not dispersing. At the same time, he could see two different forces flowing within the droplet.
These two forces, one hard and one soft, intertwined. Through his skin, Long Chen could sense strange fluctuations; it could even nourish his flesh and blood through his skin.
Long Chen was startled. You have to understand, just how powerful is Long Chen's physical body? This droplet could easily pass through his skin's defenses. Fortunately, it wasn't poisonous, or he would have been poisoned.
"It seems that the reason that black giant ape far surpasses its brother is related to this liquid."
Long Chen dripped the liquid into his mouth, and the droplet melted instantly. Then, two different energies—fierce and gentle—surged into his limbs and bones. His essence, energy, and spirit were involuntarily stirred.
"What is this thing?" Is it practically a natural elixir? Long
Chen's heart raced wildly as he flew onto the stalactite. When he saw the scene before him, his eyes nearly popped out.