“Do you know the value of this mummified beast, don’t you?” With the heat in his eyes gradually receding, Xiao Yan suddenly turned to Zi Yan, sitting beside the table, and said with a bit of excitement. If not for this lass reminding him, he would never have thought that after roasting the claws with an exotic flame, they would reveal such a magical transformation.
Holding the sharp, green-and-red bone points—short but exceedingly sharp—Xiao Yan lightly ran them across the tabletop. The solid wooden surface split apart as if it were tofu, with the fracture smooth as a mirror…
“Such sharp bone tips…” The sharpness startled Xiao Yan, causing him to suck in a breath of cold air. His gaze toward Zi Yan grew even more eager. Since she knew the secret of these claws, presumably, she must also know other things too, right?
Zi Yan, in response to Xiao Yan’s gaze, lifted her delicate little chin proudly and said, “First, roast all ten of these for me. I’m going to make a pair of boxing gloves from them. Hehe, this will be my weapon from now on.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was stunned. He then lowered his head and looked at the sharp bone tip in his hand. The mere thought of being hit by this sharp little object made him shiver. Combined with Zi Yan’s terrifying strength, a single punch could seriously injure, or even fatally wound, a Battle Emperor level expert.
Eager to uncover the secrets of the mysterious mummified beast, Xiao Yan didn’t quarrel with the triumphant little one. He carefully placed the bone tip down and then picked up the other nine pale claws. A green flame rose and, with a casual toss, he threw the claws into the flame.
As the Luanlian Heart Flame released its intense heat, the nine pale claws began to change once again, just as they had before. As their size decreased, the pale color gradually faded, replaced by an unusual green and red hue.
After about half an hour of roasting, the green flames in front of him slowly dissipated. The nine green and red bone tips fell, and under the soft breeze Xiao Yan summoned, they gently landed on the half-remaining tabletop.
With the ten bone tips successfully roasted, the amazement in Xiao Yan’s eyes faded. He let out a breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Zi Yan, with great joy, snatched up the ten green and red bone tips and carefully tucked them into her waist pouch, then smiled at Xiao Yan.
“How did you know that after being roasted with an exotic flame, these claws would turn into this?” Xiao Yan glanced at Zi Yan, slightly puzzled. From her earlier reaction, it was clear she knew beforehand that these things would be useful to her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have specifically dug out those pale, almost useless-looking claws.
“I don’t know. I just had a feeling they would be useful, so I dug them out,” Zi Yan replied, furrowing her delicate eyebrows, still a bit confused.
Xiao Yan was taken aback and then frowned deeper. He tilted his head and looked at the dissected mummy of the mysterious beast in the room, muttering, “Could it really be related to this? Unfortunately, it has been dead for too long; it’s hard to tell what it originally was. If we could, we might have made some guesses based on its appearance.”
“Anyway, it’s definitely not the same as me. And I feel very uncomfortable around it. It even felt good to see you cut it into pieces.”
“Good? Could the original form of this beast be an enemy to your kind?” Xiao Yan was surprised and then said in astonishment.
“I don’t know. I don’t even know what kind of beast I am. Who cares what it is?” Zi Yan grumbled.
“Never mind. Let’s not worry about what it is. Lass, what should I do with this mummy next?” Seeing that Zi Yan was unwilling to discuss this further, Xiao Yan changed the subject and asked with a smile.
“Burn it. Burn off all that ugly flesh, and you’ll get what you want,” Zi Yan said nonchalantly, waving her hands.
Xiao Yan was taken aback and then, without further ado, bent his hand, and a suction force surged out, pulling a large chunk of white flesh in front of him. He then opened his mouth and spat out a green flame, enveloping the flesh.
As the flame enveloped it, a terrible heat spread out, permeating the flesh entirely. With the heat penetrating, the white flesh began to hiss and its volume gradually shrunk. After about five minutes of roasting, the flesh, which was as large as a tabletop, shrank to the size of a head, and the white color faded, with a green and red hue appearing on its surface.
This green and red color became more intense as the flame burned, until finally, it completely condensed together. To Xiao Yan’s delight, it formed a drop of green and red blood, which seeped out and dripped through the flame.
Seeing the blood dripping towards the ground, Xiao Yan moved quickly and pulled out a high-quality jade bottle from his ring, catching the drop of green and red blood.
With the blood caught, Xiao Yan heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the burning green flame. He noticed that, with the drop of green and red blood, the flesh actually turned to nothing, not even leaving any ashes.
Tapping his fingers, the green flame slowly dissipated. Xiao Yan gazed at the jade bottle in his hand, taking a light breath at the mouth of the bottle. A dense, fierce energy surged into his body, causing him to panic and use his Dou Qi to suppress it. After a while, he managed to refine the fierce energy using the exotic flame.
As the fierce energy’s impurities were driven away by the exotic flame, the pure, powerful energy seeped subtly into Xiao Yan’s limbs and bones. This sudden surge of energy made Xiao Yan’s skin and muscles feel slightly stronger. Though the increase was slight, he detected it clearly.
“This blood… can enhance physical strength?” Xiao Yan, now back to his senses, gazed at the jade bottle, his eyes filling with enthusiasm. Physical strength usually depends on innate talent or hard work, but he hadn’t expected this mysterious green and red blood to have such an effect.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan was once again amazed by the mummified beast’s true form. Grinning, he used his hand to draw another large piece of flesh and, once again, unleashed the Luanlian Heart Flame.
Feeling the wonders of this mysterious green blood, Xiao Yan spent the next hour roasting the remaining pale flesh with the Luanlian Heart Flame. He managed to extract more green and red blood, though he was only able to produce five small drops from the entire mass of flesh.
Looking at the five drops of green and red blood in the jade bottle, each distinct and unblended, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. He waved his hand, extinguishing the green flame, then smiled as he placed the jade bottle back into his ring. The mummified beast, deemed worthless by the Black Emperor Sect, had yielded such a valuable substance. In Xiao Yan’s eyes, these five drops of green and red blood were worth as much as, if not more than, the pair of jade bone wings.
The blood contained extremely fierce energy, and he had already experienced the intensity after just a single breath. One couldn’t just consume it recklessly. However, for Xiao Yan, who was a pharmacist, it wasn’t a difficult task. He had experience balancing the fierce energy and, given enough time, he could safely absorb all the blood and potentially increase his physical strength to unimaginable levels.
Thus, Xiao Yan felt he had truly made a worthwhile exchange. If Mo Tianxing knew the benefits Xiao Yan gained from this mummified beast, he would likely spit blood. The Black Emperor Sect had inspected this thing countless times, finding only the pair of jade bone wings to be extraordinary, while the rest seemed ordinary. Yet, it was this seemingly worthless thing that granted Xiao Yan such a windfall.
Gradually returning to his senses, Xiao Yan’s gaze once again fell on the remaining mummy, now reduced to a withered head and a large, desiccated hide. He licked his lips; the most valuable part, the beast core, had yet to appear. Generally, a beast core that had condensed all the beast’s energy wouldn’t disappear into thin air. Therefore, it must be hidden in the remaining withered head and desiccated hide. The thought of obtaining the core of a ferocious beast on the verge of breaking through to the eighth stage made Xiao Yan’s body tingle with excitement.
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