88: Dragon Blood Crystal

"It's forming a bloodline crystal!" Bai Sitong said nervously, grabbing Lin Chen's arm.

"No, strictly speaking, it should be forming a dragon blood crystal. It wants to leave its bloodline behind in this way!" Lin Chen exclaimed with a hint of surprise.

To extract its own Dragon bloodline and condense it into a dragon blood crystal, the pain this brought to the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon was worse than death.

Most of the time, what people fear is not death itself, but the suffering endured during the process of being half-dead. What the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon was doing now was to personally experience, and even savor, this pain.

Bloodline extraction was not something to be taken lightly; over thousands of years in his previous life, only Nezha dared to return bones to his father and flesh to his mother.

"All of its descendants perished over the long years, not even successfully hatching. Perhaps forming a dragon blood crystal is its only remaining chance," the Yan Wu Fox said with emotion, while also feeling fortunate that its own fox clan was relatively easy to produce offspring.

For these aged Spirit Beasts, the continuation of their bloodline was an ingrained obsession, just like ancient humans. Unfortunately, with the development of technology and the increase in living pressure, more and more people began to abandon this obsession, fighting against social injustice in their own way.

"If it's a dragon blood crystal, after being used by some special Spirit Beasts, they can awaken the corresponding Dragon bloodline. And since this wisp of bloodline originates from the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon, they can indeed be considered its descendants," Bai Sitong murmured, suddenly understanding the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon's actions.

The time it took to form the dragon blood crystal seemed long, but it didn't actually last too long, yet the true pain felt like years passing in seconds. When a fist-sized dragon blood crystal was fully formed, the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon finally collapsed, completely losing its breath.

Its vacant eyes gazed at the sky, as if looking at the qiling silverwood phantom behind Lin Chen, reminiscing about its past, and also seemingly looking towards an unseen future... "Rest in peace!" This was the heartfelt sentiment of Bai Sitong and Lin Chen; the passing of life always brought a certain silence.

"sound~~~" The Seven-Colored Deer lowered its head, rubbed against the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon's corpse, then picked up the dragon blood crystal and walked towards Lin Chen.

"My Lord, the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon has passed away. This dragon blood crystal is entrusted to you. I hope you can find a suitable descendant for it!" the Seven-Colored Deer said with a hint of sadness.

"I will!" Lin Chen nodded, holding the priceless dragon blood crystal in his hand. After looking at it for a while, he put it into his storage equipment.

"Roar~~~" The Heavenly Water Azure Qilin let out a low growl beside the corpse, then turned and walked towards the cold pond.

"My Lord, please wait a moment. I will retrieve the thousand-year profound ice from below for you!" the Heavenly Water Azure Qilin said, its front hooves stomping, and the thick ice layer beneath its feet shattered in response.

Lin Chen and Bai Sitong weren't idle either; they stepped forward and collected the Dragon Blood Red Scaled Flood Dragon's corpse. Although the Dragon blood had been extracted from it, a High-star Spirit Beast's corpse itself was valuable, and bringing it back would still be worth a lot of money.

The Seven-Colored Deer and the Yan Wu Fox had no objections to this. In the world of Spirit Beasts, it was survival of the fittest; leaving it here would only make it food for other Spirit Beasts. To them, returning to the embrace of the Sacred Tree was an honor.

Then Lin Chen released the Spirit Beasts from the Shan Hai World, letting them help harvest the dragon blood grass by the cold pond. A Five-Star dragon blood grass was worth about 200,000 per stalk.

"sound! sound sound!" Feeling the many powerful auras around it, the Fragrant Flower Rabbit fearfully clutched Lin Chen's pant leg, timidly looking at the Seven-Colored Deer and the others.

"Don't be afraid, they won't hurt you!" Lin Chen said with a comforting smile. The Great Spirit Sparrow, on the other hand, was already flying around with the Fierce Wind Vermilion Sparrow.

"sound!" "Alright then! They look so amazing!"

"sound~~~" The Seven-Colored Deer lowered its head and rubbed against the Fragrant Flower Rabbit, immediately calming the frightened little fellow down.

It was originally a deity living in the forest, and the aura emanating from its body could make all Spirit Beasts feel close to it, let alone Grass-type Spirit Beasts like the Fragrant Flower Rabbit.

"sound sound!" Calmed down, the Fragrant Flower Rabbit was no longer afraid and happily directed the Spirit Beasts to harvest the dragon blood grass.

The Heavenly Water Azure Qilin didn't dive for long and soon returned with a basketball-sized chunk of ice. The moment it appeared, everyone and all the Spirit Beasts couldn't help but shiver, feeling waves of coldness in the air.

"It really is thousand-year profound ice!" Lin Chen and Bai Sitong excitedly collected it. For many ice-attribute Spirit Beasts, this was a treasure capable of defying fate and changing destiny.

"My Lord, this is the thousand-year profound ice. Besides this, there are also some accompanying spirit stones that I have brought back for you as well!" the Heavenly Water Azure Qilin said, opening its dragon-like mouth, and a large quantity of spirit stones poured out from its abdominal space, numbering nearly a hundred.

Most of them were water-attribute spirit stones, but there were also a few rare ice-attribute spirit stones. These variant spirit stones of basic elements often commanded higher prices.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Lin Chen said, not collecting all these spirit stones at once, but rather setting some aside in front of the Heavenly Water Azure Qilin.

"These spirit stones should also be useful to you, right? Absorb them first. The spiritual energy in this world is scarce now, and this is the only way to replenish the spiritual power you've lost in your bodies," Lin Chen said, while also taking out several bottles of stalactite fluid and handing them to the Yan Wu Fox and the Seven-Colored Deer.

This bit of fluid naturally couldn't fully restore the depleted energy in their bodies, but after being in the desert for a long time, every drop of water was precious. The energy contained in a bottle of stalactite fluid was enough to allow them to exert their power to the extreme.

"Thank you, My Lord!" All three Spirit Beasts expressed their gratitude.

"You're welcome, but unfortunately, I didn't bring much stalactite fluid. It can only restore some of your energy. As for the depletion of your bodies, even drinking all the stalactite fluid wouldn't be enough!" Bai Sitong said somewhat helplessly, also taking out two bottles of stalactite fluid and feeding them to the Fierce Wind Vermilion Sparrow and the Lava Turtle.

Their spiritual power might slowly recover, but this would take time, especially in this world with scarce and collapsing spiritual energy. It was more convenient to just take medicine directly.

Once the energy of the few Spirit Beasts had recovered, the Fragrant Flower Rabbit and the others had also finished collecting all the dragon blood grass. Lin Chen returned them to the Shan Hai World and looked at the three Spirit Beasts.

"Let's go! The Sun Lion King's territory is underground. I'll take you there!" the Yan Wu Fox said, turning and walking in another direction.