20: Soul Nourishing Fruit

[Item: flame flood dragon bone]

[Detailed Information: A skeleton formed from the remains of a Rank 4 Perfection Flame Flood Dragon. The marrow and horns contain the Flame Flood Dragon Bloodline, which carries a trace of the Dragon Clan Bloodline.]

[Comprehensive Evaluation: Four stars, Bloodline can be extracted]

"Gulp!"

Zhang Daobai stared intently at the black rock.

No! To be more precise, it was the single horn on the Flame Flood Dragon's head, only it was covered by a layer of black material.

"What are you looking at?"

Just then, Lin Luoxue, who had already retrieved the blazing red lotus and the red lotus blazing fire, asked curiously upon seeing Zhang Daobai's expression.

"Do you see that pointed black rock?"

Zhang Daobai pointed toward the Flame Flood Dragon's horn, guiding Lin Luoxue's gaze.

Lin Luoxue looked in the direction Zhang Daobai was pointing and quickly spotted the pointed black rock.

She then nodded and asked, "I see it. What's wrong? Is there something special about it?"

Lin Luoxue observed it carefully but didn't see anything unusual about the black rock.

"That is the skeleton of a Rank 4 Perfection Flame Flood Dragon," Zhang Daobai said in a very calm, pretent... tone.

"Rank 4..."

"Huh!?"

"The skeleton of a Rank 4 Perfection Flame Flood Dragon!?"

Lin Luoxue's calm expression instantly vanished as she cried out in disbelief.

"Yes. Most of the dragon bones are in the lava lake, and that pointed rock is actually the single horn on the Flame Flood Dragon's head," Zhang Daobai nodded calmly.

Hearing this, Lin Luoxue immediately expanded her Divine Sense, scanning the lava lake.

Sure enough, beneath that pointed black rock, she discovered a massive skeleton.

The fire spiritual energy contained within this skeleton was very restrained, making it very similar to the spiritual energy of the lava lake itself.

If she hadn't checked carefully, it would have been easy to overlook, which was why she hadn't discovered it when she came here last time.

"Can you collect it?"

Zhang Daobai turned to Lin Luoxue and asked.

"I can. Wait for me a moment."

Lin Luoxue nodded and immediately flew toward the Flame Flood Dragon skeleton on her sword.

Reaching the lava lake, Lin Luoxue reached out and grabbed the Flame Flood Dragon horn protruding from the surface, then quickly flew upward.

Although Lin Luoxue was not a Body Cultivator, with her Late Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, this amount of weight was nothing to her.

Soon, under Lin Luoxue's pull, a massive skeleton over thirty meters long emerged from the lava lake.

Although the skeleton appeared dull and lacked any aura, the residual pressure it carried made Zhang Daobai's heart tremble.

After dragging the Flame Flood Dragon skeleton out of the lava lake, Lin Luoxue put it into her storage space.

Fortunately, she had cleared out the Yao Beast Materials in her storage space some time ago; otherwise, it really might not have fit.

After storing the Flame Flood Dragon skeleton, Lin Luoxue flew back to Zhang Daobai's side.

"See if you can find its inner core as well," Lin Luoxue urged Zhang Daobai, her eyes full of anticipation.

A Yao Beast's inner core is the essence of its being and the most valuable material on its body.

And as the inner core of a Rank 4 Perfection Flame Flood Dragon, its value was unimaginable.

"I can't find it. Either it has already dissipated, or it has sunk into the depths of the lava lake," Zhang Daobai shook his head helplessly.

Zhang Daobai had already searched for the Flame Flood Dragon's inner core, but after several careful checks, he hadn't found any trace of it.

"Then forget it," Lin Luoxue said, looking at the lava lake below and shaking her head after a moment's thought.

Given the high temperature of the lava lake, even a Purple Mansion stage cultivator wouldn't dare stay inside for too long.

Let alone searching for a fist-sized inner core in this vast, bottomless lake of lava.

"Is your hand all right?"

Zhang Daobai looked down at Lin Luoxue's right hand, which had just grabbed the flame flood dragon bone, and asked with concern.

"It's fine. I wrapped my palm in spiritual power."

Lin Luoxue opened her jade-white palm and explained gently.

"That's good. Let's go."

Zhang Daobai was relieved and began walking out of the cave.

Lin Luoxue looked at Zhang Daobai's back and then down at her right hand, a tender smile unconsciously appearing on her lips.

After leaving the cave, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue did not continue hunting Yao Beasts but flew straight toward the outskirts of the Sunset Mountain Range.

Not long after they took flight, Zhang Daobai suddenly saw several Yao Beasts in the distance frantically rushing in one direction.

In such a situation, either a more terrifying Yao Beast was hunting them, or something in that direction was attracting them.

"Look over there."

Zhang Daobai nudged Lin Luoxue's arm, signaling her to look at the Yao Beasts.

Lin Luoxue, who often trained in the mountains, judged at a glance that some Heaven And Earth Treasure must be about to mature in that direction.

"It seems some Heaven And Earth Treasure is about to mature. Should we go take a look?"

Lin Luoxue turned to ask for Zhang Daobai's opinion.

Without realizing it, even Lin Luoxue hadn't noticed that the way they did things was increasingly centered around Zhang Daobai.

"Let's first see what kind of Heaven And Earth Treasure it is," Zhang Daobai nodded after a moment's thought.

"Okay."

Hearing this, Lin Luoxue immediately chased in the direction the Yao Beasts were running.

After a while, at the base of a steep cliff, four or five Yao Beasts were gathered together, looking up at the cliff face with longing in their eyes.

Following their gaze, one could see a small tree about three meters tall growing in a crevice of the cliff, over fifty meters above the ground.

On that small tree hung five fruits like white jade, emitting an enticing fragrance.

"It's soul nurturing fruits!"

In mid-air, Lin Luoxue's eyes lit up as she saw the small tree on the cliff in the distance.

The soul nurturing fruit is a Rank 3 Spirit Medicine, but because of its ability to increase soul power and repair Soul damage, its value is higher than that of most Rank 4 Spirit Medicines.

"I didn't expect soul nurturing fruits to appear in the outer regions of the Sunset Mountain Range."

As Lin Luoxue spoke, she looked at Zhang Daobai with a strange expression.

She didn't know if it was just her imagination, but since meeting Zhang Daobai, her luck and opportunities had improved significantly.

Spirit Medicines like the soul nurturing fruit usually only exist in the inner regions of the Sunset Mountain Range and are typically guarded by Rank 3 or higher Yao Beasts.

But now she had come across a soul nurturing fruit tree with no Yao Beast guarding it in the outer regions of the Sunset Mountain Range, which was quite surprising.

soul nurturing fruit!

Hearing Lin Luoxue's explanation, Zhang Daobai's gaze instantly became fervent.

Ever since he learned that the Spirit Taming Contract was related to his soul power, he had researched many Heaven And Earth Treasures related to soul power, and the soul nurturing fruit was among them.

As long as he refined one soul nurturing fruit, he would be able to meet the soul power requirement to Contract another Spirit Tamer.