Chapter 184: Inside the Wild Dragon Snake's Body, Dragon Core?

One day later.

Inside the cave.

Chen Chuyang had absorbed a massive amount of Wild Dragon Snake blood qi; that blood qi drifted in the air, and not absorbing it would be a waste.

That Golden Core of his had been dyed red, blood-red through and through.

It was as if a dragon-snake was gestating upon it, and his bloodline changed along with it; Wild Dragon Snake blood was tyrannical, forcibly clashing with his bloodline. Fortunately, his body was extraordinary, and the cultivation method he practiced was also somewhat different from this world's, so this change was forcibly purified.

His human bloodline gained the upper hand and then devoured the Wild Dragon Snake bloodline. Chen Chuyang certainly did not want to turn himself into a demon beast—having a trace of its bloodline was fine, but he could not become a Wild Dragon Snake, nor could he be transformed into a Wild Dragon Snake's puppet. With his will firm, everything else was no longer an issue.

Devour, transform—the Hunyuan Dao Scripture circulated, accelerating the devouring process. The flesh and blood at the Wild Dragon Snake's wound had not decayed after all these years—this was what was truly heaven-defying. Once cultivation reached a certain level, even after death, the body would not rot.

Chen Chuyang's mouth watered a little, wanting to taste the flesh and blood, but he was afraid this Wild Dragon Snake was still alive—what if…

"Why not give it a try?"

"Drawing that much Wild Dragon Snake blood twice with no reaction at all means this snake is dead through and through. It can't possibly come back to life."

"With Little Carp's luck protecting me, nothing will go wrong."

Chen Chuyang hypnotized himself. At a time like this, he could not afford to be overly cautious—if he didn't act now, he'd be handing the prize away to someone else.

Around the Wild Dragon Snake's cave heaven, an extra presence had appeared. Once that presence broke through the cave heaven, the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse would be exposed, and secretly drawing from it would no longer be possible.

"Screw it—damn it all. With treasure right in front of me, how can I shrink back?"

Gritting his teeth, Chen Chuyang decided to risk it. Time waits for no one.

This time, he had to secure the most important thing inside the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse early on, otherwise he would definitely cry himself to death.

The Hunyuan Bell enveloped him. He took out a sword and cut off a chunk of flesh—a large chunk of flesh, weighing dozens of jin. The Wild Dragon Snake's corpse showed no reaction at all, as if it were truly dead and gone.

Chen Chuyang continued cutting, placing the pieces into storage bags. He had several storage bags on hand, but their spaces were not large. After stuffing in a pile of flesh and blood, they were full—several storage bags were all filled to the brim.

"Good thing I refined several storage bags with larger spaces, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to carry it all away."

Refining storage bags was fairly difficult, but not as difficult as Spiritual Artifacts.

Once the materials were found, they were still quite easy to refine.

This was only relative to Chen Chuyang; for other artifact refiners, storage bags remained extremely difficult.

"Is this Wild Dragon Snake skin?"

Chen Chuyang's eyes lit up, and he cut off those Wild Dragon Snake skins—they were all good stuff.

"Perfect, I can refine a batch of storage bags."

These were all good things. The storage bags he had on hand were not enough to hold everything—the Wild Dragon Snake was too enormous, with too much flesh and blood. He had to increase his space and add more storage bags.

He took out the Giant Fire Alchemy Furnace and began refining artifacts right then and there.

He had to refine a storage bag with an enormous space; next, he still had many things to store.

"Refine."

A Formation covered him to avoid being disturbed and to prevent being discovered by others.

Chen Chuyang, taking a desperate risk, could not afford to worry about all that.

The refining began. A large piece of Wild Dragon Snake skin was tossed in, and Formations were inscribed. Wild Dragon Snake skin was far superior to the demon beast hides Chen Chuyang had on hand—it could withstand more Formations, and the space it opened up increased accordingly.

The issue of raw materials limited the expansion of space.

Ordinary beast hides could not withstand too many Formations, so naturally they could not open up larger spaces.

The space opened up by Wild Dragon Snake skin was hundreds of times that of those original beast hides. Chen Chuyang tested bit by bit, continuously opening up and increasing the space.

Finally, when he truly could no longer inscribe Formations, he stopped.

He obtained a brand-new storage bag—an upgraded storage bag with a very large space. Fitting a small mountain peak inside would be no problem at all.

"Only a storage bag like this befits my status."

"One probably isn't enough. I'll refine a few more."

On-site, there was no shortage of raw materials.

He cut Wild Dragon Snake skin and then began refining.

Once he was familiar with it, Chen Chuyang's refining speed quickened.

Just like that, three days passed.

Three days later.

Chen Chuyang had several more storage bags in hand, each with a larger space than the last. He put away the Alchemy Furnace and Pill Fire, and began cutting Wild Dragon Snake flesh and blood, dividing them into portions. With this much flesh and blood, he had truly struck it rich.

Things inside a storage bag would not spoil. As long as the storage bag itself didn't break, nothing would deteriorate, and it could be stored indefinitely.

After cutting open a massive gash, Chen Chuyang saw many bones. Those bones, naturally, he would not let go either.

Whatever he saw, he wanted all of it.

Flesh and blood, bones, scales, snake skin—everything was sorted and allocated. Chen Chuyang cut and organized at the same time.

Then he entered inside the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse. It was his first time entering, and he marveled at the enormity of the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse.

Inside the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse, he was like a tiny ant.

"Such a rich scent of blood, such powerful pressure."

"Where is Little Carp?"

He released his Spiritual Sense, but couldn't extend it too far. Fortunately, there was a connection between him and Little Carp.

Relying on that faint connection, Chen Chuyang began walking downward.

He kept walking forward, not knowing how long he had walked.

It was a bloody expanse everywhere. The blood qi was so dense it oppressed him, making it impossible to breathe normally.

Inside the corpse, the air was thin. Fortunately, the wound he had opened was fairly large, allowing him to breathe normally.

It was all the scent of the Wild Dragon Snake.

Not knowing how long he had walked, Chen Chuyang stopped. Little Carp was right ahead.

He foolishly looked at something.

He looked up, Chen Chuyang's eyes narrowed.

What is that?

Inner dan? Wild Dragon Snake inner dan?

After the shock, there was endless excitement; this was too fortunate.

This was found.

It was obtained without any effort.

It couldn't be an illusion, could it?

Chen Chuyang didn't rush to act; instead, he looked, observed, extended his Spiritual Sense, and slowly approached the inner dan.

The inner dan seemed to sense his arrival, showing a slight reaction.

Hum.

What is this?

Chen Chuyang's expression changed; this inner dan seemed to be alive.

Still alive? Or perhaps its soul remains?

No way, after so many years it should have been dead long ago; how could it still be alive?

Chen Chuyang stepped back, casually caught the little carp and retreated, moving away from that inner dan.

After retreating several dozen meters, the inner dan returned to calm.

The earlier disturbance seemed to have occurred because his Spiritual Sense touched it.

Master, that is the Wild Dragon Snake's inner dan; quickly collect it.

The little carp regained consciousness and immediately urged Chen Chuyang to collect the inner dan.

That is the Wild Dragon Snake's inner dan, the most precious thing of the Wild Dragon Snake.

Even a whole corpse is inferior to the inner dan before us.

The inner dan is large, larger than them.

That size, that inner dan, is terrifying.

Chen Chuyang swallowed hard; he also wanted to act and collect the inner dan, tried once, but failed.

The inner dan resisted his attempt to collect it.