Chapter 105: Searching the Cave

Meanwhile, Lin Feng stood silently on the mountain peak, watching the battle in the valley below, waiting for Zi Yan to lure that magical beast away.

At the same time, he secretly marveled that this Earth Core Tempering Body Milk was indeed extraordinary, actually enabling a fifth‑rank magical beast to speak.

Because normally, aside from Zi Yan's kind of gifted magical beast, other magical beasts need to be sixth rank before they can speak.

This shows the power of the Earth Core Tempering Body Milk.

After the battle below continued for a moment, Zi Yan began to gradually lead the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape away into the distance.

Watching that huge creature shrink to a dot in his sight, Lin Feng deployed the Silent Secret Technique, then lightly flapped the wings behind him.

Using the cover of the thunderous explosion from the clash outside the valley, he flew swiftly inside...

After flying for a while, he only then discovered that the interior of this valley was actually so spacious.

He thought to himself: "The environment in this valley is also quite complex; finding the Earth Core Tempering Body Milk will probably take some time."

The valley was filled with dense trees and scattered rocks, yet there were no other living creatures—evidently they had all been driven away by the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape.

Along the way, it was utterly silent, with not a sound, and all that could be seen were some stark white bones exposed on the ground.

It seems that not only they covet the Earth Core Tempering Body Milk, but even some magical beasts likewise harbor the intention to seize it.

But this scene was likely the result of the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape having slain them all here.

After a moment, Lin Feng's flying figure suddenly came to a halt.

Looking up, he saw that not far ahead was already the end of the valley.

Gazing at the dark cave at the end, Lin Feng lightly vibrated his wings and swooped down toward the ground.

Afterward, his agile form landed on a large rock outside the cave, then he exerted a little force with his legs and shot himself toward the cave entrance.

The cave is quite spacious; otherwise it would be difficult to accommodate the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape's dwelling.

The high mountain top is over ten meters tall; inside the cave, scattered rocks are strewn about, and white hair can be seen everywhere.

Lin Feng swiftly stepped into the cave, and after a moment he stood with a slight frown before the far wall.

Turning his body, he scanned the surroundings with his gaze, which then fixed on a corner of the wall.

There, the ground was indented in a large area; the depression was covered in white hair, and the surrounding large footprints were far more numerous than anywhere else.

Lin Feng walked over, crouched down to examine it closely, and found that this place seemed to be where the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape rested.

And that depression appeared to have been formed by the beast's massive weight pressing down.

Looking at the traces left by the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape's frequent visits, his heart stirred slightly, and he lightly swept his sleeve over the area piled with white hair.

Instantly a gust of wind arose, blowing the heap of white hair aside.

As the hair dispersed, a layer of sand and soil appeared beneath.

However, this sand and soil were darker in color than the sand elsewhere, looking as if it had been turned over.

Seeing the sand and soil that had been carefully filled in, Lin Feng's lips curled up slightly, and he flicked a finger.

As a thread of fighting qi exploded at the spot, a dark, mysterious underground entrance appeared before his eyes.

He leapt into the entrance and then hurried along this winding, massive underground passage.

Although the passage was extremely tortuous, Lin Feng could sense that he was gradually going deeper underground.

After walking for nearly ten minutes in this quiet atmosphere, Lin Feng saw, at the far end of the dark passage, a faint white point of light suddenly appear.

At that moment he felt delighted and quickly increased his speed.

And as he drew nearer, the white point only gradually enlarged.

In the end, it had transformed into an entrance emitting a white glow.

As his foot stepped out of the dark passage, what appeared before Lin Feng was an underground world filled with stalactites.

Gazing ahead, milky‑white stalactites stretched continuously to the limits of his vision.

A pale white light emanated from within, completely dispelling the darkness here.

Stalactites grew everywhere; some hung from the mountain summit above, and some even reached a length of a hundred meters.

At a glance, the mountain vault was dense with towering stalactites.

Occasionally a drop of white liquid fell, splashing milky‑white droplets onto the ground.

"I never expected to find such an underground cavern down here; nature really is amazing."

Beholding the magnificent sight before him, Lin Feng couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

Afterward, Lin Feng closed his eyes, and his soul's perception spread outward.

He sensed the strongest concentration of earth's power within this underground cavern.

Not long after, he opened his eyes and Lin Feng swiftly ran toward a certain direction.

After weaving through the stalactite world for a few minutes, Lin Feng arrived at the place where the earth's power was most concentrated.

Before him appeared a massive stalactite that connected to the summit of the mountain vault.

The stalactite hung straight down, its enormous volume exceeding a hundred meters in length, and its width was as thick as two people's arms clasped together.

A pale white light twined around it, rendering it like a crystal pillar.

This stalactite is undoubtedly the largest in this underground world; with such a size it resembles the emperor among stalactites, receiving the homage of countless surrounding stalactites.

His gaze then moved downward, where beneath this stalactite lay an enormous slab of bluish stone, more than half of which was buried underground.

At this moment, on the top of the bluish stone there was a groove less than half a foot deep, which happened to align exactly with the tip of the stalactite above.

Within that groove was contained a milky‑white liquid about two inches deep.

Above the liquid floated a faint white mist.

This white mist was quite extraordinary; no matter how it drifted, it never dissipated.

He lightly inhaled a breath; as a thread of the white mist entered his body, Lin Feng immediately sensed the pure energy contained within.

His eyes fixed firmly on the milky‑white liquid in the groove; Lin Feng's throat involuntarily twitched, and a flush of excitement rose on his face.

As long as he obtains this Earth Core Tempering Body Milk, his strength will undergo a great leap.

Moreover, his cultivation talent will also get a decent growth.

While Lin Feng was dazed, the tip of the huge stalactite suddenly gave rise to a faint white mist.

Within the white mist, the light of the stalactite tip gradually grew stronger.

And as the light surged, a drop of milky fluid resembling a speck of light suddenly condensed.

That drop of liquid swayed at the stalactite's tip, finally breaking free, falling vertically in midair, and lightly landing in the groove atop the blue stone.

The impact of the stalactite caused ripples on the surface of the milky fluid, which was only a little over two cun deep, yet not a single drop of the liquid splashed out.

Gazing at the milky fluid undulating in the groove that resembled a small jade-green bowl, Lin Feng suddenly felt a sense of realization.

He remembered that this fluid took a year to condense a single drop, and he wondered how many years it would take to fill this tiny pit.

Coming to his senses, Lin Feng hurriedly took out several jade bottles and began to fill them with the earth-core milk.

Moments later, after the fifth jade bottle was filled, all the milky fluid in the groove had completely disappeared.

Having done that, Lin Feng did not leave immediately, but instead looked up at the massive stalactite hanging upside down in the mountain vault.

His scarlet double wings unfolded behind him, and his figure slowly floated upward toward the huge stalactite.

Perhaps that is also the case; ordinary people, even if they could find it, would likely take the "earth-core tempering-body milk" below as you just did, leaving the true treasure behind.

Those just now are merely a kind of deceptive disguise employed by such heavenly-earthly spiritual things to protect themselves.

They are what flows out from the main body above, equivalent to the diluted earth-core tempering-body milk.

It is inside the root of this stalactite that the true treasure of this earth-core cave lies—the genuine earth-core tempering-body milk!

Flying upward along the vertical stalactite, which was over a hundred meters long, he soon reached the top of the mountain vault.

Looking down from here, those stalactites that once seemed huge were now no larger than ants.

His floating body came to rest at the base of the largest stalactite, where the stalactite meets the mountain vault.

A faint fluorescence seeped from within the stalactite, and under the light it appeared as clear as crystal, extremely beautiful.

Lin Feng took out several jade bottles, and the seventh-tier Beast Fire tightly wrapped them.

Soon after, he obtained a jade dagger of decent quality.

Such heavenly materials and earthly treasures generally cannot come into direct contact with metal, or they will be completely destroyed and reduced to nothing.

He carefully wrapped the jade dagger's surface with Battle Qi, then Lin Feng lightly cut into the base of the stalactite.

Thanks to the Battle Qi wrapping, the jade dagger also became quite sharp.

With just a light touch, the tip of the jade slice slipped into the crystal-like stalactite amid a faint puffing sound.

Clenching the jade dagger in his palm, Lin Feng dared not breathe, focusing his mind as he seriously cut.

"Ka..."

After a moment, the jade dagger in his hand severed the last thread connecting the stalactite to its base.

Instantly, a circular fragment of stalactite broke off from the main body and fell; Lin Feng, quick-eyed and quick-handed, caught it in one grab.

Suddenly, a strong light burst violently from the spot where the fragment had detached, the blinding glare forcing him to shut his eyes.

After his eyes adjusted, Lin Feng lowered his gaze and saw that inside the stalactite hovered a mass of viscous liquid with an emerald-like hue.

This mass of liquid seemed to possess sentience, slowly drifting within the stalactite.

However, its range of movement was confined to just the vicinity of the circular opening, never exceeding a thread's breadth.

Seeing this genuine earth-core tempering-body milk, Lin Feng smiled slightly, took out a jade box the size of a head, and carefully poured the emerald liquid from within the stalactite into it...

Finally, when only the last trace of earth-core milk remained in the stalactite, Lin Feng raised his arm and stopped the pouring.

After all, leaving a thread is an unwritten rule of the alchemist realm; whenever one encounters heavenly materials and earthly treasures, one must not cut off their source.