Chapter 328

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Although the Spirit-Eroding Fungus King had been captured, no one currently knew where its nest was.

Unexpectedly, the Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother actually knew, and even wanted to take him along.

Such urgency indicated there must be something or some treasure inside the nest.

Since that was the case, Xu Zhangqing naturally would not refuse, and said with considerable excitement: "Lead the way."

The Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother's massive body twisted, instantly reversing direction, and with a burst of wriggling arrived at an open area, then began digging at the ground.

In an instant dust flew up, stone fragments scattering in all directions.

To be frank, its digging speed and efficiency were both astonishing.

Before long, the massive body burrowed into the mud, then continued deeper down.

Xu Zhangqing deliberately waited a moment before following; as the one person and one insect kept going down, the depth quickly exceeded a hundred meters, then several hundred meters, and finally over a thousand meters.

Thankfully he possessed an Earth Spirit Root; otherwise it would have been very uncomfortable.

The dense Earth Qi brought abundant Earth Spirit Qi, but at the same time brought heavy pressure.

As they went down, the Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother suddenly changed direction, heading straight left.

Its speed traveling underground was even faster than Xu Zhangqing, who possessed an Earth Spirit Root.

Even hard rock it could break open easily.

Just like that, who knew how much time passed.

Ahead suddenly came a crisp "Crack!" sound.

It sounded like the Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother had broken through something.

Xu Zhangqing followed behind; after a moment his view suddenly opened up, and he unexpectedly arrived at an underground cave.

It was not pitch-black here; the surroundings had faint green fluorescence.

The only problem was the air quality was poor, the earthy smell very strong.

The Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother cried out a few times: "Jiji!"

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "Looks like this is the Spirit-Eroding Fungus King's nest; didn't expect it to hide so deep, no wonder it was so hard to find."

At this time, the Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother no longer paid attention to its Master, moving rapidly toward the right side of the nest.

Xu Zhangqing looked along and discovered a spherical object the size of a human head standing there.

Overall it was gray-purple, its surface covered in a layer of moist slime, and inside faint golden patterns could be seen flowing.

One could even clearly sense that inside remained a large amount of compressed Siling Turbid Qi and pure Wood Spirit Qi.

The Dragon-Transformed Insect Mother looked quite excited, hugging it and beginning to absorb it.

The more Xu Zhangqing looked, the more familiar it seemed: "This looks like... a Fungal Nucleus?"

The so-called Fungal Nucleus.

Can be understood as a "granary".

When there is no food source, the Spirit-Eroding Fungus King can use it to survive long years.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing shifted his gaze, scanning the surroundings, then was attracted by something on the other side.

There, a cluster of bright golden mycelium was growing.

You know, most mycelium are blue-purple; this color is different, indicating different abilities.

Xu Zhangqing immediately walked up to observe carefully, discovering they seemed woven from gold, with tiny crystals hanging from the mycelium tips.

It seems there's a gold mine nearby?

Only after the Spirit-Eroding Fungus King absorbs gold would it give birth to this Jin-devouring Mycelium.

If harvested and nurtured with Metal Spiritual Power, it can be refined into Gengjin Spirit Liquid; the spirit liquid can purify the Metal Spiritual Power inside the body, improving the Metal Spirit Root's grade.

But the problem is, Xu Zhangqing does not have a Metal Spirit Root, so this thing's collection value is greater than its current practical use.

Therefore, he did not rush to harvest, but released his Spiritual Sense, scanning the entire nest's internal situation as clearly as possible.

Although he could night-vision, compared to Spiritual Sense, vision ultimately falls a bit short.

With this one scan, he truly made a new discovery.

Below these Jin-devouring Mycelium, there seemed to be something else.

Xu Zhangqing circulated the Earth Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea, then waved a hand; the mud before him moved away layer by layer, quickly revealing the thing hidden underneath.

It was actually a large pile of Gold Sand.

No, it seems different from ordinary Gold Sand.

Normal Gold Sand is overall yellow and shiny.

But these before him, as if corroded, were overall dark gold.

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow: "This is Corroding Gold Sand?"

It is said this thing carries strong corrosiveness, able to easily wear down Spirit Tools and Magic Tools.

But at the same time, it can also be refined into Spirit Tools and Magic Tools, to be specially scattered in battle to corrode opponents.

Regardless, both this Jin-devouring Mycelium and Corroding Gold Sand are good things.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing carefully collected them.

But just as he peeled away a layer of Corroding Gold Sand, he suddenly discovered there was still something inside.

At the central position, a fist-sized Corroding Gold Sand Mother was actually hidden.

It was entirely golden yellow, its surface smooth as a mirror, emitting pure Gengjin Qi.

Xu Changqing's breathing became heavy: "The book records that if the Corroding Gold Sand Mother is repeatedly tempered with Red Fire, not only can its contained corrosive properties be removed, but top-grade Gengjin Essence can also be obtained."

And Gengjin Essence has two effects.

First, it lets Metal Spirit Root Quality rise; when casting Metal System Spells, a layer of Sharp Gold Gang Qi will automatically condense, making the power greatly increase.

Second, refining it into the body can directly awaken a Metal Spirit Root!

Xu Changqing couldn't help but look at the Dragon Spirit Insect Mother; seeing it still holding the Fungal Nucleus, he couldn't help but say: "Unexpectedly, on the first day of Symbiosis with you, you brought me a heaven-great surprise."

Now, Red Fire is present.

Gengjin Essence is also present.

Even time is very ample.

Therefore, Xu Changqing had no hesitation whatsoever; Immediately he lifted the Corroding Gold Sand Mother up, making it float in midair, then operated the Nine Flames Mysterious Technique, releasing the First Layer Red Fire from his palm.

Red Fire is an extraordinary fire; it is transformed from the Fire Spirit Power in his Qi Sea.

The moment it appeared, it scorched the surrounding air until it twisted and deformed, even emitting a "crackling" sound.

From then on, tempering began.

Xu Changqing carefully covered the Corroding Gold Sand Mother's surface with Red Fire; initially, the Sand Mother seemed extremely resistant to this external high temperature, the golden light on its surface instantly surged violently, attempting to force the Red Fire back.

Between the Red Fire and the Sand Mother's Gengjin Qi, an exceptionally fierce collision occurred, emitting a sharp "sizzling" explosive sound, like metal being scraped by a sharp tool.

As time passed, on Xu Changqing's forehead, rare fine beads of sweat seeped out.

At this moment, he still had quite a lot of pressure.

He had to maintain the Red Fire's stability with full force, while also separating out a wisp of Spiritual Power to slowly seep into the Sand Mother's interior, guiding the Gengjin Essence inside to interact with the Red Fire.

The entire process was extremely dangerous, and even exceptionally long.

Fortunately, Xu Changqing's own control over fire had already reached the minute level; therefore, even though it was his first time conducting tempering, no problems appeared at all.

As time progressed, the Red Fire gradually gained the upper hand, slowly eroding the Sand Mother's Outer Layer.

The Sand Mother's originally smooth-as-a-mirror surface saw fine cracks appear, from which wisps of dark golden mist escaped.

Xu Changqing saw this, and his eyes instantly brightened.

He immediately increased the output of Fire Spirit Power, making the Red Fire scorch the Sand Mother even more fiercely, attempting to force these corrosive properties out completely.

And the dark golden mist, under the Red Fire's scorching, transformed into wisps of Green Smoke that rose up; a pungent smell permeated the air.

In the continuous tempering, Golden Light began to emerge from the Sand Mother; initially it was extremely weak, but as time progressed, it became more and more obvious, more and more bright.

【88】 Finally, under the Red Fire's continuous impact, a crisp "click" sound came from inside the Sand Mother; its surface burst with countless cracks, and then a pure beyond compare Gengjin Essence emerged from within!

Under the constant impact of Red Fire, a crisp "Click!" rang out from within the sand mother, its Surface cracking with countless fissures, after which a Pure Gengjin Essence emerged from within!