Chapter 901: Unexpected Advantage

Yuan Datou swung his iron staff and leapt straight out, revealing his true form in the air.

His true form was certainly not smaller than that Flying Tiger.

It was also the first time seeing Yuan Datou expand his true form to this size.

"It seems Yuan Datou might be an ancient relic species!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

The winged Flying Tiger, whose cultivation level was originally one tier higher than Yuan Datou's, made no attempt to dodge and charged straight at him.

Yuan Datou didn't dodge either; he raised his staff and smashed it into the Flying Tiger's forehead.

Boom!

True Essence shockwaves radiated outward, and the winged Flying Tiger couldn't even withstand a single staff strike, falling straight down.

After the fall, it tried to get up, but wobbled unsteadily, clearly knocked unconscious by Yuan Datou's staff!

Boom!

Another huge crash rang out, accompanied by a "Crunch!" of bone cracking.

Aaa!

The winged Flying Tiger let out a wail as Yuan Datou struck its waist and spine hard again, shattering its spinal bones.

Ye Liuyun and Ling Shuang both grimaced, feeling a pang of sympathy for the Flying Tiger.

Boom! Boom!

Yuan Datou seized the chance, swung his large staff repeatedly, smashing the Flying Tiger until it was completely silenced.

Ye Liuyun immediately waved the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, drawing the Flying Tiger's Soul inside.

His Yin Soul army also needed some beast Yin Souls to serve as mounts.

"I'll keep the Physical Body!" Yuan Datou grabbed the Flying Tiger and stored it in a Storage Ring.

"What you slay belongs to you, of course!" Ye Liuyun said, unconcerned.

The beasts in the Secret Realm were all relatively large. When Yuan Datou couldn't defeat a beast, Ye Liuyun would simply use a Spiritual Soul Attack to eliminate it.

He then sucked the Soul into the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, while the Physical Body served as food reserves.

Ye Liuyun felt that the vital energy in the Secret Realm couldn't increase his True Essence much, but could make his True Essence more compact.

He guessed that the beasts' Yuan Dan would have the same effect, so he took all those Yuan Dan.

"You can absorb the Yuan Dan of these beasts here?" Ling Shuang was somewhat surprised. It's already odd for an ordinary person to absorb beast Yuan Dan.

"Hmm, the cultivation method I practice is somewhat special," Ye Liuyun said without much explanation.

He didn't deliberately cultivate; he simply walked while absorbing.

The absorbed energy merged into his current True Essence, making it even more compact.

During battles with the beasts, Ye Liuyun could feel his True Essence power strengthening.

The few of them didn't take long before arriving at the location Ye Liuyun had previously designated.

Ye Liuyun took out a divination plate and fiddled with it for a while.

This plate was a treasure-hunting artifact Ye Liuyun obtained in the Qing Huo Secret Realm; it can sense special energies.

Ye Liuyun had rarely thought to use such an item before.

He had just been reminded by Xiao Muyun's artifact robe, recalling that Liang Xue also possessed one, which led him to remember his experience in the Qing Huo Secret Realm and thus recall that he owned a treasure-hunting artifact.

The direction he pointed to was also the one indicated by the plate's needle. After the needle wavered for a moment, it locked onto a fixed direction.

nonsense

Ye Liuyun activated his Golden Pupil and surveyed the giant pythons.

"Give me those first-tier Creation beasts!" Yuan Datou shouted carelessly, about to rush forward, but Ye Liuyun pulled him back.

"You're not their match! Their Physical Bodies have mutated; you can't break them!" Ye Liuyun told Yuan Datou.

"What treasures are in this valley?" Ling Shuang asked, curious about the valley's valuables.

"The valley walls are entirely made of mysterious golden stone, an incredibly hard material for forging. Within the giant pythons' lair are three Gold-Iron Woods, suitable for cultivating Physical Bodies."

Those pythons, having long dwelled on the Gold-Iron Wood, absorbed its aura, making their Physical Bodies indestructibly solid, impervious to blades and spears.

Ye Liuyun has only uncovered this much so far; detailed information will require thorough searching after eliminating the two giant pythons.

These golden pythons are a struggle for Yuan Datou or ordinary beasts, but for Ye Liuyun they're much easier.

His Golden Pupil flashed; using his Space-Transcending Golden Pupil, he launched a Spiritual Soul Attack. Subsequently, he transferred the pythons' Physical Bodies into the Storage Ring.

The pythons' scale armor now counts as excellent forging material. Qiong Qi would surely love it upon seeing it.

Once the guarding pythons were slain, the area became safe.

Ye Liuyun and the others advanced into the golden pythons' nest to search.

Three towering Gold-Iron Woods, several times thicker than the outside trees, were each taken by one of the three of them, making distribution easy.

Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou uprooted them directly and stored them in the Storage Ring.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun noticed that the soil beneath the Gold-Iron Wood emitted Golden Light, unlike ordinary soil.

He intended to transplant the Gold-Iron Wood into his own Space World. To help it adapt, Ye Liuyun simply moved all the surrounding golden soil into the Storage Ring as well.

When he planted the Gold-Iron Wood, the Tree Demon rushed over, excitedly holding the soil beneath it and shouting.

"Golden Spirit Soil! You actually found it?"

"Huh? This is Golden Spirit Soil?" Ye Liuyun thought it was hard to believe.

If he hadn't been a bit more careful, he would have missed it.

"It must be Golden Spirit Soil, no doubt!" the Tree Demon confirmed.

"Isn't Golden Spirit Soil ideal for planting Wan Hua Jin Ling Fruit trees?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"No. Golden Spirit Soil is a special soil. The Gold-Iron Wood was likely an ordinary tree that, after being nurtured by Golden Spirit Soil, gradually mutated into Gold-Iron Wood!" the Tree Demon explained to Ye Liuyun.

"So, this Golden Spirit Soil is even more valuable than the Gold-Iron Wood?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Of course! With this golden spirit soil, not only can my Wan Hua Jin Ling Fruit tree and this gold iron tree be cultivated, but we can also grow other trees!" the Tree Demon said excitedly.

"Then leave it all to you to handle. However, this gold iron wood, when I have free time, I will use it to temper my Physical Body."

Ye Liuyun himself didn't understand the golden spirit soil either, so he simply left it all to the Tree Demon to handle together.

"Around the golden spirit soil, do you have any profound metal stone?" the Tree Demon asked.

"Yes, there are plenty!" Ye Liuyun replied offhand.

"Haha, with those profound metal stones, I can cultivate even more golden spirit soil. Go get more of them back!" the Tree Demon urged.

"No problem."