Chapter 1383: Fire Qilin Vine, Pill-Nourishing Gourd (First update, requesting everything)

Note: As pointed out by fellow book friends, the Red Smoke Colt is a Lower Divine Beast.

Ning Bizhen organized her thoughts and said, "There was, but that Red Smoke Colt perished ten years ago."

Compared to ordinary Spirit Beasts, the birth of a Divine Beast often requires a very long time, easily taking several years, or even several decades.

"Then I can rest easy!"

Li Zhangsheng nodded; if the other Red Smoke Colt were still around, he would have had to find it.

At this moment, the two of them entered the Red Smoke Colt's lair together.

The Red Smoke Colt's lair was located in an active volcano in the core area. Looking at the magma pool constantly bubbling with deep red gas, under the guidance of the small Red Smoke Colt, the two leaped down, following closely behind, their bodies covered in a layer of brilliant Starlight Barrier.

When the magma came into contact with the Starlight Barrier, it could only stir up wisps of ripples and could not threaten the two at all.

Within a few breaths, the small Red Smoke Colt led the two into a massive cave at the bottom of the magma pool.

The cave had its own isolation Forbidden Array, which pushed all the magma away, and the temperature inside the cave was not scorching at all, differing little from the outside.

The cave was several dozen meters in diameter, winding and twisting, and at least a thousand meters long.

"Go left first!"

At a fork in the road, Li Zhangsheng made his choice.

At the deepest part of the left fork, this was undoubtedly where the Red Smoke Colt usually lived; it looked rather cluttered.

The most conspicuous things were a small hill composed of a large number of gnawed-clean giant skeletons, as well as treasures that had been tossed about in a mess.

From the feedback of his Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng was fortunate enough to find a treasure emitting energy fluctuations of a World Wonder level, as well as a Divine Beast skeleton.

This was a broken, shield-shaped Strange Treasure, entirely fire-red in color; the surface of the shield was densely covered with a large number of fire-red scales, while the back featured a pattern of a Fire Qilin.

Unfortunately, only half of the shield remained; even so, this half of the shield reached the Mid-grade World Wonder level, and the finished product would definitely have reached the Zifu Qizhen level.

Looking at the three ancient characters on the back of the shield, Li Zhangsheng muttered to himself: "Fire Qilin Shield!"

Li Zhangsheng touched the notch on the Fire Qilin Shield again; the notch was extremely smooth, likely having been cut in two directly by a sharp weapon, and a sharp weapon capable of instantly cutting the Fire Qilin Shield in two likely reached the Langhuan Supreme Treasure level.

This half of the Fire Qilin Shield was already useless and could only serve as material for refining weapons; it was no wonder the Demon Emperor level Red Smoke Colt did not carry it on its person.

Soon, the two arrived at the right fork, where the deepest part was suffused with red light.

This was a huge grotto; as soon as they entered the grotto, they felt a startling heat.

The two began to examine the scene in the grotto. On the ground lay the huge fire-red carcass of a beast, and on the skull of the fire-red carcass grew a fire-red vine, upon which were clusters of fire-red fruits only the size of a thumb.

"Fire Qilin Vine!"

Li Zhangsheng recognized it immediately. It is said that during the Three Clans War between the Ancient Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races, the Qilin Race suffered heavy losses. As a result, for unknown reasons, a vine-like spiritual plant grew on the corpse of a Fire Qilin; this was the origin of the Fire Qilin Vine.

As long as the Fire Qilin Vine absorbs the essence of a Fire Qilin, it will grow fruit. This is a very famous holy medicine for healing; because of its blood-red color, it is also called the Blood Bodhi.

It is not that the Qilin Race did not try other types of Qilin corpses or other types of corpses, but in the end, only a Fire Qilin or a Bing-Fire Qilin could cultivate a Fire Qilin Vine.

It was precisely by relying on these Blood Bodhis that the Qilin Race further reduced their losses and managed to preserve their final vitality; therefore, the Blood Bodhi is known as the healing Holy Fruit of the Qilin Race.

It was just unexpected that there would be a Fire Qilin Vine here, and this fire-red carcass must have been a Fire Qilin or a Bing-Fire Qilin during its lifetime.

The Fire Qilin Vine can be said to be a genuine Low-Grade Top-Tier Spirit Root, but its growth conditions are quite peculiar; to continue maintaining it, one must use the corpse of a Fire Qilin or a Bing-Fire Qilin.

Therefore, even for the Qilin Race, the number of Fire Qilin Vines must be very few; after all, unless they were voluntary, it would likely affect internal unity.

The Blood Bodhis on the Fire Qilin Vine were clearly ripe. Li Zhangsheng waved his hand, and 17 Blood Bodhis gathered together, which Li Zhangsheng placed into a Jade Box.

Although the Blood Bodhi is most compatible with the Qilin Race, it also has very strong healing effects for humans or other Spirit Beasts, with effects better than many top-tier Alchemical Pills.

Li Zhangsheng placed this Fire Qilin Vine into the section of the Secret Realm that originally belonged to Flame King Di Zhiyi, putting it together with the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree.

It must be said that although the Fire Qilin Vine belongs to the Low-Grade Top-Tier Spirit Root, because it grows on a Fire Qilin skull, it naturally cannot enhance the stability of the Secret Realm; it can only increase the efficiency of the Secret Realm in absorbing Fire Element energy.

However, at Li Zhangsheng's level, he no longer cared for the extra benefits that Low-Grade Top-Tier Spirit Roots provided to the Secret Realm.

In the time that followed, Li Zhangsheng went to the lairs of the Silver Behemoth and the Ancestral Bronze Dragon one after another, sweeping away all the treasures.

The Silver Behemoth did not have the habit of collecting treasures, so the number of treasures in its lair was far inferior to the collection of the Ancestral Bronze Dragon, but the quality was a step higher; the only two World Wonder level treasures were both collected from the Silver Behemoth's lair.

One was a Secondary Ice Rule Crystal, which could slightly increase the probability of Ice Attribute Demon Pets breaking through to the Demon Emperor level.

One was a Yellow-Skinned Gourd, which was a special type of Strange Treasure. It contained dozens of small spaces inside, giving the impression of small compartments; it could nourish Alchemical Pills, improve the effects of the pills, and effectively prevent the loss of pill efficacy.

According to the gourd's effect, Li Zhangsheng named it the Pill-Nourishing Gourd and handed it to Kailan for safekeeping.

There were quite a few Alchemical Pills in the Pill-Nourishing Gourd, but the only pity was that the grades of these pills were not high, and they were of no use to Li Zhangsheng.

After counting the harvest, Li Zhangsheng reunited with Wendi and Wudi.

They had also looted the lairs of the Spirit Beasts they had defeated, with specific gains unknown. As for the matter of contracting Demon Pets, Wudi contracted a Demon Emperor level Secondary Ancestral Thunder Titan, while Wendi contracted a Demon Emperor level Six-Winged Frost Centipede and a Demon Saint level Ancestral Bronze Dragon.

As for that Ba Serpent, the two Emperors racked their brains trying to make it submit, but not only were they refused, the Ba Serpent even launched a suicide attack against the two Emperors, and in the end, it had to be killed.

At this time, Wendi asked the other two: "Shall we go to the Eastern Region now?"

The Eastern Region occupied by Wendi did not have wild major forces like the Monopoly Mountain Range; the biggest threats were still the Demon Monarch and the East Sea Dragon Clan.

"Let's go to the East Sea Dragon Palace first; it would be best to force the Dragon King of the East Sea to sign a ceasefire agreement with us."

"What if the Dragon King of the East Sea refuses?"

"Then imprison it. As long as the East Sea Dragon Clan is leaderless, they will likely fall into strife, and with the Dragon King of the East Sea in hand, I believe the East Sea Dragon Clan will also be afraid to act rashly. If there is an opportunity, we can use the East Sea as a bargaining chip to attract the other three Sea Dragon Clans."

(End of this chapter)