Chapter 293: The Second Piece of Bloodline Essence (Second Update, requesting everything)

Very quickly, Li Zhangsheng found the nest of the Crown Flame Fire Crow. Unlike ordinary fire crows, its nest was built in the only cave located on the mountainside of the volcano.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work; go back and rest for now!" Before entering the cave, Li Zhangsheng recalled all his Demon Pets except for the Flamingo.

These Demon Pets were naturally very unaccustomed to the high-temperature environment here and were not suited to stay for long.

Even Li Zhangsheng did not like this high-temperature environment very much.

This cave looked very deep, and its passage was very spacious, being several meters wide—enough to accommodate Li Zhangsheng and the Flamingo passing through.

As soon as he entered the cave, Li Zhangsheng felt the surrounding temperature rise significantly, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Under these circumstances, Li Zhangsheng hurriedly activated his Star Aperture. Five points of light flickered on his body, and he was immediately shrouded in a thin layer of starlight, which made him feel much better instantly.

For the sake of safety, Li Zhangsheng kept his Mental Power in an activated state. What puzzled him was that even within the range of his Mental Power, he still had not reached the end of the cave.

This was the first time Li Zhangsheng had seen such a long cave.

By the time Li Zhangsheng reached the end of the cave, more than ten minutes had passed. This cave was at least five or six hundred meters long, and it was becoming increasingly hot inside.

At the end of the cave, Li Zhangsheng stood on a broken rock. This was a space about a hundred meters in circumference, but several dozen meters below him was a pool of viscous magma, where bubbles were constantly bursting, emitting a scorching heat.

So this cave led directly into the interior of the volcano; no wonder it was so hot.

In the center of the magma lake, there was an open space of more than ten square meters, almost entirely occupied by a nest; that must be the nest of the Crown Flame Fire Crow.

Li Zhangsheng had the Flamingo test the area, and after confirming that there were no so-called "monsters" lurking in the magma, he immediately rode the Flamingo and flew toward the nest in the center of the magma.

To avoid his "little brother" from "suffering a disaster," Li Zhangsheng stepped on the Flamingo's back with both feet, and it only took two or three seconds to land on the Crown Flame Fire Crow's nest.

This was a nest woven from unknown branches. Surprisingly, these branches emitted a faint red light, as if they were constantly absorbing Fire Element energy.

Chirp~

As soon as he landed on the nest, the Flamingo could not help but lie down on it, opening its beak and letting out an excited cry.

Li Zhangsheng touched the branches and quickly realized what they were.

"This should be a nest made of Flame Tree branches. Flame Tree branches can automatically absorb Fire Element energy. If a Fire-type Fairy stays in this nest for a long time, it has significant benefits!"

Flame Trees are relatively rare, and he did not know where the Crown Flame Fire Crow had collected them from; at the very least, there were no Flame Trees in this valley.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng began to search for items in the nest.

The most conspicuous items were two watermelon-sized Fairy Eggs covered in fiery red stripes. These must be the Fairy Eggs laid by the Crown Flame Fire Crow, and Li Zhangsheng naturally had no reason to let them go.

Besides these two Fairy Eggs, there was a pile of miscellaneous things; Li Zhangsheng even saw a few pieces of Five-Colored Glaze.

After some sorting, Li Zhangsheng found a few fiery red ores, a black precious pearl, and a Space Ring; the rest were all items without value.

These few ores were of the same variety. Li Zhangsheng picked up one piece and carefully identified it, vaguely remembering that this was a rare material that could be used to craft top-tier Fire-type Treasures.

The black precious pearl was about the size of an infant's fist, crystal clear throughout, with black light flashing across it from time to time. Li Zhangsheng frowned as he tried to identify it, but eventually shook his head; this was the first time he had seen such a pearl, and he did not know what it was used for.

Li Zhangsheng put away the black precious pearl and the ores, then impatiently poured his Mental Power into the Space Ring.

In an instant, a relatively spacious area appeared in his mind.

Upon seeing the size of this space, Li Zhangsheng felt a surge of joy, because this space was nearly fifty cubic meters in size; the Space Ring itself was worth five or six hundred Soul Crystals.

The only pity was that there were not many items inside, and some were daily necessities, such as clothing, water, tents, and the like.

Judging from the style of these clothes, the owner of the Space Ring was a woman, and she had likely already been killed.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng threw all the daily necessities into the magma below, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into ashes.

Among the remaining items, there were dozens of Demon Cores. The quantity was a bit small, but the quality was very high; the worst were Upper Rank Demon Cores, and the largest was a Demon Core slightly larger than an infant's fist, emitting a strong earthy-yellow luster.

The size of this Demon Core had already exceeded the scope of an Elite-Rank Demon Core; without a doubt, this was a Leader-Rank Monster Core!

The last time he had used Academic Credits to exchange for a Leader-Rank Monster Core, he had used it all to replenish the energy of the giant egg.

There were over a hundred Soul Crystals, including several Mid-grade Soul Crystals; the owner of this Space Ring was quite wealthy.

Besides these, there remained two Jade Boxes and one Jade Slip.

Li Zhangsheng first opened the small Jade Box. Inside was a crystal only the size of a pigeon egg, blood-red throughout and oval-shaped, looking like a crystal-clear ruby.

As soon as he saw the Blood-Colored Crystal, Li Zhangsheng was stunned for a moment, then revealed a brilliant smile; this trip was well worth it.

"Bloodline Essence!"

This was the second piece of Bloodline Essence Li Zhangsheng had obtained!

To others, Bloodline Essence is like a chicken rib, but that is not necessarily the case for him. Bloodline Essence is formed by the long-term condensation of Divine Beast Essence Blood and can activate the hidden bloodline of a Fairy Egg. If the life inside the Fairy Egg has already activated a bloodline, then it will activate a second hidden bloodline, and this activated hidden bloodline is guaranteed to be the highest-level existence among the remaining recessive Bloodline Imprints!

Round-Round is a dual-bloodline Spirit Beast and has received many benefits. Li Zhangsheng's biggest concern is that the Fairy Egg might not have a high-level recessive bloodline; after all, if it only activates a mid-to-low-level recessive bloodline, the benefits would naturally be smaller.

Li Zhangsheng decided to use this Bloodline Essence on the giant egg gifted by Instructor Ning, though he did not know what kind of bloodline it would activate.

After putting away the Bloodline Essence, Li Zhangsheng opened the second Jade Box.

This Jade Box was very large, about the size of a bucket; it was the first time Li Zhangsheng had seen such a large Jade Box.

When he saw what was preserved inside, Li Zhangsheng was clearly stunned; he did not expect that what was preserved in the Jade Box would be a corpse!

This was the corpse of a cat-type Spirit Beast!

Unlike ordinary cat-type Spirit Beasts, this cat-type Spirit Beast had two pairs of milky-white wings on its back and a golden Sun Banner mark on its forehead, looking somewhat similar to Instructor Ning's Qixi Wind Speed Cat.

(End of this chapter)