Hearing that the body of Huaihuai had been found, Chen Yun asked Yun to return and protect Fa for Wu Kejiu and others. Chen Yun, along with Yuan Chu, would then fly towards the deep pit ahead.
The distance of several tens of miles is not far.
The two of them did not take long to reach the deep part of the pit.
At this moment, there were about 20 to 30 swordsmen gathered here.
As Chen Yun and Yuan Chu landed, they saw two massive halves of the Huaihuai body in the deep pit, clearly split from each other just moments ago with the help of Chen Yun's lifesaving elixir.
Now, the two bodies were somewhat seriously damaged, and most of the scales on them had been burned away. The snake meat was entirely charred.
Yuan Chu, seeing the Huaihuai body like being burned by lightning fire, couldn't help but sigh and say: "Master, you've broken this Huaihuai into pieces. I really don't know how many treasures are left."
A middle-aged swordsman with a heroic and sword-like eyebrows beside them was astonished and said: "The elder ancestor's sword Qi Long just now was too fierce. Such a powerful Huaihuai has no intact part on its body. If it were to strike a person, it might turn them into powder."
"Ashes? I'm afraid even ashes won't be left!" Another middle-aged swordsman gazed at Chen Yun with reverence, saying: "Elder ancestor, your power is truly boundless."
The remaining 20 to 30 swordsmen were looking at Chen Yun with awe.
At first, they were also respectful towards Chen Yun.
However, the main reason is that Chen Yun is a disciple of Zhongli Quan.
Nowadays, the reason why they are respectful is that they are shocked by Chen Yun's powerful strength.
Even a Huaihuai with such a strong physique was defeated to such an extent; how could it not evoke a sense of awe?
Chen Yun answered a few words to the swordsmen, then turned to Yuan Chu and said, "You have killed a Huaihuai before. You must know how to get the treasures. Could you please help me get them for me?"
"The master invites me, how can I refuse?"
Yuan Chu said as he reached out a hand, drawing the Azure Edge sword from its sheath on his back.
He directly struck a sword light, splitting the half-body of the water dragon closest to the eastern direction in an instant.
Hm, this part belongs to the tail.
Upon slicing through the part, Chen Yun immediately saw that the inside was still like charred coal.
However, there was a white tendon about a meter in diameter, and apart from being cut in the middle, it still looked perfect.
"This is the Huaihuai's tendon," Yuan Chu pointed to the large tendon and said: "If it is refined into a magical artifact using special techniques, it can become as big as a whip. At that time, it will not only be very heavy, but also its power will be terrifying."
Chen Yun knew that some secret techniques were needed to refine it, "Help me pull out the tendon, and I'll take it outside to figure out how to refine it into an artifact later."
Yuan Chu turned his head to look at him and asked, "Is it convenient for you to carry such a large tendon?"
Normal storage type artifacts, are not likely to have such a large space to store such a large tendon.
However, Chen Yun has a small copper furnace, and the hidden compartment seems to be able to accommodate anything.
Of course, he doesn't worry about storage issues.
"I have a way to carry it." Chen Yun replied.
Yuan Chu said no more and had his subordinates help Chen Yun extract the large tendon from the half-body of the water dragon.
This tendon, which is about one kilometer long and one meter in diameter, looks like a huge cable. It's clear that it's not ordinary.
Chen Yun directly took out the small copper furnace, and then let the crowd help him to insert the Huaihuai's tendon into the hidden compartment.
As for whether the small copper furnace would be seen by others, he was not at all afraid.
After all, the current purpose of the small copper furnace seen by others is merely storage.
Although the storage space is very large, in the eyes of cultivators, such "artifacts" are not very precious.
In fact, to speak of it, the small copper furnace is indeed not very valuable.
The truly valuable thing is the "Great Luo Ling Soup" recipe.
Therefore, Chen Yun is not afraid that others know he has the small copper furnace.
As long as he doesn't bring out the "Great Luo Ling Soup" recipe.
Later, Yuan Chu and the other swordsmen helped to extract the other half of the large tendon.
Chen Yun also put it into the hidden compartment of the small copper furnace.
After extracting the dragon tendon, Yuan Chu hurried back and forth, and also extracted two huge fangs from the mouth of the water dragon.
As for the internal organs of the water dragon, because of Chen Yun's powerful attack just now, most of them were burned.
Only a part of the snake gallbladder, liver, etc. was collected.
However, an unexpected joy was that a pot of refined blood was collected from the position of the snake's heart.
According to Yuan Chu's words, this part of the blood is the most precious. After being refined and cultivated, it should enable Chen Yun to break through quickly and approach the level of an upper-level cultivator, which should not be a problem at all.
Of course, the scales on the water dragon's back are its hardest part and have not been completely destroyed.
Chen Yun still obtained a large amount of densely packed scales, as fine as fish scales.
These scales are probably as many as a house, enough to make defensive artifacts.
However, after a busy half-day, the group still did not find the dragon's essence.
Chen Yun thought there was no hope left.
Who would have thought that just as everything was put into the hidden compartment of the small copper furnace, Yuan Chu suddenly said, "If the Huaihuai truly has dragon essence, it should be in its kidneys. By dissecting its kidneys, we can know."
Saying this, he struck a sword towards the charred and unrecognizable kidneys of the water dragon.
Chen Yun stood there a bit nervous.
He really wanted to obtain a dragon essence.
If he really could get it, his cultivation would definitely advance rapidly after taking it and refining it.
With a loud sound, the kidneys of the water dragon were instantly split open by Yuan Chu's sword light.
The next moment, a warm light like sunshine shone brightly from within.
Chen Yun clearly saw that a "light ball" the size of a fist was hidden inside the kidney!
"This... is dragon essence?"
"My God! This water dragon really gave birth to a dragon essence!"
"Does that mean it was about to transform into a Jiaojiao?"
All the sword cultivators were in an uproar.
Yuan Chu, who didn't expect a dragon essence either, exclaimed in surprise: "What? There is really a dragon essence?"
Is this the dragon essence?
Chen Yun felt that the "light ball" contained a strong and energetic, pure and unyielding, masculine energy.
As if he would instantly gain great power after taking it and refining it.
Yuan Chu and the other sword cultivators had greedy expressions in their eyes.
Their breathing even became urgent, as if they were attracted by the dragon essence.
If it were in the past, Chen Yun might have been afraid that this group of people would fight over the dragon essence.
However, knowing the power of the lifesaving elixir, he wasn't at all afraid that these swordsmen would suddenly turn against him.
Indeed, while the swordsmen showed signs of greed, they didn't make any over-the-top moves.
Chen Yun went up and "dug" out the dragon essence.
He tossed it into the hidden compartment of the small copper furnace.
After doing all of this, he put the small copper furnace into "dimension."
Yuan Chu's eyes were only clear at this moment, taking a deep breath and saying voluntarily: "Master, dragon essence is incredibly precious. After consumption and refinement, it will greatly increase your cultivation level. But you'd better wait until you refine to an upper-level mage before consuming and refining it."
Chen Yun was not very clear and asked, "Why?"
Yuan Chu explained, "I read about it in ancient texts. The first time a dragon essence is consumed, its effects are best. The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the absorption of dragon essence. If you, a medium-level cultivator, consume it, perhaps you can only absorb ten percent of its effectiveness. However, if you consume and refine it when you are an upper-level cultivator, you may be able to absorb as much as five to six percent. Of course, if you reach the level of high-level cultivator and consume it, you will definitely be able to absorb all of it. However, at that time, the help may not be as great as when you were an upper-level cultivator. Therefore, I think the best time to consume this Huaihuai dragon essence is when you reach the level of an upper-level cultivator." He nodded and added: "If you can obtain the dragon essence of a Jiaojiao or even a high-level cultivator or master, consuming it at the level of high-level cultivator or master is also acceptable. In contrast, consuming it at the level of an upper-level cultivator will waste it."
Chen Yun blinked and asked, "According to your words, if I consume this dragon essence when I strike for high-level mage, will the effect reach its peak?"
"Should be," Yuan Chu said seriously, "Not only will the absorption effect reach its peak, but it might also increase your chances of breaking through to the level of high-level cultivator."
If that's the case, this dragon essence can be considered an auxiliary elixir for me to breakthrough to high-level cultivator?
Chen Yun had previously judged that there would be a "sublimation" process when an upper-level mage breaks through to a high-level mage, and the energy needed at that time would be incredibly vast.
He pondered that with the Refining Essence into Qi Soup, it should be relatively easy for him to reach the critical point of breaking through from an upper-level mage to a high-level mage.
Then, this dragon essence can be used to assist in breaking through to a higher level.
We'll talk about the specific usage later.
At this moment, I haven't gathered the herbs needed for the medium and high-end versions of the Refining Essence into Qi Soup.
Right!
The herbs needed for the Refining Essence into Qi Soup?
Chen Yun recalled the Zhu fruit that existed in the extremely cold cave earlier.
He didn't know if he had destroyed all the heaven and earth root plants in the extremely cold cave while using his life-saving elixir to explode with such powerful strength. He wondered if he should go and check it out.
While he was thinking silently to himself.
Just as he was secretly thinking, Yuan Chu suddenly showed a flattering smile, "Master, although the remaining things on the water dragon are far from the six things I mentioned earlier, they are still all good things. Can you give some of them to my disciples? Of course, I won't take them for free. I'll exchange them with equivalent value things."
Chen Yun knew that the bones of the water dragon might be good things.
Just that this thing is too big.
While he can put it into the hidden compartment of the small copper furnace, it will be very troublesome to deal with in the future.
Now that he heard Yuan Chu willing to exchange with equivalent value items, he was more than willing.
Chen Yun said, "Alright, you can take what you need. I have some things to explore, so you guys should protect Wu Cultivator, Qin Cultivator, and others first. I'll be back in a moment."
Yuan Chu was overjoyed, "Okay, teacher, you go ahead and take care of your things. I'll also think about what I can use to exchange with you."
Chen Yun hummed, without saying anything to the group of sword cultivators, directly using the "Sky-Riding Clouds" art, heading straight towards the extremely cold cave.
...
After a while, he arrived at the entrance of the extremely cold cave.
Chen Yun saw that although the extreme cold cave had not been affected by the exploding sword aura from his life-saving elixir, it had still been destroyed by the dragon emerging from its depths and turned into a ruins, making it impossible to find the original entrance.
"It's fine if it wasn't affected by the sword aura. In that case, I can break through a passage with my magic power. I hope the Zhu fruit wasn't affected."
Compared to dragon essence, water dragon blood, and other treasures, Chen Yun cared more about the Zhu fruit.
Because the Zhu fruit can help him brew the medium-end version of the Refining Essence into Qi Soup.
Although the Refining Essence into Qi Soup may not boost cultivation as much as dragon essence, it is superior in stability, much like his own cultivation practice.
The most crucial point is that after breaking through to the medium-level cultivator, Chen Yun discovered that the internal cultivation technique has a "metamorphic" function.
He wondered if the medium-end version of the Refining Essence into Qi Soup could also help him refine his form.
If it could, then even though he was still practicing the internal cultivation technique, the Fei Ling jade talisman could also benefit from the Refining Essence into Qi Soup and receive an upgrade.
This is much stronger than enhancing the cultivation level alone.
"I hope the Zhu fruit wasn't damaged."
Chen Yun thought to himself and began to break through the soil towards the inside of the extremely cold cave.
(Chapter complete)
