Chapter Thirty-Two: Essence Origin
After the huge explosion, Li Muran still played with his fingers, relying on the smooth flow of night magic and sufficient magic power. One after another, he cast Flame Explosion Techniques, continuously blasting towards the deep pit.
A moment later, after making sure there was no longer any breath left, Li Muran put away his technique and let out a long sigh.
The deep pit has been blasted beyond recognition, and the venomous snakes' corpses are nowhere to be seen. Only the giant charred body of the iron-winged eagle remains in its original place.
"The body of the demon is indeed extraordinary!" Li Muran was slightly surprised: "Under such a blow, although his breath was completely gone and he was already dead, but his corpse did not get blown to ashes, indeed not ordinary!"
Li Muran examined the corpse of the Iron Winged Eagle and found that its feathers were as sharp as knife blades, extremely hard, and its claws were natural silver hooks. Moreover, they remained undamaged in the intense explosion just now!
"These eagle claws should be a treasure!" Li Muran's heart moved, he had seen in the classics that the cultivation of demons was based on nourishing the spirit with energy, and many demon beasts and birds' bodies had certain parts that had been nurtured by the heaven and earth's primordial energy for years, already having a certain spirituality, making them invaluable treasure materials.
Many magical instruments can be made from the materials of yao beasts and yao birds, so in the market, there are also shops that specialize in collecting these kinds of yao beast and yao bird materials, and the prices are not low.
Li Muran took out the golden knife and cut off a pair of hard and sharp claws from the Iron Winged Eagle; then he plucked out more than ten longest and sharpest feathers from the Iron Winged Eagle, all of which were put into his storage bag.
Fortunately, the storage bag was left by the monks of Da Ming Temple for repair, and it was a high-grade product that could hold more treasures in terms of size and quantity than Li Muran's own storage bag. After stuffing these demon bird materials, it was still empty and could hold many more treasures.
After taking down these materials, Li Muran still did not leave. He used a golden knife to cut open the abdomen of the iron winged eagle and carefully searched.
"There should be something even more precious! That's where the essence of the demon class lies!"
Li Muran muttered to himself, carefully examining the bloody mess.
The internal organs of the Iron Wing Eagle were severely shattered by the intense explosion just now, and it was a mess inside. Li Muran furrowed his brow and searched for a long time before finally finding a thumb-sized blood-covered bead in the eagle's chest.
After wiping away the bloodstains, the original appearance of this bead was revealed - it was a smooth and round small bead, like a pearl, emitting a faint luster, without any hint of bloodiness.
"This is the essence of the Iron Winged Eagle!" Li Muran exclaimed with joy.
Jīng Yuán, also known as Yāo Yuán, Yāo Dān, or Yāo Zhū; almost every single yāo qín (supernatural bird) and yāo shòu (supernatural beast) has this Jīng Yuán within their body. It is the essence of the yāo class, where the accumulated essence of a lifetime of cultivation after opening one's spiritual aperture is concentrated.
The demon clan refines the air to form essence, so the essence of the essence is also transformed by the heaven and earth yuanqi. As the demon clan's cultivation continues to improve, the quality of this essence will become higher and higher, and it can also allow the demon clan to use the essence to display stronger divine powers.
For human cultivators, the essence of demons is undoubtedly a great tonic. In external cultivation, there is a type of external cultivation called dietetics, which mainly refers to the intake of various heavenly treasures and earthly gems, including demon essences, absorbing their essence and achieving self-cultivation growth.
"This essence is born from a second-grade demonic bird, fresh and of high quality, as for the price, it's at least 200 to 300 spirit stones!" Li Muran muttered to himself, but in fact, the price he mentioned was already very conservative. High-grade essences were always scarce in the market, even with spirit stones, one might not be able to buy them!
Li Muran thought for a moment, then dug out the eagle's pair of eyes and slowly burned its entire body with flames.
Li Muran returned to the stone cave where Mo Lingzhi was located, hesitated for a long time, and finally did not take away that Mo Lingzhi.
Facing this extremely precious thousand-year-old spiritual medicine, Li Muran was not unmoved, but he didn't have enough confidence to safely pick the spiritual medicine. If he were to ruin it due to his own ignorance, it would be a great pity! Heaven knows if he'll ever find another thousand-year-old spiritual medicine in this lifetime!
"It's better to find a few more books related to spiritual medicine and take a closer look, after gaining enough confidence, then come back for this ink spirit mushroom." Li Muran thought to himself, anyway, this place is already in the secular world, there won't be any cultivators coming here out of nowhere, and ordinary people also don't have the ability to climb to the top of the mountain.
Mo Lingzhi can grow here for a thousand years without being discovered and taken away, which in itself shows that this place is very safe. Li Muran is willing to wait a little longer, the risk is not high.
Li Muran covered the entrance of the cave with a huge boulder, making it even harder to find.
After everything was settled, Li Muran rode the paper crane down the mountain and flew quietly back to the village in the darkness of night, landing directly at the Guo's house.
The three Guo family members were anxiously waiting in the courtyard when Li Mu Ran suddenly appeared before them, leaving the trio both shocked and delighted.
"Brother Wúmíng, you're back!" Yàn Wǔ said softly, her expression changing from solemn to extremely joyful in an instant.
"Hmph, you're still alive!" Ying Ge let out a cold snort, but the corners of her mouth also curled up into a smile.
"Come back is good, come back is good!" Old Man Guo was overjoyed, then asked again: "That demon bird..."
"It's all settled!" Li Muran smiled slightly.
"That's great!" Old Guo was even more delighted.
"Is it true?" Ying Ge was skeptical.
Li Muran took out the pair of walnut-sized eagle eyes and tossed them to Ying Ge, instructing: "Find an old hen and stew these two things together with it. Use a low fire to simmer for a whole night. Tomorrow morning, you three divide the soup and chicken meat among yourselves, and leave these two things for me."
What Li Muran said is one of the external methods commonly used by low-level cultivators - the method of diet. This is also a great tonic for the eyes of the demon eagle, and it is said to be extremely beneficial for the cultivation of the eyes. However, Li Muran was afraid that these few mortals would find it difficult to bear, so he let them only drink some soup and eat some side dishes. Even so, there were miraculous effects such as brightening one's eyes and refreshing one's spirit, prolonging one's life.
"There's nothing else I can do, so I'm going to rest. Don't disturb me!" Li Muran said, and then ignored the three Guo family members.
He returned to the house he had vacated in Yanwu, first using a few yuanqi symbols to fill the symbol paper crane with yuanqi, and then settled accounts with the remaining talismans.
This time killing the demon, the cost was not small. The yuanqi symbol and the flame explosion symbol each used dozens of sheets. These are just minor issues, after all, Li Muran can draw these two symbols himself, and the success rate is extremely high. What pains Li Muran the most is that the golden vajra symbol, which has saved him many times, although it was filled with yuanqi using the yuanqi symbol, shows some signs of wear and tear.
The Flame Explosion Talisman and other attack talismans are destroyed after one use, while the Vajra Talisman and other defensive talismans cannot be replenished infinitely. A single Vajra Talisman can only be reused seven or eight times at most. Judging from the current situation, Li Muran's Vajra Talisman will be completely useless after one or two more uses.
"It's too dangerous to defend oneself with a talisman that could break at any moment. After returning to the sect, I'll find an opportunity to buy another one." Li Muran thought to himself, A golden talisman costs 50 spirit stones, he didn't mind spending this amount of spirit stones, but as a Qi Pulse Initial Stage disciple, taking out such a large sum of spirit stones at once is relatively rare and would inevitably attract attention.
"But compared to this Yuan, these losses are still well worth it!" Li Muran took out the jade box containing the Iron Winged Eagle Yuan from his bosom, excitedly muttering to himself.
After the essence is extracted from the body of the demon bird and beast, if there is no proper method of preservation, it will gradually lose its essence; even if it is preserved well, it will still gradually lose its vital energy, so the best method is to take it as soon as possible.
It is said in the classics that among different types of monsters, there are natural arch-enemies. Once they kill each other, they often immediately swallow the opponent's essence.
"The essence is the best part of the Iron Winged Eagle, tomorrow when you eat the eagle's eyes, take this essence together, the effect will be the best!" Li Muran put away the essence and was tired after being busy for half a night, so he didn't continue to meditate and rested early.
On the second day, the oriole's song and swallow's dance had indeed stewed the eagle-eye soup overnight, inviting Li Muran to come out and eat.
Li Muran picked out the pair of eagle eyes and placed them in a bowl, then took out a gourd and poured a small amount of spiritual spring water into the bowl. Finally, he carefully took out the Iron Winged Eagle's essence and also put it in the bowl with the spiritual spring water.
The three Guo family members watched as Li Muran magically pulled out one thing after another from his empty sleeves, and then just as magically put them away, all of them marveling in amazement, but not daring to ask questions or disturb Li Muran.
Li Muran stretched out his fingers, suddenly biting them and then inserting them into the bowl of spiritual spring water, stirring constantly.
The water in the bowl was immediately dyed red by the flowing fresh blood, and strangely, that pair of eagle eyes and essence also dispersed under a certain magical force, gradually dissolving into the bloody water like mud and sand.
"Excellent!" Li Muran was overjoyed, picked up his bowl and drank the "blood water" in one gulp.
A second-grade demon bird essence worth over two or three hundred spirit stones was swallowed by him just like that.
Using one's own blood to aid digestion, this is also a small trick that Li Muran learned from the classics, it is said that this method helps absorb the beneficial yuanqi in food.
"What a weirdo, having soup but refusing to drink it and instead wanting to drink blood water!" Ying Ge muttered softly.
Li Muran smiled slightly, the bowl of water he had just drunk was so valuable that if Ying Ge and the others knew about it, they would definitely be shocked to jump up.
The wealthiest and most influential family in the secular world may not be able to buy this bowl of water even if they spend all their money.
In fact, it is impossible to buy high-quality treasures in the Immortal Realm with secular wealth. Firstly, the Immortal Realm and the secular world are like two worlds, intersecting very little; secondly, secular wealth is like a fleeting cloud to cultivators, not worth mentioning.
After drinking that bowl of water, Li Muran immediately felt a warmth in his abdomen, a hot air rising and spreading throughout his body, making him feel very comfortable.
Li Muran nodded in satisfaction, but suddenly this heat became extremely hot and the momentum was also exceptionally fierce!
"What's going on?" Li Muran was shocked: "The method of taking medicine is different from Dan medicine, it should be slowly effective, how can it be so fierce?"
