Raise a sword!

The white ape died quite quickly.

As it turns out, this beast is indeed clever; it really does run away when it encounters danger.

But it was precisely because of this that Jiang Peng was completely certain that when the beast was suppressed by the formation and surrounded, it was indeed fully capable of escaping.

"This is probably what they mean by being too clever for one's own good," Jiang Peng thought to himself.

It's not difficult to avoid a cultivator's self-destruction; in the mountains and forests, you just need to try your best to stay away.

If there are certain methods available, there are many ways to prevent it from self-destructing.

"He looked down on Lao Liu's methods and tried to withstand the suppression of the formation with his own body, but when it really came down to it, he was ultimately held back by the formation."

Jiang Peng pursed her lips, a pang of regret for Lao Liu rising in her heart.

Then, he personally broke open the white ape's chest and took out a small bottle of demonic beast blood from its massive heart.

This essence blood was supposed to be the white ape's last desperate measure, but because of its overconfidence, it didn't even have time to burn its essence blood.

Then Jiang Peng broke open the white ape's head and obtained a late-stage first-tier demon core.

The demon core is the most valuable part of a demon beast, as it is the source of the demonic power within its body.

Demon cores are useful in various miscellaneous skills of human cultivators, including alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman drawing, and array arrangement.

The white ape's demon core was a whole size larger than any first-tier demon beast demon core Jiang Peng had ever seen before, clearly indicating a mutation.

"I don't know whether this mutation is good or bad for the value of demon cores." Jiang Peng hadn't had any use for demon cores before, so she wasn't very clear about their market value.

But it's essential to store it carefully.

Finally, Jiang Peng dismantled some particularly hard demon bones, such as arm and leg bones, which were also excellent materials for refining weapons.

As for the remaining demon bones and flesh, they were of little value, and Jiang Peng's storage bag had limited space, so he ignored them.

After much effort, Jiang Peng finally obtained the essence blood of a first-grade high-level demon beast. Once back in the market, she could finally try to refine the Beast Spirit Pill she had been longing for.

Once this pill is completed, Ah Huang's future will be promising, and Jiang Peng will also save a large amount of spirit stones used to cultivate demon beasts.

However, there is one more thing before returning to the market.

When Jiang Peng was exploring the cave where the white ape was hiding, she noticed a faint fragrance.

Now that the white ape is dead, Jiang Peng naturally wants to go and explore its cave.

Soon, Jiang Peng followed the stream to the front of the grotto once again.

Looking at the cave, which clearly showed signs of human intervention, Jiang Peng cautiously entered it.

The grottoes were deeper than Jiang Peng had imagined.

"Just as expected, what appears to be a massive mountain collapse from the outside is actually a hidden paradise inside."

Jiang Peng discovered that the boulder was located in an underground mountain, and the inside of the boulder had been carved out into a downward cave.

Fortunately, this is not a natural grotto, so it doesn't have many twists and turns.

Jiang Peng continued forward and eventually arrived at a rather spacious stone chamber.

The stench and the fragrance blended together in the stone chamber, and the fragrance even subtly suppressed the stench.

Jiang Peng stretched out her hand, and the firelight flickered at her fingertips, illuminating the stone chamber.

Immediately afterwards, he saw that the left side of the stone chamber was piled with foul-smelling corpses, including those of human cultivators and demonic beasts, and the stench in the vicinity was coming from this place.

"As expected of a demon beast, it filled its belly and then just threw its bones here." Jiang Peng suppressed her nausea.

Beside the pile of bones were seven or eight storage bags, broken magical artifacts, and other such items.

Jiang Peng stepped forward and examined it.

The storage bags were violently torn open, and nothing was left inside.

Those magical artifacts had long lost their spiritual essence and decayed in this cold cave. Even the cauldrons were too lazy to refine and extract materials from them, and there was not even a prompt after touching them.

"Completely worthless." Jiang Peng felt a little regretful.

Then, he looked to the other side.

There's another bend on the side of the stone chamber, and a delicate fragrance seems to emanate from behind it.

Jiang Peng walked over quickly.

After rounding the bend, he keenly heard the sound of dripping water.

"There's a stream above; is the water flowing down along the cracks in the rocks?"

After walking a few more steps, the view suddenly opened up before me.

Before Jiang Peng's eyes appeared an underground pool about three zhang long and wide, and in the very center of the pool stood a small tree about the height of a person.

The sapling was clearly covered with only withered branches, and there were no fallen leaves to be seen around it, as if it had been dead for a long time.

Even just looking at it from afar, Jiang Peng could feel a strong sense of vitality.

In the side room not far away, there was no longer any fishy smell in the air, only a mouthwatering fragrance.

So Jiang Peng couldn't help but walk closer.

When Jiang Peng reached the side of the small tree in the middle of the pool, she finally noticed that behind the branches of the tree, there were two crystal-clear red fruits, each the size of a baby's fist.

I don't recognize it, but it looks like a good product.

"Could it be that the white ape became so extraordinary because of this fruit?"

Jiang Peng cautiously reached out and touched it.

【Azure Blood Fruit: Spiritual Root, Cleansing Essence and Marrow】

"It's a spiritual root?!" Jiang Peng was shocked, finding it hard to believe that she would encounter such an opportunity.

The so-called spiritual root is a spiritual thing born and nurtured by nature.

I've heard that they're divided into innate and acquired types, but whether innate or acquired, they are all rare and precious treasures.

Spiritual roots are not ranked!

The same spiritual root fruit brings immense benefits to both Qi Refining cultivators and Golden Core cultivators!

Even ordinary people can eat it!

In the eyes of heaven and earth, all living beings are the same.

Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs.

Cultivators are living beings, and so are mortals.

This is what makes spiritual roots so precious; they are beneficial to all races.

That's why it's said that the existence of spiritual roots is a manifestation of the wonders of heaven and earth, a precious treasure created by nature.

"This little tree in front of me should be called the Blood-Red Fruit Tree... It's a pity I don't have the ability to nurture spiritual roots, otherwise I would have taken this tree with its roots."

The growth conditions of spiritual roots are different for each one, and trying to dig them up and cultivate them is tantamount to wasting their potential.

Jiang Peng suppressed his greed and ultimately only took off the two Jade Blood Fruits, then unhesitatingly put one of them into his mouth.

It has no taste.

The fruit entered his mouth, and before Jiang Peng could even chew it, it was like drinking a sip of plain water; the water went down his throat, and the taste was neither surprising nor delightful.

But before Jiang Peng could sit down and try to refine the medicinal power, his body began to crackle and pop.

"Is this what they call cleansing the marrow and rejuvenating the essence? It's happening much faster than I imagined."

Jiang Peng didn't dare to delay and quickly sat down to calm herself down.

He endured the physical pain and steadily refined the medicinal power of the Jade Blood Fruit.