I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

"Perfect for practicing."

Chen Qing's heart stirred, and he conveyed his thoughts to Dan Yu: "Dan Yu, don't kill him, just cripple him."

With a soft cry, Dan Yu flapped its wings and transformed into a streak of white light, darting away.

Her speed was astonishing; in the blink of an eye, she plunged into the swarm of blood bats. The Crane Heart White Flame transformed into a dozen thin lines of fire, precisely striking the wings of each blood bat.

"laugh--"

"laugh--"

"laugh--"

A dozen soft sounds rang out almost simultaneously, and the wings of the blood bats emitted blue smoke as they fell from the sky, thrashing and struggling on the ground, unable to take flight again.

Chen Qing's lips curled slightly as he looked at Wen Chang, who was following behind Qing Tian:

"Wen Chang, go."

Wen Chang blinked, looked at Qingtian, then at Chen Qing, seemingly somewhat bewildered.

"Go on, kill it!" Qingtian urged from the side, even making a punching motion.

Wen Chang then realized what was happening, squeaked twice, and ran to the blood bat with his short legs. He raised his little fist and punched the blood bat on the head.

The blood bat twitched once, then died completely.

[The Skybreaker Legion kills the creature "Blood Bat," Essence +0.7]

Chen Qing looked at the prompt on the screen and nodded.

He then had Qingtian and Danyu each kill a blood bat, and he also personally killed one. The result was exactly the same: each blood bat only contributed 0.7 points of essence.

"0.7 points..."

Chen Qing quickly began to calculate in his mind.

He had been raising carp and spirit chickens for nearly five years. Based on his experience, the blood and qi fluctuations of a carp were similar to those of the blood bat in front of him, and it could contribute about 2 points of essence.

Bloodbat only gave 0.7 points.

In other words, the efficiency of harvesting the essence of unfamiliar creatures is only one-third that of raising them yourself.

"Just as I thought."

Chen Qing was not disappointed; instead, she smiled.

Although efficiency has been reduced considerably, the number of unfamiliar creatures is simply too enormous.

Take this Lin Yuan Secret Realm as an example. He has only been here for three days, but he has already encountered a large number of creatures—skulls, blood bats, rotting corpse monsters, and all kinds of demonic beasts, too many to count.

And this is only a blood bat at the third level of Qi Refining. If it encounters a large creature at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining with abundant blood energy, it will certainly provide more essence.

"It's even possible that the speed at which I can harvest the essence from unfamiliar creatures will surpass the stable output of my fish and chicken farming in the future."

The thought flashed through Chen Qing's mind, but he quickly suppressed it.

He shook his head, admonishing himself: "Harvesting unfamiliar creatures is feasible, but I must never kill indiscriminately for it, much less take unnecessary risks. I only need to steadily harvest essence to cultivate immortality; why take those unnecessary risks?"

but……

Chen Qing glanced at the balance of "4347.4" on the system screen, and then remembered the hundreds of thousands of essences needed to activate the True Spirit Bloodline. His lips twitched involuntarily.

"Now that we've entered the secret realm, let's take this opportunity to test it out and see how much essence we can gather."

Having made up his mind, Chen Qing no longer hesitated and, leading Qingtian, Danyu, and Wenchang, continued deeper into the Bone World. Behind them, the corpses of the dozen or so blood bats lay scattered on the ground, gradually growing cold in the eerie green glow.

……

Chen Qing was with the three little ones.

They advanced along the edge of the bone world, specifically targeting lone individuals.

Skeletons were the most numerous, scattered densely throughout the bone forest. Most of them only had the strength of the first or second level of Qi Refining, and were pitifully weak.

A single punch from Qingtian could shatter three or four skeletons, Danyu's white flames swept across a whole area, and even Wen Chang, with his small frame, could hold his own against a skeleton at the second level of Qi Refining with his little fists.

Chen Qing, on the other hand, had some free time. He followed behind with his hands behind his back, his gaze fixed on Qingtian, occasionally offering a few pointers: "Qingtian, there's another one over there, don't miss it."

Qingtian squeaked in response, smashed the skull in front of him with a punch, then turned around, put his hands on his hips, and looked down at Wen Chang following behind him. His monkey face hardened, and he shouted in a serious manner, "Squeak squeak squeak! (Wen Chang! That skull leg is still moving, give it another punch!)"

Wen Chang squeaked twice, ran over with his short legs, and swung his little fist down with a "bang," completely shattering the skeleton.

"Hmm, not bad!" Qingtian nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at the other side. "Go find that blood bat over there!"

Wen Chang ran over there excitedly.

Chen Qing looked at the two monkeys, one big and one small, one pretending to give orders and the other running around foolishly, and his lips twitched involuntarily.

After traveling and stopping along the way for about half an hour, Chen Qing roughly counted that he had killed nearly a hundred skeletons, more than thirty blood bats, a few unknown monsters, and five rotting corpse monsters.

Most of these creatures are only at the early to mid-stage of Qi Refining, and can contribute very little essence. Each skeleton only contributes 0.1 to 0.4 points, while blood bats and monsters contribute slightly more, 0.7 to 1.5 points each. Corpse monsters are more generous, contributing 3 points each.

All together, it's less than a hundred, not even enough to replenish the cost of creating texts.

"This efficiency is pretty good; it's much faster than raising fish or chickens."

Chen Qing pondered in his heart.

He can now harvest around 6000 essences a year, which translates to about 17 points a day. In just under an hour, he harvested nearly 100 points, far exceeding his previous harvest.

Chen Qing was quite happy. If he weren't trapped in this Bone Realm, he would have actually grown to like this place.

Chen Qing shifted his attention away from the system screen, intending to find a place to rest, when suddenly an idea struck him. He reached into his robes and took out the slightly warm Blood Spirit Token.

On the token, about a hundred feet to the left, a crimson light spot representing the aura of a cultivator was slowly moving. Judging from the intensity of the light spot, it was probably around the sixth level of Qi Refining. Near that light spot, there were several brighter light spots, with a dense crimson aura, which did not resemble cultivators but rather demonic beasts.

"One, two, three, four, five..."

Chen Qing counted them; there were five demonic beast lights in total. One of them was exceptionally bright, with an aura intensity comparable to the eighth level of Qi Refining he had ever seen. The other four were slightly weaker, but they were all around the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.

"Five against one?"

Chen Qing raised an eyebrow, starting to make plans in his mind.

It's not uncommon for demonic beasts to surround and kill cultivators in secret realms, but what interests him is that the cultivator being surrounded is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. He has managed to hold out for so long under the attack of these five demonic beasts, which clearly shows that he has some skills.

Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is that monsters will not pick up storage bags!

Chen Qing's eyes flickered slightly.

If that cultivator is killed, his storage bag will fall to the ground. Once the demonic beasts disperse, he can simply swagger over and pick it up.

"Let's go take a look."

Chen Qing made up his mind, put away the Blood Spirit Token, concealed his aura, and silently led Qingtian and Danyu in that direction. He temporarily put Wen Chang back into the Beast Taming Space; the little guy's cultivation was too low, and bringing him along would easily expose them.

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