When the fight between the two powerhouses demon beast started, the effect of Yun Chen's powder was already worn off. So, there was not a single demon beast who would dare to approach the area in a radius of 100 miles.
The feathers of the eagle were very sharp, and the poisonous snake began to accumulate some injuries. But suddenly the dark green scales of the snake began to change color. Yun Chen instantly recognized this phenomenon.
The three-ring poisonous snake has the word "three-ring" in its name because it possesses three states depending on the color of its scales: one for defence and the other two for attack. But it is extremely rare to see the third state of the three-ring poisonous snake because they must possess a fire element spirit root to unleash its power and most of the three-ring poisonous snakes only possess the poison spirit root. So, if one can use its third form, it means that it possesses dual spirit roots of fire and poison.
«If all is done correctly, I can obtain three high-level spirit roots. » said the excited Yun Chen.
The snake's scales turned from dark green to scarlet red showing that it will use its third form. After its body undergone this transformation, all its wound healed at an astonishing speed. It then stared at the eagle high in the sky and began to attack the eagle with a shower of fire balls. The fire balls melted the feathers that were still aiming at the snake. At that moment the eagle sensed that it was a dangerous situation. The eagle decided to flee to save his life but one of the fire balls sudden hit its right wing preventing it from continuing to fly. It fell to the ground a little further away from the previous last position of the snake but when it though it was in a safe spot the snake appeared behind it. The snake's scales had already returned to their original dark green color.
Now that the steel-feathers black eagle can't fly, it became a prey for the snake to enjoy. The snake rushed toward the wounded eagle and wrapped itself around the eagle to strangle it. After some time, the eagle died and the tired snake decided to rest a little before returning to its cave. But suddenly the snake began to feel some indescribable pain all over its body. It was as if thousands of ants were gnawing at its body. It emitted a loud roar due to the pain.
«The time has come. The poison is taking effect and it will die soon. While the poison is doing its work, let's take the loots around the cave. » said Yun Chen on his way down the tree. He headed toward the cave and began dismantling the beast corpses one at a time retrieving the demon cores, spirit roots and each important part worth selling. After tree hours, he handled all the beast corpses. The harvest was great. He packed everything in an enormous bag twice his size and headed toward the location of the snake and eagle.
After arriving, the bodies were still there but they were already dead. First, Yun Chen began dismantling the giant corpse of the eagle. It was as he expected.
«…good! A high-quality wind element spirit root and an innate realm demon core. The hole body is also worth a lot of money. Now it is the snake's turn. » said Yun Chen while heading toward the snake.
It was very difficult to dismantle its body because of its hard scales. The scales are great materials to make spirit armors and spirit weapons.
Yun Chen also found the fire spirit roots and poison spirit roots he was looking for.
«Now, I need to refine the poison spirit root to be able to use the poison qi inside my poison qi dantian. I doubt any beast would dare to come in this area after the battle last night. I should go to the cave and refine the poison spirit root. I can also store the valuables beast corpses inside the cave after finishing and block the entrance with rocks before returning home. » said Yun Chen while turning back.
But suddenly a weird sensation was felt from his body and the half-dead egg which was in the second space in his body flew out toward the three-ring poisonous snake.
«What is going on here? Why did it come out on its own? » Yun Chen thought to himself while observing the egg.
The egg stopped over the snake's body and began absorbing the blood essence of the snake. The egg began to gradually recover.
«Its is absorbing the blood essence of the three-ring poisonous snake to recover itself. It seems to be the effect of the supreme chaos absorption sutra. It is written in it that when you cultivate it, your spirit root will have the power to absorb other spirit roots of the same attribute. So, the egg can also use this power to strengthen itself because we are linked. And since the soul inside it is the abyssal dragon from my previous life, the snake is a good choice. I can sense a very strong vitality from it now. Since this power is shared through the soul, and the fire lizard had also been linked to me, it must have also gained this ability. » Yun Chen deduced while waiting for the egg to finish.
After the egg finished absorbing, it flew back to Yun Chen's body.
« It seems that there is still a long way to go before it hatch. » said Yun Chen after inspecting the egg in its body.
He then brought out the fire lizard and was prepared to head toward the cave, but it stopped him and began to show him the direction of the eagle's body.
«Do you mean its blood essence is useful to you too, Xiaobai? » asked Yun Chen to its companion beast.
Xiaobai nodded in response. Xiaobai was the name the former Yun Chen gave to its companion beast.
« Then, you can go and absorb it. I will stay guard for you. » said Yun Chen to Xiaobai.
Half an hour later, Xiaobai finished but it seemed extremely tired. Yun Chen brought it back in the the spirit space inside his body. Immediately after that Xiaobai fell asleep.
Through this experience, Yun Chen understood something important: one is his companion beasts have the power to absorb other beasts blood essence to strengthen themselves and the second is the beast's blood essence must have a strong bloodline or must be at the innate realm or above to be useful.
He then carried the two beast's bodies to the cave which took him a lot of time because they were very heavy, and he is only at the first layer of the qi-condensing realm. After arranging the bodies of the valuable beasts inside the cave, he began to meditate. This time, he wanted to use the poison spirit root and link it to the poison meridian.
«Now it is time to use the poison spirit root. With this strong spirit root, I will be able to absorb any poison and convert it into poison qi. » Yun Chen thought to himself and began meditating. Using his soul power, he slowly integrated the poison spirit root inside his body. The process was very painful! First because never in the history of the human cultivators, there exist one with a poison spirit root and second because it is a beast spirit root that he is integrating to his body.
Although it was painful, Yun Chen didn't stop and continued the process. It took him four hours to finish integrating with the spirit root to make it his own.
«Now I can easily release poison qi and absorb any poison to strengthen it. Let's take a shot with the three-ring poisonous snake's poison! » said Yun Chen before taking out the snake's poison gland. At his great surprise he quickly absorbed the snake's poison inside his body without any side-effects. He also broke through to the second layer of the qi-condensing realm. Now that the first step is accomplished, Yun Chen decided to return home. And so, after closing the cave entrance with some rocks, he headed back to the town.
After coming back to the town, Yun Chen didn't directly go home but headed toward the exchange pavilion. When he entered inside, there was a middle-aged man at the reception. When Yun Chen came to him, he didn't even pay enough attention to him.
«Please exchange the items in this bag for spirit stones. » said Yun Chen while handing a little bag to the man.
«It is a young man. A boy like him can't have anything good. » the man though to himself while opening the bag. He suddenly froze after seeing what was inside the bag.
«…what! Qi-condensing, spirit-gathering, and foundation-building realms demon cores! Young man, where did you find all these? » asked the man in astonishment.
«Old man, do you always ask this question to all customers who want to exchange their items here? »
«Please, young man, don't mind me! I was forgetful. The total amount is 4500 low-grade spirit stones. » said the old man while tilting his beard.
«Your price is rather low. If we follow the market price and deduce the interests, I must at least get 5000 low-grade spirit stones. If this is your price, I won't be selling the other stuffs. » said Yun Chen with a gentle smile.
The old man peeked at the enormous bag behind Yun Chen and finally agreed to Yun Chen's price.