Chapter 238: Chapter 137: Divine Medicine

Purple Vine Mountain’s main range extends westward, where the further one goes, the more Great Demons appear. At this moment, Li Jizhou was observing a valley frequented by Tier Three Great Demons through the ghostly vision.

The valley was flourishing with long grass and chirping birds, with peculiar rocks scattered around, vibrant and full of Spiritual Qi.

Guagua had already burrowed underground, out of sight, but its aura and position could still be felt.

The Ghost Shadow stuck close to a massive rock, made of Ghost Shadow Cold Gold, so as long as it didn’t suddenly burst with energy, it was almost impossible to detect.

Li Jizhou was fully controlling Ghost Shadow with his Divine Soul, carefully observing the three demon beasts confronting each other a hundred meters away.

A giant ape with pure white fur, towering at five feet, wielded a giant piece of wood as a weapon, resembling a century-old giant tree.

In front of it to the left was a giant beast with glowing golden fur, a dog’s head, a bull’s body, and a snake’s tail, unknown to Li Jizhou’s knowledge.

To the right of the giant ape, three Purple Silver-Backed Wolf demons leaned on each other.

The giant ape’s aura emitted a Tier Three Late Stage blood vitality, the dog-headed beast was nearing the late stage of Tier Three Mid Stage, and the leading wolf was at Tier Three Mid Stage, while the two behind were merely Tier Three Early Stage.

With just one glance, Li Jizhou understood the reason for the confrontation among the three beasts.

Behind the giant ape on a hillside, a red, violet-hued foot-tall sapling continuously emitted waves of medicinal fragrance.

“Divine Medicine! Vermilion Bird Grass.” Li Jizhou’s heart stirred with warmth.

Eleven years into Core Formation, the yearly supply of Fetus Nourishing Pills was well-prepared, so there was no lack.

But a Quasi-Fourth Tier Spirit Medicine worthy of the title “Divine Medicine”… had yet to be obtained.

For those aspiring for Nascent Soul post-Core Formation, the nurturing process is extremely important. If prepared a hundred years in advance, and one uses a Fetus Nourishing Pill annually and nourishes with a Divine Medicine every ten years, there would be at least an additional twenty percent chance of forming a Nascent Soul after reaching the Peak of Core Formation.

Li Jizhou’s Golden Core, although confined by Heaven and Earth Cage, according to ancient texts, cannot possibly form a Nascent Soul and would likely perish in the Celestial Thunder of the tribulation.

However, he hadn’t completely lost hope; he would strive to the end.

Of course, if failure were eventually inevitable, as the ancient texts suggested, he wouldn’t bear any resentment. After all, in the next life, he might start with a Middle Level Earth Spirit Root,

Then, even if pursuing immortality again, he would only gain a Celestial Heart Seal, resonating with earth and heaven, without any further confinement.

Now, looking at the Divine Medicine, Li Jizhou was eager to claim it for himself.

Just then, Guagua transmitted a Divine Sense alert to Li Jizhou.

The three wolf demons were the culprits that almost attacked and killed it before.

Li Jizhou nodded slightly.

Not only that Divine Medicine but the Demon Pill of the Purple Silver-Backed Wolf demon with swift innate Divine Abilities was of great interest to Li Jizhou.

Currently, his greatest combat strength is the Quasi-Fourth Tier Advanced Puppet, Ghost Shadow, alongside another Tier Three Advanced Puppet that had only integrated a Tier Three Mid Stage Demon Pill with no special innate abilities reserved, merely power enhancement; it pales in comparison to the Tier Three Middle Level Celestial Thunder Puppet that had integrated a thunder attribute Demon Pill.

If he could create another Tier Three Advanced Puppet with the quick innate Divine Abilities of this wolf, it would be highly effective for frontal distraction, paired with Ghost Shadow’s stealth attacks, doubling the effect!

“Wait!” Li Jizhou instructed Guagua, telling it to retreat another hundred miles.

Despite Guagua’s certain concealment capabilities, combined with its effect of burying underground, it could still easily be sensed by the Tier Three Late Stage giant ape.

And as for that dog-headed golden beast, there was no guarantee it lacked special sensing Divine Abilities.

Atthat moment, through Ghost Shadow, Li Jizhou finally saw the state of the Vermilion Bird Grass, where a denser aura seemed to be slowly rising within.

When it ascends to the pinnacle, it would condense into a drop of Divine Medicine essence.

For demon beasts that don’t know Alchemy, consuming the Vermilion Bird Grass directly yields little effect, only by devouring its condensed essence would it have maximum efficiency.

So the giant ape was waiting.

It could even be possible that the giant ape had been waiting a long time, just waiting for the essence to form.

“Roar~” As the giant ape sensed the Vermilion Bird Grass essence about to condense, it became more irritable.

With a furious fist pounding its chest, it let out a spine-chilling howl.

The dog-headed golden beast was not to be outdone, its front paw stomped the ground ferociously, causing the whole valley to tremble.

The three wolf demons witnessing this began to slowly retreat, seemingly intimidated, yet they merely backed out of the confrontation range between the giant ape and the dog-headed golden beast before stopping.

They were obviously waiting to watch the tiger fight from the mountain.

Li Jizhou let a faint smile slip from the corners of his mouth.

Three days later, the Vermilion Bird Grass’s essence was on the verge of emerging.

The giant ape finally acted; it slowly retreated, guarding the Vermilion Bird Grass closely behind it.

Meanwhile, the dog-headed golden beast grew anxious, fearing the giant ape might gulp down the essence the moment it solidified.

“Roar!” The golden-haired beast glanced at the trio of Purple Silver-Backed Wolves standing a hundred meters away, it could no longer hold back, unleashing its four hooves, and a streak of golden light shot towards the giant ape.

“Boom!” It was clear the giant ape had been waiting a long time for this moment too, and the giant wooden weapon in its hand came crashing down.

But just when it looked like the wooden weapon would strike the golden beast, the golden beast suddenly split into two,

one side facing the giant ape’s strike, while the other darted straight at the Vermilion Bird Grass behind the giant ape.

The giant ape’s face transformed into a snarl, reaching out its other hand to grasp the second golden beast.

“Boom~” However, as it was about to clutch the golden beast barehanded, the beast’s body shimmered with golden light, its silky fur transforming instantly into steel needles, gleaming as they shot towards the giant ape.

The giant ape’s hand turned into a porcupine covered in golden steel needles in an instant.

“Awoo~” From the giant ape’s howls of anguish, one could assess the formidable power of the golden beast’s needles.

The giant ape, clearly a Tier Three Late Stage demon beast primarily focused on its physical body, had a physique comparable to the magical power shield of a Human Race practitioner at the Late Stage of Core Formation, but it could not withstand the golden beast’s needles at all.

If a Late Stage Core Formation Human Race practitioner faced the golden beast now, the protective shield might shatter instantly, their body pierced by countless golden hairs, and meet a grim demise.

Seeing this, Li Jizhou was secretly alarmed.

If he himself unintentionally provoked such a being, careless, he would likely perish in an instant.

Currently, his Fourth Layer Body Refining along with the two-stage enhancement from the “True Flame Hundred Forgings”, he still fell short in physical prowess compared to the giant ape, unable to withstand the rain of needles from the golden beast.

The mystical nature of demon beasts, particularly their bloodline Divine Abilities, and the innate mutations during ascension, are truly hard to fathom.

Without overwhelming advantage from a major realm, there’s still inherent danger.

“Roar~” Enraged, the giant ape’s body shot up another foot, its tusks suddenly extending fiercely.

With immense pain, it still grasped the second golden beast with its needle-filled hand, viciously biting down with a tusk.

Meanwhile, the first golden beast seized the giant ape’s moment of distraction by pain, swatting the giant wooden weapon aside and lunging at the Vermilion Bird Grass from the other direction.

As the giant ape crushed the second golden beast’s head with its tusks, the beast transformed into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

On the other side, the golden beast was already less than three meters away from the Vermilion Bird Grass.

“Boom boom boom!” The shamed giant ape quickly turned, swinging its wood weapon with even greater frequency.

“Awoo~” Under the densely overlapping shadows of the staff, the golden beast finally got clubbed aside, wailing in midair.

However, the giant ape had no time to celebrate as the duo of Purple Silver-Backed Wolf demons, bared their fangs, pounced over.

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