Chapter 11: Ch 11- Unexpected gain
The most valuable part of the Iron bull was its blood. As for its bones and skin, although it was worth several thousand Yuan, Mo Yuan couldn’t carry it by himself. Skinning such a huge Iron Bull would also take a lot of time.
Hong Yuan and the others would probably find this place very soon. He couldn’t afford to stay here for too long.
"Before it died, the Iron bull kept crawling in that direction. Could there be something over there that helped heal its injuries?"
Mo Yuan looked toward the end of the cave.
"That is..."
His eyes widened in surprise.
Not far away, from the ceiling of the cave, a drop of milky white liquid slowly fell onto a natural stone trough below. A small layer had already gathered inside it.
The strange liquid gave off a faint white glow. At a single glance, anyone could tell it was no ordinary substance.
"Novels often mention things like Hundred-Year Jade Liquid or Thousand-Year Jade Liquid. Could this be something like that?"
Mo Yuan guessed.
He didn’t know much about treasures like this. His guess came entirely from the cultivation novels he had read in his previous life.
Still, no matter what it was called, one thing was certain.
This was definitely a precious treasure.
Without wasting another second, Mo Yuan took out his last water bottle and poured away the remaining water. Then he carefully placed it beneath the dripping liquid and collected the remaining Jade Liquid, at least that was what he decided to call it for now.
There wasn’t much left.
The Iron bull had probably already drunk most of it while recovering its injuries, so after collecting everything, the bottle wasn’t even half full.
Mo Yuan looked up at the cave ceiling and watched another tiny drop slowly forming.
"At this rate, it probably produces only one drop a day. I can’t stay here waiting for it, but I also can’t let other trainees discover this place."
He narrowed his eyes.
"I have no choice."
"I’ll destroy it."
Without hesitation, he gripped his Refined Iron Blade and repeatedly slashed at the cave ceiling.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Chunks of rock fell one after another.
Before long, most of the area where the Jade Liquid formed had been completely destroyed. After that, Mo Yuan carefully covered the obvious traces as much as possible.
"If this place can produce Jade Liquid, then there might be even more precious treasures hidden deep inside these rocks. Unfortunately, the stone here is too hard. I can’t dig through it with my current strength."
"I’ll come back and explore it later."
Although he felt a little regretful, there was nothing he could do right now. After roughly cleaning up the scene and cutting Iron Bulls horn, Mo Yuan quickly left the cave.
Less than ten minutes after he left, a group of Students followed the blood trail and finally arrived. The moment they entered the cave, everyone froze.
"The Beast is dead!"
One student cried out in shock.
"Damn it!"
Hong Yuan’s face immediately darkened.
"Someone got here before us and took the beast’s Horn! That’s one thousand points!"
The other Students were equally furious.
They had chased the beast for so long. Everyone had suffered injuries, and several students had even lost their lives. Yet in the end, someone else had taken the biggest reward without doing any of that work.
"Not good!"
Another student hurriedly checked the corpse.
"The heart’s blood of the Beast is gone too! Only ordinary beast blood is left!"
The two most valuable items, the Beast heart Blood and the Iron bull’s horn, had both been taken.
Although the remaining corpse was still worth a considerable amount of money, Hong Yuan and the others had completely lost interest.
Compared to the missing treasures, the corpse wasn’t worth much in their eyes. Without another word, they turned around and left.
However, the ordinary Students didn’t think that way. To them, even the corpse of a Beast was an extremely valuable prize.
Soon, they divided the entire corpse among themselves.
There were many caves scattered throughout the small wilderness area. Before long, Mo Yuan found another small cave, killed the beast living inside it, and made it his temporary shelter.
Now he had already obtained the Iron bull’s horn, which were worth one thousand points.
With only a day and a half remaining in the trial, he no longer needed to continue hunting beasts.
First place was already guaranteed. Still, he had no intention of wasting his time.
He planned to stay here and cultivate.
"I wonder how much this Beast Blood can increase my strength."
A hint of anticipation appeared in his eyes.
He took a small sip of the Beast Blood and immediately began practicing the Body Forging Method.
Boom!!
The Beast Blood instantly transformed into a warm stream of energy.
Following the movements of the Body Forging Method, that energy spread throughout his entire body, constantly tempering his muscles, bones, and organs while greatly speeding up his cultivation.
Soon, all twenty-seven movements were completed. The energy contained in that mouthful of Beast Blood had also been almost completely used up.
Mo Yuan carefully felt the changes inside his body.
A huge smile quickly spread across his face.
"Holy shit."
"It’s almost four times faster than normal!"
"And this is only Low-level Beast Blood."
"If Mid-level Beast Blood was used for cultivation, wouldn’t the effect be even more unbelievable?"
"No wonder so many people with poor talent can still reach the Origin Vessel Realm or even the Origin Core Realm in their twenties or thirties."
"They must rely on large amounts of Beast Blood."
That was Mo Yuan’s guess. He took another sip and continued practicing.
Thanks to his Superior Grade Cultivation Talent, his body absorbed the Beast Blood far more efficiently than ordinary people. If he only possessed Inferior Cultivation Talent, being able to double his cultivation speed would already be considered very fortunate.
With the support of Beast Blood, Mo Yuan’s cultivation speed completely surpassed everyone else.
Time quietly passed.
Several hours went by in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Mo Yuan realized he had already completed the Body Forging Method ten times.
Yet something felt different.
"My body... isn’t tired at all."
He blinked.
"Can I practice it again?"
Thinking that, he immediately gave it a try.
Mo Yuan performed the Body Forging Method once more.
To his surprise, he completed all twenty-seven movements with ease. Not only did he feel no discomfort, but there was also no sign of damage to his body.
"I understand now."
"The reason ordinary people can only practice the Body Forging Method ten times is because the body’s energy is limited."
"If they continue after that, they’ll start consuming their own potential."
"But Beast Blood is different."
"It replaces the body’s consumed energy."
"That means I can continue practicing the Body Forging Method far beyond ten times."
"Ten times isn’t the limit at all."
"I could probably do twenty times."
"Maybe even thirty times!"
Mo Yuan couldn’t hide the excitement in his voice. Perhaps this wasn’t really a secret among Origin Vessel Realm cultivators. However, nobody ever told the students about it.
The reason was simple. Students rarely had the chance to obtain Beast Blood.
Even the teachers and senior cultivators barely had enough for their own cultivation, so naturally they wouldn’t openly reveal such information.
Otherwise, every student would become desperate to get their hands on Beast Blood. Even for large families, providing enough Beast Blood for every Origin Seed Realm cultivator was simply impossible.
"Hahaha!"
"This amount of Beast Blood should be enough for me to cultivate for another two days."
"By the time the trial ends..."
"I might be able to raise my strength to four hundred jin."
Mo Yuan clenched his fist tightly as excitement filled his heart.
While Mo Yuan focused entirely on his cultivation, the outside world had already fallen into chaos. To earn more points, many students began robbing one another.
Everyone wanted a better ranking. Of course, none of them dared to kill anyone.
The punishment for murder during the trial was far too severe. Besides, no one knew whether Origin Realm cultivators were secretly watching from the shadows.
Even so, the weaker students suffered greatly. The materials they had worked so hard to gather were snatched away one after another.
In the blink of an eye, the three-day trial finally came to an end.
One after another, the students walked out of the small wilderness area.