Chapter 147: Chapter 106: Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale
The development path Shen Xuan had laid out for the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions actually aligned perfectly with Zhong Yi’s ideas.
Increasing the poison’s potency was indeed the best way to enhance the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions’ combat prowess.
The recent protracted battle had led Shen Xuan to consider the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions’ future, specifically its poison yield and production speed.
It was a bit ambitious, but it was precisely this kind of ambition that pushed Guardian Beast Masters to more diligently enhance their Guardian Beasts.
Zhong Yi’s mind raced, and several Poison Attribute Materials suitable for enhancing Shen Xuan’s Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions quickly came to him.
"Ah Xuan, increasing the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions’ toxicity is simple enough."
"However, while increasing its toxicity, you can only focus on one other aspect at most—either increasing its poison yield or its production speed."
"Which of the two do you think is more important?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan fell into deep thought.
’Increasing the poison yield would boost the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions’ effectiveness at the start of a battle, while increasing its production speed would be for handling long, drawn-out fights.’
After weighing his options, Shen Xuan decided to prioritize poison yield to raise the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions’ combat ceiling.
He could worry about prolonged battles later.
Hearing Shen Xuan’s choice, Zhong Yi said with a smile,
"Ah Xuan, the last time I was at the Celestial Destiny Society’s Treasure Vault to pick out supplies, I saw a Poison Attribute Material called a Poison Absorption Whale Pill."
"This Poison Absorption Whale Pill will perfectly meet your needs."
"I remember the exchange cost for the Poison Absorption Whale Pill is fifteen thousand points. Once your Celestial Destiny Points are distributed, you’ll have just enough to trade for it."
"Aside from the Poison Absorption Whale Pill, the other supporting Poison Attribute Materials are all easy to obtain."
"Sister Zhuo said that after the Xin Xia conference ends and the people sent from Kyoto verify our potential ratings, the Celestial Destiny Points will be distributed quickly."
"So on this next outing, you should be able to use the Poison Absorption Whale Pill to improve your Order Beast’s Quality."
The Poison Absorption Whale Pill is produced inside the body of a Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale.
Among all Marine Guardian Beasts, every single Whale Guardian Beast is a king-level creature.
The Sea Race exists in the ocean, and they have a strict Bloodline classification for all marine creatures.
Even the weakest Whale Guardian Beast that grows to adulthood in the wild will reach the Fantasy Tier Peak.
For those with even a little talent, ascending to the Mythical Tier isn’t difficult.
The Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale is a very special case among Whale Guardian Beasts.
The Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale likes to feed on various highly venomous Aquatic Guardian Beasts like jellyfish, sea snakes, and the ghoul-faced stonefish of the seabed.
In addition to eating these toxic creatures, the Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale also enjoys absorbing pollutants that contaminate the ocean.
In a way, every Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale is a purifier of the marine environment.
If even one Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale is present in a sea region, the environment there becomes exceptionally suitable for Aquatic Guardian Beast survival.
In the ocean, it is extremely common for various marine creatures to prey on each other.
Powerful marine creatures usually have a strong sense of territory, yet they will proactively protect any Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale that enters it.
From the moment they are born, Poison-Avoiding Fin Whales travel about, devouring highly venomous Marine Guardian Beasts and sources of pollution.
Yet its own flesh and blood contain no trace of toxins. In fact, the flesh of a Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale possesses powerful nourishing and healing properties.
It’s equivalent to a slow-moving, living ginseng in the ocean.
The toxins from the Marine Guardian Beasts and pollutants the Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale consumes all converge and condense within its belly, forming the Poison Absorption Whale Pill.
Even after being removed from the whale’s body, a Poison Absorption Whale Pill retains its Ability to absorb and concentrate toxins.
Legend has it that when a Mythical Tier Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale dies, it typically doesn’t result in a whale fall. Because its flesh possesses Healing Ability, it is often swarmed and devoured by injured marine creatures.
However, if the Poison Absorption Whale Pill hidden in its belly is shattered, the toxins contained within will be unleashed.
It can instantly contaminate a vast stretch of ocean, wiping out all life in the area and creating a dead sea choked with toxins and pollutants.
Even in adjacent sea regions, the toxins will cause the bodies of countless Low Tier Marine Guardian Beasts to putrefy.
The Poison Absorption Whale Pill, a material produced inside a Poison-Avoiding Fin Whale, is thus both extremely valuable and exceedingly rare.
If Zhong Yi had fifteen thousand Celestial Destiny Points right now, he would immediately help Shen Xuan trade for the Poison Absorption Whale Pill.
But Shen Xuan was, after all, a Celestial Destiny Seeker with a potential rating of SS Level.
Aside from Zhong Yi, this was the highest rating among all current Celestial Destiny Seekers in the Xin Xia Federation.
As long as word got out, both Starlight City and the Xin Xia Federation would surely search for a Poison Absorption Whale Pill for Shen Xuan.
Shen Xuan had no idea what a Poison Absorption Whale Pill was.
Having not studied for very long at Starlight Academy, Shen Xuan knew nothing about high-end materials like the Poison Absorption Whale Pill.
Since Zhong Yi said the Poison Absorption Whale Pill was suitable for cultivating his Order Beast, the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions, Shen Xuan firmly committed the name "Poison Absorption Whale Pill" to memory.
By now, Zhong Yi had walked over to the Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s corpse, pulled out a sharp knife, and prepared to butcher it.
Only the brain of the Ice Soul Monkey Demon was valuable; the rest of its body contained no useful materials.
Gazing at the bloodstained, reeking corpse of the Ice Soul Monkey Demon, Zhong Yi mulled it over for a moment before speaking to Hong Ji, who was sitting slumped on the ground.
"This Ice Soul Monkey Demon gathered all the nearby Snowstorm Ape Tribes together."
"Until we find the reigning creature of this Secret Realm, we probably won’t run into any more Snowstorm Ape Communities."
"Let’s all get some proper rest. We’ll move on once everyone has fully recovered."
"Hong Ji, once you’ve recovered, absorb this Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s corpse and then separate its brain, keeping it as intact as possible."
As the game’s designer, Zhong Yi knew about many of its fortuitous encounters and easter eggs. He was also intimately familiar with the stats and material effects for all the Guardian Beasts in the game.
However, all that theoretical knowledge wasn’t enough for Zhong Yi to cleanly extract the Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s brain with just a knife.
Hong Ji had always been extremely enthusiastic about things she had never eaten before.
She had been curious about the Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s taste ever since she first saw it.
The Ice Soul Monkey Demon was not among the Demon Materials she had devoured in the past.
"Leave it to me, Master. You can rest assured when I’m processing materials with my body."
"I’ll extract the Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s brain perfectly intact."
"Plus, when materials are stored inside my body, you don’t have to worry about them losing their potency or spoiling."
Hong Ji knew that Zhong Yi placed great importance on the Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s brain; otherwise, he would have let the Soul-Controlling Flower absorb the Life and Soul Energy from its body.
Zhong Yi, Shen Xuan, and Zhong Ling were long accustomed to the stench of blood that filled the Ice Cave.
The trio placed the Lamp Furnace Flower on the ice, peeled back its petals, and set three iron woks directly on the blossom.
The intense heat, reaching six or seven hundred degrees, instantly brought the solidified oil they had just added to the woks to a rolling boil.
Zhong Ling took numerous ingredients from her Storage Pouch, and soon the trio was enjoying a meal of four dishes and a soup inside the Ice Cave Secret Realm.
After the meal, the three of them fell sound asleep in their sleeping bags. Ice Glaze, ears perked vigilantly, stood watch.
Meanwhile, the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions and Hong Ji were both focused on restoring their Energy.
Even before dinner, Zhong Yi had given Shen Xuan six or seven vials of Red-Faced Hibiscus’s Digestive Fluid.
With the aid of the Red-Faced Hibiscus’s Digestive Fluid, the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions restored its Energy much more quickly.
While Zhong Yi and the others slept, Hong Ji took only a little over two hours to replenish her depleted energy.
First, Hong Ji carefully processed the Ice Soul Monkey Demon’s corpse, meticulously storing its brain in her internal material vault.
Then, she began to adapt her body to absorb the corpses of the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes that hadn’t been touched by the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions’ venom.
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