The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 308: Chenxin Grass, Monster Crystal Core

In the Red Mountains, Pan Chengfeng and Heiwu were still strolling in the Swordback Beast's territory, and the sky gradually darkened. Pan Chengfeng had spent countless nights in the Red Mountains, but he always had a place to stay. He had spent the night in the wild a few times, but not many. This time, in order to find the Chenxin Grass, Pan Chengfeng was willing to risk everything.

With the help of Heiwu's sense of smell, they avoided all the monsters and easily picked a lot of low-level spiritual medicines. Pan Chengfeng found that the darker it got, the more excited Heiwu became. He had left his shoulder and led the way. Looking at Heiwu twisting his butt in front, Pan Chengfeng said impatiently: "Can we find it? It's been a whole day. If we can't find it, forget it." Heiwu stopped and turned back to meow. Pan Chengfeng said with a snort: "You've said it eight hundred times. Am I not patient enough?"

Pan Chengfeng didn't really need the Chenxin grass, but Heiwu was determined to find it. This was no longer just for a bite of food, but because he had boasted, he had to do it. If he didn't find it, Heiwu felt that Pan Chengfeng would definitely take the opportunity to laugh at him. Heiwu was a higher-level mutant monster after all, and he couldn't lose face! Seeing Heiwu like this, Pan Chengfeng was about to comfort him and promise that he would never laugh at him. Heiwu suddenly stopped, sniffed, and then excitedly meowed at Pan Chengfeng, and ran in one direction first.

Pan Chengfeng was startled and quickly chased after him, asking, "Did you really find it? There won't be any guardian monsters, right?" Heiwu gave Pan Chengfeng a reassuring look and meowed. Pan Chengfeng said, "Oh? Why do I feel like you are very familiar with this spiritual herb?" Heiwu meowed at Pan Chengfeng a few times. Pan Chengfeng touched his chin and said, "So this is how Chenxin grass grows. No wonder it is so hard to find." Heiwu explained the characteristics of Chenxin grass to Pan Chengfeng. It needs to grow on the corpse of a monster, and it cannot grow on the corpse of a monster that is too low in level. It must be on the corpse of a monster that is above the fourth level of physical training.

The man and the cat ran for several thousand meters, and a light blue, 30-centimeter-tall grass appeared in front of them, emitting a faint blue light. Heiwu meowed in disappointment, and Pan Chengfeng asked in surprise: "Is this Chenxin grass divided into grades? This one is the cheapest?" Heiwu walked to the Chenxin grass, picked it and handed it to Pan Chengfeng, and then began to explain Chenxin grass.

It turns out that Chenxin grass is divided into three levels, low-level, middle-level and high-level. Most of the ones that appear here are low-level Chenxin grass, while middle-level and high-level Chenxin grass are generally only found in the monster tribe. After all, middle-level and high-level Chenxin grass can only grow from the corpses of monsters with more than five levels of body refinement. Chenxin grass needs a lot of energy from germination to maturity. Monsters with too low strength do not have enough energy for Chenxin grass to absorb, so the minimum requirement is to have a monster with a fourth level of body refinement. Moreover, only low-level Chenxin grass will grow, which can increase the efficacy of the main medicine by 10%. If it is a high-level Chenxin grass, it can double the efficacy of the main medicine! However, high-level Chenxin grass is basically in the hands of monster tribes.

After listening to Hei Wu's explanation, Pan Chengfeng finally understood the origin of Chen Xin Grass. No wonder those sects did not cultivate Chen Xin Grass on purpose. After all, low-level Chen Xin Grass was not very useful, and high-level Chen Xin Grass was too expensive. Who would hunt down a demon beast of the sixth or seventh level of body refinement and bury it in the soil to wait for it to grow Chen Xin Grass? They would have taken the corpse to sell for money long ago.

Looking at the Chenxin Grass in his hand, Pan Chengfeng smiled and said, "Are these also your inherited memories?" Heiwu nodded proudly. Pan Chengfeng said, "You only remember to eat it, but didn't you remember any more powerful magical powers?" Heiwu made an awkward sound. Pan Chengfeng sighed and said, "Okay, I won't make it difficult for you. It's already very powerful to have the Soul Stab. By the way, can you teach me the Soul Stab?" Heiwu looked at Pan Chengfeng warily and meowed. Pan Chengfeng said, "Forget it, do you think I care? Let's go back~"

Heiwu meant: "This is the secret magic of our family. How can we pass it on to others?" But Pan Chengfeng was thinking: "What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine. Sooner or later I will trick you here!" The man and the cat gained a lot and returned satisfied.

After returning to the cave, Pan Chengfeng took out the big cauldron and the body of the Green Scaled Dragon. Heiwu had already started drooling, and Pan Chengfeng quickly dismembered the Green Scaled Dragon. Pan Chengfeng collected the blood and saved it for use when he was promoted, as well as a fifth-level water crystal core. Looking at the crystal core in his hand, Pan Chengfeng remembered the first time Uncle Niu hunted a wolf demon. At that time, Uncle Niu's big hands searched the wolf's brain, but found nothing. Pan Chengfeng muttered, "Don't every fifth-level monster have a crystal core?"

When Heiwu heard Pan Chengfeng's question, he stood up proudly and meowed. Pan Chengfeng asked, "So, as long as the upper-level monster beasts cultivate to the fifth level of body refinement, they will definitely condense a crystal core? And those low-level monster beasts, after cultivating to the fifth level of body refinement, may not have a crystal core?" Heiwu began to slowly explain to Pan Chengfeng that after it advanced to the fifth level of body refinement, it gained a lot of inherited memories in this regard.

After Heiwu's explanation, Pan Chengfeng roughly understood: "So, after the low-level demon beasts have cultivated to the fifth level of body refining, they still need some time to condense the crystal core. The upper-middle demon beasts have better qualifications than the low-level demon beasts. When they advance to the fifth level of body refining, they have already condensed the crystal core." Heiwu nodded and meowed. Pan Chengfeng said: "The existence and quality of the crystal core determine the growth limit of the demon beast. So this water-attribute crystal core is a high-quality crystal core?" Looking at the crystal clear green-scaled dragon crystal core in his hand, Pan Chengfeng said uncertainly: "This crystal core has no impurities at all. It seems that the qualifications of this green-scaled dragon are not ordinary. No wonder the dragon people want to hunt us down."

No matter whether it is good or not, it is already killed anyway, so why bother about it so much. After collecting the crystal core, Pan Chengfeng began to divide the meat of the green-scaled dragon into two parts, one for stewing and the other for roasting. This time, there is one more ingredient in the stew, a petal of the dragon blood flower. As soon as the petal was thrown into the cauldron, an indescribable fragrance filled the entire cave. Pan Chengfeng hurriedly set up a ban and said in surprise: "Why is this dragon blood flower so fragrant?"

Heiwu meowed complacently, and Pan Chengfeng sneered: "In your inheritance, apart from the special memory of eating, there seems to be no other useful information." Heiwu meowed unconvinced, and Pan Chengfeng said cheerfully: "You remember the wormwood so clearly because you ate it."

One man and one cat were eating barbecue. An hour later, Pan Chengfeng lifted the lid, and an indescribable fragrance filled the entire cave. Heiwu meowed excitedly, and Pan Chengfeng took a deep breath and said, "It smells so good~ Let's eat!" Not to mention, this soup with a petal of dragon blood flower is not only delicious, but also slightly improves physical fitness. One man and one cat finished the broth in no time.

Heiwu lay on Pan Chengfeng's lap with a big belly, picking his teeth with his cat paws, and meowed comfortably. Pan Chengfeng was also very full this time, patting his belly and said, "I haven't eaten so much in a long time. Xiaohei, how much do you know about precious medicines like dragon blood flowers that can be used as both food and medicine? How about we go around here and see if there are any more precious medicines?"

Heiwu meowed with a satisfied look on his face. Pan Chengfeng was stunned and asked uncertainly, "Are you telling the truth?" Heiwu turned over, lying on his side and meowing. Heiwu meant that it was basically impossible to find such a natural treasure, and you could only encounter it by chance. The more you look for it, the harder it is to find it. Precious medicines like Dragon Blood Flower can only be encountered by chance. Pan Chengfeng was lucky.

Since he couldn't find it, Pan Chengfeng didn't force it. Now that he had the dragon blood flower in his hand, he could first improve his physique, and then see if he could touch the bottleneck and break through to the fourth level of body refining. Pan Chengfeng had been stuck at the peak of the third level of body refining for many years. Since he started practicing body refining with Uncle Niu, he had never been like this time, unable to touch the threshold of breakthrough. Pan Chengfeng once suspected that he had practiced the body refining technique wrong, especially the Overlord Fist. The secret book clearly stated that it would take five levels of body refining to achieve minor success. He was only at the third level of body refining, but he had practiced the Overlord Fist to minor success. And even if he didn't practice the Overlord Fist, the Overlord Fist itself was slowly improving.

In fact, even if Uncle Niu was here, he would not know what was going on. After all, Uncle Niu had only just mastered the Overlord Fist. After so many years, it was unknown whether he had made any small progress. Perhaps only by finding his master, Taoist Yu, could he know what was wrong with Pan Chengfeng. Pan Chengfeng did not think too much about it. He would use the dragon blood flower to improve his physique tomorrow and see if he could break through. He needed to prepare well. After the man and the cat had eaten their fill, Pan Chengfeng set up a warning ban and began to close his eyes to rest and adjust his physical and mental state.