Chapter 35: Skin Refining Great Accomplishment
“Qi and Blood growth, Skin Membrane tough, naturally surrounded by Blood Qi below, this body’s Strength over two or three thousand catties, even if my foundation is thicker, but Great Accomplishment is indeed Great Accomplishment.”
Feeling the power in his body emerging from the Spine, spreading with Qi and Blood to all parts of the body.
The changes in his body made Su Yan feel a pleasurable sense of Metamorphosis.
The Metamorphosis of life is an instinctive pursuit, and the feeling of mastering power is indeed fascinating.
It took Su Yan a long time to gradually calm down, then he focused and sensed his own condition.
【Tier 1 Insect Master:23/100】
【Insect Realm:1 cubic meter】
【Body Tempering Realm: Skin Refining 5/400（Great Accomplishment）】
【Golden Ape Stance Training:2/400(Great Accomplishment）】
【Monkey Fist:1/400（Great Accomplishment）】
【Mountain Hunting:134/200（Minor Accomplishment）】
【Basic Archery 15/400（Great Accomplishment）】
【Herbology 91/200(Minor Accomplishment）】
【Yin Water Centipede 195/200(Growth Stage）】
【Velvet Fire Scorpion Insect 76/200(Growth Stage）】
He was already on the verge of Breakthrough, without the Bronze Fox Ape, it would just be Stance Training, which would take only one or two days.
But now, it could only be said that the Bronze Fox Ape came too opportunely, perfectly delivering him a great gift.
Su Yan summoned the Yin Water Centipede, which was also close to Breakthrough at this time.
So he directly gave the order to eat the Bronze Fox Ape’s Heart.
The Yin Water Centipede, as thick as an arm, received the order and crawled along the Bronze Fox Ape’s body to the chest position.
A pair of mouthparts like Curved Sabers, with a clicking sound, broke through the flesh and blood and ribs on the chest, dug out the Bronze Fox Ape’s Heart, and swallowed it in big gulps.
The Heart is where Animals’ Qi and Blood converge, the Yin Water Centipede was nearing Breakthrough, swallowing this Heart in big bites, its essence continuously gathered into energy supply, and its growth progress kept rising.
196, 197, 198, 199
Finally after completing the devouring, it raised its body, twisted slightly, as if inhaling and exhaling the surrounding environmental aura, then its hard Carapace began to crack.
Black-purple new Carapace was exposed, its body size didn’t change much, still the same size.
But Carapace like armor, limbs like spears, antennae like whips, giant jaws like blades, its entire appearance looked like a cold Weapon, with considerable Aura.
Su Yan ordered it to continue devouring for nourishment, and in three to five moves, it tore off and devoured most of one of the Bronze Fox Ape’s arms.
After devouring like this for ten or so minutes, it finally replenished the deficit.
“Heart non-toxic, flesh and blood non-toxic, this Bronze Fox Ape looks safe to eat, just that the taste might not be great.”
Seeing no poisonous substances during the Yin Water Centipede’s devouring process, Su Yan felt slightly relieved.
He had no intention of selling this Bronze Fox Ape.
First, the Bronze Fox Ape was not an ordinary Wild Beast, but a Feral Beast, having first killed the Vicious Tiger, then the Feral Beast, that wouldn’t be Establish Prestige.
One after another would be showing off, and by then the Martial Artists paying attention to him would gradually increase.
Second, he needed Resources. Whether for himself, or the Yin Water Centipede and Velvet Fire Scorpion Insect, they all needed massive Resources.
This demand for Resources made Feral Beast Meat a higher cost-performance supplement.
As for exchanging for silver, there were other huntable prey and Mountain Goods.
He gave the remaining arm of the Bronze Fox Ape gnawed by the Yin Water Centipede to the Velvet Fire Scorpion Insect, then Su Yan prepared to clean up this area a bit, and set off down the mountain the next day.
One Black Bear and one leopard should fetch a good price, and there was also that mystical Gray Wolf King.
“Hiss hiss”
The Yin Water Centipede suddenly made a sound and quickly slithered toward one side of the rock wall.
Su Yan’s expression shifted, and he quickly followed. Could it have discovered something?
In the past, the Yin Water Centipede acting like this meant it found useful Mountain Goods, now at this Wolf Pack’s den, could there be some Treasure?
He hurried after it and arrived in front of the rock wall. Under the Moonlight, he discovered that beneath the Vines covering the rock wall, there was actually a mountain cave.
The cave was deep and dark, Moonlight couldn’t reach inside, and even he couldn’t see what was in there.
Su Yan took out a fire starter, made a Torch and lit it, illuminating the cave.
The Yin Water Centipede scouted ahead, Su Yan followed with big strides, Dao in hand.
Entering the cave, the Firelight illuminated the inside, and Su Yan heard rustling sounds, followed by crisp Wolf Howls.
His expression turned serious, and looking down, five steps away there were clumps of things wriggling, furry, with dimly glowing eyes—it was a litter of Wolf Cubs.
“One, two, three, four—seven Wolf Cubs, looking less than two months old, no wonder the Gray Wolf King guarded so fiercely.”
Live Wolf Cubs were also worth good money, whether rich Young Masters In the City training them as pets, or Mountain Hunting experts training them as Hunting assistants.
They would fetch higher than average prices, about two or three taels of silver each.
This litter could bring him ten or twenty taels of Profit.
His gaze swept over the wolf den, and suddenly his eyes locked tight.
‘Blood Tendon Flower?!’
Deep in the wolf den, Vines covered the rock wall, and in this dark Corner, there were many Skeletons and bits of meat, all food the Wolf Pack fed to the Wolf Cubs.
And on these Skeletons, strikingly grew four or five bright red flowers, petals deep red and thick, some with three petals, some with four.
Su Yan stepped forward and flipped over the base of a petal to check.
Behind the petals were light-colored Patterns like Meridians, indeed the appearance of Blood Tendon Flower.
“After all that searching without success, it comes effortlessly—never thought it would be in this wolf den.”
Su Yan had promised Song Qi to find the flowers, searched the entire Mountain Peak in recent days and today without seeing any, yet here they were.
He went forward and picked these four or five flowers, putting them into the Insect Realm Space.
He didn’t leave the roots; without the Wolf Pack’s flesh and blood irrigation, even if he specially nurtured them, it would take years to grow, so he took some Vines along with them.
The little Wolf Cubs, seeing him squat down, instinctively bit at him.
He flicked a finger, and the Wolf Cub, only two palms in size, tumbled several times, looking quite wretched.
He fetched the Backpack and put the Wolf Cubs in one by one.
After busying for a while, Su Yan confirmed there were no other Mountain Goods around the wolf den.
Then he took the Dagger and strode to the Bronze Fox Ape Corpse to start butchering its body.
This thing was two or three meters tall, with thick skin and flesh, huge skeleton; without butchering, it certainly wouldn’t fit in the Insect Realm Space.
Su Yan originally thought butchering would be easy, but unexpectedly, with the Bone Dagger and Dao, he tinkered until dawn.
The Blade chipped, and he barely segmented the Bronze Fox Ape into large chunks of meat; the Internal Organs were discarded, all taken by the Yin Water Centipede and Velvet Fire Scorpion Insect.
He packed the Bronze Fox Ape and some prime cuts from the Wolf King into the Insect Realm Space, then returned to the first resting spot, bound the Black Bear and leopard with Vines, shouldered them, and strode down the mountain.
Like last time, Su Yan had no intention of hiding, striding briskly for several li to the Mountain Market.
Carrying such a huge Black Bear on his shoulder, how could it not attract attention from passing Mountain Villagers?
However, compared to the first time, this Black Bear didn’t hold the same Status in people’s minds as the big tiger, and with the two incidents so close, even those wanting to make a fuss felt awkward.
Su Yan ignored these minor matters and, under everyone’s gaze, went straight to find Yang Sandao.
“Good kid, hunted a tiger the day before yesterday, killed a Black Bear today, and even this leopard is done for—you specifically hunting Wild Beasts In the mountains to Practice Martial Arts, right?”
Although Yang Sandao knew Su Yan had some skill as a new Disciple of Golden Ape Martial Arts School, he didn’t expect such boldness.
Poor families send kids to learn Martial Arts for wealth and prominence.
They have plenty who endure hardship and strive, but daring to Practice Martial Arts so desperately isn’t just about daring—it’s a ruthless drive, the ruthlessness for Practicing Martial Arts.
He Yang Sandao had also trained Apprentices from Pan Family Restaurant in Martial Arts, and in years, he’d seen few with such relentless drive.
“Yang Zhangdao overestimates me, just Mountain Hunting In the mountains, luckily encountered them.”
Yang Sandao laughed: “You say yours, I see mine.”
He patted the Black Bear and leopard, saying, “They’ve been dead a while and beaten quite a bit, will lose some price—sell separately or whole?”
“Whole.”
“In that case, Black Bear 30 taels of silver, leopard 20 taels of silver. Don’t think the silver low—Black Bear Meat is tough, strong gamey smell, lacks other effects of Tiger Meat, so lower price.”
“Fair price from you, Zhangdao—we’ll go with that.”
After handing over the silver, this time without waiting for Yang Sandao to process, Su Yan took the money and headed straight to Hundred Herbs Hall’s Shop.
“Quick, go find Gu Ye.”
Niu Dang and Niu Daqi hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd to hurry and find Gu Hong.
They had waited a long time and finally Su Yan came to Mountain Market again—how could they miss this chance.
If he left, Gu Hong might take it out on them.
