166: Chapter 163 Bodhi Seeds Acquired

One day, someone came to find Ling Yuan.

It was Ling Yi, the subordinate Ling Yuan had ordered to camp out in the Northwest Continent for the bodhi transformation saliva, an Eight-Star Dou Zun expert.

Back then, Ling Yuan had instructed him to stay there until he obtained the bodhi transformation saliva.

Ling Yuan secretly calculated the time, comparing it to the original plot nodes. The bodhi transformation saliva was indeed supposed to appear in this timeframe. Ling Yi returning now meant the mission had likely yielded results.

He summoned Ling Yi.

Ling Yuan: "I sent you to the Northwest Continent, and now you've returned to the clan. Have you obtained the item?"

"Yes, Young Clan Leader. This is the item you ordered me to find."

Ling Yi presented a storage ring.

Ling Yuan reached out to take the storage ring, swept it with his Soul Power, and peered directly inside.

Inside the storage ring, there quietly sat a mass of viscous, emerald-green liquid. Its texture was warm and moist, carrying a rich aura of life. It was exactly the bodhi transformation saliva he wanted.

Besides that, in the corner of the storage ring was a tattered map fragment—it was the Remnant Map of the Demon Fire.

Whether he had the Remnant Map of the Demon Fire or not didn't really matter; the fact that he had obtained the bodhi transformation saliva made Ling Yuan very happy.

Confirming the items were correct, a clear look of joy appeared in Ling Yuan's eyes.

"Good, very good."

With the bodhi transformation saliva, he would be able to extract the bodhi seed from it.

He now had the necessary items to obtain the Three Bodhi Treasures; he had both the bodhi seed and the Heavenly Flame. The Three Bodhi Treasures were basically secured; he just had to wait for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to appear.

In high spirits, Ling Yuan took a white jade medicine bottle from his own storage ring and tossed it to Ling Yi.

"Go back and refine it. It's enough for you to compress your Qi."

The latter caught it carefully and discovered it contained several Eighth Grade Pills with seven-colored Pill Lightning. His eyes instantly erupted with intense excitement.

The rewards for doing tasks for the Young Clan Leader were far greater than the resources one could get by just staying within the clan!

These few Medicinal Pills were enough to save him years of bitter Cultivation.

"Thank you, Young Clan Leader!"

Ling Yuan waved his hand.

"Right, let me ask you: did you encounter any unexpected events while seizing the bodhi transformation saliva?"

Ling Yi composed himself and reported truthfully: "Reporting to the Young Clan Leader, I bought the Remnant Map of the Demon Fire earlier at a small auction in the Black-Corner Region without any trouble. However, there was an accident when I was seizing the bodhi transformation saliva."

"When I was taking the bodhi transformation saliva from the Black Emperor Sect, two Nine-Star Dou Zun experts suddenly emerged and attacked me together. They struck without mercy, clearly intending to kill me on the spot."

"Two Nine-Star Dou Zun?"

Ling Yuan raised an eyebrow, clearly somewhat surprised.

The Northwest Continent was originally the region with the most barren resources and the poorest foundation in the Fighting Qi Continent.

Usually, even Dou Zuns were rare there. For two Nine-Star Dou Zun to appear at once was too abnormal.

The Xiao Family and the Ancient Emperor Cave were both in the Northwest Continent; Ling Yuan had to take this seriously.

It seemed the trajectory of this world had already quietly changed due to his series of actions.

"How was the combat power of those two, and why did they retreat later?" Ling Yuan pressed.

Ling Yi carefully recalled the scene and slowly replied: "Those two were extremely strong, and their attacks were ruthless, without any unnecessary probing. I was caught off guard at first and could only use my full strength to activate my Dou Technique for defense. Just as I was preparing to fight to the death to break out and send a distress signal to the clan, the two suddenly stopped and retreated without hesitation."

Using a Dou Technique of the Ling Clan made the other party run.

This situation clearly meant the other party had recognized Ling Yi as a member of the Ling Clan.

Combined with the fact that people from the Central Plains rarely went to the Northwest Continent, it was highly likely the other party belonged to one of the Dou Di Clans.

Was it the Ancient Clan or the Hun Clan?

Only the Ancient Clan and the Hun Clan paid attention to that area of the Northwest Continent.

Because of the Xiao Family's ancient jade.

Last time Ling Yuan knocked Xiao Yan unconscious, he didn't see the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his storage ring, plus there was no one protecting Xiao Yan.

This proved that the ancient jade had already fallen into the hands of either the Hun Clan or the Ancient Clan.

The matter of the Hun Clan destroying the Shi Clan had already been exposed. If the ancient jade were still in the hands of the Xiao Family, Hun Tiandi would definitely have snatched it away.

The Ancient Clan.

Given Gu Xun'er's status in the Ancient Clan, it was highly unlikely she could order two Nine-Star Dou Zun to protect the Xiao Family.

But the Hun Clan sending people there didn't seem to have much purpose.

Ling Yuan didn't consider the possibility of the Hun Clan going out to collect blood and Souls.

Because that kind of collection was too slow. In those remote places, you couldn't even find a single Dou Zun after searching for half a day; it couldn't compare to the Central Plains.

It would take forever to gather enough energy for the Emperor Slaying Array.

Decades, centuries?

Unable to figure it out, Ling Yuan stopped thinking about it.

With his current strength and insufficient intelligence, further speculation was useless. It was better to send people to investigate on the spot.

"After you go back, immediately find Ling Jia and have him take men to the Northwest Continent to secretly investigate this matter and find out the Origins and backing of those two Nine-Star Dou Zun. You should go back and refine the Medicinal Pill to compress your Qi."

"Yes! This subordinate obeys!"

After Ling Yi left, Ling Yuan placed the mass of viscous, emerald-green liquid from the storage ring into his palm and examined it carefully.

At room temperature, the bodhi transformation saliva was constantly wriggling slightly, its surface glowing with a faint luster, containing an extremely rich aura of life.

"It's been who knows how many years since anyone obtained a bodhi heart, yet the secretions of a bodhi heart actually appeared in the Northwest Continent. It's truly irrational..."

After muttering this, Ling Yuan stopped obsessing over the details.

There were too many irrational things in this Fighting Qi Continent, such as the Remnant Map of the Demon Fire and the Ancient Emperor Cave appearing in the Northwest Continent.

A purple-black Three Thousand Burning Flame rose in his hand.

With the improvement of Ling Yuan's Realm, the power of the current Three Thousand Burning Flame was far superior to what it had been before; the flame's temperature had increased by several levels.

When the Three Thousand Burning Flame touched the wriggling bodhi transformation saliva, it began to churn violently under the high-temperature scorching, as if it had a life of its own, trying to escape the range of the flames.

Seeing that the purification was effective, Ling Yuan immediately adjusted the flames slightly, increased the scorching intensity, and maintained a steady output of high temperature.

In less than a minute, the bodhi transformation saliva stopped wriggling.

Then, countless tiny emerald-green dust particles emerged from the flames, slowly gathering as the flames circulated, compressing and solidifying bit by bit.

The dust gathered more and more, finally condensing into a round, translucent, emerald-green bead in the center of the flames.

"bodhi seed!"

The bodhi seed was successfully extracted. This time, the Three Bodhi Treasures were secured!

The bodhi seed could help the clan produce a few more Ban-Sheng; the Ling Clan was not lacking in Ban-Sheng, so it was relatively ordinary.

The bodhi heart could help with a Breakthrough to Dou Sheng, but Ling Yuan would definitely already be a Dou Sheng by then, so he wouldn't need it.

But that didn't mean the bodhi heart was useless. Setting aside its Breakthrough function, the Origin energy contained within the bodhi heart was terrifyingly immense, enough to raise him by two or three minor Realms. Moreover, its innate Soul tempering effect was a solid, hardcore foundation enhancement; it was quite robust.

Meditating under the Bodhi Ancient Tree, experiencing a hundred lifetimes of Reincarnation, improving Comprehension Ability and insight, and gaining the potential to break through to Dou Di—that was incredibly powerful.