"Hehe!" Yao Ruoxian scrunched up his old face in amusement.
He realized that this brat wasn't holding back at all. He immediately beat him up. But this was good, this was good, very good.
He stored the armor in his hand into his storage ring. Without another word, he quickly dashed out of the cave and chased after Charcoal.
"Fat Thief! Fat Thief! "
The aggrieved Charcoal turned around in fright. When he saw that it was this old man, he immediately ran.
Yao Ruoxian soared into the sky and chased after him. He took out another Yao Core to lure him. Seeing that it had no effect, he rolled his eyes and casually tossed it out. He then landed on the ground and stopped chasing to avoid scaring him.
Who knew that it would still be useless. Charcoal directly flew over the Yao Core in front of him.
Yao Ruoxian was speechless. He slowly walked over and sucked the Yao Core into his hand. He stood with his hands behind his back and stared at Charcoal's disappearing figure for a long time.
In the end, he let out a sigh of regret. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have done something like burying him alive and offending the fat thief.
But then again, if it weren't for that burying him alive, he would never have associated Charcoal with that legend.
He couldn't help but shake his head and say regretfully, "No rush, no rush. Sooner or later, this old man will … ugh …"
Yao Ruoxian blinked, and looked to his left and right. Then, he slowly unclasped his hands behind his back, revealing the hand that was holding the Yao Core. A tiny mantis had crawled onto his palm, and was munching on the Yao Core in big mouthfuls.
He guessed that the Yao Core had been placed on his sleeve and attracted it over.
Ever since he raised the tiny mantis, its body had grown a little bigger. The biggest change was that its body had become harder.
Perhaps it was because they often ate crystal coins, their bodies were covered in gold, black, and silver patterns. Most of them were silver in color. Perhaps it was because they ate a lot of white crystals, but there were silver circles on their tails. Combined with the tiny mantids' original body color, their entire appearance looked mysterious and beautiful.
"..." Yao Ruoxian was speechless. In a daze, he raised his head and looked in the direction Charcoal disappeared. This thing also ate Yao Cores?
The speed at which the tiny mantids ate the Yao Core was obviously much faster than Charcoal's refinement. Their bellies grew bigger and bigger, and after half a day's time, they had completely stuffed the Yao Core into their bellies. Then, they slowly crawled back into their wide sleeves.
Yao Ruoxian carefully observed it and pulled open his sleeve to look inside. He discovered that the tiny mantis wasn't moving at all.
He reached his hand in, intending to pull it out to take a look. The other tiny mantids turned their heads to look at his hand cautiously. If Miao Yi hadn't given them the order, they would have already stabbed him with their sickles.
Only the tiny mantid with a huge belly after eating the Yao Core didn't show any reaction. Yao Ruoxian pinched it out to examine it. If not for the fact that it was still alive, he would have thought that it was dead.
Yao Ruoxian's eyes gradually widened as he invoked his arts to investigate. Unlike Charcoal's body, which was obstructed by that mysterious energy, he could clearly sense that the tiny mantids were slowly refining the Yao Core within their bodies.
"This …" Yao Ruoxian was dumbfounded for a moment. Then, he suddenly took out a bunch of Yao Cores that did not make the grade from his storage ring, and threw them straight into the Mantis Nest.
As expected, the group of little fellows immediately became restless and fought over the Yao Pill.
Yao Ruoxian waited patiently until all the Yao Cores had been consumed. All the little fellows immediately quietened down, hanging in their sleeves as if they were dead.
He invoked his arts to examine them one by one. Just like the previous one, all eighty-five tiny mantids had entered a state of refining the Yao Core.
Yao Ruoxian's eyes shone brightly, as if he had discovered a new continent. He temporarily tossed the matter of Charcoal to the back of his mind, and forgot to refine a new armor for Charcoal. He found a cave to hide in, and placed them one by one on the ground, watching over the little fellows' movements …
One month later. The slumbering tiny mantids woke up one by one, except for the tiny mantid that had consumed the First Grade Yao Core.
Unlike Charcoal, who became thinner after waking up, these little fellows woke up. They actually grew a size bigger.
Could eating Yao Cores allow them to grow faster? Yao Ruoxian immediately let his imagination run wild. Imagine how terrifying the Hell Mantids of the Boundless Secular World were. They were existences that could even kill a Purple Lotus expert!
If these little fellows could all grow to that size, and still be able to rampage outside of the Boundless Secular World … Yao Ruoxian shuddered at the thought.
Then, he became wild with joy. If he had eighty-five monsters from the Boundless Secular World by his side, what kind of concept would that be?
"Wahaha …" Yao Ruoxian danced with joy after discovering a new continent.
However, he was only happy for a short while. He discovered that the little fellows on the ground were no longer listening to him, and were all flapping their wings to fly out of the cave.
"Hey, hey, hey! Where are you guys going!? " Yao Ruoxian was a little anxious. He hurriedly recalled the tiny mantids that were still sleeping on the ground, and quickly chased after them.
Little did he know that the moment the group of tiny mantids woke up, Miao Yi, who was connected to them by blood, was sitting cross-legged on the stone couch, cultivating. He suddenly opened his eyes.
He was a little surprised. The tiny mantids had already left the range of his telepathic connection, but now they were once again connected. The distance between them allowed him to sense that the little fellows should be on the other side of the island.
He could actually sense the little fellows' existence from such a distance. This was something that had never happened before. What had happened?
Miao Yi immediately used his telepathic connection to summon the little fellows to see him, wanting to see what was going on.
Not long after, the group of little fellows swarmed into the cave. Miao Yi stretched out an arm, and the little fellows all landed on his arm.
Seeing the little fellows appear, Charcoal, who was lying beside the stone couch, immediately stood up vigilantly. He was a little afraid of these little fellows, and ran out, almost bumping into Yao Ruoxian, who had just entered.
However, Yao Ruoxian wasn't in the mood to pay attention to him at this moment. He immediately dodged to the side, and entered the cave. He glared at Miao Yi and said, "Brat, what are you trying to do? These are all my things. Are you trying to take the fruits of my labor? Do you believe that I won't smash your head in with my mace?! "
Miao Yi was used to his nonsensical threats, and didn't pay any attention to him. Instead, he stared at the little fellows on his arm and said in surprise, "They seem to have grown quite a bit. What's going on?"
He reached out and grabbed one of them, and flicked the hard armor on the little fellows' body with his finger, making a 'pa pa' sound.
In the end, he accidentally flicked off the shiny silver hoop attached to the little fellows' tail. Miao Yi and Yao Ruoxian were shocked, as they thought that they had hurt the little fellows.
Yao Ruoxian was furious. He sucked the shiny silver hoop that had fallen to the ground into his hand, and shook it as he bellowed, "You bastard! How could you be so heavy-handed? Flick … flick …"
He seemed to be attracted by the thing in his hand, and swallowed the words he was about to say. He made a sound of surprise, and after carefully inspecting the shiny silver toy in his hand, he was flabbergasted as he said, "High purity Crystalline Silver … this …"
"Crystalline Silver?" Miao Yi was instantly baffled. Crystalline Silver came from white crystals, Crystalline Obsidian from black crystals, and Crystalline Gold from gold crystals. He couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Crystalline Silver formed from the essence powder extracted from white crystals? Why would it appear on the tiny mantids … "
He paused. Recalling that the tiny mantids would eat that thing, he seemed to have thought of something, and slowly lowered his head to look at his arm.
Yao Ruoxian suddenly invoked his arts, and sucked a tiny mantid from Miao Yi's arm. He controlled it in his hand, and mimicked Miao Yi's actions earlier. He flicked his finger.
With a 'pop', the silver hoop attached to the little guy's tail fell off again. He caught it in his hand and examined it. After that, he examined the little guy's tail.
If one didn't look carefully, it would be hard to notice. It turned out that the little guy's tail had many tiny holes, which couldn't be seen without opening his transcendence vision.
When he looked at the little guy again, it didn't seem like there were any signs of injury. He let go of it, and sucked another little guy over. With a flick of his finger, another silver hoop fell off. He then tested it out one by one.
Miao Yi also realized something. He grabbed one of the little guys, and pinched the silver hoop on its tail. He didn't need much strength, and it fell off.
He also carefully examined the little guy's tail, and seemed to understand that the silver hoop was the little guy's secretion.
This silver hoop had been attached to the little guy's tail before, and gradually grew bigger. At first, he thought it was a part of the little guy's body, and no one would touch it. Now he realized that wasn't the case at all.
In a short while, the two of them had removed all the silver hoop on the little guy's tail. The one in Miao Yi's hand was also snatched away by Yao Ruoxian.
The silver hoop on the tails of over eighty little guys was concentrated together. It was only a small pinch in Yao Ruoxian's hand, but who knew how many White Crystals it would take to refine such a small pinch.
Yao Ruoxian held it in his hand and carefully examined it. Once again, he danced and laughed wildly, "It's completely pure. It's actually Crystalline Silver without any impurities. There's actually Crystalline Silver without any impurities in this world. Wahaha, I actually ran into it. "
As a cultivator specializing in refining artifacts, he was naturally an expert in this area.
And to a cultivator specializing in refining artifacts, high quality refining materials were naturally his favorite.
Miao Yi was also surprised. He knew that the essence powder within the Crystal Coins was difficult to refine. Most importantly, it wasn't easy to purify it. There would always be some impurities, and the existence of these impurities, along with the essence powder, would more or less affect the use of transcendence energy on the transcendent artifact. This was the first time he had heard of Crystalline Silver without any impurities.
"So after the little guy eats the Crystal Coins, it can actually secrete the essence powder within the Crystal Coins. I thought it would only become hard after it filled up its body. I didn't expect it to be like this."
"Kid, do you know what a completely pure Crystalline Silver means? It means that its ability to communicate transcendence energy is comparable to a normal Crystalline Obsidian. It means that a transcendent artifact refined from this Crystalline Silver can achieve the same effects as a normal Crystalline Obsidian transcendent artifact. "
"If we let the little guys eat only Black Crystals, then wouldn't the Crystalline Obsidian refined from it be completely pure as well? Wouldn't its performance be comparable to a Crystalline Gold transcendent artifact? If we let them eat only Gold Crystals, then what would happen to the Crystalline Gold refined from it? "
"Wahaha, this old man has already discovered a way to let the little guys grow faster. The bigger the little guys grow, the faster they will eat. Doesn't this mean that the speed at which they secrete this substance will also increase as well? Wahaha, this is good stuff! It's really good stuff! "
Yao Ruoxian could be said to be boundlessly excited. He was gesticulating and spitting without realizing it, giving off the impression that he was in a state of madness.
Miao Yi was also very excited when he heard this, but he didn't feel it as deeply as an artifact refiner like Yao Ruoxian. Naturally, he wouldn't be as excited as Yao Ruoxian to the point where he didn't know how to restrain himself.
What he was concerned about was another issue, so he probed, "I wonder what method Senior has discovered to let them grow faster?"
"Let them eat …" Yao Ruoxian, who was boundlessly excited and blabbermouthed, was suddenly at a loss for words. He was finally jolted back to his senses by Miao Yi's question. Withdrawing his maniacal smile, he widened his eyes and sneered, "How they grow faster has nothing to do with you. You don't need to worry about my things."
Miao Yi calmly poured a bucket of cold water on him, "Senior, don't forget. You've already used them to exchange for Charcoal."
"This old man …" Yao Ruoxian was speechless. How could he have forgotten about this? He was stunned for a moment before he said with a taut face, "Isn't the exchange not completed yet?"
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