"Divine Spirit River? Isn't it the Furious Dragon River? "
Ding Ning was confused and interrupted. "Let me finish.
"Let me finish. In the beginning, this river was indeed called the Divine Spirit River. The river water was cold and sweet. It brought great convenience to all races in the Langya Boundary. Moreover, the river water was full of vitality. Drinking a mouthful of it could cure all kinds of diseases and strengthen one's body. All races were very happy. They swam in the river all day long. Some races even moved to the riverside to live."
The Red Ant King revealed a human-like, bitter smile. "But good times don't last long. On the night of the blood rain, on the night of the full moon, the Divine Spirit River suddenly became angry. Torrential rain poured down, and the surging and violent river water instantly drowned the new homes of the races by the river. Some creatures heard the terrifying roar from the bottom of the river. It was as if an angry dragon was stirring up trouble, causing all the races to tremble in fear."
"So, the Divine Spirit River was changed to the Furious Dragon River?"
Ding Ning asked in realization.
"No, no. Although the races that moved to the riverside were all drowned, most of the races thought that these races were too greedy, and that was why the gods were angry and punished them."
The Red Ant King shook his head and denied it. "They worshiped the gods and hoped that the gods would atone for their sins. In the end, the river raged for a whole night. When the sky brightened, everything returned to normal, but no one dared to go near the river and blaspheme the gods. However, on the night of the full moon every month, the Divine Spirit River would inexplicably become angry. Only then did everyone realize that this was a tradition, and that they weren't punished by the gods for blaspheming the river water."
The Red Ant King paused and continued, "Even so, the creatures of the major races still didn't dare to go near the Divine Spirit River. However, out of curiosity about the Divine Spirit River, they wanted to see how long it was, so they organized many flying races to fly along the two sides of the Divine Spirit River, looking for the end of the river."
"And then?"
"After that, it took three months for all the flying races to come back. They even took out the pictures of the Divine Spirit River that they had drawn along the way. In the end, when the pictures on both sides met, all the creatures were dumbfounded."
The Red Ant King exclaimed, "When the two diagrams converged, they actually formed the shape of a dragon. Moreover, this dragon is incomplete. Its head is gone, and a finger bone is missing from its front claw."
Hearing this, Ding Ning's heart skipped a beat. He thought of the huge phalanx he had obtained under the Dragon-taming Tree. Could it be the phalanx of the furious dragon?
"A river appeared in a single night, moreover in the shape of a dragon. All of the creatures couldn't remain calm, believing that this was an evil dragon that committed a great sin and was punished by the deities, which was why its head was chopped off and one of its fingers broken."
The Red Ant King leisurely said, "But even the Evil Dragon is not something that the creatures of the Langya Realm can afford to offend. Everyone is afraid of the Divine Spirit River, as if it were a snake or a scorpion. They even renamed it the Furious Dragon River."
Ding Ning's eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The Red Ant King's story was not over yet. Seeing that his clansmen were still continuously entering the Medicine Spiritual Ring, he continued, "Later, some of the creatures discussed that this furious dragon only had a body and no head. Could it have fallen somewhere else?"
Ding Ning suddenly raised his head, and his eyes shot out a bright light, startling the Red Ant King.
He looked at him in confusion. Seeing that he was looking at him eagerly, the Red Ant King continued, "At that time, the Wasp Race volunteered to look for this furious dragon's head."
"What happened next? Did they find the dragon's head? "
Ding Ning's heart was beating like thunder, and his scalp felt numb. His eyes flickered with shock as he asked urgently.
Because just now, Pikachu, who had been in a deep sleep since leaving the Sunset Continent, had moved in the Pet Space. It seemed that this furious dragon had some special connection with her.
This made him suddenly think of when he was in the Sunset Continent, he had flown above a dragon-shaped river of blood as if he were in a dream, and Pikachu had struggled to swim upstream. When he approached the source of the river of blood, there was no way forward. Instead, he had discovered a dragon-shaped lake of blood in the fog.
Although he did not know what it represented, he could see that Pikachu had a strong desire for the dragon's head. That was why he had helped Pikachu pass through the fog without any hesitation and tossed her into the dragon's head lake.
For this, he had even endured a destructive strike from an unknown great being, and had been forced to leave the Sunset Continent and return to Earth. From that day on, a rusty piece of bronze had appeared in his dantian.
In reality, if not for this piece of bronze, he would have always thought that it was a dream. But at this moment, after hearing the history of the Furious Dragon River, he had a faint intuition that perhaps this place had some special connection to that strange dream in the Sunset Continent.
But, unfortunately, time was almost up, and he would soon be transported back. He did not know when this mystery would be solved.
"Later, the Wasps did indeed find a huge dragon-shaped lake hundreds of miles upstream from the Furious Dragon River. Although it was a wasteland with no races living there, the Wasps could see that the lake had appeared not long ago. It should be one with the Furious Dragon River."
At this point, the Red Ant King's tone became extremely strange. "The Wasps traveled thousands of miles and finally found the dragon's head lake. Looking at the clear lake water, they could not help but swim in and drink to their heart's content."
Ding Ning's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of the Four Odd Beasts. He asked excitedly, "Did they undergo some kind of mutation?"
The Red Ant King looked at him in surprise and nodded. "Yes. After they ate and drank their fill, they planned to rest by the Dragon's Head for a night. The next day, they would immediately return to tell all the races about their discovery. But they did not expect that when they flew back, they would have the body of an ant, the wings of a bee, the scales of a snake, and the beak of a bird. If they had not explained their identity, all the races would have thought that they were a foreign race. From then on, not only did their appearance change, but their habits also changed greatly. They had a strong need for fire, and wherever there was fire, they would be there. They claimed to have received the blessing of the Dragon God and called themselves the Fire Spirit Race."
"Fire Spirit Race? Soaking in the Dragon's Head Lake, they actually mutated? Isn't this too miraculous? "
Ding Ning's guess was confirmed, but he still found it hard to believe. So this was how the Four Odd Beasts came about.
"Who knows? It's just a story passed down from ancient times. It is said that later, some creatures envied their ability and also brought their race to search for the Dragon's Head Lake. But in the end, nothing changed. It seems that only the first race to find the Dragon's Head Lake will change."
The Red Ant King said with a wry smile, "After the Fire Spirit Race found the Dragon's Head Lake and returned, all kinds of energy stones would erupt from the bottom of the lake on the night of the full moon every month. At first, no one knew what those energy stones were for. Only a few races saw that the Moonlight Stones could emit bright moonlight and could be used as lighting, so they took a few back."
"Is the Moonlight Stone the kind of stone used to build the Ant Palace?"
Ding Ning asked curiously. He found that the stone was very special. It could emit moonlight without absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and the intensity of the light was very strong. It was much brighter than the Moonlight Stones and Luminous Pearls on Earth, and it was not as dazzling as the light. It was quite a good thing to use as a lighting tool.
"Yes, it is that kind of stone. But the Moonlight Stone we used to build the Ant Palace did not come from the banks of the Fury Dragon River. My race's ancestors accidentally found a Moonlight Stone mine here, so they decided to use the local materials and build the Ant Palace here."
The Red Ant King explained, then continued, "The Moonlight Stone, the Star Illumination Stone, and the Jade Light Stone are the most worthless of all kinds of energy stones. Although they also contain energy, they cannot be absorbed directly like other energy stones, so not many people are willing to use them. We accumulated enough Jade Light Stones over a long period of time to build a chain bridge."
Ding Ning looked enlightened, but he had another question. "What about the Watercloud Stone?"
"Watercloud Stone? What Watercloud Stone? "
The Red Ant King did not know what to do.
Ding Ning's heart moved, and he took out a Watercloud Stone. "Have you never seen this kind of stone?"
"Oh, White Cloud Stone. There are many of them in the Langya Realm, and they are everywhere. They can be considered a kind of energy stone. The difficulty of extracting energy is even lower than that of the Jade Light Stone, so no one wants them."
The Red Ant King suddenly understood, and his tone seemed to be extremely disdainful of this White Cloud Stone.
Ding Ning, however, asked with a dumbfounded expression, "Then what do you use to make your ant milk?"
"Of course we use the Blood Jade. It's not that we can't use the Sunlight Stone, the Wind Thunder Stone, and the Fire Kirin Stone, but they are not as easy to extract as the Blood Jade."
The Red Ant King said matter-of-factly.
Ding Ning's expression became extremely strange. The creatures of the Langya Realm really did not know what was good for them. This was a reckless waste of natural resources.
Although he had not seen the Sunlight Stone, the Wind Thunder Stone, and the Fire Kirin Stone, the Red Ant King had given him a lot of Blood Jade. Right now, he was holding one of them in his hand and carefully sensing it.
The energy contained in the Blood Jade was indeed easy to extract because its energy was in a gaseous state and could seep out through the crystalline structure.
However, the energy contained in the Watercloud Stone was very difficult to extract, not because its energy was inferior to the Blood Jade and the other stones. On the contrary, the energy contained in the Watercloud Stone far surpassed that of the Blood Jade, because its energy had already been liquefied.
It was like the difference between Spirit Qi and Spirit Liquid. Could floating Spirit Qi compare to liquefied Spirit Liquid?
The answer was no. Whether in terms of quantity or purity, Spirit Qi and Spirit Liquid were not on the same level. This was why it was more difficult to extract Spirit Liquid than it was to extract Spirit Qi. This caused the natives of the Langya Realm to make a huge mistake by failing to recognize the golden inlaid jade.
Of course, this was just an analogy. It did not mean that the energy contained in the Energy Stone was Spirit Qi or Spirit Liquid. Instead, it was a special kind of energy that was between Spirit Power and Mind Energy.
In other words, using Energy Stones to cultivate could increase one's Spirit Power and Mind Energy at the same time. This was definitely a good thing that far surpassed Spirit Crystals.
Ding Ning did not know whether to laugh or cry. He did not expect that the Watercloud Stone, Moonlight Stone, Jade Light Stone, and Star Illumination Stone, these precious liquefied Energy Stones, would actually be treated like cabbages by the natives of the Langya Realm. He had to admit that this was really an ironic joke.
If it were not for the fact that he was so pressed for time, he would have wanted to plunder everything and take away all the Energy Stones that the natives looked down upon.
"Unfortunately, the number of Energy Stones ejected by the Fury Dragon River is decreasing. In the past, it could eject tens of thousands of Energy Stones every full moon, but now, it's considered good if it can eject two hundred Energy Stones every month. It seems that even if there really is a Divine Dragon at the bottom of the river, I'm afraid that it has already reached the end of its life. The Langya Realm has already entered the later stages, and is no longer suitable for us to reproduce."
The Red Ant King said somewhat reluctantly.
"Oh no, time's up. Hurry, hurry, hurry up."
Just as Ding Ning did not know what to say to comfort him, a strong spatial fluctuation suddenly came from around him. His expression changed, and he anxiously urged the Red Ant King to hurry up.
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