Chapter 522 - 259: Strange Object Embryo: Thunderstruck Horn_3

"It’s probably about the same as the secret chamber in Xiang Mountain."

Liou Yuan closed his eyes and felt the concentration of Spiritual Qi, shaking his head helplessly.

"With this amount of Spiritual Qi, it’ll take forever to break through to mid-stage Foundation Establishment."

However, now that he had just arrived at Nightmare Demon Palace, having a cave to reside in was already quite good. As for a cave with dense Spiritual Qi, he could only wait for opportunities to obtain one later.

Liou Yuan closed his eyes for a moment on the jade stone bed, recalling today’s experiences at Nightmare Demon Palace and confirming that there were no flaws before he slowly opened his eyes.

With a flip of his palm, he took out a palm-sized horn, white as ivory.

It was the reward Liou Yuan received through the Fixed Star Compass after killing the Rhino Star Evil in Jiuli State.

Before, Liou Yuan had always been accompanied by Lao Xiuyuan and Wei Miaomeng, with no chance to take it out and examine it. Now, with no one around, he was sure to study it carefully.

The horn was slightly cool, lying in Liou Yuan’s palm like a slice of solidified moonlight.

Its entire body was glistening white, but its texture wasn’t as smooth as ivory, instead exhibiting a sharp metallic sheen.

Most strangely, the horn was covered in dark golden patterns that refracted tiny beams of light at certain angles.

Liou Yuan brought it closer to his nose and sniffed lightly, detecting a scent of iron mixed with pine resin.

"I wonder if this thing can be used," Liou Yuan muttered a bit, tentatively pouring True Essence into the horn.

The result was no reaction; the Celestial Spirit True Essence flowed into the horn like a clay ox into the sea, without any miraculous spectacle appearing.

Clearly, this wonder embryo could not be used yet.

As for its uses, Liou Yuan understood by checking with the Fixed Star Compass.

[Name] Thunderstruck Horn

[Category] Wonder Embryo

[Quality] First-class medium

[Utility] Once a star demon existed, inhabiting the Thunderstruck Earth-Splitting Ox’s body. The ox was cursed and dissolved into ruin, leaving only the rhino horn, as if a frostblade solidified in splendor, coldly emanating.

However, though this horn possesses a peculiar form, it is essentially a wonder in embryonic form. Without daily bathing with Star Evil blood and monthly nourishment, it cannot evolve.

When essence and blood enter, the golden patterns glow brightly, and runes gradually appear. As brilliance fills the sky and Spiritual Patterns saturate the horn, a true treasure is achieved.

"So that’s what the wonder embryo is about." Liou Yuan vaguely understood the significance of this wonder embryo from the description of the Fixed Star Compass.

In simple terms, the Thunderstruck Earth-Splitting Ox’s horn indeed has the potential to transform into a wonder, but it is just an embryo.

It might require an incredibly long time before this wonder takes shape.

Only because it hadn’t yet taken shape did Liou Yuan and the others manage to kill it, with the Fixed Star Compass turning the Thunderstruck Horn into a wonder embryo.

Liou Yuan needed to infuse it with Star Evil’s blood to complete the final transformation.

The conditions for the transformation to complete were for the golden patterns on the Thunderstruck Horn to fully manifest on the horn, making it a real wonder.

"I wonder how many Star Evils I need to kill and how much time it’ll take," Liou Yuan mused, his expression helpless as his fingers brushed over the Thunderstruck Horn.

Evidently, ordinary Star Evil blood wouldn’t have much effect on this wonder embryo, which was already at the Foundation Establishment level.

To nourish this wonder embryo, he needed to hunt for Calamity-level Star Evils.

Finding Calamity-level Star Evils is extremely difficult, and they’re not easy to deal with.

Who knows how long it’ll take to nourish it completely.

"After all, it’s a Foundation Establishment wonder; once it’s nourished its powers will surely be extraordinary."

"Although it’s troublesome, I still have to find a way to do it."

Liou Yuan muttered.

He already had plans to use the Fixed Star Compass to hunt Calamity-level Star Evils for the star baptism rewards.

"Conveniently, I’ll also handle the matter of nourishing this wonder embryo together."

Thinking this, Liou Yuan stored the Thunderstruck Horn back into his Storage Ring.

Once everything was done, Liou Yuan then leisurely closed his eyes, beginning to cultivate slowly with the Spiritual Qi in the cave.

With the activation of the "Geng Metal Body Refining Skill," the Celestial Spirit Qi Mansion emitted golden light, illuminating Liou Yuan’s body in vibrant gold.

Today was destined not to be peaceful.

Liou Yuan continued cultivating deep into the night.

He planned to find Wei Miaomeng the next day, to integrate the resources from Dou Qianyu and Fu Lin’s cave, offering part of it to Mao Shengjie to handle relations with Blood Prison Department.

Unexpectedly, while cultivating, Liou Yuan lying atop the jade stone bed sensed something and abruptly opened his eyes, standing up straight, turning his head to look at the cave walls.

Of course, he wasn’t looking at this cave, but the scene outside the cave.

Clang! Purple-gold brilliance surged in his eyes.

His Evil Eyes became more miraculous after Foundation Establishment, clearly seeing Spiritual Power and True Essence flowing even through the mountain body.

In the Evil Eyes’ vision, towards Wei Miaomeng’s cave, a Foundation Establishment True Essence fluctuation stealthily approached the entrance of Wei Miaomeng’s cave.

"Why would someone come to find Wei Miaomeng at night?" Liou Yuan’s eyes narrowed immediately.

Now he and Wei Miaomeng are like grasshoppers on the same rope, he must pay attention to any disturbances.

"Let’s take a look!" After a moment of thought, Liou Yuan activated the Cloud Concealment Skill to completely cover his aura under the Cloud Mist Robe, then slipped out of the cave.

His view shifted to Wei Miaomeng’s cave.

Fu Lin’s cave did not have strong arrays set up at the entrance, for a simple reason: she was a female cultivator practicing "Yin Yang Crossing Skill."

Her usual cultivation mostly relies on the Yang Replenishing Yin method to advance her cultivation.

If the entrance of the cave had too strong a restrictive array, wouldn’t those Foundation Establishments seeking pleasure run into a wall?

However, after Fu Lin got involved with Dou Qianyu, she rarely went out to hook up with Foundation Establishments outside.

Yet there was no shortage of previous lovers coming to seek her secretly.

The Foundation Establishment sneaking outside Wei Miaomeng’s cave tonight was an old flame of hers.

The man holding a Profound Iron Folding Fan crouched at the entrance of Fu Lin’s cave, quietly calling Fu Lin’s name: "Junior Sister Fu Lin, it’s me."

The man looked quite old, with a sweet and heavy scent of rouge wafting from a lamb-fat jade sachet hanging at his waist.

Inside the cave, Wei Miaomeng, camouflaging as Fu Lin, responded with hesitation: "Mr. Feng, today isn’t convenient."

"Feng Yongkang!" Liou Yuan, whose figure was hidden fifty feet away in the dense mist outside Wei Miaomeng’s cave, recollected information about the man upon hearing Wei Miaomeng address him.

Feng Yongkang, another male cultivator at Nightmare Demon Palace practicing dual cultivation technique.

Before Fu Lin partnered with Dou Qianyu, the male and female cultivating dual cultivation techniques replenished each other.

Of course, cultivating such a technique, both were destined not to be faithful.

Fu Lin and Feng Yongkang, besides each other, had numerous lovers.

Especially Feng Yongkang, who even preyed on female cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Realm at Nightmare Demon Palace, except those with a background; almost all alluring female cultivators were harmed by him.

The reason he came to find Wei Miaomeng tonight is self-evident.

"I must not let him enter."

Liou Yuan, in just a short moment, already had a sharp look in his eyes.