Chapter 2311: Qilin Essence?

Chapter 2311: Chapter 2311: Qilin Essence?

After a moment of reflection, Zhou Yu stored the Heavenly Gang Refining Technique’s magic technique back into the White Box.

Then, he waved his hand again.

Suddenly, a small purple beast appeared in front of him.

It was the Purple Tiger.

On the day in the Wind Qilin Cave, the Purple Tiger displayed great prowess and, after dealing with the Servant Beast, fell into a deep sleep.

To this day, it showed no signs of awakening.

Zhou Yu observed the Purple Tiger in front of him, a look of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

He was now undoubtedly certain that this Purple Tiger belonged to the Qilin Clan.

However, he knew far too little about the Qilin Clan.

Thus, he didn’t know what kind of existence this Purple Tiger held within the Qilin Clan.

At that time, the Servant Beast had subconsciously exclaimed ’Extreme Purple King Qilin’ upon seeing the Purple Tiger.

What could that represent?

Zhou Yu didn’t understand.

He guessed that Yu Ruo probably knew.

But as soon as Zhou Yu asked her, he would inevitably have to reveal the existence of the Purple Tiger.

Zhou Yu pondered over this for a while and decided against it.

His encounter with the Purple Tiger was already a fateful one.

He had no intention of keeping the Purple Tiger with him permanently.

If one day, the Purple Tiger wanted to leave, Zhou Yu would not stop it.

With that thought, Zhou Yu glanced at the Purple Tiger, then prepared to store it back in the Four Directions Realm.

But just then, Zhou Yu suddenly noticed something.

In a flash, he was right in front of the Purple Tiger.

In its embrace was an egg-sized purple crystal.

"This is..."

Zhou Yu was stunned, then closely examined the object.

A moment later, an idea struck Zhou Yu.

"Could it be... Qilin Essence?"

Zhou Yu’s heart raced, and he immediately tried to extract it from the Purple Tiger’s embrace.

Yet the Purple Tiger did not resist.

Zhou Yu easily took it into his hand.

Then, he began to carefully investigate it.

This thing looked crystal clear, but inside it contained an extremely pure Energy.

This Energy was unlike any Zhou Yu had seen before.

This Energy was imbued with a divine aura.

Zhou Yu was now ninety percent certain that this was the Qilin Essence.

But regarding the Qilin Essence’s purpose, Zhou Yu had only heard from Yu Ruo that it could significantly increase the chances of reaching the Integration Realm.

He wasn’t sure about the specific method, though.

Looking at the purple crystal in front of him, Zhou Yu suddenly thought of something.

He promptly placed the item in a Jade Box and then, together with the Purple Tiger, stored everything back in the Four Directions Realm.

After doing all this, Zhou Yu stood up and left the cave, heading straight to Black Cloud City.

For the next half month.

Zhou Yu constantly disguised himself, entering and exiting the major ancient book stores in Black Cloud City.

Through continuous research, Zhou Yu finally found some records about the Qilin Essence.

After reading them carefully, Zhou Yu’s expression suddenly froze, then he murmured:

"How... can it be like this?"

According to the records, the purple crystal he obtained was indeed the Qilin Essence.

However, this Qilin Essence is the Origin of the Divine Beast Qilin.

It is also the fundamental reason why the Qilin Clan can rank among the top-tier Divine Beasts.

This Qilin Essence is not only important for the Qilin itself.

Even for cultivators outside the Qilin Clan, it has incredible effects.

If a cultivator can obtain the Qilin Essence and refine it, it can shed their mortal body, greatly enhancing physical strength, and clear most of the obstacles during advancement.

This incredible ability is most significant during the Void Refinement Realm’s advancement to the Integration Realm.

This aligns perfectly with what Yu Ruo said about securing advancement to the Integration Realm by obtaining the Qilin Essence.

But there’s just one point.

The Qilin Essence was originally just a wisp of energy and cannot leave the Qilin’s body for too long.

Once it leaves the body for a certain period, it will solidify, turning into the purple crystal Zhou Yu now holds.

After becoming a purple crystal, a large part of the divine powers within the Qilin Essence dissipates, and moreover, this kind of crystal is extremely difficult to refine.

Of course, if it were just hard to refine, it wouldn’t be a major issue for Zhou Yu.

But the most disappointing thing for Zhou Yu was that once the Qilin Essence transforms into such a crystal, it indicates that this Qilin Essence has already been refined once.

Thus, it cannot be refined a second time.

Zhou Yu immediately thought of it.

The Qilin Essence must have first been obtained by the Servant Beast.

And, it was refined by it.

Later, after the Servant Beast was killed by the Purple Tiger, somehow the Purple Tiger extracted the Qilin Essence from its body.

And it ended up as it is now.

This means that Zhou Yu is indeed holding the Qilin Essence, but it cannot be refined by him.

Isn’t this just a wasted effort?

Zhou Yu stared at the purple crystal in his hand, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"I don’t believe that this thing can really only be refined once!"

Suddenly, Zhou Yu said fiercely.

After all, the records in the ancient texts were mostly in fragmented phrases, not always accurate.

With this thought, Zhou Yu immediately activated the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder, striking hard at the purple crystal.

But there was no effect at all.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Yu tried several more methods.

He even brought out the Titan Black Mountain and tried smashing it directly.

Yet the purple crystal remained as it was, extremely solid, without any change.

Finally, Zhou Yu summoned the Divine Soul Firebird and began roasting it with True Fire.

Still no use.

After all this fuss, Zhou Yu was somewhat exhausted, yet the thing remained unchanged.

Zhou Yu sighed.

It seemed there really was no solution.

The records in the ancient texts were probably correct.

Just as Zhou Yu was about to give up, suddenly, the Divine Soul Firebird powered up and spat out a stream of gray light.

It was the Devouring Spirit Evil Light.

As the Devouring Spirit Evil Light struck the purple crystal.

The originally solid purple crystal suddenly started to change.

Fine cracks appeared on its tough surface.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yu immediately regained his spirits.

He closely watched the purple crystal.

The cracks grew larger, and finally, some breaking sounds emerged from within the purple crystal.

At that moment, the purple crystal suddenly burst.

Transforming into a cloud of purple mist.

Moreover, this purple mist began to boil intensely like boiling water.

The fluctuating aura it emitted also grew stronger.

Very soon, Zhou Yu realized something was wrong.

He immediately tried to control the purple mist using the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Array.

But it was too late.

The purple mist suddenly formed a beam of light, shooting straight into the sky...