Chapter 837 - 319: Treasure, Breakthrough, Special Lottery (Part 2)
Chapter 837: Chapter 319: Treasure, Breakthrough, Special Lottery (Part 2)
Yaoyao saw this and was shocked:
"Father, could there still be hidden experts within?"
"It’s hard to say."
After the spirit-devouring insect entered, he quickly lost contact with it.
It was unclear whether it was due to the array inside or if there were hidden experts within the tribe. But just a moment ago, when the tribe’s survival was at stake, no one came out. Even if there were people, most likely they would only have cultivation below the Purple Mansion.
Of course.
This was just his guess.
Fu Changsheng turned to the corpse puppet standing behind him and said:
"Go in and take a look."
The hollow eye sockets of the corpse puppet surged with green light.
Obediently nodded.
Enveloped in Yin Qi.
Its body shook.
Suddenly it dashed into the array.
"Boom!"
After a while.
The sound of urgent fighting came from inside, but the noise quickly subsided. Shortly after, the corpse puppet transmitted a message, and Fu Changsheng’s eyes lit up:
"Let’s go, we’re going in."
Fu Changsheng took the lead, his figure flickering, and he entered in a flash.
At first glance, the inside revealed a hidden world.
A Dongting Lake covering hundreds of acres unfolded before his eyes.
The lake waters sparkled like a massive silver mirror, reflecting the surrounding towering stone walls. All around the lake, Cangling Grass was planted densely, growing in abundant batches.
Feeling the vibrant life force emanating from it.
Fu Changsheng’s eyes flickered with surprise:
"The Spiritual Qi here is unexpectedly dense!"
Cangling Grass is a Tier Two Middle-Grade Spirit Grass specifically used to feed Jade Ridge Fish. It requires very high growth conditions, typically needing cultivation in at least a Tier Three Spiritual Spring Well.
This vast expanse of Cangling Grass.
Indicated that this place had far more than just a single Tier Three Spiritual Spring Well.
While in astonishment.
A splashing sound was heard.
A school of Tier Two Jade Ridge Fish swam up from the depths. These Jade Ridge Fish were massive, over a person’s length, their bodies gleaming with a jade-green light, with scales forged like refined iron, exuding a cold metallic sheen. Their eyes were as large as lanterns, flickering with eerie red light, creating ripples as they moved through the water, exuding an intimidating aura:
"These are Jade Ridge Fish!"
Jade Ridge Fish are prime ingredients for culinary dishes.
Not only are they flavorful and fresh.
Crucially, they are imbued with abundant Spiritual Qi and melt in the mouth, requiring little refinement to convert into Mana, making them undoubtedly roaming spiritual pills:
"This is the true treasure of the Yinan Tribe!"
Fu Changsheng’s eyes glimmered with joy.
Yaoyao beside him also displayed a look of disbelief:
"These Jade Ridge Fish have never appeared in the marketplace, and many books record that they went extinct a thousand years ago. Who would’ve thought the Yinan Tribe raised so many."
"I told you."
"That’s why almost all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Yinan Tribe have cultivation at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment or above, and now I understand why!"
With this Dongting Lake full of Jade Ridge Fish.
From now on.
The tribe’s Foundation Establishment cultivators will definitely enhance their cultivation much faster than before.
Fu Changsheng also understood the implications of this.
Immediately, he instructed Yaoyao to send down the order.
The back mountain would become a Forbidden Land in the future.
At this moment.
He glanced at the corner of Dongting Lake and saw a group of oddly dressed humans kneeling behind the Tier Three Corpse Puppet:
"These are....."
Fu Changsheng’s eyes flashed with surprise.
Because this group, only their upper bodies looked human, but below the waist, they resembled horses. It was his first time seeing such beings.
The Celestial Sound Fairy beside him saw this and explained:
"The Yinan Tribe arranged for humans to mate with Celestial Steeds. Celestial Steeds are quite special; they can leave offspring with humans after mating, resulting in beings with a human head and a horse body. They are born with divine power and, once grown, are no different from Qi cultivators. Besides, they also have extraordinarily long lifespans, reportedly living up to two hundred years."
"However."
"Ordinary people can’t carry such a beast-person for ten months, only Female Qi Cultivators can bear children, and after giving birth, their Essence Blood is completely drained by the infant."
That’s why the Yinan Tribe often selects the less useful female cultivators from captives to mate with Celestial Steeds.
Upon hearing this, Yaoyao frowned:
"The people of the Yinan Tribe truly deserve no sympathy!"
Such abuse of female cultivators.
It’s simply inhuman.
Fu Changsheng glanced at the beastmen, estimating there were over a hundred, thinking they were used to tend to the Jade Ridge Fish in Dongting Lake: "Celestial Sound Fairy, can’t these beastmen mate amongst themselves to produce offspring?"
Celestial Sound Fairy shook her head.
If they could.
There would not be so few of them.
Fu Changsheng saw this and didn’t ask further.
This group of beastmen had not been civilized, but the people of the Yinan Tribe had trained them to be experts in raising Jade Ridge Fish.
After Fu Changsheng’s group meticulously checked Dongting Lake several times without any gains, they finally emerged from the lake. Yaoyao then asked with concern:
"Father, what will be done with these beastmen?"
"Let them continue to feed the Jade Ridge Fish. Additionally, select a few clever ones from the tribe and those with a talent for raising spirit fish to learn how to care for Jade Ridge Fish from the beastmen."
Upon hearing this, Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief.
She feared her father might emulate the Yinan Tribe. As a fellow female cultivator, she couldn’t bear to see women degraded as breeding machines.
Fu Changsheng stood firm and said:
"Yaoyao, can the tribe’s Profound Abyss Spirit Protection Array be repaired and restarted?"
Yaoyao shook her head.
The Life Gate of this array, the Celestial Spirit Array, and the Vajra Array are damaged, which is the crux of the issue. Previously, the three of them were troubled by how to replace the array.
However, upon seeing Dongting Lake.
Yaoyao had an idea:
"Father, the tribe’s original Profound Abyss Spirit Protection Array was of the Five Elements Attribute. It seemed strong but had a very apparent fatal flaw. Now that the two key smaller arrays are destroyed, I suggest converting the grand array into the Nine Heavens Jade Water Array."