After burying Mu Zhi's body, Li Feng turned to look at Zhou Qi's corpse.
In front of him, a line of words appeared.
【Target: Zhou Qi】
【Gathering is possible!】
【Continue gathering?】
"Gather!"
Without any hesitation, Li Feng extended his hand.
In an instant, a phantom hand emerged, hovering over Zhou Qi's body. In a flash, Li Feng's hand returned holding a white wind ball.
【Gathering successful!】
【You have gained a Secondary Wind Attribute!】
【Would you like to merge it?】
"Merge!"
As Li Feng commanded, the wind ball entered his body and the merging process began.
It was still the same process of breaking and reshaping blood vessels and bones.
But for some reason, perhaps because Li Feng's strength had become potent, the pain of this round of merging was much less.
Moments later,
The merging process concluded.
Li Feng immediately couldn't wait to test the newly acquired wind attribute talent.
With a single move, he turned into a streak of afterimage and dashed out.
Some time later, Li Feng returned, a bit tired but very excited.
"My body feels so much lighter, and my speed has increased at least three times!"
"No wonder it's the wind attribute talent, it's truly powerful!"
...Li Feng was very excited.
Such speed, even the ordinary martial artists couldn't compare!
In other words,
Li Feng, who had both the lightning attribute talent and the wind attribute talent, now had the capability to fight and even defeat martial artists, depending solely on his current abilities!
And those two talents he had, were still only secondary ones.
One could only imagine how terrifying it would be if his talent continued to upgrade?
"Let's see if I can gather anything valuable from Zhou Qi's body!”
Calmly, Li Feng approached Zhou Qi's body again, ready to continue the gathering process.
"Gather!"
Li Feng silently commanded.
【Gathering Successful!】
【Obtained Bronze Level Martial Skill: Sky-Cracking Sword!】
"Managed to gather a skill book?"
Li Feng looked at the blue book in his hand, a little surprised.
Opening it, he found the description was exactly the same as the sword technique Zhou Qi had used earlier.
"Could it be that the gathering skill can gather not only talents and physiological traits, but also the skills that the deceased had mastered in their lifetime?”
Li Feng felt even more strongly the potency of the gathering skill.
The book "Sky-Cracking Sword" didn't pose a big threat in Zhou Qi's hands, but it’s nonetheless a martial skill.
Martial skills were very precious; even the most common bronze level skills are highly prized.
"Might be a real good thing!"
Li Feng lightly nodded his head. He then brought the martial skill towards his head.
Next moment,
The entire book disintegrated and flowed into Li Feng's brain.
All the techniques about this martial skill had been learned.
In his mind, the techniques of the "Sky-Cracking Sword" unfolded.
"Continue gathering!"
Li Feng placed his hand over Zhou Qi again, silently commanding.
【Gathering Successful!】
【Acquired a treasure map!】
"A treasure map?"
Li Feng looked at an old parchment scroll in his hand and absorbed it.
In the blink of an eye,
A flood of information surged into his mind.
"The lair of a Tier-3 Savage Ground Dragon, rumored to contain a thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow… So Zhou Qi came here for this!"
A glint sparked in Li Feng's eye.
From what he had heard about the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow, he knew it was very significant.
If the information was true, then it was absolutely necessary to investigate!
【The target’s resources have been depleted. Gathering is impossible.】
At this moment, Li Feng, who was just about to continue gathering, saw this prompt.
With a slight regret, he withdrew his hand.
But then, a smile emerged on his face.
Admittedly, Zhou Qi was a detestable person, but the resources that were obtained from him were incredibly useful.
Secondary Wind Attribute!
Bronze Level Martial Skill: Sky-Cracking Sword!
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A hidden treasure spot with the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow that could augment one's talent!
Each of these items was valuable in its own right!
Additionally,
There was also a share of blood from the superior first-tier ferocious beast, Rampaging Mighty Bear.
And the half pound of Elemental Bee juice!
Moreover, from Mu Zhi’s body, several proofs of ferocious beasts were found. These could be used to exchange for points.
In addition, there were four more portions of ferocious beast blood.
Lastly, it was the items on Zhou Qi.
A top-grade first-tier battle knife.
Its value was also considerable, purchasing it would require at least five hundred yuanstone.
However, aside from this battle knife, Li Feng didn’t find anything else on Zhou Qi's body.
Li Feng couldn't help but frown.
It was impossible for Zhou Qi to come to this wilderness trial and not kill a single beast.
So, he must have had the beast blood and proof of kill on him.
But at this moment, he couldn't find them…
While thinking about this,
Li Feng suddenly noticed a small pouch hanging from Zhou Qi's waist. It looked like a sachet, but it was quite crude.
"Could it be…?”
A suspicion suddenly popped up in his mind.
Taking down the pouch and scrutinizing it in his hand, he immediately had a look of surprise.
"It is indeed a storage pouch!”
Storage pouch!
It was a type of spatial pouch that could store items, possessing the effect of storing in a tiny space.
It was made from the fur of a beast called Sky Devouring Rat. Although the beast was small in size, it contained spacial power. If killed, its fur could be used to create a storage pouch.
However, due to the rarity of the Sky Devouring Rat, the price of these storage pouches was steep and most martial artists could not afford it.
"I didn't expect Zhou Qi to have such a rare item!"
Amazed, Li Feng was also exceptionally joyous.
Before this, he had been pondering over the issue of managing his items as the number of them increased.
Now that he had the storage pouch, the problem was solved.
He immediately poured his energy into it, and the storage pouch soon opened.
Inside, there was a space of about two cubic meters, filled with some of Zhou Qi's belongings including proof of kills and beast blood.
What was worth mentioning was,
There was also a pile of yuanstone.
After the great change in the world, due to the nourishment of the elemental energy, the soil had slowly improved, leading to the gradual emergence of yuanstone veins in areas with dense elemental energy.
These yuanstone veins allowed martial artists to absorb the elemental energy.
With its potent elemental energy, they have become the currency for transactions amongst martial artists.
"635 lower grade yuanstones!"
"Twelve portions of beast blood, including three portions of second-tier beast blood!"
"Zhou Qi is really my delivery man for wealth!"
Looking at the harvest, Li Feng was greatly delighted.
He put all the items into the storage pouch and hung it at his waist.
Now,
Li Feng had 21 portions of beast blood on him, including three portions of second-tier beast blood!
Along with half a pound of Elemental Bee juice and more than 600 yuanstones and the combat knife,
His personal wealth was quite abundant!
With satisfaction, he tapped the storage pouch. Taking deep breaths, he looked at the sky.
It was already afternoon.
"There's less than two hours before sunset, and travelling at night is too risky!"
"I will practice tonight and set off tomorrow morning to seek the mysterious treasure!"
…
"Let me try the effect of the Elemental Bee juice first."
After burying Zhou Qi's body, Li Feng returned to the tree hole, took out the Elemental Bee juice, and took a sip.
"Hoo!"
As soon as this liquid entered his mouth, it melted instantly, turning into a warm flow that gushed all over his body.
Wherever it passed, his blood boiled and his heart pumped strongly.
The beast blood energy left in his body was also quickly absorbed.
Seeing this,
Li Feng didn't hesitate and promptly carried out the body forging technique.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, several hours had passed.
After rigorously performing ten sets of the body forging technique, Li Feng, who was drenched in sweat, stopped.
Though he was tired,
His eyes were radiant.
In just a few hours, the effect of the Elemental Bee juice had completely dissipated.
And the beast blood energy that wasn't completely absorbed in his body was completely absorbed.
"The effect is truly terrifying!"
"The beast blood that normally takes three days to digest can actually be consumed in just a few hours!"
"If I had a constant supply of Elemental Bee juice, I could infinitely consume beast blood!"
"In that case, I wouldn't need a month; I could step into the martial artist realm!"
"But it's a pity…"
"The Elemental Bee juice is only half a pound; it can only support my practice for up to ten days."
This was slightly disappointing.
But Li Feng didn't worry too much about it.
He shook his head to dispel these thoughts, wiped the sweat off his body, and took out a bottle of beast blood to consume.
"Continue!"
......
The next morning.
Li Feng, fully prepared, stepped out of the tree hole.
The practice throughout the night had allowed him to drink four bottles of beast blood.
The effect it brought about was incredibly significant.
His strength increased by at least 500 kilos overnight!
In other words,
His physical strength alone had reached 3,900 kilos!
And if he added his lightning attribute talent,
It could reach nearly 8,000 kilos!
“No wonder the children of large families grow and advance faster!”
"The supply of various resources significantly reduces the time for body tempering, allowing them to step into the martial artist realm in a short time!”
Li Feng thought about this.
By this time, the sky was completely bright.
Li Feng took out a piece of beast meat from the storage pouch, cooked it, and started eating.
Half an hour later,
"Let's go!"
He packed up and put out the fire before setting out to find the hidden treasure.
Following the guidance of the map, Li Feng moved through the dense forest, and about an hour later, he suddenly stopped.
"We're here!"
Looking at the underground cave in front of him that had completely collapsed into ruins, Li Feng murmured.
This was the lair of the Tier-3 Savage Ground Dragon.
Although the Wind Chaser Hunters would have searched the lair thoroughly after killing the Ground Dragon, the location of the treasure was extremely hidden and hard to find.
Zhou Cheng had only discovered the anomaly by accident.
Now.
Li Feng entered the cave.
The underground cave was deep, winding its way down.
After walking for who knows how long, he finally reached the end.
It was a large stalactite cave.
There were stone walls all around, with no other paths to take. It looked very open.
Li Feng didn't show any change in expression, directly walked to a rocky wall, and put his palm on it.
After a moment,
"Found it!"
Li Feng's eyes lit up, his hand was touching a slightly raised part of the stone
wall, which seemed quite unnoticeable.
But with a slight force, his hand went right in.
As if it had been swallowed by the stone wall.
But Li Feng knew that this was not something strange, just a natural disguise.
Without any hesitation, he squeezed his body through.
It was like passing through a sticky viscous layer, initially dark, and then his vision brightened.
In front of him was a small space, about dozen meters in size.
In the middle of the area, there was a hollow pool on the ground. It was now filled with a fair amount of creamy spirit fluid.
Li Feng focused and then a smile crept onto his face.
This thing.
Indeed, it was the precious treasure nurtured by heaven and earth, the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow!
He did not rush. Instead, he turned his attention elsewhere.
To the corner of the stone wall,
There was a pearl suspended. It radiated a golden glow and looked very unusual.
"It is said that a spirit artifact is often born where the paradisiacal treasure is conceived!"
"Could this be the accompanying artifact of the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow?!"
Li Feng examined it closely, but he failed to recognize what it might be.
After some thought, he took it down and put it in the storage pouch. He intended to check for any records about it after returning to the base.
"The immediate task is to use the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow to enhance my physique!"
Li Feng cast his eyes on the pool.
The thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow did not need to be ingested. All he had to do was apply it on his body.
Li Feng took off his clothes, walked to the edge of the pool, and applied the creamy spirit fluid all over his body.
"Hissss!"
After applying the Spirit Marrow all over his body, not long after, Li Feng felt a chill seeping into his body.
There was a warm feeling over his body, accompanied by a slight numbness.
Li Feng knew that this was a sign that the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow was starting to take effect.
Several hours had passed.
The Spirit Marrow fluid on Li Feng's body had been completely absorbed. He got up and eagerly performed a set of body forging techniques.
Twenty-one techniques were performed in quick succession.
Then, a wave of elemental energy, more turbulent than before, came rushing into his body and flowed through his system.
"The speed of elemental energy connection has increased by at least five times or more!"