Without the little red bird’s instruction, Ou Yangming had already shaken his other wrist to retrieve several jade bottles from another interspatial bag. He had prepared the bottles in advance. Although they were not initially meant to store the marvelous immortal liquid, they could be used for this purpose at this moment.
With a flash of thought, the jade bottles entered the space inside the band. Following that, their caps were automatically opened, and they lined up beside the pyramid.
In the real world, Ou Yangming could not have done this even if he had remarkable mental power. This was because the energy needed to be consumed to instantiate mental power would be enormous. Having said that, the space in the band seemed to have a wonderful connection with him. When the young fellow used his mental power, instead of yielding twice the effect by doing half the work, he was assisted such that the effect was at least more than several times.
At this point, Ou Yangming truly admired the little red bird’s gift.
He did not know how much immortal liquid would be secreted but in order not to waste the precious treasure, he could only prepare more bottles in the space just in case.
The pyramid slowly turned red. Even though it did not become hotter, it released another unforgettable magic power.
At the spur of the moment, Ou Yangming sensed the intense energy fluctuation from the Tree of Splendour. The fluctuation was extremely interesting and fast, by which it arrived at the peak as soon as it appeared. Subsequently, a drop of liquid was released from the pyramid.
Ou Yangming was well-prepared, thus one of the jade bottles flashed and caught the immortal perfectly.
After the first drop of immortal liquid, the valve seemed to have been opened as drop after drop spurted out from the pyramid. The drops of liquid were given out at different frequencies, where over 10 drops could be released continuously if the process was fast. If there were insufficient follow-ups, only one drop would be shot out once in every 10 breaths.
Ou Yangming and the little red bird focused their mental powers inside the Long Feather Band. In particular, the latter seemed to be more anxious than the former. Despite that, when the young fellow handed it the first bottle of immortal liquid, the little bird refused to accept it without any hesitation. It was far more interested in the collection of the immortal liquid than the liquid itself.
At last, the pyramid stopped shooting immortal liquid after half an hour, and it leisurely became inverted again.
Ou Yangming observed carefully for some time and noticed that the Tree of Splendour’s roots and canes had entered the gaps on the spirit turtle’s back. His sensing ability was greater inside this unique space, so he could sense the turtle releasing queer energies, which merged with the tree as if they were inseparable.
Anyone would be astonished upon seeing this.
Sure enough, nature’s creation had infinite possibilities.
Ou Yangming curbed his mental power and gently waved his wrist, causing a row of jade bottles to appear in front of him.
All of the jade bottles contained immortal liquid but some of them only carried 1 drop while some had 10 drops. As the young fellow opened the cap of one of the bottles, a distinctive smell spread in the air.
The fragrance had an incredibly apparent trait; it was not rich but faint.
If Ou Yangming and the others were not mentally prepared, they might not have noticed it at all.
That said, regardless if they were paying attention, they still felt refreshed at that instant. Especially after taking a few deep breaths, they felt like they had just slept for 3 days and 3 nights, and they were so full of vigor that it could not be put into words.
The little red bird blinked its large eyes and screamed abruptly, “Close it! Quickly close it! Don’t let it emit light!”
Chapter 511 - Treasure-hunting Beast
Ou Yangming’s face changed. He immediately closed the bottle’s cap but when he took a glance, he noticed that a bit of the immortal liquid had indeed been lost.
An ordinary person could not have distinguished the difference in the amount, but every change was visible to Ou Yangming when he looked with his mental conception. He had opened the bottle that stored the first drop of immortal liquid, and there was no change to the liquid when the bottle was sealed. Once he opened it again and allowed the fragrance inside to be released, a tenth of the drop of liquid was lost.
Although the remaining liquid was still considered a drop, to people like Ou Yangming, it had depreciated very much.
“Lil’ Red, what exactly is the function of this thing?” Ou Yangming asked in a deep voice.
The little red bird flapped its wings and answered, “It’s a rare immortal liquid. Apart from its basic function of prolonging one’s life, it’s also… Multifunctional.”
“What?” Ou Yangming was stunned.
“The Tree of Splendour’s immortal liquid has the most functions; it can be used to smith treasures, refine immortal pills, and even draw formation maps.” The little red bird hopped and added, “It’s the lowest-ranked immortal liquid but owing to its wide range of functions, it’s not inferior to certain middle-ranked immortal liquids at all.”
“Are there many other types of immortal liquid?” Ou Yangming was moved.
“Yes, there are a few hundred types of them in my inherited memories.” The little red bird pondered and continued, “These immortal liquids are also a transaction currency for top-notch powerhouses in the upper realm, so you keep more of them because they’ll be very beneficial in the future.”
Ou Yangming nodded. He realized that the immortal liquid’s functions were far beyond his imagination but based on his abilities and knowledge at the moment, he could not fully release them. Perhaps when he entered the upper realm and gained more experience, he would be able to utilize the item well.
“Woof…” Big Yellow barked at Ou Yangming and looked at him eagerly.
The young fellow shook his head and retrieved a jade bottle with 10 drops of immortal liquid, then he handed it to the dog. “This is your reward.”
Big Yellow beamed right away, and it opened its mouth to swallow the immortal liquid.
The little red bird tilted its head and stared at Big Yellow, then it blurted, “Hey, how did you find the Tree of Splendour?”
Ou Yangming was dumbfounded, ‘Right, even the little red bird didn’t know about the Tree of Splendour’s existence, so how did Big Yellow find out about it?’
Big Yellow was startled for a while before it answered, “I have no idea either. I just felt like something good was calling out to me over there, so I went over to take a look.”
“Something good was calling out to you?” The little red bird flapped its wings and flew down from Ou Yangming’s shoulder to land on Big Yellow’s head.
The big yellow dog instantly froze. It was not aware of the little red birds’ identity, but it could sense the enormous power contained in the bird’s body. No living being would dare to act rashly if such a malefic creature was on one’s head.
“Can you sense the Tree of Splendour now?”
“I can!” Big Yellow slowly turned its neck and fixed its gaze on the Long Feather Band on Ou Yangming’s wrist.
The little red bird slapped the dog’s head and reprimanded it, “I’m asking if you can sense the Tree of Splendour’s existence, not if you know where it is!”
Big Yellow quivered and responded as though it was wronged, “I can sense the Tree of Splendour indeed, and it’s right there.”
The little bird blinked. Nobody knew what it was thinking.
Ou Yangming vaguely sensed something unordinary, so he asked softly, “What is it?”
“I’d like to experiment,” the little red bird answered after some thought. Following that, it floated in the air and spat out a red light, which surrounded Big Yellow. The light flickered at first, but it soon turned into a gigantic fire with a scorching temperature.
Big Yellow curled up its body. It was a formi
dable spirit beast, but it acted conscientiously in front of the blazing fire.
The little red bird returned to Ou Yangming’s shoulder and said, “Prepare a few interspatial bags as I’ll be using them.”
Ou Yangming wondered and questioned, “Are you going to test Big Yellow’s ability?”
“Yes. This puppy says it can sense the Tree of Splendour’s existence, but I don’t believe it.” The little red bird’s eyes glowed with strange lights. “I must expose it.”
“Lil’ Red, why are you being so active in this? Could it be that…” Ou Yangming shook his head, but his eyes soon lit up. “Does it mean anything if Big Yellow can really sense the Tree of Splendour?”
Faced with Ou Yangming’s questioning look, the little red bird began thinking again and finally calmed down. “If this puppy isn’t lying to us, we might’ve stumbled upon a precious treasure. Quickly, let’s try!” It flapped its wings again and urged the young fellow.
It was not confident about Big Yellow, but Ou Yangming felt differently about it because he knew the big yellow dog would not be so bored that it would lie about it.
Even so, he was also curious about how much Big Yellow was capable of.
Ou Yangming casually retrieved a few interspatial bags. He was short of anything but unused interspatial bags, such that he could even keep some miscellaneous items in them and nothing would be affected.
The little red bird’s eyes shone as it channeled its mental conception into the Long Feather Band’s space. Once its conception began to assemble, the Tree of Splendour slowly detached from the turtle’s shell bit by bit.
“Woosh…”
Rumbling sounds of waves were heard, causing the sleeping spirit turtle to lazily lift its head from the water.
The fellow could hardly be affected by foreign things if it was deep asleep. Unless it was provoked by a mighty figure like Hong Feiyu, it would devote itself to being a coward.
Having said that, there was a drastic change when the Tree of Splendour on the turtle’s back began to shake.
The spirit turtle awoke from its sleep at once and raised its large head. Nevertheless, its sleepy eyes made it look dazed as if it had only woken up instinctively.
Ou Yangming shook his head and sighed. He channeled his mental conception inside and informed the turtle, “Lazy turtle, you may continue to sleep because this is none of your business.”
The spirit turtle nodded blankly but spotted the rising Tree of Splendour. “What’s that? Can you leave it for me?”
Ou Yangming was moved. It looked like Tree of Splendour’s appearance did not alert the spirit turtle, and the merge between them was actually done subconsciously. It was when someone wanted to take the plant away the spirit turtle sensed it and awoke.
Moreover, Ou Yangming could tell from the spirit turtle’s tone that it valued the Tree of Splendour very much. If it was not because it knew it could not defeat the young fellow, it would have taken forcible possession of it.
“Lazy turtle, we’re using this item for an experiment, and I’ll send it back here once we’re done.” Ou Yangming chuckled and added after a pause. “Before you leave me, you’ll be in charge of looking after it.”
The spirit turtle blinked its huge eyes and was still reluctant to part with the Tree of Splendour, but Ou Yangming did not bother and withdrew it from the space inside his Long Feather Band.
He looked at the 5 interspatial bags in front of him and thought for a while before he placed the plant inside one of them. Despite that, it was merely a beginning because he retrieved it after 30 seconds and placed it in another interspatial bag. By repeating the steps until all 5 of the interspatial bags contracted the smell of the plant, the young fellow casually placed it in one of the bags.
The little red bird did not understand what Ou Yangming was doing at first, but it could not help but praise him toward the end.
Regardless of Big Yellow’s cultivation base, it was still a dog and had a notable sense of smell. Nonetheless, after Ou Yangming created such confusion, even a dog ancestor would not be able to tell the bags apart.
The little red bird opened its mouth and inhaled, causing the flames to disappear and revealed Big Yellow, which was curled up and was trembling.
“Big Yellow.” Ou Yangming went forward and rubbed its head as he took pity on it, but he could not understand why the potent spirit beasts feared the little red bird’s flames so much. The young fellow had touched the flames before but apart from warmth and friendliness, he did not feel anything else.
The big yellow dog looked up at Ou Yangming with tears in its eyes. As such, the young fellow felt guilty because it seemed inappropriate to put the yellow dog in the flames because of a test.
“Hey, snap out of it. Quickly find it for me!” The little red bird ordered arrogantly.
Big Yellow dared not delay the matter, so it went forward and sniffed the 5 interspatial bags.
Ou Yangming and the little red bird looked at each other and were having the same thought, ‘This fella is indeed searching for it with its nose.’
Just as they thought Big Yellow could not tell them apart, its nose stopped on one of the bags, and its eyes lit up. “I found it—it’s here!”
The little bird and the young yellow exchanged glances and looked like they had just seen a ghost.
This was because Ou Yangming had indeed put the Tree of Splendour inside that bag.
Ou Yangming took a deep breath and asked, “Big Yellow, how did you find it?”
Big Yellow blinked and answered, “I have no idea either, but I felt like something inside is calling out to me.”
The young fellow turned to look at the little red bird, which scoffed and remarked, “Alright, you pass. You may go take a rest now.”
Big Yellow barked softly and left the room, then it went to the side room to have a peaceful sleep.
It was not a pet but a spirit beast, hence the treatment it received was not worse than that received by Hong Feiyu at all.
“How was it?” Ou Yangming asked in a deep voice.
The little red bird chirped for some time before it said, “My inherited memories tell me that there used to be a unique kind of Treasure-hunting Beasts, which had wonderful senses toward precious treasures that produce immortal liquids. But these Treasure-hunting Beasts should’ve been extinct long ago, so how can there be any of them left?”
Chapter 512 - Giving A Banquet
Treasure-hunting Beasts were marvelous creatures according to legends. It was said that their kind had unexplainable exploration abilities toward treasures in the universe. It was a gifted ability, and it was so brilliant that it was indescribable.
Nonetheless, there were many kinds of Treasure-hunting Beasts too, and they were adept at finding different treasures.
Some Treasure-hunting Beasts had superb sensing abilities toward various wonderful plants and minerals while some had special senses toward pills, pieces of equipment, and even treasures such as ghosts. All in all, Treasure-hunting Beasts of dissimilar breeds could sense divergent things.
Even so, according to the little red bird, there were already very few Treasure-hunting Beasts that could sense things that produced immortal liquids, so much so that they were critically endangered.
Therefore, Ou Yangming and the little bird were unusually excited when Big Yellow found the Tree of Splendour.
The little red bird hopped off and tilted its head to ponder, then it flapped its wings and separated the jade bottles on the ground into two parts. “I’ve split them into two portions, and we’ll pick one of them each so it’s fair.” Following that, it looked up and cast a questioning look at Ou Yangming.
Ou Yangming grinned and said, “You can go first.”
Although it seemed like the little red bird had casually divided the bottles, in reality, its choice was quite on point. Whether it was the number of bottles or the amounts of immortal liquid contained inside, there was not much difference.
After get
ting Ou Yangming’s approval, the little bird flapped its wings and kept one of the portions.
Big Yellow was the one that found the Tree of Splendour, but it ended up in Ou Yangming’s possession, and the yellow dog only received over 10 drops of immortal liquid while the young fellow and the bird kept most of the liquid.
Even though it seemed unfair, they were only taking what they needed, hence even Big Yellow was rather satisfied. This was because it knew very well that the Tree of Splendour would not produce immortal liquid at all if it was kept in its stomach for a long time. Besides, even if the plant was taken out to be cultivated, putting aside the question of whether the big yellow dog had the time and energy, in terms of its abilities only, it might not be able to secure the spiritual item at all.
Instead of not knowing who might benefit from the plant in the end, Big Yellow figured that it would be best to leave it to Ou Yangming because he would not treat it poorly no matter what.
After keeping the remaining jade bottles, Ou Yangming retrieved the Tree of Splendour and put it back into the Long Feather Band’s space.
He was slightly stunned when he entered the space through his consciousness; he noticed that the lazy turtle was not sleeping but was eagerly waiting for his return.
“Human powerhouse, are you here to return the spiritual item to me?” The spirit turtle was evidently elated at the sight of the Tree of Splendour, thus it immediately asked.
Ou Yangming sneered. “Return it to you? Were you the one that found it?”
The lazy turtle was startled. “No.”
“If that’s the case, why should I return it to you?”
The lazy turtle turned its large head in the air as though it was very troubled by the question. After some time, it expressed, “Honorable human, you might not be aware but if spirit turtles like me acquire spiritual items, we’ll complement each other. You’ll be pleased by the time taken to collect immortal liquids from the spiritual items and the amount gathered.”
Ou Yangming was moved. He instantly understood why the Tree of Splendour did not react at all in the outside world but began to give out immortal liquid once it met the spirit turtle.
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