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  In the end, Xiao Yan unceremoniously stored the corpse of the Snow Demon Sky Ape in his ste ring. Standing upright, he looked at the valley before him, smiled faintly, and said slowly, "Now that we've sin the magical beast, it's time for us to reap our rewards."

  Even the six people who were among the top ranks of the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking couldn't help but reveal joyful smiles upon hearing these words.

  This had nothing to do with greed. Where there was effort, there should be reward. They had initially respoo Han Yue's call, experienced a life-ah battle, and indeed deserved a generous reward. After all, without any reward, who would be willing to risk their lives in battle? This was human nature.

  Han Yue only knew from Zi Yan that the cave of the Snow Demon Sky Ape tained Core Queng Body Milk, but even she wasn't sure of the exact situation.

  Even someone like Lin Xiuya, a half-step Dou King who had experienced tless trials and seen many treasures, was still looking forward to obtaining the Core Queng Body Milk.

  Xiao Yan and the others finally ehe valley smoothly. With the aid of firelight, he discovered that the area within the valley was surprisingly spacious. The valley was rown with trees and strewn with rocks, but there were no other living creatures. Obviously, they had been driven away by the Snow Demon Sky Ape.

  "This should be the pce," Han Yue said softly.

  Xiao Yan sniffed and noticed that the size of the cave matched exactly the size of the demon ape's body; this must be its dwelling pce.

  The seven people cautiously walked into the cave. After about ten miheir feet stepped out of the dark tunnel and Xiao Yan suddenly felt his eyes brighten. He looked around after slightly adjusting to the light, and a hint of astonishment appeared on his face upon seeing the surrounding enviro.

  peared before him was an underground world filled with stactites. Looking around, milky-white stactites stretched endlessly to the edge of his vision. A faint white glow that pletely dispelled the darkness emanated from them. Stactites grew everywhere; some hung from the cave ceiling above, some even reag up to a hundred meters ih. At a ghe cave ceiling was densely covered with huge stactites, and occasionally, droplets of white liquid dripped down, spshing milky-white water spots on the ground.

  "What an impressive underground world."

  "Are those the Core Queng Body Milk?"

  "Doesn't seem like it. The energy in these is a bit weak."

  When the seven of them tinued forward for a while, a crystal pilr over a hundred meters long and wide enough for two people to their arms around appeared before everyone.

  At the bottom of the pilr was a groove that seemed to have been worn away by dripping water over time. About two inches of milky-white liquid sat in the groove. A faint white mist floated above the liquid, which was quite strange. No matter how it drifted, it never dispersed. Xiao Yan took a light breath and instantly felt a strange sensation as if all the bones in his body had gone numb.

  Even without Xiao Yan saying anything, everyone khat this was the Core Queng Body Milk.

  Their eyes were fixed on the milky-white liquid in the groove. Xiao Yan couldn't help but swallow; a hint of excitement surged on his face.

  What he needed norecisely heavenly treasures like the Core Queng Body Milk that could enhance his physical body.

  He deeply realized his physical strength was still far from being truly strong only after battling with Zi Yan.

  The seven of them looked at each other. As the anizer of this endeavor, Haook the lead and said, "Everyone will have a share in today's feast. However, before we distribute it, I have a request. The reason we were able to defeat the Snow Demon Sky Ape this time was thanks to Xiao Yan, so I think it's most appropriate for him to take the first share."

  "I have no objes. Today, Brother Xiao Yan indeed made the greatest tribution," Lin Xiuya said with a nod.

  "Hahaha, I, Yan Hao, am not such a petty person. Today, we indeed relied on Brother Xiao Yaing Brother Xiao Yan take the first share is only natural." Yan Hao and the others also expressed their agreement oer another.

  "I merely took advantage of the situation. You all fought for a long time, but because of my involvement, the share was divided among one more person," Xiao Yan said modestly.

  "Go ahead and take it. If you don't make a move, everyone only stand here and watch."

  Xiao Yan smiled faintly and didn't stand on ceremony. His Spiritual Perceptioended, and with a wave of his hand, a wisp of milky-white liquid floated up. He swiftly took out a jade bottle and collected the Core Queng Body Milk into it.

  He took her too muor too little, just the right oh.

  The others saw his thoughtfulness in taking only oh aly admired him.

  With Xiao Yan taking the lead, the others didn't dare to take too much either and only took oh each. In the end, when it was Haurn, the amou was exactly the same, not the slightest bit more or less.

  A momehe seven of them walked out of the cave, smiles brimming on their faces.

  "With this Core Queng Body Milk, my strength will definitely rise to a new level in this Strong Ranking Grand petition."

  "Hahaha, Yan Hao, even if I meet you early on, I won't show any mercy."

  Lin Xiuya looked at Xiao Yan with a hint of fighting spirit fshing in his eyes. "Xiao Yan, you're very strong, but if we meet, I definitely won't lose to you."

  Xiao Yan just smiled faintly and said, "Of course. I also hope Senior Brother Lin Xiuya won't hold back. We'll see who's better wheime es."

  After exging a few words, everyone was eager to return and headed back to the Inner Academy oer another. Only Xiao Yan, who possessed a flying-type Dou Teique, disappeared over the horizon ahead of everyone else.

  The mountain cave once agaiuro its deathly stillness after everyo. In the dead of night, however, a bck shadow flitted into the cave like a ghost and quickly arrived at the location of the Core Queng Body Milk.

  "As expected, they didn't know that this isn't the real Core Queng Body Milk." The bck-robed man lifted his hood and looked up at the crystal-like pilr.

  Meow!! Mao Wu emerged from the void above and phased directly into the crystal pilr through spatial strength.

  A smug smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face, for only he khat the real Core Queng Body Milk wasn't those milky-white liquids.

  Those were all that had leaked out from the main body, equivalent to diluted Core Queng Body Milk. The true Core Queng Body Milk was actually hidden at the point where the stactites tacted the ground. It required a special method and pieces of cold jade to cut open the crystal pilr to obtain it.

  But obviously, with Mao Wu's existence, he didn't o gh that trouble.

  "Indeed, knowledge is power. If not for the a books ie ring, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed the true location of the Core Queng Body Milk."

  Soon, Mao Wu emerged from the void with a whoosh, bringing out a mass of green, viscous substance ed in its spatial strength.

  The true Core Queng Body Milk was extremely fragile. Only the ge jade could ha without causing damage. Of course, Mao Wu's method of directly hollowing out the middle of the crystal pilr and taking the outer shell along with it worked just as well.

  "Since Senior Sister Han Yue and the others didn't discover it, I 't be bmed for not telling them."

  Meow meow meow!!

  Xiao Yan and Mao Wu, one human and o, both ughed slyly.

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  Three days ter, Xiao Yan in his room looked at a rge wooden basin pced before him. The basin was filled with crystal-clear water. Beside it was a simple wooden rack den with various medial herbs. At a ghere were probably dozens of different kinds. He had spent a full three days gathering these medial ingredients.

  Not only did he collect medial ingredients throughout the Inner Academy, but he even sulted various elders. In the end, Elder Hao had to personally introduce him to a medial mert in the Bck-er Region for one main ingredient, which he obtained in exge for medial pills.

  Taking out his medial cauldron, Xiao Yan refined all the medial ingredients into a mass of medial liquid. Bursts of medial fragrance immediately wafted out the instant the liquid mixed into the clear water, even f a colored medial mist.

  Just based on this rge tub of medial liquid alo was already parable to the effects of a tier 5 medial pill. But that wasn't all. Mao Wu spat out a jade-white sphere to Xiao Yaook out a jade spoon and scooped the Core Queng Body Milk from the small sphere into the water.

  Buzz! As the Core Queng Body Milk mixed into the medial liquid, a milky-white radiance emerged.

  Ordinary people would find it difficult to endure even a small amount of Core Queng Body Milk, as it was meant fical beasts after all. But Xiao Yan directly added more than half of it!

  "Alright, this should be enough."

  Just this tub of spiritual liquid alone would probably make even Dou Emperor experts drool with envy. Normally, even Dou Kings would find it difficult to e was only because Xiao Yan's physique was ily strong and he possessed the Ten Thousa Fme to protect his body that he dared to use so much Core Queng Body Milk.

  Xiao Yan removed his clothes ahe spiritual liquid soak his entire body. Instantly, a bone-chilliion that made his skin tingle spread throughout his body.

  He ehe stinging pain and began cirg the Fme Mantra and the Ten Thousa Fme.

  In the sed, the energy from the spiritual liquid rushed into every bone in his body. Wherever the energy passed, the bones would instantly transform into a five-colored hue. Xiao Yan could vaguely feel something invading his bones and blending with the marrow inside.

  As the energy tempered his body and refined his bones, a burning pain that peed deep into his marroidly spread, eventually expanding to every er of his body.

  Even someone as strong-willed as Xiao Yan couldn't help but grit his teeth in pain, veins bulging all over his body.

  If he hadn't previously undergone body tempering with the Ten Thousa Fme, he feared he might have cried out in pain.

  Xiao Yan ehe pain and circuted the Fme Mantra to trol the Ten Thousa Fme, cooperating with the spiritual liquid in a twed approach!

  He wanted his physical body to reach the level of a Rank 5 magical beast even in his normal state!

  In the remaining time, Xiao Yan no longer ehe Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower to cultivate because even the No. 1 cultivation room no longer had much effe him.

  With less than two months remaining, he split his time between using the Core Queng Body Milk tthen his body and practig Dou Teiques while cirg the Fme Mantra.

  He not only transformed his bones but also signifitly improved his Dou Qi uhe immense energy of the Core Queng Body Milk. In the end, he reached the 8-star Dou Spirit stage as expected.

  Xiao Yan stood up from the wooden basin with a spshing sound. After a month had passed, the basin had long turned into a puddle of clear water. He lightly ched his fist ahe power erupting from his body.

  "So powerful. Even without using the Ten Thousa Fme for enha, my current physique is equivalent to a Rank 5 magical beast."

  His bones, meridians, and other parts of his body faintly emitted a soft gloearing like white jade. This appearance seemed to ceal boundless power.

  "Hahaha, at the Strong Ranking Grand petition, I, Xiao Yan, will definitely be number one!"

  A hint of fighting spirit fshed through his eyes. He khat to be number one, he had to defeat Zi Yan!