Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 597 - 54: Forging the Dark Beast Vein Crystal
With Yue Jinghua’s earlier reminder, Yue Minzhi returned to the Dragon Rider Reserve Camp without revealing any slip-ups. However, he still found it somewhat difficult to cope with the noticeably more fervent gaze of Long Rui.
After hearing that Long Rui had defended him at the expense of her own reputation, Yue Minzhi, who seemed heartless but was actually quite considerate, couldn’t help but be moved and softened his attitude towards her a great deal.
As for Zhan Tian, it seemed he had completely forgotten the drunken antics of that night, treating Yue Minzhi as if nothing had happened, as usual, with his blustering and glaring.
Because of the Dragon Pulling Test, Yue Minzhi soon plunged into a new round of hellish training.
Yue Jinghua, on the other hand, was extremely glad to have escaped the devilish training of the Dragon Rider Reserve and finally had a good night’s sleep.
After catching up on sleep and waking up, Yue Jinghua first checked the items in her Desire Gourd at her waist.
Due to being busy, she hadn’t cleared out the various items she had acquired along the way, and even the crafting of Dark Beast Vein Crystals had been put on hold.
Yue Jinghua’s spiritual power cultivation had improved incredibly fast compared to when she first started practicing Divine Stab. Even Qing Pu had not anticipated that in such a short period, she would expand the capacity of the Desire Gourd by dozens of times, which also meant that her spiritual power cultivation had reached a new height.
The Desire Gourd now looked to be about the size of a football field, just by eyeballing it.
Now, it was filled with various miscellaneous items plundered by Yue Jinghua, including a small mountain of Human-faced Falcon corpses.
For most Dark Practitioners in Canglong Continent, the value of a Dark Beast lies in Dark Pills and fur. The former can be absorbed to promote Dark Power cultivation, and the latter can be used to craft various Dark Beast Armor.
As for the carcasses of Dark Beasts, except for Spiritual Food Masters like Chi Xi, most people would directly abandon them, never thinking to make use of them.
After breaking through to Dark Heavenly, the crafting of Dark Beast Vein Crystal obtained from the Mo Xi Treasure Book was a brand new attempt for Yue Jinghua.
Refining vein crystals was similar to crafting Elixir Pills, requiring Chaos Green Lotus Fire for processing, but the success rate for crafting vein crystals was much lower than ordinary Elixir Pills.
After several dozen attempts at refining the numerous Human-faced Falcon corpses she had killed, Yue Jinghua ended up failing every single time.
This caused Yue Jinghua to take more caution, especially when facing the corpse of the final Human-faced Falcon, the Human-faced Falcon Queen. She couldn’t help but concentrate fully, fearing that a moment’s inattention would ruin the last Human-faced Falcon corpse as well.
As a High-level Dark Beast, the corpse of the Human-faced Falcon Queen still looked lifelike. Under the bright Chaos Lotus Fire, the body was quickly consumed by the flames.
According to the records of Dark Beast Vein Crystal refining method in the Mo Xi Treasure Book,
about fifty percent of a Dark Beast’s Dark Power is concentrated in the Dark Pill, and the remaining fifty percent is encapsulated in its flesh and fur.
After a Dark Beast’s death, once the Dark Pill is removed, the remaining Dark Power will completely disperse into the air and soil within a month following the beast’s demise.
The purpose of a Dark Beast Vein Crystal is to extract every last drop of Dark Power from the body of a Dark Beast before it decomposes.
Under the influence of Chaos Green Lotus Fire, the remnants of Dark Power within the Human-faced Falcon Queen slowly congregated, gray Dark Power attempting to break free from the Lotus Fire’s influence, trying to escape in all directions.
In previous attempts at refinement, it was always at the final moment that the gray Dark Power would scatter and explode, leading to failure.
This time, Yue Jinghua, not shying away from using her spiritual power, acted like a mother’s guiding hand. Whenever the grey Dark Power tried to escape and disperse, her spiritual power would coax it back on track.
The grey Dark Power of the Human-faced Falcon Queen had congealed, and Yue Jinghua’s pupils narrowed as she uttered a soft command, "Coalesce."
A grey, drop-shaped crystal fell into her hand, resembling the precious stones and jade that noblewomen on the continent often wore.
Success in refining the Dark Beast Vein Crystal did not mean it was ready to be used; Yue Jinghua still had a critical step yet to complete.
That was the embedding of the Dark Beast Vein Crystal. Once embedded in the body of a Dark Beast, it would grant the beast the capabilities of the original Dark Beast from which the crystal was derived.
However, Dark Xuan Beast Vein Crystals come with a significant drawback: they can only be used on Dark Beasts and not on Dark Practitioners.
In terms of usage, a crystal can only be embedded once; a second embedding would damage the crystal. Low-level Dark Beasts can embed one crystal, Mid-level Dark Beasts can embed two, and High-level Dark Beasts and above can only embed three crystals.
Moreover, Dark Beast Vein Crystals cannot be used across ranks; a Low-level Dark Beast cannot use a crystal formed from the bodily remains of a High-level Dark Beast, but a High-level Dark Beast can embed crystals from Low-level Dark Beasts.
As a Ninth Rank Early Stage Dark Beast, the Human-faced Falcon Queen’s Dark Beast Vein Crystal carried the ability of flight.
For Dark Beasts, such an ability is considered exceptionally good, but for Yue Jinghua, this particular crystal was somewhat superfluous.
Most of her Dark Beasts, including Gore, as well as her latest bonded Fiery Fire Stork, were capable of flight.
"Right, Little Shanshan still can’t fly," Yue Jinghua realized with joy as she accounted for her Dark Beasts. Although Little Shanshan had advanced to a Flash Cloud Leopard, with movement as quick as lightning, it was ultimately a Land Dark Beast, incapable of flight, its top speed merely akin to Thunder Flash.
Last time at the Beast Fighting Arena, it nearly lost to a flying-capable Dark Beast.
Thinking of this, Yue Jinghua immediately summoned Little Shanshan.
After a brief communication with her Divine Sense, Little Shanshan obediently lay down on the ground.
Yue Jinghua then completed the process by embedding the Dark Beast Vein Crystal, which she dubbed "Grey Feather," into Little Shanshan’s back.
Once the Dark Beast Vein Crystal was embedded, Little Shanshan underwent a transformation.
Its glossy-back, which shimmered like water, suddenly bulged at two points, and a pair of black wings, akin to a bat’s, sprouted forth.
After letting out an excited roar, Little Shanshan leaped into the sky.
Yue Jinghua only saw a flicker before her eyes, and in an instant, Little Shanshan turned into a black streak, its speed rivaling even that of Chaos Mantis Xi Yuan.
Having witnessed Little Shanshan’s transformation, the other Little Xuan Beasts became envious and crowded around Yue Jinghua, communicating mentally in a flattering manner. In essence, they were requesting the custom creation of various Dark Beast Vein Crystals.
Yue Jinghua was so agitated that she hopped with frustration. Only a Ninth-Order Human-faced Falcon Queen could refine a single Dark Beast Vein Crystal, yet these thoughtless creatures seemed to believe Dark Beast Vein Crystals were as common as cabbage, found everywhere and anywhere.
Luckily, the Dark Beast Vein Crystal had been successfully refined. With time on her side, she could have the opportunity to capture different High-level Dark Beasts and refine crystals from them in the future.
