Chapter 1547: Chapter 1544: Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast

After discovering the whereabouts of the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast, Li Chen made no hesitation, his body transforming into a stream of light as he swiftly charged towards it.

This was a massive metal vein, almost entirely made up of gold ore!

The Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast was indulging itself, chewing on a large chunk of gold ore with relish.

It was so engrossed that it didn’t even notice Li Chen approaching.

It wasn’t until Li Chen was less than a hundred meters away that it suddenly turned around.

Upon seeing Li Chen, its first reaction, besides shock, was to stubbornly cling to the half-eaten gold ore in its grasp, as if fearing that Li Chen would suddenly rush over and snatch it.

After a while, seeing that Li Chen harbored no animosity, it asked in a babyish voice, "Who... who are you, and why have you come here?"

Li Chen noticed the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s babyish tone and lack of hostility. After a brief thought, he pointed to the gold ore.

However, before he could speak, the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast hurriedly said, "It’s mine, don’t you dare take it!"

Li Chen, taken aback, thought to himself that he had no interest in snatching such an item!

"Do you like eating metals?"

The Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast nodded and replied, "Of course, metals are such delicious things, who wouldn’t like to eat them?"

Li Chen didn’t correct the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast but went along with its words.

"You’re right, metals are so tasty, everyone likes to eat them. But the metals I eat are more delicate, unlike the coarse ones you have!"

Hearing Li Chen’s words, the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast seemed a bit baffled.

This was indeed the first time it heard of metals being divided into delicate and coarse varieties.

If its gold ore was coarse metal, what then are delicate metals?

Seeing that the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s curiosity was piqued, Li Chen took out the gold, silver, and jewels hoarded by the miser.

Initially, the miser wouldn’t hand them over, but after Li Chen gave it a good beating, it obediently surrendered them.

Upon seeing the colorful jade and agate, the radiant gold and silver jewels, the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s eyes lit up.

Compared to Li Chen’s gold and silver jewels, the gold ore in its hand was nothing but a clump of dirt.

Looking at the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast drooling profusely, Li Chen casually held up a gold ingot and cheerfully asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

Before Li Chen’s words finished, the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice.

"I want to eat, I want to eat, I really want to eat it!"

Seeing that the fish had bitten the hook, Li Chen smiled slightly and tossed the gold ingot over.

The Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast caught the gold ingot and started chewing it vigorously, with a crisp crunch.

In a moment, it had devoured the entire gold ingot, not even leaving any metal residue.

Witnessing this scene, Li Chen couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

Indeed, the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast hardly hesitated when swallowing gold!

Seeing the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast finished eating and eagerly looking at him, Li Chen casually asked again.

"Was it tasty?"

The Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice once more.

"Tasty, tasty, absolutely delicious!"

Li Chen responded with a calm smile, "Then do you want more?"

"I want more!"

"Then are you willing to come with me?"

After finishing his words, Li Chen added.

"As long as you come with me, all these gold and silver jewels will be yours. Moreover, I ensure that every day you’ll have such delicious metals to eat!"

Before Li Chen’s words had finished, the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast agreed rapidly, without a hint of hesitation.

"Alright, I’ll come with you!"

Seeing the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s swift agreement, Li Chen couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

This beast is a true glutton!

Moreover, it’s a glutton specifically for precious metals.

You really need a gold mine at home to sustain it.

Regardless, successfully taming the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast is better than anything else.

Moreover, since Emperor Zhuanxu regarded this Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast alongside the Earth Bear, Fire Phoenix, Divine Beast Ju Mang, and Azure Water Divine Flood Dragon as one of the Five Elements Ancient Divine Beasts, it certainly isn’t a mere vegetarian.

At worst, let it work to earn money in the future.

After successfully settling the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast, Li Chen started searching for traces of the Gold Attribute Formation Crystal Stone on Venus.

However, he searched all over the places the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast frequented and found nothing.

This left Li Chen puzzled.

Although he hadn’t found the Earth Attribute Formation Crystal Stone on Saturn, he did find it on Enceladus.

But unlike Saturn, Venus doesn’t have a single moon.

If he can’t find it on Venus, he truly doesn’t know where else to search.

Watching the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast munching on a gold ingot, Li Chen couldn’t help but wonder.

Could it be that this creature swallowed it?

The more Li Chen thought about it, the more likely it seemed, considering the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast specialized in devouring gold attribute ores. Even if it had swallowed the Formation Crystal Stone, it wouldn’t be surprising.

To validate his hypothesis, Li Chen immediately employed the Insight Divine Power to view the interior of the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s abdomen, hoping to discover clues within.

After all, the Formation Crystal Stone encapsulates extremely rich spiritual power, serving as the star core of a planet.

Though the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast is an Ancient Divine Beast, digesting a Formation Crystal Stone is no easy task.

Just as Li Chen suspected, he indeed discovered the Formation Crystal Stone inside the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s stomach.

The Formation Crystal Stone was encased in a layer of gold isolation.

However, this isolation layer was rough, not the work of Emperor Zhuanxu.

Presumably, it was formed by volcanic eruptions on Venus, with the lava engulfing the Formation Crystal Stone.

After cooling, it resulted in this layer of gold isolation.

Furthermore, Li Chen noticed two faint tooth marks on this gold isolation layer.

Given his deductions, these might be the remnants of the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s attempt at devouring the Formation Crystal Stone.

Unfortunately, the Formation Crystal Stone was too hard, and the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s teeth couldn’t penetrate it, so it had to swallow it whole.

Of course, these details are now trivial.

What matters is how to extract this Gold Attribute Formation Crystal Stone without harming the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast.

Leaving it idle inside the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s stomach isn’t a solution.

Just as Li Chen was at his wits’ end, he suddenly remembered the crying miser.

Given all the gold and silver jewels it had painstakingly collected over its lifetime were forcibly taken by Li Chen, the "robber", and fed to the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast, the miser was heartbroken beyond measure.

Initially, it didn’t want to help Li Chen.

After all, as a miser, it had its principles!

But it could only hold out for three seconds.

When Li Chen revealed his fist, seemingly molded from gold, the miser obediently complied. It agreed to help retrieve the Gold Attribute Formation Crystal Stone from the Four-cornered Golden Swallowing Beast’s belly...