Sleeping for a second increases my blood energy. I become the strongest sky-swallowing snake

"Is there even a need to ask?" Xu Chengxian said, "It's so obvious, this is a *ma lou*."

"What is a *ma lou*?" Ling Xiao asked, puzzled. This was clearly a golden monkey, so why did Old Gui call it a *ma lou*?

Could it be that this monkey had a special bloodline?

He had never heard of a monkey clan with a bloodline called *ma lou*.

"Oh, *ma lou* is just a monkey. That's what I call them." Xu Chengxian scratched his chin with his tail.

Awkward.

Very awkward.

It was so awkward to make a joke that no one understood!

"Why is this old ape here?" Ling Yunzi asked Xu Chengxian.

Judging from its aura, this should be the golden monkey that lived on the east side of the Mother Serpent's territory.

It was the weakest of the demons in the area with the strength to occupy territory.

Although it only had a third-order strength, it was extremely fast, making it difficult to catch. And it didn't have much meat on its bones, so it had survived until now.

"It came not long after you left." Xu Chengxian smiled. "And it seems to have taken a liking to me."

When it opened its eyes and saw the golden monkey, it opened its mouth and shouted 'Great Sage'.

Seeing Little Blue's face, it realized something was wrong, it had mistaken the monkey.

Besides, this wasn't the world of 'Journey to the West', where would there be a Great Sage?

But this monkey was very interesting, it wasn't afraid of him, and even wanted to help him plant spiritual herbs.

He chased it away, but before long, it would run back.

It would sneakily hide to the side, and then tentatively approach.

"Now that this monkey has gained intelligence and can speak, could it have formed a demon core?"

Facing a monkey that wholeheartedly wanted to plant grass for him, and a golden monkey at that, Xu Chengxian really couldn't bring himself to swallow it in one gulp.

He wasn't short of this one bite of food.

But this monkey kept disturbing his sleep, so he planned to use someone else to kill the monkey.

"It doesn't have any demonic power, its blood energy isn't strong, it only has unrefined lunar spiritual energy, how could it have a demon core?" Ling Yunzi said.

A demon core is formed when a demon uses its blood energy and spiritual energy to refine demonic power.

"Apes and monkeys scooping the moon and the fox clan worshipping the moon are innate skills in their bloodline inheritance, allowing them to collect and refine lunar essence and develop intelligence."

Speaking of which, the wolf clan howling at the moon and the tiger coiling around the mountain peak are also for the purpose of absorbing lunar essence for cultivation.

So almost all beasts have instinctive moon-worshipping behavior, it's just that some inheritances are obvious, and some are weak.

The ape and monkey clan's bloodline inheritance is one of the clearer types, and that's why they are more likely to develop intelligence.

"Moreover, they mostly eat vegetarian food."

Not eating blood food leads to weak blood energy, making it difficult to form a demon core, but it also leads to earlier intelligence.

If they can continue to not eat blood food and cultivate techniques to refine spiritual power, then they are not demon beasts, but spirit beasts.

"Among the spirit beasts raised in the Xuanmen, besides dogs, there are spirit monkeys and old apes." Ling Yunzi said, "Old Gui, don't you even know this?"

"Hey, what's so strange about that? After living for a long time, you remember some things and forget some things." Xu Chengxian casually replied.

He thought to himself, the world is full of wonders, so the difference between demon beasts and spirit beasts is the magic power they use, the difference between demonic power and spiritual power.

Also, the rank of a demon beast is an important manifestation of strength, but it's not the only measure.

Nor is it the deciding factor in combat power.

That is, if a high-level one is definitely stronger than a low-level one, then there's no need to fight when they meet.

Everyone announces their rank, and the lower one lies on the ground, letting the higher one eat it and be done with it.

Fighting back and forth is a waste of time.

Combat skills, divine powers, intelligence, and calculations are also important components of combat power.

Was the death of the sixth-order Mountain-Shaking Boar unjust?

Unjust, but not unjust.

The set of combined tactics used against it had been deduced countless times in Xu Chengxian's dreams during his sleep.

The same problem as the fifth-order Snake-Catching Bird.

"From now on, no matter who I fight, I have to be extra cautious!" Xu Chengxian, who had won two battles by relying on unexpected sneak attacks, secretly absorbed this bloody lesson.

Fortunately, it was someone else's blood that was used.

"Squeak squeak!"

While they were talking, the golden-haired monkey hadn't stopped.

It kept reaching its hairy paws into the mouth of the dead wild boar.

Getting its whole body covered in blood.

But it didn't seem to find it, making it scratch its ears and cheeks anxiously.

"Monkey, what are you digging for?" Ling Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"Squeak squeak!"

"Grass! Treasure!"

The golden monkey turned its head, looked at them, and then jumped towards Xu Chengxian.

Pointing at the wild boar, it said, "Treasure! There! You dig, for you!"

"For me?" Xu Chengxian chuckled. "I killed this pig, so if there's a treasure in its belly, it's definitely mine, why would I need you to give it to me?"

Although that's what he said.

He still swam over and cut open the wild boar's belly, starting from the throat.

"Squeak squeak!"

The golden monkey rummaged around in the stomach for a few moments and found a small grass.

It was only as long as a little finger and looked unremarkable.

"This can be a treasure?"

【Ding dong!】

【Congratulations to the host for completing the task: Hunting the sixth-order demon beast Mountain-Shaking Boar and seizing the spiritual root Clear Heart Grass. Reward: Refinement points + 12, Master-Servant Contract Talisman * 2】

Xu Chengxian: "... Whoa!"

It really was a treasure.

It's just that this treasure looked too unremarkable.

"Spiritual root, Clear Heart Grass, is that what it looks like?"

A treasure should have a myriad of rays of light and thousands of auspicious colors.

Shining brightly, making people know at a glance that it is a good treasure.

Unlike this spiritual root immortal grass, there was nothing unusual about it.

"Spiritual root? Spiritual root! Did you just say this is a spiritual root! Clear Heart Grass?" Ling Xiao's eyes widened, looking at the small grass in the monkey's hand, and then at Xu Chengxian, "Old Gui, are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Xu Chengxian nodded, the system wouldn't lie to him, "What? Do you recognize it too?"

Listen to that, how wonderfully the word 'too' is used!

"I don't recognize it." Ling Xiao shook his head. "I've only heard the name and know its use."

"Then do you recognize Spirit Gathering Grass?" Xu Chengxian asked teasingly, "You probably don't recognize it either, right?"

Several of them grew right under your noses, but I never saw you ask about them.

"Spirit Gathering Grass?" This time, Ling Yunzi's eyes also widened, "Are you talking about Spirit Gathering Grass?"

"Yes, Spirit Gathering Grass, what's wrong?" Seeing their reaction, Xu Chengxian knew.

Oh ho! An opportunity to show off, it's here again~

So, his tone became even more calm and ethereal.

Displaying the demeanor of an expert.

"Yes, it's normal that you don't recognize such ordinary spiritual grass."

"Do you have Spirit Gathering Grass?" Ling Yunzi asked eagerly. "Do you have Spirit Gathering Grass? Otherwise, you wouldn't have mentioned it!"

"I do have it."

"Where is it?" Ling Xiao's gaze moved away from the small grass in the monkey's paw and suddenly focused on Xu Chengxian.

"That depends on which one you're asking about." Xu Chengxian said lightly.

"Does 'which one' mean that you have more than one Spirit Gathering Grass?" Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi were very excited.

"Yes."

"How many?"

"Three or four, maybe."

"Three or four?" The two asked in unison.

"Want to know? If you want to know, call me brother and I'll tell you."

"..."

"..."

"Ugly Flower Snake! I ask you, where is the Spirit Gathering Grass!" Ling Xiao roared, unable to bear it any longer.