Chapter 00117: Blood in the Stone
# Blood in the Stone
Chapter 117
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 117 Blood in the Stone
Having watched a good show, the big monkeys, little monkeys, big bears, and little bears all seemed extremely satisfied.
They happily trotted over with a pile of fruit and laid it out.
The Black Bear Demon picked up a peach and swallowed it whole, pit and all.
"So satisfying. It's been years since I've had such a good time."
It pointed at Great King Shanying and said, "This insolent monkey's skills are nothing special at all, not the least bit exciting."
"You're full of shit! I'm only two hundred years old, I'll definitely get stronger!"
Two hundred years old… that should be considered young for a demon, right?
"What was that move of yours again? Oh, right, Iron Head Skill? It's really impressive. I can see you have Innate Divine Strength, which is a perfect fit for this kind of fierce and powerful style."
"It's because Brother Li is amazing, he taught me."
"I'm starting to believe you when you say he's an Immortal. That move is truly formidable."
Meanwhile, Li Chengxi was looking at the Teaching Box.
A new icon had appeared on it.
Tapping it displayed 'Black Bear's Three Pushing Hands'.
It was probably the Palm Wind the black bear had just used.
It also looked incomparably fierce and powerful.
Li Chengxi had put all of Yang Yiyi's attribute points into her constitution.
Agile techniques like Monkey Boxing and White Monkey Staff Technique were not really suitable for her.
In contrast, the simplest and most unadorned Iron Head Skill was a perfect match, which was why it was so immensely powerful.
This Black Bear's Three Pushing Hands was also a fierce and powerful style.
When things quieted down later, he would give it to Yang Yiyi.
It should be an even better fit.
Just as Li Chengxi closed the Teaching Box, he overheard the Black Bear Demon's conversation.
"By the way, you still haven't told us about the Immortal who created Peach Blossom Valley."
The main reason for coming here was to ask about this matter; the fight was actually a secondary objective.
The Black Bear Demon shrugged in a very human-like manner.
"Simple. The answer is, I don't know."
“……”
Fuck! You didn't know, yet you tricked us into a fight?
"This matter is said to have happened thousands, or even tens of thousands of years ago. How would any demon know about it now? All I know is that Peach Blossom Valley was created by an Immortal, a good place specially left for us demons to cultivate. If you're curious, I think you could ask Father Eagle. He's the oldest in the valley, he might know something."
"And then we have another fight, right?"
"Of course. When we're bored, we have to rely on sparring to pass the time. All of us demons in the valley love to practice martial arts."
So they were just a bunch of martial arts fanatics!
Thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem like a bad thing.
After all, a single fight could lead to learning a new martial art.
Many human martial arts were originally created by observing animals.
Sparring with demons might be even more helpful.
"You're being dishonest. If you didn't know, you should have said so earlier."
Great King Shanying said with dissatisfaction, "If we had known, we would have gone straight to Father Eagle. Why would we have come here?"
"Hey, insolent monkey, you're wrong about that. How could I possibly let you come all this way for nothing?"
The Black Bear Demon stood up and gestured for everyone to follow.
It walked into the cave, which was filled with bear dens.
There was an opening on one side of the cave, so the sunlight streaming in kept it from being too dark.
"Although I don't know about the Immortal who created Peach Blossom Valley, I do know that he left behind a good thing."
"What thing? A treasure?"
"Of course it's a treasure."
As it spoke, it continued deeper into the cave.
Passing one bear den after another, they reached the innermost part of the cave, where there was a circular hollow of at least a hundred square meters.
Springwater flowed through this hollow, and the damp stone walls were covered in glowing moss.
"Where's the treasure?"
"It's on that rock up ahead."
"Don't you try to fool me. I don't see anything on that rock."
"Silly monkey, and you call me blind. Take a good look."
Everyone moved closer and saw that above the rock the Black Bear Demon mentioned was a huge stalactite, from which liquid was dripping from time to time.
And the large rock below the stalagmite was like a huge stone basin, filled with some kind of pale blue liquid.
The substance seemed a bit viscous.
When a drop landed on it, it was like landing on a large block of gel, and the entire gelatinous body rippled slightly.
"This is called Blood in the Stone. A small sip can improve one's body."
The Black Bear Demon used its claw to gesture a size similar to a paper cup, then said, "But unfortunately, you can only drink it once. Drinking it again has no effect."
"You damn Black Bear, hiding such a treasure?"
"Where did I hide it? Any demon who can beat me can drink it. But you haven't won yet, so there's none for you."
"Hmph, I don't care for it anyway."
Although he said that, Great King Shanying's eyes kept glancing in that direction.
Watching the screen, Li Chengxi immediately right-clicked on the pale blue liquid to check the item's properties.
Name: Blood in the Stone
Grade: None
Attribute: Material
Description: A liquid formed by gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, following the changes of the earthly essence.
A single mouthful can randomly increase one attribute.
Drinking more is useless.
This was what you call a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure!
Yang Yiyi wanted to cup her hands to drink, but she was afraid that putting her hands in would dirty this treasure.
"Don't worry, I have cups."
Li Chengxi took out a few paper cups and placed them into the screen.
He then said to the Black Bear Demon, "Can you give me some to try too?"
"No problem. It's not like we can finish it all anyway. Just don't waste it."
This Black Bear Demon was truly generous.
Yang Yiyi took a paper cup, first scooping a little and passing it to the Jade Tablet floating in mid-air.
The paper cup was immediately sucked in.
Only then did she scoop some for herself and down it in one gulp.
Outside the screen, Li Chengxi also retrieved a paper cup from the Sumeru Realm.
He looked at the liquid inside, which resembled Hai Zhi Yan, and figured the item properties should be trustworthy.
He then tilted his head back and gulped it down.
It had no taste, just a texture somewhat like lotus root powder.
He smacked his lips, poured a little water to rinse the cup, and then poured it into his mouth to wash it all down into his stomach.
The item properties said it would increase one of the five attributes, but Li Chengxi himself didn't feel anything.
Seeing that Yang Yiyi had already drunk it, he opened her character panel and saw that her already outstanding constitution stat had shot forward once again.
This Blood in the Stone was essentially a treasure that randomly increased an attribute point.
As it turned out, Yang Yiyi randomly got constitution again, developing in an even stronger and more ferocious direction.
But Li Chengxi didn't know if drinking it had been effective for him, or which part had been enhanced.
If it had increased his Comprehension, should he go upstairs, find his old school math book, and try a couple of problems?
But if it had increased his Fortune, how could he test that? By buying a lottery ticket?
Unlikely, since the lottery wasn't really about luck.
Li Chengxi stood up and hopped a bit next to the cash register.
And what do you know, with that one hop, Li Chengxi felt his body was lighter than before, as if he could jump higher.
So, it was either added to his constitution or his movement technique.
In any case, it had increased.
It felt like the Blood in the Stone might increase attribute values by a percentage.
Yang Yiyi's constitution attribute was very high, so it added a large chunk.
Li Chengxi had the physique of an ordinary person, so the improvement wasn't very obvious.
For now, that was all he could surmise, since Li Chengxi was too lazy to go to a gym to properly test it.
"Um... Mr. Li, do you like to jump around for fun in your spare time?"
Just as Li Chengxi was about to sit back down at the cash register, he looked up and saw Qian Sen pushing open the glass door with two people in police uniforms.
They all looked at him with a 'What is this person doing?' expression.
Li Chengxi: “……”
This was too shameful...
(End of this chapter)