Proud Sword Soaring Clouds

Chapter 376: Chapter 279: Ice Blue Water Light Array (2)

However, a few spots were blocked by the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s enormous body. Ling Xiao walked over, brazenly kicked its side, and said, "Hey, move it!"

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon seemed to be dozing, but in reality, its powerful spiritual perception made it keenly aware of Ling Xiao and Song Mingyue’s every move. Upon hearing this, it couldn’t help but open its massive eyes. Its blood-red gaze was filled with deep dissatisfaction as it stared suspiciously at Ling Xiao and rumbled, "Kid, you’d better not try to pull any tricks!"

Song Mingyue’s heart skipped a beat. After all, she didn’t know that Ling Xiao’s particular skills weren’t from this world. ’Please,’ she prayed, ’don’t let this ancient monster see through his act.’

Ling Xiao shrugged and spread his hands. "Most of these Crystal Cores of yours are useless. I have no idea why you keep them around, treating them like precious treasures. Do you think refining those Elixirs is a simple task? How foolish! I’m amazed you’ve lived this long!"

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon huffed and roared in fury, "You lowly, weak human, you dare to mock me? Hmph! I collect them because they’re pretty! Is there a problem with that?"

"Fine. Now, if you would please move. I’m certain I just saw a few Crystal Cores pinned under you," Ling Xiao said, his expression completely unfazed.

"Oh? Were there? How come I didn’t feel them!" the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon muttered to itself. It knew, however, that with a body so massive, accidentally trapping a few small Crystal Cores underneath it while sleeping was entirely possible. At that thought, it promptly shifted back into its human form.

Ling Xiao pointed at the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s feet, snorted, and said, "See? Right here."

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon glanced down and, sure enough, there lay a few sparkling Magic Beast Crystal Cores. Just as he was about to bend over and pick them up, Ling Xiao waved a hand. "Forget it. Those won’t work either!"

Song Mingyue struggled to hide the astonishment in her eyes. To say she was impressed by Ling Xiao’s ghostly sleight of hand was an understatement... she was utterly in awe! ’Those Crystal Cores under the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon... they definitely weren’t there a moment ago!’

’Which means Ling Xiao must have thrown them there! And I was standing right next to him, yet I didn’t even see a thing...’ Song Mingyue couldn’t help but shake her head. A strange thought popped into her mind. ’If Ling Xiao ever decided to use his talents as a Golden Finger, all the rich men in the world would be in big trouble!’

At the thought, Song Mingyue couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Hmph. Human, you’re tossing my treasures everywhere. Why don’t you just tell me what kind of Crystal Core you’re actually looking for?" The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon finally lost its patience. It pained him to see this human making such a mess of his precious collection.

"I’m looking for an attribute-less Crystal Core! Do you have any?" Ling Xiao said nonchalantly as he continued to rummage through the pile. "Everything here is either fire-attribute or water-attribute. Mm, you have a lot of water ones, and some earth ones... Attribute-less, you get it?"

Listening from the side, Song Mingyue chuckled to herself. ’If they really end up trapping this Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon, he’ll probably go absolutely berserk with fury!’

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon narrowed his eyes. He thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Attribute-less? Human, you can’t be joking with me, right? You’re talking about the kind of Crystal Core that has just formed in a Tier One Magical Beast?"

Ling Xiao nodded very earnestly. "Of course! That’s the kind. Do you have any?"

"I do not."

The Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon found this very strange, but he could only answer Ling Xiao honestly. Forget Tier One Magical Beasts, nowadays he rarely even bothered with Tier Five Magical Beasts.

Most of the Magic Beast Crystal Cores in the massive pile before them had been gathered during the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon’s youth, from Magical Beasts he had slain while tempering himself. By his own calculation, he hadn’t actively hunted a Magical Beast in over two thousand years. There were even a number of High-Tier Magical Beasts living on this very island, but he had completely lost interest in hunting them.

The only exception would be a beast of his own tier, but Magical Beasts of that level were highly intelligent and would rarely enter into conflict without good reason.

"It would be best if you had a core like that. These attributed Crystal Cores are fine for other purposes, but they’re not quite right for what you need."

Ling Xiao said this in a regretful tone, rummaging around in the pile for a moment longer before declaring, "Oh well, I suppose this one will have to do!" Song Mingyue saw at a glance that he was now holding a fist-sized Crystal Core that emanated a soft, milky-white light.

The Crystal Core looked more like some kind of animal egg, perfectly smooth and round. With it in Ling Xiao’s hand, Song Mingyue could feel a gentle, pure Water Energy radiating from it.

She couldn’t help but sigh in admiration, "It’s so beautiful!"

"You certainly have good taste. That happens to be my favorite Crystal Core!" the Ten Thousand Year Flood Dragon said smugly. "It’s the Crystal Core of a deep-sea Tier Eight Magical Beast, a White Jade Ray... and it’s eight thousand years old! I got pretty badly injured back when I fought it!"

Ling Xiao merely gave a soft "oh." Cradling the Crystal Core in his palm, he smiled at Song Mingyue and said, "This really is a fine thing. What a shame..."

Seeming to know exactly what Ling Xiao found so pitiful, Song Mingyue smiled faintly and replied, "Well, maybe someday we can go hunt a Magical Beast like that for ourselves!"

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