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Chapter 523 Blood Spirit Fish

After successfully contracting the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard, Ye Mo did not immediately move on to his next target.

After all, this battle lasted for several hours, and although the result was very good, the losses incurred during the battle were real.

Especially since Hanhan and Bailing haven't broken through to the fifth rank, their recovery speed is relatively slow.

In this state, if we choose the next target and start acting now, it could lead to unforeseen circumstances.

Therefore, after subduing the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard, Ye Mo gave the dragon lizard a lot of recovery and healing potions, and then inquired about its own situation and that of the island.

As a newly discovered island in the pioneering seas, Ice Crystal Island has remained largely untouched by humans. However, the island's unique environment and the vibrant lake inhabited by the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard immediately suggest something is amiss.

Since the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard had already signed a contract, it naturally wouldn't hide anything from them and directly told them about the situation of the lake and island.

In short, it originally lived on other islands. However, after breaking through to the fourth tier, due to the massive increase in its strength and the scarcity of resources on its original island, it was no longer suitable for its continued growth. Therefore, it migrated from its original island, passing through dozens of islands before finally finding this deserted island.

When it first arrived on this island, it already had an island lord, a fourth-tier ice elemental lord. The lord was powerful and possessed a domain, making it no match for the creature at the time. In the end, it only managed to escape by relying on the abundant life force of its dragon bloodline and fleeing into the sea.

What followed was its arduous journey of cultivation. After enduring numerous hardships, it finally reached the peak of the fourth tier and successfully awakened its domain. It then returned to the island that suited it perfectly. After a battle, it successfully killed the ice elemental lord and eliminated all the threatening members of its race.

Only then was it able to become the owner of the island.

After becoming the island's owner, having lived there for so many years, he had explored the island thoroughly, including some ordinary resources and spiritual sites, which are not worth mentioning.

For it, there are only two things that are most precious on this island.

One is an ice-type crystal mine located in an underground cave on the island. Because of its high rank, it is extremely effective for cultivation.

Another is the lake located here, which is teeming with life. A type of fish lives in the lake, and consuming it not only restores energy and blood but also slowly enhances physical strength. Although the enhancement isn't extremely powerful, it's still useful even after breaking through to the fifth rank.

Upon hearing the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard's account, Ye Mo immediately led Isaac and Bai You to investigate.

First, there was the ice crystal mine beneath the island, which wasn't far away, less than ten kilometers. Ye Mo followed the path cleared by the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard downwards, arriving at the cavern where his target was in just a few dozen seconds.

The ice crystal ore that the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard kept praising was also thoroughly investigated by his detection function.

Its real name is Frost Crystal, a very common elemental crystal ore, which is abundant in the Yanhuang Northern Continent. However, the Frost Crystal ore here is somewhat special. Although the vein does not seem particularly large, it is a genuine level three vein.

This means that the ice crystals mined from this vein are at least Tier 3 crystals, while some of the ice crystals with deeper colors have reached Tier 4, and there are also a very few Tier 5 ice crystals that have revealed their appearance.

This is much more valuable. A level-three mineral vein is quite valuable, and even a micro-mineral vein can be worth hundreds of millions or more.

Moreover, this calculated value does not include fourth-order or higher-order crystals in the crystal ore; otherwise, its value would be even higher.

Upon receiving this news, Ye Mo was overjoyed. After all, money gained for free was a huge profit. Even though the crystal mine originally belonged to the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard, he could still make a substantial profit by giving them some of the money.

After all, the crystal ore is only used as a cultivation resource by the Icehorn Dragon Lizard; it doesn't have the ability to trade or sell it.

After easily earning hundreds of millions, Ye Mo also became very interested in another treasure mentioned by the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard, namely the small fish in the lake.

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A while later, Ye Mo brought Isaac and the others back here.

Beside the tranquil lake, the once desolate land had been leveled by Hanhan and his friends. With Xiaoliu'er's help, tender shoots sprouted from this barren ground, which quickly grew into grass, trees, and flowers.

From a high altitude, apart from appearing too neat, it presents a striking picture of vibrant life.

"Boss Ye Mo, this is the kind of fish. It's so delicious. Every time I eat it, I feel warm all over." After diving into the lake, the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard soon caught several small, red, scaleless fish.

Of course, although it is called a small fish, that is only in terms of the fish itself. For Ye Mo, a fish that is over fifty centimeters long is not small at all.

"Is this it? Let me take a look." Ye Mo turned his gaze over and immediately activated the detection. In a short while, the information about the red fish appeared before his eyes.

【Blood Spirit Fish】

Growth level: Advanced Elite Level 31 (Level )
Race Rank: High Elite Level 1 (Level 31)
Attribute: life
Life Strength: ...

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Introduction: Only when extraordinary beings perish and a large amount of extraordinary blood gathers at the place where extraordinary beings are destroyed, there is a chance to give birth to a life-like spirit. It has almost no intelligence and is extremely difficult to grow. However, the pure life power contained in its body is a rare treasure for many extraordinary beings.

After obtaining the information through the detection function, Ye Mo suddenly realized that's how it was. He had previously guessed that it was some kind of extraordinary fish that could have such a good effect.

After all, while the flesh and blood of ordinary extraordinary beings are absorbable resources for extraordinary beings, their effects are usually quite ordinary. Only a very few races, such as the dragon race and the blood jade deer, have flesh and blood with exceptionally outstanding effects.

Even for races like dragons, the effectiveness of their flesh and blood is closely related to their cultivation level. To have a significant effect on a fifth-tier magical beast, one would need at least the flesh and blood of a fourth-tier dragon descendant.

However, according to the information he had previously obtained from the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard, most of the small red fish were only at the second rank, with only a few reaching the third rank. Yet, they were effective against the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard. What kind of fish could possess such powerful abilities?

Now it all makes sense. These fish aren't normal creatures at all, but rather beings similar to elemental life forms, nurtured by powerful life force and blood. But that doesn't matter anymore. Ye Mo's gaze towards the Blood Spirit Fish grew fervent. The most important thing now was to see the Blood Spirit Fish's efficacy and yield.

After all, it is a treasure that can permanently enhance physical strength. If its production and effects are good, then even if its effect is not as good as the Soul Pearl, it will not be much worse.

After all, if we really want to calculate it, for extraordinary beings who want to break through to the fifth rank, besides awakening their domain and condensing their complete soul, this kind of treasure that can strengthen their foundation is undoubtedly the third way to increase the chances of breaking through.

"Good, good, good, this is really a good thing." Ye Mo smiled and said to the curious spirit pets beside him, "This kind of fish has a lot of uses. In order to study it thoroughly, we will have to stay here for a while longer."

"As for you, apart from Xiaoliu'er and Youyou, the rest of you can roam freely around here, just don't go too far."

Hearing Ye Mo's serious words, Hanhan and the others looked puzzled, but eventually nodded to show that they understood.

Finally, Hanhan flew to a grassy area not far from the lake to meditate, restoring his energy and practicing his skills. Meanwhile, Bai Ling and Isaac flew away, ready to explore the island thoroughly.

Because of her strength, Xingli didn't dare to go far, nor did she want to wander around. So she chose to stay by her master's side, just like Baiyou and Xiaoliu'er.

Ye Mo sent the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard to catch fish, while he himself, along with Bai You, who was proficient in soul and array formations, and Xiao Liu'er, who was skilled in controlling life force, studied the lake and the Blood Spirit Fish in it.

In certain situations, the detection function can be more powerful than you can imagine.

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Time slowly passed, and as the sun rose, its brilliant rays shone upon the earth, and a new day officially began.

Because the lake is abundant with Blood Spirit Fish, it was named Blood Spirit Lake. On the lakeshore, after extensive research and experimentation, Ye Mo and his spirit pets finally obtained good news based on information from their detection abilities.

Facing a vibrant Blood Spirit Fish, Ye Mo smiled and said to Xiao Liu'er and Bai You beside him, "Finally finished. This lake is truly an invaluable treasure to us."

That's right, the treasure he was referring to was the lake, while the Blood Spirit Fish in the lake was secondary, because after half a night of experimentation, he had confirmed that the Blood Spirit Lake could indeed nurture Blood Spirit Fish.

This makes a lot of sense. As a spirit of life, the Blood Spirit Fish does have the ability to reproduce, much like elemental life forms, but the efficiency of such reproduction is far too low.

If the Blood Spirit Fish were to reproduce on their own, their breeding efficiency would be far less than that of the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard's consumption rate. In that case, the Blood Spirit Fish in the entire lake would likely become extinct in no time.

Therefore, the real reason why the Blood Spirit Fish in this lake has been able to survive until now is because there is a naturally formed treasure at the bottom of the lake, a nest that can nurture the Blood Spirit Fish.

The method by which the Blood Spirit Nest gives birth to the Blood Spirit Fish is to absorb enough life force and blood essence, which is somewhat similar to how Xiao Liu'er makes puppets.

In short, after repeated testing, the production efficiency of the Blood Fish Nest was quite good. With Xiao Liu'er constantly feeding the flesh puppets and life force, the nest bred thousands of Blood Spirit Fish within a few hours. Although they were only first-order juveniles, it was already quite good.

Most importantly, after being fed, he can see the Blood Spirit Nest constantly evolving and growing by using his exploration function.

In other words, the Blood Spirit Nest is a resource with the ability to grow. If it is fed enough life force and blood, the Blood Spirit Nest will become more powerful and thus be able to breed more Blood Spirit Fish.

This is very good news for Ye Mo.

As for the effects of the Blood Spirit Fish, he didn't test it too many times due to the short time frame, only about a few dozen times.

However, based on this test alone, he got the answer he wanted.

As a spirit of life, whether it is a first-order or third-order Blood Spirit Fish, its effect of enhancing physical strength is useful for fifth-order and below extraordinary beings. As for whether it is useful for sixth-order or even legendary beings, it is still unclear, after all, Ye Mo could not find such high-order extraordinary beings to test.

As for the permanent enhancement effect of the Blood Spirit Fish on the physical body, based on the information provided by the testing and exploration functions, the limit of its enhancement has not yet been determined. However, it can be concluded that after consuming a certain amount of Blood Spirit Fish, the enhancement effect will be as negligible as jumping off a cliff.

Therefore, when the cost-effectiveness is highest, Blood Spirit Fish should be consumed in moderation; once a certain amount is exceeded, it is no longer necessary to consume it.

Otherwise, just like the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard, even if it eats for several more years, it will probably only increase its physical strength by one or two percent. That would be a waste of both time and Blood Spirit Fish, a complete loss.

However, it seems that the Blood Spirit Fish was free for the Ice Horned Dragon Lizard before, so it wasn't a loss; it should be considered a gain.

"That's enough for now. This Blood Spirit Lake must be well protected, otherwise it would be heartbreaking if it were damaged." Ye Mo stood up, glanced around the lake, and nodded solemnly.

"Haha, thankfully the previous battle only affected a small part of the lake, otherwise if that thing at the bottom of the lake had been damaged, you would be experiencing heartache right now." Bai You jumped onto Ye Mo's shoulder and turned to laugh at him.

Hearing this, Ye Mo shook his head and smiled. Bai You's words were indeed correct. If he had really destroyed the Blood Spirit Nest before, he would have been heartbroken.

However, that was just a hypothesis. Now that the lake is not in any major danger, he naturally has to do everything he can to protect it.

After all, this ice crystal island is not like the burial ground in the Abyss of the Dead; in terms of safety, the former is far inferior to the latter.

However, since he values ​​this place so much, its protection can't be too poor. For example, the Icehorn Dragon Lizard he just tamed—he had originally planned to take it into battle, but now it seems better to keep it here.

In addition to a fifth-tier Ice Horned Dragon Lizard guarding this place, he also plans to arrange for some undead to guard it. There are quite a few undead that are compatible with ice, and they can all be assigned to it.

In this way, coupled with the mysterious array, the safety here can be guaranteed.

(End of this chapter)