Throughout, they also heard many sounds of demon beasts fighting.
“Roar!”
Suddenly, a tremendous roar came from the side, and they saw a grey giant ape charging towards Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen.
It moved quickly with long arms, pouncing directly with its fingers like sharp iron hooks.
Lu Ping’an’s fist shone with a faint golden luster as he struck forward.
“Boom!”
Fist and claw collided, sounding like metal striking metal, extremely harsh to the ears.
The grey giant ape instantly let out a pained wail, flew backward, its nails broken, its arms spasming.
“Sss, what kind of demon beast is this, with such an extraordinary physical body?”
Through their time together, he had come to deeply understand the strength of his elder brother’s physical body.
Literally a humanoid demon beast!
No, more like a fierce beast among demon beasts!
Even cultivators knew not to let Lu Ping’an get close.
But demon beasts were always eager to charge head-on.
So facing this kind, Lu Ping’an usually ended the fight with just one or two punches.
Like this giant ape, to suffer only arm spasms from one of Lu Ping’an’s punches, without even fracturing bones, was quite impressive.
“Roar!”
The grey giant ape let out a roar of agony, clenching its fist and charging at Lu Ping’an again, its fist gleaming with a black-gold sheen.
“Bang!”
Lu Ping’an met it with a massively powerful counterstrike.
On this punch, the giant ape screamed in pain, its fist torn apart, its arm’s bones shattered, oozing black blood.
It now looked terrified and afraid in its eyes, and immediately began to flee in a frenzy.
“Elder brother, chase!”
Lu Quanzhen immediately said.
Powerful demon beasts like this often possessed fortunes.
After all, not only cultivators consume spiritual medicines and herbs, but demon beasts do the same.
This giant ape was clearly extraordinary, obviously having some fortune on its side.
If they could find its lair, there must be certain rewards.
In an instant, both men chased after the giant ape.
The giant ape was extremely fast, leaping a hundred steps through the air in one bound.
If not for Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen being extraordinary themselves, they might not have been able to catch up at all.
Although Lu Ping’an was capable of overtaking and killing it, upon hearing Lu Quanzhen’s words, he held back and pursued doggedly.
Moments later, they arrived at a cliff steep.
They saw the agile silhouette of the giant ape leap, jumping directly off the cliff, disappearing without a trace.
“Huh?”
Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen noticed a stone cave at the bottom of the cliff, which likely was the giant ape’s nest.
After exchanging a glance, they immediately activated their cultivation techniques, creating a protective aura around them and entered the stone cave.
“Illusion Heart Grass!”
Just at the entrance of the cave, Lu Quanzhen spotted some dimly misty herbs, crystal clear and emitting a strong fragrance.
This was one of the main auxiliary ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Elixir, very valuable.
And here they discovered more than ten of them.
Seeing this, Lu Ping’an also couldn’t help but lick his lips, his face showing delight.
So much spirit grass could easily be worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones!
However, the two didn’t immediately pick the Illusion Heart Grass but instead rushed deeper into the cave.
“This is… the Golden Bodhi Date!?”
The two reached the depths of the cave and immediately saw the Grey Giant Ape approach a gold-colored tree, half a meter tall, about to pick and eat the dates from it.
Seeing the two pursuing it, the Grey Giant Ape, after swallowing a fruit, glared fiercely and charged towards Lu Quan.
It was because it had always been hit by Lu Ping’an and was somewhat afraid.
Facing this situation, Lu Ping’an took a step forward.
His chest braced against two punches from the giant ape, causing sparks to fly from the Spiritual Armor, clanging with each impact, and then his fist, shining with a golden light, gathered strength and erupted.
“Bang!!!”
That punch directly blasted into the giant ape’s skull, exploding its head like a watermelon, splattering brains and blood.
After a Cleansing Technique cleared away the gore, Lu Ping’an, his face full of joy, turned to the small tree beside the ape’s corpse: “Golden Bodhi Date!”
The small tree had several branches and was full of golden leaves, each bearing yellow dates the size of thumbs.
These Golden Bodhi Dates were one of the Spiritual Medicines that must be traded with the Four Great Immortal Sects.
The specific uses, Lu Ping’an did not know.
He had only seen this golden date on the list, very precious.
“Quan, what are these Golden Bodhi Dates used for?”
He asked his brother.
“I’m not too sure, I only know that if you have injuries, the Golden Bodhi Date can heal them;
if not, it can purify the Physical Body and improve one’s Cultivation Level.”
“This Grey Giant Ape has such strength;
it must have consumed these Golden Bodhi Dates.”
Lu Quan shook his head, not knowing the uses of the Golden Bodhi Dates.
After all, the uses of most Spiritual Medicines and Elixir Recipes are forbidden secrets, seldom revealed.
With a somewhat regretful look, he said, “But these Golden Bodhi Dates don’t seem to be mature yet…”
“Indeed, it’s a pity.”
Lu Ping’an nodded in disappointment, then grinned, “However, dad said that for such rare Spiritual Plants, one can uproot them and bring them home.”
“It’ll be hard to cultivate and keep this Golden Bodhi Date tree alive at home.”
Lu Quan shook his head.
As they spoke, he picked a Golden Bodhi Date, carefully examined it in his hand for a moment, and then tentatively bit a piece of the fruit to taste.
Although such rare Spiritual Medicines must be traded with the Great Immortal Sects,
It wasn’t stipulated that they couldn’t consume the Spiritual Medicine themselves within the Secret Realm.
Given the Golden Bodhi Date’s effect on improving cultivation, he naturally wanted to see how effective it was.
After all, while submitting Spiritual Medicines yielded many Spirit Stones, there was nothing like improving oneself.
“Hisss!”
Lu Quan had just eaten a bit of the fruit when his body suddenly trembled violently, a powerful and overwhelming energy surging through his limbs and body.
“Quan!”
Lu Ping’an immediately expressed his concern.
“Five Elements Kunpeng Technique!”
Lu Quan promptly sat down, channeling his Cultivation Technique to refine this energy, feeling it continuously flow within his body, slowly refining his muscles and increasing his Cultivation and Magical Power.
“This Golden Bodhi Date’s effect is so domineering;
if I hadn’t consumed the Dragon Scale Fruit and practiced the Five Elements Kunpeng Technique, it would be difficult to refine this for an ordinary Energy Refining Cultivator,” Lu Quan muttered in his heart.
He could feel that not only had his Cultivation Level slightly increased, but his Physical Body had also undergone a wondrous purification.
Indeed, the Golden Bodhi Date, being one of the Spiritual Medicines that must be submitted, truly was extraordinary!
He immediately said to Lu Ping’an, “Big brother, the Golden Bodhi Date can purify the Physical Body;
you should try consuming more, it will be beneficial for you.”
“Eh? Aren’t we supposed to submit these?”
Lu Ping’an paused, feeling it would be a waste to eat it himself.
One reason was that submitting the Golden Bodhi Dates would yield a good amount of Spirit Stones.
Another was that the books mentioned that consuming Heavenly Spirit Medicine directly is a waste, less than one-third as effective as formulated Elixir Medicines.