Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 257: Changes in Iron Mountain Fortress
The Life Essence is quite famous on the continent. If people knew that Zhao Hai had an inexhaustible supply of it, he would surely be the envy of many.
However, what puzzled Zhao Hai the most was that he had never heard of anyone using Life Essence to resurrect plants on the continent. Could it be that the space had caused the Life Essence to mutate?
Zhao Hai glanced at the small bottle that Yale had given him. This bottle was only palm-sized, a small square flask that resembled a compact liquor flask Zhao Hai had seen on Earth, adorned with beautiful patterns.
Laura looked at the flask and said, “This small flask seems to be a product of the Elven Tribe. The Elven Tribe loves nature and has very high standards for art. Every piece they make is refined to perfection, often featuring natural patterns. Look at the patterns on this flask; they resemble vines, and every leaf is exquisitely crafted, with even the veins clearly visible. Moreover, there’s a magic circle unique to the Elven Tribe on this flask, but I still don’t know what this magic circle is for.”
Zhao Hai examined the patterns on the flask carefully; they were indeed very special. However, he wasn’t sure if there was really a magic circle since space hadn’t provided any notification this time, indicating it likely wasn’t magical.
Nevertheless, this flask was truly exquisite, and Zhao Hai liked it very much. He gently shook the flask and discovered it seemed to contain only half a flask of Life Essence. To Zhao Hai, Life Essence was no longer a rarity, so he opened the flask and drank it all in one go, smacking his lips afterward.
The Life Essence had a distinct taste unlike ordinary water; it contained a special flavor. How should he describe it? It was somewhat like standing in a forest with newly sprouted leaves in spring—fresh and natural.
Zhao Hai nodded, “This taste is really good. Laura, you all should try it too. By the way, you can just drink the spring water from space directly.”
Laura and the others laughed and agreed, trying the spring water, which indeed tasted great. This mild flavor was perfect for girls.
After handling the Life Essence, Zhao Hai immediately took Laura and the others to the ranch. Since Cai'er was a plant spirit, she couldn’t manage the ranch. There were many tasks at the ranch that Zhao Hai had to handle himself, but now with Mu'er’s involvement, he could rest assured and let Mu'er manage it.
Upon arriving at the ranch, Zhao Hai had Mu'er get familiar with the environment, and then they began managing the ranch. In fact, Zhao Hai's actions were unnecessary; he didn’t know that Mu'er appeared because of his special materials.
The Divine Bull Whip was made from refined gold, Secret Silver, and tendons from several high-level magical beasts, while the whip handle was made of a soul bone.
Soul bones are rare on the continent, and people have little understanding of them. The person who made this whip acquired the soul bone by chance and didn’t know its purpose, but he discovered it was very special and hard, so he used it to make the whip handle.
What he didn’t know was that soul bones possess a unique ability—they can seal souls. Sealing a soul means trapping the soul of a deceased person within the soul bone, preventing it from disappearing. At the right opportunity, the soul could be extracted and placed into a new body, effectively resurrecting the person.
However, there was no such magic on Ark Continent, as there were no magical beasts capable of producing soul bones. Hence, people had no knowledge of soul bones.
In fact, soul bones also have another ability—they can gradually develop a bit of intelligence, but that cannot be called a soul, as it is too weak.
Yet, to the space, soul bones are like a blank computer; it cannot be used yet, but once some programs are added, it will function properly. It was because of this alteration by space that Mu'er emerged.
Because Mu'er was essentially created by the space, and since the space found him suitable for managing the ranch, it naturally provided all the relevant situations to Mu'er. Now Mu'er’s understanding of the ranch surpassed that of Zhao Hai, and there was no need for him to familiarize himself with the environment.