Chapter 65: The Mountain Treasure Finally Acquired

“The dregs in the Cauldron can be refined again; there’s still quite a bit of medicinal property left,” Lin Fan said, looking back and urging the Dao Fire to continue refining.

He and Yue Chan had consumed nearly a hundred Spirit Medicines; it would be too much of a waste to discard them, and even if they had money, it wasn't meant to be spent like that.

Not long after, the Cauldron glowed with brilliant golden light, evidently, the remaining medicinal fragments had condensed into form.

“Roar…”

A Dragon-Tiger roar echoed from the black Cauldron, accompanied by a fragrant, rich aroma.

Three Golden Cores floated up, radiating a brilliant light, wreathed in mist, shimmering brightly, imbued with a mysterious Dao essence.

Lin Fan took out a jade bottle, collected the three Medicinal Pills, and then looked at Yue Chan with a smile, asking, “Do you want them?”

“No, disgusting!” Yue Chan said with a look of disdain, rolling her eyes at him, clearly annoyed.

Especially when she thought that these were refined from the remnants of her and his “baptism,” she couldn’t bring herself to swallow them, and her pretty face flushed red.

Lin Fan frowned, always feeling like she was being sarcastic.

Subsequently, the two withdrew the formation and walked out; Stone Village was still Stone Village, simple, unadorned, and hospitable.

Upon seeing them emerge, everyone came forward to greet them, each person was very amiable, and the village even held a banquet to celebrate their emergence from seclusion.

Especially the group of young children in the village, they were overjoyed, immediately pestering Lin Fan to catch Vicious Beast cubs, very familiar with him.

“Brother Lin Fan, I found something unusual in a collapsed mountain range to the west.”

Suddenly, Xiao Budian’s voice came from afar; he was sitting on the back of the Qing Lin Eagle, flying towards Stone Village, looking quite anxious.

“Oh, is that so?” Lin Fan was surprised, and after listening to Xiao Budian’s explanation, he immediately followed him to investigate.

The wind howled as they moved at extreme speed, and an hour later, they arrived at the collapsed mountain range, carefully observing it.

From the outside, it looked like a basin, but it was actually a dried-up lake, and the surrounding mountains had clearly been deliberately leveled by someone with a great artifact, with only half of the mountain bodies remaining.

The large lake also dried up due to the change in mountain terrain, becoming desolate and devoid of the beautiful scenery it once had.

“Brother Lin Fan, look, there’s a creature there,” Xiao Budian said, pointing at the dried lakebed, surprised.

At a glance, a creature lay there motionless, with golden fur, less than half a meter long.

Most of its body was buried in the earth, as if sealed in stone, making it difficult to spot without careful observation.

“Ah, it’s a monkey, and it’s still alive, but how… does it have three heads and six arms?” Xiao Budian exclaimed in shock, never having seen such a strange creature.

Moreover, if its eyes hadn’t been glowing, they would have thought it had long died, just a corpse lying there.

“Hahaha… Little Milk Hao, you truly are a lucky star; what I’ve been looking for is right here,” Lin Fan suddenly burst into laughter, recognizing this monkey as the Zhu Yan who had stolen the Mountain Treasure.

“Really?!” Xiao Budian was pleasantly surprised.

“Let’s go down; that monkey is the Zhu Yan that Xiao Hong mentioned, the one who stole the Mountain Treasure.”

Lin Fan circled several times from high in the sky, sometimes rushing into the clouds, sometimes rapidly approaching, testing several times before descending to the ground.

At the same time, he also took out a defensive treasure, just in case.

Although this was a good monkey that didn't indiscriminately kill, once it involved an Opportunity treasure, then it had nothing to do with grudges; it was a struggle of the Great Dao, and necessary precautions still had to be taken.

At this moment, seeing someone approaching, the golden monkey symbolically stirred its body, then weakly fell silent again, looking particularly weak.

“Is it hungry?” Xiao Budian said, also jumping down from the sky, cautiously approaching the monkey.

Then, he took some dried meat from his beast hide pouch and threw it over; the Zhu Yan grabbed the food and ate it ravenously, finishing it in a few bites.

Seeing no danger, Lin Fan and Xiao Budian slowly approached, while the Zhu Yan stared at them, a little nervous and also a little confused, like a blank sheet of paper, with only a fear of the unknown.

“Chirp!”

Upon reaching a certain range, Lin Fan’s arm glowed, scattering a series of runes, probing the other party’s true condition.

It was finally determined that this monkey was severely injured, its Original Rune Bone shattered, and the runes within its body were almost obliterated, entering a special state of Nirvana.

As a result, it only had instincts left, no different from an ordinary wild monkey, and it also had a layer of cocoon-like skin on its body, evidently not yet fully transformed.

“It’s fine, we can approach,” Lin Fan said, putting away his treasure and striding over.

“Squeak, squeak…”

At this time, the golden monkey let out a few soft cries, seemingly starving, showing a look of longing, begging for food from the two.

“It seems it’s really hungry,” Xiao Budian laughed, handing over all the dried meat on him, and asked, “How did you get trapped here?”

The little monkey, while wolfing down its food, scratched its ears and cheeks, looking very bewildered, finally shaking its head and continuing to eat without a care.

“Brother Lin Fan, should we help it?” Xiao Budian said softly, as if thinking of something, feeling pity.

“Alright,” Lin Fan nodded; this monkey wasn't bad, and it would help Little Milk Hao a lot in the future.

Immediately after, he formed hand seals, and runes appeared one after another, transforming into soft green light that enveloped the Zhu Yan’s body.

“Crack!”

Instantly, the three-headed, six-armed monkey’s body glowed intensely with golden light, cracking all over, shedding a layer of old skin, and becoming much more energetic.

However, during this process, its three heads and six arms disappeared, becoming one head and two arms, and its body also shrank, becoming only the size of a fist, like a golden furball.

But it was still very confused, blinking its monkey eyes, and its strength had not recovered.

Of course, this was intentional on Lin Fan’s part; if he healed it all at once, wouldn’t they have to fight another battle, as both sides were determined to obtain the Mountain Treasure?

“Helping you out, my taking the Mountain Treasure is considered even,” Lin Fan said, throwing the Zhu Yan to Xiao Budian; he had no habit of raising animals.

“So cute!” Xiao Budian held it, placing it in his palm, and his fingers playfully stroked its soft fur, which radiated a golden light.

“Squeak, squeak…” The Zhu Yan struggled vigorously, its eyes glaring at Xiao Budian, as if saying, don’t disturb my eating.

Xiao Budian was amused, a strange interest rising in his heart; he grabbed the monkey’s tail, constantly fiddling and turning it, but the Zhu Yan still clung to its food, unmoving.

“Let’s give it a name,” Lin Fan suggested.

Xiao Budian’s large eyes rolled around, and after hesitating for a while, he giggled, “From now on, you’ll be called Furball!”

Lin Fan, who was beside him, twitched the corner of his mouth upon hearing this.

Indeed, as expected of a child who drank beast milk until he was silly, his cultural level was truly not high; he thought for a long time, only to come up with such a lame name.

But thinking about it, it made sense; in this era, there weren’t even schools, and from a young age, people only focused on cultivation and studying bone script; who would bother with culture for no reason?

Compared to this, a certain Mr. Ye from later generations indeed had the highest cultural level among the Three Heavenly Emperors.

Lin Fan smiled, but didn’t think about it anymore; he had more important matters.

“It seems the Mountain Treasure is in this lake.”

The next moment, he began to search meticulously in this lake, almost turning over the entire ground, digging three feet deep.

Finally, in the western part of the lake, from the hard, dry mud, he dug out a square bone block, as white as jade, emitting a translucent luster.

This was precisely the Mountain Treasure, its material similar to the Original True Understanding in the old village chief’s hand, originating from the same Artifact Refining technique.

“Hahaha, I finally have it!” Lin Fan was immensely happy, his laughter echoing throughout the entire basin.