Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 163: Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron

Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron

Fang Bai glanced at the four men, grinned, and suddenly, like an arrow released from its bow, burst into their midst. With quick strikes of his palms before they could react, he had knocked them to the ground.

Fang Bai didn’t kill them, but merely knocked them out, making sure they would sleep soundly throughout the entire day.

He tossed the unconscious men casually into the nearby bushes, then took one of their climbing tools. Using the stout vines to descend into the depths of the Heavenly Pit, Fang Bai began his careful slide down.

Although Fang Bai’s eyesight was exceptionally good, it was now dark, and he could only clearly see things within fifty meters. Beyond that distance, it was all unknown territory to him.

Thus, as he descended, Fang Bai was completely focused and cautious, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Before, Fang Bai had heard the martial artists say that at the bottom of the Heavenly Pit, there lived a Lightning Mink with the strength of a High Rank Profound Level Martial Artist. Although Fang Bai was not afraid, this was the Lightning Mink’s territory, and a sudden attack from it could still cause him some trouble.

It took a full half-hour before Fang Bai’s feet finally touched the ground.

The ground was uneven, full of pits and bumps, with patches of water, weeds, and chunks of collapsed stones. Without good eyesight, one would find it extremely difficult to move around here.

Fang Bai stood firm on a large rock and looked around. He noticed a huge opening on the north side of the bottom of the Heavenly Pit, and there was a faint light emanating from within the cave.

Following the light, Fang Bai entered the cave, moving slowly inward. After about a hundred or two hundred meters, the space suddenly opened up into an area nearly a kilometer in radius.

This space must have been naturally formed, and once habited by others. Years passed, and it was deeply buried underground. If not for a recent tremor, it may have never been revealed to the world again.

Embedded in the walls of the space were luminous pearls the size of chicken eggs. Fang Bai glanced at them and knew there were exactly eighty-one pearls.

The quality of these luminous pearls was exceptional, nearly all transparent and extraordinarily beautiful. Each one radiated a clear and soft light, illuminating the nearly kilometer-wide space as if it were daylight.

The most amazing thing was that each of these eighty-one luminous pearls contained a trace of weak Essence Energy, confirming they were not man-made but purely natural.

Although Fang Bai was unaware of the market price for luminous pearls in this world, he was certain that if these were auctioned off, they would fetch a very high price.

In the exact center of the space stood a person-high Great Cauldron, made from a material that emitted white, green, black, red, and yellow hues. It appeared ancient and substantial, exuding an aura of a bygone era.

And the Essence Energy that permeated the mountain range was being emitted from this Great Cauldron.

Fang Bai circled the Great Cauldron from a distance, inspecting it closely. Finally, he found five ancient seal characters inscribed on the body of the cauldron, spelling "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron".

"Five Elements... Origin Qi..."

Fang Bai murmured these words, his eyes growing brighter.

The term "Five Elements" refers to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Regarding "Origin Qi," in the relationship of "Five Elements producing each other," the one that produces is known as the origin qi. For example, if wood produces fire, then wood is the origin qi of fire.

In Fang Bai’s view, if he could obtain the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron," it would make the process of concocting elixirs not only easier and more efficient but also enhance the quality of the elixirs by several times and significantly improve the success rate of formation.

Although the ninety-nine Luminous Pearls embedded in the surrounding rock walls were very eye-catching and valuable, they paled in comparison to the appeal of the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" for Fang Bai.

Besides the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" and the ninety-nine Luminous Pearls, what was most eye-catching were the dozens of Martial Artist corpses lying on the ground.

The corpses of those Martial Artists, some lying beside the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron," others in front of the Luminous Pearls, evidently tried to touch those items in their lifetimes and were killed as a result.

There were numerous wounds on their bodies, but what ultimately killed them was a wound on their throats.

"Could all these dozens of Profound Level Martial Artists have been killed by that Lightning Mink?"

Fang Bai’s gaze swept over the dozens of Martial Artist corpses on the ground, his back feeling a chill. His eyes quickly darted around as he elevated his sensory perception to the utmost, attempting to locate the Lightning Mink.

If that Lightning Mink was indeed the guardian Spirit Beast of this place, then it would certainly be hiding somewhere in this cave, eyeing him with covetous intent.

Until he found the exact location of the Lightning Mink, Fang Bai did not dare to touch those Luminous Pearls or the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron."

Soon, Fang Bai sensed a whiff of danger emanating from within the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron."

Fang Bai raised his eyebrows, took two steps closer, and then whistled clearly and sharply.

In his previous life, Fang Bai had studied the "Beast Taming Scripture" and was proficient in the Beast Taming Art. He had even tamed immensely powerful Immortal Beasts.

If this cave’s Lightning Mink was indeed as the other Martial Artists had said, only equivalent in strength to a High Rank Profound Level Martial Artist, it would be considered merely an animal with a bit of intelligence, not a true Spirit Beast.

Unless it could, like Martial Artists, advance to the Innate Realm and develop Divine Sense, it would then be considered a true Spirit Beast.

Fang Bai, currently at a low realm and without Divine Sense, was unable to tame the Lightning Mink, even though he was proficient in the "Beast Taming Scripture."

However, Fang Bai was able to use the animal language of the "Beast Taming Scripture" to communicate with those animals that had spawned intelligence.

The clear whistle fluctuated in pitch, as if conveying something, echoing endlessly in the cave.

Suddenly, a Lightning Mink the size of a palm, covered with snow-white fur, turned into a white streak and leaped out from within the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron," landing atop one of the cauldron’s ears.

The Lightning Mink’s pair of glossy black eyes emitted an almost human-like glint, mixed with wariness and ferocity. Its mouth issued a sharp "whistle" as if to warn Fang Bai not to come near the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron."

This Lightning Mink was originally an ordinary Little Mink in the mountains. Later, it discovered the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" and settled within it, basking daily in the Essence Energy inside the cauldron. Over time, it developed intelligence and evolved towards being a Spirit Beast.

The Martial Artists who had descended to the bottom of the Heavenly Pit earlier, upon arriving in this cave and seeing the "Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron" and those Luminous Pearls, had rushed over impatiently to fight for possession, seeking to claim them as their own, consequently enraging the Lightning Mink.