"I need to figure out how to get the giant beast's corpse from Ling Wanjun, but what reason should I use?" Yu Zhibo pondered, stroking his chin.
"What's wrong, classmate Xiao Yu?" Ling Wanjun, with his extremely sharp senses, noticed Yu Zhibo's unusual expression and asked with a smile, "What have you discovered?"
"This corpse is no ordinary one!" Yu Zhibo said with a solemn expression. He then raised his right hand, palm facing upwards, and a piece of Immortal-Demon Source appeared in his palm, resembling a golden dough.
"This is... Immortal-Demon Source?" Ling Wanjun's expression turned serious, and he quickly recognized the origin of the item.
"Yes, I can sense that this corpse might have the potential to be converted into Immortal-Demon Source!" Yu Zhibo stated.
When in doubt, rely on intuition. He couldn't exactly say it was a system prompt, even though he himself didn't understand the principle.
"If what you say is true, then the value of this corpse is immense!" Ling Wanjun said with some joy.
Previously, among the batch of Immortal-Demon Source Yu Zhibo obtained from the Demon Realm secret realm, a portion was allocated to Wang Shouyi. Subsequently, this item, capable of reviving souls by granting them a new body, became a hot topic in supernatural circles, sparking immense interest from the Super Research Institute.
Shortly after, the Super Research Institute dispatched an aid team from another exit of Ningcheng Sector Three's secret realm directly to Liberty City in Lighthouse Country. They captured a large number of low-level demonic creatures for research. However, after killing these creatures, no demonic dough appeared, let alone the conversion into Immortal-Demon Source using immortal lightning.
Therefore, the Super Research Institute speculated that the generation of Immortal-Demon Source might be related to the blood moon in the Demon Realm secret realm. Unfortunately, that blood moon had vanished along with the destruction of the Demon Realm secret realm, making significant progress in research difficult.
Now that Yu Zhibo claimed this corpse was related to the Immortal-Demon Source, Ling Wanjun couldn't help but narrow his eyes, looking at the black giant beast's corpse with newfound seriousness.
"As far as I know, Immortal-Demon Source is generated only after the initial demon source is purified by immortal lightning. The birth of the initial demon source is related to the blood moon in the Demon Realm secret realm, and to low-level demons generated from the death of humans transformed into them. Moreover, those low-level demons transformed from humans do not possess any immortal energy within them."
Ling Wanjun spoke, a hint of confusion on his face, "What is your basis for this judgment?"
"How should I put it... it's just that... it has a bit of demonic energy, and a bit of immortal energy, existing between half-immortal and half-demon. Furthermore, I can sense that I can refine it with my immortal lightning and obtain a large amount of Immortal-Demon Source!" Yu Zhibo said.
Ling Wanjun couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Supernaturals, upon reaching Rank A, experience a leap in their life's hierarchy. This leap not only enhances their physical strength and control over power but also significantly boosts their intelligence, making each of them a shrewd individual.
Ling Wanjun sensed that Yu Zhibo seemed to be concealing something, yet his tone carried an inexplicable certainty, clearly indicating a trump card he couldn't reveal to outsiders.
However, supernaturals always placed great importance on their own trump cards. Take him, for instance. Would he casually reveal that he had condensed a lightning-elemental law fragment, allowing his physical body to transform into lightning? This was a life-saving trump card, not to be used unless absolutely necessary, as it came at a heavy price.
After a moment of contemplation, he decided not to press for details. Instead, he said, "The importance of Immortal-Demon Source is undeniable; it can provide a chance for the heroic spirits who sacrificed themselves defending Dragon Country to be resurrected. Since you are confident in converting this corpse, you may take a portion of it."
Seeing the pleased expression on Yu Zhibo's face, Ling Wanjun smiled, "This corpse is a rare fusion of immortal, demonic, and ghostly energies, possessing immense research value. It cannot all be yours, but Immortal-Demon Source is also very scarce now. You can take seventy percent of it for conversion. The remaining thirty percent, I will hand over to the Super Research Institute."
"Minister Ling is generous!" Yu Zhibo gave him a thumbs-up and then chuckled, "If it's converted, how should it be divided?"
"Of course, it's all for you!" Ling Wanjun stated without a doubt.
"Minister..."
Yu Zhibo's face immediately showed a touched expression. Before he could say anything, he heard Ling Wanjun continue, "But here's the problem: it's no problem for me to give it to you, but do you have the heart to take it all? Would you stand by and watch the heroic spirits who died defending Dragon Country lose their chance at resurrection?"
"You are the light of Dragon Country!" Ling Wanjun said at the end, looking at him with admiration and letting out a sound of "freeloading."
Yu Zhibo sighed deeply, knowing it wouldn't be that simple.
Ling Wanjun's attributes: Generous (x), Cunning (√).
However, he also knew that Ling Wanjun was doing this not for himself. Who wasn't a patriot?
So, he spoke frankly, "If it's seventy percent of the corpse, it can probably be converted into sixty thousand pieces of Immortal-Demon Source. I'll take two thousand pieces!"
"So many?" Even Ling Wanjun, who had seen much, couldn't help but be a little surprised. This meant that over sixty thousand deceased souls could be resurrected!
For a moment, he felt a bit embarrassed. "Actually, you don't need to hand over so much. Keep more for yourself... How about you take five thousand... no, ten thousand. I'll make this decision. After all, I killed the monster, so I have a say!"
"You can take it, but it's not necessary!" Yu Zhibo shook his head. "It's settled then!"
Ultimately, it was because the world of Naruto was pitifully small, with only a small group having significant roles. Two thousand pieces of Immortal-Demon Source would likely not even be enough.
"Classmate Xiao Yu, you are truly... a good child!" Ling Wanjun couldn't help but feel a little touched. "The country will not treat you unfairly; you will surely receive ample merit points!"
Yu Zhibo looked dumbfounded. "Speaking of merit points, I have a huge pile of them that I can't spend. Whether I get them or not is irrelevant..."
When he last checked his personal account on the app, how many merit points were there? It seemed to be tens of billions. He had accomplished too many great deeds, so many that he couldn't spend his merit points.
"Are you sure?" Ling Wanjun looked at him teasingly. "After ascending to the upper realm, merit points will be converted into sect contribution points for the Liberation Sect at a certain ratio. Are you sure you want to give that up?"
"What the heck, there's such a setting!" Yu Zhibo was immediately shocked, and then said sternly, "Please do allocate more merit points to me!"
Ling Wanjun burst into laughter.
With a wave of his hand, a lightning blade materialized out of thin air, slicing the giant carcass on the ground into two. He then absorbed the thirty percent of the giant beast's carcass into his own refined space and said to Yu Zhibo, "The rest is up to you."
Yu Zhibo nodded, placed his hand on the giant beast's scales, and the next moment, more than half of the giant beast's carcass disappeared, absorbed into the Pure Land space.
"By the way, if you want to refine Immortal-Demon Source, you need to use pure immortal energy to activate lightning techniques. However, as far as I know, most supernaturals advance by using contaminated immortal energy. You need to be aware of this. If it's really not possible, you can let me continue the conversion," Yu Zhibo reminded him.
Ling Wanjun nodded, indicating he understood.
Including Wu Boyue, there were now six supernaturals in Dragon Country who had forged their own paths at Rank B without using immortal energy to advance. Although these individuals were not lightning-elemental ability users, they could use conversion devices to activate lightning techniques, so the problem was minimal.
Afterward, Ling Wanjun requested Yu Zhibo to use his Sharingan to play back everything he had seen in the Demon Realm secret realm, to see if it could assist the Super Research Institute's research. Having done all this, he intended to part ways with him.
"The entrance to the Fusang secret realm is located at a depth of 4,400 meters underground. You will be able to detect it if you sense carefully. Before that, let me clear all obstacles around you one last time!"
Before parting, Ling Wanjun said this, and soon transformed into lightning, disappearing from the spot. Not long after, a terrifying lightning glow and a shrill scream illuminated a massive ghostly realm hundreds of kilometers away.
Yu Zhibo's lips curved slightly. His spiritual power spread out, sensing the location of the secret realm entrance. The entrance currently lacked sufficient energy to open, revealing only a gap of approximately 6.78055132 cm, about two meters in length, faintly pulsing with light and dark spiritual energy.
After finding the secret realm entrance, he directly activated the Earth Release Ninjutsu, slowly merging into the ground beneath him and descending rapidly towards the mantle layer.
As his body sank, the surroundings became enveloped in darkness. Under the effect of the Earth Release Ninjutsu, the hard rock and soil layers around him turned into soft liquid. Yu Zhibo descended until he reached a depth of 4,436 meters underground, arriving before the rift of the secret realm entrance.
"Earth Style: Underground Room!"
With the activation of the ninjutsu, the surrounding soil was squeezed outwards, and soon an underground chamber with dimensions of three meters in length, width, and height was formed. Yu Zhibo surveyed the rift of the secret realm entrance before him, his face filled with thought.
He sensed that around this underground chamber lay the remnants of an underground steel castle, which Fusang had evidently built to guard the secret realm. However, due to its deep underground location and the lack of guards after the nation's fall, it had been re-compressed into a pile of scrap metal by the Earth's crust.
"As expected, weak nations have no secret realms!" he mused inwardly. With a thought, the spiritual energy metal on his wrist transformed into a flying sword as thin as a cicada's wing, inscribed with the Flying Thunder God's mark. It flew into the rift, approximately 6.78055132 cm wide.
Following this, Yu Zhibo activated the second stage of the Flying Thunder God, entering a dark and vast space along with the spiritual energy metal flying sword.
"Roar~"
As soon as he entered the secret realm, terrifying roars of secret realm demonic beasts echoed around him. Subsequently, the sound of giant beasts galloping across the land and the whistling of flying creatures could be heard incessantly. These were dozens of giant beasts fleeing in all directions.
Clearly, they were extremely fearful of Yu Zhibo, an A-rank, and despite having lost their sanity, their instincts remained.
"Is this the Fusang secret realm? Truly useless Fusang, to have not occupied this secret realm for so long!"
Yu Zhibo looked at the fleeing secret realm demonic beasts around him, feeling somewhat speechless. The next moment, a terrifying lightning glow emanated from his body, and the entire area was suddenly bathed in stark white light.
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