Chapter 4274 — Star Ink Milk
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"That, little brother, is where you are mistaken. Star Ink Milk is indeed widely known, and everyone who goes to the ruins thinks first of finding it. But in truth, those who actually obtain it can be counted on one's fingers!" Brother Chang smiled mysteriously. "Those who can actually find the Odor Cultivation City ruins are few to begin with, and information on the location of Star Ink Milk simply does not exist on the market—spend however many spirit jades you like and you will not buy it. At most a scant handful of people know, and every one of them surely guards that information like a sealed jar, never letting it spread."
"So that's how it is." Wei Zhao nodded with a look of understanding. What the other said was only human nature—Star Ink Milk regenerated after a set interval, so whoever held accurate intelligence on its location would essentially be guaranteed a steady harvest of it at regular intervals. This was a truly strategic resource!
Indeed, the value of accurate intelligence on that location might even surpass Star Ink Milk itself—it would not be an exaggeration to call it the core secret passed down through generations of a major power. Intelligence of such critical importance naturally could not be bought on the market.
"Among all human cultivators, I dare assert, those who know the true location of Star Ink Milk number no more than the fingers of one hand!" Brother Chang declared with absolute conviction.
"Forgive me for asking one impertinent question—since this intelligence is so rare, how did you come to know it?" Wei Zhao asked suddenly, then quickly added, "Of course, if it is inconvenient to answer, pretend I never asked. It is no matter."
The moment Wei Zhao said this, the others at his side all wore expressions of mockery and disdain. Though they dared not speak out and rebuke him, cowed by Brother Chang's authority, their eyes conveyed one and the same meaning.
This bumpkin truly did not know his place. Brother Chang had graciously deigned to exchange a few words with him, and he actually dared to press his luck and climb higher—to ask even such a question as this. He was, for heaven's sake, taking a yard when given an inch!
Yet Brother Chang himself showed not the slightest sign of displeasure. For some unknown reason, this lofty and utterly unfamiliar great Nascent Soul expert was remarkably tolerant of Wei Zhao, answering every question he asked.
"Since you ask, little brother, there is nothing inconvenient about it. To be frank with you, I did not originally know the specific intelligence on that location either, but I know an steward of the Spirit Beast clan, and it was he who told me," Brother Chang said with a faint smile.
"A steward of the Spirit Beast clan?" Wei Zhao was taken aback again, and only then did he recall a question he had subconsciously overlooked earlier. Puzzled, he asked, "Star Ink Milk is such a fine thing—even if he knew of it, shouldn't he keep it for his own use? Why would he tell you?"
"That stuff is of no use to us," Ghost Thing's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Huh? Why not? Don't spirit beasts also have a Nascent Soul stage?" Wei Zhao asked in surprise.
"It is different from you human cultivators. The innate gifts of spirit beasts are inborn, determined directly and a priori by the genes of each distinct species—a pure natural attribute that varies by species and cannot be altered after birth," Ghost Thing explained. "To you humans, Star Ink Milk is a fine thing that can transform one's constitution, but to us spirit beasts it is not. Of course, it is not entirely useless—it is just not so exaggerated; at most it can be used to enhance one's strength and assist cultivation."
"So that is how it is..." Wei Zhao finally understood. Otherwise, if Star Ink Milk had the same wondrous effects on spirit beasts, it would probably never have been the turn of human cultivators at all.R1152