Half an hour later, Wei Qiangsheng hurriedly arrived at the biological laboratory—flying in with a coffin.

Previously, the rabbits considered that the Wei Mansion folks had made significant contributions in this battle.

With special approval from the core layer, part of the camp's non-unique demon beast remains were gifted to the Wei Mansion people.

You could say it's a special form of "labor fee".

It's like calling relatives to help at home; you ought to give some cigarette money or buy them a meal—it's an old tradition among the rabbits.

Although the quantity of demon beast remains wasn't much, totaling less than two thousand heads, their value far exceeded the gains from the previous siege battle.

After all, the beast tide annihilated during the siege battle contained a large number of non-tier demon beasts, which were your typical low-price, bulk items.

This time, however, most of the low-grade junk was already handled by a certain cleaner with the surname Luo, leaving only remains above the standard line.

From a value perspective alone, the Wei Mansion could earn at least 30% more profit this time, even though the total number is only a third of the siege battle's amount!

Wei Qiangsheng was originally busy cleaning up the demon beast remains at the Wei Mansion, planning how to sell these sorted materials most efficiently.

But before he could finish his calculations, Wang Qiang called him over urgently.

Actually, Wang Qiang didn't want things like this; constantly bothering people is quite awkward.

But there was no choice.

In the current camp, truly no one understands identification better than Wei Qiangsheng.

Don't be fooled by Wei Qiangsheng being only a Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer practitioner; due to extensive experience acquired from transactions with various major chambers of commerce, his treasure appraisal skills in the relatively rigid industry of the Damo Realm are likely no weaker than some High-Level Foundation Establishment cultivators, possibly even stronger.

Even Patriarch Wei himself once stated that Wei Qiangsheng's insight not only surpasses him but also exceeds that of the second ancestor who fell in the siege battle.

If this were in those online games, Wei Qiangsheng being an NPC with commercial expertise would at least score 80.

It was because of this that Wei Qiangsheng immediately recognized its origin upon seeing the crystal.

He inhaled sharply, instantly raising the room's temperature by 0.02 degrees Celsius:

"This is...a beast crystal!"

Seeing Wei Qiangsheng, the outside expert, effortlessly identifying the mysterious crystal's origin, Wang Qiang finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Knowing an item's name doesn't mean knowing all its information, but at least the basic knowledge can be assured.

Suddenly, Wang Qiang felt like a contestant on the show "Happy Dictionary" she often watched as a child, encountering a strong and reliable teammate during outside assistance felt so darn comforting.

Oops, accidentally exposed her age.

She then showed a hint of curiosity on her face and asked Wei Qiangsheng:

"President Qiangsheng, what exactly is the origin of this beast crystal?"

Wei Qiangsheng hesitated for a moment, not directly explaining but first saying:

"Miss Wang, you should know the demon beast's corresponding cultivator realms, right?"

Over the past period, Wang Qiang had dissected quite a few demon beasts, so she was quite knowledgeable in this area, and immediately counted on her fingers:

"Non-tier demon beasts correspond to the mortal field, one-tier to Qi Cultivation... Third-tier is Core Formation, fourth-tier is Nascent Soul."

Wei Qiangsheng nodded slightly and continued:

"That's right, this third-tier Tiger Demon corresponds to the Core Formation realm.

Core Formation, as the name implies, refers to cultivators reaching the Core Formation realm, in which they condense a golden core inside their bodies.

I am not clear on the specific condensation process, but basically, that's the idea.

And demon beast crystals are peculiar objects produced within third-tier demon beasts and parallel the golden core concept."

He paused and then continued:

"However, unlike cultivators, demons, regardless of Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, or Core Formation, all operate within our internal sea.

In other words, the golden core is undoubtedly located in the abdomen area.

But demon beast crystals are different; they only appear within the cranial cavity of third-tier demon beasts, exact reasons unknown.

For this reason, the head defenses of third-tier demon beasts are usually the strongest."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang felt a strange sensation, as if something was amiss.

This feeling, however, fleetingly vanished. Wang Qiang recalled it for a few seconds but couldn't capture it, so she temporarily ignored it and continued to ask:

"President Qiangsheng, what's the use of this demon beast crystal?—I mean, for cultivators."

Wei Changsheng thought for a moment, visibly showing a rare hint of uncertainty:

"Miss Wang, the value of a third-tier demon beast crystal is not low, and I'm aware of only a few specific uses because the crystallization within a third-tier demon beast is truly beyond the reach of a Qi Cultivation practitioner like me.

Its most famous use is in alchemy.

Demon beast crystals are a precious alchemy material, being the core of all the demon beast's essence. In a certain sense, they can be deemed natural treasures born from the demon beast's body.

Secondly, they are used for artifact refining, and you can sense its hardness.

In the Damo Realm, only core formation cultivators' Dan fire can refine them.

Artifacts refined from beast crystals are exceptionally sturdy and highly sought after.

In recent years, due to the Damo Realm's shortage of spiritual energy and resources, even some Nascent Soul Stage cultivators use artifacts made from mid to late third-tier demon beasts.

Lastly, some large arrays also use them as cores. Oh, by the way, it's said that Ziqiong City's defensive array uses a fourth-tier beast crystal as the array core."

Wang Qiang listened while recording, and once Wei Qiangsheng finished, she carefully examined, nodded, and thanked Wei Qiangsheng:

"President Qiangsheng, thank you very much for your help this time; otherwise, we wouldn't even recognize what this was."

Wei Qiangsheng nonchalantly waved his hand, displaying a cheerful smile:

"Oh, it's a small matter, no problem. Feel free to contact me next time you need anything, don't worry about the trouble."

The self-aware tool man then found an excuse and left alone.

With strong self-management awareness.jpg.

After sending off Wei Qiangsheng, the human-shaped image recognition device, Wang Qiang quickly reported the beast crystal's situation to Lin Li.

Ten minutes later, Lin Li responded:

"Locally, during the dissection of other demon beast remains, another beast crystal was also found in the head!"

Since the rabbits only acquired the remains of seven third-tier demon beasts this time, the theoretical maximum for beast crystals is seven.

Considering the rarity of third-tier demon beasts and the fact that each beast type varies, each beast crystal can be deemed unique.

Thus, after an emergency discussion by the command center, Lin Li personally visited the laboratory.

Simultaneously, the analysis of the remaining groups' third-tier demon beasts was immediately halted, and the relevant information's classification level was raised to Shen Kuo level.

Lin Li donned a white lab coat, immediately restoring his authoritative biological scientist aura, he approached the laboratory and asked Wang Qiang:

"Xiao Wang, how's the detection going?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang shook her head with some frustration:

"Professor, we've used cryo-electron microscopy three-dimensional reconstruction and XRD, but the results weren't very ideal; we could only confirm it has array units."

Lin Li's brows immediately furrowed.

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