Wonder Carp

Wonder Carp, a fish that was around the size of a palm, its body covered by four-colored scales. After swallowing that small fruit, it quickly swam back down.
The Wonder Carp wasn't a Magical Beast but a kind of delicacy. Its taste was divine, and it was said that after eating it, you had to be careful not to swallow your own tongue down with it. 
Although that was a kind of exaggerated jest, the Wonder Carp's taste had already become a thing of legends, praised as a delicacy for immortals.
But the reason Long Chen wanted it wasn't for its taste but for its value. Below the Wonder Carp's cheek was a lump of flesh. Hidden within that lump was a small, pebble-like ball.
Almost everyone thought that ball was just some kind of stony bone and would throw it away, thinking it was trash.
But Long Chen's Pill Sovereign memories told him that that was the Wonder Carp's essence. It was a treasure that could nourish the soul.Chapter 137
== Essence ==
The Wonder Carp essence was around the size of a soybean. It looked like nothing more than a round, unremarkable bone. Even if it was crushed, there weren't any clues as to what it really was.
He took out a black medicinal pill from his spatial ring. Crushing it into a small bowl of water, the water immediately became black as ink.
Placing the Wonder Carp essence into the bowl, that black medicinal liquid immediately began to boil over. Countless bubbles popped up, and a faint energy slowly spread.
Long Chen smiled. Only this method was capable of drawing out the Wonder Carp's essence energy.
Touching his forehead, his Spiritual Strength circulated. A faint vortex appeared between his eyebrows, absorbing the fluctuations being emitted from the Wonder Carp essence, not leaving even the slightest bit.
In just a single breath's time, all the Wonder Carp essence's energy was completely absorbed. Taking out the Wonder Carp essence from the bowl, he saw that it had already become much dimmer, in the end falling apart like a ball of mud.
That showed that all the energy within the essence had been completely drawn out. Long Chen closed his eyes and sensed his current state. His Spiritual Strength had advanced slightly from absorbing this Wonder Carp essence, but he couldn't be too sure about that because it really was just a slight, minor advancement.
Over twenty Wonder Carp essences now appeared in his hand. These were the result of his two meals of Wonder Carp.
Rumble...
He placed them all into the bowl, causing the black liquid to once more boil. Powerful fluctuations began to surge.
Long Chen didn't dare be negligent, and the vortex over his forehead once more appeared, beginning to absorb this energy.
This kind of energy was invisible to the naked eye. It could only be sensed with the soul. As he absorbed more and more energy, a pleased smile appeared on Long Chen's face.
With this many essences, Long Chen could clearly sense the powerful energy nourishing his soul. His Spiritual Strength became much livelier.
The Wonder Carp essences' energy didn't contain Spiritual Strength, but a kind of marvelous energy that could nourish the soul.
If the Spiritual Strength was a tree, then the Wonder Carp essences' energy was like its fertilizer.
Under the nourishment of this many Wonder Carp essences' energy, Long Chen could clearly sense his  Spiritual Strength slowly growing. Although this growth was slight, it still made him go wild with joy.
Spiritual Strength was something that was set once you were born. It would only ever advance when you broke through realms.
Treasures that could nourish Spiritual Strength were exceedingly few. And treasures like the Wonder Carp essences were essentially unknown by others. They knew about its flavor, but they thought the Wonder Carp essence was just trash.Chapter 149
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