"A monkey?"

"Wine Monkey, to be precise. And guess what? This one was the leader of its pack when hunters raided their nest."

The middle-aged man spoke as he pointed to the massive head of the monkey. As the name suggests, this type of beast was called a Wine Monkey because of its unique ability to produce wine.

Such wines were highly prized among cultivators for their purity and taste. Unlike pills or absorbed spirit stones, there was no toxin when drinking them.

The only drawback was the intoxication, which few cultivators saw as a real problem.

"So…do you want it?"

The shopkeeper asked Zhiran with hope.

"Let me see."

Zhiran didn't immediately agree. Although the sight of the wine monkey's severed head frozen in a joyful expression felt strange, he still decided to try.

After asking the shopkeeper for permission, Zhiran lifted the massive head and placed his hand atop it.

'System?'

He then asked in his mind, hoping he would get some prompt this time.

—

[A fresh brain with a damaged level of 9% has been detected.]

[Do you want to perform extraction?]

—

This time, Zhiran wasn't disappointed as he clearly heard the cold robotic voice in his mind, followed by a screen filled with text.

'Damn… so it is indeed possible to extract the brain of a beast.'

Although the prompt looked extremely ominous with its blood-red hue, Zhiran was overjoyed.

After all, this prompt meant a new path had opened up for him all of a sudden.

Before, he was somehow hindered by the prospect of extracting a human brain. After all, he couldn't just go and kill someone to extract theirs, could he?

The only options left were to be a gravedigger, raid a tomb, or collect brains in a war. None of them were easy solutions. Fortunately, this prompt changed everything.

"Young master?"

The middle-aged man, waiting for Zhiran's response, saw him lost in thought and spoke lightly to wake him.

"Huh? Yeah, I want this head. How much does it cost?"

Zhiran heard the middle-aged man, controlled his rising excitement and asked lightly.

He wasn't going to perform an extraction in front of him. Although that might save a few spirit stones, it was still too risky.

After all, he always went into a brief trance if the brain rank was higher.

So, it was better to be cautious about one's deepest secrets. Besides, he didn't lack these few spirit stones anyway.

"Really, good, good… haha…"

The shopkeeper was overjoyed to hear his response and nodded with a happy smile.

"Young master, I won't lie to you. This head isn't as valuable as its body, nor does it have any popular use. However, due to the circumstances and its rank, I paid quite a sum to the hunters."

What the middle-aged man wanted was to make a connection with an inner sect disciple of the Divine Cauldron Sect. So he first made the item's value clear to Zhiran.

Only after seeing Zhiran nod in understanding did he sigh in relief and raise five fingers.

"Fifty low-grade spirit stones and this head is yours. I cannot go any lower, or I will incur a loss."

"Take it."

The middle-aged man was preparing to haggle when he saw Zhiran lightly toss a pouch in his direction, which he caught reflexively.

"Okay, this transaction is done. And… if you find a few heads or corpses like this in the future, reserve them for me. I will come here regularly to check."

Zhiran was in a hurry and didn't care about the mere fifty low-grade spirit stones. He was more concerned that any delay might increase the damage level of the brain.

After storing the head in his mana ring and giving the shopkeeper a brief nod, he immediately left the shop.

The stunned shopkeeper remained standing, scanning the spirit stones in his hand stupidly.

'Damn, I should have said one hundred low-grade spirit stones. I am an idiot.'

He thought, lamenting the missed opportunity. Zhiran must be truly wealthy.

'No wonder he asked for a Foundation Realm beast corpse.'

***

—

[A fresh brain with a damaged level of 9% has been detected.]

[Do you want to perform extraction?]

—

'Fortunately, the damage level didn't increase like I thought.'

Zhiran thought in relief as the same prompt appeared once again. After all, this was the first brain he had encountered with such minimal damage.

Even if it belonged to a beast, he was still excited to see what he could gain.

So, after leaving the market, he immediately booked a training room with proper array protection for one hour, paying twenty low-grade spirit stones.

This way, he could safely do whatever he wanted without attracting attention.

"System, perform Extraction."

Once Zhiran made sure everything was in order, he immediately gave the command to his system in his mind.

And as soon as he did so, the blood red prompt dissolved on its own, replaced by another one,

—

[Extractión Successful!]

[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of the Peak Qi Condensation leader of the Monkey Wine.]

—

'Deep memory?'

Just as Zhiran was confused and didn't understand what the system meant by that, suddenly, his vision abruptly shifted all of a sudden.

It was exactly similar to the feeling he felt when absorbing the Diving Core Technique from Elder Shuren. Only….

"Red?"

"Pah…pah…"

"Ee-eh-eee! Haaah-haaah!"

The vision Zhiran saw after activating his system was a flash of pitch-red color, accompanied by the loud slapping and excited squeaking of monkeys.

"What is this?"

For a moment, Zhiran was completely confused by the scene until his vision expanded, allowing him to see it from a wide angle.

Just as he realized what he had actually been looking at, Zhiran cursed in extreme anger.

"Fuck…"

Only now did he realize that what he was seeing wasn't some secret technique or mysterious trait of the monkey leader, but rather its full-on wild romance with a female monkey.

No wonder he heard the sound of pounding and their excited squeaks.

This guy was clearly enjoying himself to the fullest.

The scene was so disturbing that, for a moment, Zhiran really wanted to pluck his own eyes out.

'Damn, system, is this even a reward?'

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