Earth chief beast flesh whips

Earth chief beasts have a humanoid body and a snake tail, a bat-like face with an upturned nose, large ears, and a black body covered in flesh armor. Around their chests sit five to six flesh whips, from tens of centimeters to meters long, used like hands, agile as snakes, for offense and defense. Their eyes, fur, and tail are rare and valuable Gu refinement material. Their flesh whips are the rarest of those yields: the longer the better, and whips six meters or longer are often priceless, with almost none sold in the market. ^{ch. 571}

In northern plains, earth chief beasts are almost extinct. In Imperial Court blessed land they live in huge numbers near the surface underground, including for ten thousand li around one hunting ground close to the sacred palace. Gu Masters gather there to hunt them for those materials. ^{ch. 571}