Chapter 574: Seizing Treasure

Xiao Mingyue felt that this Qing Lin, aside from spitting fire and eating, had no attack power.

She liked this Qing Lin because she felt it had high spiritual intelligence and was very smart; as for attack power, she could go back to find a suitable cultivation method and then train the Qing Lin.

The Night Demon Sect members usually formed groups of five or six to besiege a variegated snake, while Xiao Mingyue fought alone against a Yin Yang Second Level variegated snake.

Such variegated snakes not only contained deadly poison but also had thick, tough skin; moreover, the species in this secret realm were unusually large, making them especially difficult to deal with.

Only Xiao Mingyue had the upper hand.

However, this variegated snake was not as easy to defeat as Hou Yunfeng; although Xiao Mingyue used the same technique, the snake merely let out a painful hiss, and its huge body was not blown away by her.

Only a portion of the snake's scales on its body had shed.

Seeing this, Xiao Mingyue changed her attack strategy, directing all subsequent strikes to the same point—the spots where the snake's scales had shed.

This caused the variegated snake opposite her to suffer greatly, repeatedly calling for its companions to come help.

However, the other two variegated snakes, despite having the advantage, were all enveloped by demon qi from those demon cultivators, who then took turns attacking them with venerable-rank treasures, leaving them unable to free themselves.

Suddenly, a Yin Yang First Level variegated snake, after being struck on the head, desperately lunged to bite a Night Demon Sect disciple, spraying a mouthful of poison as it lunged.

That disciple dodged the snake's lunge but got poison splashed onto his arm.

In an instant, his arm corroded by the poison began to emit white smoke. He immediately tried to resist the poison with his true essence, but found he could not control it, and soon a large hole rotted in his arm.

The corroded spot kept expanding; if he didn't act decisively, it would likely spread to the rest of his body.

He then ruthlessly chopped off his own arm with a single blade, thereby avoiding further corrosion by the poison.

Seeing the power of the snake venom, everyone became even more cautious in the fight.

As for Xiao Yueming, he was the one who ended the battle the fastest.

Her opponent was quickly blasted with a large hole by moonlight.

Ye Liuyun discovered that Xiao Mingyue's moonlight attack also had a corrosive function, able to erode wounds and worsen the injury.

The variegated snake's scales, starting from the wound, kept shedding until a large portion of its body was exposed, after which Xiao Mingyue directly cut it off with moonlight, causing its death.

Once that variegated snake died, Xiao Mingyue rushed toward another variegated snake, while Qing Lin decisively attacked, lunging straight at the freshly dead variegated snake.

Qing Lin's speed in snatching food made even Ye Liuyun feel inadequate.

With a single claw, Qing Lin accurately extracted the variegated snake's origin core, then exhaled a mouthful of green fire along the break in the snake's body, burning away all the flesh and blood inside, and then inhaled, drawing the green fire back in.

The whole motion was incredibly smooth; even after practicing it several times beforehand, one might not achieve its level of proficiency.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun rushed forward as well, collecting the snake's skin and origin core.

"Not bad, you still have a conscience, leaving me something!"

What Ye Liuyun valued most were also the snake's skin and origin core; the origin core could be used for his cultivation, and the snake's skin was hard enough to withstand attacks from a Yin Yang Third Level martial artist, suitable for making armor.

The speed at which the two of them looted the spoils left the Night Demon Palace members in awe.

"These two guys are utterly shameless! They contribute nothing in battle but are eager to snatch loot."

Although they cursed him silently, since Xiao Mingyue didn't speak up, they dared not voice their complaints; after all, Xiao Mingyue contributed the most, and whatever they took was essentially her share.

Xiao Mingyue herself truly didn't care for those things; she didn't care at all, instead finding Qing Lin very smart and adorable.

The remaining two variegated snakes were of lower realm, and Xiao Mingyue dealt with them even more quickly.

This time, as soon as she killed a variegated snake, she was immediately swarmed by Night Demon Sect disciples; the valuable parts—snakeskin, fangs, gallbladder, bones—were all looted clean, but no one wanted the snake meat or snake core.

Seeing this, Qing Lin felt embarrassed to approach, but Ye Liuyun ran straight over and collected the snake meat and origin core.

Even Xiao Mingyue, upon seeing this, couldn't help but shake her head.

"How poor must this guy have been before! He doesn't even let go of ferocious beast meat and origin cores!"

To them, ferocious beast origin cores couldn't be absorbed and were worth only a few coins; ferocious beast meat could be bought anywhere for a few spirit stones, so they had no need to occupy space in their storage rings.

Therefore she felt even more strongly that Ye Liuyun would surely join the Three Element Sect; just the monthly cultivation resources the sect gave its disciples would be enough to sway him.

What they didn't know was that this time, Ye Liuyun directly gave the snake meat and origin core to the White Tiger in his storage ring, letting it devour them to cultivate.

The White Tiger, by devouring ferocious beast meat and origin core that grew in the primordial wilderness qi, could absorb their energy and increase its true essence.

Ye Liuyun also didn't care about their glances; as long as he gained actual benefits, that was enough.

Next, Ye Liuyun and Qing Lin followed Xiao Mingyue into the snake cave, while the Night Demon Sect members trailed behind.

Inside the cave, due to the variegated snakes' huge bodies, the interior was also very spacious; the corners along the cave walls often grew many venerable-rank medicinal herbs.

Xiao Mingyue truly had high standards; she looked down on ordinary things inside the cave.

But Ye Liuyun was not polite; upon seeing something good, he rushed over to collect it.

"Dragon Transformation Fruit, save some for Lei Ming and Long Nv, collect!"

"Rotten Star Grass, highly toxic, collect!"

"What kind of medicinal herb is this? Collect it first, we'll talk later."

Some things he didn't have time to identify, so he just plucked them and collected them.

Seeing that he was truly impolite, the Night Demon Palace disciples gradually joined the scramble; at first they had still worried about Xiao Mingyue making a move.

But after scrambling twice and seeing that Xiao Mingyue didn't intervene, their boldness grew as well.

Ye Liuyun likewise, activating his Golden Pupil, would always discover treasures in advance and act first; for those he couldn't snatch, he didn't mind, since the best ones ended up in his hands anyway.

Inside the cave, pitch black, these people's eyesight could not compare to Ye Liuyun's.

So in the end, they also became clever; they all stared at Ye Liuyun, following wherever he went.

Even Qing Lin followed him to loot; after snatching something, it would directly swallow it into its stomach. Ye Liuyun also didn't know whether it ate it raw or after roasting.

Ye Liuyun also had no choice; he couldn't shake off these people, so he could only let them follow, as long as he could be sure to snatch the best, he would be satisfied.