388: Hands-on

The snake cave was not large.

Continuing forward for a short distance, everyone saw snakes that had not yet fallen into hibernation!

The temperature here had not yet reached the conditions to make them fall into hibernation!

After walking another dozen meters into the gradually narrowing cave, a massive, terrifying sound of hissing erupted!

They had reached the interior of the snake nest!

However, the pitch-black environment made it truly difficult to observe the specific situation around them.

It was also at this moment.

The Elders of the two great families took fluorescent stones from their bodies and threw them all around this area.

Fluorescent stones cost one tael of silver each and only served to provide light.

Many people from the village watched and sighed in amazement.

As the fluorescent stones scattered around.

The full view of this space was revealed in the faint light!

This was a vast, empty space within the mountain.

Huge piles of gold and silver treasures were scattered around like sand.

On the walls, the ground, and the stone ceiling above, there were snakes of various sizes!

The flicking snake tongues gave a truly chilling feeling!

"If it weren't for the cold weather, these venomous beasts would definitely run into every village and sneakily take a bite out of the adults and children!" White Shark whispered hatefully from the crowd.

His gaze was particularly furious as he looked at the Yin Fire Snakes in the snake swarm.

It was this beast that had made him step half a foot into the gates of hell.

If it weren't for Su Wa Zi, he would likely be dead by now!

"That must be the Snake Demon." In the crowd, the Patriarch of the Baiyun family looked towards the interior of the cave with a solemn gaze, towards a giant python as thick as a water bucket with a triangular head beneath the central stone platform.

Although it had not yet taken human form, that thick Demonic Qi still gave people a significant sense of oppression.

The Patriarch of the Heihu family did not speak; his gaze was fixed with extreme greed on the center of the cave, upon that stone platform!

On this stone platform lay a long-decayed corpse.

And beneath the tattered clothes of this corpse was a plain, unremarkable little cloth bag.

A Storage Pouch, it's a Storage Pouch!

The Heihu Patriarch was ecstatic inside.

But he did not show the slightest bit of it on the surface.

His eyes moved greedily, it seemed, to the gold and silver treasures below in the cave: "Patriarch Bai, shall we take action?"

...

Outside the snake cave.

Amidst the heavy, swirling snow, Su Yongchun hid among the tree branches, watching the Martial Artists hiding all around, his gaze shifting to the pitch-black, lightless cave.

"A Snake Demon, I wonder what level of monster it is."

...

The waiting time passed very slowly.

Half an hour later.

Several Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists scrambled out of the cave in a panic.

"They've started fighting! The Baiyun family and the Heihu family have started fighting!"

"They've gone crazy. They had clearly already killed the Snake Demon, so why did they end up fighting over a small pouch? Even an Elder at the eighth level of Body Tempering has died!"

The Martial Artists who ran out of the cave could not understand the situation.

Su Yongchun saw White Shark and the others in the crowd.

They all carried, to varying degrees, some gold and silver treasures picked up from the snake cave.

The people who kept running out all carried wealth they had scavenged.

The later people came out, the more money they carried.

It was as if the Baiyun family and the Heihu family inside didn't want these gold and silver treasures at all, letting these Body Tempering Martial Artists divide them up as they pleased.

Even.

Su Yongchun's eyes twitched as he saw.

A monkey-like man who came out later was carrying the Snake Demon's corpse, dragging the rest of the Snake Demon's body behind him, quickly running away from the cave.

Seeing this scene.

Some of the people waiting in ambush could no longer hold back.

They immediately revealed themselves, beat and kicked the man carrying the Snake Demon's corpse, and snatched the item away.

In the end.

After snatching the Snake Demon's corpse, the few people looked at the man on the ground, a flash of ferocity in their eyes.

The next moment, the man was beheaded!

Quietly watching those people leave with the Snake Demon's corpse, Su Yongchun suppressed the urge to go and snatch the items, looking suspiciously at two figures in a patch of bushes outside the cave.

These were two Ning Qu Realm Martial Artists!

They were the same two guys who had walked past him earlier.

Logically speaking, the most precious thing in the cave was the Snake Demon's corpse.

These two were clearly also here for the Snake Demon.

But the Snake Demon's corpse had already been snatched by others; why were these two still so calm and composed?

One must know that the remaining guys lying in wait had already secretly surrounded those who were carrying the Snake Demon's corpse.

Now only these two were left... and himself.

Could these two be asleep?

No, it was more like there was something even more precious in the cave.

Something that even the Snake Demon's corpse couldn't compare to!

Just at this moment, a man dragging a large amount of gold and silver ran out.

The next moment, two lurking old men confirmed that there was no one else around and immediately revealed themselves.

"You, come here."

Of the two, one white-haired old man hooked his withered, black finger at the man carrying a pile of gold and silver.

Hearing the call, the fourth-level Body Tempering man naturally dared not respond and ran down the mountain with his head buried.

However, the next moment, the thin, wizened old man behind the white-haired one, light as a wild goose, instantly landed in front of the Body Tempering Realm man.

"This speed..." Su Yongchun's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's a lightfoot skill."

"Tell me, how many living people are left inside?" The thin old man directly released the Qi and blood of the Ning Qu Realm.

The man was drenched in a cold sweat from fear: "Only the two family Patriarchs are still alive. They've gone crazy. The Heihu Patriarch had an arm bitten off by the Snake Demon, and the Baiyun Patriarch was poisoned by the snake venom. They are both severely injured and their lives are in danger, yet they are still fighting over a pouch!"

Hearing this information.

The two old men looked at each other and grinned hideously.

"Snap!"

The white-haired old man smashed the questioned man's skull with a palm, wisps of poisonous Qi eroding the man's corpse.

"Hehehe, good, good!"

"Helping us take care of the Snake Demon, that stumbling block, and now those two are left with only one breath. After we get that thing, no one will know!"

"Breaking through to the next realm is in sight, the path to immortality is in sight! Hahaha..."

Amidst the ghastly laughter, the two walked into the snake cave.

Not long after, the two walked out of the cave with large strides.

And in the hand of the white-haired old man was a plain, unremarkable little cloth bag.

No, this is not a cloth bag, this is a Storage Pouch!

Having read the original work, Su Yongchun, combining this with the attitude of the two old men, instantly associated it with this item.

A Storage Pouch can only be used by Spirit Realm cultivators.

And every Storage Pouch is a place where cultivators store their life savings; for Body Tempering Martial Artists, it is a true Treasure Trove!

No wonder these two old men were so composed before.

But how did they know this information?

Although the Ning Qu Realm is not considered a top-tier expert level, in such a small place, they are very rare.

They don't seem to be from around here either.

"Forget it, it's time to act." Putting on his mask, Su Yongchun's Qi and blood surged slightly throughout his body.