As veteran mercenaries who had spent years surviving in the Monster Mountain Range, they possessed a basic level of tacit understanding. With a mere exchange of glances, they could read signals of danger and safety from one another's eyes.
Ning Luo had no desire to pay these mercenaries any attention, nor did he want to become involved with them in any way.
Because he knew that getting involved with them would inevitably bring endless trouble.
Ning Luo sat in the tree, waiting for them to leave.
Only then did Ning Luo climb down from the tree.
He continued walking in the direction of the Misty Cloud Sect.
Ning Luo had only just climbed down when a Magical Beast suddenly attacked him.
The attacker was a Second-tier Magical Beast called a Bloodthirsty Snake. This type of Magical Beast was fairly common around the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range. If its opponent was no match for it, it would drain them dry of blood.
Moreover, it was definitely considered extremely powerful among Second-tier Magical Beasts. Not only was it bloodthirsty, but it was also venomous.
Once one encountered it, if they failed to kill it, they would be drained into a dried corpse.
Although this Magical Beast was powerful, its Second-tier Magical Core had an exceptionally potent use. A Bloodthirsty Snake's Magical Core, combined with Blood Coagulation Grass, could be refined into an extremely powerful second-grade medicinal pill—the Bloodthirsty Pill.
Just as its name suggested, after taking a Bloodthirsty Pill, one could raise their cultivation by three minor realms. It was absolutely invaluable when fighting for one's life.
In other words, if one had seven stages of Dou Qi, after taking a Bloodthirsty Pill, they could instantly become a Dou Zhe.
But every benefit came with a drawback. Taking a Bloodthirsty