Three days later, Heavenly Crafts Workshop, Seventeenth Demon Slaying Alley.
There were nineteen such alleys in total, all located in the northeastern corner of Heavenly Pass City.
The disposal of all Heavenly Demon Monster corpses in Heavenly Pass City was concentrated in these streets and alleys.
Inside a spacious courtyard, Chen Mu stood beside a long stone table, holding a sharp knife as long as his forearm.
A dark-skinned burly man stood not far away, speaking at length.
"The Hook-beaked White Jade Snake is the most common demonic beast in Heavenly Pass City. Only an intact snakeskin and snake bones can be made into a Demon Effigy."
"When cutting, start from the hook-beak and peel off the entire snakeskin from front to back. There cannot be the slightest damage."
"Each person has a quarter of an hour. Come up and practice according to the method I just demonstrated."
As Chen Mu listened, he examined the Strange Serpent on the table.
It was as thick as a wrist and over two meters long. Its body was covered in fine scales like White Jade, while its snake head bore a sharp birdlike beak, giving it a bizarre appearance.
Chen Mu reached out with his left hand and pressed it against the Hook-beaked Snake's head.
An invisible repulsive force immediately came from his palm, like two magnets of the same polarity pushing against one another.
"Even dead, it has a Qi Mechanism protecting its body. Outer Realm Demons truly are different from the common monsters of Yunzhou and Haizhou."
Chen Mu raised his long blade. Its tip, glowing emerald green with the Demon Slaying Technique, carefully stabbed toward the Strange Serpent's hook-beak.
Swoosh!
The invisible Qi Mechanism seemed slicked with oil, and the sharp blade slid away at once.
Chen Mu glanced at