These twenty-odd Rogue Cultivators had originally been searching for opportunities in a nearby ruin.
But the moment they emerged from the cave, they sensed that surge of demonic aura shooting into the sky.
They looked toward the place where thunderclouds gathered, never expecting to find a member of the Snake Clan undergoing a tribulation.
Moreover, the fact that the tribulation had just begun and already caused such astonishing signs of heaven and earth meant this snake had extraordinary talent—perhaps even a hint of Ancestral Return.
Rogue Cultivators were accustomed to living by the blade.
Faced with a Boa Snake undergoing a tribulation, even knowing how powerful it was, they still wanted to take a chance!
After all, every part of a tribulating Boa Snake was a treasure!
If they waited any longer and someone else caught wind of it, the snake might no longer be theirs.
So, after discussing it among themselves, they decided to hunt the Boa Snake together, then split the spoils after killing it.
But what they hadn't expected was this:
Before they had even reached the lake, an old man had blocked their way.
"May I ask what brings you here, sir?"
The early-stage Nascent Soul Realm Rogue Cultivator named Guo Xiudan stepped forward and respectfully bowed to Xiao Mo.
Guo Xiudan sized up the old man.
He couldn't sense any Spiritual Energy flowing within him. Instead, what he sensed was a dense aura of the land's fortune.
"He's an official of the Qi Kingdom, and a high-ranking one at that."
Guo Xiudan came to this conclusion.
What he couldn't figure out was what this official of the Qi Kingdom wanted.
Why had he suddenly singled out their group?
Xiao Mo bowed to them in return. "The snake making its way down the river is someone