Divide and Feast

"Brother, what you're holding is a shit sac."

The moment those words came out, everyone could no longer hold it in. They doubled over with laughter.

The bearded man's face flushed crimson. Holding the stomach sac, he stood there caught between throwing it away and keeping it.

"What are you laughing at?!"

Humiliated into anger, he glared at everyone, tossed the stomach sac onto the ground, then turned back to rummage through the snake's belly.

This time, he had learned his lesson. No longer trusting his own judgment, he examined things carefully before gingerly lifting something from another section of the snake's abdomen.

It was only the size of a fist, jade-green all over, its glossy sheen flowing with light.

"This time, I can't be wrong."

Cupping the snake gallbladder in both hands, the bearded man approached Shen Hui as if presenting a treasure and respectfully offered it to him.

"Immortal Master, you slew this demon last night and saved our lives. This treasure rightfully belongs to you."

Shen Hui glanced at the snake gallbladder.

It truly was a rare thing. A snake that cultivated for a hundred years became a demon, and its gallbladder gathered the essence of its entire body.

It had many uses: dispelling wind and dampness, clearing heat and toxins, brightening the eyes, soothing the liver...

Even an ordinary snake's gallbladder had decent medicinal effects, let alone that of a demon snake that had come into its own.

But it was of little use to him.

So he shook his head. "You can divide it among yourselves."

The bearded man urged him again, but seeing that Shen Hui truly did not want it, he finally accepted it back with endless thanks.

Turning to the others, he said, "The Immortal Master doesn't want it, so let's divide