Within the Sky Roc Mountain Range, demon beasts cried out in long calls as quite a few cultivators slipped into the mountains.
One place, formerly the territory of a Purple Palace great demon, was called Green Snake Pool. Its waters were clear and secluded, and green snakes thronged within.
Several cultivators dressed in Ma Family attire were making their way toward the pool.
At their head was a woman. She tossed a spirit-detecting puppet into the waters.
Before long, the pool water stirred, and several green snakes swam out.
"There isn't a third-rank great demon. Just as expected, the great demon was lured away. The Ye Family truly did not deceive us." The leading woman was Ma Yuyuan, one of the three most outstanding members of the Ma Family's younger generation. Though only a little over sixty, she had already reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, no less impressive than many cultivators of the Ye Family.
"Of course. If the Ye Family meant to harm us, they would not have distributed so many oases to us rogue cultivators to establish families after the Heavenly Phoenix upheaval. But we must work hard this time. The Ye Family's promised hundred-year term is almost up. Whether we can take another step forward and develop our family further depends on this very step!" An elder of the Ma Family beside her nodded as well.
The group dived into the pool, slew several green snakes, and harvested three Azure Nether Herbs.
Azure Nether Herbs were third-rank spirit herbs that could be used to refine third-rank water-element spirit pills.
Even after the Ye Family took thirty percent, the gains for the Ma Family were still tremendous.
"Keep searching. This time, the Sky Roc Demon Emperor has gone deep into the mountain range, and those demon kings