The Ironback Dread Crocodile's scales, claws, hide, bones, and fangs were all excellent materials for crafting treasure weapons and had to be handed over to the sect. Its meat, however, could be kept and shared among everyone.
Its essence blood naturally went to Zhao Feng, the deacon.
Zhao Feng had not recognized the Ironback Dread Crocodile before, but the essence blood of crocodilian exotic beasts was generally found in much the same place.
Taking care not to damage its hide, he carefully opened the dread crocodile's abdominal cavity, found its essence blood, and collected it in a bottle.
Essence blood was an exceptional medicinal catalyst for refining pills that tempered the internal organs. Zhao Feng intended to divide it in two: one drop would go to the Four Seas Trading House's pill refiner to be incorporated into Organ-Refining Pills, improving their quality; the other would be used in a medicinal bath to advance his mastery of the Tai Chi Toad-Fishing Force as quickly as possible.
Once Zhao Feng had extracted the essence blood, Zhang Hao and the others eagerly began butchering the dread crocodile. For practitioners at the transformation force and hidden force stages like them, its flesh and blood were especially nourishing. This was prime exotic beast meat, and the little mountain of it would feed them for several days.
They owed all of this to Deacon Zhao.
Zhao Feng then instructed Bai Yong and Old Qian to tally the losses of treasure fish and the damage to the protective nets, channels, and embankments, recording everything in detail for a report to the sect.
"Before Uncle-Master Yin left, he mentioned that the Eight Extremes Gate's fishing grounds had also suffered attacks from Ironback Dread Crocodiles more than once."
He returned to the raised bamboo lodge over the distant network