After killing all the second-tier Ironback Crocodiles that ruled Red Lotus Lake, Liu Changxu began retrieving their carcasses.
With four spirit beasts helping him, the five Ironback Crocodile carcasses were soon hauled out of the water and brought to the beach on nearby Red Lotus Island.
Then Liu Changxu began cutting up and processing the five Ironback Crocodile carcasses, another extremely tedious task.
The four spirit beasts waiting beside him, however, were in wonderful spirits. At last, they could eat meat to their hearts' content.
Having gone several months without fighting, these ravenous eaters had long since polished off all the second-tier demon beast flesh obtained during the Human-Demon War.
Without any second-tier demon beast meat left, Liu Changxu's spirit beasts could only go out and catch first-tier demon beasts to fill their bellies.
But after growing accustomed to second-tier demon beast meat, eating first-tier meat again was sheer torment for them!
Although second-tier demon beasts, like Foundation Establishment cultivators, could go without food for long periods, they ate meat for more than merely filling their stomachs. They also needed it for their cultivation. Without high-tier demon beast meat, how could they advance quickly?
Now that they could finally eat their fill again, they were naturally delighted!
Only after finishing processing the second-tier Ironback Crocodile carcasses did Liu Changxu turn his gaze toward beautiful Red Lotus Island.
He suddenly realized that he had been so occupied with processing the carcasses that he had overlooked the island's breathtaking scenery.
Red Lotus Island was truly beautiful. Deep within the thousand-li expanse of Red Lotus Lake, its upper-grade second-tier spirit vein constantly breathed out dense spiritual energy, enveloping the entire island and the surrounding lake in clouds and mist of spiritual energy.
Nourished by this abundant spiritual energy, the spirit plants on Red