Looking at the materials strewn across the ground,
Daoist Ji could not help smiling.
The demon snake's hide was supple and contained spiritual qi, making it suitable for crafting high-grade talisman parchment and defensive robes.
Its palm-sized scales were excellent materials for refining shields and armor.
Those materials alone were worth several hundred spirit stones, matching more than a decade of hard-earned savings from three generations of his family.
Even more precious was the demon snake's gallbladder, which held an exceptionally rich store of vital essence and spiritual qi.
If they could find a few rare supplementary ingredients and refine it into a batch of cultivation-enhancing pills, even for Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators,
it could stabilize their cultivation and increase their magical power.
For cultivators lingering at the late Qi Refining stage, it was an extraordinary spiritual pill that could shatter bottlenecks and help them break through.
Li Ping gently rubbed the lustrous snake gallbladder with his fingertips. After a moment's thought, he looked up with a warm smile. "Brother Ji, as luck would have it, a pill refiner friend of mine lives nearby. I'll hold on to this gallbladder for you. Once I've asked him to refine it into pills, I'll bring them over."
"Really?" Daoist Ji had already been thoroughly satisfied with their plentiful haul. At those words, his eyes instantly lit up,
and he could no longer contain his smile. He hurriedly cupped his hands and thanked Li Ping repeatedly. "Thank you so much, Brother Li! With your promise, I can rest easy!"
Li Ping merely smiled and waved a hand without saying more, turning his gaze toward the demon snake's remains, which they had yet to finish clearing away.
Once they had finished gathering the materials from the demon snake,
Li Ping was about to flick