In the Earth Jade Market, materials from early and middle first-order Demon Beasts were fairly common, but late first-order Demon Beasts, especially those at the peak of the first order, were rare treasures indeed.
Whenever disciples of the Condensed Jade Sect killed Demon Beasts of this caliber, most chose to turn them over to the sect for contribution points. Very few ever found their way to the market.
Now, the appearance of this pair of Red-Chain Sea Serpent carcasses had undoubtedly caused quite a stir.
What stirred Qing Chen even more was that these Red-Chain Sea Serpents were the very species Senior Brother Gu, who had brought him into the sect all those years ago, had once hunted.
Thinking back on Senior Brother Gu, Qing Chen felt he was one of the few reasonably upright cultivators he had met since entering the cultivation world.
Back then, Senior Brother Gu had already been an Inner Sect disciple with a cultivation of at least peak Qi Refining, yet he had patiently guided their group of ignorant mortals and explained the sect's rules in detail.
Had Qing Chen been in his place back then, he would never have had that kind of patience.
Thirteen years have passed in the blink of an eye... Qing Chen sighed inwardly.
Late first-order demonic beasts, which had once seemed as terrifying as primordial behemoths, were now nothing more than blood-rich meat awaiting slaughter on his chopping block.
He wondered what level Senior Brother Gu's cultivation had reached by now.
The two sea serpent carcasses onstage gleamed with a cold, eerie sheen from their scales, and Qing Chen's gaze burned.
What he valued was not how fine a suit of inner armor their scales could produce, but the vast blood essence contained in those enormous bodies, far surpassing