Realising it was impossible to escape, the Anaconda turned back and fought recklessly against Ye Liuyun, launching a soul attack that propelled right into Ye Liuyun’s Ocean of Consciousness.

Then, with a "thud", the head hit the ground and stopped moving.

Ye Liuyun quickly rushed over and used his Demon Slayer Blade to cut open the belly.

In just a few minutes, the people it had swallowed had already been digested by its gastric juices, leaving only the skeleton.

Ye Liuyun signaled to the others before burning the remains to ashes. He then stored its carcass as a food reserve.

Blue Serpentine and Vespera had already dived into the pond to search for treasures.

Both of them were specifically summoned by Ye Liuyun.

When the clone scanned through the pond with Golden Phantom eyes, they had already noticed the anaconda and its egg, along with a golden lotus.

His reason for staying in this place was to lure it out with the human scent of the group.

That anaconda was a fifth-realm beast. Dealing with it underwater would be troublesome; it was indeed easier to lure it ashore to fight.

He didn’t expect that some of the people from Northsky Sect would use themselves as bait despite his warnings, making the best out of the situation.

The disciples lacked experience in actual combat and couldn’t react in time.

By the time they thought of joining the fight, they didn’t know where to start. They didn’t dare to approach due to the fierce sweeping of its tail.

Until the end of the battle, they just struck a few shots from a distance that didn’t even manage to damage a single scale.

Nevertheless, Ye Liuyun returned as if nothing had happened and simply told the others to continue resting.

Blue Serpentine and Vespera soon revealed their true forms, swimming directly towards the bottom of the pond. Ye Liuyun had already told them about the situation under the water.

Upon reaching the bottom, one of them uprooted the golden lotus, planning to plant it in Ye Liuyun’s spatial world.

Inside the golden lotus were two seeds, which they each consumed one. Then each one of them made a hole in the egg and directly absorbed all of the essence in it.

However, the energy was too massive. Once the golden lotus seeds were digested, they couldn’t control their realms any longer and had to start cultivating underwater right away.

The disciples also wanted to go underwater to take a look, but they were all worried that they couldn’t handle the danger. After hesitating for a long time, no one dared to take the lead.

Seeing that both of them hadn’t come up for a long time, they dared not go down anymore. Gong Wanting, on the other hand, hadn’t yet recovered from the horrific death of her friend.

It had been more than 2 hours since they went underwater, all of them started to worry about their situation.

However, Ye Liuyun and the others were calm. After recovering their divine souls, they even barbecued the snake meat and shared a lot of it with them.

"Thank you for saving my life! If it weren’t for your warning, I could’ve been the one dead!" Gong Wanting finally remembered to thank Ye Liuyun.

"That’s what I’m supposed to do. Those who don’t seek death won’t die," replied Ye Liuyun casually.

After a while, the both finally shot themselves out from the deep pool.

After a scan with his Golden Phantom Eyes and found out they’ve upgraded to late fourth-realm, Ye Liuyun knew they had found the treasure.

Song also noticed the changes in their realms, "What did you find down there?"

"Anaconda eggs. Plenty of energy!" Blue Serpentine answered directly.

"Huh? Where are they then?" A disciple naively asked.

"Of course we’ve absorbed them all, how else would we break through the realm?"

"You can directly absorb the eggs?" Song asked with doubt.

"We have our special ways!"

At this point, they could not ask any further. Whoever obtains the resources owns them, and they had no reason to snatch them.

"Are there any left below?" Another disciple asked foolishly.

Ignoring him, they returned to Ye Liuyun’s spactial world and gave the golden lotus to Hua Xiangfen to take care, before going to consolidate their realms in the Xuankong Stone.

"You can go down and take a look, we’ll wait for you up here!" Lei Ming teased the disciple out of boredom.

"Are you stupid? Do you think they’ll leave some for us?"

Even his mates couldn’t stand it.

"It’s almost dark. Should we keep going or rest here for the night? You guys decide!" Ye Liuyun turned to them and asked.

Jian and Song whispered in discussion, "They’re the ones doing the exploring and protecting. We’re not the ones at risk even if we travel at night."

"But they are here to protect us. The more they die, the more danger we’re in." Song reminded.

"It’s fine. It won’t make much of a difference if few of them die."

He felt jealous seeing Ye Liuyun and his people simply take resources without offering to share any.

Song sighed privately. He knew they were not only inexperienced but also arrogant. But there was no point in advising them if they simply wouldn’t listen.

Especially Jian. He is the sacred disciple of the sect, with every beck and call answered. He had always been pampered by others.

It was only because he insisted on getting a dragon to keep as a pet beast, that he was assigned by the sect to follow along as protection.

"I appreciate everyone’s hard work! We’d better get on with it and finish early. Everyone can then go home and rest as soon as possible!" Jian feigned a polite tone.

"That’s fine, we’re just earning our keep. Let’s go." Ye Liuyun replied with a faint smile, without refusing. He promptly ordered everyone to move out, maintaining the previous formation.

Jian’s little schemes were as plain as day on his face. Ye Liuyun could definitely see them clearly, but he simply didn’t care. He had encountered many such prideful sect prodigies, and had plenty of ways to teach them a lesson.

They hadn’t gone far before they encountered a swamp.

A faintly toxic gas emanated from it. Although not immediately fatal, it could cause dizziness.

Moreover, the swamp teemed with croaking poison dart frogs, as marked on the map.

The disciples were prepared and immediately swallowed antidote pills.

None of them cared to ask whether Ye Liuyun’s group had antidote pills. In fact, they seemed to take pleasure in their misfortune. Only Gong Wanting shared one of hers with Ye Liuyun as a gratitude of saving her life earlier.

"I only prepared this one extra. You can use it first!"

"Thank you for your kindness! But the toxic gas might get denser by daylight. Keep it for your own use in case you run out! Our lives aren’t worth much, we don’t mind!"

Ye Liuyun did not accept it but thanked her for the gesture, then directed everyone to switch out of their armor.