Qi Manyao felt very excited, and her girlish thoughts became active again.

He went to so much trouble to kill the Silver Lightning Python, but gave me such a precious demon core. Why? Does he have feelings for me? No, he's just a damned playboy. I can't be fooled by his appearance. He must be nice to me first, and then plot against me...

Damn it, he was so handsome just now, just stuffing it to me, so domineering... No, no, should I accept this demon core or not? I shouldn't accept it; taking something makes one obligated.

But what if I don't accept it? Am I going to reject him directly? How would he save face in front of so many people? Besides, I really need this demon core...

Alas, he saved my life, and gave me such a good thing, helping me so much. I owe him more and more favors. How am I going to repay him in the future? After all, he and I are enemies. When we meet in the future, I'm a Scourge, and he's a target, and it will be a fight to the death...

Um... I'll just spare his life several times in the future, then. Yeah, that's it. This time, I'll just think of it as him needing me to become stronger to help him. He's not being so kind to help me improve my cultivation...

Qi Manyao's mind was filled with thousands of thoughts. Her little head was full of wild ideas. In the end, she found a lame excuse and accepted the demon core.

"Fellow Daoist is young and promising. Not only does he have such talent, but he also has such a beautiful woman accompanying him. He is truly blessed in life."

"Fellow Daoist is suave, handsome, and so brave and mighty, and generous. To give such a precious demon core to a beauty like that, it really makes us envious."

"You two are deeply in love, a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match made in heaven."

"Fellow Daoist has no small blessings, and will surely become a great master in the future."

Wan Lei was feeling pretty good at first being praised by these people, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was off. How did he and Qi Manyao become Daoist partners? Where did that come from?

Don't you all know that this little girl yells about killing me every time she sees me? I'll give her away for free, but none of you want her.

Qi Manyao was also blushing with shame, gritting her silver teeth in anger, but she couldn't explain herself. She could only stomp her feet in anger, sit down on the ground, take the demon core, and begin to refine it.

Wan Lei also knew that he couldn't be selfish. Even if he killed the snake alone, he couldn't keep it all to himself. Everyone who saw it should get a share.

Otherwise, these people would definitely be hostile to him, and might even secretly trip him up later.

After all, people might not remember the good you do for them, but they will definitely remember the bad you do to them.

Wan Lei simply let them divide up the snake. They were all things he didn't need, so he just did a favor.

The snake was a treasure from head to toe, especially its skin, which was extremely tough. The rogue cultivators divided the snake skin, and one of them pulled out the Silver Lightning Python's spine, refined it, and made a whip.

The other rogue cultivators scrambled to divide the snake meat, saying that eating it could improve their cultivation. In Wan Lei's opinion, they were really desperate.

After doing all this, Qi Manyao had almost finished refining the demon core. She stood up and asked what to do next.

Before Wan Lei could speak, the rogue cultivator who refined the snake bone spoke first.

"Little Fellow Daoist, since you gave me the snake bone, this poor Daoist won't hide anything either. I have some information to share with you."

Hearing that there was information, everyone became interested and surrounded the rogue cultivator, ready to listen with interest.

Wan Lei also sized him up curiously when he heard him call himself "this poor Daoist."

This person had shifty eyes, a sallow complexion, and a thin goatee. He was wearing a dirty Daoist robe and looked very wretched.

The Daoist grinned and said, "This poor Daoist is Tian Suanzi (Heaven Calculating Master), skilled in divination and fortune-telling. I'm quite well-known in this area. I wonder if you've heard of my name?"

Tian Suanzi proudly stroked his little beard, waiting for everyone's flattery.

"Never heard of you. Spit it out if you have something to say."

Wan Lei said bluntly.

He didn't have the leisure to listen to this wretched Daoist bragging about himself.

Tian Suanzi's face turned somewhat awkward when he heard this, but he didn't dare to say anything because of Wan Lei's battle prowess.

He hummed a few times and said, "This poor Daoist has many friends and can often find out some secrets that others don't know.

You may not know this, but the owner of this cave was Tao Dian Zhenren (Lightning Wave Master), five hundred years ago.

He was originally just a Lei (Lightning) attribute Yuanying (Core Formation) cultivator. Later, he discovered a Lei Refining Pool here, and settled down here with his disciples.

They basically didn't go out on weekdays, so their reputation wasn't obvious. It wasn't until later that he broke through to the Yuanshen (Primordial Spirit) realm here, causing too much commotion, that he was noticed.

Some people rumored that he relied on the Lei Refining Pool to comprehend the power of the Lei attribute laws, fused the power of the laws into himself, and achieved harmony between man and nature, transforming his Yuanying into a Yuanshen in one fell swoop.

It can be said that this Lei Refining Pool had a great effect on him..."

"Can't you say something useful? Like where the Lei Refining Pool is? You're just babbling a lot of nonsense!"

Wan Lei frowned and scolded impolitely.

He was originally waiting for this dead Daoist to say something useful, but this guy kept babbling on and on. He wasn't a patient person.

Tian Suanzi shrank his neck in fright, and immediately shook his head and said, "I don't know. If I knew where it was, wouldn't I have gone already?"

"Let's go."

Wan Lei pulled Qi Manyao, called out to Sui Xiaohang, turned around, and was about to leave.

"Don't go, Fellow Daoist, but I have other information."

Tian Suanzi hurriedly stopped Wan Lei.

"This Tao Dian Zhenren is not only a powerful cultivator, but also a Beast Taming Master and a Mechanical Arts Master. His disciples also learned his essence, and each of them is extremely outstanding.

It can be said that he and his disciples cannot be judged according to conventional combat power. You also have to add their pets and mechanisms."

Tian Suanzi swallowed, cleared his dry voice, and continued, "The Lei electrical mechanisms in the cavern hall just now were probably set up by Tao Dian Zhenren or his disciples. Also, this python was probably a pet from their past. The eggs it left behind hatched.

Think about it, how many demons and dangerously deadly mechanisms would exist in a place where a group of Beast Tamers and Mechanical Masters lived?"

Hearing this, Wan Lei was also shocked. Not to mention those dangerous mechanisms for the time being, just the demon beast eggs and cubs left behind by those people in the past, after five hundred years, what terrifying numbers would they have multiplied to?

It seems that this trip to the Lei Refining Pool will not be so easy to obtain.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for the reminder. We know."

Wan Lei nodded and thanked Tian Suanzi, then turned and led Qi Manyao and Sui Xiaohang toward the bend ahead without looking back.