These Beastmen knew far more about the Penzes Swamp than Ling Xiao did. Although Ling Xiao was able to avoid Magical Beasts, finding where the Beast Race lived in this vast swampland was next to impossible.
The Water Python Magical Beast was indeed a fifth-rank creature. The Leopardman Mad Leopard had given its Crystal Core to Ling Xiao. It wasn't that the Beast Race was unaware of the value of a Magical Beast Crystal Core; it was that Ling Xiao was the one who killed the beast, so the Crystal Core rightfully belonged to him. It had to be said that in this respect, the straightforward Beastmen were far more endearing than humans.
