The Abyss Sea Butterfly in Hand

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Song Wen concealed his presence and walked out of the hidden cave, heading toward the cave where was.

The distance between him and Cui Gu was over forty miles, which had already surpassed Cui Gu's spiritual sense coverage. As long as he didn't make too much noise, Cui Gu wouldn't be able to detect him.

Half an hour later.

Cui San had already searched the area within a thirty-mile radius several times, but he found nothing.

Cui Gu's face darkened, his voice cold.

"Let's go! Head to the sea and wait for that person to come."

Just as they returned to the water's surface, a female cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm approached.

"Did you find Cui Xinyi?" the female cultivator asked with concern.

Cui San glanced at Cui Gu and saw that he wasn't speaking, so he took the initiative to recount everything they had found underwater.

"This person has some nerve, daring to threaten our Cui family," the female cultivator said angrily.

Cui Gu looked into the distance, his eyes filled with killing intent.

"Since he dares to provoke the Cui family, he will certainly pay the price."

He raised his hand and tossed a flying ship over ten feet long into the air.

"Cui Hongying! Take the family members in the Foundation Establishment stage, control the flying ship, and observe the surroundings from the high sky."

"Yes!" the female cultivator in the early Golden Core stage replied.

"Cui San, Cui Kang, you two go to the east and west, find a place to hide."

Cui San and another male cultivator in the mid-Golden Core stage replied, "Yes!"

Cui Gu coldly said, "I don't believe that with four Golden Core cultivators, we can't handle a single person."

More than three quarters of an hour later.

Cui Hongying, high in the sky, suddenly shouted loudly.

"Someone's coming!"

Upon hearing this, Cui Gu looked up and saw, sure enough, a figure appearing on the distant sea horizon, heading toward the reef.

As the figure approached, Cui Gu realized that the person wasn't the robber he was waiting for, but rather Cui Xinyi.

Cui Xinyi was flying alone on her sword.

Cui Gu quickly moved to meet her. "Xinyi'er, what happened? Did that robber let you go?"

Cui Xinyi managed to maintain her calm but, when she saw Cui Gu, tears immediately flowed down her face, filled with both grievance and fear.

"Grandfather, don't come near."

"There are three Gu inside me. Before that person gets the Abyssal Sea Butterfly's corpse, if we get too close, the Gu will bite through my meridians and consume my brain."

"Grandfather, you must save me, I don't want to die."

Cui Xinyi was crying bitterly, her sobs heartbreaking.

Cui Gu's face changed slightly upon hearing this. He immediately stopped several miles away from Cui Xinyi.

"Don't worry, Xinyi'er, with Grandfather here, nothing will happen to you."

After Cui Xinyi calmed down a little, Cui Gu asked.

"How is that person going to trade?"

Cui Xinyi replied, "That person wants you to give the Sea Butterfly's corpse to the two Gu. Once the corpse reaches his hands, the other Gu will leave my body."

Cui Gu's face suddenly turned ashen, his hands clenched tightly, veins bulging.

The anger of playing to someone's tune made him seethe.

"How dare that bastard!" Cui Gu whispered, his voice full of fury.

With a thought, he threw out the severed Abyssal Sea Butterfly's corpse.

To Cui Xinyi's horror, two shadow Gu flew out of her mouth, their wings flapping.

The Gu approached the Abyssal Sea Butterfly's corpse, each grabbing a piece and flying far away.

Once the two shadow Gu disappeared, another Gu crawled out from Cui Xinyi's body.

It had just flown a short distance when a pitch-black ghost flag suddenly appeared in Cui Gu's hand. With a wave of the flag, a massive ghostly snake surged out, racing toward the shadow Gu.

Cui Gu knew it would be hard to find Song Wen now, so he could only vent his anger on the Gu.

"Ah!"

Cui Xinyi suddenly let out a miserable cry.

She clutched her chest, her face filled with pain.

She couldn't even maintain her sword flight technique, falling off her flying sword.

The sudden turn of events made Cui Gu's expression change.

"Xinyi'er, what's wrong?"

"I... there's still another Gu inside me."

Cui Gu quickly dispelled the ghostly snake formed from energy that had been chasing the shadow Gu.

Just as he was about to step forward to catch Cui Xinyi, he suddenly recalled her earlier words about not being able to get too close to her.

Cui Gu could only stop in place, watching worriedly as Cui Xinyi plunged toward the sea.

"Xinyi'er, are you alright?"

Cui Xinyi responded, "The Gu has burrowed into my heart. Ah... it hurts so much..."

"Spurt!"

Cui Xinyi splashed into the water, sending up a spray of seawater.

The shadow Gu took the opportunity to crawl out of her body, diving toward the depths of the sea.

"Xinyi'er, how are you?" Cui Gu hesitated, unsure whether there were still other Gu inside her body, and dared not recklessly approach.

"I... glug... glug..."

Seawater rushed into Cui Xinyi's mouth.

The damage to her heart and the intense pain left her barely conscious. She was unable to summon her spiritual power to block her nose and mouth.

Seeing this, Cui Gu could no longer hesitate. He immediately used a burst of magic to lift Cui Xinyi out of the water.

Otherwise, instead of dying from her damaged heart, she might have drowned.

Cui Gu came to her side, placed a hand on her wrist, and sent a gentle stream of energy into her body.

Moments later, Cui Gu's tense expression eased slightly.

First, he found no other Gu inside Cui Xinyi's body.

Second, the Gu that had just been inside her heart had merely bitten a hole the size of a little finger in it.

Cui Gu sealed the wound with his energy. For now, Cui Xinyi's life was no longer in immediate danger.

Using his spiritual sense, Cui Gu detected that the Gu had already gone twenty miles deep into the sea.

After a moment of hesitation, he ultimately decided not to pursue it.

Cui Xinyi's condition was still unstable, and he worried that if he left to chase the Gu, her situation might worsen.

Channelling his energy into his voice, he shouted loudly:

"Fellow Daoist, I, Cui Gu, admire your methods. Let the grudge between you and my Cui family end here. The mountains are high, and the rivers are long—may your path be smooth."

At this moment, the three other Golden Core cultivators from the Cui family gathered around.

"How is Cui Xinyi?" Cui Hongying asked.

"She's alright for now," Cui Gu replied.

"Are we really going to let that robber go just like this?" Cui San said, his face filled with unwillingness.

Cui Gu didn't answer aloud but instead used a voice transmission.

"He offended the Cui family; how could we let him off so easily? Among the Golden Core cultivators near Wu Ji Island, those who rear Gu are extremely rare. Moreover, it's unheard of for someone to rear multiple third-tier Gu simultaneously. Additionally, this person can refine third-tier Demon Attractant Incense. With these characteristics, it should be easy to identify him. Send someone to investigate; we must find him."

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A month later, Song Wen returned to his cave abode.

He retrieved the corpse of the Abyssal Sea Butterfly, which had been well-preserved. The demon beast's soul remained sealed within, and its essence blood had not significantly deteriorated.

Song Wen carefully removed the two demonic eyes, then casually absorbed its essence blood and soul.

As soon as the demon soul was devoured, Song Wen felt his spiritual sea tremble.

"Is this a sign that my spiritual sense is about to advance?" Song Wen's face lit up with joy.

Over the years on Wu Ji Island, he had killed numerous first- and second-tier demon beasts, devouring the souls of those that had not naturally dissipated.

This had significantly enhanced the strength of his spiritual sense. Adding the souls of four Golden Core cultivators from Wu Ji Island and the soul of the Abyssal Sea Butterfly, Song Wen's spiritual sense had now reached the bottleneck of the late Golden Core stage.

(End of the Chapter)

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