Translator: CinderTL
"Back in the Ant Nest, it’s likely that we all fell under the Ant Queen’s illusion. We mistakenly took a second-tier Phantom Wing Butterfly for a fourth-tier one," Xue i said.
Lan Chen nodded slightly.
Although she felt sowhat unwilling, she understood that Xue i’s speculation was correct.
At that ti, when Song Wen injured the Phantom Wing Butterfly, the Ant Queen was furious. Clearly, this fourth-tier Phantom Wing Butterfly was very important to her. However, when the Ant Queen gifted the Phantom Wing Butterfly to Lan Chen, she made it seem like a trivial matter.
The only possibility was that the Phantom Wing Butterfly the Ant Queen gave was not a fourth-tier one.
Lan Chen once again turned her gaze to the severely injured Phantom Wing Butterfly on the ground.
"Yin Shuo, since you were the one who brought out this Phantom Wing Butterfly, it naturally belongs to you. What do you plan to do with it?" Lan Chen asked.
Song Wen was montarily at a loss. He didn’t know what purpose this Phantom Wing Butterfly served, so naturally, he had no idea how to handle it.
The main reason he had risked taking it was because he had heard Xue i’s request.
However, it was impossible for him to simply hand over this demon to Xue i.
Song Wen wasn’t one to do sothing without benefit.
Moreover, Lan Chen was also interested in this demon, and Song Wen needed her help with sothing. Thus, this demon beca a bargaining chip between him and Lan Chen.
"Lan Chen, Xue i, both of you want this Phantom Wing Butterfly. What exactly is its use?" Song Wen asked.
Xue i replied, "The greatest use of this demon is to raise it as a Spirit Beast and use it to cast illusions. The illusions cast by the Phantom Wing Butterfly can be so realistic that they are indistinguishable from reality. You saw it yourself—even when you fought it up close and severely injured it, you didn’t notice anything amiss. If it hadn’t been too injured to maintain the illusion and revealed its true form, you might never have discovered that the Ant Queen you were fighting was actually it."
After a brief pause, Xue i continued.
"Yin Shuo, this demon is of little use to you. Why not give it to and Lan Chen?"
"There’s only one fourth-tier Phantom Wing Butterfly. How will you and Lan Chen divide it?" Song Wen asked.
Xue i said, "Although there’s only one Phantom Wing Butterfly, Lan Chen and I seek different things. A live Phantom Wing Butterfly has endless uses, but a dead one is also of great value. The Demon Core of the Phantom Wing Butterfly can help cultivate my illusion techniques."
"And its soul can be used to refine a Wisdom Light Pill. Consuming this pill can enhance one’s Divine Sense and may even help break through the bottleneck of the Divine Sense realm. Lan Chen specializes in Divine Sense control, so the stronger her Divine Sense, the better."
At this point, Xue i looked at Lan Chen and asked, "If I’m not mistaken, Lan Chen, you want the Phantom Wing Butterfly to extract its soul and refine a Wisdom Light Pill, right?"
"Fellow Daoist Xue i is correct," Lan Chen replied.
Her gaze at Xue i couldn’t help but carry a hint of suspicion.
Xue i knew too much—so much that it was sowhat intimidating.
Lan Chen then rembered that it was Xue i who had first inford her about the Phantom Wing Butterfly in the Gold-Eating Ant Nest.
Now it seed that Xue i had been coveting the Phantom Wing Butterfly from the very beginning.
"Wisdom Light Pill?" Song Wen’s eyes lit up.
Upon hearing that this pill could enhance Divine Sense, Song Wen imdiately beca interested.
Xue i said, "Fellow Daoist, don’t overthink it. As far as I know, this pill requires many rare spirit materials, and the soul of a fourth-tier Phantom Wing Butterfly is just one of them. Even if you had the pill formula, it would be extrely difficult to gather all the necessary Spirit Herbs, let alone successfully refine the pill."
Upon hearing this, Song Wen’s interest waned.
He could rely on the "Forbidden Divine Art" and devouring souls to enhance his Divine Sense realm. The difficulty of refining the Wisdom Light Pill was too great, making it of no value to him.
"Lan Chen, Fellow Daoist Xue i, if you want this Phantom Wing Butterfly, that’s fine. But shouldn’t you also offer sothing in exchange?"
Both Lan Chen and Xue i revealed a faint smile.
"Fellow Daoist, feel free to state your request."
Song Wen said, "Rest assured, I won’t ask for too much. Each of you only needs to pay one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, and this Phantom Wing Butterfly will be yours. Additionally, I hope Lan Chen and Fellow Daoist Mo can agree to one thing."
One hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones per person was indeed a significant amount, but the Phantom Wing Butterfly was extrely rare, even extinct in the outside world, making it a highly sought-after item.
Mo Yexue was slightly taken aback. This matter had nothing to do with her, and she was sowhat surprised that Song Wen had ntioned her.
However, she didn’t speak up, rely watching quietly as the three negotiated.
"Fellow Daoist, feel free to state your request," Lan Chen said.
One hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones was not a big deal for Lan Chen, the founder of a sect.
Therefore, she was only concerned about the other request Song Wen had ntioned.
"I hope Lan Chen and Fellow Daoist Mo can promise not to reveal that Fellow Daoist Xue i and I are capable of using Thunder Magic."
Upon hearing this, Lan Chen imdiately recalled that Song Wen had once ntioned to her that he entered the Divine Blood Hall to search for a cultivation technique.
The fact that Song Wen and Xue i could cultivate both righteous and evil techniques was likely related to their cultivation thod.
It seed that the two of them were practicing the sa technique.
Lan Chen didn’t respond imdiately but instead turned to look at Mo Yexue.
She had no interest in the cultivation techniques of Song Wen and Xue i and could easily agree to Song Wen’s request, but Mo Yexue’s consent was also needed.
Perhaps out of consideration for her relationship with Lan Chen, Mo Yexue agreed without hesitation.
"Fine, I can make a soul vow never to reveal this matter."
Lan Chen said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Mo."
Subsequently, both Lan Chen and Mo Yexue made soul vows, and Lan Chen also handed over one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones to Song Wen.
Xue i also took out one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones and gave them to Song Wen.
She was able to produce so many Spirit Stones entirely because of the kills she had made—Xue Cangqiong and Tai He.
Before this, she had been practically penniless. Even the Spirit Stones she used for her Nascent Soul formation had been obtained from Song Wen.
After Lan Chen and Xue i divided the Phantom Wing Butterfly, Song Wen asked, "Fellow Daoist Xue i, do you know where this Small Secret Realm we’re currently in is located?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Chen and Mo Yexue also looked at Xue i with anticipation.
They had long since realized that Xue i’s knowledge of the Divine Blood Hall far surpassed that of others.
The information Xue i possessed was crucial for their exploration of the Divine Blood Hall.
If they could obtain so information about the "Fallen Immortal Blood," that would be even better.
Xue i once again released her Divine Sense, scanning the surroundings, and then shook her head.
"There are no distinctive landmarks here, so I don’t know which area of the Divine Blood Hall this is."
The three of them were not disappointed. It was clear that this Small Secret Realm was quite vast, so it was normal for Xue i to not recognize the place imdiately.
The four of them did not rush to explore. Instead, they stayed in the cave to rest and recuperate.
Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, and Xue i had all been poisoned quite severely and needed to detoxify.
Song Wen, on the other hand, had suffered so significant external injuries and needed ti to heal.
Additionally, all four of them had depleted their Spiritual Power to so extent and needed ti to recover it.
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
Only then did the four of them erge from the cave and hover in the sky.
"Friends, which direction should we head in?" Song Wen asked.
Lan Chen raised his hand and pointed to the west.
"The spiritual energy in this direction seems slightly denser. Let’s investigate this way first. What do you all think?"
"Agreed!"
(End of the Chapter)
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