Snatching Treasure and Capturing Monsters

  "What is Senior Xu going to do?" As soon as he saw Xu Zifeng's figure, he asked in surprise.

  Someone suddenly had an idea and shouted: "Elder Xu must have found a weakness, we'll quickly follow him and surely break through this predicament!"

  Suddenly, the crowd's voices were in an uproar, and the butterfly killer used even more force, but as soon as there was a gap, they followed Xu Ziyu's back shadow into the depths of the cave. Those gray butterflies also followed them, and suddenly, a large group of cultivators and a swarm of butterflies all went inside.

  The seven-colored butterfly seemed to be guarding something in the cave, and now it no longer fought with other cultivators. It flew away soon after. The rest of the cultivators managed to escape and followed closely behind. On the contrary, Old He was freed from the restraint of those gray butterflies, stopped, turned around, and returned to Xu Ziqing's side.

  He Lao saw that there was more than one person under the eaves of the Xu family's house, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Youngster, who is this?"

  Wei Qing didn't wait for Xu Zi Qing to speak, and instead cupped his hands in greeting: "Junior Wei of the Wei family, Wei Qing, has seen Senior." He knew that this slovenly old man's cultivation was far superior to his own, and since he had no good feelings towards him, he chose not to make a scene here and bid farewell to leave.

  Xu Ziqing explained: "Wei Gongzi saved my life, and now that he's in trouble, I won't just stand by and do nothing."

  He Lao's expression slightly cleared up. He had always known that Xu Zi Qing was soft-hearted, but this also showed his upright character. Although many cultivators forget favors and betray righteousness, the Wei family's direct lineage had good family teachings, so there was no need to be overly concerned. He said: "Alright then. You come with me inside."

  Xu Ziqing saw He Lao did not blame him and was delighted in his heart. He immediately replied: "Yes."

  The two of them quickly flew deeper into the cave. The stone path inside was extremely long, winding and narrow. And the further they went in, the more butterfly corpses fell to the ground, with traces of magic spells everywhere. On both sides were piles of dry bones, probably left behind by people who had been harmed by the Seven-Colored Butterfly in the past. Xu Zi Qing's heart ached when he saw this. How pitiful these cultivators were, searching for the path to immortality for many years, only to meet with disaster and die unjustly.

  Before long, the road gradually widened and became spacious. However, the gray butterflies filled the view in front of them, covering the sky and earth, which was quite unusual. The monks gathered together, still fighting with the gray butterflies without end.

  However, what Xuzi Qing was gazing at were not those dull and dusty monks, but Xu Zifeng, the builder who was facing off against something.

  And this cave is several times larger than the one outside, only inside it's hot and steamy, making people dizzy and disoriented, almost fainting. Those butterflies also seem to have gained some advantage, their momentum greatly increased, tearing and biting with extra force.

  The cave's structure is quite unusual, with the outside resembling a large belly-shaped bottle. The mountain wall and stone holes are all curved, with countless butterfly shadows attached to the edges and corners. Inside, there is a stone platform that is very spacious, and on the platform, there is a stone altar. On the altar, there is soil, and in the soil, a plant has grown. The entire plant is emerald green, like jade, translucent and radiant with light.

  On that plant, a fruit had grown to the size of a fist, weighing heavily and bending the stem. On this fruit, there was an intense fiery energy emanating from it, accompanied by a scorching hot fragrance that made one feel like they were being burned to ashes!

  Even if Xu Ziqing is far away from the plant, he can still feel the strong spiritual energy emanating from it. It's a fire-attribute spirit root of exceptional quality, and judging by its shape, it's about to mature.

  Xu Ziqing recognized it even more, this thing is called "Chi Yan Guo", which has the effect of purifying spiritual roots.

  What is meant by purification?

  It is known that the number of people in this world is like the grains of sand in the Ganges River, countless and endless. Among them, those with spiritual roots are extremely rare, not even one in a hundred. Those who are born with spiritual roots, four or five mixed spiritual roots are very heavy, and going up to three spiritual roots, double spiritual roots... The better the innate talent, the rarer it is. And those who can be called heaven-gifted geniuses with single spiritual root, appear only once in a thousand years.

  The effect of Chi Yan Guo is to eliminate the old and store the new.

  If we draw an analogy, suppose there is a cultivator who has not yet entered the gate and he happens to have dual spiritual roots of earth and fire. When he consumes the Scarlet Flame Fruit, he can strip away his earth spiritual root, leaving only the remaining fire spiritual root. In an instant, his innate talent transforms from ordinary genius to transcendent genius! And if there are three spiritual roots, one will also be stripped away, leaving two... From this, it can be known that as long as one eats this fruit, their innate talent immediately rises by a level, and the path of immortality becomes even more smooth, truly a divine object!

  There is only one point, that the cultivator who takes this fruit must be someone who has not yet established their spiritual source, in order to have an extraordinary effect. But this doesn't matter, as long as these aristocratic families obtain this fruit and bring it back to their clan, choosing a young child with multiple spiritual roots including a fire spiritual root, it's not impossible to even create a double spiritual rooted successor, let alone a single spiritual rooted one!

  Such a great temptation, how can people not rush to it like ducks?

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, many of these monks, after smelling the intense aroma of the Chi Yan fruit, also revealed their greedy expressions.

  However, as a rare fruit born from heaven and earth, it naturally has spiritual creatures protecting it. The Red Flame Fruit grows in the nest of the Seven-Colored Mirage Butterfly, so it should belong to the Seven-Colored Mirage Butterfly.

  Some say that the Seven-Colored Butterfly is in charge of the fantasy realm, and the Scarlet Flame Fruit is for cultivators to use. Why does it insist on holding on so tightly, only to let its descendants die in large numbers?

  Actually, this statement is wrong.

  The Seven-Colored Phantom Butterfly is a demonic beast that can create illusions, but its own attribute still belongs to fire. The scales that fall from its body have corrosive properties, and the poison it carries is also highly toxic.

  If a mother butterfly eats this crimson flame fruit, it will not have the effect of purifying its spiritual root, but it can be refined to become a great surge, and even advance to a higher level.

  As a result, the huge object that Xu Zifeng faced was the mother butterfly of the seven-colored fantasy butterfly. Its wings were spread open and had a length of five or six feet, its antennae could stretch and retract, its wings were sharp and poisonous, and there were poisonous hooks on its tail. However, it was usually very gentle and relied entirely on its child butterflies for protection.

  But now this butterfly is quite frantic.

  Those two long tentacles swung up and down in a strange rhythm, drawing out lines of sound, like a long whip cracking through the air, its momentum overwhelming. And behind it, the tail hook was curved upwards, with a black tip, while the two wings flapped, sending over waves of sweet fragrance, clearly extremely poisonous.

  The butterfly hovered in mid-air in front of the stone platform, covering the entire Red Flame Fruit behind it. Its two compound eyes stared unwaveringly at Xu Ziyu, filled with a cold and murderous intent!

  Xu Zifeng did not underestimate the mother butterfly either, he held a long sword, with a white glow about a foot long spitting out from the tip of the sword, which was a sign of the sword energy condensing into shape.

  Suddenly, the mother butterfly's tail hook suddenly rose and stretched out, like a whip, bringing with it a fierce gust of wind that struck Xu Ziyu's door! If it had pierced through, his brains would have been splattered everywhere!

  Xu Zifeng's body flickered slightly, and he didn't know how to dodge the poisonous hook. He turned his hand over and swung his sword, and the sword energy intersected with the poisonous hook, emitting a "hiss" sound in an instant! The sword energy was short by one inch, but the poisonous hook was shaken back. The mother butterfly opened its mouth and emitted a formless sonic wave, as if it were substantial. Xu Zifeng once again struck out with his long sword, and after several "whooshing" sounds, the sonic wave could no longer invade his body.

  The mother butterfly appeared even more ferocious, its tail hook damaged. It dived down, wanting to use its wings to behead Xu Ziyu. Xu Ziyu dodged to the side, his long sword dancing with a sound like thunder.

  Just then, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Look at the mother butterfly's abdomen!"

  Someone immediately resisted the child butterfly and looked at it. As expected, the mother butterfly's tail trembled, as if something was about to drill out from there!

  "Mother butterfly lays eggs!"

  Xu Ziqing asked: "He Guanshi, is there anything wrong?"

  He Lao took a deep breath and said, "The mother butterfly has always been gentle, but it becomes violent only when laying eggs. Now that it has found this Red Flame Fruit, it must want to lay its eggs on it. When the baby butterflies hatch and eat the Red Flame Fruit, they will surely be very powerful. How can it bear to give up the Red Flame Fruit at that time?"

  Xu Ziqing also felt worried after listening.

  That moth is extremely toxic, and even someone with his poor cultivation can see that the sword energy on Xu Zifeng's long sword is being eroded bit by bit. If this continues for a little while longer, the sword energy will be completely corroded, and that sword-shaped magic tool probably won't last much longer!

  Xu Ziqing alone could see through it; how could others not?

  Xu Zifeng's swordsmanship was still quite smooth, but the shortening of his sword energy was also evident to all. If he were to suffer a loss here, the others would be even less likely to get a good outcome from Mother Butterfly.

  Just then, Meng Wan let go of the people she was protecting, and the red silk danced wildly, sweeping out a clearing. Then the silk suddenly lengthened, like a whip, and shot straight through Xu Ziyu's side, striking Mu Die's eyes!

  Mother butterfly was dancing with Xu Zifeng, at this time eating pain, double wings exerting force to fly. Suddenly Xu Zifeng was hit once, chest mouth also choked a mouth of stagnant blood.

  Xu Zifeng was beaten back, which was just as well. His sword energy had been damaged by more than half, and it was just right to take a short rest, also to avoid continuing to entangle with Mu Die. Meng Wanjin, however, was trapped in the middle because he had injured Mu Die's eyes again, and could not escape under her furious rage.

  She waved the red ribbon around her body in a chaotic dance, stirring up streams of spiritual energy, while loudly shouting: "Tian Daoyou, why haven't you come to assist yet?"

  Tian Tao naturally didn't like the way this woman was ordering him around, but he also understood that it wasn't the time for arguing. Seeing Xu Zifeng re-condensing her sword energy, he leapt into action, taking out a mysterious and ancient-looking artifact that shone with a soft light. It seemed to be neither a spear nor a knife, but its power was extraordinary. As soon as he joined in, Meng Danjin was able to free up his hands momentarily, and together with Tian Tao, they launched a pincer attack from both near and far, firmly trapping the mother butterfly within their encirclement.

  Xu Zifeng once again condensed a sword aura, this time he seemed to have made up his mind, and actually stirred the sword aura to be two inches long and short, swallowing and spitting out unpredictably, with a shocking sword momentum. The mother butterfly was surrounded by three people, only then did she show some fear, although she was still furiously angry, her movements were more restrained, and even showed some timidness.

  This is for a mother's sake, to be strong, for the child's inheritance can go crazy and kill people, but also when there is a mortal danger, because of the unborn offspring, will sober up.

  The mother butterfly was afraid, but the three foundation builders were not kind-hearted people. Seeing the mother butterfly show weakness, the three of them became more aggressive and took action together. Meng Wanjin tied the mother butterfly's wings with a red rope, Tian Taoqi stabbed his sword into the mother butterfly's heart, and Xu Zifeng's sword energy cut off the mother butterfly's head.

  The poor butterfly had a heart full of maternal love, but in an instant, its life was lost.

  The mother butterfly died, and the numerous child butterflies fell down one after another, all of them dying suddenly on the ground. Just a moment ago they were still in such a precarious situation, but in this brief moment of carelessness, everything vanished into thin air.

  The crowd of monks stood there in a daze, while the three foundation-laying cultivators simultaneously made their move, all pouncing towards the stone pedestal.

  Xu Zifeng stepped on the long sword, and with a burst of sword energy, he quickly plucked the Chi Yan fruit and put it in his storage bag. At the same time, he made another swift turn, dodging the righteous indignation strikes from the other two foundation builders.

  The other two were a step slower, and thus missed their chance. Meng Wanjin stamped her foot in frustration, while Tian Tao's eyes gleamed with a sinister light. He glanced around, his body radiating an aura of menace, and in the next instant, he appeared among the gathered Xu family members. And in his hand, he was grasping someone's neck.

  The author has something to say: Thank you Little Fourteen for gifting me three rockets, hugs mua~

  Friendly reminder: The boss will probably appear in about two or three more chapters... Although it may not be very V5... Cough.

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