Chapter 97: Blood Silkworm Sacrifice

  "The Flower Fox is a very fitting name." Ye Xu carefully examined the strange beast, and saw that it was completely white all over, with three yellow stripes of fur on the back of its head. The name "Flower Fox" seemed to be tailor-made for it, and it truly lived up to its name.

  Actually, Ye Xu didn't know that this strange beast was really called a flower fox, but it was extremely rare.

  "Shao Bao, this little thing is no ordinary demon beast."

  Zhou Shiwen's expression turned serious, and he licked his lips, saying: "Letting Su Mei bring it might be dangerous, better to slaughter and eat it!"

  Su Jiaojiao glared at him, the flower fox leaped onto her shoulder, staring angrily at Zhou Da Hu Zi, waving its front paws and making a sharp threatening sound.

  Zhou Shiwen's whiskers stood on end in anger, his face twisted into a ferocious expression. The little fox cub was so frightened that it hid itself in Su Qiaoqiao's hair and didn't dare to come out.

  "What a cowardly little monster, useless despite its appearance!"

  Fang Chen shook his head and said, "Su Mei, this flower fox is attracted by the smell of Gu worms and mostly makes a living by eating poisonous things. You'd better be careful not to get bitten."

  Ye Xu also thought of this crucial point, but Su Qiaoqiao was extremely fond of the flower fox, and this flower fox's courage was very small, so there shouldn't be much harm.

  He walked towards Shenmu Wangding, and saw that the four-winged blood silkworm was still shrinking in the cauldron, trembling with fear. He thought to himself: "If I were to capture this four-winged blood silkworm alive, I'm afraid it would be a lot of trouble, and I might even get hurt again. But with this flower fox here, it's saved me a lot of effort, and keeping it does have some use."

  Although he had enough confidence to withstand the blood silkworm's counterattack, he wanted to catch it without letting this little thing get hurt, which was still beyond his current ability.

  Ye Xuan stretched out his finger and suddenly pointed it at the four-winged blood silkworm's head, his divine sense surging through his fingertips into the silkworm's brain!

  Although this Blood Silkworm was extremely powerful, it had just been born and couldn't resist the sorcerer's divine sense. Its divine consciousness was easily erased by Ye Xu.

  Exorcising the Gu insect only wipes out its spiritual intelligence, preventing it from counterattacking, but won't wipe out its innate nature. After attaching to the Yuan Shen, if Ye Xuan doesn't take control, the Four-winged Blood Silkworm will still act according to its instincts.

  Ye Xuan stretched out his injured arm, and a ball of blood the size of a goose egg flew out from the wound, wrapped in a blood cocoon. Only to see fresh blood swarming into the body of the blood cocoon.

  The yuan Shen needs to be sacrificed with blood first, and then use its own Qi and blood to nourish the Gu insect, communicate the blood vessels between itself and the Gu insect, and then the yuan Shen can be conveniently attached to the body of the Gu insect.

  Ye Xu immediately split his primordial spirit, and the primordial energy burst out, wrapping around the primordial spirit as it surged into the Blood Silkworm's body, stopping at its brain, using the primordial energy to refine and nourish.

  The blood-sucking insect looks fierce but actually has a low IQ, with a brain only the size of a soybean.

  His primordial spirit was like an old tree with roots deeply embedded in the brain of the Blood Silkworm.

  After a long time, Ye Xu felt that he had a blood connection with the four-winged Blood Silkworm, and only then did he stop supplying yuan energy, let out a breath of relief, and exclaimed: "It's finally successfully refined!"

  He thought for a moment, then raised the four-winged blood silkworm. Suddenly, the blood silkworm flew up with a whoosh, grew to the size of a water bucket, spread its four wings and rapidly fluttered them, making a hissing sound as it flew around the mountain forest once before suddenly transforming into a small flying insect that landed on Ye Xiang's shoulder.

  After a moment, a gentle breeze blew by, and the four-winged blood silkworms flew over, causing the towering trees to creak and lean in, falling down in large pieces. It turned out that as the blood silkworms flew by, they used their sharp wings to cut these trees in half!

  Its wings are too sharp and thin, these big trees were cut off and still standing on the spot, blown by the wind, they fell down!

  A fox-like creature emerged from Su Qiaoqiao's hair, standing on the girl's shoulder like a squirrel, its shiny black eyes fixed intently on the four-winged blood silkworm. It held its front paws together in front of its chest and coquettishly called out to Ye Yu: "Guo Guo~"

  Ye Xuan plugged his ears and didn't hear anything, continuing to manipulate the Blood Silkworm to fly up, in an instant flying out hundreds of meters, arriving in mid-air!

  Ye Xue's primordial spirit was attached to the Blood Silkworm, and through the silkworm's complex insect eyes, he saw only the surrounding area of clear rivers and mountains, all within his field of vision. The bright sun shone everywhere, and countless golden snakes were stirring in the sea of clouds. He felt great joy: "Cultivating the Blood Silkworm doesn't require consuming spiritual energy, and its flight distance far exceeds that of a solid foundation stage shaman. It's simply more useful than a shaman soldier!"

  During the reign of Emperor Wu, witches raised witch soldiers who could kill people from a hundred paces away. However, sacrificing and refining Gu insects was even simpler, making it harder for people to defend against, and the distance required was also greater.

  Suddenly, a loud cry came from above, and a golden-feathered eagle with a wingspan of four or five meters discovered the four-winged blood silkworms. It swooped down with its wings closed, opened its mouth to swallow the four-winged blood silkworms into its belly, and then spread its wings to fly high up in the air.

  After a moment, the Golden Eagle let out a mournful cry, struggling in mid-air. The blood-red silkworm burst forth from its abdomen, opening its bloody mouth wide to reveal rows of small steel-like teeth, looking ferocious and sinister. With a few swift bites, it devoured the eagle whole, leaving not even a single feather behind!

  This golden giant eagle can grow to such a huge size, it's obviously also a rare and mysterious beast. If Ye Xuan had encountered this kind of beast in the past, he would have been able to protect himself with ease, but wanting to get rid of it would be absolutely impossible. Who would have thought that now he was eaten clean by this Blood Silkworm, bones and all!

  Suddenly, Ye Xu felt a surge of aura with a fishy smell coming from the four-winged blood silkworms. After a brief thought, he understood the origin of this chaotic aura.

  In the Five Poisons Classic, it is mentioned that Gu insects can counter-feed their masters and assist in their cultivation. Presumably, this refined energy is the result of Xue Can devouring Jin Yu Da Ying, refining Jin Yu Da Ying's vital energy into yuanqi, and then feeding it back to him.

  And Blood Worms can also grow and evolve by absorbing the vital energy of other living beings.

  This method is similar to Fang Chen's Blood Demon Primordial Law, both are demonic laws that harm others for one's own benefit, requiring the slaughter of living beings to rapidly advance one's cultivation.

  The more you kill, the faster your cultivation speed will increase, and the stronger your strength will be!

  "The Gu insect relies on eating other living beings to nourish itself and its master, which indeed helps to improve the master's cultivation. However, the yuanqi obtained by killing and devouring living beings is truly impure and of poor quality, far inferior to the pure and refined energy of the Zhou Tian Xing. Relying on such means to cultivate will not only make one's state of mind unstable but also easily lead to demonic possession!"

  Ye Xue pondered for a moment, recalling that his original intention in cultivating the Gu insect was to take advantage of its ability to reverse its own nourishment. Now that he understood the drawbacks of this refined energy, he no longer placed importance on the bit of cultivation brought by the Gu insect's reversal, instead allowing the Four-winged Blood Silkworm to fully refine and absorb all of his original energy, thereby enhancing its own power.

  "At first, the master of Wudongfu didn't refine his primordial fetus, probably because he cultivated this heart method. His yuanqi was mixed and impure, so he was trapped in that realm for a lifetime until old age!"

  He thought for a moment, and four-winged heavenly silkworms flew down from high altitude and stayed on his shoulders.

  "Guo Guo~" The flower fox continued to flatter him, sweetly calling out.

  When it saw Ye Xu ignoring it, this strange beast got a bit angry and immediately changed its expression, roaring at Ye Xu: "Hss!"

  Ye Xu was speechless at this little thing, took out a crimson-colored exotic fruit from the Jade Building's collection and tossed it over. The flower fox leaped up, caught the fruit, and still landed on Su Qiaoqiao's shoulder, sniffed the scent of the fruit, felt that it suited her family's taste, and immediately swallowed it in two or three mouthfuls.

  "This strange fruit contains a deadly poison, even the strongest Yuan period cultivators can be easily poisoned to death. This poor little thing relies on its pitiful appearance to deceive young girls for a living, and most of them will soon fall dead!" Ye Xu's eyes gleamed with malice as he thought to himself.

  After a moment, the flower fox squirrel was still lively and jumping around, rushing to him to ask for fruit, with a straightforward and confident tone: "Fruit!"

  Ye Xue was thoroughly speechless, Hua Hu Di's dead skin relied on his face to beg from him, and under the helpless circumstances, he took out another exotic fruit and threw it over.

  "Shao Bao, can you help me cultivate a Gu insect too?" Zhou Shiwen's eyes lit up, rubbed his hands together, and chuckled.

  The ferocity of Gu Zhong was already seen by him, and with Pei Yuan's cultivation, he could control it, making it more useful than the Witch Soldiers.

  Ye Xiu smiled and said, "Not far ahead is Qingzhou. Once we arrive at the Liang Wang Fu and complete the master's entrustment, we'll go collect poisonous materials and refine a few more Gu insects. Zhou brother will naturally have a share, Fang brother, why don't you raise one too?"

  Fang Chen was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Thank you."

  The three of them formed a small group, supporting each other. After obtaining the Gu insect, their self-preservation abilities would be greatly enhanced, and they could completely contend with the Foundational stage cultivators, no longer being as timid as before.

  Ye Xu and others left the small hill, finally Qingzhou was in sight, and they all let out a sigh of relief.

  "Shao Bao, you're going to give gifts to Prince Liang on behalf of the Lord of Feng Ye Manor, so you'll definitely receive special treatment from him. My old self and Xiao Bai Lian will have to bask in your glory too! You must share some benefits with us!" Zhou Shiwen laughed loudly and said.

  They had just left, and dozens of figures rushed towards the mountain, patrolling around. Among them, a delicate girl riding a fine horse hurried over, wearing a golden hoop on her head, dressed in luxury, obviously a young lady from a wealthy family. With an air of arrogance and command, she raised her whip and struck the face of the leading shaman, angrily saying: "Where is that flower fox? Didn't you drive it here? How come there isn't one?"

  The sorcerer didn't dare to resist, allowing the whip to lash out a bloody mark on his face. He lowered his head and said: "Reporting to the young mistress, there are signs of battle here, most likely the Flower Fox Sable was secretly taken away..."

  That girl angrily shouted, her hand rose and whip fell, blindly whipping the witch doctor, shouting: "It took you guys more than a month to lead this ancient rare beast cub out of Hundred Flowers Valley, but it was given to someone else as a dowry! And my Golden Eagle, who knows if that blind guy killed it! I really don't know why my dad still keeps you all! Useless! Incompetent! A bunch of pigs!"

  That witch was motionless, her face covered in blood from being beaten. Another witch nearby observed the traces left by Ye Xu and others, and ventured to say: "County Master, most of these people have gone to rush into Qingzhou."

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