Chapter 32 Blood-Eating Butterfly Points Delivered to Your Door

Are you talking about Shi Heming?

"It's him."

Not expecting to miss it, Song Yin asked again, "Which direction did he go?"

The people in the group shook their heads. "We stopped to rest last night, and he left the group and went into the darkness. We can't tell which direction he went."

Song Yin: "I understand, thank you for letting me know."

Song Yin didn't want to say more and turned to leave.

Cheng Xian: "Are you going to find him?"

Song Yin did not answer, leaving behind her receding figure.

Since she couldn't find Shi Heming, Song Yin didn't plan to continue searching for him.

Looking for Shi Heming is too much of a waste of time; it's better to continue exploiting the secret realm and collecting more materials.

Inside the sect's main hall.

"Why did your apprentice only hunt three monsters before stopping? The next day she was still digging for spirit herbs. And look at the spirit herbs she dug up, they're not even rare varieties. There's a whole field of them planted on Spirit Herb Peak." Someone couldn't stand watching Song Yin collect her daily life and couldn't help but complain to Qi Zibo.

Qi Zibo: "How would I know? I'm not a mind reader."

Xia Xining's master, Elder Shi, chuckled and said, "Anyway, that girl got a high score at the beginning, so she can just lie back and still pass the competition smoothly."

This year's Foundation Establishment Competition had about 600 disciples participating. The requirement to enter the inner sect is to be ranked in the top 200 and to be approved by the elders.

The scores for Golden Core demon beasts are much higher than those for Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining demon beasts. It can only be said that no one expected Song Yin to kill a Golden Core demon beast so easily.

"Haha, look! That girl Song Yin is about to invade the monster territory again!" The elder of the outer sect's Spirit Beast Peak laughed.

Song Yin went around collecting spiritual herbs, only to find herself trapped in a new den of monsters—this time, a whole group of them.

Unlike before, this monster appears beautiful at first glance, but is actually extremely dangerous. A swarm of blood-sucking butterflies landed on the vast sea of ​​flowers in front of them.

Song Yin paused, then began to back away.

A sense of danger washed over her again. Even though the scenery before her was exceptionally beautiful, she slowly retreated, trying not to disturb the butterflies she had never seen before. Song Yin knew that these butterflies were probably also demonic beasts, and this time their numbers far exceeded three. If she fought them, she would definitely be at a disadvantage.

"Song Yin".

A surprised voice came from behind her, and Song Yin immediately turned around, "Shh."

Before Shi Heming could even rejoice at finding Song Yin, he was startled by her actions and stood motionless. At that moment, he finally noticed the swarm of butterflies that was about to riot.

Song Yin stepped back lightly, closing the distance between herself and Shi Heming. She reached out and grabbed Shi Heming's wrist, leading him back little by little.

Retreating to a safe distance, Song Yin breathed a sigh of relief. She came to participate in the competition, not to fight for her life.

Song Yin: "What are you doing here? I ran into Cheng Xian and his group, and they said you left the group last night."

Shi Heming nodded: "Originally, I planned to stay with the team, hoping to run into you. However, as the team grew and various conflicts arose, I decided to leave them and act alone."

I thought I wouldn't run into Song Yin, but unexpectedly, I met her here.

"Did you get the score?" Shi Heming asked.

Song Yin: "We were sent to the monster's lair as soon as we entered the secret realm. We killed three monsters, so we don't have to worry about not having enough points. What about you?"

Shi Heming: "I hunted down a Foundation Establishment demon beast last night."

Song Yin didn't hold back her praise: "Amazing!"

Shi Heming couldn't hide his smile. "You're even more impressive, you killed three of them."

Song Yin: "Since we've run into each other, then help me with the work."

Shi Heming understood immediately: "You want to pick the spiritual herbs?"

Song Yin patted his shoulder, "Good to know. I taught you how to pick them, and it's time to test your learning."

Shi Heming: "Okay, I know where to find spiritual herbs." Having spent so much time with Song Yin, he had become familiar with many spiritual herbs. After entering the secret realm, he paid special attention to areas with abundant spiritual herbs on his way to find Song Yin.

Those watching the competition noticed that Song Yin had deliberately avoided a fierce battle and had taken another person to pick spiritual herbs.

The members of the Immortal Firmament Sect: ...

After Song Yin and Shi Heming left the butterfly swarm, Cheng Xian and his group arrived here not long after.

"Look, it's so beautiful!"

"Be careful, those butterflies are demonic beasts. They suck blood, and their scales have hallucinogenic effects. If you get them on your skin, you'll fall into a hallucination and won't be able to wake up. So many blood-feeding butterflies are very dangerous for us. We need to get out of here quickly," Zhang Ye, a disciple who knew about demonic beasts, warned the group.

Cheng Xian: "Fellow Daoist Zhang is mistaken. The number of monsters we have encountered along the way has not been enough for everyone to share. This time, we have encountered a group that will allow everyone to get points."

Zhang Ye earnestly advised, "Now is not the time to collect points. If you really fall into a hallucination, you won't even have a chance to crush the number plate and teleport out."

Cheng Xian: "How about this, those who are willing to stay can fight with me, and those who are not willing to stay can fight with Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Zhang Ye hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "Let's do as Fellow Daoist Cheng said. Those who are willing to leave can come with me, but I'm leaving anyway."

In the end, only four people were willing to leave with Zhang Ye.

Including Zhang Ye, a total of five people left the temporary team.

On the way out, someone asked Zhang Ye, "Are the Blood-Eating Butterflies really dangerous?"

Zhang Ye: "I've always wanted to go to the Spirit Beast Peak, so I have some knowledge about monsters. A few Blood-Eating Butterflies aren't a problem, but when they appear in groups, it's very dangerous. If you're not careful, you'll get covered in scales and fall into hallucinations. At that time, the Blood-Eating Butterflies will land on the person who is in a hallucination and start sucking their blood."

"Hearing you say that, it really does seem dangerous!"

"A small number of blood-eating butterflies sucking blood is fine, but a large number can drain a weasel dry."

"Luckily we listened to you and didn't stay there."

...

The main hall of the sect.

The elder of Spirit Beast Peak stroked his chin. "This young man named Zhang Ye is quite good. He'll be coming to Spirit Beast Peak after the competition. I welcome him."

"I remember there were only a few Blood-Feeding Butterflies in the Foundation Establishment Competition Secret Realm. Now they have multiplied to such a large scale that their danger level is no less than that of several Golden Core stage demonic beasts. After the competition ends this year, should we go to the secret realm to eliminate some of them?" an elder asked Sect Master Yan.

Sect Master Yan: "How many Golden Core demonic beasts are there in the Foundation Establishment Competition secret realm?"

The elder in charge of the secret realm replied, "Reporting to the sect master, during this year's inspection, there were a total of five Golden Core demonic beasts in the secret realm. The Earth-Breaking Boar has already been killed by Song Yin, and there are now four Golden Core demonic beasts remaining."

Sect Master Yan said, "In that case, let's not control the number of Blood-Eating Butterflies for now. We'll deal with them when the number of Golden Core demon beasts in the secret realm exceeds ten. After all, the demon beasts in the secret realm cannot leave."

"yes."

The elder of Spirit Beast Peak was most familiar with demonic beasts, and he had been keeping a close eye on Cheng Xian and the others. "Some of these disciples have fallen into hallucinations. If everyone falls into hallucinations and can't wake up, who will go to rescue them?"

All the elders turned their gazes toward the elder of the Spirit Beast Peak.

Elder of Spirit Beast Peak: "...Why are you all looking at me like that?"

“Naturally, you’ll be the one to rescue them. It’s because you know these monsters best,” said the person next to the elder of Spirit Beast Peak.

Elder of Spirit Beast Peak: I give up. I should have known better than to bring this up.

"This disciple named Cheng Xian is quite strong. He managed to avoid injury even when facing so many demonic beasts, and his points are accumulating rapidly. It seems that his decision to stay was made with confidence, not on a whim. He should be a shoo-in for the inner sect, but I wonder which path he will choose," Elder Feng, Wen Shuxue's master, praised.

Qi Zibo raised his eyes: "He is the young master of a cultivation family in the Eastern Continent. His purpose in coming to the sect is to join the inner sect of the six peaks and then learn the inner sect's inheritance to strengthen his family."

Elder Feng was surprised: "Is this true?! In that case, he can only stay in the outer sect. How did Elder Qi find out about this?"

Qi Zibo briefly explained the ins and outs of Cheng Xian's matter.

Elder Feng frowned: "This man is wicked. Let me make it clear first that Lingcao Peak does not want him."

The elder of the management academy said, "He performed very well in Class A and had a good reputation among the other disciples. Who would have thought... It's all thanks to the sect leader's suggestion to extend the disciples' assessment to the entire Qi Refining period. If it were before, with his single spiritual root talent, he probably would have already been accepted as a personal disciple of some peak."

Elder Feng: "The sect leader's decision is indeed very good. In recent years, our Immortal Firmament Sect has been thriving, and the number of disciples betraying the sect has become very small. As far as I know, the other five major sects have quite a few troubles."

Sect Master Yan was not one to smile, and he did not smile when he heard the praise. Instead, he said in a heavy tone, "It is not a big deal that the inheritances of various sects are being leaked now. I contacted the sect master of the Tiangan Sect in the Northern Continent a few days ago. The spiritual veins of the Tiangan Sect are also drying up."

The spiritual veins are depleted.

Upon hearing these four words, the elders all looked up at the head sect leader.

Sect Master Yan: "The depletion of spiritual veins is not only happening in our Immortal Firmament Sect. It has now been confirmed that spiritual veins in the Northern Continent, Central Continent, and Southern Continent are also depleted. The most urgent task is to find new spiritual veins, otherwise the consequences a thousand years from now will be unimaginable."

A thousand years sounds like a long time, but for cultivators it's just a blink of an eye. The elders present were all over a thousand years old.

Sect Master Yan continued, "I suspect that the old spiritual veins of the entire Xuantian cultivation world are drying up."

The depletion of spiritual veins is no small matter. If the spiritual veins are gone one day, the spiritual energy in the cultivation world will be scarce, and no one can even think about ascending to immortality.

...

The atmosphere was heavy among the elders, and the situation wasn't much better for the Foundation Establishment disciples in the secret realm.

Song Yin and Shi Heming were happily picking spiritual herbs when, after a while, they discovered that the demonic butterflies had started flying around erratically.

Shi Heming drew a talisman in the air with his index and middle fingers together, trapping the two blood-eating butterflies that had wandered in. A moment later, the two blood-eating butterflies stopped flapping their wings and fell to the ground, their bodies still bearing traces of lightning.

Song Yin examined the butterfly's corpse. "It was a Qi Refining stage demon beast that delivered points to my door."

Shi Heming: "I suspect someone disturbed that swarm of butterflies."

Song Yin stood up, put all the newly picked spiritual herbs into her bracelet space, patted the dirt off her hands, and said, "In that case, let's stop picking and start farming points. It's troublesome for a group of demonic beasts to gather together. Now that they're scattered and alone, isn't this a good opportunity for us to farm points?"

Two figures darted swiftly through the forest, focusing on areas with flowers. Wherever they went, if they encountered any monsters, it would surely be their death.

Shi Heming uses his hands as a brush and spiritual energy as a millstone. As long as the spiritual energy is not exhausted, he can continuously draw new talismans.

After using spiritual energy for a long time, Song Yin's spiritual energy decreased. She then took out bottle after bottle of spiritual energy recovery pills. The pills had a rapid recovery effect, and the two of them resumed traveling to various places after their spiritual energy was restored. They killed lone monsters when they encountered them, and actively avoided groups when they encountered them.

The two worked together seamlessly, their scores kept improving, and their rankings kept rising, a far cry from their previous leisurely way of picking spiritual herbs.

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Author's Note: Other elders watching the competition: Wait, what happened again? You promised to gather spiritual herbs, but now you're just racking up points?! Are young people these days so fickle?!

Song Yin: Don't you understand? This is called being flexible and adaptable. [noob emoji]

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