Although he said that, Qin Fengming did not immediately move.
In this unknown place, caution and prudence were what he had to bear firmly in mind at that moment.
"Which fellow Daoist has spirit insects?" Qin Fengming looked over everyone present, pondered briefly, and then asked.
In this unknown place, using spirit insects to scout ahead was naturally the safest method.
"Senior, this junior has a few spirit butterflies. I wonder if they can be used?" Following Qin Fengming's words, a late Nascent Soul stage cultivator from the Yin Household immediately moved and stepped forward two paces.
With a wave of his hand, five gray-black demon butterflies appeared.
The demon butterflies spread their wings, each nearly the size of an adult's two palms. Their gray-black wings were dotted with white circles, and upon closer inspection, those white circles actually formed two skull patterns.
"Hm? These spirit butterflies bear some resemblance to Golden Powder Skull Butterflies, though their colors are vastly different. Could they be mutant relatives of those legendary spirit butterflies?"
The instant he saw the demon butterflies appear, Chu Shixian let out a soft exclamation of surprise.
Hearing Chu Shixian's words, Qin Fengming, who was staring at the five demon butterflies before him, was also stirred.
Qin Fengming had once seen an introduction to Golden Powder Skull Butterflies in an ancient text. They were an extremely highly ranked species on the Spirit Insect Ranking, occupying the lofty seventeenth place.
After examining them closely, he found that the five demon butterflies before him looked almost exactly like Golden Powder Skull Butterflies. Only their overall colors were vastly different, as though they were copies of Golden Powder Skull Butterflies made with materials of a different color.
"Reporting to Senior, this junior obtained more than a dozen cocoons in a perilous place.