Eastern Sea Immortal Continent.
When Aaron spotted a deserted island, he lowered his escape light, found a place, and quietly sat in meditation to restore his mana.
He was merely a weakling at the Mystic Light realm, so he did not dare use an overly good flying sword while traveling. He hid away the Jade Water Sword and only brought out the Golden Snake Hook to show off.
As a Mystic Light sword immortal, Aaron's escape light was indeed quite fast—even faster than Wu Mei's Red Embroidered Tower by a fair margin.
Still, he could not possibly exhaust all his mana while flying.
Having seated himself cross-legged, he took a Gu insect from his magical artifact pouch.
The Gu insect was blood-red all over and had a face that vaguely resembled Ding Xiadong's.
Aaron had created it through his own Gu arts and insights gained from the Blood Sea Demon Scripture. He had originally wanted to call it the "Winter Worm Summer Grass Gu," but after some thought, he decided to name it the "Blood God Gu" instead!
This Gu insect had no other use. Made from Ding Xiadong's natal blood essence, it could serve as a means of surveillance.
He could even discern the progress of Ding Xiadong's Blood Demon cultivation art, as well as his later acupoint adjustments and circulation of true qi... It was practically a blood god entering the body, like a maggot clinging to the bone!
With a slight infusion of mana, it was as though he were looking through Ding Xiadong's eyes, seeing a scene unfold.
The boy was dressed entirely in black, soaking in a pool of blood as he bitterly cultivated the Blood Shadow Demon Art!
Moreover, the youthful innocence once on his face had long since vanished, replaced by a fierce,