Abyss Sea Butterfly Secured

Song Wen concealed his aura, left the cave where he was hiding, and headed towards the Cave where Cui Qiao was.

The distance between him and Cui Gu was more than forty miles, which was beyond the range of Cui Gu's Divine Sense. As long as he didn't make too much of a commotion, Cui Gu wouldn't be able to detect him at all.

Half an hour later.

Cui San had searched the area within a radius of thirty li several times, but naturally found nothing.

Cui Gu's face was ashen, and he said in a cold voice.

"Let's go! Let's go to the surface of the sea and wait for that person to come and make the deal."

As soon as the two returned to the water, a female cultivator at the Golden Core Early Stage came to greet them.

"Have you found Cui Qiao?" the female cultivator asked with concern.

Cui San glanced at Cui Gu, and seeing that he didn't intend to speak, he took the initiative to recount everything that had happened at the bottom of the sea.

"How dare this person threaten our Cui Family!" the female cultivator said indignantly.

Cui Gu gazed at the distant horizon, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Since he dared to provoke the Cui Family, he must pay the price."

He raised his hand and threw out a spaceship more than ten feet long.

"Cui Hongying! Take the Foundation Establishment Realm members of your clan, pilot the flying ship, and go to high altitudes to observe the surrounding movements."

"Yes!" the female cultivator at the Golden Core Early Stage realm replied.

"Cui San, Cui Kang, you two go to the east or west sides and find a place to hide."

Cui San and another male cultivator at the Middle Golden Core Stage replied, "Yes!"

Cui Gu said coldly, "I refuse to believe that four of us Golden Core cultivators can't defeat one of them."

A little over 45 minutes later.

Suddenly, Cui Hongying shouted loudly from high in the sky.

"Someone's coming!"

Upon hearing this, Cui Gu looked up and indeed saw a figure appear on the distant horizon, approaching the reefs.

As the person approached, Cui Gu realized that it was not the Bandit Cultivator he was waiting for, but Cui Qiao.

Cui Qiao arrived alone on her sword.

Cui Gu hurriedly went to greet her, "Qiao'er, what happened? Did that Bandit Cultivator release you?"

Cui Qiao was able to remain calm until she saw Cui Gu, at which point tears immediately streamed down her face, filled with grievance and fear.

"Grandpa, don't come any closer."

"There are three Gu Worm inside me. If we get too close before that person gets the corpse of the Abyss Sea Butterfly, the Gu Worm will bite through my heart meridian and eat my brain."

"Grandpa, you must save me, I don't want to die."

Cui Qiao burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

Upon hearing this, Cui Gu's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly stopped several miles away from Cui Qiao.

"Don't worry, Qiao'er, with Grandpa here, you'll be fine."

After Cui Qiao calmed down a bit, Cui Gu asked.

"How does that person want to trade?"

Cui Qiao said, "That person told you, Grandpa, to give Hai Die's body to two Gu Worm to take away. Once Hai Die's body is in that person's hands, the other Gu Worm will leave my body."

Cui Gu's face suddenly turned ashen, his hands clenched tightly, veins bulging.

A feeling of being manipulated and played like a puppet arose spontaneously.

"How dare you, you brat!" Cui Gu roared in a low voice.

With a thought, he threw out the Abyss Sea Butterfly corpse that had been broken in two.

Amidst Cui Qiao's terrified expression, two Shadow Gu flapped their wings and flew out of her mouth.

The Gu Worm arrived at the corpse of the Abyss Sea Butterfly, then each grabbed a piece, flapped its wings, and flew away into the distance.

After the two Shadow Gu disappeared, another Gu Worm emerged from Cui Qiao's body.

It had only flown a mile when a pitch-black Ghost Banner suddenly appeared in Cui Gu's hand. With a flick of the Ghost Banner, a giant python of ghostly energy surged forth, hurtling towards the Shadow Gu with lightning speed.

Knowing that it would be difficult to find Song Wen, Cui Gu could only vent his anger on the Gu Worm.

"Ah!"

Cui Qiao suddenly let out a scream.

She pressed one hand to her chest, her face contorted in pain.

She couldn't even maintain her sword control technique and fell off the flying sword.

The sudden turn of events caused Cui Gu's expression to change.

"Qiao'er, what's wrong?"

"I... I still have a Gu Worm inside me."

Cui Gu hurriedly dispersed the giant python of ghostly energy that was chasing the Shadow Gu.

He was about to step forward and catch Cui Qiao when he suddenly remembered what Cui Qiao had said earlier: he shouldn't get too close to her.

Cui Gu could only stand still, watching Cui Qiao plummet towards the sea with a worried expression.

"Qiao'er, are you alright?"

Cui Qiao said, "That Gu Worm burrowed into my heart. Ah... it hurts so much..."

"Puff!"

Cui Qiao crashed into the sea, splashing up a lot of water.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Shadow Gu burrowed out of her body and darted towards the depths of the sea.

"Qiao'er, how are you?" Cui Gu was unsure whether there were other Gu Worm inside Cui Qiao's body, and still dared not approach rashly.

"I... glug... glug..."

A large amount of seawater was poured into Cui Qiao's mouth.

Due to her damaged heart, the intense pain made her consciousness somewhat blurred, and she was no longer able to use her spiritual power to seal her mouth and nose.

Seeing this, Cui Gu didn't care about anything else and hurriedly used his Law Power to pull Cui Qiao out of the sea.

Otherwise, Cui Qiao might have drowned instead of dying from a ruptured heart.

Cui Gu came to Cui Qiao's side, placed one hand on her wrist, and a wisp of gentle Law Power flowed into Cui Qiao's body.

After a moment, Cui Gu's expression relaxed slightly.

First, he found no other Gu Worm in Cui Qiao's body.

Secondly, the Gu Worm only bit a hole the size of a little finger in Cui Qiao's heart.

Cui Gu had already Law Power to seal the entrance to the cave.

Cui Qiao's life is not in immediate danger.

Cui Gu scanned the area with his spiritual sense and sensed that the Gu worms had already dived more than twenty miles underwater.

After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately decided not to pursue.

Cui Qiao's condition was still unstable, and he worried that it would worsen when he went to hunt down the Cui Qiao Gu Worm.

He channeled his Law Power into his voice and shouted loudly.

"Fellow Daoist, I, Cui Gu, admire your methods. Let the feud between you and my Cui Family be considered settled. May your future be bright and your path smooth."

At this moment, three Golden Core cultivators from the Cui Family surrounded them.

"How is Cui Qiao?" Cui Hongying asked.

"It's nothing serious," Cui Gu.

"Are we really just going to let that Bandit Cultivator go like this?" Cui San asked, his face full of resentment.

Instead of speaking, Cui Gu used telepathy.

"Offending the Cui Family is not something to be taken lightly. Among all the Golden Core cultivators near Limitless Island, those who raise Gu worms are few and far between, and to raise several third-tier Gu Worm simultaneously is absolutely unique. Furthermore, this person can also refine third-tier Demon-Luring Incense. With these characteristics, it should be easy to find him. Send people to investigate; we must find him."

A month later, Song Wen returned to his cave abode.

He retrieved the corpse of the Abyss Sea Butterfly. The corpse was well-preserved, and the Demon Beast's soul was still imprisoned within the body. The loss of its Essence Blood was not too severe.

Song Wen removed the two demonic eyes intact, and then casually devoured their Essence Blood, and soul.

As soon as the demon soul was devoured, Song Wen felt his Sea of Consciousness tremble.

"Is this a sign that my Divine Sense is about to advance?" Song Wen's expression brightened with joy.

During his years on Limitless Island, he killed a large number of first and second-tier Demon Beast. As long as the souls of these Demon Beasts did not dissipate automatically, they were all swallowed into Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness.

This significantly increased the strength of his Divine Sense. Combined with the souls of the four Golden Core cultivators from Limitless Island and the soul of the Abyss Sea Butterfly, Song Wen's Divine Sense had reached the bottleneck of the Late Golden Core Stage.