A Delicious Feast

A gentleman could wait ten years to take revenge; a petty man sought it from dawn till dusk. Huo Hai did not consider himself a gentleman. He could never hold back his vengeance for ten years. After all that time, who would even remember who had offended him?

But Huo Hai was no petty man, either. He did not go looking for trouble every waking hour. Instead, he was like a venomous snake hidden in the shadows. If he did not know who had targeted him, that was one thing. Once he knew, he waited for his chance and struck to kill. Other matters had kept him busy before. Now that he had time, he launched his attack at the first opportunity.

After drawing in some poison, Little Butterfly wasted no time. As the sky began to brighten, she flew toward Huang Xiaotian's residence. Huo Hai had used the Star Gu to scout it thoroughly long ago.

Huo Hai knew the courtyard Huang Xiaotian lived in better than Huang Xiaotian himself. Before daybreak, Little Butterfly drifted through the air. Her instinctive invisibility kept anyone from noticing her arrival.

"Huh? What's this? He really is afraid of dying. He's put up defenses already." Huo Hai sneered. He had discovered that Huang Xiaotian had placed insect deterrents around his residence. There was no need to guess whom he was guarding against. Huo Hai was the only known Insect Spirit Master in the Southern Cloud Kingdom.

As soon as Little Butterfly drew close, Huo Hai felt a wave of discomfort through her. Looking carefully, he saw that Insect-Repelling Grass had been planted around the walls.

Insect-Repelling Grass was not one particular plant, but a name for various grasses capable of driving insects away. It had been planted not only around the walls, but