A tall, thin man in dark green robes slowly approached with a strange gait.
With every step he took, the Golden-Wing Envoy Nest in his palm trembled faintly, releasing a unique spirit insect.
These insects resembled spirit silkworms, their bodies pure white as jade.
By the time the tall, thin man stood opposite Lin Ke, nine spirit insects had flown out and were circling him.
He inclined his head slightly and cupped his fists toward Lin Ke. "Mo Sanyin of the Rotten Bamboo Forest. Please enlighten me, Junior Brother Lin."
Lin Ke returned the salute. "Greetings, Senior Brother Mo."
Even as he returned the salute, Lin Ke was already assessing Mo Sanyin.
Judging by his aura alone, his cultivation was one level above Lin Ke's, having reached the Golden Core late stage.
The insects he controlled, which resembled earth silkworms, were spirit insects unique to the Rotten Bamboo Forest-Jade Rakshasas.
They were a type of spirit silkworm, crystalline as jade and no different in appearance from ordinary spirit silkworms, but their habits were worlds apart from those of silkworms.
Jade Rakshasas did not eat mulberry leaves. Instead, they consumed flesh and blood, feeding on all manner of bloody fare, their vicious nature difficult to tame.
They also carried deadly poison within their bodies.
A single bite from a Golden Core stage Jade Rakshasa could potentially kill even a Nascent Soul early stage cultivator outright.
From what Lin Ke could sense, all nine Jade Rakshasas in Mo Sanyin's possession were Golden Core spirit insects.
Even Lin Ke dared not underestimate an opponent with nine such vicious insects.
Before their duel formally began, Mo Sanyin did not rush to attack, but instead struck up a conversation with Lin Ke.
"I heard you recently earned outstanding military merits at the front, Junior Brother.