Chapter 705: Falling Out
Qin Sang suddenly turned his head, eyes narrowing as he looked the gaunt elder up and down, then asked without warning, "Was it you just now, contacting someone outside?"
The gaunt elder’s expression shifted slightly, but he quickly masked it and forced a laugh. "Daoist Qin, what are you talking about? Who are you talking about?"
Qin Sang fixed his gaze on the man, the corners of his mouth curling into a cold, mocking smile.
None of the other six people present had noticed that, before entering the cave, he had left the Sky-Eyed Butterfly outside.
After its second metamorphosis, the Sky-Eyed Butterfly had gained the ability to turn invisible. What surprised Qin Sang was that this ability had already become quite powerful, even shortly after the metamorphosis. It could already fool the perception of early-stage Foundation Building cultivators.
If not for the fact that the Sky-Eyed Butterfly was his life-bound insect gu, sharing a spiritual link with him, even Qin Sang himself would not have sensed it standing invisibly right in front of him unless he had deliberately searched for it.
Invisibility was the only new ability it had gained after its second metamorphosis. Compared to other spiritual insects at the same stage, and even compared to Foundation Building cultivators and Demonic Spirit Realm beasts, it was undoubtedly very fragile.
Perhaps it was precisely this fragility that allowed it to slip under the notice of stronger enemies, enabling its kind to survive in the perilous world of immortal cultivation.
Just before they entered the underground cave, when the others had been distracted by the frost-covered grass, Qin Sang had discreetly released the Sky-Eyed Butterfly. As he expected, no one noticed.
He had the Sky-Eyed Butterfly lie in wait on a tree.
Perhaps it was because it had been refined into a life-bound insect gu, fed with his own blood and essence, or maybe Yuling Sect’s records were simply mistaken, the Sky-Eyed Butterfly was not nearly as fragile as the ancient texts claimed. It would not die from just a single touch.
After the second metamorphosis, its strength had also improved considerably.