Chapter 737 736: Gu Yuexi: I've Obtained the Complete Inheritance of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi, and I'm Still Not as Good as Chu Sheng?

Gu Yuexi knew Chu Sheng could control insects.

Back on Blue Star.

His Insect Race army had once blotted out the sky, striking fear into the hearts of many enemies.

But in her memory...

The Insect Race Chu Sheng summoned...

...were all just ordinary bugs like mosquitoes, cockroaches, and flies.

The strongest among them were nothing more than Low Level Demon Beasts like Spirit-Devouring Worms and Bloodthirsty Demon Bees.

Their only advantage was their sheer numbers, serving merely to harass and wear down opponents.

When faced with a true High-Tier Cultivator, they were utterly useless.

Later, among the Witch Race, Gu Yuexi was captured by people from the Spirit Realm's Celestial Derivation Sect.

She had no idea if Chu Sheng had contracted any stronger members of the Insect Race after that.

But Gu Yuexi was certain of one thing.

Chu Sheng was originally just an ordinary White-striped Aedes Mosquito.

At most, he was a tiny bit special.

A tiny bit stronger.

And a tiny bit more perverted, that was all.

No matter how fast he evolved, he was still just an insect.

'And now, you—an ordinary White-striped Aedes Mosquito—'

'—have made over ten thousand Soul-Collecting Butterflies bow down in submission?'

'This is just too ridiculous!'

The Soul-Collecting Butterflies Chu Sheng had just used to kill Tang Jiesheng and his two companions...

She had, at the very least, first worn them down to a sliver of health and drained their Demonic Power with her Divine Thought Cage.

Only then had Chu Sheng seized the opportunity to capture them.

Although it was incredible...

...with that precedent, it was at least *barely* plausible.

'It's like an unconscious and unarmed person—'

'—even a child could easily subdue them.'

'But a healthy, burly man wielding a cleaver?'

'Even a professional bodyguard would have a hard time taking him down.'

'After all, this is real life, not a movie. You can't just intimidate someone into submission!'

'But what about now?'

'Over ten thousand Soul-Collecting Butterflies, some at the Divinity Transformation Realm or even the Void Refinement Realm!'

'A genuine swarm of Demon Beasts, a force that even Celestial God Realm experts would hesitate to provoke!'

'And all Chu Sheng did was release a bit of his aura, flashing his so-called "Kingly Dominance."'

'And these notoriously vicious Soul-Collecting Butterflies just dropped to the ground, trembling in fear, not even daring to twitch?'

'How is that FUCKING possible?!'

Gu Yuexi stared blankly at the giant black mosquito in the sky.

The Divine Power she had just gathered for a desperate struggle slowly dissipated.

'They say you should see a man in a new light after just three days' separation.'

'We've been apart for a whole year. Does this mean I have to get to know you all over again?'

Gu Yuexi had originally thought...

...that her own leap from the Body Refining Ninth Layer to the Profound Understanding Realm in a single year was already outrageous.

But ever since seeing Chu Sheng again...

She was only now realizing...

...what it truly meant...

...to be off-the-charts insane!

'It's one thing for his Realm to be an entire Grand Realm above mine.'

'But I received the complete inheritance of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi!'

'That's basically like using a cheat code!'

'And yet, when we faced the same type of Demon Beast...'

'...I struggled with all my might just to catch a handful.'

'While Chu Sheng tamed over ten thousand of them just with his aura!'

If it weren't for the fact that Chu Sheng's aura and soul fluctuations still felt the same...

Gu Yuexi would have suspected he had been possessed by some Ancient Holy Beast!

'No, that's not right.'

'Chu Sheng was almost possessed by the Mosquito Daoist before.'

'But it failed. In the end, Chu Sheng devoured him instead.'

The more Gu Yuexi thought about it, the more confused she became.

So, she decided to stop thinking about it altogether.

'Mosquito, I refuse to believe I'll be overshadowed by you forever!'

Gu Yuexi silently gritted her teeth.

She didn't have to worry about the "Beast Master" dynamic anymore.

After all, they now had a contract of equals, with no master or servant.

But a competitive fire still burned within her.

'First, I was the one protecting him.'

'Then, we were supporting each other.'

'I can't let him leave me completely in the dust now, can I?'

'I have the complete inheritance of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi now.'

'It won't be long before I surpass you!'

While Gu Yuexi was silently steeling her resolve at the side...

After all the Soul-Collecting Butterflies had been thoroughly suppressed by the Ancestral Will and lost their ability to resist...

Chu Sheng lightly waved a foreleg.

The Chaos Nest's suction activated, pulling in the entire dense swarm of Soul-Collecting Butterflies from the ground.

The once cold and desolate Chaos Nest instantly burst with activity.

Chu Sheng glanced at the Chaos Nest's information on his system panel.

[Chaos Nest]

[Special Ability: Can use Essence of Origin to upgrade or exchange for existing Insect Beasts within the Nest.]

[Current Insect Beast Count: 11,862]

[Soul-Collecting Butterfly (Spirit Beast Bloodline): Divinity Transformation Realm (11,526), Void Refinement Realm (335), Integration Realm (1).]

[Soul-Collecting Butterfly Skills: Soul Devourer, Enchanting Soul.]

Chu Sheng nodded in satisfaction.

Before he had advanced to the Divinity Transformation Realm...

...his Mental Power, and the Soul Power it later evolved into, could never keep pace with the growth of his Qi Blood.

If not for the gifts he received, first from Xiaobai and then from Immortal Venerable Shi Xi...

...he never would have been able to grow both attributes simultaneously.

After advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm...

...his Qi Blood had upgraded to Divine Blood.

...and his Soul Power had upgraded to Divine Soul.

The problem of his Divine Soul's growth not keeping up with his Divine Blood's would certainly have resurfaced in the future.

But now, it was fine.

With over ten thousand Soul-Collecting Butterflies capable of absorbing and storing Divine Soul Power...

The problem was solved perfectly!

Watching Chu Sheng pocket all the Soul-Collecting Butterflies, Gu Yuexi suddenly asked a question.

"Are we still going to do the mission to turn in the Soul-Collecting Butterflies?"

"Turn them in? My ass!"

Chu Sheng shot back without even thinking.

Hearing this, Gu Yuexi secretly breathed a sigh of relief as the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

'Good.'

'He's still the Chu Sheng I know.'

'Once something's in his pocket, there's no way he's ever taking it out again.'

Without the Soul-Collecting Butterflies, they couldn't complete the mission, which meant they wouldn't get the Spirit Stone reward.

But that didn't matter.

Tang Jiesheng and his two companions had been carrying several Storage Pouches.

The Spirit Stones inside, all added up, would be enough for them for a good while.

The human and the mosquito did not linger.

Chu Sheng reverted to his White-striped Aedes Mosquito form and slipped into a pocket of Gu Yuexi's inner robes.

They returned to Luoping City.

Upon entering the city, Chu Sheng had Gu Yuexi head to a clothing store first.

"Buy me a set of casual clothes for a man who's one-point-nine meters tall."

Gu Yuexi seemed lost in thought, but she didn't ask any questions.

In Immortal Venerable Shi Xi's fragmented memories, she had seen it.

In the Primordial Grotto Heaven, Chu Sheng had once conversed with Immortal Venerable Shi Xi in human form.

So, it was perfectly reasonable for Chu Sheng to want a set of men's clothing.

After buying the clothes, Gu Yuexi walked into Luoping City's most luxurious inn.

Upon entering her room,

The very first thing she did was draw a hot bath.

During the year since she had been captured and brought to the Spirit Realm...

...Gu Yuexi had been cultivating with such focus that she'd neglected to eat or sleep, all while maneuvering around the people of the Celestial Derivation Sect.

She had to be on her guard at every moment.

Her nerves were stretched taut, and she simply had no mental energy to spare for something like a bath.

All this time...

...she could only use the Purification Technique for a simple cleansing.

For an entire year, she hadn't had a single proper soak in a bathtub.

That was why, as soon as she left the Celestial Derivation Sect and was safe...

...she had been so insistent on staying at an inn and taking a bath.

Furthermore,

within Immortal Venerable Shi Xi's inheritance,

Gu Yuexi had found a mental method for rapidly cultivating by circulating Spiritual Qi in water.

This mental method used the gentle power of water to nourish her Divine Soul and Spiritual Power, which could significantly increase her Cultivation speed.

She was currently at the Profound Understanding Realm.

Chu Sheng was already at the Divinity Transformation Realm.

She was secretly determined to surpass Chu Sheng's Cultivation as quickly as possible.

Relying on normal Cultivation would never be enough.

Only by practicing this Cultivation Technique in water, day and night without cease, did she have a chance of catching up.

This was the true source of her obsession with staying at an inn and taking a bath.

However, neither of these two reasons was something she could easily explain to Chu Sheng.

So, Gu Yuexi simply said nothing and let Chu Sheng make his remarks.

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