Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Scent-Seeking Insect

Ta, Ta, Ta

"Besides that assassination attempt, were there other people in An'yan City monitoring me? Were they also arranged by you?"

Han Yi walked up to Tie Sha, his tone calm, intending to get to the bottom of things.

"Yes, so what...?"

"You killed the third brother, and I will definitely kill you to avenge him, but unfortunately..."

"Give me a pleasure!"

Tie Sha looked utterly dejected. He knew Han Yi wouldn't let him go, so he refused to even beg for mercy, stubbornly remaining defiant. First, several masked men were monitoring my movements; then, the Shadow Assassin Pavilion members tried to assassinate me; after the assassination failed, Tie Sha personally intervened. Now, everything seemed to make sense…

Han Yi's mind raced as he made his own speculations.

However, there is still one problem.

How was my whereabouts exposed today?

For the past two days, I've been staying at the Bai family's courtyard in Heyuefang. It's a secluded and safe place, yet Tie Sha managed to pinpoint my exact location and set up an ambush. Could it be…?

A soft thud.

Seeing Han Yi deep in thought, Tie Sha secretly reached into his robes and pried open a lid with his thumb.

No sooner said than done, Tie Sha opened his mouth wide, as if he was about to throw a blood-red pill into his mouth.

But Han Yi swiftly reached out with his right hand and had already seized the 'pill' in his grasp! "Hahaha, you're dead..."

When his little scheme was exposed, Tie Sha was not alarmed but rather delighted, and started shouting wildly.

The moment Han Yi touched it, he felt that the 'pill' seemed to writhe and writh like an insect, and he could even feel the thick, mold-like hairs on the insect's body.

Han Yi opened his palm, and a thin, blood-red worm appeared in his hand, not to mention releasing tiny bluish-black and gray dots outwards.

He frowned; why did this insect look so familiar?

It seems I've seen this Gu worm before, during my first encounter with the 'Brute Force Gu'...

Ding!

[Found to absorb yin energy, should it be absorbed?]

absorb!

[Name]: Han Yi (16/111) [Elemental Power Value]: 20

It increased my lifespan by one year and my Yuan Power by ten points; it's better than nothing!

Han Yi shook his hand in disgust, and the lifeless 'Brute Force Gu' slid from his palm to Tie Sha's face.

Tie Sha's laughter stopped abruptly!

"What did you want to say?"

Han Yi clapped his hands and asked casually.

Tie Sha's eyes were filled with confusion, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets as he stared blankly at the dead 'Brute Force Gu'.

"Impossible! My elder brother said that if this 'Brute Force Gu' comes into contact with an outsider, they will inevitably suffer excruciating pain and die..."

He muttered to himself.

"Tell me, who passed on the information about me to you within An'yan City?"

"Also, why does your Black Wind Stronghold have such things as Gu worms?"

Han Yi shouted sternly.

"hehe…..."

His most lethal move was easily neutralized by the opponent...

Tie Sha snapped out of his daze, gave a bitter laugh, and a trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth.

Brother, I should have listened to you. We should have waited until we captured Anyan City before seeking revenge. I've always disagreed with your decisions, but you always said I was just using petty tricks and told me to focus on improving my strength. I didn't believe you, but now it seems I was wrong...

Brother, you must avenge me!

This was Tie Sha's last thought. His eyes were vacant as he stared blankly at the sparse clouds.

Han Yi looked into his field of vision and saw that Tie Sha's value had dropped rapidly to zero. He strode forward, checked his pulse, and found that it had stopped beating.

"Sigh..." Tie Sha was a real man. Seeing that he had tried everything he could but still couldn't defeat Han Yi, he chose to bite his tongue and commit suicide to prevent the information from being leaked!

What exactly is Black Wind Stronghold up to?

Having solved many problems, Han Yi found himself with new doubts.

He stood with his head bowed, remaining silent for a long time.

After a short while, Han Yi stopped dwelling on the matter, after all, there was still a battlefield here that he needed to deal with.

"A Blood Refining Martial Artist has fallen into such poverty?"

Han Yi couldn't help but swear.

Although he was not injured in the battle just now, his leather armor was damaged in quite a bit.

More importantly, the black gold gauntlets he had painstakingly crafted at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion had developed several chips during his clash with Tie Sha. If he were to seek repairs from Master Lu, the few dozen taels of silver Tie Sha possessed wouldn't even cover the cost of materials!

Why become a bandit when you're so poor?

They don't even have the good habit of carrying martial arts manuals with them!

Han Yi was also quite envious of Tie Sha's Soul-Severing Blade Technique, whose wide and sweeping moves seemed perfectly suited to the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, which was only the size of a door panel.

Then, he found two bamboo tubes in Tie Sha's arms.

It was a bamboo tube, neither bamboo nor jade, and its overall shape was similar to the strange jade tube that Han Yi had seen for the first time, except that it was a little smaller and did not have those strange patterns engraved on it.

This should be a container used to hold Gu worms.

In addition, there was a bluish-green bamboo tube…

Han Yi gently pinched the bamboo tube.

Chirp, chirp, chirp, is there a live bug inside?

His expression hardened. These strange insects looked inconspicuous, but they were extremely eerie. Although the system seemed to be able to absorb the yin energy from the insects, he still had to be careful to avoid being tricked.

"Scent-seeking bug?"

There are several lines of blurry writing at the bottom of the bamboo tube.

"This insect is a scent-seeking male; it can detect the scent of the female..."

“This is interesting…” Han Yi carefully examined the bamboo tube in his hand.

These lines mention that the scent-seeking insect is an extremely special insect, specifically designed for tracking.

When the female scent-seeking insect is on the move, it secretes a special mucus that only male insects can smell. This mucus is colorless and odorless, and it will linger for months in the area where the female insect has passed.

When the male insect smells the female insect's mucus, it will emit a fragrance, which becomes stronger the closer it gets!

Some clever people have figured out how to use scent-tracking insects to track people.

"The male insect that seeks fragrance, the female insect..."

Han Yi had a clue about how Tie Sha found his method...

He picked up the bamboo tube, brought it closer to himself, and slowly brought his nose close to it, following the instructions on the bottom of the tube.

If a male insect has the sticky residue left by the female scent-seeking insect on its body, it will naturally emit a fragrance.

If not, it means that Tiesha used other methods...

As Han Yi expected, a faint fragrance indeed emanated from the bamboo tube.

The fragrance that hits you is extremely unique, as invigorating as musk and as soothing as sandalwood, making it unforgettable once you smell it.